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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 11, 2020 16:13:06 GMT -5
The Battlestar Galactica sets going from blu-ray to DVD back to blu-ray is making me cry. I began buying BSG before I had a bluray player, but by the time the last couple of seasons were out, I got one. I'm always on the lookout for the other seasons on bluray, but I'm not paying retail for them. |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 11, 2020 16:31:33 GMT -5
Has Wyldstaar not upgraded or was there some studio shenanigans? I own the whole series on blu-ray, so I can confirm it's all on blu. Battlestar came out when TV on home media was hot shit and they came out on blu super early. Original BSG and 1980 are also on blu-ray. The only BSG series not on blu is Caprica, which sucks for me because I'm the one person alive who enjoyed that showm I was expecting a reaction from you, but I figured it would be to the Criterion Godzilla Showa Era Collection on Bluray. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Oct 11, 2020 16:41:56 GMT -5
I own the whole series on blu-ray, so I can confirm it's all on blu. Battlestar came out when TV on home media was hot shit and they came out on blu super early. Original BSG and 1980 are also on blu-ray. The only BSG series not on blu is Caprica, which sucks for me because I'm the one person alive who enjoyed that showm I was expecting a reaction from you, but I figured it would be to the Criterion Godzilla Showa Era Collection on Bluray. That little custom box you have is pretty cute. And it takes up less space than that giant book it came in, which I like to flip through, but is bloody awkward to display. I do want to do a little toku shelf for me to put up Godzilla discs, Gamera discs, Rodan/Mothra and whatevz, Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Power Rangers, but I don't have the faintest clue of what to do with that thing if that were to happen. It's just Galactica caught my eye and I was like "DAAAAAAH!" I had the whole series on DVD originally, but wound up upgrading when I loaned them to someone and my season 2 discs were lost in a move. So I figured make lemonade out of lemons and just upgrade the whole thing. Then I had to upgrade the original series, because it needed to match. Now I have a bunch of Galactica blu-rays on my shelf with Caprica on DVD randomly capping it off. |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 11, 2020 17:52:08 GMT -5
I was expecting a reaction from you, but I figured it would be to the Criterion Godzilla Showa Era Collection on Bluray. That little custom box you have is pretty cute. And it takes up less space than that giant book it came in, which I like to flip through, but is bloody awkward to display. I do want to do a little toku shelf for me to put up Godzilla discs, Gamera discs, Rodan/Mothra and whatevz, Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Power Rangers, but I don't have the faintest clue of what to do with that thing if that were to happen. It's just Galactica caught my eye and I was like "DAAAAAAH!" I had the whole series on DVD originally, but wound up upgrading when I loaned them to someone and my season 2 discs were lost in a move. So I figured make lemonade out of lemons and just upgrade the whole thing. Then I had to upgrade the original series, because it needed to match. Now I have a bunch of Galactica blu-rays on my shelf with Caprica on DVD randomly capping it off. If it makes you feel better about your collection, you could always just put Caprica in a bluray box print out a cover for it. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Oct 11, 2020 17:59:20 GMT -5
That little custom box you have is pretty cute. And it takes up less space than that giant book it came in, which I like to flip through, but is bloody awkward to display. I do want to do a little toku shelf for me to put up Godzilla discs, Gamera discs, Rodan/Mothra and whatevz, Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Power Rangers, but I don't have the faintest clue of what to do with that thing if that were to happen. It's just Galactica caught my eye and I was like "DAAAAAAH!" I had the whole series on DVD originally, but wound up upgrading when I loaned them to someone and my season 2 discs were lost in a move. So I figured make lemonade out of lemons and just upgrade the whole thing. Then I had to upgrade the original series, because it needed to match. Now I have a bunch of Galactica blu-rays on my shelf with Caprica on DVD randomly capping it off. If it makes you feel better about your collection, you could always just put Caprica in a bluray box print out a cover for it. I could, but I'd rather have the HD video to go with it. |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 11, 2020 18:20:38 GMT -5
If it makes you feel better about your collection, you could always just put Caprica in a bluray box print out a cover for it. I could, but I'd rather have the HD video to go with it. Another option is acquiring a multi-region bluray player. Caprica is on bluray is other countries. I'm getting one soon because I've got a number of movies on my want list that are only available in other regions. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Oct 11, 2020 18:58:10 GMT -5
I could, but I'd rather have the HD video to go with it. Another option is acquiring a multi-region bluray player. Caprica is on bluray is other countries. I'm getting one soon because I've got a number of movies on my want list that are only available in other regions. I've considered region free for a while, but we'll see what happens. Importing is one help of a rabbit hole to dive into, and while I'm willing, it's going to take something that I'm like "I can't live without that" to really push me into that realm. |
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Post by Dracula on Oct 11, 2020 19:07:51 GMT -5
I've been tempted to do the region free thing but, IDK, I don't want my collection to be full of spines with titles in foreign languages or those stupid stop sign looking things they put on all the UK blu-rays.
