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[rkish]

Originally Posted by plattopus

That's what I do with my region-free BD player and PS3, and it works great. If you've already got another BD player there's no reason to keep changing the region, just keep it on whatever international region coding you use the most and use your other player for local BDs.

The problem is, that in the case of the players that you've heard some of us talking about, once you shut down the player, you have to reinput the code the very next time you switch the player on. The only way around this, is to keep the player switched on all the time.

The only other options are hardware mods (Oppo, etc.) or purchasing a region B player from the UK. Which I might consider doing in the future.

[aggienader08]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

It as nothing to do with the quality of the movie. The comment is more about people who just go from post to post in this fashion

2008 - The Dark Knight GREATEST MOVIE EVAR

2009 - Avatar GREATEST MOVIE EVAR

2010 - Inception GREATEST MOVIE EVAR

2010 - Current popular movie GREATES MOVIE EVAR

Then same person will call you a hater for having the audacity of not agreeing with his comments.

I don't truly care if every other movie they see become's "GREATEST MOVIE EVAR " but please don't expect me to take you very seriously and stop calling someone a hater if they happen to find something wrong with you "GREATEST MOVIE EVAR " of the moment. They look like highschool kids going from band to band every other week.

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Did I make a claim at anytime that Pirates Of The Caribbean is the greatest movie ever? Did I said at any point anyone in this thread said Inception is the greatest movie ever?

Good lord you seem to feel very threaten by my comments, I did not mean to insult you.

Lol! You seem adament about continuing a pointless and dead-end argument. I don't mean to take it out of context, but you did say it.

BTW, I've never felt "threatened" by your comments, but as to whether you insulted me at some point in your pointless rant? well, that doesn't really matter now does it?

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by zombeaner

Actually from my experience, once you input the code the first time, the "configure player" menu stays up even after you turn it off and back on. You still have to choose regions apart from A and R1, but you don't have to input the code more than once.

Thanks, that's good to know. I just got the player on Sat. so I haven't had a whole lot of time to play around with it. So far I would say it's comparable to the Sherwood.

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by trombone dixie

BBS $69.99 on Amazon. I'm all up in that!

That's a good deal (and Modern Times for $19.49?). It's too bad Videodrome is $35.99.

[ShellOilJunior]

This Amazon sale > BN sale

Sure the chiselers can get things even cheaper with the BN sale but Amazon is better in terms of convenience and shipping speed.

[aggienader08]

Originally Posted by kndy

As you probably know, del Toro is fascinated with Perlman and is featured in quite a bit of his films. His first choice is Perlman and the reason why he was encouraged not too was because del Toro had a difficult time getting the money for the film. But Perlman stuck with it because he had never found a director who knew so much about his career as was fascinated by him. So, in many ways, del Toro's fanboyish nature towards him paid off.

Yea I knew that about their relationship and it was nice to see where it sorta began. But I was just making an assessment about the level's of acting between the foreign (Spanish?) actors and the one American.

Originally Posted by kndy

Unfortunately, low finances and also a tight schedule definitely forced him to make those decisions.

Bare in mind, del Toro has said that if he had the chance, he would love to redo the film. But of course, we have seen how his films have changed even with a big budget and I think if he was to redo "Cronos" with big budget special effects, better score and possibly more gore, I just don't think he would do it justice. It was perfect as is, considering the time period the film was released.

I think redoing the film would be unnecessary as it's already a fantastic film. I'd love a new score though, perhaps by the same fellow who scored The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth, Javier Naverrete?

Originally Posted by kndy

"Night and Fog" and "Shoah" are films I recommend. As for replay value, that's hard to say. Both are subjective to the viewer...

Night and Fog is a very difficult film to watch. I can't talk about Shoah as I haven't seen it, but Night and Fog is very gut wrenching to say the least. It's one of those films that's very very upsetting, yet very educational in a way. You know, it's sorta one of those everyone should see it once type of thing.

[G:Box]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

It's a little off topic, but this weekend, I picked up the Insignia NS-WBRDVD2 Blu-ray player at Best Buy. This player is currently on sale for $89, and if you punch in a code on the remote (9113), a secret menu pops up that allows you to set it to whatever BD region and DVD region you want. It's similar in this regard to the Momitsu and Sherwood players, but it's so cheap, I bought one just to have a second region free player. For 89 bucks + tax, region coding can be one less worry, and BB seems to have loads of these players in stock.

Is this still on sale? Im bummed out, since I think the sale is over

[Trekkie313]

Hey, if anyone is interested the made for TV adaption of The Man Who Fell To Earth is on Netflix for streaming. I like it so far. It has Beverly D'Angelo, Robert Picardo and Annie Potts!

[keldons]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

This Amazon sale > BN sale

Sure the chiselers can get things even cheaper with the BN sale but Amazon is better in terms of convenience and shipping speed.

Walking into the local B&N that is 10 minutes from my house and getting films for $13.77 each might be better than more expensive prices and waiting 2 days.

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by keldons

Walking into the local B&N that is 10 minutes from my house and getting films for $13.77 each might be better than more expensive prices and waiting 2 days.

You have a point there.

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by MrGBox

Is this still on sale? Im bummed out, since I think the sale is over

It's possible that the sale ended on Saturday.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

It's possible that the sale ended on Saturday.

Best Buy's sales start on Sunday and end on Saturday at closing.

[italy12]

Regarding Deep Discount....

Is anyone currently waiting for an order to be shipped from them?

I ordered 2 movies in early November, received one of them even before I was charged and before I received the email notifying me of the shipment, and I haven't seen the other one yet...and that is over a month ago.

Then, I pre-ordered Videodrome and Cronos from them during the winter 25% off sale. I received Videodrome fairly quickly, but nothing on Cronos yet.

I have been trying to call them for weeks now and they keep saying that because of the popularity or success of the winter sale, call volume has been very high. (a recording says this while you wait on hold all day)

Today, the phone is just busy...everytime I call.

[SpiderBaby]

^ You will get your stuff, but I stopped ordering from them. It takes month(s) to get your stuff.

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by italy12

Best Buy's sales start on Sunday and end on Saturday at closing.

Yeah, that's why I think the sale on that player ended on Saturday. I picked mine up on Saturday night. Apparently it's $130 when not on sale.

[Kessel Run]

Cool, new titles to be announced Wednesday.

[aggienader08]

Originally Posted by yoink_69

Cool, new titles to be announced Wednesday.

any guesses on what they may be? Have we already discussed the clue in the newsletter?

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by aggienader08

any guesses on what they may be? Have we already discussed the clue in the newsletter?

What clue? There hasn't been a monthly newsletter, yet, with a clue... only the 'gift guide' newsletter that went out last week. Criterion mentioned that the monthly newsletter would be going out this week.

CC

[aggienader08]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

What clue? There hasn't been a monthly newsletter, yet, with a clue... on the 'gift guide' newsletter that went out last week. Criterion mentioned that the monthly newsletter would be going out this week.

CC

Ah! Sorry about that then! Nevermind. Somebody quote my last post then after the newsletter comes out. What, will we be on page 1120 by then?

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by aggienader08

Ah! Sorry about that then! Nevermind. Somebody quote my last post then after the newsletter comes out. What, will we be on page 1120 by then?

No, it prob will come out today so page 1120 will either be tonight or tomorrow.