National Lampoon's European Vacation - Blu-ray Forum

joseph_m · 10-30-2010, 03:26 AM

Well, I was hoping to post that I bought National Lampoon's European Vacation today but no stores have it in stock! apparently they all had to be sent back because Warner put the wrong discs in all the cases?

Does anyone know anyone from Warner and ask how long it will take for it to be back on the shelves? The lady at JB said they've deleted it off their system? I'd email them myself but the last email I sent too them about 2 months to reply

backslashio · 10-30-2010, 03:40 AM

I saw it yesterday in BigW for like $15 I think it was, or maybe $13, one of the two

joseph_m · 10-30-2010, 03:45 AM

Really? My whole shopping centre all said the same thing to me! and There's a JB, Sanity, Big W and Target.

Argh.

backslashio · 10-30-2010, 03:48 AM

Ha, weird. I didn't know what the PQ was like so I didn't buy it. Oh and this was in Riverton, Perth for anyone wondering

LeighF · 10-30-2010, 01:52 PM

Well I bought a copy the other day from my local JB Hi Fi (Chatswood in Sydney). I haven't had the chance to watch it yet. I so hope they release the original "Vacation" soon and also "Vegas Vacation".

joseph_m · 10-30-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LeighF

Well I bought a copy the other day from my local JB Hi Fi (Chatswood in Sydney). I haven't had the chance to watch it yet. I so hope they release the original "Vacation" soon and also "Vegas Vacation".

So the disc inside IS European Vacation? or something else? I'm dying to buy it.

LeighF · 10-30-2010, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by joseph_m

So the disc inside IS European Vacation? or something else? I'm dying to buy it.

Don't know yet as I haven't had the chance to open it. Been busy with work but will check really soon. I hope it is!

Michael A · 11-01-2010, 11:15 AM

Just got round to checking my copy purchased from JB last Wednesday - the disc has the original Vacation instead of European Vacation

joseph_m · 11-01-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael A

Just got round to checking my copy purchased from JB last Wednesday - the disc has the original Vacation instead of European Vacation

Oh really? Thats weird they used that disc and they haven't even released the first one on Blu here yet? :|

Atleast we know now.. I hope they fix it soon. Better yet just bring both out when European Vacation discs are fixed and ready to be sent out.

LeighF · 11-02-2010, 01:56 PM

I just checked mine too (bought mine from JB in Parramatta)... and its the original Vacation but has European Vacation printed on the disc. I hope they fix it soon. Damn it I don't have my receipt either!!

If we all complain to WB hopefully they'll realise what a mess they've made of all this.

Warner Bros Entertainment Australia Pty Limited
Level 7, 116 Military Road
Neutral Bay NSW 2089

haha thats like literally 15 minutes from my place.... hmmm I may even pay them a personal visit

LeighF · 11-18-2010, 02:18 PM

Ok so I went to WB in Neutral Bay the other day and the lady at the reception took down my details and said that when its all sorted we would possibly be sent a replacement disc. If anyone is based in Sydney pay them a visit like I did.

backslashio · 11-18-2010, 05:29 PM

Lol, wow, who on earth made that huge mistake?

I don't see how they could get it more wrong, its like replacing Speed with Speed II

LeighF · 11-25-2010, 11:16 PM

Just to let everyone know I received an envelope (in the mail) from Warner Home Video Australia yesterday with a replacement disc for European Vacation. Yay!!!

joseph_m · 11-25-2010, 11:30 PM

Really!? Lucky!

Ahhh Does this mean it's going back on sale? It's about time.. It's been month - Like exactly today I think.

LeighF · 11-26-2010, 12:57 AM

Yes really!!!! haha
I don't know what's happening with the retail side of of it. I suppose so

joseph_m · 11-27-2010, 07:39 AM

Haha That's alright. I'll just get this and Vacation when I go to America next Month. They will probably be cheaper.. I'm sick of waiting and I just hope the case doesn't look to out of place next to my Australian Christmas vacation Blu-Ray. (Since ours are thicker)

LeighF · 11-28-2010, 01:00 PM

I'd say they'll be the same. I tend to not worry about that sort of thing.. as long as i have the movies in my collection thats all the matters.

