Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Shame that the 7 for $70 offerings are almost exactly the same as the last promo.

Almost exactly? At least 6 of the 26 titles in the current list weren't part of the previous 7-for-70 sale.

[zeze]

Screen Archives screwed up on the email they sent regarding this promo. It says that The Mad Magician is part of the promo.

[stobbart]

Ended up getting "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and blind buying:

Bite the Bullet
The Roots of Heaven
Equus
Zulu
The Disappearance
Swamp Water

Hope they don't disappoint, but for $10 should be worth it

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by stobbart

Ended up getting "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and blind buying:

Bite the Bullet
The Roots of Heaven
Equus
Zulu
The Disappearance
Swamp Water

Hope they don't disappoint, but for $10 should be worth it

That's a terrific selection of films. Not a bad one in the list, IMO.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by stobbart

Ended up getting "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and blind buying:

Bite the Bullet
The Roots of Heaven
Equus
Zulu
The Disappearance
Swamp Water

Hope they don't disappoint, but for $10 should be worth it

Great choices. If you want to have a feel-good night, watch "Equus" and "The Disappearance" back to back. Couple of crowd pleasers right there.

"The Disappearance" is one of my favorite releases from TT. They have the two cuts of the film and an insightful interview from director Stuart Cooper. Although, I believe the newer shortened cut on there is closer to Cooper's original vision than the one that originally played theatrically. Very strange, but fascinating film.

[stobbart]

Originally Posted by mja345

"The Disappearance" is one of my favorite releases from TT. They have the two cuts of the film and an insightful interview from director Stuart Cooper. Although, I believe the newer shortened cut on there is closer to Cooper's original vision than the one that originally played theatrically. Very strange, but fascinating film.

Yeah did a quick scan of the reviews on this site when I was determining what 6 to get along with "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and when I saw that I knew I had to pick it up.

[easydreamer]

Originally Posted by zeze

Screen Archives screwed up on the email they sent regarding this promo. It says that The Mad Magician is part of the promo.

Yeah, I was excited for the moment I saw The Mad Magician, but scrolling down the email I found this was all I wanted in the batch. Then, here I found it is not even included in the promo... Definite pass this time.

[Reddington]

Applaud SAE for another go around with this amazing deal, but needs to be fresh titles. If not in the 7/$70, then a $10-off sale at some point would be fantastic.

[thatguamguy]

The sale has several titles I would use as filler for the order, if only it had 2 or 3 titles I still really wanted...

[PipesDonatello]

Does anyone have any idea when they're going to announce new titles? I feel like its been forever since they last did.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by PipesDonatello

Does anyone have any idea when they're going to announce new titles? I feel like its been forever since they last did.

Early February.

[Twilight Time]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Almost exactly? At least 6 of the 26 titles in the current list weren't part of the previous 7-for-70 sale.

Actually there are 11 titles in this bundle not included in the last one, so we felt it was sufficiently "refreshed..." Additionally many of the 26 titles are now very low quantity so it will be the last go-round for a lot of them...

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by stobbart

Ended up getting "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and blind buying:

Bite the Bullet
The Roots of Heaven
Equus
Zulu
The Disappearance
Swamp Water

Hope they don't disappoint, but for $10 should be worth it

Some good choices there. Zulu is a definite classic and Bite the Bullet is a personal favourite.

[Brad1963]

There is another sale happening at Twilight Time.com

Save Now - Sale on Selected Titles
A special selection of four new titles is now on sale at Twilight Time Movies, including The Front, The Firm, Fever Pitch and Save Your Legs!.

Pricing:
The Front - $14.95
The Firm, Fever Pitch and Save Your Legs! - $9.95

Please note that we have a limited amount these titles in stock, so don't delay - this will be your last chance to own these titles. A title may be available when you add it to your cart, but the system won't reserve it for you, so it may no longer be available when you checkout.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Twilight Time

Actually there are 11 titles in this bundle not included in the last one, so we felt it was sufficiently "refreshed..." Additionally many of the 26 titles are now very low quantity so it will be the last go-round for a lot of them...

That's why I said "at least 6". The 6 I alluded to are the 6 that I don't already have, so I knew they weren't part of the previous 7-for-70 sale. The other 20 I have, and while I could check to see if I had bought them during the last sale, I wouldn't be able to tell if they had been included in the last sale if I had bought them prior to that.

[RalphoR]

As long as it's not a "going out of business sale" keep the sales coming

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

There is another sale happening at Twilight Time.com

Save Now - Sale on Selected Titles
A special selection of four new titles is now on sale at Twilight Time Movies, including The Front, The Firm, Fever Pitch and Save Your Legs!.

Pricing:
The Front - $14.95
The Firm, Fever Pitch and Save Your Legs! - $9.95

Please note that we have a limited amount these titles in stock, so don't delay - this will be your last chance to own these titles. A title may be available when you add it to your cart, but the system won't reserve it for you, so it may no longer be available when you checkout.

I'm still trying to figure out what my plan here is. I figure I've got three options:

(1) Buy the 6 I need from the sale list at SAE, and pick one I already have to keep around as a duplicate (or use to trade with, or sell it to a local store). At worst, I can figure it as paying $11.50 each for the 6 I need, and getting the dupe for free.

(2) Wait a while to see if any titles are added to the sale list (I recall that during the previous 7-fo-70 sale, SAE added some more titles) that I might need, to get to 7. This runs the risk of ones I want selling out before I get them.

(3) Buy the three $9.95 titles from TT, and hope that four more that I need are added to the SAE list (which would be a long shot).

I'm leaning towards (1), but I'll have to give it some thought (for budgetary reasons, I can't order anything until tomorrow anyway).

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

As long as it's not a "going out of business sale" keep the sales coming

They seem to be the older titles that the exclusive window has lapsed.

[Mose Harper]

A big thank you to TT for finally releasing Comes A Horseman and for trying to manage expectations (and to that end lowering the price).

Yeah, the master is clearly an older one. But the only thing that really stuck out at me was one or two hiccups in some scenes with fast movement and lots of detail (when they are chasing after errant steers running through the woods for example), and in some faint instability along sharp straight edges (like the edges of the house seen from a distance). Things like this contributed to a slight sense of a more 'electronic' look on occasion.

As far as the level of dirt and print damage- I grew up in a small town with a two screen theater that only got films in months after they had opened. They usually arrived with a decent amount of wear and tear accumulated from their first runs. Seeing the condition of this print really conjured up that old long lost analog theater going feeling. Sure, a pristine print would have been much appreciated- but the level of damage here really isn't all that bad- it's only when seen in relation to most other studio catalog releases which are usually much cleaner, but hardly ever perfect themselves.

On the plus side, I didn't notice any deleterious effects of DNR, nor was the film a victim of revisionist color grading. Either of which would have been just as, if not more unfortunate than the issues it does have IMO.
For the most part the image was highly detailed and the impressively lensed locations came through loud and clear.

As one of the few fans of the film who was eagerly awaiting it's release on Bd, I came away very happy all in all.

Having expectations lowered, definitely helped though.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by jayembee

(2) Wait a while to see if any titles are added to the sale list (I recall that during the previous 7-fo-70 sale, SAE added some more titles) that I might need, to get to 7. This runs the risk of ones I want selling out before I get them.

Good call, I totally forgot how annoyed I was when they did that because I had already padded one order out with a few on-the-fence titles, which meant that when they added titles I wanted more, I didn't have any padding left!

If you have 6 you want, I would say just pick a blind buy that you think you'd like. Even with these perennial low sellers, you'll be able to get $10 back on the secondary market if you don't like it. And you might find a gem -- they certainly have a few.