Dark Force Entertainment Discussion Thread

[wicky_J]

Originally Posted by kraven

They'll use it to justify a price increase

Quit giving them ideas !

[Christophah Maghen]

Is Mirror Mirror going to have a standard case or is it getting the deluxe 3d slipcover treatment?

[Puffy]

Originally Posted by Videovore

It'll be a NEW and EXCLUSIVE Mirror-Slip™ that will have a mirror glued to a slipcover so you can stare at yourself and wonder where/when things went so wrong.

[ol_Dut]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

I honestly think some of the scalpers are affiliated with Code Red / Dark Force. There are certain accounts that somehow have an endless supply of "OOP" titles, and I've even seen incidents where people are scalping releases on eBay before they've ever been made available for sale through legitimate outlets (COUGH*Conquest*COUGH).

This x1,000,000,000.

[ProfondoRosso]

Originally Posted by Videovore

It'll be a NEW and EXCLUSIVE Mirror-Slip™ that will have a mirror glued to a slipcover so you can stare at yourself and wonder where/when things went so wrong.

You just gave them the biggest idea in all of cult home video releases!

[Gotho(redux)]

Originally Posted by Videovore

It'll be a NEW and EXCLUSIVE Mirror-Slip™ that will have a mirror glued to a slipcover so you can stare at yourself and wonder where/when things went so wrong.

For some reason, this reminded me of a scene from Family Guy.

Family Guy - You blew it - YouTube

[dawnofthediscs]

Originally Posted by Dark Force

Beautifully put dawnofthediscs. Thank you, Demon 666

PS: We posted several screenshots from Breeders over the past months that looked quite great. We did extensive CC on that one. Clip going up of Psycho From Texas probably tomorrow and the color on that one never looked better. Terrible in previous releases.

So Breeders and Psycho from Texas are from BRAND NEW HD (1080p) scans that your people performed?
And you stand behind the quality of these new scans?

[AKNewbie]

Originally Posted by Dark Force

Beautifully put dawnofthediscs. Thank you, Demon 666

PS: We posted several screenshots from Breeders over the past months that looked quite great. We did extensive CC on that one. Clip going up of Psycho From Texas probably tomorrow and the color on that one never looked better. Terrible in previous releases.

Originally Posted by dawnofthediscs

So Breeders and Psycho from Texas are from BRAND NEW HD (1080p) scans that your people performed?
And you stand behind the quality of these new scans?

So, Tom, what are the answers to his questions? (Tom is still around, right?)

paint me.jpg

[Show spoiler]You didn't want to see some generic "paint himself into a corner" pic, did you?

[Dark Force]

Originally Posted by dawnofthediscs

So Breeders and Psycho from Texas are from BRAND NEW HD (1080p) scans that your people performed?
And you stand behind the quality of these new scans?

That's not what we said. Neither one of them had great surviving elements but we were able to make new high def masters and do extensive color correction on both of them with the end result being what we feel is excellent and the best available versions on the market. We've posted many screen shots and a clip from Breeders already and will do the same from Psycho From Texas. They definitely look better than anything previous releases but they will never be perfect.

[WinterBox]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

I honestly think some of the scalpers are affiliated with Code Red / Dark Force. There are certain accounts that somehow have an endless supply of "OOP" titles, and I've even seen incidents where people are scalping releases on eBay before they've ever been made available for sale through legitimate outlets (COUGH*Conquest*COUGH).

Maybe there's an innocent explanation for everything (These guys just bought a lot of titles to scalp! They're scalping "preorders" in the hopes that the actual release will go on sale before the eBay buyer complains to eBay and gets a refund!), but their public-facing business practices aren't exceptionally consumer-friendly to begin with, so it doesn't require much of a leap to suspect the worst.

From Ebay:

Lucio Fulci's insane, gory 80's Sword and Sorcery epic CONQUEST (1983), on Limited Edition Blu-Ray from Code Red!

Features the Rare Slipcover, reversible cover art (see pics above), Brand New 2K scan, and Special Features!

PLEASE NOTE: This was an online exclusive pre-order, scheduled to ship in 3-4 weeks. Item will ship via first class the day it arrives, and buyer will be notified with tracking number.

BRAND NEW and SEALED!

