Dark Force Entertainment Discussion Thread

[cgurley]

Originally Posted by jmilo61

I got the same. Difference between us is that I had already received the order from the previous shipping notice in early December.

Pretty sure this second shipping email just got auto-sent by mistake. I've had it happen before from other places.

In fact, MakeFlix just apologized on Facebook yesterday about confusion from PayPal customers maybe getting duplicate shipping emails. Maybe Dark Force is experiencing the same issue with PayPal?

I got the same second email. Only difference is my order is nowhere to be seen 13 days later. Still sitting in LA, somewhere.

[bsend]

I received two shipped notifications as well with 2 weeks apart. Haven't received my order yet and not sure what to make of it

[vortexx]

Originally Posted by Frightener22

"YOU AXED FOR IT! It's the #24 single's edition release from Dark Force and the last hi-def release of the year. Check out the all-star cast on this one including the legendary VINCENT PRICE. The limited edition release comes with this great looking slipcover that will make a great addition to your collection. You can pick it up when the Dark Force store reopens this month!
Darkforcedvd.com"

I'm curious if members know who Dave is quoting/tributing with the phrase 'You Axed For It'?

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by vortexx

I'm curious if members know who Dave is quoting/tributing with the phrase 'You Axed For It'?

The Mentors

[vortexx]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

The Mentors

The Mentors likely got it from this other person...

[dmabuse]

Just curious if everyone is receiving shipping notifications for their orders.

I placed an order on December 1st and have not heard anything. I have an order ID number from when I placed the order. In light of the current situation, I don't mind waiting. Currently, their website is down for maintenance. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Ashirg]

My order was placed on November 28 and I just got notification that shipping label was created on Friday, no updates from USPS yet. My order # is 113xx...

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by dmabuse

Just curious if everyone is receiving shipping notifications for their orders.

I placed an order on December 1st and have not heard anything. I have an order ID number from when I placed the order. In light of the current situation, I don't mind waiting. Currently, their website is down for maintenance. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

My order from 11/28 shipped on 12/18 and I also received a 2nd shipped email the next day.

USPS tracking number was also emailed from PayPal. It shows it's due for delivery on Wednesday the 23rd, but with the way the mail service is right now I kinda doubt that'll happen. Literally all my USPS shipments right now are running late.

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by vortexx

I'm curious if members know who Dave is quoting/tributing with the phrase 'You Axed For It'?

Forrest J. Ackerman, editor of "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine from 1958-to 1992 or whenever the original magazine ceased before becoming resurrected.

"You Axed for It" was a popular column in the magazine, at least by the 60's. Ackerman was always a big user of puns, so it fits that he used it first. Who knows what Dave was referencing, but Ackerman beats The Mentors by at least a decade.

[iamnoone]

PS: I mistakenly said that that original run of "FM" ended in 1992, it actually ended in 1983. (I still have every issue).

For those who don't know, "FM" was pretty much the ONLY magazine directed towards monsters/horror/sci-fi films, outside of a few others like "Castle of Frankenstein" that were way less circulated and very erratic release schedule, and FM was the only one that was circulated to most newsstands and magazine racks. Cinefantastique magazine started in the early 70's, but was pretty hard to find back then ( the Dark Ages before the internet). But I think it was Fangoria starting in 1979, and finally hitting its horror stride a couple years later, and with better distribution, that finally killed off the original "FM".

Ackerman went on to some other enterprises and mags (and a long-running lawsuit), and although some success in the lawsuit, it didn't end all that great for him in the big picture. But he was the man who started the horror film magazine genre, when there was NOTHING out there for kids or other fans of these type films. He was the ultimate fan before anyone knew there was a fanbase for these types of films. RIP.

[dmabuse]

Originally Posted by Ashirg

My order was placed on November 28 and I just got notification that shipping label was created on Friday, no updates from USPS yet. My order # is 113xx...

My order #114xx so maybe I will hear something soon.

[vortexx]

Originally Posted by iamnoone

PS: I mistakenly said that that original run of "FM" ended in 1992, it actually ended in 1983. (I still have every issue).

For those who don't know, "FM" was pretty much the ONLY magazine directed towards monsters/horror/sci-fi films, outside of a few others like "Castle of Frankenstein" that were way less circulated and very erratic release schedule, and FM was the only one that was circulated to most newsstands and magazine racks. Cinefantastique magazine started in the early 70's, but was pretty hard to find back then ( the Dark Ages before the internet). But I think it was Fangoria starting in 1979, and finally hitting its horror stride a couple years later, and with better distribution, that finally killed off the original "FM".

Ackerman went on to some other enterprises and mags (and a long-running lawsuit), and although some success in the lawsuit, it didn't end all that great for him in the big picture. But he was the man who started the horror film magazine genre, when there was NOTHING out there for kids or other fans of these type films. He was the ultimate fan before anyone knew there was a fanbase for these types of films. RIP.

