9/24/02...The greatest day in the history of DVD releases (1 Viewer)

[Steve Meskell]

I have been buying DVD's since 1999, and I never seen so many DVD's that I want released on one day. I think my CC will melt on that day

 

[John Stone]

No kidding, I've never had so many individual new releases to purchase on release day. I just added two more this morning, and I may add another one (I'm still undecided on "Major League")

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[Jesse Skeen]

Can't Stop The Music is already out!

 

[andrew markworthy]

A good selection, and I'm glad a lot of people will be pleased, but I won't be buying any of them. The only two I'd be tempted by are Amadeus and Singin' In the Rain, and since I already have these and I've promised myself only to buy a new version if it's totally and outrageously better, I'm not going to duplicate items in my collection.

 

[Kurt N]

Gosh, only 6 titles for me that day:

A Hard Day's Night
Mary Tyler Moore: Season 1
Murder by Numbers
Singin' in the Rain
True Romance
The Unforgiven

Of course, 4 of those are doubles and 1 is a 4-disc set...

Could be a very expensive day, indeed.

And Jesse, maybe I'm an idiot, but I don't understand the Village People reference.

 

[Jesse Skeen]

The day Can't Stop the Music was released was the greatest day in the history of DVD releases! Nothing else can top it (except maybe Thank God It's Friday!)

 

[JonZ]

For me, its Amadeus,One Flew Over Cuckoos Nest,Unforgiven, True Romance and Beavis & Butthead.
Good thing my G/F gives me a Best Buy $50 gift certificate every month for our anniversary It will make that day a bit easier.

 

[Tony Mirra]

Isn't Heavenly Creatures scheduled for 9/24, as well?

 

[John Stone]

Isn't Heavenly Creatures scheduled for 9/24, as well?

Oh, you bastard. Somehow that one got under my radar! Thanks, just edited my list. Ouch.

 

[Jeremiah]

Man, I just bought One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest about a month ago. I will upgrade though b/c it is one of my all time favorite's.

Also, True Romance, Trading Places, Swingers, and Amadeus I will be getting.

 

[Joseph Bolus]

The greatest day in the history of the DVD format was, and always will be, October 16, 2001 ...
(The worst day was April 4, 2000 ...)

 

[LukeB]

September 24, 2002 can't hold a candle to October 17, 2000 or probably October 8, 2002 this year.

 

[Craig Sherman]

September 24, 2002 can't hold a candle to October 17, 2000

Okay, I'll bite. I'm new, and I've been buying DVDs since August of 1997. I tried searching the software archive for the dates, but nada. What, pray tell, came out on those memorable dates?

But back on topic, 9/24/02 is pretty nutty, followed closely by 8/6/02 in number of dvd picks released:

9/24: Amadeus, A Hard Day's Night, Heavenly Creatures, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Swingers, Trading Places, True Romance. Total titles, 7.

8/6: Clash of the Titans, Lord of the Rings: Theatrical Cut, Simpsons Season 2, Star Trek II, Time After Time, V: The Final Battle. Total titles, 6.

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but is Amadeus the first WB reissue of a former flipper in RSDL? Good omen for Goodfellas and The Right Stuff!

Back on my meds,

CS

 

[DeepakJR]

Amadeus
Grease
Singin in the Rain
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A Hard Day's Night

at about 20 a pop, like 110 w/tax here. I usually pick up max 3 DVDs on my visits to Best Buy when i wanan buy a lot of DVDs. Its gonna get messy.

l8rz,
Deepak Jr.

 

[AlbertH]

i was always fond of 8/28 2000.

Boogie nights se
magnolia se
braveheart
terminator 2 ultimate
sopranos season 1

and more

 

[Aaron Silverman]

I'm guessing that Joseph was referring to the birth and death of DiVX!

If so, then I can't disagree!

 

[David Lambert]

