Dark Force Entertainment Discussion Thread - Page 359 - Blu-ray Forum

miribeau · 08-01-2019, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruined

One big problem with VHS though is that some titles were ridiculously expensive due to rental pricing. I remember I wanted Brainscan and it was like $80 for a vhs. iMO DVD was the first format you really could build a full collection with almost every movie you'd want.

Counting MOD, that's a true statement. Without it, not even close.

For us, back in the day, we'd make sure our two locals new that they could sell us the used ones that were just taking up space, even ones that didn't play so well anymore, when they wanted to ditch them, and we'd pay $20, under the table, nice undeclared income. They knew we weren't in the market to open a competing store and ebay hadn't been invented yet, so they'd mark them as lost or damaged and save on the taxes from resale by passing them to us.

Once Blockbuster took over, those days were gone and they would actually trash bad VHS, at the ones near my home, all under the same regional manager, a man with whom I didn't get along. He insisted that it was better to throw them away, rather than sell them used, owing to how many people tried to return them, due to the wavy lines. I then found out he was marking many of the trashed VHS as stolen. What a prince. Once DVD took over, all of a sudden, there were used bins everywhere, in the Blockbuster and even the grocery store.

Times change but, surely, I'm not the only one who used to open those suckers up and splice the tape at the bad points, to get the film to play again. All you needed was some editor's tape, readily available, and you could watch a really great erotic thriller with the naughty bits half-edited out. The good old days?

Sector Drone · 08-02-2019, 02:20 AM

To hell with VHS. UMD Video is where it's at.

Dark Force should look into this format.

rdodolak · 08-02-2019, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sector Drone

To hell with VHS. UMD Video is where it's at.

[Show spoiler]

Dark Force should look into this format.

I was thinking more like VCDs.

xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx · 08-02-2019, 02:55 AM

CED is where it's at

miribeau · 08-02-2019, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by rdodolak

I was thinking more like VCDs.

In all seriousness, though, David really should look into doing a DVD, even if it has to be sourced from the VHS, of Heavy Metal Massacre, and he should include a CD as a second disc, and he should do a full-length commentary on the thing. Why? I'm not paying $55 to import the Pakistani version and I really want to see it. Please David? Please?

As an aside, my MOD, BD-R version of "Road To Hell" and the official Soundtrack CD, which were/are authorized by Pyun himself, to be sold by a guy calling himself Stinky Tuna, which were/are totally above board (I'm not even kidding, that's how he officially released the thing), are, as a set, one of my favourite things. The movie is just terrible enough for me to love it and who wouldn't want a companion album to the original Streets of Fire.... No one, that's who. It was a surprisingly wonderful little set, so good in fact, I bought copies to give away to other Streets of Fire fans in my circle of friends.

This could be the "Heavy Metal Massacre: Ultra Limited Edition: Finding Bobbi Young: CD/DVD Combo Pack Extravaganza". I'm not even kidding. I'd buy at least three copies.

gbm82 · 08-02-2019, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx

CED is where it's at

holy shit... never knew about this format. I'm all in. They could do limited colorways and all sorts of cool shit..

DaveyJoe · 08-02-2019, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sector Drone

To hell with VHS. UMD Video is where it's at.

Dark Force should look into this format.

What the hell is that?

miribeau · 08-02-2019, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DaveyJoe

What the hell is that?

I think it was a little 1 GB playstation disc a friend of mine showed me once. I'm sorry to say I made a little fun of him. I wasn't always so nice.

TripleHBK · 08-02-2019, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by gbm82

holy shit... never knew about this format. I'm all in. They could do limited colorways and all sorts of cool shit..

Good luck finding a player. I've actually had luck finding several films on the CED format but players are pretty much non existent... and if we're being honest, that's ok. VHS/Laserdisc/VCD this is not.

gbm82 · 08-02-2019, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Good luck finding a player. I've actually had luck finding several films on the CED format but players are pretty much non existent... and if we're being honest, that's ok. VHS/Laserdisc/VCD this is not.

but once they make a comeback..players in walmart!

rdodolak · 08-02-2019, 03:30 AM

https://obsoletemedia.org/video/disc/

Sector Drone · 08-02-2019, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DaveyJoe

What the hell is that?

