The Aussie/Kiwi Last Blu-ray You Purchased/Watched Thread

[devil6621]

Hunger Games Mockingjay FS Steel arrived. My favorite steel as of now. It's beautiful.

Last night watched Back to the Future Part 1 & 2

Would you believe that I have never seen these movies? I only planned on watching part 1 but enjoyed it so much I popped in part 2. Part 1 was great and for such an old movie I really liked how I could relate to it. It really has aged well. Part 2 wasn't as good but still highly enjoyable.

What can I do with my digital copy of Hunger Games? It can only be redeemed from the Canadian store and I don't want to have to deal with swapping accounts and syncing and all those hassles that come with itunes.

[adamclark83]

I watched the bonus disc of the Bond 50 Blu-ray set last night and even though the label shows the DTS-HD Master Audio logo, there's nothing on the disc in that format. It's all either DD 5.1 or DD 2.0.

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by devil6621

Last night watched Back to the Future Part 1 & 2

Would you believe that I have never seen these movies? I only planned on watching part 1 but enjoyed it so much I popped in part 2. Part 1 was great and for such an old movie I really liked how I could relate to it. It really has aged well. Part 2 wasn't as good but still highly enjoyable.

Me too, picked up the steelbook for the first one recently because I've never seen it before, and it was such great fun.

Crispin Glover was great in it, but too bad he isn't in the other ones. I'll need to pick up 2 and 3 too so I could see them.

[devil6621]

Originally Posted by insomniac

Me too, picked up the steelbook for the first one recently because I've never seen it before, and it was such great fun.

Crispin Glover was great in it, but too bad he isn't in the other ones. I'll need to pick up 2 and 3 too so I could see them.

Do you think universal will release the other 2 in steelbooks? Because having just one seems kind of pointless as it is a trilogy, and one that needs to be watched in order to fully understand what is going on.

Edit: thought I would be productive while my girlfriend is at a job induction for Dick Smith (staff discount!) and went to a Westfield shopping centre nearby. Found a Robin Hood steel at jb hifi which was there last in stock for $15.95.

[Verbal Kint]

Received Bond collection, Paths of Glory, Bait 3D, Jeepers Creepers and Crimson Tide

[Templar]

Arrived! So freakin' happy



Awesome collection, no double discs, the next 22 nights are set!

[Verbal Kint]

Originally Posted by Templar

Arrived! So freakin' happy

[Show spoiler]

Awesome collection, no double discs, the next 22 nights are set!

I wondered if you got yours too.
I checked all my discs, one had some residue on it but other than that they all looked good.

[Blu-RayNut]

Received

Jeepers Creepers

Looking forward to going back and enjoying this film again. One modern horror film I feel got it as close to right as it can be.

[NickMate]

Went in to get the Bond 50 set...came out its a Mac mini didn't intend to buy today but I walked into the Apple store and started chatting up some girl (the always use the hot ones to get sales ) so I gave her my card and off I went...bondless oh we'll, this always tomorrow (long weekend coming up). No cables yet, hope they arrive tomorrow as I haven't watched anything for a long time

[gettodamoofies]

^ Someone's been bit by the credit card bug!

Lean delivery week this week - only the SteelBook stands so far. Maybe Friday will bring some luck otherwise next week will be a big one (Indy, Jaws, Titanic, Avengers and maybe even Bond).

Watching: Donnie Darko. Been a little while so it's time for my (probably) millionth viewing. Love the film...

My copies of The American President and Dave also shipped. Awesome.

[Sergiesun]

Sons of Anarchy (season 1) was excellent experience. And it created addiction I have to get the rest of the seasons on Blu. Somebody please take away my credit card... Or buy my kidney.

[NickMate]

Originally Posted by Sergiesun

. Somebody please take away my credit card... Or buy my kidney.

Haha if feel the same way, I just started and I need help

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by devil6621

Do you think universal will release the other 2 in steelbooks? Because having just one seems kind of pointless as it is a trilogy, and one that needs to be watched in order to fully understand what is going on.

I'm doubtful, we get so few steel-books to begin with. I just got it for fun, as I wanted to see the film anyway, and I didn't own any SBs at the time. They were also quite reasonable at $15.98.

[NickMate]

Originally Posted by atexp80

^ Someone's been bit by the credit card bug!

Haha tell me about it, still have things to get. Pay day next week is going straight to my savings and card account. Must hold off blus for a while, still so many to watch, especially Prison Break.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by devil6621

Do you think universal will release the other 2 in steelbooks? Because having just one seems kind of pointless as it is a trilogy, and one that needs to be watched in order to fully understand what is going on.

Yeah, seems a pity with both Jurassic Park and BTTF that they only did the one film in SB — though I understand (esp. with Jurassic Park) that some people only want the first one. I'm sure a lot of people would have snapped up 3-disc steel sets of these, though ... myself included!

[Templar]

Originally Posted by Verbal Kint

I wondered if you got yours too.
I checked all my discs, one had some residue on it but other than that they all looked good.

Yeah, 2 days via UPS. I was worried as my luck with Amazon UK recently hasn't been the greatest, but this was well worth the extra for shipping

The first thing i did was check my discs and all seems to be well.

Just about to chuck on Dr No

[MacEachaidh]

I watched The Sting this afternoon.

I had a sinking feeling as this one started, because the screen was full of quite visible static grain. I'd heard comments of this being (over-)DNRd, and I thought they'd put an artificial grain back in to try to compensate, and botched it. But no, it turned out to be the optical layer for the titles; when they went away, so did what looked like the frozen swarm of gnats. Phew.

Overall, thumbs up for this transfer. It's not reference-quality dazzling, by any means — it has that mushy soft-focus look typical of 70s films, so it's never going to have a cellophane crispness to it — but it's a clean transfer, a well-resolved image with solid colours and a period palette that hasn't been "corrected" for modern fads. The dialogue is clear and the score, in particular, sounds great. (Just as well, since it's one of the best features of the film!)

It's a movie that, for obvious reasons, is never going to have the same punch as it did the first time you saw it, but I was pleased at how rewatchable it is. It has memorable performances across the board, and although it was made before the modern trend towards self-aware meta-humour, it still has a few smiles along the way.

I got the UK digibook, and it's beautifully done. The matt covers and period palettes of the Universal books are really quality stuff; in this case, it's only let down by garish low-res disc art that's quite badlly executed.

All in all, a release I'm very happy to have in my collection.

[NickMate]

Update to the contest:

So here's the deal, if I get at least 12 entries by the end of the week, I'll add to the first prize the Complete Rocky Anthology, brand new on Blu-ray. So if you want a chance to win this and other prizes, send in your entry

Also received:

[Blu-RayNut]

Watched

Payback

Watched the Director's cut, which is a shorter, considerably different film to the original theatrically released version.

I felt this was a much better film, and I find it weird saying this even as I am typing it out, as I truly enjoyed the final 3rd of the original cut of the film.

[Badas]

Watched:





I love these two films. Second time round for me. 1st time for Em (my wife). She thought both were great fun.

Ta Dono