HDTV1080P · 05-11-2024, 09:12 PM

I had no plans on making any comments about this National Lampoon's European Vacation movie on Blu-ray, but this is a good history lesson when it comes to changes in the MPA rules over the last 40 years (will be 40 years in 2025). In the 1980’s and into the 21st Century the first 5 Vacation movies were very profitable for Warner studios. The R rated 1983 National Lampoon’s Vacation had a budget of $15 million dollars and box office sells of $61.4 million dollars. The rated PG-13 1985 National Lampoon’s European Vacation had a budget of $17 million dollars with box office sells of $49.3 million dollars. The rated PG-13 1989 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation had a budget of $25 million dollars with box office sells of $73.3 million dollars. The rated PG 1997 Vegas Vacation still was profitable but had the worse performance, with a budget of $25 million dollars and box office sells of $36.4 million dollars. The rated R 2015 Vacation movie had a budget of $31 million dollars and box office sells of $107.2 million dollars. My point is these Vacation comedies are all successful movies at the box office.

But getting back to the purpose of this post regarding MPA history. The 1980’s was a time in America when nudity and sexual situations in R rated and PG-13 movies was more acceptable in secular movie society among the MPA and the viewers of movies. Many R rated horror movies in the 1980’s had full body nudity with sexual situations that some people today would call softcore pornography. For example, back in 1985 the R rated movie called Lifeforce had a completely naked fictional female vampire character running around during the entire movie completely naked with both front and back views of the models naked body during the entire movie along with many sexual situations. In the year 1985 the PG-13 rated movie called National Lampoon’s European Vacation contains a few scenes with upper body frontal female nudity that today would earn the movie a R rating most likely from the MPA since rules about nudity in movies has changed over the last 39-40 years. The National Lampoon’s European Vacation movie is grandfathered in and will always maintain its PG-13 rating unless someone at the studio decided to re-summit the movie to the MPA for a new rating 40 years later and then the movie would be in danger of earning a R rating which sometimes improves ticket sells. If one watches National Lampoon’s European Vacation there is like a 17 or 18 year old teenage Griswold character that is seen briefly in a scene French kissing an adult women, and one scene shows the women topless with her breasts fully exposed for a few seconds for this PG-13 movie. Then in another scene for the National Lampoon’s European Vacation movie a total of 6 adult actors are seen on stage topless for around 30 seconds with their female breasts completely exposed. Then one scene with a postcard with a complete nudity of a female statue which is art. But back in the 1980’s nudity was more acceptable in PG-13 movies including brief full body and sometimes upper body frontal female nudity for various scenes. Today some PG-13 movies from the 1980’s would earn a R rating from the MPA if the studio re-summitted the movie. But at the same time violence in movies in the 21st Century is more acceptable in movies with some modern-day R rated movies that would have been rated X in the 1980’s and NC-17 in the 1990’s for bloody violence. Over the many decades I keep hearing from people in various audio commentary tracks that in Europe violence in movies is less acceptable but Europe is more open to nudity and sexual situations in movies. But in American it is the opposite, people in America are more open to bloody violence in movies but when it comes to nudity and sexual situations, American society is less acceptable to those types of movies. But times do change and some people in both America and Europe like both bloody violence if it makes the movie more realistic (like a war movie) and sometimes people in both countries like nudity and sexual situations in movies for comedies, softcore adult, and hardcore adult movies. The 1970’s and 1980’s in America saw a lot of classic softcore and hardcore adult movies, but 40 to 50 years later those types of movies appear to be more acceptable in some parts of Europe and less acceptable in some parts of America. As people get more or less religious and as culture beliefs change around the world over many decades, what ends up happening is the movies that people like or dislike end up changing. What was very popular 40 years ago might be more or less popular in modern times when it comes to movies.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Natio...-Blu-ray/8884/

anchor_man · 05-25-2025, 02:55 PM

This film is borderline unwatchable. Between the awful 80s tropes, horrific singing throughout, the obnoxious "children", it really is difficult to sit through even an hour. Vegas and Christmas are fine, but this one shouldn't have been made, it just sucks.

LMFAObros · 05-26-2025, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by anchor_man

This film is borderline unwatchable. Between the awful 80s tropes, horrific singing throughout, the obnoxious "children", it really is difficult to sit through even an hour. Vegas and Christmas are fine, but this one shouldn't have been made, it just sucks.

