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Wow, a double-disc edition of The Strawberry Statement!

Is the rerelease of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark new? It apparently has a commentary(!) and if they've actually started commissioning commentaries for media on demand product my whole take on this thing will change significantly.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark was re-released when the remake hit theaters a few months ago.

The Alex in Wonderland release has a Paul Mazursky commentary on it

And any DVD-to-MOD titles carry over their existent extras

domino harvey wrote:And any DVD-to-MOD titles carry over their existent extras

...when on the same disc. Sorry Gaslight.

Archie Mayo's pretty great Doorway to Hell has just been made available.

Can anybody comment on whether Luv is worth a purchase? Elaine May, Peter Falk, and Jack Lemmon together is tempting.

Just released: William Wellman's Westward the Women, with audio commentary by Scott Eyman.

Feego wrote:Just released: William Wellman's Westward the Women, with audio commentary by Scott Eyman.

which was recorded in 2008, meaning this title was probably intended to be a pressed DVD

Seriously, if Warner's were smart, they would run the Archive Collection like the TCM Vault, at least printing a small run of actual DVDs before reverting to MOD for sales in the tail. I personally would buy so many more of their releases if this were the case, and I'd buy them sooner too, to make sure I got one of the pressed copies.

swo17 wrote:Seriously, if Warner's were smart, they would run the Archive Collection like the TCM Vault, at least printing a small run of actual DVDs before reverting to MOD for sales in the tail. I personally would buy so many more of their releases if this were the case, and I'd buy them sooner too, to make sure I got one of the pressed copies.

I second that.

Feego wrote:Just released: William Wellman's Westward the Women, with audio commentary by Scott Eyman.

Is it good? I had never heard about it, but it stroke me as interesting.

I caught it a year or two ago on TCM and remember really enjoying it and will definitely get it in the next Archive sale. For a Wellman fan, it's an easy reccomendation.

I haven't seen it myself, but I do have it recorded from a TCM airing. I'll have to watch it soon.

And yes, I'm in total agreement with the above comments about Warner at least issuing a few pressed DVDs before dumping all of their titles onto DVD-R.

Feego wrote:And yes, I'm in total agreement with the above comments about Warner at least issuing a few pressed DVDs before dumping all of their titles onto DVD-R.

It would probable allow rental services like Netflix to get them, too, which would greatly benefit someone like me who is hesitant to blind buy at $15-20 a film.

I think Netflix not stocking Archive titles has less to do with them being DVD-Rs and more to do with them all being old boring movies that no one would ever want to watch. TCM Vault releases have small pressed runs but Netflix doesn't stock them either. Meanwhile Classicflix, bless their souls, will carry just about any DVD, -R or otherwise, as long as the film is old enough.

Was there ever any more insight into how the "pressed on demand" discs were possible, which it was announced late last year that Warner France was using for their Archive Collection?

Add Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria and S.O.B. to the DVD-R demotion club. Considering Warner released 10 on Blu-ray, I'm really surprised they didn't treat these the same, especially Victoria, which is probably the most popular of the three.

V/V on DVD-R instead of Blu Ray is simply insane.

Warner Archive survey about a future streaming service.

jwd5275 wrote:Warner Archive survey about a future streaming service.

I clicked on the link and before I had time to even look at the survey...

Warner Brothers wrote:Thank you for your interest in participating in this survey. You have already completed the survey.

I guess that's consistent with Warner Archive's attitude to anyone outside North America since the day they started (...and since that day I've predicted that DVD-Rs were merely a stepping-stone to web access only).

I'm in the US and had the same message. Good to know Warner's not above shoving words in my mouth.

You clicked on it, so you probably like streaming!!! Why bother with creating a proper survey? \:D/

Jonathan S wrote:

jwd5275 wrote:Warner Archive survey about a future streaming service.

I clicked on the link and before I had time to even look at the survey...

Warner Brothers wrote:Thank you for your interest in participating in this survey. You have already completed the survey.

I guess that's consistent with Warner Archive's attitude to anyone outside North America since the day they started (...and since that day I've predicted that DVD-Rs were merely a stepping-stone to web access only).

Is it saying that because jwd5275 has already completed the survey and the link he gave contains his ID?