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PowellPressburger · 04-21-2009, 08:51 PM

I really love the new case I picked up Wages of Fear BD today along with Science is Fiction on reg DVD.

I wish all BD cases were like this although they are standard size thickness.. I like the fact you don't have to scream out that it is a BD like the reg BD cases. So it is cool.

I like the fact that the paper insert is now protected and there is no top/bottom opening... The old ones were too flimsy they needed to be stronger and let the inner case slip out from the side not top/bottom. They would have worked out better.

I do love this new case though, for Criterion I think it works well since for Wages it is identical to the reg DVD release, just shorter. Very cool.

I hope they give us options to replace our old cases to be honest. I would pay a few bucks to get the case and insert. They'd look great all lined up on a shelf together. :-)

panamablu · 04-21-2009, 10:26 PM

Sorry if this has been asked before, will the Benjamin Button release be in the new clear packing, or the cardboard packing?? I asked because all the pictures I've seen so far, looks like the cardboard packing.

scrumptious · 04-21-2009, 10:51 PM

I see only 6 Criterion Collection movies at blu-ray.com

Are all of the following still in the pipeline?

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/872/872316p1.html

* The Third Man
* Bottle Rocket
* Chungking Express
* The Man Who Fell to Earth
* The Last Emperor
* El Norte
* The 400 Blows
* Gimme Shelter
* The Complete Monterey Pop
* Contempt
* Walkabout
* For All Mankind
* The Wages of Fear

Will Criterion Collection in time eventually release all their previous DVDs on blu-ray?

Stas · 04-21-2009, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panamablu

Sorry if this has been asked before, will the Benjamin Button release be in the new clear packing, or the cardboard packing?? I asked because all the pictures I've seen so far, looks like the cardboard packing.

I was wondering the same thing. I really hope it's the new plastic case.

ccfixx · 04-21-2009, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrumptious

I see only 6 Criterion Collection movies at blu-ray.com

Are all of the following still in the pipeline?

* The Third Man
* Bottle Rocket
* Chungking Express
* The Man Who Fell to Earth
* The Last Emperor
* El Norte
* The 400 Blows
* The Wages of Fear
* The Last Metro

The films above in red have all been released on blu-ray from Criterion as of today.

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrumptious

* In The Realm Of The Senses (April 28, 2009)
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (May 5, 2009)
* The Seventh Seal (June 16, 2009)
* Last Year At Marienbad (June 23, 2009)
* For All Mankind (July 14, 2009)
* Repulsion (July 28, 2009)

The films above in blue have been announced by Criterion and are all scheduled to be released by Criterion, according to their website.

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrumptious

* Gimme Shelter
* The Complete Monterey Pop
* Contempt
* Walkabout

The films above in green were in the original Criterion blu-ray announcement, but they have yet to be given a release date by Criterion.

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrumptious

Will Criterion Collection in time eventually release all their previous DVDs on blu-ray?

I seriously doubt it. They never released all of their laserdisc releases on DVD.

Just go to Criterion's website if you wanna keep up with all of the official release announcements.

CC

scrumptious · 04-21-2009, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccfixx

The films above in red have all been released on blu-ray from Criterion as of today.

Thanks. I just put in "Criterion" and only 6 came up on blu-ray.com I guess not all of them have Criterion in the title.

flyboy66 · 04-22-2009, 02:17 AM

What Im wondering is why they decided to go with the same numbering for this collection? It was kind of dumb because this collection will NEVER be completed now. There is no way they are going to get the rights to some of these films that are long out of print. So if your in it for just the "collection" aspect might was to quit before you get too many...

LazerTron · 04-22-2009, 08:26 AM

I received five Criterion Blu-rays today:

The Last Metro
The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
El Norte
The Man Who Fell To Earth

Unfortunately they are all region-locked, so it would take some time to actually watch them on my European set-up.

horseflesh · 04-22-2009, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LazerTron

I received five Criterion Blu-rays today:

The Last Metro
The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
El Norte
The Man Who Fell To Earth

Unfortunately they are all region-locked, so it would take some time to actually watch them on my European set-up.

If you need to sell them now, I can offer a fair price for El Norte and The Last Metro.
PM me if you're interested.
I'm in Ireland by the way, so shipping won't be very much.

LazerTron · 04-22-2009, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseflesh

If you need to sell them now, I can offer a fair price for El Norte and The Last Metro.
PM me if you're interested.
I'm in Ireland by the way, so shipping won't be very much.

Thanks for the offer but I will keep them at the moment. I did know before ordering them, that they are region-locked.

horseflesh · 04-22-2009, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LazerTron

Thanks for the offer but I will keep them at the moment. I did know before ordering them, that they are region-locked.

Ah ok......hope you can get to see them soon

Variable · 04-22-2009, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrumptious

Thanks. I just put in "Criterion" and only 6 came up on blu-ray.com I guess not all of them have Criterion in the title.

on the left if you look through publisher or something you can select Criterion and you will see all of their releases. I have the page saved in my favorites

DavePS3 · 04-22-2009, 09:03 PM

They did a great job on the Laserdisc 'Jason & The Argonauts'... I'd like to see that on Blu' from them.

scrumptious · 04-23-2009, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavePS3

They did a great job on the Laserdisc 'Jason & The Argonauts'... I'd like to see that on Blu' from them.

you mean the old one? I'd rather see the Hallmark one since it will have better production values. For the old one they have a placeholder at amazon for it.

ccfixx · 04-23-2009, 12:02 AM

Loving my copy of "The Wages Of Fear" that finally arrived today from Amazon! I can't wait 'til "In The Realm Of The Senses" next week!

