Twilight Time Discussion Thread - Page 1508 - Blu-ray Forum

The Great Owl · 01-09-2019, 11:56 PM

I'm one of the five people who still orders Twilight Time titles on day one, but I'm happy to do so.

I went for the full meal deal this time, and pre-ordered...

Yanks
Untamed
Beat the Devil
The Return of Frank James

I was initially going to leave Yanks out, but I had a change of heart, because the Richard Gere movies circa late 1970s to early 1980s that I've seen so far are all golden.

jayembee · 01-10-2019, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm one of the five people who still orders Twilight Time titles on day one, but I'm happy to do so.

I went for the full meal deal this time, and pre-ordered...

Yanks
Untamed
Beat the Devil
The Return of Frank James

I was initially going to leave Yanks out, but I had a change of heart, because the Richard Gere movies circa late 1970s to early 1980s that I've seen so far are all golden.

I was planning to go for all four, but decided that I could wait for Yanks. On the other hand, I added a couple of November titles to the order: The True Story of Jesse James (seemed like a good companion to The Return of Frank James, and...Nicholas Ray) and Oklahoma Crude.

This'll be the first time in a very long time that I've ordered Day One. The March selection looks like another one.

OldGoat · 01-10-2019, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm one of the five people who still orders Twilight Time titles on day one, but I'm happy to do so.

I went for the full meal deal this time, and pre-ordered...

Yanks
Untamed
Beat the Devil
The Return of Frank James

I was initially going to leave Yanks out, but I had a change of heart, because the Richard Gere movies circa late 1970s to early 1980s that I've seen so far are all golden.

Looks like I`m one of the five too. I ordered all four titles initially but when I didn`t get the bundle deal of $5.00 off per title, I cut back to just Beat the Devil and The Return of Frank James and used the 5OFF2019 deal.

bdgking · 01-10-2019, 04:55 PM

I heard that SAE may not be doing their 7 for $70 anymore . Cannot confirm that is 100% true or not .

I think if they do away with that then that's a huge mistake unless they are just going to have 28 titles or whatever amount they had before as just a permanent $10 rate each which then likely hurt their ability to sell out of slower moving titles faster .

Does anyone else have an opinion on this if they remove their 7 for $70 ?

By the way if anyone know that they are keeping the 7 for $70 please correct me in that . I would be happy to be wrong in this matter .

hariseldon · 01-10-2019, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bdgking

I heard that SAE may not be doing their 7 for $70 anymore . Cannot confirm that is 100% true or not .

I think if they do away with that then that's a huge mistake unless they are just going to have 28 titles or whatever amount they had before as just a permanent $10 rate each which then likely hurt their ability to sell out of slower moving titles faster .

Does anyone else have an opinion on this if they remove their 7 for $70 ?
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If they get rid of the 7/70 and replace it with $10 titles -- great. I was never able to use the 7/70 b/c they were never more than 1 or 2 I didn't have. If they did a 4/30 or 6/40 permanent $8-10 each for the oldest 40 titles lor even rotated the selections in smaller increments it seems like it would make more sense. The long lasting 7/70 with 20 titles or less that remained pretty much the same forever seemed to make less and less sense -- everybody who was going to buy had already bought. That especially becomes and issue when several of those titles then are $7 each

RCRochester · 01-10-2019, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bdgking

I heard that SAE may not be doing their 7 for $70 anymore . Cannot confirm that is 100% true or not .

I think if they do away with that then that's a huge mistake unless they are just going to have 28 titles or whatever amount they had before as just a permanent $10 rate each which then likely hurt their ability to sell out of slower moving titles faster .

Does anyone else have an opinion on this if they remove their 7 for $70 ?

By the way if anyone know that they are keeping the 7 for $70 please correct me in that . I would be happy to be wrong in this matter .

I'd be pretty ambivalent if this is true. I bought that bundle once and got a couple good titles out of it and a couple that were one and done titles I flipped on e-Bay. If they're desperate to get rid of those titles, just offer each one at a permanent reduced rate instead of having to buy a bundle, that way if someone is only interested in one or two, they can simply just buy those one or two titles.

SeanJoyce · 01-10-2019, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm one of the five people who still orders Twilight Time titles on day one

captveg · 01-10-2019, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm one of the five people who still orders Twilight Time titles on day one, but I'm happy to do so.

I'll still do it for titles I know I must have.