REGION FREE - Plays (and ships) worldwide!

This was one of only 700 copies, so grab it while you can!


Online exclusive pre-order? Scheduled to ship in 3-4 weeks?

[CODE RED DVD]

Originally Posted by WinterBox

Online exclusive pre-order? Scheduled to ship in 3-4 weeks?

the disc isn't pressed yet. the ebay dude will get charge back.

[frakking toaster]

Originally Posted by Videovore

Bring back the Big Cartel, Bill! Demon Dave-Tom sucks and you know it. Glad you are getting paid upfront but the Dark Farce shenanigans bum me out. Love ya babe, lets do Sbarro soon.

Bill is in poor health and can't keep up with doing the Cartel. Ronin and Diabolik are the answers but apparently DemonTom pays up front so he goes to him.

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by WinterBox

From Ebay:

Lucio Fulci's insane, gory 80's Sword and Sorcery epic CONQUEST (1983), on Limited Edition Blu-Ray from Code Red!

Features the Rare Slipcover, reversible cover art (see pics above), Brand New 2K scan, and Special Features!

PLEASE NOTE: This was an online exclusive pre-order, scheduled to ship in 3-4 weeks. Item will ship via first class the day it arrives, and buyer will be notified with tracking number.

BRAND NEW and SEALED!

REGION FREE - Plays (and ships) worldwide!

This was one of only 700 copies, so grab it while you can!


Online exclusive pre-order? Scheduled to ship in 3-4 weeks?

They say the same thing on their listing for Moon In Scorpio
and have a ton of "out of print" stuff that you can still readily buy... shady ass shit..

[CODE RED DVD]

Originally Posted by frakking toaster

Bill is in poor health and can't keep up with doing the Cartel. Ronin and Diabolik are the answers but apparently DemonTom pays up front so he goes to him.

poor health is correct. DemonTom payed me $15,000 upfront so they can press only 1,000 DEAD PIT. cant turn that down.

Originally Posted by Videovore

Bring back the Big Cartel, Bill! Demon Dave-Tom sucks and you know it. Glad you are getting paid upfront but the Dark Farce shenanigans bum me out. Love ya babe, lets do Sbarro soon.

another label complained the got my bigcartel accounted killed. all work created is killed

[Jope]

Originally Posted by CODE RED DVD

all work created is killed

damn, bill. that’s deep, emo stuff.

[barsalou]

Catching up on this thread made me realize I shouldn't actively avoid it anymore...

...DemonTom is the most hilarious thing I've heard in a while LOL

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by gbm82

They say the same thing on their listing for Moon In Scorpio
and have a ton of "out of print" stuff that you can still readily buy... shady ass shit..

This lowlife is able to do all this "preorder" nonsense because Ronin - just like DF - doesn't put a limit on the amount of copies you can purchase. Yet no one complains about Ronin, only DF.

[DaveyJoe]

Originally Posted by AlisonTroy

This lowlife is able to do all this "preorder" nonsense because Ronin - just like DF - doesn't put a limit on the amount of copies you can purchase. Yet no one complains about Ronin, only DF.

It's much more of an issue when only 200 are available during a 20 minute window in the middle of the night. Often times Ronin announced what date and time orders go live and they make the entire stock available. Two completely different scenarios. Scalpers are gonna scalp but with DF even the hardcore fans that follow the social media pages aren't always able to get a copy.

[ProfondoRosso]

Originally Posted by AlisonTroy

This lowlife is able to do all this "preorder" nonsense because Ronin - just like DF - doesn't put a limit on the amount of copies you can purchase. Yet no one complains about Ronin, only DF.

Ronin doesn’t use it as a marketing ploy and typically they don’t strictly limit their limited editions to small numbers or attempt to build a false sense of scarcity.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe

It's much more of an issue when only 200 are available during a 20 minute window in the middle of the night. Often times Ronin announced what date and time orders go live and they make the entire stock available. Two completely different scenarios. Scalpers are gonna scalp but with DF even the hardcore fans that follow the social media pages aren't always able to get a copy.

The point is if there's no purchase limit - regardless of how many are released at once - this scalper will always be able to do the preorder thing on Ebay. If they limited to two copies like VS this guy wouldn't be able to fulfill 20+ preorders like he currently has with Conquest.