Stephen King's Thinner - Blu-ray Forum

aaron158 · 08-22-2012, 09:12 PM

anyone else get this bluray. i got mine today and it strange the strink wrap on it felt weird like the kind u see on re sealed movies. also bluray case had sharp square edges rather then the rounded edges u normaly see. also when i pealed off the security seal half of the bluray logo on the case pealed off with it never had that happen before.

Monty70 · 08-22-2012, 10:50 PM

Olive films uses a slightly different shaped keep case for their Blu-ray releases.

My copy of Private Hell 36 (released by Olive the same week as Thinner) also had the same problem. (security tape peeled off part of the Blu-ray insignia)

This company is in the process of correcting problems with the security tape they use. The tape that came with all previous Olive BDs left a sticky residue behind on the case.

aaron158 · 08-22-2012, 11:17 PM

guess thats it this was the first movie i've ordered from that company. seems weird that the strink wrap was around the slipcover rather then the movie case. also the ponits were it was melted togther were on the back of the strink wrap rather then the sides like u normaly see.

sancho · 08-22-2012, 11:26 PM

Kari Wuhreer was hot in Thinner.
I will pick up this Blu as soon as there is a price drop.

sancho · 08-23-2012, 03:57 AM

Kari Wuhreer again

JetsFoo · 08-23-2012, 04:08 AM

i wasnt even aware that this movie came out on BD where can i get this?!?!

aaron158 · 08-23-2012, 04:10 AM

just came out yesterdy. amazon has it for 22. other stores may have it to not sure

emac213 · 08-23-2012, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by aaron158

just came out yesterdy. amazon has it for 22. other stores may have it to not sure

I want this movie but not for 22 bucks. Anybody have a pic of the slipcover?

jebhdb · 08-23-2012, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by JetsFoo

i wasnt even aware that this movie came out on BD where can i get this?!?!

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Originally Posted by emac213

I want this movie but not for 22 bucks. Anybody have a pic of the slipcover?

Importcds has it for $14.43. Their shipping basically comes out to $3 for the first item and $1.50 each additional item per order. Even with the shipping added I believe imporcds has the best price.

http://www.importcds.com/Movies/2411...(1996)-Blu-Ray

emac213 · 08-23-2012, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jebhdb

Importcds has it for $14.43. Their shipping basically comes out to $3 for the first item and $1.50 each additional item per order. Even with the shipping added I believe imporcds has the best price.

http://www.importcds.com/Movies/2411...(1996)-Blu-Ray

Thanks!

RudyC · 08-23-2012, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sancho

Kari Wuhreer again

yea she is hot as hell...i looked her up on imdb and this is the only movie i like that she is in....just another nobody.

btw...i thought she was tara reid or something at first.

goodstuff · 08-23-2012, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RudyC

yea she is hot as hell...i looked her up on imdb and this is the only movie i like that she is in....just another nobody.

btw...i thought she was tara reid or something at first.

Yeah, unfortunately it's one of her few movies where she doesn't get naked. I will be looking forward to the upcoming release of The Crossing Guard, though

Kryptonic · 08-23-2012, 12:32 PM

It's on Netflix in HD and it looks great. $22 for a catalog title, especially for this type of film, is absurd.

NoirFan · 08-23-2012, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kryptonic

It's on Netflix in HD and it looks great. $22 for a catalog title, especially for this type of film, is absurd.

All of the Olive discs are $15.68 shipped from Import CDs.

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Originally Posted by aaron158

also when i pealed off the security seal half of the bluray logo on the case pealed off with it never had that happen before.

That happened to me with the Private Hell 36 disc, another Olive release. Most annoying.

Member-222782 · 08-23-2012, 12:53 PM

I bought a copy of the BD at Import CDs - received it on street date but only because I preordered a while ago Import CDs is very slow with shipping (or rather the method they use). PQ was very good but I don't think the disc will be on any of my top ten lists of favorite movies - the film didn't hold up as well IMO, with one of the least-convincing fat suit jobs I've seen to date. The gimmick wasn't really perfected until the Eddie Murphy Nutty Professor films several years later.

mhaw2001a · 09-25-2012, 07:51 AM

As with Bound, again another Olive release with a 2.0 audio track when both were shown theatrically (and on DVD with Dolby Digital 5.1). Why is this happening? And apparently its even 2.0 MONO (!) so I can't even use PLII to get surround.

Brett C · 11-04-2013, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mhaw2001a

As with Bound, again another Olive release with a 2.0 audio track when both were shown theatrically (and on DVD with Dolby Digital 5.1). Why is this happening? And apparently its even 2.0 MONO (!) so I can't even use PLII to get surround.

The 2.0 track is in Stereo despite the review on this site stating that it features a Mono track.

TylerDurden389 · 11-05-2013, 04:38 AM

Just wanna point this out. I watched this on cable in ft. lauderdale fl. some time ago on a horror channel called "chiller" and there was at least 10 minutes of deleted scenes that I've never seen or heard anywhere else.

The only scene in particular I can remember offhand was Billy consulting with Richie (Joe Mantegna) after his cop friend dies, but before he goes off looking for the gypsies.

