Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I was mentioning to Wendell few weeks back how much I enjoy the more modern westerns, I just find them to be far more authentic. Examples being as follows:

Brimstone ● Never viewed
The Hateful 8 ● Viewed, not owned
Meek’s Cutoff ● Never viewed
Bone Tomahawk ● Viewed, not owned
Hostiles ● Owned, UHD Blu-ray
Django Unchained ● Never viewed
The Ballard Of Buster Scruggs ● Viewed, not owned

[veritas]

So anyone wanna say some of the best physical or digital deals they found in 2022. I had quite a few some of which are:

the grinch 4k .50 cents
stranger tides 3d 50 cents
cars 3 4k 2 dollars
ghost busters 4k 3d 2 dollars
willy wonka 4k 2 dollars
thor love and thunder 4k 5 dollars
light year 4k 5 dollars
clone wars season 4 4 dollars
clone wars season 1 3 dollars
clone wars lost missions 3 dollars
iron blood orphans season 1 4 dollars
mulan animated 4k 4 dollars
shang chi 4k steelbook 5 dollars
antman and wasp 4k steelbook 5 dollars
black widow 4k steelbook 5 dollars
walle 4k steelbook 5 dollars
raya the last dragon 4k steelbook 5 dollars


This is why I say physical media is the best bang for your buck you can find some crazy deals. My collection costs have actually been close to negative most years since I started collecting.

[Boccaccio]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I was mentioning to Wendell few weeks back how much I enjoy the more modern westerns, I just find them to be far more authentic. Examples being as follows:

Brimstone
The Hateful 8
Meek’s Cutoff
Bone Tomahawk
Hostiles
Django Unchained
The Ballard Of Buster Scruggs

Don't forget Old Henry.

Never even heard of Meek's Cutoff. Looks interesting.

[Boccaccio]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Brimstone ● Never viewed
The Hateful 8 ● Viewed, not owned
Meek’s Cutoff ● Never viewed
Bone Tomahawk ● Viewed, not owned
Hostiles ● Owned, UHD Blu-ray
Django Unchained ● Never viewed
The Ballard Of Buster Scruggs ● Viewed, not owned

You've never seen Brimstone or Django unchained ? I highly recommend those.

And sadly there is no way to own The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

You've never seen Brimstone or Django unchained ? I highly recommend those.

And sadly there is no way to own The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

I held off on Buster Scruggs for the longest time, hoping it would get a disc release. Finally caved in and watched it last year.

Thankfully the Netflix war film ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ is getting a German 4K!

[Boccaccio]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I held off on Buster Scruggs for the longest time, hoping it would get a disc release. Finally caved in and watched it last year.

Thankfully the Netflix war film ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ is getting a German 4K!

I think All Quiet on the Western Front will get a disc release everywhere.

The US already has preorders too.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

I think All Quiet on the Western Front will get a disc release everywhere.

The US already has preorders too.

Hopefully U.K. too so I won’t have to import.

[stonesfan129]

I don't know if anybody has noticed, but why are some "new" releases so cheap? I noticed The Menu and Clerks III on Amazon are both <$15 on Blu-ray. Aren't these relatively new releases? I have to wonder if people aren't buying them and they have to lower the prices? I hope it doesn't mean studios release less physical product because then the prices will jump up.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

I don't know if anybody has noticed, but why are some "new" releases so cheap? I noticed The Menu and Clerks III on Amazon are both <$15 on Blu-ray. Aren't these relatively new releases? I have to wonder if people aren't buying them and they have to lower the prices? I hope it doesn't mean studios release less physical product because then the prices will jump up.

The menu is priced at $19, sounds about right?

[stonesfan129]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

The menu is priced at $19, sounds about right?

It was down to $13.29 when I checked. I bought it ~a week ago for $12 something through Disney Movie Club.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Hunt is taking votes between 3 titles for a UHD release here.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

You've never seen Brimstone or Django unchained ? I highly recommend those.

And sadly there is no way to own The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Just ordered Brimstone, will rent Django Unchained.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Just ordered Brimstone, will rent Django Unchained.

Good purchase imo.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Hunt is taking votes between 3 titles for a UHD release here.

Excalibur please!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

It was down to $13.29 when I checked. I bought it ~a week ago for $12 something through Disney Movie Club.

I’m picking it up this week, didn’t realise it was region free at first.

[cheez avenger]

I went to check Brimstone and I forgot that the digital HD had already been gifted to me. It is $7.99 on BD. I will watch it first via VUDU and if I like it, will get the BD.

[Boccaccio]

Just noticed that bhampton has been banned. What happened ?

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

Just noticed that bhampton has been banned. What happened ?

No idea, that’s a odd one.

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

Just noticed that bhampton has been banned. What happened ?

I'm not sure what the mods consider bad enough to ban. I've had posts deleted that I didn't think were anything out of the ordinary and you're never told why.

[The_Donster]

Wow, lots to catch up on, but more of the same since I took a hiatus. I see everyone is still very passionate on their platform of choice. I’ve nothing to really to add. I do wish I had picked up a few foreign steelbooks when I had the money, but maybe down the pike. It has been a minute since I actually bought something. I’m mostly streaming and playing Red Dead Redemption 2 with my son at the moment.

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Really sad news:

Your friend and mine, Vilya, has informed some of us that he has a very serious heart condition and is not given very long to be with us. I am so sad right now that I can not collect my thoughts for a longer post.

I saw that he posted after you made this post, but haven’t seen him here since. Do you have any idea how he’s doing? I pm’d him before I saw this in the thread.

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Watched Highlander 4K tonight. Ashamed to say I hadn’t seen it all the way through. All I remember is hazy clips on VHS.

[Show spoiler]
Positives:
transfer really shows off the highlands and the various camera pans and swoops.
Cinematography is impressive and quite creative at times.
Queen soundtrack
Clancy Brown

Negatives
Unconvincing sword fights
Very dated FX
Disjointed script
Christopher Lambert has about as much charisma as a sink plunger.

A rare dud blind buy for me, all these years wondering what all the fuss was about and now, I think I was right to avoid it.

Going to sell it

Film 2/5
Picture quality 4/5
Audio 4/5
Extras 4/5

How dare you attack a national treasure, good sir. Seriously, I get it, but it’s one of my favorite movies and television series. Not to mention one of the best cult classics from the 80’s.

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Have Fablemans on my to view list. Viewed Crimes Of The Future awhile back, was sorta weird seeing Viggo Mortensen in that type role. Have several movies with Viggo in them, my fav:

This has to be one of the most underrated modern westerns made. A close second is, Open Range. I watched both thanks to the old Netflix disc rental a few years back. I’ve since let my subscription lapse since I moved. I’ve been streaming more than buying at this point. Mostly due to financial issues from my custody battle for my son and not having a pot to piss in.

Originally Posted by russweiss1

I'm not sure what the mods consider bad enough to ban. I've had posts deleted that I didn't think were anything out of the ordinary and you're never told why.

This is something that drives me absolutely bonkers when I was more frequent in forums and groups. My feeling is, you need to leave the original post up with the infraction or forum violation. Otherwise, you leave it up for speculation on what happened. But that’s just my 2 pence worth.