Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by plateoshrimp

My copy of Tony Rome has fingerprints on it, and My Gal Sal has something on it, both were sealed. My copy of Garden of Evil wasn't wrapped at all and had fingerprints on it. It played just fine.

Originally Posted by jmclick

Hmmm ... do you suppose some of the discs were originally packaged in blue cases, and were repackaged into clear cases? The flagship Vintage Stock store is in Joplin, and I've watched them reseal used blu-rays for resale. If they didn't put "USED" stickers on the outside of the finished product, you might never know that they weren't brand new. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by thebalconyfool

I've received a couple of TT discs that had fingerprints but no scratches. I have received Criterion discs with random fingerprints too. They are small companies and the discs are handled by the people packing them so it's no surprise really. All of mine were sealed. It's a shame one of yours has scratches, but I'm glad it plays fine. I did once buy a sealed Criterion that had scratches and Barnes and Noble exchanged it for me without issue.

Originally Posted by Will G

I'm assuming it's because the discs are put in by hand before they are sealed?

Thanks for the replies

Glad to know that it's "normal" -- I just never had it with any other company, and I had always assumed that all factory sealed movies were finished and sealed at the factory before even reaching the distributor.

[billydillydilly]

This is why I always wipe down my discs with a lens cloth before playing! Nothing more annoying than a movie trying to skip through a fingerprint.

[Eschenpod]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Well, the obvious answer is that their website did not accurately reflect their actual inventory. There's always this:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...u+ray&_sacat=0

Thanks, I was able to pick up a copy from Amazon for $24. Seems to me that SAE should have better control of keeping accurate counts on available stock. Other companies manage to do it.

[DukeTogo84]

I ordered Scorpio a few months back, brand new and it has a scratch on it. Would start skipping about an hour in. I'm always surprised when something that is brand new can still have scratches on it.

[jmclick]

For reference, here is an updated list of what's actually for sale via the Twilight Time website https://www.twilighttimemovies.com/s...riceasc&page=1 as of 1:30 PM CST. 20th Century-Fox films are noted to the right of the titles.

[Show spoiler]Twilight Time Final Closeout Sale Prices (61)

$3.95 (3)

Angel [AKA Danny Boy]
Carla's Song
Fatherland [AKA Singing The Blues in Red]

$6.95 (6)

April Love (20th Century-Fox)
The Children of Huang Shi
In My Country
Kings Go Forth
The Little House [Chiisai Ouchi]
The Virgin Soldiers

$10.95

Sunshine (not a Twilight Time title)

$11.95 (52)

NOTE: Titles below are included in the Ten for $115 Sale

10 North Frederick (20th Century-Fox)
A Man Called Peter (20th Century-Fox)
Admirable Crichton, The [AKA Paradise Lagoon]
Adventures of Hajji Baba, The (20th Century-Fox)
Antony and Cleopatra
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Bandolero! (20th Century-Fox)
Behold A Pale Horse
Beneath The 12-Mile Reef (20th Century-Fox)
Big Fix, The
Blue Denim (20th Century-Fox)
Bobby Deerfield
Broken Lance (20th Century-Fox)
Bullet Train, The [AKA Shinkansen Daibakuha]
Captain From Castile (20th Century-Fox)
Chairman, The (20th Century-Fox)
Chase, The
Chato's Land
Garden of Evil (20th Century-Fox)
Genghis Khan
Hello, Frisco, Hello (20th Century-Fox)
Hilda Crane (20th Century-Fox)
Hussy
Lawman
Morituri (20th Century-Fox)
Mother Wore Tights (20th Century-Fox)
My Gal Sal (20th Century-Fox)
Oklahoma Crude
Pin Up Girl (20th Century-Fox)
President's Lady, The (20th Century-Fox)
Quiet American, The
Quiller Memorandum, The (20th Century-Fox)
Return of Frank James, The (20th Century-Fox)
River's Edge, The (20th Century-Fox)
Russia House, The
Satan Never Sleeps (20th Century-Fox)
Snake Pit, The (20th Century-Fox)
Stagecoach [1966] (20th Century-Fox)
Suddenly, Last Summer
Take A Girl Like You
Tall Men, The (20th Century-Fox)
Three Coins In The Fountain (20th Century-Fox)
True Story of Jesse James, The (20th Century-Fox)
Untamed (20th Century-Fox)
Warlock (20th Century-Fox)
Whirlpool (20th Century-Fox)
Whole Town's Talking, The
Wild In The Country (20th Century-Fox)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (20th Century-Fox)
X Y & Zee
Yanks
Yellow Handkerchief, The [Shiawase no Kiiroi Hankachi]

[Flex Mentallo]

Just got an email from Twilight Time saying I'm getting a $14.07 refund for Snake in the Eagle's Shadow / Drunken Master from my May 10th order. The other 5 items in the order seem safe for now (The Bullet Train, Talk Radio, Lawman, Baby Boom, 10 Rillington Place) but is still "awaiting shipment."

