The Game (1997) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

 

Best Buy Exclusive through July 14th

 

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Wasn't this already released by Criterion?

^ Yes.

I would assume this is just the Criterion transfer with none of the supplements.

But it's a Best Buy exclusive which means you won't actually be able to find a copy

Patrick Donahue said:

But it's a Best Buy exclusive which means you won't actually be able to find a copy

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It goes out to GENERAL RETAIL on July 14th, which means you CAN get it by then...read Ron's post a little more carefully my friend...

lukejosephchung said:

It goes out to GENERAL RETAIL on July 14th, which means you CAN get it by then...read Ron's post a little more carefully my friend...

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I was commenting on Best Buy having a period of exclusivity, which was mentioned in the first sentence of the post. The little dig was totally unnecessary in a civil forum like this...

I have the Criterion. Regardless of if it's the same transfer, this would be a downgrade.

If you like the film the Criterion is 100% a no brainer. The extras are extensive and quality.

Back in the day, Criterion's laserdisc was a no-brainer choice over the early-times DVD.

I have that one too, and the HD-DVD that was good until the CC Blu surfaced.

There's no point comparing the Criterion Blu-Ray of "The Game" to the old Polygram DVD, except to be amused by how very far home video standards have progressed. I must say that I found those early days of DVD to be very exciting though, with only a few Columbia titles at first, and Warner "test-marketing" DVD's that you had to live in one of the "test-marketing" areas to buy (no mail orders!), and little companies jumping in with very iffy DVD's but the new player needs to be fed, and LIVE making a big fuss about their first six (I believe) titles, and Polygram with their strange hard-plastic disc-out-the-bottom cases, and Columbia and Universal offering double inventories of DVD's in Amaray or jewel cases, and only a tiny drip-drip-drip of titles, and two-hour movies on DVD's that you had to turn over to watch the whole movie but soon there'll be Reverse Spiral Dual Layer discs so no more flippers, and getting used to how "computerish" (the interfaces and the glitchiness) the discs were compared to laserdisc, and all the non-anamorphic transfers that were at least easier to A-B with your laserdiscs, and when is Fox going to start releasing DVD's, and widescreen and standard on the same disc because some people like to fill the whole screen, and do I buy this on laserdisc or wait for the DVD, and visiting Jeff Ulmer to see his new 65" rear-projection TV and his progressive-scan player was still on order but it was still super-impressive, etc.. God, I had fun. In 2015, the product is much better, cheaper, and easier-to-research-and-order, of course, and the quality of home theatre has gone far beyond what was achievable in 1997, but are we having more actual fun? I mean, sure we are, but ARE WE?

You forgot DIVX, or did you omit on purpose?

DIVX was exciting in a good way to exactly nobody back then, as I bet you remember. I don't mean to sidetrack this topic; I'm just suggesting that as ennui-laden Michael Douglas in "The Game" comes to realize, the climb may have been more fun than reaching the top.