General UK Deals Thread

[JoePo]

I love it when people display massive sensitivity when they are treated to a dose of the behaviour they themselves have just displayed towards someone else. Classy.

I enjoy it even more when they justify their behaviour by blaming the recepient because they have failed to cure the shortcomings of the wider world. "I was rude to you because you let different people you have never met give me a hard day. Sort them out or suck it up.' Uh huh.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by JoePo

I love it when people display massive sensitivity when they are treated to a dose of the behaviour they themselves have just displayed towards someone else. Classy.

I enjoy it even more when they justify their behaviour by blaming the recepient because they have failed to cure the shortcomings of the wider world. "I was rude to you because you let different people you have never met give me a hard day. Sort them out or suck it up.' Uh huh.

A one word answer can be viewed as curt or to the point.
Or just one word.
It's in the eye of the beholder, but I was in the wrong and that's my bad as people took it the wrong way.
The one word was not meant in a curt way, but the reply to the attack was.
Either way, worse things in the world.
And for the record I checked Zavvi, amazon and arrow none were showing prices, then I asked for a link.

[jackranderson]

Originally Posted by openviews

Network have BOGOF offer with boxsets.

https://networkonair.com/177-BOX-SET...m_medium=Email

Never knew Coronation Street had been released on DVD - let alone 320 episodes!

[gouryella]

Originally Posted by jackranderson

Never knew Coronation Street had been released on DVD - let alone 320 episodes!

Personally I'm waiting for the complete series.

[FantasticMrFox]

Not a deal, but a heads-up to anyone who imports from Germany:

20th Century Fox officially stops their physical home media distribution in Germany on June 22. Retailers can order till June 19 and last shipment by Fox is June 23. Jojo Rabbit will be the last physical home media release by Fox in Germany. So if anybody still want to get some German Fox Releases, now is the time ..

[Cragworth]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

A one word answer can be viewed as curt or to the point.
Or just one word.
It's in the eye of the beholder, but I was in the wrong and that's my bad as people took it the wrong way.
The one word was not meant in a curt way, but the reply to the attack was.
Either way, worse things in the world.
And for the record I checked Zavvi, amazon and arrow none were showing prices, then I asked for a link.

Don’t worry about it mate, no one died or anything and there’s worse things going on in the world right now.
Let’s just go back to all being friends and sharing deals etc.
No harm no foul, stay safe.

[moviegeek1992]

Select Arrow titles reduced on Amazon UK

https://www.blu-ray.com/deals/?sortb...atchedfilter=0

[thebrid]

Originally Posted by Cragworth

Arrows Easter sale has started

Thanks a lot for this - ordered Hannah and her Sisters and The Purple Rose of Cairo.

[DanielC]

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[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by FantasticMrFox

Not a deal, but a heads-up to anyone who imports from Germany:

20th Century Fox officially stops their physical home media distribution in Germany on June 22. Retailers can order till June 19 and last shipment by Fox is June 23. Jojo Rabbit will be the last physical home media release by Fox in Germany. So if anybody still want to get some German Fox Releases, now is the time ..

Has Fox Germany got many titles that aren't also in the UK/EIR market? Germany is a bigger market, right?
Of the 26 German blu-rays I have, 0 are from Fox.

Can't say I'm entirely surprised given Disney own 20th Century Fox (and have their sights on expanding Disney+ rather than blu-ray), I wouldn't be surprised if the UK was next. The other week when HMV cleared stock of Fox releases at £3, might have just been a few titles going OOP or Disney starting similar plans for cutting/gutting Fox UK.

Remove access to titles, force people toward Disney+ subscription. Might work with most, but personally if/when I subscribe it will be month to month and only to watch certain content, eg catch up on Marvel (which I've watched little of) and some of the films like 'Cool Runnings', 'Mighty Ducks' etc that are limited to the 'Disney Movie Club' in the US.

[Modman]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Has Fox Germany got many titles that aren't also in the UK/EIR market? Germany is a bigger market, right?
Of the 26 German blu-rays I have, 0 are from Fox.

Can't say I'm entirely surprised given Disney own 20th Century Fox (and have their sights on expanding Disney+ rather than blu-ray), I wouldn't be surprised if the UK was next. The other week when HMV cleared stock of Fox releases at £3, might have just been a few titles going OOP or Disney starting similar plans for cutting/gutting Fox UK.

Remove access to titles, force people toward Disney+ subscription. Might work with most, but personally if/when I subscribe it will be month to month and only to watch certain content, eg catch up on Marvel (which I've watched little of) and some of the films like 'Cool Runnings', 'Mighty Ducks' etc that are limited to the 'Disney Movie Club' in the US.

