New DVD/Blu-ray Purchases

[Dr Kain]

Today I got a box that had a box in it that had another box in it that had a slip case with a case in it. :-p

[lhb412]

B&N Criterion sale is on!

[Dr Kain]

It must be time for B&N's Summer Criterion sale:

[lhb412]

^Oooooh, I'll try to pick up Strangelove and Only Angels Have Wings during the sale. I missed the previous release for Strangelove, so this works out, but I'm happy with the studio release for Manchurian Candidate, so I don't feel the need to upgrade to the Criterion version (even though it is supposed to be an improved transfer).

[DannyBeane]

Not that anyone cares but these are all the films I've bought this last month.


And I also finally ordered this and should be getting it in the mail tomorrow.

[jellydonut25]

^Good movies this time! Unlike when you bought Dog Soldiers.

Found a bunch of movies for under $5 that I either wanted, or just wanted to see and paraphrased Robocop as I said, "I'll buy that for two dollars!"






I've only seen Kick-Ass 2 and Aaaah Zombies before. I don't really LOVE LOVE either movie...but again, two bucks.

[lhb412]

^ Loved the releases in the 'Special Effects Collection.' I can only hope WB has a volume 2 or similar set in the works.

[Gwangi]

[DannyBeane]

[lhb412]

[jellydonut25]

[O.Supreme]

I was actually surprised to see this at Wal-Mart. It had been on my Amazon wish list for a while, but I didn't think I would see it at retail. Now if they just release a 2nd volume with the remaining 20 episodes, my Filmation collection will be complete

[Dr Kain]

[Rody]

A couple of additions to my meager animation collection:

[lhb412]

Need to concentrate on getting through my 'to watch' pile before piling up at the Criterion sale, so for this weekend I just got one:

[Dr Kain]

[O.Supreme]

^ which is why I am glad I purchased the Golden Collection box set. The quality may not be as good as the BD, but you get 360+ cartoons, see my recent responses in the I wanna watch cartoons thread, I've been researching the best way to get the most warner Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes on DVD. The BRD releases seem nice, but their inconsistency with the Golden Collection, and the fact that the run was canceled way early put me off getting them.

[lhb412]

Aw, screw it!




That's the main haul for me (gotta save some for the second sale in the Fall), but I'll still try to get A Touch of Zen and Dr. Strangelove before the month is out.

[Dr Kain]

That release of The Blob is great, but there are a few areas of the movie where the video looks really bad.

[jellydonut25]

[O.Supreme]

A couple of these have toons that are repeats from the Golden Collection Box Set (Vol 1-6) but most are new. So between the them all (360 toons with the Golden Collection and 100 more added between these 7 discs) that is a total of 460 ! I know there are still more out there, but Warner seems to have put a halt on them for now. I'm still up in the air about Chuck Jones *Mouse* collection because it does duplicate several tunes from the Golden Collection, also I know there are a couple of low quality bootlegs of Bosko tunes, but I'm going to hold out hopefully in time WB will get their act together and release the rest of these classics.

[Dr Kain]

I don't know those Looney Tunes collections. Interesting.

Anyway, I've been in a major X-Men mood over the last two weeks, so I picked these up:



It is so weird being interested in something I haven't been into since 1998.

I watched the first two seasons already and this show holds up a lot better than I thought it would. I could have sworn the animation was really choppy and full of CG bits, but that doesn't seem to be the case. In fact, it still looks pretty damn good despite not being remastered. The only corny stuff happening is really some of the 90s dialog and designs. However, the stories themselves are holding up quite well and it is interesting seeing some of the stuff I just read from the 80s adapated into it with the 90s characters.

[O.Supreme]

[Dr Kain]

You mean the Fall of the Mutants stuff? No, those are graphic novels.

Season 3-5 are in order though.

[O.Supreme]