The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

Did they actually say no announcements today?

[dwk]

Not that I've seen. But I think the announcements are delayed.

[Macatouille]

Originally Posted by Scottie

Did they actually say no announcements today?

Nope, and they usually say something if it's delayed.

[tama]

Originally Posted by Scottie

Did they actually say no announcements today?

No. They haven't made any statements yet.

[MifuneFan]

Usually they announce a delay around 5, often with a teaser image of one title they'll be releasing.

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by Scottie

Did they actually say no announcements today?

No they didn’t. Doesn’t look likely today, but who knows.

[technirama]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Usually they announce a delay around 5, often with a teaser image of one title they'll be releasing.

In what timezone?

[traths]

Originally Posted by technirama

In what timezone?

Probably Eastern.

[DukeTogo84]

If there is going to be a delay I wish they would just say so right at the start of the day. Still a chance we'll get title reveals today, but not looking good.

[Cremildo]

See y'all Monday, folks.

[BunyipPouch]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[JoelGoodsen]

Dear Criterion,



Regards,

All members of Blu-ray.com forum

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

We really do not know for a fact that Criterion now has rights to the MGM titles from Kino. I do know that for some reason MGM licenses titles with very short windows. There are titles that Arrow and Shout had licensed and were abruptly OOP like these films. They ironically ended up with Kino, except for A Fish Called Wanda, which has not ended up being re-released.

While not definite, it's pretty strongly hinted by these facts:

1) The only 4k titles from MGM that are going OOP are titles that Criterion has the license for on BD. Titles like Spaceballs, The Good, Bad and the Ugly, and The Apartment all remain in print despite being released years ago.
2) All of the going OOP 4k titles come from one deal and none of the later MGM deals have had any 4k releases with Criterion BD releases. Meaning Criterion has probably already stepped in to prevent anything like this from happening again.
3) They were all excellent sellers, according to KL Insider, meaning that this wasn't why the rights weren't renewed.
4) The KL Insider said that they were very close to releasing a Kubrick boxset with the three MGM Kubricks before losing the rights. Confirming that Kino losing the rights was quite unexpected and not their choice.
5) KL Insider said that it "should be pretty obvious whose choice it was". Which, as we've established, was not their choice and would be a weird statement if it was referring to MGM, who lets them renew titles all the time (how long has On the Beach been in print?) They use similar phrasing for Criterion when talking about titles that they are not able to license because Criterion has the rights.

[BigDmo531]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

Dear Criterion,



Regards,

All members of Blu-ray.com forum

All would be forgiven if Magnolia was one the titles

[technirama]

Have they actually confirmed a delay to monday, and why? One can never trust an internet forum to not make stuff up for "fun".

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by BigDmo531

All would be forgiven if Magnolia was one the titles

Amen to that.

[technirama]

Originally Posted by Areyakiddin

While not definite, it's pretty strongly hinted by these facts:

1) The only 4k titles from MGM that are going OOP are titles that Criterion has the license for on BD. Titles like Spaceballs, The Good, Bad and the Ugly, and The Apartment all remain in print despite being released years ago.
2) All of the going OOP 4k titles come from one deal and none of the later MGM deals have had any 4k releases with Criterion BD releases. Meaning Criterion has probably already stepped in to prevent anything like this from happening again.
3) They were all excellent sellers, according to KL Insider, meaning that this wasn't why the rights weren't renewed.
4) The KL Insider said that they were very close to releasing a Kubrick boxset with the three MGM Kubricks before losing the rights. Confirming that Kino losing the rights was quite unexpected and not their choice.
5) KL Insider said that it "should be pretty obvious whose choice it was". Which, as we've established, was not their choice and would be a weird statement if it was referring to MGM, who lets them renew titles all the time (how long has On the Beach been in print?) They use similar phrasing for Criterion when talking about titles that they are not able to license because Criterion has the rights.

Do you think that titles like "Spaceballs", "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" and "The Apartment" can someday be acquired by Criterion for a 4K/BD combo release?

[tama]

Originally Posted by technirama

Have they actually confirmed a delay to monday, and why? One can never trust an internet forum to not make stuff up for "fun".

Not yet

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by technirama

Have they actually confirmed a delay to monday, and why? One can never trust an internet forum to not make stuff up for "fun".

I don't think they have yet. It's definitely not on their Facebook.

[technirama]

Originally Posted by tama

Not yet

Thanks for the reply. I really hate how people make stuff up in internet forums for "fun", not to mention all the "sarcasm" and "irony". And don't get me started on acronyms of films that I have to guess what is the film, and abbreviations that I have to search online or ask what they mean. I hate those abbreviations so much: why can't people write "if I remember correctly" instead of the "iirc" bullshit? This applies to so many more of these abbreviations that I really hate and confuse the shit out of me, I can never remember what they mean.