No idea but Fox has released 1100 titles in Germany, some are definitely exclusives to that market and others may not be English language friendly. Suggests that when German independent labels licences lapse we will see a raft of other titles becoming unavailable. I don't believe Germany will be the only market to see this happen.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Has Fox Germany got many titles that aren't also in the UK/EIR market? Germany is a bigger market, right?
Of the 26 German blu-rays I have, 0 are from Fox.

Can't say I'm entirely surprised given Disney own 20th Century Fox (and have their sights on expanding Disney+ rather than blu-ray), I wouldn't be surprised if the UK was next. The other week when HMV cleared stock of Fox releases at £3, might have just been a few titles going OOP or Disney starting similar plans for cutting/gutting Fox UK.

This is exactly what’s happening.

An Affair to Remember is from £15 new on Amazon. Tora! Tora! Tora! only available as a steelbook. Titanic (1953) is £21. Fantastic Voyage £20 used. The Day the Earth Stood Still £16 plus delivery. The Thin Red Line £11.15 plus delivery. Martha Marcy May Marlene £14.99 plus delivery. Get Shorty £21 plus delivery. Capote £24.76 plus delivery. New York, New York £19.95 plus delivery. Niagra £20.94 plus delivery. M*A*S*H, Notes on a Scandal, The Diary of Anne Frank, Bus Stop currently unavailable. Another Earth, Man on Fire only available used.

Even West Side Story, with the remake coming out, is £49.45 (plus delivery!) new or £5.50 plus delivery used. 2017’s Alien: Covenant is £20.69 plus delivery used! What was once the highest grossing blockbuster, Titanic, is £14.50 plus delivery.

Amazon doesn’t necessarily reflect availability or prices elsewhere but it’s a good barometer to use.

Not everything is at inflated prices and I expect maybe the biggest blockbusters will stick around at least for now. But with older films that haven’t stuck around as much in the public consciousness or some of the Searchlight indie titles get them as soon as possible.

Looking through the UK releases, these are getting harder to come by:
How Green is My Valley
Vera Cruz
South Pacific
The Fly (1958)
The Horse Soldiers
The Sound of Music
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Bible: In the Beginning
Batman: The Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair
Battle of Britain
Patton
The Omen
Silent Movie
Ladyhawke
Teen Wolf
The Jewel of the Nile
Rain Man
Big
9 1/2 Weeks
Mystic Pizza
Marked for Death
Miller’s Crossing
Strictly Ballroom
Home Alone II
White Men Can’t Jump
Mrs Doubtfire
Rising Sun
Kalifornia
The Adventures of Priscilla
Thumbelina
Independence Day
Chain Reaction
One Fine Day
L.A. Confidential
The Full Monty
The Siege
There’s Something About Mary
The Man in the Iron Mask
Ever After
Hope Floats
Entrapment
Me, Myself & Irene
Roadkill
Men of Honor
Big Momma’s House
From Hell
The Transporter
28 Days/Weeks Later
Minority Report
Windtalkers
High Crimes
Runaway Jury
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Just Married
Dodgeball
The Girl Next Door
Walking Tall
Kingdom of Heaven
The Clearing
Never Die Alone
Mr & Mrs Smith
Be Cool
Hide and Seek
The Hills Have Eyes
The Happening
The Sentinel
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Just My Luck
The Simpsons Movie
Meet the Spartans
Shine a Light
Babylon A.D.
27 Dresses
Family Guy Trilogy
24
Dollhouse
Jennifer’s Body
500 Days of Summer
Never Let Me Go
Tooth Fairy
The Three Stooges
In Time
Win Win
The Art of Getting By
Modern Family
Ruby Sparks
Lola Versus
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Stoker
The Sessions
The Counsellor
Futurama
The Grand Budapest Hotel
If I Stay
The Belko Experiment
Ash vs the Evil Dead
Legion
My Cousin Rachel
The Little Stranger
Lost in Space
Snatched
Bohemian Rhapsody

US releases:
Call of the Wild
Blood and Sand
North to Alaska
Once Upon a Time in America
Working Girl
Sommersby
French Kiss
Boys Don’t Cry
Kiss of the Dragon
The Simpsons Season 13, 15, 16, 17
Kissing Jessica Stein
Ong Bak

I’ll stop at 2006 for the US as that’s when Blu-rays were first introduced but it’s worth exploring for yourself.

[moviegeek1992]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

This is exactly what’s happening.

