Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[captveg]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

Damn, La Bamba disappeared almsot instantly. Hopefully Indicator releases this.

Yep - it's gone!

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by captveg

They've hinted in recent interviews that they are possibly getting out of the game in the not too distant future (2019?). So I can imagine part of the consistent sales is so that when they do stop doing new releases they don't have nearly as much stock on hand to warehouse.

This was discussed a few months ago and they said that wasn't true.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

This was discussed a few months ago and they said that wasn't true.

OK. Guess it's just a new sales strategy then.

[Reddington]

Yet more discussion on TT's business model...

Anyone else actually ordering?

I picked up The Chase, and In the French Style.

What with the extended B&N Criterion event, and the recent KL site launch sale, it's a great time to be a BD collector.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by Reddington

Yet more discussion on TT's business model...

Anyone else actually ordering?

I picked up The Chase, and In the French Style.

What with the extended B&N Criterion event, and the recent KL site launch sale, it's a great time to be a BD collector.

Picked up "Bobby Deerfield", "The Crimson Kimono", and "The Long, Hot Summer".

[jawsfan1975]

Was hoping for Bridge at Remagen but it's not on the list.

[iamnoone]

Went in for:

Hardcore
The Mad Magician
3 Worlds of Gulliver
Moscow on the Hudson

With media mail, $71.15 total.

Have all the other ones I want in this sale.

[travisbickle]

Just Mad Magician for me.

Kicking myself for the titles I paid full price for in the past without waiting for a sale. Never again...

[Bradsdadg]

Was hoping for Tom Sawyer to be on sale. Really would like to get it, but not for $30.

[neo_reloaded]

Originally Posted by Reddington

Yet more discussion on TT's business model...

Anyone else actually ordering?

I picked up The Chase, and In the French Style.

What with the extended B&N Criterion event, and the recent KL site launch sale, it's a great time to be a BD collector.

Is posting what you purchased in the sale your idea of worthwhile discourse?

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

Is posting what you purchased in the sale your idea of worthwhile discourse?

Well, posting TT titles I bought in a TT sale in a TT thread is hardly earth-shattering. But as a "Blu-ray Guru" you've probably noticed it's the kind of thing that happens in most Studio/Distributor threads around here. And for me, it certainly beats endless rehashes of TT's business model.

[neo_reloaded]

Originally Posted by Reddington

Well, posting TT titles I bought in a TT sale in a TT thread is hardly earth-shattering. But as a "Blu-ray Guru" you've probably noticed it's the kind of thing that happens in most Studio/Distributor threads around here. And for me, it certainly beats endless rehashes of TT's business model.

It certainly happens, and I wouldn't go out of my way to pick on that type of conversation, but it seemed a bit hypocritical when you were denigrating my current topic of conversation in the very same post.

TT's near-constant sales are a new phenomenon and mark a new chapter for the company; it's not like we were re-hashing why each title is limited to 3000 for the one-millionth time.

[BenOswald]

I got in on:

The Remains of the Day
Our Man in Havana
Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia
Angel
Bunny Lake is Missing
The Big Heat
Sense and Sensibility

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

It certainly happens, and I wouldn't go out of my way to pick on that type of conversation, but it seemed a bit hypocritical when you were denigrating my current topic of conversation in the very same post.

TT's near-constant sales are a new phenomenon and mark a new chapter for the company; it's not like we were re-hashing why each title is limited to 3000 for the one-millionth time.

I hear you. Nothing personal was intended.

[stobbart]

Finally, been waiting for Night of the Generals to go on sale for awhile. However, I've moved out of the US (to Singapore) and this is my first time ordering from them since the move and I got a message saying:

Due to frequent packages not arriving to customers in your country they will not replace any lost packages unless I upgrade to a delivery option that's $45 additional to their regular overseas delivery fee, so for the three movies I picked up it would be $56 just for delivery. Though I would get tracking with this option.

Is this just a standard message they give out to anyone shipping outside the US and I should be fine with their normal delivery option?

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by jawsfan1975

Was hoping for Bridge at Remagen but it's not on the list.

Fox release. This is only Sony/Columbia.

[oildude]

TT has announced that La Bamba has officially SOLD OUT.

This is another cautionary example of a title that was never on the Low Quantity Alert list before selling out. This has happened with a few titles; for example, Two Rode Together and Steel Magnolias.

La Bamba has been around for three years. The LQA is not perfect but it is all there is to notify customers of what is approaching sell out status. The LQA in the first post of this thread is kept up to date. However, sometimes a title slips through without ever making the list, especially during sales. La Bamba went rapidly today.

Prior to today's sellout and my update of the LQA, the last updated quantity numbers released by TT was June 29. There is no doubt that some of the numbers shown on the LQA have gotten lower since then, but there have been no new numbers released. I would encourage anyone sitting on the fence about a title that has been around for several years, or is on the LQA now, or is a generally recognized popular film, to not wait to the last minute to order expecting there will be a "last call" warning on every title.

[tisdivine]

Just picked up

The Valachi Papers
The Crimson Kimono
Night Of The Generals

Since Im on a Fuller kick I went ahead and bought House Of Bamboo at full price because that non LQA sell out of La Bamba freaked me out lol prob will be kicking myself if The Stone Killer sells out but Im pretty sure Im safe on that one lol

[njhansen]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

Damn, La Bamba disappeared almsot instantly. Hopefully Indicator releases this.

Eureka has released it in the UK. Both releases have the same audio commentaries, but the UK release has all the features from the original DVD release. It misses out on the isolated score track on the Twilight Time disc.

[Caseyscott]

Originally Posted by Reddington

Well, posting TT titles I bought in a TT sale in a TT thread is hardly earth-shattering. But as a "Blu-ray Guru" you've probably noticed it's the kind of thing that happens in most Studio/Distributor threads around here. And for me, it certainly beats endless rehashes of TT's business model.

The business model discussions are the only interesting ones in this thread. I was originally going to import everything but I'll happily stay a Twilight Time purchaser now with the sales, for the Woody Allen titles alone!