Packerfan75 · 11-05-2013, 04:46 AM

Thinner is a weird movie. It's kind of a disturbing comedy. It's in no way scary but there's definitely something weird about it. Like a Twilight Zone thing. Billy is also kind of a jerk and hard to root for. There's no good guy there either.

EricJ · 11-05-2013, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Packerfan75

Thinner is a weird movie. It's kind of a disturbing comedy. It's in no way scary but there's definitely something weird about it. Like a Twilight Zone thing. Billy is also kind of a jerk and hard to root for. There's no good guy there either.

Well, it wasn't "really" a Stephen King book when it came out--It was Richard Bachmann!

, author of the "The Running Man", who specialized in gritty revenge stories.
Which, once the Joe Mantegna character comes in in the second half, livens up the story completely

And I don't care if it IS a necro-bump, I'll stick up for the cult value of almost any underappreciated Tom Holland film.

If Shout Factory could rescue the reputation of Psycho II, maybe this can be next.

08-22-2012, 09:12 PM	#1
aaron158 Contributor Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1378 DVD collection:166 Trading Score:12	Stephen King's Thinner anyone else get this bluray. i got mine today and it strange the strink wrap on it felt weird like the kind u see on re sealed movies. also bluray case had sharp square edges rather then the rounded edges u normaly see. also when i pealed off the security seal half of the bluray logo on the case pealed off with it never had that happen before.

08-22-2012, 10:50 PM	#2
Monty70 Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2010 Location:Pennsylvania Blu-ray collection:536 Blu-ray reviews: 57 Trading Score:3	Olive films uses a slightly different shaped keep case for their Blu-ray releases. My copy of Private Hell 36 (released by Olive the same week as Thinner) also had the same problem. (security tape peeled off part of the Blu-ray insignia) This company is in the process of correcting problems with the security tape they use. The tape that came with all previous Olive BDs left a sticky residue behind on the case.

08-22-2012, 11:17 PM	#3
aaron158 Contributor Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1378 DVD collection:166 Trading Score:12	guess thats it this was the first movie i've ordered from that company. seems weird that the strink wrap was around the slipcover rather then the movie case. also the ponits were it was melted togther were on the back of the strink wrap rather then the sides like u normaly see.

08-22-2012, 11:26 PM	#4
sancho Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2010 4K collection:74 Blu-ray collection:914	Kari Wuhreer was hot in Thinner. I will pick up this Blu as soon as there is a price drop.

08-23-2012, 03:57 AM	#5
sancho Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2010 4K collection:74 Blu-ray collection:914	Kari Wuhreer again

08-23-2012, 04:08 AM	#6
JetsFoo Active Member Member since:Apr 2011 Location:San Jose, CA Blu-ray collection:567 DVD collection:24 Trading Score:11	i wasnt even aware that this movie came out on BD where can i get this?!?!

08-23-2012, 04:10 AM	#7
aaron158 Contributor Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1378 DVD collection:166 Trading Score:12	just came out yesterdy. amazon has it for 22. other stores may have it to not sure

08-23-2012, 12:32 PM	#13
Kryptonic Suspended Member since:Jul 2009 Trading Score:45	It's on Netflix in HD and it looks great. $22 for a catalog title, especially for this type of film, is absurd.

08-23-2012, 12:53 PM	#15
Member-222782 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jun 2012 4K collection:645 Blu-ray collection:4556 DVD collection:474 Trading Score:140	I bought a copy of the BD at Import CDs - received it on street date but only because I preordered a while ago Import CDs is very slow with shipping (or rather the method they use). PQ was very good but I don't think the disc will be on any of my top ten lists of favorite movies - the film didn't hold up as well IMO, with one of the least-convincing fat suit jobs I've seen to date. The gimmick wasn't really perfected until the Eddie Murphy Nutty Professor films several years later.

09-25-2012, 07:51 AM	#16
mhaw2001a New Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Home Theater Gallery:14 4K collection:81 Blu-ray collection:755 DVD collection:608	As with Bound, again another Olive release with a 2.0 audio track when both were shown theatrically (and on DVD with Dolby Digital 5.1). Why is this happening? And apparently its even 2.0 MONO (!) so I can't even use PLII to get surround.

11-05-2013, 04:38 AM	#18
TylerDurden389 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2013 Location:Brooklyn NY	Just wanna point this out. I watched this on cable in ft. lauderdale fl. some time ago on a horror channel called "chiller" and there was at least 10 minutes of deleted scenes that I've never seen or heard anywhere else. The only scene in particular I can remember offhand was Billy consulting with Richie (Joe Mantegna) after his cop friend dies, but before he goes off looking for the gypsies.

11-05-2013, 04:46 AM	#19
Packerfan75 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Earth 4K collection:71 Blu-ray collection:549 DVD collection:355 Digital collection:97 Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:1	Thinner is a weird movie. It's kind of a disturbing comedy. It's in no way scary but there's definitely something weird about it. Like a Twilight Zone thing. Billy is also kind of a jerk and hard to root for. There's no good guy there either.

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