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swo17 wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:14 pm Arrow did lavish single-film releases for A Trip to the Moon and The Game but a) the focus was on writing, and b) they still cost far less than this

dwk wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:07 pm

domino harvey wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 7:22 pm I am relieved that when I checked earlier, this was largely being derided by the Blu-ray.com forum. Those guys are the literal market audience for this crap, and the reason we are here now, but I am all for them attempting a redemption arc

That forum doesn't really love Shout/Scream in the way that they love Arrow or Vinegar Syndrome. So I image the reaction would be much more positive if something was getting similar treatment from either of those two companies.

domino harvey wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 11:29 pm The Walmart edition of Labyrinth UHD/Blu-ray combo pack is $29… what could possibly be worth $61-233 more with zero additional on-disc content

Mr Sausage wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:52 pm Surprised the Golden Harvest set is mostly CAT III sexploitation films.

beamish14 wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:53 pm Damn, Robotrix is a big one for me

dwk wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:07 pmThat forum doesn't really love Shout/Scream in the way that they love Arrow or Vinegar Syndrome. So I image the reaction would be much more positive if something was getting similar treatment from either of those two companies.

tenia wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:43 am

dwk wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:07 pmThat forum doesn't really love Shout/Scream in the way that they love Arrow or Vinegar Syndrome. So I image the reaction would be much more positive if something was getting similar treatment from either of those two companies.

I don't think so, and in any case, both have done very tat'ful releases that weren't priced this way, and even so, I'm not sure, say, the Arrow boxset of Phantasm with its cheap plastic sphere gathered many applauses.
Vinegar Syndrome's tendencies to dip a lot in other-stuff-than-discs with their releases, such as their slipcovers re-releases, have also gathered some rolling eyes in the past.

But if Arrow was to ever release a single title with a $120 because they added a plush, a card game, a coloring book and 5 pin's, I'm quite certain the reactions would be similar, which would be that the requested price doesn't seem correlated to the actual content.

dwk wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 3:43 pm Using the cart trick, the Stephen Chow set is down to 565 copies.

dwk wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:54 pmI know it isn't the same thing, but the amount of people that whine over there when Arrow does a standard slipcover instead of a chipboard for a release is sizable. I think the nadir of cardboard fetishism was after Synapse and Arrow collaborated on the Phenomena and Tenebrae UHD the number of poster who were clamoring for them to collaborate and re-release the Suspiria UHD in similar packaging without even considering why Synapse collaborated with Arrow on the two Argento UHDs or why Synapse would even need to collaborate with Arrow on a title that Arrow would have nothing to add to.

Matt wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2024 3:16 am Shout made a statement very quickly after this news broke saying the guy was not hired on his AI credentials and that they have no interest in using AI.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 1:08 pm Shout is releasing Clockwatchers in September

Yakushima wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2024 6:40 pm

yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 1:08 pm Shout is releasing Clockwatchers in September

Has anyone had a chance to watch this disc? I can't find any reviews online. This is easily one of my most anticipated releases of the year. I hope Shout! Factory treated the film well.

beamish14 wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:38 pm

Yakushima wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2024 6:40 pm

yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 1:08 pm Shout is releasing Clockwatchers in September

Has anyone had a chance to watch this disc? I can't find any reviews online. This is easily one of my most anticipated releases of the year. I hope Shout! Factory treated the film well.

Such a gem of a movie. Pairs nicely with the much darker Office Killer from Cindy Sherman