The Criterion Collection

[movieattack5]

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

I myself will never forget a time they did this before, way back in June 2015. It was for the September 2015 announcements.

It was delayed day after day.

Turns out it was ALL just because they were waiting for their good pal Wes Anderson to approve the COVER of their "Moonrise Kingdom" re-release. He was so busy, you see, that he couldn't get back to them on that for three days...

Well, that and Manhattan hipsters love to hit the town by Happy Hour...

So, we all waited three days that time, too.

Criterion needs to stop jerking him off. More deserving directors out there

[tatterdemalion]

Aha, spine #1000 will be The Invisible Man! Unfortunately the invisibility potion made all the other releases disappear.

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by KJones77

Lol the assumptions. If it's truly Toho that is holding it up, then the opposite of your post is true. Criterion will not release it without Toho's final approval, so they're not "trying to release stuff not approved by Toho". They're, if true, holding up an entire month of releases to ensure that is not the case.

I think bongo was referring to Media Blasters, not Criterion. I'm sure Criterion is trying to abide by every decision Toho requests. And I don't hate Toho at all; they're just very possessive of their titles and how they get released, and that's how it should be.

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by KJones77

Lol the assumptions. If it's truly Toho that is holding it up, then the opposite of your post is true. Criterion will not release it without Toho's final approval, so they're not "trying to release stuff not approved by Toho". They're, if true, holding up an entire month of releases to ensure that is not the case.

Huh?
The example given was Media Blasters having to pull their releases because it included stuff not approved by Toho - like that was somehow Toho's fault. I never said anything about Criterion trying to do the same.

And I doubt this delay has anything to do with getting clearance on anything from Toho. It is likely Comic-Con. Or something stupid like a cover needing approved, as previously mentioned regarding Wes Anderson.

[Fangmacher]

Originally Posted by movieattack5

Criterion needs to stop jerking him off. More deserving directors out there

They gotta milk those film students out of all they got so they can fund everything else they do

[Hazel Motes]

Originally Posted by JulesAndJim

This is an unacceptable way to treat their loyal customers. I won't be buying any of the October releases, no matter what they are.

You should sue them.

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Fangmacher

We’re gonna find out these delays were all over the same situation, but with Isle of Dogs instead

Yes, we'll get "Isle of Dogs" in 4K finally, after Fox cancelled their original 4K release. I mean, who knows, maybe?

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Hazel Motes

You should sue them.

All lawyers are currently unavailable in NYC due to Epstein saga.

[movieattack5]

I gotta ask: why do so many people want a Godzilla box set? The movies can't be that incredible

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by movieattack5

I gotta ask: why do so many people want a Godzilla box set? The movies can't be that incredible

Yeah I don’t get it either. I would honestly be a little underwhelmed.

[Hazel Motes]

I'm not interested in a Godzilla box set, so I'll be slightly disappointed if thats what spine 1000 is. Hopefully the rest of the line up tickles my fancy.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Bronson13

Yeah I don’t get it either. I would honestly be a little underwhelmed.

Same here.

[starsteam]

I don't really care what spine 1000 is, I've only been keeping up with the announcement this month because of the Godzilla rumor. Godzilla is my life, but I probably have less than twelve Criterion titles in my collection. This set will finally bring the remainder of the live action Godzilla films to Blu-ray in the US, I've been waiting for this.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by movieattack5

I gotta ask: why do so many people want a Godzilla box set? The movies can't be that incredible

They are.

[tama]

As much as I love Godzilla if they do release a box set unless the Original is remastered from a newer scan I will probably pass. If they had rights to 1984 and that was remastered I'd spring for it.

Wishing/Hoping the 1000 spice is also their jump into the UHD/4K market but kind of doubt it for now.

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by movieattack5

I gotta ask: why do so many people want a Godzilla box set? The movies can't be that incredible

You obviously need to get a Godzilla box set and watch all the movies

[DaBargainHunta]

I wonder if all of this Godzilla hype (it's not only here) forced Criterion to change their plans and release that as 1000 instead of whatever was originally planned, hence the uncharacteristic delay.

[Moj]

Originally Posted by movieattack5

I gotta ask: why do so many people want a Godzilla box set? The movies can't be that incredible

There's probably three or four movies in the boxset that are really good. Potential resotration of King Kong vs Godzilla. It's a sneaky major release.

[kuzronk]

Originally Posted by movieattack5

Criterion needs to stop jerking him off. More deserving directors out there

He is one of their best sellers that fund the lesser obscure films.

[stevezissou]

Any updates?