They were movies on a little disc that you could only watch on the PSP.

Deadguy2322 · 08-02-2019, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DaveyJoe

What the hell is that?

Movies for the Sony PSP handheld. There was talk at one point of using the Universal Media Disc format for portable video players, but they never materialized.

GasmaskAvenger · 08-02-2019, 03:39 AM

TripleHBK is right. The glow in the dark slipcover for The Dead Pit really is one of the nicest slips to grace my collection.

gbm82 · 08-02-2019, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

TripleHBK is right. The glow in the dark slipcover for The Dead Pit really is one of the nicest slips to grace my collection.

if DF can get packaging right, perhaps they'll eventually get the other stuff right (high quality scans, 24/7 webstore etc...)

Sector Drone · 08-02-2019, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by gbm82

if DF can get packaging right, perhaps they'll eventually get the other stuff right (high quality scans, 24/7 webstore etc...)

Lets not get ridiculous here.

movieben1138 · 08-02-2019, 06:18 AM

I picked up my first Dark Force title today...and I didn't even have to bother with the website. Someone had turned in PRIMAL SCREAM used at one of the local Half Price Books. Got it for $10. Probably too much, but color me curious.

P.S. I'm also amused that the credits on the back of the case read "PRODUCE BY HOWARD FOULKROD" and "WEITTEN AND DIRECTED BY WILLIAM MURRAY."

Ruined · 08-02-2019, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by gbm82

holy shit... never knew about this format. I'm all in. They could do limited colorways and all sorts of cool shit..

Then you definitely haven't heard of VHD!

UFOX · 08-02-2019, 06:10 PM

Bought the $70 bundle of dead pit on wednesday and now the store is closed

Hope he still sends the package out?

My last order of screams of a winternight was send the next day i ordered it,and got it in a week.

Ruined · 08-02-2019, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by UFOX

Bought the $70 bundle of dead pit on wednesday and now the store is closed

Hope he still sends the package out?

My last order of screams of a winternight was send the next day i ordered it,and got it in a week.

It will ship

08-02-2019, 06:18 AM	#7177
movieben1138 Power Member Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Saint Louis, MO 4K collection:1138 Blu-ray collection:11699 DVD collection:2445 Trading Score:1003	I picked up my first Dark Force title today...and I didn't even have to bother with the website. Someone had turned in PRIMAL SCREAM used at one of the local Half Price Books. Got it for $10. Probably too much, but color me curious. P.S. I'm also amused that the credits on the back of the case read "PRODUCE BY HOWARD FOULKROD" and "WEITTEN AND DIRECTED BY WILLIAM MURRAY." Last edited by movieben1138; 08-02-2019 at 06:59 AM.

08-02-2019, 02:20 AM	#7162
Sector Drone Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2014 4K collection:346 Blu-ray collection:5042 DVD collection:361 Digital collection:862 Trading Score:377	To hell with VHS. UMD Video is where it's at. Dark Force should look into this format.

08-02-2019, 02:55 AM	#7164
xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:73 Blu-ray collection:850 Trading Score:2	CED is where it's at

08-02-2019, 03:30 AM	#7171
rdodolak Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 4K collection:880 Blu-ray collection:3733 DVD collection:939 MA collection:338 Digital collection:1099 iTunes collection:75 Prime collection:11 Trading Score:20	https://obsoletemedia.org/video/disc/

08-02-2019, 03:39 AM	#7174
GasmaskAvenger Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jul 2014 Location:Fresno, California, USA 4K collection:1106 Blu-ray collection:4974 DVD collection:656 Trading Score:33	TripleHBK is right. The glow in the dark slipcover for The Dead Pit really is one of the nicest slips to grace my collection.

08-02-2019, 06:10 PM	#7179
UFOX Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Netherlands Home Theater Gallery:15 4K collection:59 Blu-ray collection:1241 DVD collection:49 Trading Score:1	Bought the $70 bundle of dead pit on wednesday and now the store is closed Hope he still sends the package out? My last order of screams of a winternight was send the next day i ordered it,and got it in a week.

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