British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[theprestige85]

Originally Posted by mattyl149

Did you not think about proofreading this comment first? It looks like you've repeated the same two paragraphs twice

Yeah, soz, I think I started one sentence then started talking about another thing only to go back to finishing the other paragraph. Apologies.

Lyris the point i'm making is that region free players could become so rare that they'll become very valuable like certain dvdd like Fright Night 2 or something.

[kuro_sawa]

If I block someone, will I still see others responding to them?

[Mansinthe]

Yes.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by theprestige85

Yeah but I mean what about the future of my important region locked discs? Theres no way to future proof that, is there? What if I get a region free/a player but then it breaks or something? All those pretty Criterion discs will be absolutely worthless to me. Or what if 4K becomes the dominant force in the next 5 years and I find it won't play my region locked content?

And i'm confident that most of the films I want will be released on blu ray....the good thing about being region B is that it extends to places like Austr
its highly unlikly that everything will be relased in the UK .. even if you wait another 10 years.

most bizarre logic I have read. Region B discs are also not future proof. If what you are getting at is that you will have a harder time selling Region A discs of movies that you blind buy but dont like, well fine but that's hardly a reason not to go reason free as all you have to do is either limit blind buys or spend more time researching your blind buys to minimise the chances of not liking them.

[easydreamer]

You don't need a region free player. You just need a region A player on top of the region B player, so that Blu from both regions could be played even if the region free player becomes rarer (if ever).

[Gerby]

My head is beginning to hurt reading the posts from these 2 previous pages.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by theprestige85

Lyris the point i'm making is that region free players could become so rare that they'll become very valuable like certain dvdd like Fright Night 2 or something.

[Myshkin]

Originally Posted by theprestige85

For the record, I am not planning on getting unless every title I want to own is available in the format.

Eh?

You don't have a set-in-stone list do you?

What about the films you discover later?

[Pecker]

Originally Posted by theprestige85

Region free players are a LOT more rare than region B ones. They could probably be obsolete within a few years, who knows?

You can buy a player (whatever region you like) for under £100.

It breaks, you buy a new one.

They're not going to stop making Blu-ray Disc players in any of the 3 regions for a long time.

Steve W

[edcresdee]

2 for £17 on Play.com is back!

http://www.play.com/stores/LinkEnter...BFI%20MULTIBUY

[rapta]

Originally Posted by edcresdee

2 for £17 on Play.com is back!

http://www.play.com/stores/LinkEnter...BFI%20MULTIBUY

Yeah man I think I mentioned it on here the other day! Got myself The Leopard and Chronicle Of A Summer seeing as they're both pretty pricy elsewhere. Arrived in pretty good time (about 3 days later).

[duggie walker]

Originally Posted by theprestige85

Yeah, soz, I think I started one sentence then started talking about another thing only to go back to finishing the other paragraph. Apologies.

Lyris the point i'm making is that region free players could become so rare that they'll become very valuable like certain dvdd like Fright Night 2 or something.

Your whole thinking on this is very weird, my friend. But it's your loss.

Personally, my collection would be less-than-half the size if I'd relied only on RB discs and - like yourself - I'd be massively frustrated about the films I was missing out on (unless I was illegally downloading them, I guess . I'd never go back to that.

If you've got a friend visiting the US, easiest thing is to have them buy a player and bring it back. You can get cheap, lightweight ones that aren't much bigger than a freeview box now.

But I can tell I'm wasting my breath. You seem to have a mental block about it. Like I said, your loss: Though if you've made that choice, I'd suggest there's not much point complaining long and loud about what you're missing. That's probably why this discussion happens so regularly. Maybe that's the kind of attention you want.

[private_al]

Originally Posted by edcresdee

2 for £17 on Play.com is back!

http://www.play.com/stores/LinkEnter...BFI%20MULTIBUY

Unfortunately it's only for UK Customers

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by private_al

Unfortunately it's only for UK Customers

yeah that sucks....