CC

zedd_117 · 04-23-2009, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Loving my copy of "The Wages Of Fear" that finally arrived today from Amazon! I can't wait 'til "In The Realm Of The Senses" next week!

CC

I can't wait to get home to mine. It arrived about 10 minutes after I left for work today. Freaking UPS! Couldn't have been 15 min earlier so I could at least see the thing before I left home.

oh well, couple more minutes...

online365daysayear · 04-23-2009, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I hope they give us options to replace our old cases to be honest. I would pay a few bucks to get the case and insert. They'd look great all lined up on a shelf together. :-)

I am hoping the same thing. I think they will.

online365daysayear · 04-23-2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seretur

Having just received 400 Blows in a damaged case from Amazon.

Mine was also damaged and had to be sent back twice. I welcome the new cases with open arms.

Zen_Amako · 04-23-2009, 04:04 PM

I ended up canceling my order with Criterion for In the Realm of the Senses since they still hadn't shipped it. I ordered that and Empire of Passion (on DVD) from an online merchant that already has them in stock. It looks like Criterion is shipping the discs out to stores before filling the preorders for individuals.

ccfixx · 04-23-2009, 10:49 PM

Amazon has their pre-orders up for now for "Repulsion" and "For All Mankind."

CC

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04-21-2009, 08:51 PM	#621
PowellPressburger Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:DIFFERENT PLACES! Minneapolis 4K collection:991 Blu-ray collection:3676 DVD collection:359 Blu-ray reviews: 51 Trading Score:297	I really love the new case I picked up Wages of Fear BD today along with Science is Fiction on reg DVD. I wish all BD cases were like this although they are standard size thickness.. I like the fact you don't have to scream out that it is a BD like the reg BD cases. So it is cool. I like the fact that the paper insert is now protected and there is no top/bottom opening... The old ones were too flimsy they needed to be stronger and let the inner case slip out from the side not top/bottom. They would have worked out better. I do love this new case though, for Criterion I think it works well since for Wages it is identical to the reg DVD release, just shorter. Very cool. I hope they give us options to replace our old cases to be honest. I would pay a few bucks to get the case and insert. They'd look great all lined up on a shelf together. :-)

04-21-2009, 10:26 PM	#622
panamablu Active Member Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:3152 DVD collection:279 Trading Score:1	Sorry if this has been asked before, will the Benjamin Button release be in the new clear packing, or the cardboard packing?? I asked because all the pictures I've seen so far, looks like the cardboard packing.

04-21-2009, 10:51 PM	#623
scrumptious Banned Member since:Feb 2009	I see only 6 Criterion Collection movies at blu-ray.com Are all of the following still in the pipeline? http://dvd.ign.com/articles/872/872316p1.html * The Third Man * Bottle Rocket * Chungking Express * The Man Who Fell to Earth * The Last Emperor * El Norte * The 400 Blows * Gimme Shelter * The Complete Monterey Pop * Contempt * Walkabout * For All Mankind * The Wages of Fear Will Criterion Collection in time eventually release all their previous DVDs on blu-ray?

04-22-2009, 02:17 AM	#627
flyboy66 Banned Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Rowlett, Texas Blu-ray collection:49	What Im wondering is why they decided to go with the same numbering for this collection? It was kind of dumb because this collection will NEVER be completed now. There is no way they are going to get the rights to some of these films that are long out of print. So if your in it for just the "collection" aspect might was to quit before you get too many...

04-22-2009, 08:26 AM	#628
LazerTron Active Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Austria, PAL Land Trading Score:7	I received five Criterion Blu-rays today: The Last Metro The Third Man Bottle Rocket El Norte The Man Who Fell To Earth Unfortunately they are all region-locked, so it would take some time to actually watch them on my European set-up.

04-22-2009, 09:03 PM	#633
DavePS3 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Toronto Home Theater Gallery:56 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	They did a great job on the Laserdisc 'Jason & The Argonauts'... I'd like to see that on Blu' from them.

04-23-2009, 12:02 AM	#635
ccfixx Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Rhode Island Blu-ray collection:97 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:19	Loving my copy of "The Wages Of Fear" that finally arrived today from Amazon! I can't wait 'til "In The Realm Of The Senses" next week! CC

04-23-2009, 04:04 PM	#639
Zen_Amako Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Northern VA, USA 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:659 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:13	I ended up canceling my order with Criterion for In the Realm of the Senses since they still hadn't shipped it. I ordered that and Empire of Passion (on DVD) from an online merchant that already has them in stock. It looks like Criterion is shipping the discs out to stores before filling the preorders for individuals.

04-23-2009, 10:49 PM	#640
ccfixx Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Rhode Island Blu-ray collection:97 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:19	Amazon has their pre-orders up for now for "Repulsion" and "For All Mankind." CC

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