Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by AJHakari

Vampires preordered. No muss, no fuss, no lag.

The new site is so much better. Thank god I never have to go to SAE ever again.

[bboisvert]

Originally Posted by docc

I'll probably wait til next month to order Vampires so I can combine ship with Mysterious Island

Pretty sure Vampires won't be around in November. It's probably worth the extra few bucks in shipping to make 2 orders.

[morg999]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

The new site is so much better. Thank god I never have to go to SAE ever again.

All TT titles don't appear to be available on the TT site...can't find "The Other" or "Pony Soldier". Also can't get the Search function to work...any else notice this?

[schlock]

I love the simplicity of SAE's site and will continue to use them. Sure, their site is old-fashioned, but it's super easy to navigate and not loaded up with pop-ups and other useless nonsense. Old-fashioned is good sometimes. Outside of their crashes on super-busy order days, I have never once had a problem with them. They package perfectly in bubble-wrap and in a properly-sized box every time (I always buy more than one Blu at a time, though). Any e-mails get answered swiftly as well. Great service.

That said, I haven't even checked out TT's site to compare, and their service may be great as well (and from what I've read, they can ship earlier because of Cinram), but getting things immediately is not a big deal for me so as long as I'm happy with SAE, I'm staying put.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by morg999

All TT titles don't appear to be available on the TT site...can't find "The Other" or "Pony Soldier". Also can't get the Search function to work...any else notice this?

TT only lists titles that are still available in the Cinram warehouse. This means that SAE must currently have any remaining stock available for those titles. The search function on the TT site works find for me.

[morg999]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

TT only lists titles that are still available in the Cinram warehouse. This means that SAE must currently have any remaining stock available for those titles. The search function on the TT site works find for me.

Search function only dosent' work w/ my Laptop..weird. Works ok through plugable hub and keyboard...

[AJHakari]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

The new site is so much better. Thank god I never have to go to SAE ever again.

SAE is where I ordered mine.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by JayBrom

Anyone think Twilight Time might possibly go back to press on Body Double, The Fury, and/or Night of the Living Dead (90s)?

I doubt that they'll ever reissue Night of the Living Dead after all the crap they had to put up with over the original release. Even if they got a new, correct master out of Sony, I'm guessing that people who bought the original release would hound TT about replacing those copies with the new release.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by SkyAntoine

I ordered my first TT film directly from the website this week. I was surprised they still had copies of Mississippi Burning available. I'll definitely be checking in weekly to the website to see what else is on the slate to release.

Why were you surprised?

[docc]

Originally Posted by bboisvert

Pretty sure Vampires won't be around in November. It's probably worth the extra few bucks in shipping to make 2 orders.

I thought about that but being it's a 5,000 run and a later Carpenter picture I'm gonna take a chance that it will last, in Canada to buy one title at a time costs $51; I'll likely cave though if a low quantity alert happens sooner

[Arkadin]

Originally Posted by Blades1370

So... it that a different transfer from the original release? If it is, I will gladly double dip, the original although good had a few segments that looked rough in places. The improvements made to JTTCOTE were night and day, hopefully this is what we will be getting.

This is what I would like to know also.
anyone know the answer?
Is TT saying that the Mysterious Island re-release is a newer transfer than the original release? I wouldn't think it is.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Some info on the Mysterious Island reissue.

https://www.facebook.com/twilighttim...60258533992812

Originally Posted by Blades1370

So... it that a different transfer from the original release? If it is, I will gladly double dip, the original although good had a few segments that looked rough in places. The improvements made to JTTCOTE were night and day, hopefully this is what we will be getting.

Originally Posted by Arkadin

This is what I would like to know also.
anyone know the answer? Is TT saying that the Mysterious Island re-release is a newer transfer than the original release? I wouldn't think it is.

The facebook link that rdodolak provided says, toward the end:

Presented in a pristine new transfer, with Bernard Herrmann’s superlative score featured as an isolated track.

rdodolak even bolded that sentence, as I did. I'm not sure where the confusion is. I suppose they might've been just reposting a press release from the original release, but that seems unlikely. The only thing they've confirmed is that it's not a 4K transfer.

[RalphoR]

I thought, for the most part, the first scan for Mysterious Island was awesome. If they've got an even better scan.....wow, I'm definitely in. Does anyone know what scan Sony used for First Men in the Moon? Now that scan is amazing.

[SkyAntoine]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Why were you surprised?

This is a film I have wanted for some time and was not aware of TT as it doesn't show up on Amazon. I've since looked at OOP titles and was surprised this one hasn't sold out.

This film and Sleepless in Seattle are the only 2 TT titles I own or 0.1% of my collection.

[ParaOK]

Just posted on TT's Facebook:

"JC's VAMPIRES are quickly returning to their coffins -- after 48 hours in the daylight approximately half their number are gone -- don't hesitate if this is a title on your to-get-list - stake one out for yourself today!"

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by SkyAntoine

This is a film I have wanted for some time and was not aware of TT as it doesn't show up on Amazon. I've since looked at OOP titles and was surprised this one hasn't sold out.

Out of the ~170 titles that TT has released on Blu-ray, only 30 are OOP. Most of the ones that have gone OOP (see the link in my sig) are horror/cult/SF titles. The ones that aren't have generally taken a couple of years to sell out.

[RalphoR]

I shouldn't be surprised that Vampires is selling fast but it amazes me that, IMHO, meh movies have such a cult following. I would think most JC fans would put Vampires in the lower half of his movies....yet the 4K scan of Journey to the Center of the Earth is not only an amazing movie but an amazing visual feast but it still has copies available

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Expand?

I believe Arawn was making a joke referring to the Clinton email scandal.

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

I shouldn't be surprised that Vampires is selling fast but it amazes me that, IMHO, meh movies have such a cult following. I would think most JC fans would put Vampires in the lower half of his movies....yet the 4K scan of Journey to the Center of the Earth is not only an amazing movie but an amazing visual feast but it still has copies available

I am similarly not surprised and yet baffled. I wanted to like Vampires, I really did. But it was just so unimaginative.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

I shouldn't be surprised that Vampires is selling fast but it amazes me that, IMHO, meh movies have such a cult following. I would think most JC fans would put Vampires in the lower half of his movies....yet the 4K scan of Journey to the Center of the Earth is not only an amazing movie but an amazing visual feast but it still has copies available

It's a strange phenomenon. "Vampires" is a decent film and I purchased it, but I have to admit I wasn't thrilled to spend TT prices on it. But it's crazy that a film like "Crimes and Misdemeanors", which is a masterpiece, moves far slower than a subpar Carpenter film. Or "A Man for All Seasons" or "Breaking Away" or "State of Grace", etc. All fantastic films. I'm sure a lot of people would reason that those films I mentioned aren't as entertaining or have lower re-watch value than "Vampires", but IMO they're all entertaining and plenty re-watchable. It's bizarre how the absolute shittiest horror title ("Vampires" is obviously far from that) will have its cult following.