CHEWBAKAspelledwrong

why does everything need to be explained? Shouldn’t there be some mystery?

Just ordered the Complete Sopranos on Blu-Ray (on sale on Amazon for $50!).

I’ve streamed the first season on Prime, but HBO is supposedly not renewing it’s deal with AMZ and will be pulling its shows from Prime once it expires in May, and no way I’ll be finishing the whole series by then.

oojason said:

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - SteelBook [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray] - also available to pre-order at $34.99…

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/star-wars-the-last-jedi-steelbook-digital-copy-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-blu-ray-only--best-buy-2017/6166202.p?skuId=6166202

If the OUT is ever released in 4K, I might buy a set just to celebrate 😉

I’m probably going to end up ordering the standard 4k set. I don’t have a 4k setup yet, but for 5 bucks, I might as well save myself from a future purchase when I inevitably do upgrade, whether it’s next year or a decade from now.

NeverarGreat said:

an overcomplicated and dull political ‘thriller’.

I think you’re confusing this with Attack of the Clones.

DominicCobb said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

joefavs said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Last Jedi retailer exclusive packaging for BD (and 4k!) leaks. Hopefully the standard release just has theatrical release art as with TFA and RO.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/011218-1500

Here’s the standard art:

Wtf is a “multi screen edition” and is there a normal edition without the lame border? Also, the last two SW movies included a DVD with the Blu-Ray, so why stop now? Is it just no longer worth it for them to print more DVDs?

I’m skeptical that that cover is legit. The official Target and Best Buy images seem to include DVDs.

At BB, it seems the steelbook does, but not the regular release.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/star-wars-the-last-jedi-includes-digital-copy-blu-ray-2017/6164820.p?skuId=6164820’

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/star-wars-the-last-jedi-steelbook-includes-digital-copy-blu-ray-dvd-only--best-buy-2017/6169016.p?skuId=6169016

Same at target: it seems the regular edition has no DVD, but the retailer exclusive does:

https://www.target.com/p/star-wars-the-last-jedi-target-exclusive-blu-ray-dvd-digital/-/A-53211599#lnk=newtab

https://www.target.com/p/star-wars-the-last-jedi-blu-ray-digital/-/A-53192765#lnk=newtab

suspiciouscoffee said:

joefavs said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Last Jedi retailer exclusive packaging for BD (and 4k!) leaks. Hopefully the standard release just has theatrical release art as with TFA and RO.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/011218-1500

Here’s the standard art:

Wtf is a “multi screen edition” and is there a normal edition without the lame border? Also, the last two SW movies included a DVD with the Blu-Ray, so why stop now? Is it just no longer worth it for them to print more DVDs?

The lack of a DVD is surprising. I figured what we would see was the gradual phasing out of new releases coming out in DVD-only editions, with there simply being a DVD thrown in with every BD for those who can’t play Blu-Rays.

I guess it makes sense, though. I figure more people use the DVD to share the purchase with friends/family (technically piracy, I think) than for the intended purpose of “being able to play it anywhere.” Internet and streaming devices are so prolific nowadays (and platforms matured via Movies Anywhere) that the digital copy is probably sufficient for the purpose for most.

Edit: I remember when Disney first started advertising the 3-in-1 sets, they marketed the DVD as for the backseat of the minivan. I would guess it’s more common now for parents to load movies onto an iPad for their kids to use while in the backseat nowadays than to get DVD players in their cars.

How is it possible that Rogue One won the Empire Award for best movie, but not the Empire Award for best science fiction movie? One seems to necessitate the other…

moviefreakedmind said:

Like almost all other successful franchises, Harry Potter has a much higher rate of good content than Star Wars.

That does not necessarily make it more iconic than Star Wars, however.

I don’t see this as any different from, say, car ownership. If I sell a car, I can no longer use it. The person who bought it can. The same logic applies to your ownership of the rights to screen Star Wars in your home, represented in this case by legal possession of the Blu-Rays.

suspiciouscoffee said:

If I could, I would dismantle every sports organization on the planet. They’re disgusting glorifications of barbarism and cruelty.

I sure hope you’re excluding baseball. Otherwise, GET OUT!

Star Wars (1977)

Concluded I’ve been lying all these years I’ve been telling people The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite Star Wars movie. Peer pressure, I guess. I’m just so happy when I’m watching the one that started it all!

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SW/Empire
TLJ
TFA/ROTJ

So having just watched Star Wars for the first time in more than a year, I have to retool this:

SW
Empire
TLJ
TFA/ROTJ

Empire might be a more complex and technically perfect movie, but no ten minutes of cinema puts a wider smile on my face than every moment of Star Wars after Ben tells Luke to “use the Force” and turn off his computer. Makes me feel like I’m a kid again. That’s worth five movies as good as The Empire Strikes Back.

TV’s Frink said:

That was a crazy game.

+1 entertaining game.

Comical coverage from New Orleans on the last play…

According to this article, the entire saga is coming out in the 4K format:

http://fr.ign.com/m/star-wars-8/32785/feature/la-saga-star-wars-bientot-en-4k-ultra-hd

Ugh, I hate the cookie cutter movies anywhere border.

In regard to Mark, he apparently played the alien who thinks BB is a slot machine via motion capture. They even created a giant BB-8 for him to interact with!

https://nerdist.com/the-last-jedi-mark-hamill-mo-cap-performance-canto-bight/

There’s artificial gate weave on the digital projection. Did you get double gate weave?

ChainsawAsh said:

Bourbon and ginger beer?

Oh wait, that’s what I’m drinking. Nevermind.

Can never go wrong with a bourbon high ball! An embarrassing number of bar tenders have no idea what I mean when I order one.

TV’s Frink said:

Inglorious Bastards.  Much better than I expected.

(ok, ok, last movie seen was actually Avatar, but there’s plenty of threads for that)

Was going to quote, but then realized I was on the first page. But what the hell. Finally watched it last night. Not an all time classic. Not even Quentin’s best. But pretty damn good.

TV’s Frink said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Ender’s Game

meh. The book was better.

Most books are.

Except Harry Potter. SO ICONIC!

Glitch

joefavs said:

I just watched Dunkirk too to christen my new 4K setup. Christ almighty that is a brilliantly put together film.

Watched it the other week. Loved it. My family thought it was made unecessarily confusing. I enjoyed how it all came together.

And congrats on the 4K! My residential future is too uncertain for me to invest in any such thing for now (I’ll just end up having to move it 5 times…). But once I settle a 4K home theater setup will be the first luxury I budget for!

EDIT. I think future film purchases will be 4K/BD combos when available. Definitely for TLJ anyway. Time to future proof.

It does feel incomplete. It’s been too long since I read it (nearly 10 years probably) for me to pin down exactly what it is that was left out, but I did think while watching it that it should have been two parts. It’s also only about 90 minutes. Maybe they could’ve just added an hour?

Ender’s Game

meh. The book was better.