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Many of those titles are single titles where the boxed set is still in print. Could be less dire than it seems

Not sure where else to post this, but....Blu trade-ins.

Feltenstein's most bizarre interview yet where he says WB "bit the bullet"/martyred themselves in restoring their most popular classic titles for BluRay. It's a maddening read especially in light of what MoC, Kino and Criterion are doing in starting to develop older titles for BluRay.

He also says people like us complain too much

david hare wrote:But don't forget George is a VP now, and people change when they ascend from the workshop floor (where he was a tireless supporter of Home Video) to management.

He's been a "VP" (actually SVP, which is even higher, but whatever) for at least a decade. And always, including now, a tireless supporter of everything this forum holds dear.

I just wish Feltenstein would address WB's shift to an all-or-nothing approach with their catalog. It's either a deluxe boxset or Archive only release these days it seems. Remember the days when they would release a title on DVD with some nice extras and a decent print? Was that so long ago?

To quote the Feltenstein feature: "The Warner executive considers himself "a film enthusiast of the highest order" and says that he reads "everything that people say on the boards." His experience is that "people don't go on the Internet to say, 'I just bought the 'Forbidden Hollywood' William Wellman set, and I just loved it.' But they'll be running to say, 'Oh my God, there was a scratch on frame three of scene five' � these people are obsessed with trying to find something wrong." Rofl!

Having posted a recommendation for this (recommendable) box in the bargains thread and seeing the movies I am interested in dumped in this bleeding Archive - and I insist I won't buy this overpriced shit - I think all there's left to shout is: Expropriate WB!
I wonder, if this *** "film enthusiast" reads this, too.

Wu.Qinghua wrote:he reads "everything that people say on the boards."

If he does that, I'm surprised Feltenstein has time to release anything!

So he knows that we'd like an official release of The Devils as soon as possible?

(I couldn't miss the opportunity to bring it up!...Unlike Warners, obviously!)

...or a Barry Lyndon Blu, or The Emigrants and The New Land, or....

tavernier wrote:...or a Barry Lyndon Blu, or The Emigrants and The New Land, or....

"Lolita" blu, "The Magnificent Ambersons," "Journey Into Fear," the SEs of "The Candidate" and "The Man Who Would Be King"...etc.

Real DVDs of Strawberry Blonde and Mortal Storm, special editions of The Bad and the Beautiful, The Naked Spur, The Women, The Big Sleep (FOR CRYING OUT LOUD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU), Badlands...

So he knows that we'd like an official release of The Devils as soon as possible?

Wouldn't that online petition with something like 100,000 signatures* be a tip-off?

*So I'm told. I didn't personally take time to count them.

shearerchic wrote:i would like all these titles to be released in keepcases:
-gaslight

Has this ever been re-released in a keepcase? I'll be damned if I'm going to buy a DVD in a snapper in 2010.

Matt wrote:

shearerchic wrote:i would like all these titles to be released in keepcases:
-gaslight

Has this ever been re-released in a keepcase? I'll be damned if I'm going to buy a DVD in a snapper in 2010.

Unfortunately it's only available in the damned snapper case, just like Wait Until Dark.

Jeremiah Johnson is coming December 7

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petevoelker wrote:Jeremiah Johnson is coming December 7

http://www.amazon.com/Jeremiah-Johnson- ... d_sim_d_19" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Isn't this just a re-price? There was supposed to be a 2-disc SE in the works years ago which never materialised and now that Mr Pollack is beyond the barrier of sleep, it probably wouldn't be worth doing an SE. Terrific movie, beautiful scenes of violence for a PG.

The previous release was in a snapper case, this is probably just a repackage.

They're releasing a lot of titles in December that have only been available in snapper cases. I saw some on amazon including, Altered States, The Haunting, Westworld, Coma, The Man Who Would Be King, Camelot (Richard Harris),

I hope Gaslight, The Bad and the Beautiful and Wait Until Dark will get keep-case releases soon.

petevoelker wrote:The Man Who Would Be King

If they went and fixed the disc so that it's no longer a flipper, I'll definitely buy this.

I actually purchased Wait Until Dark last week and it's in a keepcase.

MoonlitKnight wrote:

petevoelker wrote:The Man Who Would Be King

If they went and fixed the disc so that it's no longer a flipper, I'll definitely buy this.

I just can't believe they would reissue it still as a flipper. We are in the 21st Century aren't we?!

Bruce wrote:

MoonlitKnight wrote:

petevoelker wrote:The Man Who Would Be King

If they went and fixed the disc so that it's no longer a flipper, I'll definitely buy this.

I just can't believe they would reissue it still as a flipper. We are in the 21st Century aren't we?!

Well, Columbia DID reissue "Oliver!" still as a flipper about 5 years ago or so... :-s

Is the new Badlands DVD just a packaging upgrade, or is there better picture this time around?

If it's anything like the other upgrades Warner has been doing it's just a nicer package.

Good. I really want to meet the person who thought snapper cases who were a good idea. Not to do anything violent to them per se, but just ask one simple "why?"