No, no, no. They're going to bury his disc under a Big W and send him a note to tell him to go looking for it. He may end up confusing the Big W with Walnuts--in bags!--and not be able to find it sadly.
If he hates what you have to say, Bruce, he's positively going to be filled with malignant hatred for what I say if he bothers to read my blog post. I'll distill what I wrote down to the following quote, btw:
All this lunacy about this Blu Ray has prompted me to get on a rare soap box on my blog:
http://todd3d.blogspot.com/2014/01/and-i-was-thankful-to-have-it-or-back.html
Ah, but it's $50 divided by 5 discs, so that's $10 a share...and that's tax free money, my friend. (Yes, I did use this joke in my blog, but I could resist repeating it)
I must be the easiest to please person in the world, cause I absolutely loved this blu ray. I loved everything about it: the extended edition, the extras, the book...I even liked the packaging (well, the packaging didn't bother me that much anyway). Funny thing is, I'd like to think I have some...
A secret confession: I never, ever watch commentary tracks. No idea why, I just don't. But I watched the commentary track for this and found it absolutely absorbing. This is a prized Blu Ray if ever there was one.
It's a great, great, great, great blu ray. Just finished the extended version. The new footage really does add to the movie, This has become the only way I'm going to watch this movie from now on. Thank you to Criterion, RAH, and everyone else involved in bringing this masterpiece back to life.
A theater near me in the 1990s would do double bills from time to time. If I remember correctly, you had to pay separate admission for each picture, but as each one was only $2, who cared (it was a second run theater). But they had some oddball doubles: Sister Act 2 and The Getaway (Baldwin...
We should edit the title of the thread to say THIS JUST IN: CRITERION LISTENS TO IT'S FORUM, CANCELS IAMMMMW. Joe's reaction would be classic. :lol:
I, too, will be buying this. I've only had a copy of the VHS extended version, so getting it on Blu will be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!