An Affair to Remember is from £15 new on Amazon. Tora! Tora! Tora! only available as a steelbook. Titanic (1953) is £21. Fantastic Voyage £20 used. The Day the Earth Stood Still £16 plus delivery. The Thin Red Line £11.15 plus delivery. Martha Marcy May Marlene £14.99 plus delivery. Get Shorty £21 plus delivery. Capote £24.76 plus delivery. New York, New York £19.95 plus delivery. Niagra £20.94 plus delivery. M*A*S*H, Notes on a Scandal, The Diary of Anne Frank, Bus Stop currently unavailable. Another Earth, Man on Fire only available used.

Even West Side Story, with the remake coming out, is £49.45 (plus delivery!) new or £5.50 plus delivery used. 2017’s Alien: Covenant is £20.69 plus delivery used! What was once the highest grossing blockbuster, Titanic, is £14.50 plus delivery.

Amazon doesn’t necessarily reflect availability or prices elsewhere but it’s a good barometer to use.

Not everything is at inflated prices and I expect maybe the biggest blockbusters will stick around at least for now. But with older films that haven’t stuck around as much in the public consciousness or some of the Searchlight indie titles get them as soon as possible.

[chip75]

Seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face, Disney don't have any outlet for FOX titles through streaming in the UK, at least not at the moment. Fingers crossed they're just gearing up for their 20th Century Pictures distribution arm of home media, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[Markgway]

Hang on! You mean these Fox titles are just gonna disappear? I assumed they would be reissued with Disney's name added to the packaging. What's this shit about streaming?

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Markgway

Hang on! You mean these Fox titles are just gonna disappear? I assumed they would be reissued with Disney's name added to the packaging. What's this shit about streaming?

We're speculating that Disney's actions of A) Stopping independent cinemas from screening FOX catalogue titles by removing them from distribution. B) Shifting FOX's home video releases at a reduced rate (basically selling of all their physical stock) and C) Ending production of FOX BD/DVD titles in a few months is leading towards a push to move all their 20th Century Studio's content to streaming services.

The spanner in the works at the moment is Disney doesn't have a FOX streaming service, only a handful of titles are on Disney+ (The Simpsons, Home Alone and a few others) and D+ is quite child friendly. So unless they do start up a more adult service (which I can't see happening this year), they've basically cut off access to their FOX titles.

Hopefully like you said, it may lead to a 20th Century Studios (along with Searchlight Pictures) label of some kind on home video, Jojo Rabbit will be their last release, but we have Searchlight Picture's Downhill after that, so if that does get a BD, it will be interesting to see who distributes it.

But with Disney in a bit of a mess financially, cutting out a huge catalogue for sale would seem silly, when all they have to do is basically print off some new covers.

[Aclea]

At the moment it's just Fox Germany and Austria that has had a date set for its execution, but that's probably the first of many. Disney have already fired almost all of Fox video's staff.

[moviegeek1992]

Originally Posted by chip75

We're speculating that Disney's actions of A) Stopping independent cinemas from screening FOX catalogue titles by removing them from distribution. B) Shifting FOX's home video releases at a reduced rate (basically selling of all their physical stock) and C) Ending production of FOX BD/DVD titles in a few months is leading towards a push to move all their 20th Century Studio's content to streaming services.

The spanner in the works at the moment is Disney doesn't have a FOX streaming service, only a handful of titles are on Disney+ (The Simpsons, Home Alone and a few others) and D+ is quite child friendly. So unless they do start up a more adult service (which I can't see happening this year), they've basically cut off access to their FOX titles.

Hopefully like you said, it may lead to a 20th Century Studios (along with Searchlight Pictures) label of some kind on home video, Jojo Rabbit will be their last release, but we have Searchlight Picture's Downhill after that, so if that does get a BD, it will be interesting to see who distributes it.

But with Disney in a bit of a mess financially, cutting out a huge catalogue for sale would seem silly, when all they have to do is basically print off some new covers.

Cutting off access to titles and making them largely unavailable for a number of years will guarantee them a larger audience when they release them down the line either as part of a streaming service or when re-released on physical media under Disney branding. It’d be interesting to see whether some of these Blu-rays which are going OOP will remain available to purchase on digital platforms such as iTunes and Amazon Prime or will they do away with digital purchases too.

[Aclea]

That only really works with major titles or films that have remakes or sequels coming out. For bread and butter titles it can be the kiss of death - and even for some classics: a major reason that Stan and Ollie found it so hard to find an audience in the USA and many territories was because their films had been out of circulation on TV and home video for so long due to legal problems that they skipped a couple of generations who never saw them while they were growing up and for whom recreating classic routines from films they never saw or playing on their iconic personas meant nothing to them.

[Modman]

I don't see Disney spending any time and more importantly money on re-issuing catalogue titles to physical media, that wouldn't be a problem if they were prepared to do deals with independent labels but that does not appear to be the way they are going.