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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 11, 2020 20:56:52 GMT -5
I've been tempted to do the region free thing but, IDK, I don't want my collection to be full of spines with titles in foreign languages or those stupid stop sign looking things they put on all the UK blu-rays. I'm not fond of them either, but there are ways of dealing with that, too. At the moment, about 10% of my collection isn't in it's original packaging. My copy of Silent Running came in this incredibly ugly case, despite the original poster art being beautiful-  so I replaced it with this new cover-  |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 31, 2020 11:22:03 GMT -5
I had the strangest thing happen this week. I came home from work to find a package addressed to me on my front porch. This was no surprise, as I'd been expecting my order from Criterion's latest half-off sale. When I open it however, it's not my order. It's a two-pack of The Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile, The Color Purple and The Other Woman. I also find a packing slip from Walmart.com for these three DVDs for someone in Ontario, Canada. I have never ordered anything from Walmart.com, so I have no idea how they managed to pull my name and address at all, much less how they managed to ship this Canadian's movies to me.
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Post by IanTheCool on Oct 31, 2020 11:53:03 GMT -5
I have a feeling Dracula is against custom packaging. As am I.
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Post by Dracula on Oct 31, 2020 12:00:54 GMT -5
I have a feeling Dracula is against custom packaging. As am I. You would be correct |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 31, 2020 13:12:52 GMT -5
I have a feeling Dracula is against custom packaging. As am I. You would be correct I’d rather have a custom cover than a shitty one. |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 31, 2020 14:38:37 GMT -5
I have a feeling Dracula is against custom packaging. As am I. I don't generally go out of my way to have custom packaging unless it's absolutely necessary. Due to the size of my collection vs. the amount of space I have available, I find it to be required more than most. Going to the trouble of printing all-new covers for movies that don't need have the amount of space they take up reduced is rare. The cover has to be truly awful. |
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 5, 2020 11:14:44 GMT -5
Just picked up Full Metal Jacket 4K on Amazon for $10, looks like it’s still on sale.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Nov 22, 2020 15:22:11 GMT -5
Okay, so I ordered the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures Box Set because while I already own the first three individually on Blu Ray, I figured getting this set would allow me to save up on/free up some shelf space. Well, guess I should have done my homework on this one. It got here today and while the set is presented nicely, there's one major problem: the way the discs are packaged. I don't know if anybody else has this set, but the case is laid out like a book, and the discs are slid/packaged into each of the "pages" in such a way where you have to grab onto the edges and pull/push if you want to get them in or out. And they're in there so tight that I just know they're going to get scratched in the process. Not to mention fingerprints from having to grab the edges so tight.
What idiot decided on that packaging?
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Post by Dracula on Nov 22, 2020 15:24:19 GMT -5
Okay, so I ordered the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures Box Set because while I already own the first three individually on Blu Ray, I figured getting this set would allow me to save up on/free up some shelf space. Well, guess I should have done my homework on this one. It got here today and while the set is presented nicely, there's one major problem: the way the discs are packaged. I don't know if anybody else has this set, but the case is laid out like a book, and the discs are slid/packaged into each of the "pages" in such a way where you have to grab onto the edges and pull/push if you want to get them in or out. And they're in there so tight that I just know they're going to get scratched in the process. Not to mention fingerprints from having to grab the edges so tight.