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by Flex Mentallo

Just got an email from Twilight Time saying I'm getting a $14.07 refund for Snake in the Eagle's Shadow / Drunken Master from my May 10th order. The other 5 items in the order seem safe for now (The Bullet Train, Talk Radio, Lawman, Baby Boom, 10 Rillington Place) but is still "awaiting shipment."

Dang. Hope my copy doesn’t get canceled. I ordered that and some others on the 10th as well.

[hoytereden]

I got an email from Twilight Time saying that The Fortune Cookie was OOS on my order from the 10th but the remaining items would be shipped. That title is still available at SAE so I’ll still be able to get it (I hope! )

[Shanew800]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Another solid Scheider crime/action film that's worth getting is 52 Pick-Up, which is currently in Kino Lorber's on-going "While Supplies Last" sale. John Frankenheimer direction, based on an Elmore Leonard novel, with Leonard co-writing the screenplay, and Ann-Margaret as the female lead. But the real treat is John Glover as the psychopathic Big Bad.

Any idea how long the Kino while supplies lasts sale is for? Thanks!

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by Shanew800

Any idea how long the Kino while supplies lasts sale is for? Thanks!

[Shanew800]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Lol, I know, I know. I wasn't sure if it were an ongoing thing or just a sale to bring attention to certain titles for better sales, ya know

[kvnbhovis]

Originally Posted by Shanew800

Any idea how long the Kino while supplies lasts sale is for? Thanks!

'Til the end of time or while supplies last.

[ShellBeacher]

Hmm...Activity is clearly happening on many orders made on Sunday, the 10th, as evidenced by your few updates above...

I just got a mail that my small order of only two titles (made late on the 10th) just shipped. But my large order from a couple hours earlier in the evening is still "Awaiting." (One title was already excised from this order last week.)

Pins and needles, pins and needles... crossing fingers!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Shanew800

Lol, I know, I know. I wasn't sure if it were an ongoing thing or just a sale to bring attention to certain titles for better sales, ya know

Sorry if this embarrasses you further, but I deliberately referred to it as the "ongoing 'While Supplies Last' sale" so that no one would have to ask how long it would go for.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Flex Mentallo

Just got an email from Twilight Time saying I'm getting a $14.07 refund for Snake in the Eagle's Shadow / Drunken Master from my May 10th order. The other 5 items in the order seem safe for now (The Bullet Train, Talk Radio, Lawman, Baby Boom, 10 Rillington Place) but is still "awaiting shipment."

Heads up, the Eureka version of Drunken Master is region free:

[Shanew800]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Sorry if this embarrasses you further, but I deliberately referred to it as the "ongoing 'While Supplies Last' sale" so that no one would have to ask how long it would go for.

I guess I overlooked that, my apologies. Either way I'm just glad to know it exists!

[UnionJackMix]

I don't think I ever saw a scratched bluray disc ever. I have (had) started to think they were pretty much immune to that. They also seem to be less prone to fingerprints even when I accidentally do it, so makes me wonder how careless those workers are.

While I think that some companies have these being assembled by machines, it is clear some are done by hand but I can't understand how someone would touch the discs with fingers as opposed to how they should be handled. I people in the industry don't treat they the way they should then who?

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

I don't think I ever saw a scratched bluray disc ever. I have (had) started to think they were pretty much immune to that. They also seem to be less prone to fingerprints even when I accidentally do it, so makes me wonder how careless those workers are.

It happens once in a blue moon. When I ordered this from Amazon it was scratched to heck which prevented my PS3 from playing it and I had to request a second copy which luckily wasn't scratched to death:

[Flapperdame16]

Finally did it
Anne of the Thousand days and
My cousin Rachel
Funny, I'm not even a huge fan of Richard Burton.
My only Twilight Time Haul, and may I say I genuinely want these titles. As a one time customer I'm glad to say I have a piece of their history, even if it's on their last hurrah!

[neoz]

Originally Posted by Flex Mentallo

Just got an email from Twilight Time saying I'm getting a $14.07 refund for Snake in the Eagle's Shadow / Drunken Master from my May 10th order. The other 5 items in the order seem safe for now (The Bullet Train, Talk Radio, Lawman, Baby Boom, 10 Rillington Place) but is still "awaiting shipment."

My SAE order for Stranger Invaders was cancelled. I didn't even get an email just a note lol.

What they should do to any order that has more then 2 copies of the same title is just cancel the extra titles but not the full order. Say if someone ordered 15 copies of Snake in the Eagle's Shadow / Drunken Master they should only send 2 that way everyone else has a chance to get a copy. But that won't happen seeing as they aren't even shipping out those that ordered first.