BDs That Are Out of Print (OOP)

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Yeah, my wife made me rent it and it was awful. She thought it was bad, too. She was like, "Who wrote this crap?"

We'll agree to disagree. It's certainly not my favorite recent Soderbergh film (that would be Contagion) but I enjoyed it.

[oilers73]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Yeah, my wife made me rent it and it was awful. She thought it was bad, too. She was like, "Who wrote this crap?"

It needed more robots and laser guns.

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by oilers73

It needed more robots and laser guns.

most movies do

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by oilers73

It needed more robots and laser guns.

You say that as if a movie about a male stripper who dreams of giving it all up to design furniture from car parts couldn't potentially be improved further by adding robots and laser guns. I disagree. I would pay to see that movie.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by oilers73

It needed more robots and laser guns.

Something along the lines of Machine Girl (2008)?



That would have made for an interesting film, for sure. Two words, "laser pointer".

[oilers73]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

You say that as if a movie about a male stripper who dreams of giving it all up to design furniture from car parts couldn't potentially be improved further by adding robots and laser guns. I disagree. I would pay to see that movie.

Alright, dammit, so would I.

[knifethrower]

Originally Posted by Kschreck

Please post here to let us know if it’s the USA release or not when you receive your copy. Thanks!

Canadian sadly 🇨🇦

[DVD Josh]

Originally Posted by knifethrower

Canadian sadly 🇨🇦

Great. Mine gets here tomorrow but it sounds like back it goes

[reputation]

Originally Posted by knifethrower

Canadian sadly 🇨🇦

Seriously?? I am so sick of Amazon letting sellers regularly sell Canadian releases on the US site without stating they're the Canadian release on their listings. I'm really done buying movies/TV shows from Amazon unless they're sold directly from and by Amazon.

Great, now I'm gonna have to reorder it on eBay. Fantastic.

[miller_time22]

Just picked up Crocodile Dundee / Crocodile Dundee II off of ebay. Unless I'm missing something, it's looking like it may be out of print and difficult to find for a low price.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Both editions of Magic Mike are OOP, the listings have been removed from wbshop.com and they're only available from third-party sellers at Amazon.

Would surprise me if it stays OOP, I think most movies are getting re-released with MA codes, specifically one that outright says UV printed on the product lol Plus, having two releases was stupid for any company to do at any time.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by kevin87

Would surprise me if it stays OOP, I think most movies are getting re-released with MA codes, specifically one that outright says UV printed on the product lol Plus, having two releases was stupid for any company to do at any time.

A) MAGIC MIKE has been OOP for many months, and the title has been completely scrubbed from wbshop.com, so I don't think this is OOP due to any sort of upcoming reissue.

B) Warner released almost every new title that way for about a year in 2011/2012. On the same day, there would be one movie-only BD (presumably meant mostly for rental outlets like Netflix), and another BD with alternate cover art, a bonus DVD, and also two or three featurettes. I would always buy the edition with the featutrettes, as it was only ever a couple of $ more. I did the same thing with Contagion (incidentally, both editions of that are also OOP). Warners ditched this bizarre system after a year or so, it clearly wasn't worth it.

CONTAGION
Movie-only BD - OOP


BD/DVD combo with featurettes - OOP

[Kschreck]

Are you sure Contagion is OOP? Seems to be pretty available at places like Amazon, Best Buy, ebay, etc. Doesn't appear to be out of stock anywhere...

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Kschreck

Are you sure Contagion is OOP? Seems to be pretty available at places like Amazon, Best Buy, ebay, etc. Doesn't appear to be out of stock anywhere...

If you look carefully at all the listings at Amazon though, for both versions, they're all third-party sellers, "fulfilled by Amazon". Amazon hasn't had either version in stock, new, for over a year.

Best Buy doesn't stock the BD/DVD combo, and they haven't for over a year. It's true they do still have the movie-only BD, but I suspect that's just the last unsold stock that nobody is likely to ever buy at this point.

More importantly, both discs had their listings completely removed from wbshop.com at least a year ago, the clearest sign they're OOP.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by Kschreck

Are you sure Contagion is OOP? Seems to be pretty available at places like Amazon, Best Buy, ebay, etc. Doesn't appear to be out of stock anywhere...

He's posted about it multiple times, even though it's already on the OOP list yet is readily available at Best Buy and Amazon (through multiple third-party vendors such as MovieMars who sell new stock direct from the studios). The combo pack is out of print, but it was replaced with a single-disc edition, which means the title itself isn't out of print, just an older edition of it.