I briefly met Forry at a Chiller convention. He was selling a computer CD rom virtual tour of the mansion that he kept his original horror memorabilia in. I already had bought one when it came out and told him so. Eventually and unfortunately he had to sell off his collection. He was hoping someone with money like Spielberg would aquire it and preserve it. Spielberg was a fan of the magazine but nobody came forward. That was very unfortunate as he had many original props from classic horror and sci-fi films. The lawsuit was hard on him but he wanted to fight for what he believed in which was a result of bringing Famous Monsters back by a new publisher that screwed him. Ackerman was also a literary agent and had clients that include a ton of classic horror and sci-fi writers.
Famous Monsters was a very important magazine and is often sited by movie directors and writers for influencing them to become filmmakers etc. When I was growing up, Famous Monsters, was almost all there was for someone who enjoyed genre films. Fangoria came at the right time to enjoy the new horror boom of the 80s which at the time was also groundbreaking for their full coverage of special makeup effects. I almost forgot to mention the classic ultracolorful FM covers by Basil Gogos and his original cover art is now collected by rich rock stars like Kirk Hammet and others.

[Member-222782]

Anyone else having trouble accessing USPS.com's tracking right now? Trying to figure out if I should file a Missing Package claim but the tracking page is obliterated for me. Tried 2 different browsers. All kinds of things going wrong with these guys.

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Anyone else having trouble accessing USPS.com's tracking right now? Trying to figure out if I should file a Missing Package claim but the tracking page is obliterated for me. Tried 2 different browsers. All kinds of things going wrong with these guys.

Lately the tracking systems go down during the day, likely from too many people trying to figure out where their late packages are.
Filing a missing package claim probably won't do any good right now, as they've been getting many of them from the other people with late packages. I foolishly sent one a few weeks ago before late packages became a norm and just got a standard response that my package was in transit.

[TwiStedByDeSign86]

Just got my order in yesterday! #1109* My plan is to watch Terror Express today.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by starsteam

Lately the tracking systems go down during the day, likely from too many people trying to figure out where their late packages are.
Filing a missing package claim probably won't do any good right now, as they've been getting many of them from the other people with late packages. I foolishly sent one a few weeks ago before late packages became a norm and just got a standard response that my package was in transit.

The online USPS Missing Package claim form is a 3-page process that doesn't take too much time but most folks would probably never bother completing. I don't like filling out forms myself but I did so on a whim a couple of months ago for a missing package and I got it the next day. The mailman who handed it to me didn't look too happy. It's worth a try - just fill out the Notes section with as much detail as possible. "Mailman scanned it as Delivered but I never actually got it. He may have been too tired to complete his route that day"

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

The online USPS Missing Package claim form is a 3-page process that doesn't take too much time but most folks would probably never bother completing. I don't like filling out forms myself but I did so on a whim a couple of months ago for a missing package and I got it the next day. The mailman who handed it to me didn't look too happy. It's worth a try - just fill out the Notes section with as much detail as possible. "Mailman scanned it as Delivered but I never actually got it. He may have been too tired to complete his route that day"

You're not on top of things right now, I guess?
Your package is likely at the bottom of one of these bins somewhere. A missing package claim isn't going to make someone go dig it out for you. This isn't a couple of months ago anymore.

[Show spoiler]

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by starsteam

You're not on top of things right now, I guess?
Your package is likely at the bottom of one of these bins somewhere. A missing package claim isn't going to make someone go dig it out for you. This isn't a couple of months ago anymore.

[Show spoiler]

LMAO

I'm not posting here to troll. This particular package was already "attempted" a week ago. They claim nobody was around to accept it, and they're probably right because it was a Sunday and it's a commercial address. So where is it? Certainly not at the bottom of a huge pile at a warehouse. Someone threw it into a bin at their station and there it has sat unnoticed for more than a week. Maybe if I file a claim it'll get noticed?

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Anyone else having trouble accessing USPS.com's tracking right now? Trying to figure out if I should file a Missing Package claim but the tracking page is obliterated for me. Tried 2 different browsers. All kinds of things going wrong with these guys.

USPS has been very odd since 2nd week of December, especially with small first class packages. Expect to wait a long time to get anything.

I shipped 2 items first class in typical 10x6 yellow padded envelope, one on dec 7th and one on dec 9th, and both of them sat there in the local PO until dec 20th before the sorting center scanned them (the 12/7 one actually had no scans at all prior to 12/20 despite being dropped off on 12/7)

I also ordered some stuff from eBay, again smallish first class packages around the same time and same thing happened , sat at the post office for 1.5 weeks and finally scanned on the 19th-20th

Not sure what is going on but USPS is doing worst I've seen in my lifetime with small first class packages shipping time right now. Strangely, a larger priority mail and media mail package I shipped processed relatively normally.

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

LMAO

I'm not posting here to troll. This particular package was already "attempted" a week ago. They claim nobody was around to accept it, and they're probably right because it was a Sunday and it's a commercial address. So where is it? Certainly not at the bottom of a huge pile at a warehouse. Someone threw it into a bin at their station and there it has sat unnoticed for more than a week. Maybe if I file a claim it'll get noticed?

If it's any consolation I did check back a few pages just to see if you brought this up before I made any assumption that you were just another one of the thousands right now. My bad.

Still though, it wouldn't surprise me if USPS is mostly ignoring any lost packages claims at the moment simply because they are so backed up. Might be better to wait one more week just to let things clear up a little more.