[nitin]

going by the caps, not sure I would agree with pro-b that the new Criterion Innocents disc is a massive improvement over the BFI one, but it does look 'noticeably' better.

[TomN245]

I bought a region-free player a while ago. It was kind of pointless. The UK really does have some of the best blu-ray labels in the world, and, after buying a couple of Criterions, I went back to buying UK releases. Most of them will get released here eventually anyway.

I'm probably the only person that would tell theprestige85 not to go multi-region. It's all personal preference, I guess.

I say this, but I did just order the US tora-san and Musashi Miyamoto (the Tomu Uchida version) dvd boxsets, which is probably the sweetest thing since I realised that the Platypus was a real animal.

[tenia]

Going Region Free, one way or an other (accessing Region A in Europe or Region B in the US), has always looked interesting to me.
Many region-locked releases are still exclusive and I believe everyone can easily find 15 or 20 region locked titles looking very interesting.

Today, despite living in France, the biggest studio in my collection is Criterion (15.8%). BFI + Arrow + Eureka amounts to 18.4%.

In both cases, plenty of titles are released, within these 4 labels, in their best releases as Region locked releases.

On the other end, this is also a door opened to more accessible titles, and thus a even more bigger budget.

[theprestige85]

Originally Posted by TomN245

I bought a region-free player a while ago. It was kind of pointless. The UK really does have some of the best blu-ray labels in the world, and, after buying a couple of Criterions, I went back to buying UK releases. Most of them will get released here eventually anyway.

Indeed mate. I also like being able to support these labels. The last few purchases have been made by buying directly from these distributors. I get a kick out of supporting them, and, as you say, these are some of the finest labels in the world.

I do have a mental block about going region free and TomN245 has more or less pinpointed why. And by the way, I am as tired of talking about the region free arguments as the rest of you, I didn't even bring it up on here in the first place, all I did was compliment Criterion on their selection and quality of the blu rays and then somebody else recommended that I went region free not knowing that I have had this discussion with various members on here already. I'm certainly not wanting to discuss it 'for attention', i'd have rather just talked about BFI titles that I recently purchased like The Innocents .

I know it seems odd and illogical on paper to not want to be region free, but I have already explained my reasonings. I don't need to be told how wrong I am.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by theprestige85

Indeed mate. I also like being able to support these labels. The last few purchases have been made by buying directly from these distributors. I get a kick out of supporting them, and, as you say, these are some of the finest labels in the world.

I do have a mental block about going region free and TomN245 has more or less pinpointed why. And by the way, I am as tired of talking about the region free arguments as the rest of you, I didn't even bring it up on here in the first place, all I did was compliment Criterion on their selection and quality of the blu rays and then somebody else recommended that I went region free not knowing that I have had this discussion with various members on here already. I'm certainly not wanting to discuss it 'for attention', i'd have rather just talked about BFI titles that I recently purchased like The Innocents .

I know it seems odd and illogical on paper to not want to be region free, but I have already explained my reasonings. I don't need to be told how wrong I am.

Not just you - me too.

The way I see it, Id be more annoyed about being Region A only than Region B only. The only Region A locked release Im bothered about is Escape From New York really.

Got far too much to watch as it is and loads that I want to see it again. I dont need more choices!

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by tenia

Today, despite living in France, the biggest studio in my collection is Criterion (15.8%). BFI + Arrow + Eureka amounts to 18.4%.

In both cases, plenty of titles are released, within these 4 labels, in their best releases as Region locked releases.

On the other end, this is also a door opened to more accessible titles, and thus a even more bigger budget.

maybe people from the EU are more open to go region free in the first place? since we are usually more limited in our choices? i think i would go nuts if i could only buy from german labels..

its easy to understand that UK people prefer to buy everything within the UK. (customs alone are more troublesome with that 8 GBP fee).
and the UK got some pretty awesome labels, at the moment the UK beats the US if you are into "classic" and "cult" movies.

but if someone really is into special features and quality releases there is no way around Criterion.

but going region free is so simple (and cheap) these days.. no reason to limit yourself to one region really..