This film is dreadful, the only redeeming thing in it is it’s got one of the guys from Monty python doing a cameo

10-30-2010, 03:26 AM	#1
joseph_m Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Melbourne, Australia Blu-ray collection:1130 DVD collection:442 Trading Score:1	National Lampoon's European Vacation Well, I was hoping to post that I bought National Lampoon's European Vacation today but no stores have it in stock! apparently they all had to be sent back because Warner put the wrong discs in all the cases? Does anyone know anyone from Warner and ask how long it will take for it to be back on the shelves? The lady at JB said they've deleted it off their system? I'd email them myself but the last email I sent too them about 2 months to reply

10-30-2010, 03:48 AM	#4
backslashio Power Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:56	Ha, weird. I didn't know what the PQ was like so I didn't buy it. Oh and this was in Riverton, Perth for anyone wondering Last edited by backslashio; 10-30-2010 at 03:53 AM.

05-11-2024, 09:12 PM	#18
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	I had no plans on making any comments about this National Lampoon's European Vacation movie on Blu-ray, but this is a good history lesson when it comes to changes in the MPA rules over the last 40 years (will be 40 years in 2025). In the 1980’s and into the 21st Century the first 5 Vacation movies were very profitable for Warner studios. The R rated 1983 National Lampoon’s Vacation had a budget of $15 million dollars and box office sells of $61.4 million dollars. The rated PG-13 1985 National Lampoon’s European Vacation had a budget of $17 million dollars with box office sells of $49.3 million dollars. The rated PG-13 1989 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation had a budget of $25 million dollars with box office sells of $73.3 million dollars. The rated PG 1997 Vegas Vacation still was profitable but had the worse performance, with a budget of $25 million dollars and box office sells of $36.4 million dollars. The rated R 2015 Vacation movie had a budget of $31 million dollars and box office sells of $107.2 million dollars. My point is these Vacation comedies are all successful movies at the box office. But getting back to the purpose of this post regarding MPA history. The 1980’s was a time in America when nudity and sexual situations in R rated and PG-13 movies was more acceptable in secular movie society among the MPA and the viewers of movies. Many R rated horror movies in the 1980’s had full body nudity with sexual situations that some people today would call softcore pornography. For example, back in 1985 the R rated movie called Lifeforce had a completely naked fictional female vampire character running around during the entire movie completely naked with both front and back views of the models naked body during the entire movie along with many sexual situations. In the year 1985 the PG-13 rated movie called National Lampoon’s European Vacation contains a few scenes with upper body frontal female nudity that today would earn the movie a R rating most likely from the MPA since rules about nudity in movies has changed over the last 39-40 years. The National Lampoon’s European Vacation movie is grandfathered in and will always maintain its PG-13 rating unless someone at the studio decided to re-summit the movie to the MPA for a new rating 40 years later and then the movie would be in danger of earning a R rating which sometimes improves ticket sells. If one watches National Lampoon’s European Vacation there is like a 17 or 18 year old teenage Griswold character that is seen briefly in a scene French kissing an adult women, and one scene shows the women topless with her breasts fully exposed for a few seconds for this PG-13 movie. Then in another scene for the National Lampoon’s European Vacation movie a total of 6 adult actors are seen on stage topless for around 30 seconds with their female breasts completely exposed. Then one scene with a postcard with a complete nudity of a female statue which is art. But back in the 1980’s nudity was more acceptable in PG-13 movies including brief full body and sometimes upper body frontal female nudity for various scenes. Today some PG-13 movies from the 1980’s would earn a R rating from the MPA if the studio re-summitted the movie. But at the same time violence in movies in the 21st Century is more acceptable in movies with some modern-day R rated movies that would have been rated X in the 1980’s and NC-17 in the 1990’s for bloody violence. Over the many decades I keep hearing from people in various audio commentary tracks that in Europe violence in movies is less acceptable but Europe is more open to nudity and sexual situations in movies. But in American it is the opposite, people in America are more open to bloody violence in movies but when it comes to nudity and sexual situations, American society is less acceptable to those types of movies. But times do change and some people in both America and Europe like both bloody violence if it makes the movie more realistic (like a war movie) and sometimes people in both countries like nudity and sexual situations in movies for comedies, softcore adult, and hardcore adult movies. The 1970’s and 1980’s in America saw a lot of classic softcore and hardcore adult movies, but 40 to 50 years later those types of movies appear to be more acceptable in some parts of Europe and less acceptable in some parts of America. As people get more or less religious and as culture beliefs change around the world over many decades, what ends up happening is the movies that people like or dislike end up changing. What was very popular 40 years ago might be more or less popular in modern times when it comes to movies. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Natio...-Blu-ray/8884/ Last edited by HDTV1080P; 05-11-2024 at 10:05 PM.