For years now I've been using every other means necessary to watch TT titles I've never seen before to know if I want to own them or not - Netflix disc, Netflix streaming, Amazon streaming, even a few YouTube uploads. I've been able to cover most of the titles this way, but there are several I have not been able to see this way, so in those cases I have grabbed a few as blind buys with the sale prices.

More and more the titles announced are films I've never seen, so I usually try to see the ones that have devoted fanbases as they are the most likely to sell out sooner (and very few sell out within a year now).

In any case, right now I have 60 TT titles released/announced that I have not yet seen, with Antony and Cleopatra on the way in the mail from Netflix disc rental.

AKORIS · 01-10-2019, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bdgking

I heard that SAE may not be doing their 7 for $70 anymore . Cannot confirm that is 100% true or not .

I think if they do away with that then that's a huge mistake unless they are just going to have 28 titles or whatever amount they had before as just a permanent $10 rate each which then likely hurt their ability to sell out of slower moving titles faster .

Does anyone else have an opinion on this if they remove their 7 for $70 ?

By the way if anyone know that they are keeping the 7 for $70 please correct me in that . I would be happy to be wrong in this matter .

not once could I find 7 titles I wanted so no biggie to me--- as has been mentioned, I'd much rather have $10 options with more choices.

captveg · 01-10-2019, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SarahS

TT just a horrid business model in my opinion.

It made a lot more sense in 2011 when the major studios were far more restrictive in their licensing. It also paved the way for other labels, from Warner Archive to Kino, releasing catalog titles on Blu-ray with smaller runs of 500-3000 copies, though the latter figured out how to do those runs with economic sustainability without the limited issue restraint.

Ruined · 01-11-2019, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by captveg

It made a lot more sense in 2011 when the major studios were far more restrictive in their licensing. It also paved the way for other labels, from Warner Archive to Kino, releasing catalog titles on Blu-ray with smaller runs of 500-3000 copies, though the latter figured out how to do those runs with economic sustainability without the limited issue restraint.

Maybe its me but it also seems lately TT has gotten a far lower percentage of big name licenses. I guess they are trying to cut costs but i don't see it ending well.

RedHarvest · 01-11-2019, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruined

Maybe its me but it also seems lately TT has gotten a far lower percentage of big name licenses.

It seems that way.

hariseldon · 01-11-2019, 05:28 PM

So much for the 7/70 argument. I'd have to track down the last list to see what's different, but most of the same titles including a bunch that were just $6.95 and a couple on the engendered short list

http://www1.screenarchives.com/bundl...cfm?bundleID=1

Absolute Beginners
Alamo Bay
Alexander the Great
American Buffalo
April Love
Beloved Infidel
Bound for Glory
Carlas Song
Che
Count Yorga, Vampire
Cowboy (18 copies is the cart is to be believed)
Eddy Duchin Story
Fever Pitch
The Firm
Flaming Star
Fortune
The Front
The Glory Guys
Kings Go Forth
The Little House
Pony Soldier
Resurrected
2 By Ken Loach
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Royal Flash
Save Your Legs
Theatre of Blood
The Vanishing

AKORIS · 01-11-2019, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by hariseldon

So much for the 7/70 argument. I'd have to track down the last list to see what's different, but most of the same titles including a bunch that were just $6.95 and a couple on the engendered short list

http://www1.screenarchives.com/bundl...cfm?bundleID=1

Absolute Beginners
Alamo Bay
Alexander the Great
American Buffalo
April Love
Beloved Infidel
Bound for Glory
Carlas Song
Che
Count Yorga, Vampire
Cowboy (18 copies is the cart is to be believed)
Eddy Duchin Story
Fever Pitch
The Firm
Flaming Star
Fortune
The Front
The Glory Guys
Kings Go Forth
The Little House
Pony Soldier
Resurrected
2 By Ken Loach
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Royal Flash
Save Your Legs
Theatre of Blood
The Vanishing

I am flat out shocked that they're having a hard time moving Theater Of Blood and Count Yorga--- these are pretty well known horror titles (a genre that usually always sells well) and good movies to boot!

Where were the buyers for these?

Rzzzz · 01-11-2019, 05:58 PM

I have never seen Count Yorga but I bought the Arrow release of Theater of Blood for cheap during one of their sales. It has better extras. However, I will probably pick up the TT release if it doesn't sell out for the alternative commentary....

