Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by jayembee

All of the $34.95 titles are licensed from Sony. I thought it was because Sony was asking for a higher license fee at the beginning. Just as I imagine the reason why most of the British titles licensed from Channel Four Films are priced at $24.95 because of a lower license fee.

Pretty sure it was this, although I have no idea why they didn't just permanently drop them to line up with the fixed $29.95 prices on all the other Sony titles. Yes, they probably paid more up front for these particular titles - but if they can have "sales" they should have the flexibility to correct for this oddity in pricing.

[AndersonVision]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

Who? How rare is it? Especially seeing how I have never even heard of her.

Google the lady to find out more about her. Retired from acting way too soon. Honestly, I'm shocked that Twilight Time was able to land her for this.

[wonkavision]

Originally Posted by AndersonVision

I think that a lot of people don't get how rare it is to get a Pamela Franklin signature.

Originally Posted by johnny

A Pamela Franklin Autograph is tough to get...She is great in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" which by the way is a great Film, I also liked Her in "The Legend of Hell House" and the Great Horror Film "The Innocents".

I had no idea. Met her husband about 10 years ago as I was looking for a first edition book of Legend Of Hell House. I told him how I loved the film and he mentioned he was married to Pamela and he was going to call her to come down to his shop so she could sign my book or DVD of the movie. I thought he was so kind to do that...but I declined as I don't collect signatures. But it was cool anyway.

[Brent L.]

Oh my God, my April 1st order of 8 titles finally just shipped out.

[Angel Eyes]

I did not know that SAE is a little mom and pop shop in Virginia. That explains why the shipping has been delayed. Looks like two or three people having to pack and process all these items. Hats off to them as they do a great job but my goodness....I am betting they will have to have a alternative plan for the next big sale TT has.

If it takes too much longer my CC my expire

[Sporkies]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

I did not know that SAE is a little mom and pop shop in Virginia. That explains why the shipping has been delayed. Looks like two or three people having to pack and process all these items. Hats off to them as they do a great job but my goodness....I am betting they will have to have a alternative plan for the next big sale TT has.

If it takes too much longer my CC my expire

People have been telling you that ever since you started your drama fest 20 or so pages ago...

Originally Posted by cavesailor

First I want to thank oildude for doing such a great job keeping this thread updated. I think it is one of the most informative and up-to-date threads in this forum. Your hard work is very much appreciated.
Secondly, I have never criticized nor do I now criticize TT’s business model and I don’t want to reopen any of that discussion. I have bought many of their Blu-rays and intend on buying a few more. I have also had very good luck with SAE, both with their packaging and speed in shipping and have so posted in this thread.

But now however, I find that due to a couple of my recent posts being misunderstood, I now stand accused of implying that TT is “artificially manipulating the market so as to keep their prices high and thereby rob the poor unsuspecting fools who just want to buy their movies.”
To borrow a common phrase, “Come on Man!” I have never said, never implied and never thought such a ridiculous idea. How on earth can more sellers keep the prices high? If anything, competition usually helps lower prices.
I learned from a poster in this thread that TT blu-rays were now being sold on Amazon. Other posters were discovering other retailers, Importcds, Deep Discount, BN among them were now listing the same discs. This seemed to me to be such a major deviation from TT’s business model that I thought they probably had posted some notice on their facebook page concerning this news. It turned out that another poster in this thread did post a question to TT concerning this change. I have no idea exactly what he asked or how he phrased the question, but he did give TT’s response as a quote.

All that I did was post that that response did not tell us anything. I pointed out that it raised more questions than it answered. I certainly did not mean to imply that there was any kind of a conspiracy, just that it seemed clear that TT did not want to explain the change at least to that poster. The response seemed to suggest that Amazon had just bought some movies from SAE at the normal process as they could have always done, inferring that there was no change in their policy.
That just made no sense in light of the known facts that (1) Many of the major online retailers were now selling TT blu-rays, (2) They all started at about the same time, and (3) they were all selling the same movies. If anyone actually believes that all the retailers just happened to separately decide at the same time to buy the same movies from TT at retail prices, I have a bridge in New York I want to sell you.

Does this mean that there is some conspiracy going on? NO. It just means that TT did not want to give any real information to the poster. After my posts, another poster quoted TT as saying there would be some kind of an announcement about something at the end of next month. Will it cover this new development? Who knows? I look forward to any information they will give us.
Lastly, why does it matter anyhow? Who cares? One of the major benefits we get from following the posts in this forum is a heads-up on the latest information concerning Blu-rays. Getting fast accurate information has saved me both time and money. The alerts that others have posted has helped me very much. Am I opposed to this new potential change? No, but it may change when and from whom I buy TTs. I prefer to get the facts and not rely on probabilities. I think it is just good public relations to keep your clients informed.

