2005 DVD Thread

[Rob]

No dude, that's an article.

[Famine]

No dude, that's an article.

*Rimshot*

Kevin

[Ook]

Nyah.

[Matt]

Hahaha! Is that an Onion?

Indeed.

Just wish I could find the accompanying pic of the mopey-looking Jewish kid holding the offending DVD.  It was just as funny as the rest of the article.

[Ook]

Hahaha! Is that an Onion?

Indeed.

Just wish I could find the accompanying pic of the mopey-looking Jewish kid holding the offending DVD.  It was just as funny as the rest of the article.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30231

[MetalJedi]

Bought this myself. It took my forever but I found a widescreen version of it.

[Cory Chaos]

Same here. No WS UR DC's ar my Best Buy, Wal Mart wanted $20 for theirs, so Target at $16.99 was my last resort, which worked.

Made my single largest purchase, monetarily, this weekend, $205 of animated goodness;

[Famine]

How long is the Directors cut of LOTD?

Kevin

[Cory Chaos]

97 minutes, as opposed to 93 on the R rated cut.

[MetalJedi]

Same here. No WS UR DC's ar my Best Buy, Wal Mart wanted $20 for theirs, so Target at $16.99 was my last resort, which worked.

Damn that sucks that your Walmart was charging that much. Mine was 15 bucks.

[Jim]

Walmarts prices are so varied in my area.  I have 2 Walmarts within 5-8 miles of me and 1 charges 14.99 for all new releases as opposed to 19.99 for al new releases.  Its such a huge difference I cant believe the one store even sells any, but they do.  We just had a Target open up a few months back in our area the the prices there for DVD's is insulting as well.  Never any thing remotely cheap on new releases.  Strange since a Circuit City is rignt down the street and there prices are usually cheap on new releases.

[Matt]

And word has it (although this may just be wishful thinking) that Best Buy's giveaway will be a Prequel Trilogy slipcase, to match the Original Trilogy slipcase.

Wishful thinking, indeed.

Looks like Best Buy's freebie is just gonna be a Darth Vader lithograph for Reward Zone members.

More here.

[Cory Chaos]

That "litho" is garbage, IMO. It's not even movie specific, more pop art than anything, which has me leaning towards spending a whopping $4 on an exclusive bonus disc.

Re: Best Buy and Wal Mart prices. I don't understand why they'll (WM) price match one new release, and not the other, both equally as "major" in relation to their theatrical release, while not necessarily popularity. Best Buy's Reward Zone offers vary from region to region as well, i.e. 2 Disk Wizard of Oz for $12.99 in some, $16.99 in others.

Doesn't really matter to me, since I'm opting for the 3 disc, but still.

[Brian]

I was hoping to pick up Batman Begins last Tuesday, but our closest Wal-Mart was charging $25 for the Deluxe edition.  I figured I'd wait until I went to Target or Best Buy, and check their prices.  Well, after checking two Wal-Marts, two Targets, and a Best Buy, every single store was sold out of that version this weekend...although, they were swimming in the single disc edition.  I'm kind of surprised they did a release like that, it seems like the 2-disc sets are becoming more of a standard lately...especially for "big" movies like that.  Anyways, I'm checking to see if Target restocks this week (they were charging 19.99), otherwise its off to Amazon I go .  I think that's the first time I haven't been able to find a DVD I was looking for in its release week...they must have severely underordered the deluxe versions or something.

[Matt]

It looks to be something hosted by the droids, which tells the story of Anakin and Luke.  This may have been something which aired on Fox around the time that Clones came out in theatres.

"Walmart Exclusive Bonus Disc Includes: The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed it all: the famous droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2! Episodes IV, V and VI are explored in "The Story Of Luke Skywalker," which follows the young man escaping from his daily chores on Tatooine to his becoming a hero in the Rebel Alliance. In "The Story Of Anakin Skywalker," you'll go behind the mask of the greatest Star Wars villain and discover how Darth Vader started life as a young Podracing champion on Tatooine and later became a headstrong young Jedi seduced by the dark side of the Force. With clips from the Star Wars films, C-3PO and R2-D2 take you on an hour long journey through the saga and prepare you for the explosive final chapter: "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge Of The Sith."