The Criterion Collection

[DaBargainHunta]

Criterion already has digital content.

It's called FilmStruck.

This is obviously how they want you to consume their movies digitally, by paying for their service. I'd be shocked if they "cannibalize" that revenue stream by offering free digital copies of their movies with Blu-rays. By not doing that, they get you to pay them twice - once for the disc and again for the streaming service.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Last night I watched Blow Job by Andy Warhol.

Where did you watch it?

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Last night I watched Blow Job by Andy Warhol.

What a powerful film that is.

The sheer beauty of the story almost brought me to my knees. If you're looking for an art film that really makes you think, this is one you have to see. To my knowledge, Criterion does not have any Andy Warhol films in the collection.

That needs to be remedied.

I would urge everyone here to send Jon Mulvaney an email about this ASAP.

He'll get the message the next time he checks his email account and sees 20+ emails with the subject line...Blow Job.

I hear it's a tear jerker.

[moviebuffed]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I hear it's a tear jerker.

Come on guys, get a grip. Y'all sure are squeezing the life out of Ray's initial post. Let's talk about Criterion packages and releases.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by moviebuffed

Come on guys, get a grip. Y'all sure are squeezing the life out of Ray's initial post. Let's talk about Criterion packages and releases.

Nonsense, he loves the squeeze.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by Cujo

What's more amusing is people pulling out the old "Oh, but you love so and so." nonsense as a defense of Del Toro. But hey, if you want to play that tired game, I'm sure anyone could look at your Blu collection and find something to do the same.

Yep, that is a very bad argument. Using someone's fandom of another director/movie to discount their opinion is pretty low.

[javi92]

Has anyone been successful lately in getting a response from Criterion about discs that won't play? I've emailed them twice since the beginning of December about a replacement Le Cercle Rouge disc, since the one I have won't boot to even the main menu on two different players. All I've gotten is crickets. I know the title is OOP, so even if they can't replace it, a simple "sorry we don't have any more stock" would be fine. But I can't get a response at all.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by javi92

Has anyone been successful lately in getting a response from Criterion about discs that won't play? I've emailed them twice since the beginning of December about a replacement Le Cercle Rouge disc, since the one I have won't boot to even the main menu on two different players. All I've gotten is crickets. I know the title is OOP, so even if they can't replace it, a simple "sorry we don't have any more stock" would be fine. But I can't get a response at all.

I have the exact same problem with my copy of "Le Cercle Rouge" and have e-mailed them four or five times in the last couple months. No response.

[The Great Owl]

Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96

RIP. That was such a great book. I still need to buy the Criterion Blu-ray.

[Lastyear]

Originally Posted by mja345

I have the exact same problem with my copy of "Le Cercle Rouge" and have e-mailed them four or five times in the last couple months. No response.

Better check my copy. Have not played it for awhile.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by UncleBuckWild

There are movies like The Internship and Anchorman 2 in my collection therefore I've lost all legitimacy to pass a judgement.

Still have to say Jellyfish Eyes is one god awful film.

Hey, sometimes the brain needs a break and a little escapism. That's why I have Weird Al's UHF and that terrible adaptation of Howard the Duck.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96

RIP. That was such a great book. I still need to buy the Criterion Blu-ray.

...and Criterion needs to get working on a release of The Plague Dogs.

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by jw007

I have a crazy but important question.

I'm wondering if this is even possible...

What if I wanted to digitize my entire Criterion Collection blu-ray library?

Could I actually do this or does each disc have some sort of lock for ripping discs?

Could Criterion send me complimentary digital copies if I sent them proofs of purchase (from receipts I saved over the years)?

I mean, being a loyal customer, I feel it would be unfair if I simply wanted digital copies of all of my films and they told me I'd have to re-buy everything digitally. And that's just counting Criterion. I figured bigger video distribution companies would be impossible to persuade if I just bought their physical media on blu-ray or dvd.

Ya know, let's say I plan on moving overseas or someplace like Hawaii and want to live in a yurt and can't possibly manage to take 6 bins full of blu-rays with me for my relocation...wouldn't it be amazing to have digital copies of my entire film library?

What are my options here? Or do I even have any options at all or am I shit out of luck and now forever punished for buying physical media?

It's very easy to digitise BDs yourself, although it's time consuming and I don't really have much faith in external HDs lasting long providing that's where you end up storing the copies.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

It's very easy to digitise BDs yourself, although it's time consuming and I don't really have much faith in external HDs lasting long providing that's where you end up storing the copies.

When I was ripping/encoding DVDs 7 or 8 years ago, I remember the process taking about 2 hours per disc. I can only imagine what a BD-50 would take.

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

When I was ripping/encoding DVDs 7 or 8 years ago, I remember the process taking about 2 hours per disc. I can only imagine what a BD-50 would take.

It's not far off two hours if I remember correctly. Not done it for a while, though.

[ShellOilJunior]

12/31 (Saturday) is the last day to vote in the year end poll.

[UncleBuckWild]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

Hey, sometimes the brain needs a break and a little escapism. That's why I have Weird Al's UHF and that terrible adaptation of Howard the Duck.

True, True. I've to add Tammy to the list.

.. Don't know what was it that I found interesting - Melissa McCarthy being unusually obnoxious or the crazy grandma.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96

RIP. That was such a great book. I still need to buy the Criterion Blu-ray.

With the recent demise of both George Michael and Carrie Fisher , 2016 has been a rough year for notable deaths.

[llj]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

With the recent demise of both George Michael and Carrie Fisher , 2016 has been a rough year for notable deaths.

I'm sure if you check the obit listings for every year, you'd find there have been many notable deaths annually. It's just that after Bowie and Rickman early in the year y'all have been setting up a database for 2016 so that every time an actor or musician dies you went "AWWW HELLLL TIME TO PILE ANOTHER ONE ONTO THE 2016 LIST!!"

I'm ambivalent about this whole 2016 thing. It was amusing at first but now it sort of reduces these deaths to a statistic.

[UncleBuckWild]

Originally Posted by javi92

Has anyone been successful lately in getting a response from Criterion about discs that won't play? I've emailed them twice since the beginning of December about a replacement Le Cercle Rouge disc, since the one I have won't boot to even the main menu on two different players. All I've gotten is crickets. I know the title is OOP, so even if they can't replace it, a simple "sorry we don't have any more stock" would be fine. But I can't get a response at all.

Originally Posted by mja345

I have the exact same problem with my copy of "Le Cercle Rouge" and have e-mailed them four or five times in the last couple months. No response.

May I ask, who are you guys e-mailing at Criterion?.