Weekly RoundUp 12-18-2007 - Page 2

EricSchulz · 12-16-2007, 03:14 PM

Just several rentals for me: Simpsons Movie, Halloween (despite the pretty much universal bad reviews), Hatchet (where was this during the Scary Moive Challenge???), and possibly Once, which I recall getting pretty good reviews. Purchasing is done 'til I see what's under the tree next week!

Mike:
Here's a thought (not sure if you have considered it in the past or not)---is there any possibility that for the "extras" that various retailers offer you could group them by title rather than by retailer? For example, it seems a little easier (for us at least,

) to figure which edition of "The Simpsons Movie" to buy if you were able to compare all the retailers at one time. Just a thought... And having tried a CD version of the Round-Up here a few years ago, I KNOW how much work goes into one of these! So thanks for taking on the challenge each week!

josh4040 · 12-16-2007, 03:44 PM

I get my DVD's at Best Buy almost exclusively but target has a 5.00 off on the Simpsons movie so I will be going there. Here is the link http://www.foxhome.com/target/simpso...rgetCoupon.pdf

Viper · 12-16-2007, 04:34 PM

Why is it always the same movies that are cheap? I've been seeing stuff like Bone Collector on sale all friggin year. Gimme something I don't already have! Half of what CC and BB put on sale is already in the $5 bin at Walmart all year long. How come I've only seen Animal House on sale for like $3 one time at Best Buy? I'd pick that up if someone sold it cheap again. What happened to American Pie? BB sold out of that the 1 time it was on sale for like $2.99. I'm not buying it till I see the Ultimate Edition under $10 or an HD-DVD release. Prices are rather annoying all around though. They oughtta put Nightmare on Elm Street individual releases on sometime. I used to see the snapcase ones in Walmart's bin, but I never see the keepcase releases cheaper than $7 at CC and they never have all 7.

Hopefully, we'll see HD/BD stuff pickup next year after all the Xmas player sales and SD-DVD prices will come down more on things that normally don't. Jungle 2 Jungle is like 10 years old now, but everywhere I look wants $13 or more. That's nuts. At the very least, that should be a $7.50 title at Walmart. Also annoys me all the Xmas displays stock Home Alone 1 and 2 but not 3. Weird.

I had 1162 VHS movies last July. I'm down to just over 500 right now. There's still plenty I could see replacing with DVD/HD if the price is right, but half of them either aren't available or are never on sale.

RoyWilbury · 12-16-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by josh4040

I get my DVD's at Best Buy almost exclusively but target has a 5.00 off on the Simpsons movie so I will be going there. Here is the link http://www.foxhome.com/target/simpso...rgetCoupon.pdf

Does anyone think there's any chance that if I go to Target, they will allow me to apply this coupon to the Blu-Ray version? The coupon does specifically state (and picture) the DVD version, but I'm wondering if I would have any luck trying to use the coupon for the Blu-Ray version. It has a barcode, so I'm thinking it wouldn't work if they scanned it in for the Blu-Ray version.

On the other hand, this coupon is on the studio's website, and their Blu-Ray version is twice as expensive, so I would think they might have a coupon for that Blu-Ray version as well or intend this coupon to work on it.

I guess this would be one time where I would hope that the employees at Target *don't* know the difference between DVD's and Blu-Ray/HD-DVD. I suppose one could feign ignorance as well, and say "Well, this is the "Blu-Ray DVD" version!"

Viper · 12-16-2007, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Will_B

All three flavors of the Blade Runner 5-disc edition for me, due to the uncertain future of the format war, and the uncertainty of how long the 5 disc edition will be in print.

I thought only the briefcase release was "limited." The regular 5-disc release should stick around for a while. Shouldn't it?

Dennis Nicholls · 12-16-2007, 08:06 PM

Joe, there is no "regular 5-disc release". There's only a "regular 4-disc" DVD release, and the "5-disc high res" releases on BRD and HD-DVD. See my post above for the Amazon link that charts the 7 different releases coming Tuesday.

Viper · 12-16-2007, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls

Joe, there is no "regular 5-disc release". There's only a "regular 4-disc" DVD release, and the "5-disc high res" releases on BRD and HD-DVD. See my post above for the Amazon link that charts the 7 different releases coming Tuesday.

That's what I meant. They list the 5-disc HD/BD with the briefcase and without. Don't they?

TravisR · 12-16-2007, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Viper

They list the 5-disc HD/BD with the briefcase and without. Don't they?

The five disc set is only available with the briefcase.

Mike Frezon · 12-16-2007, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RoyWilbury

Does anyone think there's any chance that if I go to Target, they will allow me to apply this coupon to the Blu-Ray version? The coupon does specifically state (and picture) the DVD version, but I'm wondering if I would have any luck trying to use the coupon for the Blu-Ray version. It has a barcode, so I'm thinking it wouldn't work if they scanned it in for the Blu-Ray version.

On the other hand, this coupon is on the studio's website, and their Blu-Ray version is twice as expensive, so I would think they might have a coupon for that Blu-Ray version as well or intend this coupon to work on it.

I guess this would be one time where I would hope that the employees at Target *don't* know the difference between DVD's and Blu-Ray/HD-DVD. I suppose one could feign ignorance as well, and say "Well, this is the "Blu-Ray DVD" version!"

Can't be certain...but I think it will work on the BD version, Roy. There was a similar coupon for Target on Live Free or Die Hard and IIRC a RoundUpper reported that it worked just fine on the BD release.

I had every intention of trying that myself but had difficulty finding the BD version in my local Targets. I ended up saving even more money by ordering it from Amazon.

Viper · 12-16-2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TravisR

The five disc set is only available with the briefcase.

Look again. Amazon lists 2 HD-DVD and 2 BD releases of Blade Runner. Both are listed as the 5 disc, only one says it's "Limited Edition." One's $67 with the briefcase and the other is $28 without.

http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Runner-F...m_syf_dtl_pl_7
http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Runner-F...m_syf_dtl_pl_6

Dennis Nicholls · 12-17-2007, 06:26 AM

Joe, when you said "regular" I took this to mean regular DVD, i.e. SD-DVD. There is no five disc SD-DVD set sans briefcase.

Scott_J · 12-17-2007, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls

Fred Meyer has a special offer: buy the Simpsons Movie DVD and they throw in a box of their bakery-shop donuts!

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But are they including Market Pantry water with the donuts?

Longtime Rounduppers will get the reference.