2005 DVD Thread

[Rob]

Big week for me:






unrated

[Cory Chaos]

Well,













...and...



..then the next week brings...

[Cory Chaos]

I was at my Wal Mart this morning, and came across (didn't buy) this:



The reviews @ Amazon.com have been overwhelmingly poor. Has anyone actually seen it?

[Cory Chaos]

Just thought I'd alert everyone to Hollywood Video's new trade in program. They're accepting over 20,000 movies, VHS and DVD in exchange for store credit. DVD's average $3, VHS $0.50-$1.

Right now however, all DVD's, not sure about VHS, are $5 a piece trade in value.

That said, I ran to a local pawn shop and bought 8 DVD's for $14, turned around and traded them to Hollywood for $40 worth of store credit! I'll probably do it again, since the deal is limited. However, the program is apparently here to stay.

[SilverZ]

Thanks for that. I've been trying to find some way to dump my useless older DVDs. Some have just about zero resale value, like Matrix Revolutions. They're not even worth slapping up on ebay.

Can't wait for Jaws and Casino tomorrow. I saw them both at about a dozen Walmarts over the last week, out early, but only P&S.

[Cory Chaos]

I thought about nabbing those two with the store credit, but figured I'd save it for their next 3/$25 sale, since both will be @ $15 at Circuit City tomorrow.

They aren't very selective as to what they take in either, apparently. I was told once the initial $5 value period is over, $5 still can still be rewarded for films they don't already have in their rental library. Titles they do go straight to resell. Mine had "Scrooged" for $15 for some odd reason.

I brought in Indian Summer, For The Boys, Cannonball Run, Caddshack 2, Major League 2, just reeeeeal stinkers that the pawn shop was trying to unload, because I already sold 10 from my collection for cash the day before.

Enjoy!

[JediMAC]

Can't wait for Jaws ... tomorrow.

Ah, ****.  What's the story with this one?  Special 20th Anniversary Edition?  Anything special about it?  I haven't been paying much attention lately, and hadn't even heard about it.

As for the Stripes Extended Edition that I picked up last week, I've got to say that I was extremely disappointed with the 6 added scenes worth an extra 18 minutes.  Most of it was boring crap, with no humor whatsoever, just further elaborating on how they moved from one scene to the next at several points in the movie.  Dumb.  Good edits, and definitely not worth adding back in.  They did have one decent nude scene added back though, so that gets a thumbs up, of course. 

BTW, anyone figure out how to play the movie withOUT the scenes added back in?  I don't see that option anywhere, but the CD box says it comes with the original theatrical cut as well...  Also, did anyone get a chapter listing insert?  There was nothing in my DVD showing any of the scene selections/chapters whatsoever.  Weird.

[SilverZ]

Well, it's apparently the same transfer as the old disc, which isn't a bad thing. It has both DD and DTS this time on the same disc, and also includes the original mono sound mix that was nto included before. For a purist, that is a good thing.

The original 2 hour docu that was on the old Signature Series laserdisc is back on the new release (apparently still missing a few bits, but oh well). It was edited down to nothing on the previous release. It's good stuff.

As for the TE of Stripes, there's an option on the second menu screen in the "Play Movie" tree that allows you to select either the EE or TE. Probably so obvious you just missed it. I thought the restored scenes were fine, even if the South America thing wasn't particularly funny. Strange that that seems so implausible, but them later driving one heavily-armed recreational vehicle into Czechoslovakia is perfectly OK.

"Come on! It's Czechoslovakia. It's like driving into Wisconsin."

And the new line is great...

"I got the **** kicked out of me in Wisconsin once." 

[Mikey D]

Ah, ****.  What's the story with this one?  Special 20th Anniversary Edition? 

Sure, if the movie came out in 1985.  Might want to add 10 years there, pal. 

[DSJ™]

EW review: 'Jaws 30th' unnecessary

[Cory Chaos]

It was worth it to me, anyway. On a seperate note, I have to share a really important find from yesterday in my travels.



"Rocky Horror Picture Show" 2 Disc 25th Ann. Edition. It's been OOP for quite some time, and eBay copies have fetched upwards of $90.

I got mine for $10.99, all inserts, MINT AS CAN BE! I was sooo excited, since I had been holding out on the single disc editions in hopes of finding the holy grail of cult cinema DVD's...and I did!

[Dimetrodon]

I love this show, got the first season a few months back, and had to get the second one also. Just pure comedy, and one of the best things fox has had for a while. Although the past season wasn't as good.. but hey... neither are the simpsons.. 

[Brian]

Looks like they are changing up the packaging for the Simpsons season sets, going with "character head" packaging.  You can check out a preview of Season 6's look HERE.  Sounds like they will continue with different characters from here on out, at least for awhile.  Kind of neat packaging, although the seasons won't all be "uniform" with each other now.

Also, it sounds like a Direct to DVD Family Guy movie will be hitting in September.  It will focus on Stewie, and you can read more about that HERE.  More Family Guy is always better, and I'll be anxious to see what this movie is like.

[SilverZ]

Has TV on DVD reached such a competitive state that they need to resort to these kinds of gimmicks to move even the Simpsons? I'm really anal about organizing my DVD collection, and I absolutely hate packaging that doesn’t conform and work with normal display. I like to be able to read the spines and I don’t want a giant yellow Homer head sitting in the middle of my 1200-odd DVDs.

[name]

me too, Tydirium.  If I were collecting the Simpson's sets (which I'm not because there's just too damn many seasons) this would be a dealbreaker for me.