Weird Science release date changed to "TBA"?? (1 Viewer)

[Walt Riarson]

I just recieved an e-mail from DVDEmpire regarding my pre-order of Weird Science, which was supposed to come out on April 1st.

It says...

"We have just been informed by the studio that the
release date for 'Weird Science' has been changed
to TBA.

TBA = To Be Announced (No Release Date Specified Yet)

Your order has been kept in place and will be processed
normally. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have
caused."

Anybody else recieve this e-mail? Anybody know what's going on? I didn't pre-order Sixteen Candles, but does anyone know if it's still coming April 1st or if it's been delayed as well?

 

[David Lambert]

Neither Sixteen Candles nor Weird Science is scheduled for April 1st any more. Breakfast Club still is; make of that what you will. No different dates are available from Universal for the first two titles. That's all I've got right now.

 

[oscar_merkx]

so an April Fool's joke after all then

 

[Dean Cooper]

Bummer :frowning:

 

[John Kilduff]

How long, O Lord, how long before we can see Kelly LeBrock in glorious widescreen (and Molly Ringwald in an OAR tete-a-tete with a "Geek"-y Anthony Michael Hall)?

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

Then again, the "BTTF" trilogy was delayed for a long time because of all the extras that went in. Could Universal be cooking up something more for these two titles?

 

[David Lambert]

How long, O Lord, how long before we can see Kelly LeBrock in glorious widescreen (and Molly Ringwald in an OAR tete-a-tete with a "Geek"-y Anthony Michael Hall)?

John, don't you have the Image released DVDs of these two? They aren't anamorphic, but they ARE widescreen!

 

[oscar_merkx]

Dave

Great covers

Thanks

 

[David Lambert]

Dave

Great covers

Thanks

Uh, those covers are from the OLD releases of these, the snapper ones by Image. I don't have a clue what the new covers look like.

 

[John Kilduff]

Actually, Dave, I didn't get into DVD until 2000, and by then, copies of the discs had pretty much all been bought up and out as far as I could see.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

Then again, this is 3 years back we're talking about.

 

[Joel Vardy]

That's a shame :frowning: . Scratch two more titles I was planning on for this half of the year. On the other hand, this works well with my intent on paring down my DVD buying habit .

Joel

 

[Aaron_Brez]

Grrr....

I just sold mine on eBay (for a decent sum, it's true, but still...), foolishly believing the release date. Barstahds.

BTW, is Breakfast Club supposed to be remastered (anamorphic) with extras? Or just a rerelease of the same old disc?

 

[Dave_P.]

I just sold mine as well. :frowning:

 

[Steve_Knutzen]

Were there EVER specs announced for these?

 

[Kyle McKnight]

Wow, I didn't realize these were going for so much on Ebay. Maybe I should sell mine.

 

[Skoobooz]

According to this morning's DVD File report, all three John Hughes movies, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, and The Breakfast Club have been taken off the schedule. How incredibly frustrating. And considering that we've been hearing about these special editions since, I think, Studio Day 2001, I don't think they've been pulled for more features. Oh well...maybe in another few years....

 

[David Lambert]

According to this morning's DVD File report, all three John Hughes movies, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, and The Breakfast Club have been taken off the schedule.

I just went and checked Universal's database, and it still lists a 4/1 release for The Breakfast Club. However, I'm seeing other items on that list which are re-listings of old offerings (Always, *batteries not included, Jungle Fever, Xanadu, etc.). So I just ran and checked my old copy of TBC, and the UPC code on it matches the one given for the 4/1/03 release.

So I can only assume they pulled the new SE release, along with the SE's for WS and SC, and simply replaced TBC's listing with a re-listing of the old disc. :frowning:

Sucks, don't it? I only hope these don't disappear off the radar screen like Duel did!

 

[Dean Cooper]

So any news on the new release dates? Now that the old release date has past I'd sure like to know when I'll get the chance to spend my money on these.

Dean

 

[David Rogers]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

/rude Studios