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Forum: Asia 12-21-2012, 12:28 PM

Replies: 96 Columbo Complete Series Box Views: 15,715 Posted By ikms A big disc sale going on at Amazon.jp, and the... A big disc sale going on at Amazon.jp, and the Columbo box is down to 30,000yen... starting to get tempting. ;)

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 07-25-2012, 08:04 AM

Replies: 2,518 Star Trek TNG - Season One July 24 Review Views: 216,087 Posted By ikms Unfortunately, I imported from the US for the... Unfortunately, I imported from the US for the best deal (set is about $200 at Amazon Japan... $300 at retail - no joke :eek:), and will probably never get a replacement since the international angle...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 07-23-2012, 03:58 AM

Replies: 2,518 Star Trek TNG - Season One July 24 Review Views: 216,087 Posted By ikms Oh it will be widescreen alright, when the... Oh it will be widescreen alright, when the syndication broadcasts begin in a few years. They are certainly remastering with this goal in mind.

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 03-18-2012, 08:56 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/07/29/game-of-thrones-... http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/07/29/game-of-thrones-hbo-20-years/ There is a lot of interview material out there to wade through (GRRM himself, the creators, HBO execs), but the obvious impression...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 03-18-2012, 07:19 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms Since the 3rd book is being extended over 20... Since the 3rd book is being extended over 20 episodes (S3+S4), thought is they will announce S4 in tandem since the implied plan was to shoot (at least certain locations and sets) "back to back." ...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 03-18-2012, 05:42 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms Then they will have to make that decision soon,... Then they will have to make that decision soon, since all the chatter from the powers-that-be is Book 3 will be S3+S4 (and there was already a 15% budget increase for S2). S3 and S4 should be...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 03-11-2012, 05:50 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms When the series aired, I found myself re-watching... When the series aired, I found myself re-watching the previous weeks episode just before the new episode aired to catch-up and reinforce impressions. When the season ended I rewatched from the...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 03-09-2012, 09:20 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms You guys are killing me. Ironically this week... You guys are killing me. Ironically this week "winter has come" and thanks to sea ice, I still haven't taken delivery of my set! It might be a few weeks still... :mad:

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 02-25-2012, 10:55 PM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms But now you know what is going to happen before... But now you know what is going to happen before you see it! A friend of mine went and read all the books after the first season completed because he couldn't wait for the spring. Shortsighted to...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 02-23-2012, 10:52 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms For a blind buy TV series, this is as safe a bet... For a blind buy TV series, this is as safe a bet as you will ever get. :cool:

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 02-20-2012, 01:32 PM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms And to tie it in with this site... even if the... And to tie it in with this site... even if the viewership/subscriptions aren't enough to finance the show, annual worldwide sales of 1 million+ DVD/BR sets (totally out of my @$$ here, but this is an...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 02-20-2012, 08:20 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms I meant the novels. ;) The 3rd & 4th season will... I meant the novels. ;) The 3rd & 4th season will be book three, books 4 & 5 are planned to be 1 and 2 seasons respectively (maybe reversed, or mixed... would have to dig up the quotes) which covers...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 02-18-2012, 09:18 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms The other difference is that TPTB and many fans... The other difference is that TPTB and many fans already know (within a book or two) how "stale" the series will (or not!) get. A problem with an open ended series, even like ones as critically...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 02-18-2012, 03:44 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms Of course they will. This isn't the Sopranos, or... Of course they will. This isn't the Sopranos, or Sex and the City, where ratings pushed the series on even as creative exigencies / actor contracts forced compromises with the productions. GOTS...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 12-04-2011, 05:31 AM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms When Criterion moved to BD, they hardly doubled... When Criterion moved to BD, they hardly doubled the market for their original product. They can only realistically hope to sell the same number of copies, now spread between two SKUs, as they did...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 12-03-2011, 02:28 PM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms I can only speculate (like everyone else in this... I can only speculate (like everyone else in this thread) but the main reason is because, well, they started it on DVD and since it is still selling... why bother? If there were people clamoring for...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 12-03-2011, 11:53 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms I have watched the first season four times... I have watched the first season four times through already, and am looking forward to the official release (picture quality with HBO HD recordings is already fantastic, but the commentaries and...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 12-03-2011, 09:53 AM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms I would love to get an actual price quote on that... I would love to get an actual price quote on that outside of broad internet speculation. The plastics are in similar quantity, so aluminum stamped vs dye embedded process is the only difference we...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 12-03-2011, 04:22 AM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms Tell that to the $5 BD's that seem to never go... Tell that to the $5 BD's that seem to never go away on Amazon. Recordable 25GB BD-Rs in 50 stacks come out to 30yen a pop in Japan - pressing them is much cheaper. We are talking a difference of...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 12-01-2011, 09:41 AM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms Yi-Yi did feel somewhat similar, but I much... Yi-Yi did feel somewhat similar, but I much preferred the narrative to Still Walking. I actually watched the SW disc with the wife probably a month before I caught Nobody Knows on NHK. Neither of...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 11-29-2011, 11:17 AM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms I always thought "film snobs" loved Wes Anderson,... I always thought "film snobs" loved Wes Anderson, that he was ignored by the masses for being too "quirky," "ironic," and "focused on intellectual elites." All my film snob friends/relatives seem to...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 11-29-2011, 09:10 AM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms I am more partial to Branded to Kill. I find it... I am more partial to Branded to Kill. I find it the "definitive" Suzuki (he had his stinkers all right, but this one is out-and-out OTT madness), he had nothing to lose, and all but dared Nikkatsu...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 11-28-2011, 03:39 AM

Replies: 2,125 Game of Thrones Season 1 | Season 2 & Collector's ED Views: 215,624 Posted By ikms I saw that too... and without reading the books,... I saw that too... and without reading the books, assumed it could be a spoiler of sorts. Be careful with this series! :ohnoes:

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 11-25-2011, 03:50 PM

Replies: 71,916 Sticky: Criterion Collection Discussion Views: 4,357,923 Posted By ikms Interesting that it gets play outside of Japan. ... Interesting that it gets play outside of Japan. I just finished a historical museum installation in Japan with "36 views" of a different Mt. Fuji. Even calling it 36-kei very few Japanese are aware...

Forum: Blu-ray Movies - North America 10-21-2011, 04:14 PM

Replies: 23 Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter & Branded To Kill 12/13/2011!!!! - Reviews Views: 2,193 Posted By ikms One of the first things I did after moving to... One of the first things I did after moving to Japan was to rent these films (as many Suzuki films as I could find) and "replace" my Criterion DVDs with the anamorphic domestic releases. There are a...

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