Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by krasnoludek

2. A far second is Night of the Living Dead (1990). This sold out before I was really aware of TT and I never bought it secondhand because of the blue color-timing issue. I keep expecting that someone else will release it, but they never have, and TT received so much flak for it that I doubt they will ever revisit the title.

The Umbrella disc from Australia is Region Free and in the correct color timing. Good quality too. I believe you can buy it from Deep Discount in the US.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Snl40boi

Sony releases another Twilight Time Realease themselves. Sleepless in Seattle has been released on blu Ray for its 25th anniversary directly thru Sony.

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

The Umbrella disc from Australia is Region Free and in the correct color timing. Good quality too. I believe you can buy it from Deep Discount in the US.

It's against forum rules to advertise another release that isn't from the studio/label in which you are posting in.

[Caseyscott]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

It's against forum rules to advertise another release that isn't from the studio/label in which you are posting in.

There should be an exception made when the release is no longer available from that label. I mean it only makes practical sense for people looking for an out of print title in the correct thread to be directed to an available source. We are mostly adults here after all.

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

It's against forum rules to advertise another release that isn't from the studio/label in which you are posting in.

You’re wrong, mister policeman. The TT is long out of print anyway.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

You’re wrong, mister policeman. The TT is long out of print anyway.

Wrong. This happened when someone was posting about Indicator's Samuel Fuller at Columbia set (Which included two TT titles).

Originally Posted by oildude

Fellas, please do not go into a thread dedicated to a label and post announcements of the same titles from a competing label, even if that competing label is overseas. This applies to any label thread at blu-ray.com. It is no different here than going into, say, the Arrow or Kino Lorber threads and announcing the release of a region-free European release (or vice versa) from a competitor. Each label has its own dedicated thread. I realize you are all just sharing information. However, this is a policy of these forums (although i make no promises it has been consistently applied in all cases across the forum).

Thanks for understanding.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Wrong. This happened when someone was posting about Indicator's Samuel Fuller at Columbia set (Which included two TT titles).

Blu Titan brought this issue up some time back in the Code Red thread as well, I remember. Definitely frowned upon.

[Hellhound]

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

Blu Titan brought this issue up some time back in the Code Red thread as well, I remember. Definitely frowned upon.

I thought the issue was discussing competing releases e.g. the same movie released and being sold by Code Red and 88 Films at the same time. Twilight Time isn't losing any Night of the Living Dead sales at this point since they don't have any left to sell.

[EVERYONE LIES]

I don’t get involved too much in the politics here and I’ve been on this site almost as long as anyone. If the forum rules prohibit someone posting about a re-release for something that is out of print, then those rules need changed. The person doesn’t need to be told what they did is wrong. We all come here because of a shared interest.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Hellhound

I thought the issue was discussing competing releases e.g. the same movie released and being sold by Code Red and 88 Films at the same time. Twilight Time isn't losing any Night of the Living Dead sales at this point since they don't have any left to sell.

It still makes it irrelevant to the thread, it would be one thing to post in individual title threads but this is solely for Twilight Time; even just passing info (Such as the Sam Fuller set) isn't too looked upon. Sure, Twilight Time is different from most labels with true limited editions and there is a thread dedicated to TT alternatives (Granted it hasn't been updated in awhile)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...me+alternative

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

I don’t get involved too much in the politics here and I’ve been on this site almost as long as anyone. If the forum rules prohibit someone posting about a re-release for something that is out of print, then those rules need changed. The person doesn’t need to be told what they did is wrong. We all come here because of a shared interest.

Exactly. Not that I need to prove myself to the likes of certain uptight posters, but I own 56 Twilight Time titles myself and currently have another 14 in my wish list. I'm not what one would typically consider as being a shill for another label; just trying to help a brother out.

[Hellhound]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

It still makes it irrelevant to the thread, it would be one thing to post in individual title threads but this is solely for Twilight Time; even just passing info (Such as the Sam Fuller set) isn't too looked upon. Sure, Twilight Time is different from most labels with true limited editions and there is a thread dedicated to TT alternatives (Granted it hasn't been updated in awhile)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...me+alternative

I think declaring it irrelevant is a bit over the top. The original post was somebody lamenting the gaps in their TT collection of OOP titles and another member helping them out with an alternative. Yes, the original poster could have found the info with a bit of research, but is it easier to just point them to the release in question or condescendingly give them a link to another thread?

All the examples you and others cited of this being frowned upon had to do with people going into label threads and promoting alternative releases for titles still actively being sold by the label in question which wasn't the case here.

[tomkatholic]

If a label's releases can't withstand someone pointing out that there's a superior edition available elsewhere, that's on the label in question, not a poster here

[krasnoludek]

It seems that if mentioning the alternate release for the OOP Night of the Living Dead is not allowed, then neither should the recent messages announcing Sony self-releasing Sleepless in Seattle or the new 4K Sony release of Christine, or the earlier Sony release of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, because in each case it's advertisement for a competing distributor. But no one raised any objections because those are big, relevant news items for TT: that the studio realized, after TT's release, that the title had a significant market and wanted it back for their own profits.

I similarly think that news of a long OOP title being back in print is also relevant to this thread and, as mentioned above me, it's not hurting TT's profit margins, since they've already sold their copies.

[AKORIS]

perhaps a mod could chime in here to address this particular situation?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Hellhound

I think declaring it irrelevant is a bit over the top. The original post was somebody lamenting the gaps in their TT collection of OOP titles and another member helping them out with an alternative. Yes, the original poster could have found the info with a bit of research, but is it easier to just point them to the release in question or condescendingly give them a link to another thread?

All the examples you and others cited of this being frowned upon had to do with people going into label threads and promoting alternative releases for titles still actively being sold by the label in question which wasn't the case here.

Fair point, I'll admit I did overreact.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

perhaps a mod could chime in here to address this particular situation?

I am at work so just a quick note. I don't see this as a competing situation. The titles in question are long out of print from TT. Posting that these are now available in print someplace else is okay and provides useful information to site members. Having said that, however, please don't discuss all of these non-TT reissue titles here to the point it derails the thread. Please create a separate thread for detailed discussion of them (if no thread currently exists).

Thanks everyone and have a great day.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by oildude

I am at work so just a quick note. I don't see this as a competing situation. The titles in question are long out of print from TT. Posting that these are now available in print someplace else is okay and provides useful information to site members. Having said that, however, please don't discuss all of these non-TT reissue titles here to the point it details the thread. Please create a separate thread for intimate detailed discussion of them (if no thread currently exists).

Thanks everyone and have a great day.

Thank you for the clarification oildude!

Sorry to everybody else

[Snl40boi]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

It's against forum rules to advertise another release that isn't from the studio/label in which you are posting in.

Even if it was a Twilight Time release before?

[Widescreenfilmguy]

Originally Posted by Hellhound

I thought the issue was discussing competing releases e.g. the same movie released and being sold by Code Red and 88 Films at the same time. Twilight Time isn't losing any Night of the Living Dead sales at this point since they don't have any left to sell.

This is how I understand it as well

[RCRochester]

I’m not saying this to stir the pot but what’s the problem with discussing alternate versions of TT releases that AREN’T sold out? I mean if someone came on here who was interested in buying Suddenly Last Summer and we discussed the pros and cons of the Twilight Time release versus the Powerhouse release (or at least made each other aware of the existence of other versions) and did so without label bashing, why would that be an issue?