re: October 17, 2000:
From Link Removed database:
Product Name Release Date Format
American Pimp (Documentary) 10/17/2000 DVD
American Strays 10/17/2000 DVD
Ancient Evil: Scream Of The Mummy 10/17/2000 DVD
Baseball 10/17/2000 DVD
Beowulf 10/17/2000 DVD
Bill Engvall's New All Stars Of Country Comedy #1 Discontinued DVD
Bill Engvall's New All Stars Of Country Comedy #2 Discontinued DVD
Billy Jack (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Billy Jack Collection (Limited Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Billy Jack Goes To Washington (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Bloody Pit Of Horror (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Born Losers (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Bubblegum Crisis #4: Hurricane Live! 10/17/2000 DVD
Bubblegum Crisis Mega Series 4-Pack 10/17/2000 DVD
Careful (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Chaka Khan: The Jazz Channel Presents: BET On Jazz 10/17/2000 DVD
China: Windham Hill 10/17/2000 DVD
Collectors 10/17/2000 DVD
Cosmic Man 10/17/2000 DVD
Crusade In The Pacific 10/17/2000 DVD
Dance Theatre Of Harlem 10/17/2000 DVD
Dementia (1953)/ Daughter Of Horror 10/17/2000 DVD
Dersu Uzala 10/17/2000 DVD
Diamonds Are Forever (Special Edition) Discontinued DVD
Encyclopedia Of WWII 10/17/2000 DVD
Fear (1994) 10/17/2000 DVD
Films Of Charles And Ray Eames #3 10/17/2000 DVD
Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Franklin And The Green Knight 10/17/2000 DVD
Friday The 13th 3 10/17/2000 DVD
Friday The 13th 4: The Final Chapter 10/17/2000 DVD
From Russia With Love (Special Edition) Discontinued DVD
Frosty The Snowman (1969)/ Frosty Returns 10/17/2000 DVD
Going All The Way (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Good Luck 10/17/2000 DVD
Greatest NBA Finals Moments 10/17/2000 DVD
Halloween 6: The Curse Of Michael Myers 10/17/2000 DVD
Heavy Metal 2000 10/17/2000 DVD
Heavy Metal 2000/ Heavy Metal (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Hullabaloo #1-4 10/17/2000 DVD
James Bond Collection #3 (Special Edition) Discontinued DVD
Jeffrey Osborne: The Jazz Channel Presents: BET On Jazz 10/17/2000 DVD
Keeping The Faith (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Key The Metal Idol #3 10/17/2000 DVD
La Femme Nikita 10/17/2000 DVD
Legends Of The Fall (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Living Daylights (Special Edition) Discontinued DVD
Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize 10/17/2000 DVD
Lost Films Of Laurel And Hardy #8 10/17/2000 DVD
Lucky Luke (1991) 10/17/2000 DVD
MTV: The Real World You Never Saw: New Orleans 10/17/2000 DVD
MTV: The Real World: Greatest Fights 10/17/2000 DVD
Major League Baseball: All Century Team 10/17/2000 DVD
Man In Uniform 10/17/2000 DVD
Militia 10/17/2000 DVD
Morrissey: Oye Esteban! 10/17/2000 DVD
Move #2: Shapes Of Bass 10/17/2000 DVD
NFL: Greatest Moments In Super Bowl History 10/17/2000 DVD
Never Say Never Again 10/17/2000 DVD
Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition)/ James And... 10/17/2000 DVD
Nutty Professor (1963) 10/17/2000 DVD
Octopussy (Special Edition) Discontinued DVD
Paris Concert For Amnesty International 10/17/2000 DVD
Penthouse Centerfold Auditions 10/17/2000 DVD
Penthouse Harlots Of Hell 10/17/2000 DVD
Penthouse Showgirls Of Penthouse 10/17/2000 DVD
Penthouse Swimsuit Video #2 10/17/2000 DVD
Physics #2: The Standard Deviants 10/17/2000 DVD
Picking Up The Pieces 10/17/2000 DVD
Picking Up The Pieces (Old Version) Discontinued DVD
Record Of Lodoss War: Chronicles Of The Heroic Knight 10/17/2000 DVD
Red Ink 10/17/2000 DVD
Rich And Famous 10/17/2000 DVD
Richard Strauss: Don Juan/ Ein Heldenleben/ Holderlin H... 10/17/2000 DVD
Rude (1995) 10/17/2000 DVD
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (1964) 10/17/2000 DVD
Rurouni Kenshin #02: Battle In The Moonlight 10/17/2000 DVD
Secret Games 3 10/17/2000 DVD
Secret Garden: A Night With Secret Garden 10/17/2000 DVD
Secrets Of War: Nazi Warfare 10/17/2000 DVD
Secrets Of War: WWII Battle Set 10/17/2000 DVD
Sexual Malice 10/17/2000 DVD
Silent Night: The Story Of The First Christmas (Madacy) Discontinued DVD
Sistine Chapel Choir: The Complete Musical Works Of The... 10/17/2000 DVD
Soul Talkin' 10/17/2000 DVD
Still Breathing (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Surgeon 10/17/2000 DVD
Tales From The Gimli Hospital (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Terror In The Skies #2: High Risk Operations 10/17/2000 DVD
Toy Story/ Toy Story 2 (Movie-Only Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
Toy Story/ Toy Story 2 18-Piece Dealer Prepack Discontinued DVD
Toy Story/ Toy Story 2 24-Piece Dealer Prepack Discontinued DVD
Toy Story/ Toy Story 2 48-Piece Dealer Prepack Discontinued DVD
Toy Story/ Toy Story 2: The Ultimate Toy Box (Special E... 10/17/2000 DVD
Tragic Hero 10/17/2000 DVD
Trial Of Billy Jack (Special Edition) 10/17/2000 DVD
USA Sports 12-Piece Dealer Prepack Discontinued DVD
USA Sports 24-Piece Dealer Prepack Discontinued DVD
USA Sports 48-Piece Dealer Prepack Discontinued DVD
Unsinkable Molly Brown 10/17/2000 DVD
Vanishing American 10/17/2000 DVD
View To A Kill (Special Edition) Discontinued DVD
Voodoo 10/17/2000 DVD
Wounds 10/17/2000 DVD
You Only Live Twice (Special Edition) Discontinued DVD
This is my 4000th post!

 

[Joseph Bolus]

Geez ... This will probably be a little anti-climatic, but here's what I was referring to:

DVD'S WORST DAY:
April 4, 2000 : The day that The Phantom Menace was issued to VHS, VHS Widescreen, overseas LD, and overseas VCD. LucasFilm stated that there would be no Phantom Menace DVD "for the foreseeable future ..."

DVD'S BEST DAY:
October 16, 2001: The day the format was formally introduced to the Star Wars franchise, with the (then) catalog release of The Phantom Menace to DVD.

In retrospect though, I have to agree with Aaron Silverman
above that "The Day DIVX Died" may have been a much more memorable day for the DVD format....

 

[Jesse Skeen]

But I didn't buy "Phantom Menace" because Lucas tweaked it from the theatrical version, so he would've been better off releasing it the same time the VHS came out.

 

[John Bryant]

9/24 is nice, but I will be getting only 3 titles:
Beavis and Butthead
Unforgiven
Swingers

8/6 is far worse

LOTR 2-disc Widescreen
The Simpsons Season 2
V The Final Battle
Hot Shots
Hot Shots Part Deux
The Jefferson's Complete First Season
Sanford and Son Complete First Season

Also, 8/20, 8/27, and 9/3 have 4 titles each. Thats 19 titles in less than a month. Oh. My. God.