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10-30-2010, 03:40 AM	#2
backslashio Power Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:56	I saw it yesterday in BigW for like $15 I think it was, or maybe $13, one of the two

10-30-2010, 03:45 AM	#3
joseph_m Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Melbourne, Australia Blu-ray collection:1130 DVD collection:442 Trading Score:1	Really? My whole shopping centre all said the same thing to me! and There's a JB, Sanity, Big W and Target. Argh.

10-30-2010, 01:52 PM	#5
LeighF Member Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Sydney, Australia	Well I bought a copy the other day from my local JB Hi Fi (Chatswood in Sydney). I haven't had the chance to watch it yet. I so hope they release the original "Vacation" soon and also "Vegas Vacation".

11-01-2010, 11:15 AM	#8
Michael A Member Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:Sydney	Just got round to checking my copy purchased from JB last Wednesday - the disc has the original Vacation instead of European Vacation

11-02-2010, 01:56 PM	#10
LeighF Member Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Sydney, Australia	I just checked mine too (bought mine from JB in Parramatta)... and its the original Vacation but has European Vacation printed on the disc. I hope they fix it soon. Damn it I don't have my receipt either!! If we all complain to WB hopefully they'll realise what a mess they've made of all this. Warner Bros Entertainment Australia Pty Limited Level 7, 116 Military Road Neutral Bay NSW 2089 haha thats like literally 15 minutes from my place.... hmmm I may even pay them a personal visit

11-18-2010, 02:18 PM	#11
LeighF Member Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Sydney, Australia	Ok so I went to WB in Neutral Bay the other day and the lady at the reception took down my details and said that when its all sorted we would possibly be sent a replacement disc. If anyone is based in Sydney pay them a visit like I did.

11-18-2010, 05:29 PM	#12
backslashio Power Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:56	Lol, wow, who on earth made that huge mistake? I don't see how they could get it more wrong, its like replacing Speed with Speed II

11-25-2010, 11:16 PM	#13
LeighF Member Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Sydney, Australia	Just to let everyone know I received an envelope (in the mail) from Warner Home Video Australia yesterday with a replacement disc for European Vacation. Yay!!!

11-25-2010, 11:30 PM	#14
joseph_m Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Melbourne, Australia Blu-ray collection:1130 DVD collection:442 Trading Score:1	Really!? Lucky! Ahhh Does this mean it's going back on sale? It's about time.. It's been month - Like exactly today I think.

11-26-2010, 12:57 AM	#15
LeighF Member Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Sydney, Australia	Yes really!!!! haha I don't know what's happening with the retail side of of it. I suppose so

11-27-2010, 07:39 AM	#16
joseph_m Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Melbourne, Australia Blu-ray collection:1130 DVD collection:442 Trading Score:1	Haha That's alright. I'll just get this and Vacation when I go to America next Month. They will probably be cheaper.. I'm sick of waiting and I just hope the case doesn't look to out of place next to my Australian Christmas vacation Blu-Ray. (Since ours are thicker)

11-28-2010, 01:00 PM	#17
LeighF Member Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Sydney, Australia	I'd say they'll be the same. I tend to not worry about that sort of thing.. as long as i have the movies in my collection thats all the matters.

05-25-2025, 02:55 PM	#19
anchor_man Active Member Member since:Jun 2024 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:13	This film is borderline unwatchable. Between the awful 80s tropes, horrific singing throughout, the obnoxious "children", it really is difficult to sit through even an hour. Vegas and Christmas are fine, but this one shouldn't have been made, it just sucks.

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