Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[VideoPhonic]

Originally Posted by Aclea

And yet both The Iron Horse and Whirlpool restorations TT was waiting on have both fallen by the wayside.

There isn't much synergy between Fox's home video/licensing department and actual restoration/archival department. There are new Fox restorations premiering at festivals this year.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by Jobla

I think Jayembee is correct about TT, even though he ended his sentence with a preposition (just trying to do my part for the grammar police!).

This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.

[hammer99]

Originally Posted by jayembee

I think that's less to do with "struggling money wise" and more to do with losing the contracts with Fox and MGM and not getting any others to replace them with.

Nick Redman's passing may also be a factor, I don't know.
I hope they continue to release great titles, but I can see a fire sale coming in the future, just a hunch.

[Rzzzz]

I hope you are right. There are about 8 titles I would have bought (maybe more) if their pricing was more like their other sales.....

[HINDIBLUERAY]

This is the first time that I have passed on their sale. I have their entire collection up to 2017.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by Page14

I miss the days of autographed copies.

Yep. I miss the days when we'd all log in at 3 PM hoping whatever we wanted to get was still available and every once in a while bring down their entire website

[Jobla]

Originally Posted by koberulz

This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.

Great quote. Who said that? Oscar Wilde? Orson Welles? Orson Bean?

It is never correct to use a preposition to end a sentence with.

[erlinmeyer]

Originally Posted by Jobla

Great quote. Who said that? Oscar Wilde? Orson Welles? Orson Bean?

It is never correct to use a preposition to end a sentence with.

Yoda

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Jobla

Great quote. Who said that? Oscar Wilde? Orson Welles? Orson Bean?

It is never correct to use a preposition to end a sentence with.

It's usually attributed to Winston Churchill.

https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/11/14/ch...-prepositions/

[bdgking]

I think most all agree the last sale for twilight time really sucked and was likely by far the worst ever .
I think SAE made a huge mistake taking away their 7 for $70 offer . Those type of offers likely boosted sales during non major sale periods .
Also whomever is and was in charge of the last sale seems to not have a real clue of what most people are really willing to pay .
They are having more titles being released a month than their selling out of . A year to a year and a half ago they had about 100 titles . Now they have over 220 . They are not doing a good job with their recent sale prices . $6.95 , $9.95 & sometimes $14.95 were price points they would sell a lot & fast .

I fear for them that if they do not start selling a ton of their inventory / titles they will go out of business . They release 3,000 units per title . Maybe they should start only doing 2,000 per title ?
They are going to have a huge over flow of inventory , run out of space in the warehouse , having to much inventory can make it hard for employees to get to product , see whats what etc.
I could go on . The main point I am trying to say overall is the recent sales have been horrible , They are likely over producing and whomever is in charge doesn't seem to have a clue what rates their sales should be at . They also don't get when you grossly overcharge your customers on shipping then your prices better be really good . They also don't get many titles they sell get re-released far cheaper which hurts them selling far higher . Scream and scream again , Bounty are just some recent examples even though they are sold out the realistic situation is the same . Most people if they know that Twilight time and or SAE is selling at $24.95 or even at a sale of say $14.95 but the customers know that those titles were going to be re-released it is just a matter of time that amazon or another company will have it on sale for $10 or so . If customers know this then why not pay the much cheaper rate .
Twilight time and SAE has to learn to be more competitive and has to realize that a company like Amazon and others could crush them by re-releasing these so for them to survive they have to learn to adapt and price far better than they have .

I am sorry to anyone if they feel my grammar is not great .
lol

P.S to twilight time and SAE my post may be me being critical but really it is my honest opinion and it is meant to help and I am speaking for myself and not everyone may agree with all I said but I am confident that many people feel the same way or at least agrees with much of what I said . I hope the companies take this as great feedback so hope they will use the information to improve and realize they must change and learn what their customer base wants and prices etc. what they were willing to pay .

[bdgking]

I also forgot to add that SAE should be adding low quantity information to their main page of their site like they did about a month ago . These types of information stuff shows they are keeping their customers informed of what may sell out of soon . I also feel by doing so it shows customers respect by keeping them in the loop and giving your customers information and updates shows signs of caring informing your customers . IMO

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by bdgking

I am sorry to anyone if they feel my grammar is not great .
lol

I can forgive the repeated misuse of "whomever", but, seriously, why are you dodging questions about the periods? You obviously have a reason, can't you just tell people why you keep doing that?

[Rzzzz]

Ok...

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

I can forgive the repeated misuse of "whomever", but, seriously, why are you dodging questions about the periods? You obviously have a reason, can't you just tell people why you keep doing that?

Smart guess: to rile people up and call attention to him(her)self. In other words, to do something that begins with "t" and ends with a double "l".

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by bdgking

[Show spoiler]I think most all agree the last sale for twilight time really sucked and was likely by far the worst ever .
I think SAE made a huge mistake taking away their 7 for $70 offer . Those type of offers likely boosted sales during non major sale periods .
Also whomever is and was in charge of the last sale seems to not have a real clue of what most people are really willing to pay .
They are having more titles being released a month than their selling out of . A year to a year and a half ago they had about 100 titles . Now they have over 220 . They are not doing a good job with their recent sale prices . $6.95 , $9.95 & sometimes $14.95 were price points they would sell a lot & fast .

I fear for them that if they do not start selling a ton of their inventory / titles they will go out of business . They release 3,000 units per title . Maybe they should start only doing 2,000 per title ?
They are going to have a huge over flow of inventory , run out of space in the warehouse , having to much inventory can make it hard for employees to get to product , see whats what etc.
I could go on . The main point I am trying to say overall is the recent sales have been horrible , They are likely over producing and whomever is in charge doesn't seem to have a clue what rates their sales should be at . They also don't get when you grossly overcharge your customers on shipping then your prices better be really good . They also don't get many titles they sell get re-released far cheaper which hurts them selling far higher . Scream and scream again , Bounty are just some recent examples even though they are sold out the realistic situation is the same . Most people if they know that Twilight time and or SAE is selling at $24.95 or even at a sale of say $14.95 but the customers know that those titles were going to be re-released it is just a matter of time that amazon or another company will have it on sale for $10 or so . If customers know this then why not pay the much cheaper rate .
Twilight time and SAE has to learn to be more competitive and has to realize that a company like Amazon and others could crush them by re-releasing these so for them to survive they have to learn to adapt and price far better than they have .

I am sorry to anyone if they feel my grammar is not great .
lol

P.S to twilight time and SAE my post may be me being critical but really it is my honest opinion and it is meant to help and I am speaking for myself and not everyone may agree with all I said but I am confident that many people feel the same way or at least agrees with much of what I said . I hope the companies take this as great feedback so hope they will use the information to improve and realize they must change and learn what their customer base wants and prices etc. what they were willing to pay .

Posts like these are why you have detractors...seriously, this thread doesn't need posts that dense and rambling.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Smart guess: to rile people up and call attention to him(her)self. In other words, to do something that begins with "t" and ends with a double "l".

I will say, if it's all just a troll, I give him a lot of points for being consistent. You'd think that just by habit a few normal punctuations would slip in.

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Posts like these are why you have detractors...seriously, this thread doesn't need posts that dense and rambling.

Overly defensive butthurt response to this post in 3...2...1...

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

Overly defensive butthurt response to this post in 3...2...1...

Don’t you mean 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . ?

[The Great Owl]

I placed an order for Wild in the Country.

[Jobla]

Moi, aussi.

WILD has my favorite background score of any Elvis film. Usually, I'm only aware of the songs in an Elvis picture.