Rzzzz · 01-11-2019, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bdgking

I heard that SAE may not be doing their 7 for $70 anymore . Cannot confirm that is 100% true or not .

I think if they do away with that then that's a huge mistake unless they are just going to have 28 titles or whatever amount they had before as just a permanent $10 rate each which then likely hurt their ability to sell out of slower moving titles faster .

Does anyone else have an opinion on this if they remove their 7 for $70 ?

By the way if anyone know that they are keeping the 7 for $70 please correct me in that . I would be happy to be wrong in this matter .

Whoever told you that is probably the same guy who said Criterion was going to release After Hours.....

Dailyan · 01-11-2019, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Whoever told you that is probably the same guy who said Criterion was going to release After Hours.....

or "California Split".

bdgking · 01-11-2019, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RCRochester

I'd be pretty ambivalent if this is true. I bought that bundle once and got a couple good titles out of it and a couple that were one and done titles I flipped on e-Bay. If they're desperate to get rid of those titles, just offer each one at a permanent reduced rate instead of having to buy a bundle, that way if someone is only interested in one or two, they can simply just buy those one or two titles.

I do think at the end of the day they will do a 7 for $70 just seemed odd to me they took it away . I did hear they were thinking of not doing it . From their business stand point I just think they will realize not having that kind of offer would be a mistake .

Dailyan · 01-11-2019, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bdgking

I did hear they were thinking of not doing it . .

http://www1.screenarchives.com/bundl...cfm?bundleID=1

Monterey Jack · 01-11-2019, 06:44 PM

I wish TT would stop the random selection of 7 titles. If they did a "five for $50" promo, I might be able to find enough titles to partake.

And I have Theater Of Blood and both Count Yorga films from Arrow, both with tons of extras.

01-11-2019, 05:28 PM	#30153
hariseldon Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Charlotte, NC 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:185	So much for the 7/70 argument. I'd have to track down the last list to see what's different, but most of the same titles including a bunch that were just $6.95 and a couple on the engendered short list http://www1.screenarchives.com/bundl...cfm?bundleID=1 Absolute Beginners Alamo Bay Alexander the Great American Buffalo April Love Beloved Infidel Bound for Glory Carlas Song Che Count Yorga, Vampire Cowboy (18 copies is the cart is to be believed) Eddy Duchin Story Fever Pitch The Firm Flaming Star Fortune The Front The Glory Guys Kings Go Forth The Little House Pony Soldier Resurrected 2 By Ken Loach Rita, Sue and Bob Too Royal Flash Save Your Legs Theatre of Blood The Vanishing Last edited by hariseldon; 01-11-2019 at 05:36 PM.

01-09-2019, 11:56 PM	#30141
The Great Owl Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Georgia 4K collection:921 Blu-ray collection:6031 DVD collection:28 Blu-ray reviews: 255 Trading Score:6	I'm one of the five people who still orders Twilight Time titles on day one, but I'm happy to do so. I went for the full meal deal this time, and pre-ordered... Yanks Untamed Beat the Devil The Return of Frank James I was initially going to leave Yanks out, but I had a change of heart, because the Richard Gere movies circa late 1970s to early 1980s that I've seen so far are all golden.

01-10-2019, 04:55 PM	#30144
bdgking Banned Member since:Jun 2017	I heard that SAE may not be doing their 7 for $70 anymore . Cannot confirm that is 100% true or not . I think if they do away with that then that's a huge mistake unless they are just going to have 28 titles or whatever amount they had before as just a permanent $10 rate each which then likely hurt their ability to sell out of slower moving titles faster . Does anyone else have an opinion on this if they remove their 7 for $70 ? By the way if anyone know that they are keeping the 7 for $70 please correct me in that . I would be happy to be wrong in this matter .

01-11-2019, 05:58 PM	#30155
Rzzzz Banned Member since:Nov 2016 Location:Behind enemy lines 4K collection:18 Blu-ray collection:1414 DVD collection:544 Blu-ray reviews: 6	I have never seen Count Yorga but I bought the Arrow release of Theater of Blood for cheap during one of their sales. It has better extras. However, I will probably pick up the TT release if it doesn't sell out for the alternative commentary....

01-11-2019, 06:44 PM	#30160
Monterey Jack Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Oct 2011 Trading Score:709	I wish TT would stop the random selection of 7 titles. If they did a "five for $50" promo, I might be able to find enough titles to partake. And I have Theater Of Blood and both Count Yorga films from Arrow, both with tons of extras.

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