Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Only $19.87 USD vs. $27.57 USD in the US. Question is, why is SF allowing Amazon to sell below MAP in Canada?

Perhaps the MAP is only applicable to US-based retailers? I'm not entirely sure that Shout! uses the same distributor for both countries.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by tellybox

Welcome to the Canadian Movie Buyers club

Fair enough, I definitely don't know much about buying in Canada.

But I just saw a post which I think kinda proves the point I was making -- if you stick to Shout threads, you'll only know about Shout deals, but if you look around at other threads, you will hear about other deals. Here is a creative solution to get good pricing in Canada on Black Friday (but the principle would apply at any time):
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1291

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Only $19.87 USD vs. $27.57 USD in the US. Question is, why is SF allowing Amazon to sell below MAP in Canada?

Shhh...Please allow us frozen terrorist movie collectors this one little perk.

[BurningAstronaut]

Got an email update on Dances With Wolves steelbook (as well as Streets of Fire and B&T’s Bogus Journey):

We are sorry to report that our Dances With Wolves, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, and Streets Of Fire Steelbooks that were supposed to have shipped to our warehouse more than a week ago did not ship on time. We learned yesterday that our order from our manufacturer was “put on hold.” That hold prevented this order from shipping until last night, when we quickly found the problem, and we were able to process and ship the order to our Kentucky warehouse for processing. Depending on the title, that means we’ve missed national street date and will be 2-3 weeks late.

The warehouse is currently working overtime to get the last of our gift-with-purchase orders for the year and will start to ship the Steelbooks early next week.

We are incredibly sorry for the inconvenience this has caused and would like to offer you a code for a future order. Below is a ShoutFactory.com coupon code good for free shipping on an order of any value and $5 off on top of that:

[TheHorrorNerd]

Originally Posted by BurningAstronaut

Got an email update on Dances With Wolves steelbook (as well as Streets of Fire and B&T’s Bogus Journey):

We are sorry to report that our Dances With Wolves, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, and Streets Of Fire Steelbooks that were supposed to have shipped to our warehouse more than a week ago did not ship on time. We learned yesterday that our order from our manufacturer was “put on hold.” That hold prevented this order from shipping until last night, when we quickly found the problem, and we were able to process and ship the order to our Kentucky warehouse for processing. Depending on the title, that means we’ve missed national street date and will be 2-3 weeks late.

The warehouse is currently working overtime to get the last of our gift-with-purchase orders for the year and will start to ship the Steelbooks early next week.

We are incredibly sorry for the inconvenience this has caused and would like to offer you a code for a future order. Below is a ShoutFactory.com coupon code good for free shipping on an order of any value and $5 off on top of that:

When does it end?

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by TheHorrorNerd

When does it end?

This is an industry wide issue, outside of big studio, new release, tentpole films.
When you close disc replication plants and have to outsource all that work, especially during Q4 when orders are vastly increased, there are going to be delays.

[Luke Dodge748]

So I can't really be mad at FYE; this is all on me and my inability to walk away from good movies when they're in front of me, rather than just buying online. But I got to FYE last night, asked for my stack that they had been accumulating for me and asked to make sure that they were discounted at the same price as online. I kinda thought it was a no-brainer, honestly. That's a big fat NO.

Picked up Trick 'R Treat, Candyman, Urban Legend, Creepshow, and The Thing steelbook. (I'm real behind on my Scream titles: I left House/Haunted Hill and Sleepwalkers for next week.) Online site qouted 30% Off when you buy three or more. So I went on my phone and saw a couple of these were gone online, so I was stuck with retail. But then I renewed my membership, which gave me 10 off. And I get 20% off next week for my birthday. I'm still pretty pissed, but this is what we go through as collector's, I suppose...

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by rickah88

This is an industry wide issue, outside of big studio, new release, tentpole films.
When you close disc replication plants and have to outsource all that work, especially during Q4 when orders are vastly increased, there are going to be delays.

Disc replication has been delayed. The creation/shipping of steelbooks is another matter entirely.

I don't know why shout Factory didn't/hasn't just delayed all of their releases by one month at this point. If titles arrive early then they could still ship early, but rather than have to send out e-mails about the delay for every single release they could just address the matter up front and claim everything has been pushed back 4 weeks but will be sent as soon as it is available, meaning some may get theirs before that delayed date. Everyone would complain, but at least everyone would complain at the same time meaning it wouldn't be this lingering issue that is brought up every week.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Disc replication has been delayed. The creation/shipping of steelbooks is another matter entirely.

I don't know why shout Factory didn't/hasn't just delayed all of their releases by one month at this point. If titles arrive early then they could still ship early, but rather than have to send out e-mails about the delay for every single release they could just address the matter up front and claim everything has been pushed back 4 weeks but will be sent as soon as it is available, meaning some may get theirs before that delayed date. Everyone would complain, but at least everyone would complain at the same time meaning it wouldn't be this lingering issue that is brought up every week.

Steelbook is a registered trademark of the Scanavo company. I’ve been collecting them for over a decade. They are pressed at the Canadian facility(covers North America) then shipped to have the disc and any other materials inserted then shipped to the distributor. In this instance: SF.
When there’s a traffic jam on the disc lane, it will hold up the release date.
I’m guessing most studios don’t know if there will be delays when they announce their target street dates. So when said traffic jam occurs we encounter what is going on now, which are widespread delays.

[RedHarvest]

So it looks like Amazon dropped the ball on a 20-disc Robert Rodriguez boxset coming from Scream Factory. There is an amazon link.

[RedHarvest]

Robert Rodriguez Viente coming from Scream Factory:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Dailyan]

That’s interesting. I'm Curious as to what will be in the set since many of his films were distributed by Miramax, which Lionsgate have NA rights to. Perhaps Shout worked with LG for a one off (If any Miramax films are included) or Rodriguez himself owns most of his films.

[Tylur]

Originally Posted by BrianJoynt

Robert Rodriguez Viente coming from Scream Factory:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

20 disc set!!? What are they going to include Spy Kids in this set?

[mattc]

Originally Posted by Tylur

20 disc set!!? What are they going to include Spy Kids in this set?

I was thinking the same thing. It seems excessive.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by mattc

I was thinking the same thing. It seems excessive.

Not to mention he has 16 theatrical films with one made for TV movie (Roadracers). I could see an extra disc dedicated for his shorts but the other two discs? Two discs worth of extras?

[RedHarvest]

I love some Robert Rodriguez, but I have to wonder which of his films they have rights to. The ones I would want: Sin Cities, From Dusk Til Dawn, Planet Terror, Faculty, seem to be with other studios.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Not to mention he has 16 theatrical films with one made for TV movie (Roadracers). I could see an extra disc dedicated for his shorts but the other two discs? Two discs worth of extras?

Full Tilt Boogie could get a dedicated disc.

[dwk]

it could include the 2-disc Grindhouse set and the single film version of Planet Terror.

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by Tylur

20 disc set!!? What are they going to include Spy Kids in this set?

Spy Kids 1-3, different cuts of each film.....the working cuts of all 3 films and the DC of all 3 films, & the theatrical versions.....9 different ways to watch every film. Who can deny this?

[BarnDoor]

I find it hard to believe this is going to be a 20-disc set, especially for just $130 (think of how much they charge for a 4-5 disc set). And if they have the likes of The Faculty and Dusk Till Dawn exclusively in this set, people are going to be pretty pissed (I realize they might be limited to the terms of the licencing agreement in this regard, but try explaining that to the base). Still, I'm interested to see exactly what it comprises.

In any case, a possible deal with Miramax would of course be exciting.