What idiot decided on that packaging?
That isn't that unusual, there are a lot of boxed sets like that. It's usually fine. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Nov 22, 2020 15:27:11 GMT -5
Okay, so I ordered the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures Box Set because while I already own the first three individually on Blu Ray, I figured getting this set would allow me to save up on/free up some shelf space. Well, guess I should have done my homework on this one. It got here today and while the set is presented nicely, there's one major problem: the way the discs are packaged. I don't know if anybody else has this set, but the case is laid out like a book, and the discs are slid/packaged into each of the "pages" in such a way where you have to grab onto the edges and pull/push if you want to get them in or out. And they're in there so tight that I just know they're going to get scratched in the process. Not to mention fingerprints from having to grab the edges so tight.
What idiot decided on that packaging?
That isn't that unusual, there are a lot of boxed sets like that. It's usually fine. So, I take it you own this? Have you had any problems with the discs? |
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 22, 2020 15:44:33 GMT -5
Yet another reason why box sets suck.
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Post by Dracula on Nov 22, 2020 15:47:51 GMT -5
That isn't that unusual, there are a lot of boxed sets like that. It's usually fine. So, I take it you own this? Have you had any problems with the discs? I don't think I've actually tried to watch any of them since I bought it. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Nov 22, 2020 15:49:17 GMT -5
Yet another reason why box sets suck. At least with other certain box sets I own, they either include the movies in their individual cases (Pirates of the Caribbean) or have one slightly larger than average case with each movie in a typical snap-in/out circle (BTTF, Ocean's, Star Wars). This book packaging would have been fine...if the pages had had the latter kind of packaging. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 22, 2020 16:03:22 GMT -5
The only way I will buy a box set is if movies are in their own individual cases
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 22, 2020 16:13:50 GMT -5
My Alfred Hitchcock collection is the same way. The real downer is that those ‘pages’ are flimsy and the bottom breaks open after a while so the discs might literally fall out if I’m not too careful. Yeah, it’s irritating.
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Post by Wyldstaar on Nov 22, 2020 17:09:15 GMT -5
Okay, so I ordered the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures Box Set because while I already own the first three individually on Blu Ray, I figured getting this set would allow me to save up on/free up some shelf space. Well, guess I should have done my homework on this one. It got here today and while the set is presented nicely, there's one major problem: the way the discs are packaged. I don't know if anybody else has this set, but the case is laid out like a book, and the discs are slid/packaged into each of the "pages" in such a way where you have to grab onto the edges and pull/push if you want to get them in or out. And they're in there so tight that I just know they're going to get scratched in the process. Not to mention fingerprints from having to grab the edges so tight.
What idiot decided on that packaging?
Yet another reason why I repackage most of my box sets with custom art designed for practically arranged compact cases. I'd love to see a pic of this monstrosity you've been saddled with. |
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 22, 2020 17:15:25 GMT -5
Okay, so I ordered the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures Box Set because while I already own the first three individually on Blu Ray, I figured getting this set would allow me to save up on/free up some shelf space. Well, guess I should have done my homework on this one. It got here today and while the set is presented nicely, there's one major problem: the way the discs are packaged. I don't know if anybody else has this set, but the case is laid out like a book, and the discs are slid/packaged into each of the "pages" in such a way where you have to grab onto the edges and pull/push if you want to get them in or out. And they're in there so tight that I just know they're going to get scratched in the process. Not to mention fingerprints from having to grab the edges so tight.
What idiot decided on that packaging?
Yet another reason why I repackage most of my box sets with custom art designed for practically designed compact cases. I'd love to see a pic of this monstrosity you've been saddled with. If I'm understanding Phantom correctly I think they look something like this box set. Take a look at the photos and how the discs are housed: Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection [Blu-ray] |
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