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LoSouL · 10-06-2018, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

RAMBO V has started filming:

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/...badass-cowboy/

I'm down for this.

maverick22 · 10-07-2018, 11:49 PM

Looks like Amazon matched Target’s $14.99 price for a couple of these.

Best Buy, you’re up!

maverick22 · 10-08-2018, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by LoSouL

I got Best Buy to match $14.99 on my pre-order for First Blood, so I'll get the difference back. Tell the CS rep to search for it on Target instead of Amazon for an easier time finding it.

I tried about a month ago to get a price match on a pre-order, and I was told they don’t match prices on pre-orders.

Is this a new policy?

Thanks

Ruined · 10-08-2018, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by maverick22

Looks like Amazon matched Target’s $14.99 price for a couple of these.

Best Buy, you’re up!

I'm going to preorder these, lets hope Lionsgate keeps up their 4k quality streak.

bradnoyes · 10-08-2018, 03:13 PM

I like these prices but I'm waiting to see if Bullmoose drops their price to match. I'd much rather give them my business.

maverick22 · 10-08-2018, 03:45 PM

I asked a BB chat rep to price match these, but she rejected me. I guess it’s still not in their policy to PM pre-orders.

Seems like B.B. is always last to lower their prices.

Member-222782 · 10-08-2018, 04:09 PM

I guess it depends on who is behind the mastering work but I've found a fair number of Lionsgate's UHDs to be marginal upgrades at best. These Rambo films are owned by StudioCanal and they don't exactly have a glowing record. Halloween, on the other hand, looked fantastic and at least the first Evil Dead flick is getting mostly good reviews so far so it appears that LG-initiated scans are going to be mostly good. The prices on these are great but that doesn't necessarily mean this will be a good value. I'll wait for reviews.

Tristold · 10-08-2018, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinema84

I guess it depends on who is behind the mastering work but I've found a fair number of Lionsgate's UHDs to be marginal upgrades at best. These Rambo films are owned by StudioCanal and they don't exactly have a glowing record.

Besides T2 (which was James Cameron’s own fault) when else have they failed? The Deer Hunter is one of the top five UHD releases so far this year.

ROSS.T.G. · 10-08-2018, 04:23 PM

The recent LG 4K’s have been excellent and I have no reason to believe these will be any different. Also, my Canadian SC remastered BD’s look very nice so if they use those masters as the base we’ll be in for a treat. I’m not worried about these.

Guydowood · 10-08-2018, 04:26 PM

Odd how Rambo III is holding steady at $22.63......

infiniteCR · 10-08-2018, 05:55 PM

Dying to preorder the first one at 15$, but will try to keep resisting till after its confirmed goods :/

Dailyan · 10-08-2018, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Tristold

Besides T2 (which was James Cameron’s own fault) when else have they failed? The Deer Hunter is one of the top five UHD releases so far this year.

American Psycho is gorgeous as well. Lionsgate also get bonuses for using 100GB discs and having most if not all the bonus features on the UHD disc. Sure some of their early releases were rough (Kick Ass and 3:10 to Yuma) but they've learned a lot since then.

StingingVelvet · 10-08-2018, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tristold

Besides T2 (which was James Cameron’s own fault) when else have they failed? The Deer Hunter is one of the top five UHD releases so far this year.

Deer Hunter was Studio Canal in the UK, not Lionsgate.

As for where they failed, they had several early releases completely broken which they never fixed, then they used film-outs for a while which arguably look worse than the blu-rays. That's where their bad rep is coming from. Their more recent stuff generally looks great.

Fendergopher · 10-10-2018, 10:26 PM

So who's likely to have the best encode for these? They're using the same master but the encoding might be different right?

TheWildWhelk · 10-10-2018, 10:28 PM

Rambo 3 is now $15, that's $45 the lot, shipped from Amazon to my cousin in NY, who will then send it out as a 'Gift' to me in the UK, sidestepping the Import Duty.

Dailyan · 10-10-2018, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Fendergopher

So who's likely to have the best encode for these? They're using the same master but the encoding might be different right?

Lionsgate UHD encoding is pretty dang good from just the ones I own. SC, while I only own The Deer Hunter, looks much better than most of their BD encodes. You can go either way.

cgurley · 10-10-2018, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by maverick22

I asked a BB chat rep to price match these, but she rejected me. I guess it’s still not in their policy to PM pre-orders.

