Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[UnionJackMix]

Originally Posted by repulsed

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/state-fair-blu-ray/135016/

you take the number from the address bar above (every title has one) and when you go to post click on the [bd] above where you type your message. Put the number in the middle and the image will show up

Thank you (again), got it to work:



From previous orders


And the wonderful DVD edition of Susan Hayward's Woman Obsessed

[UnionJackMix]

This is my SAE batch(es) and it's good that I decided to make this post, because it showed me that I may have missed to place an SAE order which included The Happy Ending (now sold out! -> actually not, the search function is really really tricky) and a second title which I can't even remember what it was

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by octobercountry

This sale prompted me to search out a title I missed out on while it was still on offer: "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing." And woohoo, I snagged a used copy tonight. The price ($38.50 including shipping and taxes) isn't exactly a bargain, but I didn't think it likely that I'd find it for much less than that, after a quick glance on eBay showed that it usually sells for more, so....

Don’t feel too bad about the price. In the middle of all these sales with my money stretched tight, I discovered that I did not have an old favorite comedy movie in my collection. It only came out on DVD, was a flipper disc, has been OOP for years, could be considered a risky rerelease because it’s politically incorrect and to top it all off, it was released by FOX. Naturally, the prices are ridiculously out of control. The cheapest I found was from a seller in the UK and the total with shipping was $32.00. For a single DVD that originally retailed for $14.99? I really had to bite the bullet when clicking BUY. Sigh.

So don’t feel bad, by comparison you got a great bargain. A nice film with William Holden, who was one of the best, beautiful Jennifer Jones, luscious locations gorgeously shot and a fantastic Blu, all for only $6 more than my paltry DVD buy!

[HaroldnMaude]

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

Thank you (again), got it to work:

[Show spoiler]



From previous orders

And the wonderful DVD edition of Susan Hayward's Woman Obsessed

A couple of those titles are not TT releases, just other movies sold at SAE. Merrily We Live is a good screwball comedy & a good blu-ray , but it isn't from Twilight Time.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by octobercountry

This sale prompted me to search out a title I missed out on while it was still on offer: "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing." And woohoo, I snagged a used copy tonight. The price ($38.50 including shipping and taxes) isn't exactly a bargain, but I didn't think it likely that I'd find it for much less than that, after a quick glance on eBay showed that it usually sells for more, so....

A title like this one used to regularly sell for just over $34 with shipping from SAE, so that's not bad at all. I checked my order history and saw I picked it up for $20 + shipping during a sale, and if my memory is correct, it sold out at that price. Given the $75 and up prices many other OOP titles are commanding, you got a relatively good deal.

[UnionJackMix]

Originally Posted by HaroldnMaude

A couple of those titles are not TT releases, just other movies sold at SAE. Merrily We Live is a good screwball comedy & a good blu-ray , but it isn't from Twilight Time.

Indeed and don't know it, sadly it's region locked and I cannot watch it until I decide to splash on a region-free bluray player, grrr, I forgot to omit it from the list. I actually purchased it on Twilight Time, not SAE.
On the other hand, here is what I hope is my final order

[HaroldnMaude]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Don’t feel too bad about the price. In the middle of all these sales with my money stretched tight, I discovered that I did not have an old favorite comedy movie in my collection. It only came out on DVD, was a flipper disc, has been OOP for years, could be considered a risky rerelease because it’s politically incorrect and to top it all off, it was released by FOX. Naturally, the prices are ridiculously out of control. The cheapest I found was from a seller in the UK and the total with shipping was $32.00. For a single DVD that originally retailed for $14.99? I really had to bite the bullet when clicking BUY. Sigh.

So don’t feel bad, by comparison you got a great bargain. A nice film with William Holden, who was one of the best, beautiful Jennifer Jones, luscious locations gorgeously shot and a fantastic Blu, all for only $6 more than my paltry DVD buy!

But what else are you going to do with $32? A year ago this weekend I was in Vegas to see Celine Dion. I spent over $32 for cheesey souvenir photos at the concert. Concerts, air travel, casinos are all gone for probably another 6 months at least. So actually $32 on a favorite film you can't see otherwise is actually an incredibly wise way to spend $32.

Also I'm very curious about what film this was? There are a lot of Fox flipper discs, & a lot of old Fox films with blackface or other politically incorrect materisl. I recently watched "Rose of Washington Square" ( not a flippper disc) & thought how lucky that 12 years ago Fox was willing to restore & reissue this despite all of the stuff Al Jolson does in it. Disney will probably lock it up forever once those lily-livered bureaucrats see it.

