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I picked up Damien: Omen II for $4.99. I was tempted by the most recent Bond film (No Time to Die) to complete my collection, but decided to hold out for a better price than $9.99. I have all the other Bond films on digital already.
 

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I picked up Damien: Omen II for $4.99. I was tempted by the most recent Bond film (No Time to Die) to complete my collection, but decided to hold out for a better price than $9.99. I have all the other Bond films on digital already.
Bond movies sold individually don’t discount much. The lowest price I can remember is $8.99. I guess you can wait a year to save a dollar.;)
 

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Finished my Superman and Vacation collection on iTunes...

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (HD $4.99)
Superman III (HD $4.99)
Superman Returns (HD $4.99)
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (HD $4.99)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (HD $4.99)
 

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Bond movies sold individually don’t discount much. The lowest price I can remember is $8.99. I guess you can wait a year to save a dollar.;)
I thought I had seen the films for $7.99 each at some point, but I may be mistaken on that. I may go ahead and pick it up on this sale just to complete my set.

EDIT: I checked Cheap Charts, and it appears that only the Connery films have hit a $7.99 price point, while the others have not been lower than $8.99. You talked me into buying No Time To Die, @Robert Crawford . :laugh:
 
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I thought I had seen the films for $7.99 each at some point, but I may be mistaken on that. I may go ahead and pick it up on this sale just to complete my set.

EDIT: I checked Cheap Charts, and it appears that only the Connery films have hit a $7.99 price point, while the others have not been lower than $8.99. You talked me into buying No Time To Die, @Robert Crawford . :laugh:
I saw the No Time To Die 4k disc at my local Target for $10. Couldn’t believe it as the Blu-ray is still $14 or so.

I passed on it. It will be the first 007 film I will not buy.
 

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I thought I had seen the films for $7.99 each at some point, but I may be mistaken on that. I may go ahead and pick it up on this sale just to complete my set.

EDIT: I checked Cheap Charts, and it appears that only the Connery films have hit a $7.99 price point, while the others have not been lower than $8.99. You talked me into buying No Time To Die, @Robert Crawford . :laugh:
I didn't remember those Connery films being $7.99, but I did remember the $8.99 price point.
 

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Picked up The Protege 4K -- 1st time it's dropped to $5 -- and also Red Eye 4K plus a few others (mainly some non-Movies-Anywhere titles plus a Japanese horror flick I missed from a previous $3 Arrow sale).

I'm wondering about The Goodbye Girl (1977) though -- seems to be 1st time it's dropped to $5 -- and curious if it might actually be the same transfer as the one for WAC since the HD digital seems only ~3 years old vs the WAC BD being ~6 years old (and there hadn't been any other prior HD releases on disc or digital)...

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Picked up The Protege 4K -- 1st time it's dropped to $5 -- and also Red Eye 4K plus a few others (mainly some non-Movies-Anywhere titles plus a Japanese horror flick I missed from a previous $3 Arrow sale).

I'm wondering about The Goodbye Girl (1977) though -- seems to be 1st time it's dropped to $5 -- and curious if it might actually be the same transfer as the one for WAC since the HD digital seems only ~3 years old vs the WAC BD being ~6 years old (and there hadn't been any other prior HD releases on disc or digital)...

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Let us know about The Goodbye Girl.
 

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Let us know about The Goodbye Girl.

Ok, I just went ahead, bit the bullet and took one for the team... :P and it sure looks like it's very likely the same transfer as the WAC BD. I don't actually have the WAC BD, but quickly comparing a few screencaps from Caps-a-holic (plus how it generally looks both on its own and relative to those screencaps) suggests it's very likely the same transfer w/ slight diffs that can probably all be attributed to just the necessarily diff, lower bitrate encode (yielding slightly diff sharpness/contrast/tonality/brightness that probably wouldn't be noticeable apart from direct comparisons). It certainly doesn't look like the old DVD at all (as also shown at Caps-a-holic), which had fairly different color grading (along w/ the usual DVD artifacts, etc).

Do note though that even the WAC BD apparently doesn't look quite as sharp (or perhaps, "punchy") as usual for a WAC BD -- probably just the reality of the 70's film stock and filmmaking I guess...

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Let us know about The Goodbye Girl.

Ok, I just went ahead, bit the bullet and took one for the team... :P and it sure looks like it's very likely the same transfer as the WAC BD. I don't actually have the WAC BD, but quickly comparing a few screencaps from Caps-a-holic (plus how it generally looks both on its own and relative to those screencaps) suggests it's very likely the same transfer w/ slight diffs that can probably all be attributed to just the necessarily diff, lower bitrate encode (yielding slightly diff sharpness/contrast/tonality/brightness that probably wouldn't be noticeable apart from direct comparisons). It certainly doesn't look like the old DVD at all (as also shown at Caps-a-holic), which had fairly different color grading (along w/ the usual DVD artifacts, etc).

Do note though that even the WAC BD apparently doesn't look quite as sharp (or perhaps, "punchy") as usual for a WAC BD -- probably just the reality of the 70's film stock and filmmaking I guess...

_Man_

FWIW, the Movies Anywhere digital definitely looks a lot like SD quality instead (but maybe still from the same transfer) even though MA claims to have it in HD -- meanwhile, Vudu apparently only has it in SD.

_Man_
 

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FWIW, the Movies Anywhere digital definitely looks a lot like SD quality instead (but maybe still from the same transfer) even though MA claims to have it in HD -- meanwhile, Vudu apparently only has it in SD.

_Man_
Just another example of the industry screwing up another home video format. The lack of uniformity in 2022, shouldn't be happening now.

By the way, I have the WA Blu-ray so I'll probably pass on this digital.
 

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Fanflix is having a 2 for $10 sale on films for Halloween, including several 4K versions.
I ended up picking up four titles through this sale -- Scream 4K (had bought it on Vudu in HD several years ago), Scream 2 4K (never owned), Scream 3 HD (never owned) and Hannibal HD (had just on DVD). You can only order two titles at a time, so I had to place two separate orders.
 

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