[Arkadin]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my April order SHIPPED!!!!!!!!!!!
WOO-HOO!!!!!

[Angel Eyes]

Originally Posted by Sporkies

People have been telling you that ever since you started your drama fest 20 or so pages ago...

LoL drama fest....hardly.

[gr451]

"The Purple Rose of Cairo" from Amazon arrives tomorrow!

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by gr451

"The Purple Rose of Cairo" from Amazon arrives tomorrow!

I got mine today! Really excited for this one. I still need to order Love and Death and Zardoz from TT directly. but I couldn't pass up the slightly cheaper price and free prime shipping on amazon.

[HuggyBear73]

Ordered 3 blus on the 13th. No ship confirmation yet.

[CriterionBlues]

Interesting comments on FB from Twilight Time in response to someone complaining about their order:

We are not the retailers or shippers.

There will be an announcement at the end of next month that will alleviate the situation...

My guess is that the signs we've seen with other retailers are going to continue. Someone else pointed out that warehouse space at SAE is likely a problem. Let's face it, TT has outgrown them.

I expect that SAE will still get first dibs on the initial releases and promo autographed titles, but other retailers like Amazon, Deep Discount, B&N, TCM will be getting a lot of the secondary market.

That could mean lower prices, no more big shipping costs, and quicker shipping. It could also mean titles sell out faster since they'll get more exposure through other retailers. If it isn't on Amazon, a lot of people simply don't know that a Blu-Ray exists.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

Interesting comments on FB from Twilight Time in response to someone complaining about their order:

My guess is that the signs we've seen with other retailers are going to continue. Someone else pointed out that warehouse space at SAE is likely a problem. Let's face it, TT has outgrown them.

I expect that SAE will still get first dibs on the initial releases and promo autographed titles, but other retailers like Amazon, Deep Discount, B&N, TCM will be getting a lot of the secondary market.

That could mean lower prices, no more big shipping costs, and quicker shipping. It could also mean titles sell out faster since they'll get more exposure through other retailers. If it isn't on Amazon, a lot of people simply don't know that a Blu-Ray exists.

This is just another example that TT has listened to it's customers and has changed it's approach over time even if they try to make you think they don't at times.

Such other examples are re-releasing some titles, upping the limited quantity for some releases, fixing the eco-case issue, adding more extras, adding more appropriate chapter stops to future releases, removing the popup timeline when pausing a disc (based on one customer request), adding anniversary sales, etc. They definitively deserve credit where due.

[PuppetMasterBlu]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

This is just another example that TT has listened to it's customers

Such other examples are re-releasing some titles, upping the limited quantity for some releases

Well...........it doesn't hurt that it makes them much more money.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

This is just another example that TT has listened to it's customers and has changed it's approach over time even if they try to make you think they don't at times.

Such other examples are re-releasing some titles, upping the limited quantity for some releases, fixing the eco-case issue, adding more extras, adding more appropriate chapter stops to future releases, removing the popup timeline when pausing a disc (based on one customer request), adding anniversary sales, etc. They definitively deserve credit where due.

I completely agree, and frankly I think TT deserves credit for staying loyal to SAE, who has done right by them. SAE is a good company, if not a juggernaut like Amazon. They just cannot handle TT's volume the way they used to, but I hope they are still a core part of TT distribution.

For a boutique label with this much success, TT also speaks more to the customer via social media. I am often impressed by their frankness and honesty. I support them with my $$$ and will continue to do so.

[bruceames]

I would have loved to get Pamela Franklin's sig, but for practical reasons I have put all disc purchases on hold. She was just awesome in that movie and after it ended I was searching on the net for more info about her.

[javi92]

Finally got a shipping notice on my 03/25 order.

[AndersonVision]

Still waiting on my 3/31 with Zardoz.

3/25, 4/1 and 4/3 have shipped.

[Dirk Pitt]

Originally Posted by AndersonVision

Still waiting on my 3/31 with Zardoz.

3/25, 4/1 and 4/3 have shipped.

I have received all my sale items but I ordered the two Scorpion blu's on the 14th and it's still pending. I figured the non TT titles would go right out but I guess not.

[easydreamer]

Originally Posted by AndersonVision

Still waiting on my 3/31 with Zardoz.

3/25, 4/1 and 4/3 have shipped.

My sale order from 3/31, also including Zardoz & one of the Scorpion's limited Blu-rays, was finally shipped today, so I guess yours should be soon