If the movie itself were out of print, Best Buy wouldn't be selling it for $8.99 - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/contagi...-2011/31703205

Or Deep Discount, for $9.75 - https://www.deepdiscount.com/contagion/883929523535

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

He's posted about it multiple times, even though it is readily available at Best Buy and Amazon (through multiple third-party vendors such as MovieMars who sell new stock direct from the studios). The combo pack is out of print, but it was replaced with a single-disc edition, which means the title itself isn't out of print, just an older edition of it.

If the movie itself were out of print, Best Buy wouldn't be selling it for $8.99 - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/contagi...-2011/31703205

Or Deep Discount, for $9.75 - https://www.deepdiscount.com/contagion/883929523535

It wasn't replaced by a new version though, both BDs have been available since the day of release. The fact that Best Buy still has a few copies of the movie-only edition doesn't explain why Amazon hasn't stocked either version in over a year.

More importantly, if it's not OOP, why has Warner Bros removed it entirely from their own site?

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Both editions of Magic Mike are OOP, the listings have been removed from wbshop.com and they're only available from third-party sellers at Amazon.

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Never Let Me Go from Fox is OOP

I just bought a cheap copy, I'm going to look at any other older Fox catalog titles I've been putting off and pick them up too while they're still out there.

Thank God for Big Lots cheap impulse buys. Bought both of these there a few years ago for the hell of it. Glad I have them now.

Originally Posted by miller_time22

Just picked up Crocodile Dundee / Crocodile Dundee II off of ebay. Unless I'm missing something, it's looking like it may be out of print and difficult to find for a low price.

Relieved I grabbed this from Wally when it was $10 last year.

Originally Posted by surfinhank

The Art of Getting By from FOX seems to be out of print.

Hasn't this been OOP for a while? I ended up buying it digitally.

With that said, the DVD did show up at Dollar Tree a year or so ago (which I bought for the extras). I kept hoping the Blu-ray would follow suit, but that never happened.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

It wasn't replaced by a new version though, both versions have been available since the day of release.

Yes it was. The two 2012 releases were replaced by this 2015 release that is still being sold by major retailers such as Best Buy and Deep Discount. It's not the movie-only edition; it's the blu-ray disc from the combo pack. I've seen it and can verify this. It's this release:

Originally Posted by James Luckard

The fact that Best Buy still has a few copies of the movie-only edition doesn't explain why Amazon hasn't stocked either version in over a year.

First of all, you have no idea if Best Buy has "a few copies" or tons of copies, but given that other retailers such as Deep Discount also have it in stock doesn't really help your "only a few copies" argument.

Also, Amazon is notorious for not carrying various titles at various times. They are the least reliable barometer of whether or not a title is out of print.

Originally Posted by James Luckard

More importantly, if it's not OOP, why has Warner Bros removed it from their own site?

Who knows? The site isn't run directly by WB but by a third party. Maybe they just currently don't have any stock. Regardless, it doesn't automatically mean it's out of print.

The bottom line is that new copies of the 2015 release are still being sold by major retailers. This is not in dispute. It also means it's not out of print.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

It's possible Magic Mike and Contagion could be going OOP because of Warner's distribution rights expiring after a certain amount of time and reverting to Soderbergh (even though Warner ATM still holds streaming rights, and probably will for a bit longer). This happened before with titles such as Dead Man reverting back to director Jim Jarmusch from Miramax, and since Criterion has a knack for Soderbergh, i'm sure these will see a reissue someday..

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Yes it was. The two 2012 releases were replaced by this 2015 release that is still being sold by major retailers such as Best Buy and Deep Discount. It's not the movie-only edition; it's the blu-ray disc from the combo pack. I've seen it and can verify this. It's this release:





First of all, you have no idea if Best Buy has "a few copies" or tons of copies, but given that other retailers such as Deep Discount also have it in stock doesn't really help your "only a few copies" argument.

Also, Amazon is notorious for not carrying various titles at various times. They are the least reliable barometer of whether or not a title is out of print.



Who knows? The site isn't run directly by WB but by a third party. Maybe they just currently don't have any stock. Regardless, it doesn't automatically mean it's out of print.

The bottom line is that new copies of the 2015 release are still being sold by major retailers. This is not in dispute. It also means it's not out of print.

The 2015 edition, with the exact same cover as the movie-only 2012 disc, contains the BD from the 2012 BD/DVD combo, with the two extra featurettes? Interesting. This I didn't know. Very strange choice by Warner.

That said, the complete removal of all editions of CONTAGION and MAGIC MIKE from wbshop over a year ago feels like pretty significant evidence to me. I agree, there's nothing 100% definitive though, I'll email Warner Home Video tomorrow and ask.

In the meantime, I hope it's clear I'm not trying to stir trouble or drive up prices, I'm just trying to help people get a disc before it might jump in price. Luckily that hasn't happened yet because even if it is OOP, as I suspect, this is a relatively obscure catalog title that's not in demand at the moment.