Weekly RoundUp 10-26-2010

Mike,

Long time lurker, first time poster. Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your hard work every week. After the huge blu week on the 19th (moulin rouge, Romeo and Juliet, apocalypse now, rocky horror...) I think I may have to put the BTTF trilogy on the Christmas wish list. Just saw the re-release in the theater this afternoon, it was fantastic, and looked great as well, in case anyone was curious. Thanks again, and i hope to become a more visible presence here at HTF!

Welcome to the Forum, Tim!!!!

Welcome Tim and thanks for the thanks for Mike!  We all appricate the work he puts in to the roundup every week.  I'm glad I passed last week as this week there is BTTF, Aliens, Clone Wars, ouch!

 

I know we have reviews of Slings and Arrows, House, The Girl Who Played With Fire, BTTF, and Aliens coming up....

Best Buy on sale DVD items:

 

$4.99 each:
Children of the Corn
The Hills Have Eyes
30 Days of Night
Drag Me To Hell
Orphan
Saw VI

 

$6.99 each:
The Stepfather
Halloween II
Daybreakers
A Perfect Getaway
Hocus Pocus
The Unborn

 

$9.99 each:
Nightmare on Elm Street
Splice
Jonah Hex
Lost Boys

 

Blu-ray:

 

$9.99 each:
30 Days of Night
Orphan
Hostel
Saw VI

 

$12.99 each:
Drag Me To Hell
The Stepfather
Halloween II
Daybreakers
Friday the 13th: Killer Cut
The Strangers
The Unborn
Final Destination
Paranormal Activity
Wolfman

 

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Target on sale DVD items:

 

Blu-ray:

The Crazies $13.00
Predators $24.99
Mirrors 2 $19.99

 

Welcome Tim !! You have joined the best forum/message board on the internet.    What blu ray im getting this week?    Just back to the future limited blu ray tin from UK. 

Welcome aboard, Tim!

 

Huge week for me, I'll be getting the Alien set, the Back To The Future set and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season Two Blu-rays. If I feel like going all the way into bankruptcy, I might also get Maniac on Blu-ray. I also get the feeling that I'll be buying Sex And The City 2 as a Christmas gift at some point but that can wait for now.

 

Thanks for the prices, guys!

Thanks as always for the RoundUp Mike and Patrick...and welcome aboard Tim!

 

I'm definitely interested in the BD Back To The Future trilogy and Alien Anthology set, but not at these prices. I can wait for the inevitable price drops...

Just like everyone else, I have both Alien and Back to the Future on my radar for this week.  I feel like I'm committing some kind of sin by admitting I've only seen the first BttF once and never seen the two sequels.  Chances are I'll pick that set up this week and leave Alien for the price drop (or Christmas gift cards).  The original Nightmare on Elm Street is also on sale at BB.com, so I may add that on Tuesday.  The other catalogue titles I've added to my calendar are usually on sale, so I'm not in a rush to grab them (Untouchables, Varsity Blues, Taken, Traitor, Sunshine Cleaning, Silence of the Lambs, etc.).

Probably nothing from the new release slate for me (on release week) as usual, but thanks much anyhow, Mike.  I like to be informed regardless of whether I actually buy anything.

 

But like many others, I do plan to eventually acquire some of the titles coming out this week -- yes, even that seemingly compromised looking BTTF boxset (at the right price).   Well, I suppose I *might* order the UK version of the Alien Anthology from Amazon UK before long (assuming it's indeed region-free) since the price there is much more palatable.

 

Thanks again, Mike (and Pat too)!

 

_Man_

Wow, I'm surprised to see Costco's pricing match Amazon for BTTF and the Alien set. But these are 2 big titles! I'll be there.

I just pulled the trigger on the Alien Anthology at Amazon.co.uk. For $56.97US shipped I'm willing to put up with the "uglier" packaging and a 6-10 day wait on delivery. That's $33.02 cheaper than the US version at Amazon.com. Go Brits! 

 

Nothing for me this week. I'll pick up BTTF and Winter's Bone when the prices come down. Just as well, because November's looking to be an expensive month.

Man, I so want those Alien and BTTF collections but those are ridiculous prices....

I just couldn't resist that Alien Egg package, even at its ridiculous $150 price. It'll look good with my Terminator 2 head, Blade Runner briefcase and Planet of the Apes bust. Time to start collecting pop cans...

If you break down the price on the Alien movies, they're $22.50 a movie but there's 65 hours of supplements so given all that you get, the price isn't that bad. And the Back To The Future movies are $16 each.

The UK release breaks down to $14.25 per film. At that price the supplements are gravy. Now that's a deal.

 

Yeah, but don't you kinda have to count the last movie as a -1 and the 3rd movie as somewhere between 0 to +1/2 depending on how you feel about it (so count it as +1/4)?  So by that math, you'd end up at ~$90 / (1 + 1 + 1/4 - 1) = ~$72(!) per movie plus tax?
 

Besides, some/many of us already spent the big $$$ multiple times already on these Alien films -- IIRC, I actually bought both DVD boxsets during each set's first month of release myself.

 

_Man_

 

PS: I actually don't hate Alien 3 like some do though I do find Alien Resurrection a bit of a tough pill to swallow.

For me, Alien Resurrection is fairly decent until the lame ending but even with that ending, I still don't think it's half as bad as Alien 3. Everyone loves David Fincher (myself included) but his later work doesn't make Alien 3 suck any less.

You can nfind my review of Criterion's Blu-ray release of HOUSE here.

Mike:

 

I don't say it enough. Thanks for maintaining this list week in and week out.

 

I am in the same boat as others. Would love to own the Alien and BTTF sets but just can't justify the expense.

 

That's a great price on "Who Is Harry Nilsson" at Best Buy. Unfortunately, none of the stores between here and St. Louis are stocking it, but even with shipping and tax, it's still around $5-$6 less than Amazon. This is well worth seeing, BTW. I caught a screening of it a couple of weeks ago, and despite being fairly straight-forward from a story-telling standpoint, it is an excellent documentary. Some very cool music performances, including Harry singing on Playboy After Dark. Highly recommended for any Nilsson fan!

My local Costco had plenty of copies of Alien Anthology and BTTF. Sure I went nuts and spent a bundle on them! 

For anyone in the downtown Manhattan area, J&R apparently has the BTTF BD set for $42.99, instead of the higher price listed on their site.  Oddly, I didn't spot any copies of the Alien Anthology BD set (during my late lunch break), but maybe that's also substantially lower than the site.  If you want BTTF at that price from them, I'd recommend going w/in these next couple days since J&R has been known to adjust their release week pricing upward before the weekend.  They also have the Winter's Bone BD for $17.99 (same as their site) for those interested.  And they still have certain other BDs on sale, eg. Halloween horror flicks, modest Criterion sale, etc.

 

And while you're heading there, you might also consider dropping by the $15/20 DVD/BD vendor nearby on Fulton St to check out what's left of their modest clearance sale.  They still had a few interesting titles at bargain prices when I checked yesterday, eg. Lives of Others for $5, Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus for $10, Vivre Sa Vie (Criterion) for $15.

 

_Man_

Best Buy has a ton of Halloween themed BD's for 12.99 including Gremlins, all Friday the 13th movies, classic Nightmare on Elm Street, Ghost Ship, Shutter, Return to the House on Haunted Hill, The Orphange and more.  The store I went into had put Shutter Island on the same display.  The sign didn't specify Shutter Island (only Shutter), so it's probably a mistake. 

My Alien Anthology Egg package arrived today.... was it worth $150....YES !!!! It's freaking sweet....