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EricJ · 11-27-2013, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Tin Drum

I hope it's midnight cowboy as the pq could be better on the MGM release, but Roegs Witches would be good - pretty underrated.

Zoological fact check: Rats aren't mice.

(I expected the MC clue would be a diagram of crossing the street, and an arrow to identify that the pedestrian was walking -> here.)

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Originally Posted by octagon

What kind of yardstick is that? The current Midnight Cowboy release is in more collections than World on a Wire--

(Friend...it's called "obsession", it's a psychiatric term, and it starting to freakin' scare the rest of us.
Are you THAT devoted to the camaraderie of your little electronic net-pals, that you judge all aspects of the world by their baseball-card collection?

Now, me, I made it a point to vote for Obama last year because he had Gimme Shelter in his collection...)

joie · 11-27-2013, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by octagon

What kind of yardstick is that? The current Midnight Cowboy release is in more collections than World on a Wire, People on Sunday, the Vigo set, Kes and so forth and so on. Or maybe 'and so forth and so what' is a better way to put it. [...]

Criterion's Beauty and the Beast is in more collections than Midnight Cowboy.

vader4 · 11-27-2013, 12:52 AM

A Midnight Cowboy Criterion would be great! The movie that came to mind when I saw the picture was Ratcatcher seeing as how it's in the collection, but it's more likely to be Midnight Cowboy.

octagon · 11-27-2013, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by joie

Criterion's Beauty and the Beast is in more collections than Midnight Cowboy.

And...

TheHighRoller · 11-27-2013, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MitchA17

...an upgrade of Ratcatcher...

It's this.

I googled it and it was released on DVD by The Collection back in 1997 or something like that.

TheHighRoller · 11-27-2013, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by joie

Midnight Cowboy was a big deal when it was released, but look at the low collection count on the MGM release. There isn't much interest in it any more.

I hope it's Midnight Cowboy. I've been wanting to get it, but I'd rather hold out for a special edition release.

octagon · 11-27-2013, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by EricJ

(Friend...it's called "obsession", it's a psychiatric term, and it starting to freakin' scare the rest of us.
Are you THAT devoted to the camaraderie of your little electronic net-pals, that you judge all aspects of the world by their baseball-card collection?

Now, me, I made it a point to vote for Obama last year because he had Gimme Shelter in his collection...)

Erm...what?

My whole point was that Midnight Cowboy's showing (or lack thereof) in collections is largely meaningless. Was that really not clear?

JoeBuck · 11-27-2013, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

It's this.

I googled it and it was released on DVD by The Collection back in 1997 or something like that.

They always put one of the pieces of the drawing in blue if its an upgrade though, so I don't think its a Ratcatcher upgrade.
Also have doubts about it being Midnight Cowboy but would LOVE IT if it was true! Its in my top ten favorite films and the current blu ray is nothing to write home about.

TJS_Blu · 11-27-2013, 02:17 AM

Alright. Listen to this. If you add up all the collection numbers for Wes Anderson films (bottle rocket, rushmore, tenenbaums, moonrise, mr.fox, darjeeling) you get 14,386.

Now, divide that by 21.6006 and what do you get?

That's right, 666.

I did not make that up.

lordmorpheus72 · 11-27-2013, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by cferreiro

New newsletter...??

So this is the second newsletter in a row where all I got was an empty email. Anyone else having this issue? Just curious.

JoeBuck · 11-27-2013, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

So this is the second newsletter in a row where all I got was an empty email. Anyone else having this issue? Just curious.

Mine was empty when I opened it from the browser on my computer but not on my phone

baheidstu · 11-27-2013, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeBuck

They always put one of the pieces of the drawing in blue if its an upgrade though, so I don't think its a Ratcatcher upgrade.
Also have doubts about it being Midnight Cowboy but would LOVE IT if it was true! Its in my top ten favorite films and the current blu ray is nothing to write home about.

But wait, someone posted a picture of a Midnight Cowboy laserdisc, so wouldn't that be an upgrade too?

Someone also mentioned earlier that Criterion is releasing It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World even though MGM already released it, but in that instance they are releasing a different version of the film. What would Criterion bring to the table that's different from the already extant Midnight Cowboy blu?

I think it could be the Witches. Or how about Willard

Hubunkey · 11-27-2013, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by cferreiro

New newsletter...??

The Secret Of NIMH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

JoeBuck · 11-27-2013, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by baheidstu

But wait, someone posted a picture of a Midnight Cowboy laserdisc, so wouldn't that be an upgrade too?

Someone also mentioned earlier that Criterion is releasing It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World even though MGM already released it, but in that instance they are releasing a different version of the film. What would Criterion bring to the table that's different from the already extant Midnight Cowboy blu?

I think it could be the Witches. Or how about Willard

Not quite. Their laserdiscs dont really apply to the same rules as dvd upgrades.
They could definitely improve on the transfer by doing more clean up work than what it was given. Probably do more special features too as there werent too many on the current release.

jw007 · 11-27-2013, 05:26 AM

If its either Ratcatcher, The Witches or Midnight Cowboy, I'll be pleased with any of those.

EricJ · 11-27-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jw007

If its either Ratcatcher,

Ratcatcher? You mean, a rat who caught the flu? Well, that might work...

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Originally Posted by octagon

The current Midnight Cowboy release is in more collections than World on a Wire, People on Sunday, the Vigo set, Kes and so forth and so on.

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Originally Posted by joie

Criterion's Beauty and the Beast is in more collections than Midnight Cowboy.

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Originally Posted by octagon

And...

Annnnd...

...(hmm)...

...(thinks)...

...Say, y'know, you're right: IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY FREAKIN' THING TO DO WITH ANYTHING!!!
I don't know why I never noticed that before!

jayembee · 11-27-2013, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jw007

If its either Ratcatcher, The Witches or Midnight Cowboy, I'll be pleased with any of those.

Maybe it's the 1932 Warner Bros. film Taxi!, in which James Cagney says "Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!" (usually misquoted as "You dirty rat, you killed my brother!")

ShellOilJunior · 11-27-2013, 09:51 AM

I'm not sure what the clue is but everybody's talkin' about it.

joie · 11-27-2013, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'm not sure what the clue is but everybody's talkin' about it.

It's Of Mice and Men

TJS_Blu · 11-27-2013, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by baheidstu

What would Criterion bring to the table that's different from the already extant Midnight Cowboy blu?

Much better PQ? Let's hope so.

good one, shell

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11-27-2013, 12:52 AM	#89423
vader4 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Cloud City, Bespin 4K collection:65 Blu-ray collection:901 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:1	A Midnight Cowboy Criterion would be great! The movie that came to mind when I saw the picture was Ratcatcher seeing as how it's in the collection, but it's more likely to be Midnight Cowboy.

11-27-2013, 02:17 AM	#89429
TJS_Blu Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:1845 DVD collection:578 Blu-ray reviews:11	Alright. Listen to this. If you add up all the collection numbers for Wes Anderson films (bottle rocket, rushmore, tenenbaums, moonrise, mr.fox, darjeeling) you get 14,386. Now, divide that by 21.6006 and what do you get? That's right, 666. I did not make that up.

11-27-2013, 05:26 AM	#89435
jw007 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Between PA, NJ, FL, and the Middle East Blu-ray collection:628 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:5	If its either Ratcatcher, The Witches or Midnight Cowboy, I'll be pleased with any of those.

11-27-2013, 09:51 AM	#89438
ShellOilJunior Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2009 Location:USA Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:10	I'm not sure what the clue is but everybody's talkin' about it.

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