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Don’t feel too bad about the price. In the middle of all these sales with my money stretched tight, I discovered that I did not have an old favorite comedy movie in my collection. It only came out on DVD, was a flipper disc, has been OOP for years, could be considered a risky rerelease because it’s politically incorrect and to top it all off, it was released by FOX. Naturally, the prices are ridiculously out of control. The cheapest I found was from a seller in the UK and the total with shipping was $32.00. For a single DVD that originally retailed for $14.99? I really had to bite the bullet when clicking BUY. Sigh.

Originally Posted by HaroldnMaude

Also I'm very curious about what film this was? There are a lot of Fox flipper discs, & a lot of old Fox films with blackface or other politically incorrect material.

Very curious as well!

[UnionJackMix]

What's a Fox flipper disc? A double-sided dvd?

[HaroldnMaude]

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

What's a Fox flipper disc? A double-sided dvd?

Yes

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by JasonMichael

Very curious as well!

The reason I didn’t reveal the title is because I didn’t want anyone chiming in about how much less they got it for or sending me a link for a cheaper price somewhere. I really hate when that happens! Anytime someone says what they just bought it always seems like someone pops up saying, “Oh that was much cheaper during that big glitch sale 20 years ago. You should have gotten it then.”

I will PM you and Harold the title.

[klauswhereareyou]

Yeah Fox did flipper discs. The Star Chamber, Bad Girls, and Forty Guns are a few that I own that come to mind.

[Doc Moonlight]

Originally Posted by ShellBeacher

So my two orders last Sunday eve were in the 72xxx and 73xxx, right in between you both. If yours went out, Rzzzz, yeah, ours should be on the way this week. And from my first order...one was clipped already as Sold Out (Prayer for the Dying, which I just picked up at SAE). Already got the refund for that one. Hoping the rest of the titles stick!

My 719xxx order is still awaiting shipment.

[somethingblu]

Originally Posted by HaroldnMaude

Yes

I had issues with several of Fox's old flipper discs from back in the day. "Peyton Place" was particularly bad and I had to replace it twice. They notoriously would skip or just freeze and conk out. I was ecstatic when TT announced the bluray edition.

[belcherman]

I still haven’t received an update on my original order that I placed on 5/10 (order number 73xxx). 6 of the 12 titles have since sold out. I wish I knew if I’m not going to get some of those titles while there’s still time to order them from SAE. I placed another order on 5/12 which also hasn’t updated, but none of those 4 titles have sold out, so I’m not as worried about them.

I’ve been thinking about placing another order but I’m hesitant to do so until I at least get a shipping notice for my previous orders.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by somethingblu

I had issues with several of Fox's old flipper discs from back in the day. "Peyton Place" was particularly bad and I had to replace it twice. They notoriously would skip or just freeze and conk out. I was ecstatic when TT announced the bluray edition.

There were all sorts of problems with DVD-18s, which Universal was fond of using, but FOX and WB also released them. I’m suspecting that was the case with PEYTON PLACE because of its length? FOX used a lot of DVD-14s, particularly on TV series and those were less problematic. The title I ordered is, I believe, a single layer on each side, so I’m hoping it will be ok.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by Doc Moonlight

My 719xxx order is still awaiting shipment.

As is my 714xxx order. I picked up 33 discs total on this order. I hope that they all ship. None of them sold out immediately according to the website, and in fact, some are still available to order. But was the website's count always accurate? We'll see ...

[BenOswald]

Got my order saturday placed on 5/10 from TT.

Probably my last ever.

[Show spoiler]

[somethingblu]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

There were all sorts of problems with DVD-18s, which Universal was fond of using, but FOX and WB also released them. I’m suspecting that was the case with PEYTON PLACE because of its length? FOX used a lot of DVD-14s, particularly on TV series and those were less problematic. The title I ordered is, I believe, a single layer on each side, so I’m hoping it will be ok.

I wish I could recall the specifics of this disc (I finally trashed it when I replaced it with the TT bluray) but I believe the film was on one side and the second side had all of the bonus features. The film definitely needed the space on one side. I can't recall if it was dual layered though.

[cgurley]

Originally Posted by belcherman

I still haven’t received an update on my original order that I placed on 5/10 (order number 73xxx). 6 of the 12 titles have since sold out. I wish I knew if I’m not going to get some of those titles while there’s still time to order them from SAE. I placed another order on 5/12 which also hasn’t updated, but none of those 4 titles have sold out, so I’m not as worried about them.

I’ve been thinking about placing another order but I’m hesitant to do so until I at least get a shipping notice for my previous orders.

Two of the titles I ordered on 5/10 are sold out. No idea if I will get them at this point. I would also like to order them from SAE, if they are going to end up being canceled.