Weekly RoundUp 4-26-2011

Thanks Mike.  A very quiet week for me in which my wallet gets a much needed rest unless you pull out some specials that I can't pass up!  Happy Easter to you and your family too.

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon 

Happy Easter, everyone! 

 

Niiice!  Happy Easter!

_Man_

Happy Easter! And, as always, thanks much for the RoundUp, Mike!

I'm interested in both Blow Out and El Topo, but not at 30 bucks a pop. Yikes! I must be getting old or something because that seems like a shockingly high price for vintage catalog titles. I'll sit these out and wait for a much lower price...

I have Blow Out as a pre-order from Borders (used a coupon to get it for $21), so I'll probably have to wait a week or two from Tuesday before I actually get it.

Blow Out is tempting...it's been years since I've seen it.  I am surprised that Target has an ad...in the 18 years I worked for them they never had an ad on Easter Sunday.

Have a great Easter everyone...spending mine with family this afternoon!

I should have the review of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas up late tonight.

That screen cap from Mongolian Death Worm made my Easter.  Thanks for the prices, nothing for me this week.  I'll be renting Blow Up eventually, I have heard enough great things about it that it seems to deserve my attention.  

*Blow Out, Blow OUT!!!

I'll be picking up Blow Out on Blu-ray and maybe South Park: Season Fourteen on DVD.

Thanks for the prices and happy Easter!

Word of caution on South Park, apparently the Mohammed episode is still "censored". It's not been changed from how it aired, but you're not going to hear the bleeped dialogue. Apparently, the mini commentary is heavilly bleeped, although this potentially could have been a joke by Matt and Trey (they know they can't talk about the stuff that happened). Personally, I never had any illusions that the uncensored version would ever be released (actually, we're probably lucky the episodes weren't left out entrely).   

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Originally Posted by WillG 

 

(actually, we're probably lucky the episodes weren't left out entrely).   

Exactly. I'm not happy that it's still edited for TV version but it's better than nothing.

You can find the review for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas here.

Neil's review of The Universe Megaset has been posted here and added to the grid above

Just Lucy For me. I've been using this quiet time to pick up some back releases, got the megaset of Danger/man Secret Agent from Amazon for about $35 shipped not bad for 18 disks and I've never seen most of this series but I remember liking what I saw.

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Originally Posted by Dave Scarpa 

Just Lucy For me. I've been using this quiet time to pick up some back releases, got the megaset of Danger/man Secret Agent from Amazon for about $35 shipped not bad for 18 disks and I've never seen most of this series but I remember liking what I saw.

 

Great deal!  I took teh plunge at $40 based on comments from members here.  Not sure when I'll get to it
 

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Originally Posted by Scott Shanks 

Amazon now has BLOW OUT (Criterion) listed for $18.99.

I guess you were only refering to the DVD.  Had me looking to place an order there...

_Man_

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Originally Posted by ManW_TheUncool 

 

I guess you were only refering to the DVD.  Had me looking to place an order there...

 

_Man_

 

Ooooops!!  thought I was looking at the blu ray version. Sorry about that. I guess I'll have a return tomorrow. 
 

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Originally Posted by Scott Shanks 

Ooooops!!  thought I was looking at the blu ray version. Sorry about that. I guess I'll have a return tomorrow. 
 

If you can wait some, B&N will probably have another 50%-off Criterion sale a month or two from now -- and Amazon might match them during that period, if you don't have a local B&N for the sale and/or don't have B&N membership to make the most of that sale.  I (and some others) will probably be waiting for that...

_Man_

NOW the Blu Ray of BLOW OUT is listed at $18.99 at Amazon......Crazy. It'll be interesting to see how long that lasts.

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Originally Posted by Scott Shanks 

NOW the Blu Ray of BLOW OUT is listed at $18.99 at Amazon......Crazy. It'll be interesting to see how long that lasts.

Quite a few Criterion titles under 20 bucks. Got Blow Out & Paths of Glory.

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Originally Posted by Scott Shanks 

NOW the Blu Ray of BLOW OUT is listed at $18.99 at Amazon......Crazy. It'll be interesting to see how long that lasts.

Shoot, and I ordered it for two bucks more from Borders.

I'm officially out of the disc buying game for a while thanks to an accident last week.  Guess I picked a good time, huh, considering what isn't on sale this week.  :)

Seems like the pricing/range of Criterion BDs in that Amazon sale is scattered out a fair bit -- and probably none of the very latest releases fall at the lowest end (though there seems to be a few from a couple months or so back).  Since I might finally cancel our B&N membership (before their next sale?), I may see about picking up a couple of the <=$17.99 titles from Amazon...

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Originally Posted by Jason_V 

I'm officially out of the disc buying game for a while thanks to an accident last week.  Guess I picked a good time, huh, considering what isn't on sale this week.  :)

Accident?  Hope nothing too bad...

_Man_

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon 

With all I'm hearing now about the Criterion sale going on at amazon...I'm almost afraid to look at it myself. 

 

Apparently some titles are as low as $17.49...

Whatever you do, don't look.   I did and it was an ugly event by the time I was forced to hit the Order Now button.

It's not quite as good as the B&N instore sales IF the clerk will let you do multiple orders AND use coupons (assuming the next sale is similar to the

last couple), but for an online sale this beats anything I've for a long time.

Mountain coming to Moh....  

I think this is pretty accurate (I refuse to accept responsibility for typos or what fellow HTF do with this information)

A lot of these discs are now on delayed shipping by around a week though Amazon often ends up shipping a lot earlier than listed dates.

13.99

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

$17.49
Breathless
8 1/2
Wings Of Desire

$17.99
Senso
Paths Of Glory
Army Of Shadows
Shock Corridor
Still Walking
The Naked Kiss
Amarcord

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Seventh Seal

$18.49
Sweet Smell of Success
Broadcast News
Red Shoes
Modern Times
Fish Tank

$18.99
Topsy Turvy
Blow Out
Le Cercle Rouge
Kes
White Material
The Mikado
The Double Life of Veronique

$19.99
Au revoir les enfants
Yi Yi

$21.49
The Leopard

$28.99
Yojimbo & Sanjuro

$52.99

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