Seems like B.B. is always last to lower their prices.

Interesting. The listing for all three on Best Buys site says price match guarantee.
Why have that listed if they are not going to price match?

Fendergopher · 10-10-2018, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dailyan

Lionsgate UHD encoding is pretty dang good from just the ones I own. SC, while I only own The Deer Hunter, looks much better than most of their BD encodes. You can go either way.

That's about what I figured, both Lionsgate and SC seem to have gotten a decent handle at UHD at this point, going by their recent releases.

maverick22 · 10-11-2018, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by cgurley

Interesting. The listing for all three on Best Buys site says price match guarantee.
Why have that listed if they are not going to price match?

Yeah I asked that question. They said it still only applies to when an item is actually released.

reaperztoll · 10-11-2018, 05:03 AM

Glad to see Amazon come down on 3, I had it sitting waiting for that moment to strike hah.

10-07-2018, 11:49 PM	#462
maverick22 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Tejas 4K collection:948 Blu-ray collection:1429 DVD collection:2 MA collection:3 Digital collection:9 iTunes collection:10 Trading Score:283	Looks like Amazon matched Target’s $14.99 price for a couple of these. Best Buy, you’re up!

10-08-2018, 03:13 PM	#465
bradnoyes Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2016 4K collection:778 Blu-ray collection:819 Trading Score:255	I like these prices but I'm waiting to see if Bullmoose drops their price to match. I'd much rather give them my business.

10-08-2018, 03:45 PM	#466
maverick22 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Tejas 4K collection:948 Blu-ray collection:1429 DVD collection:2 MA collection:3 Digital collection:9 iTunes collection:10 Trading Score:283	I asked a BB chat rep to price match these, but she rejected me. I guess it’s still not in their policy to PM pre-orders. Seems like B.B. is always last to lower their prices.

10-08-2018, 04:09 PM	#467
Member-222782 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jun 2012 4K collection:645 Blu-ray collection:4556 DVD collection:474 Trading Score:140	I guess it depends on who is behind the mastering work but I've found a fair number of Lionsgate's UHDs to be marginal upgrades at best. These Rambo films are owned by StudioCanal and they don't exactly have a glowing record. Halloween, on the other hand, looked fantastic and at least the first Evil Dead flick is getting mostly good reviews so far so it appears that LG-initiated scans are going to be mostly good. The prices on these are great but that doesn't necessarily mean this will be a good value. I'll wait for reviews.

10-08-2018, 04:23 PM	#469
ROSS.T.G. Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Ontario, Canada 4K collection:393 Blu-ray collection:1549 Blu-ray reviews:16	The recent LG 4K’s have been excellent and I have no reason to believe these will be any different. Also, my Canadian SC remastered BD’s look very nice so if they use those masters as the base we’ll be in for a treat. I’m not worried about these.

10-08-2018, 04:26 PM	#470
Guydowood Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Guydowood 4K collection:1444 Blu-ray collection:3262 DVD collection:74 MA collection:1256 Digital collection:1623 iTunes collection:1514 Prime collection:1267 Blu-ray reviews: 4292 Trading Score:53	Odd how Rambo III is holding steady at $22.63......

10-08-2018, 05:55 PM	#471
infiniteCR Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2014 4K collection:327 Blu-ray collection:1648 DVD collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:5	Dying to preorder the first one at 15$, but will try to keep resisting till after its confirmed goods :/

10-10-2018, 10:26 PM	#474
Fendergopher Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2017 Location:Norway 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:150	So who's likely to have the best encode for these? They're using the same master but the encoding might be different right?

10-10-2018, 10:28 PM	#475
TheWildWhelk Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Elsinore Blu-ray collection:63 Blu-ray reviews:4	Rambo 3 is now $15, that's $45 the lot, shipped from Amazon to my cousin in NY, who will then send it out as a 'Gift' to me in the UK, sidestepping the Import Duty.

10-11-2018, 05:03 AM	#480
reaperztoll Active Member Member since:Oct 2014 Location:USA 4K collection:433 Blu-ray collection:1527 Trading Score:2	Glad to see Amazon come down on 3, I had it sitting waiting for that moment to strike hah.

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