A really weird thing happened at Blockbuster last night... (1 Viewer)

[Tyler T]

This is like the subject suggests really odd and strange. Now I was in BB looking for the usual Friday night DVD since they have the biggest selection around the area I live in. Of course they had the P&S versions of The Mummy Returns (with plenty of copies collecting dust) and Cats and Dogs (oddly they were all checked out...oh well). I rented Final Fantasy, One Night At McCools, and The Godfather Pt. II though. But here is the odd thing! I was walking through the regular non-new release section and there was Silence Of The Lambs. They had the MGM P&S version of the film and the great WS Criterion issue of it. This is not the odd thing but I found the current MGM copy under the Criterion case but I found the original Criterion (it was in a bulkier case) and put it in it's right place. So I was ready to go when I saw the MGM version of Silence of the Lambs but it was in WS!!!!!!! Not rental, but for sale... This makes me mad! Why BB would stock a P&S version for rent, while a WS version go on sale confuses me. I hope my local BB dosen't get rid of the Criterion one or this is an outrage
*borrows quote*
No OAR-No Sale

 

[Richard Travale]

Maybe you should offer to buy the Criterion disc and say tht nobody wants all that extra stuff and squinty screen anyways

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[JJR512]

I hadn't realized there was a Criterion-collection SOTL. All I've seen in the stores are the SE/P&S and SE/WS. I just looked at DVDPlanet, and they, too, only have those listed, and even in their Criterion collection list it doesn't mention SOTL. What gives?
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[Steven K]

I hadn't realized there was a Criterion-collection SOTL.

You're kidding, right?

 

[paulajean]

Hi
The Criterion Silence of the Lambs is out of print.
Paula

 

[Tom Ryan]

This has probably been mentioned, but has anybody noticed that in Blockbuster's DVD commercials, they advertised The Mummy Returns for rent, and showed a clip of it IN WIDESCREEN? That's certainly misleading!
-Tom

 

[Neil_S]

This has probably been mentioned, but has anybody noticed that in Blockbuster's DVD commercials, they advertised The Mummy Returns for rent, and showed a clip of it IN WIDESCREEN? That's certainly misleading!

I noticed that too. I got quite annoyed. When I wanted to rent it I was told by the clerk that 'Families want full frame' and not widescreen when they rent DVDs. He also told me he prefers full frame DVDs. I just wanted to push the guy through a fine mesh screen....

 

[Mark Kalzer]

Strange how people can just convert to Pan n' Scan lovin right after they have kids and become a family. C'mon Blockbuster, we're all parts of some sort of family, and it doesn't mean we prefer Pan n' Scan. Quit with this generalization BS.
[Edited last by Mark Kalzer on October 27, 2001 at 08:13 PM]

 

[Jeff Swindoll]

The Mummy Returns is a "family" film??!!??

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[Tyler T]

"The Mummy Returns is a "family" film??!!??"
Well is Silence of The Lambs one either?
*makes licking sounds with tonuge*

 

[Jeremy Illingworth]

I noticed the thread weeks ago about BB only having Mummy Returns in P&S. Yesterday was my first trip there since it came out and we only have WS copies at the BB here.
jeremy

 

[David Lambert]

I just looked at DVDPlanet, and they, too, only have those listed, and even in their Criterion collection list it doesn't mention SOTL. What gives?

DVDPlanet doesn't list an OOP title when it's also out of stock.
Other e-tailers, like Amazon, do continue to list them even when OOP and O/S.
Here's the link to Criterion's page:
http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=13
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