Smokey and the Bandit 2/3 + trilogy set - Fabulous Films November 2016 pre-orders

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

I picked up the Fabulous release of the first film from a charity shop, and it's a direct port of Universal's disc.

And when I say 'direct port', I mean they changed nothing, not even the crap Universal symbols menu.

Months later, from the same charity shop. 50p all in.

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by pferreira

Closed due to mysterious circumstances...

Not too mysterious. From their facebook page:

Hello everyone,

As some of you may have heard when we announced via DVDActive.com's Facebook and Twitter pages, our founder and webmaster, Malcolm Campbell, passed away in November of last year.

What I didn't explain at the time was that Malcolm was a private person and, because we lived an ocean apart, I hadn't maintaining sufficient contact over the last several years. Essentially, I was running the day-to-day tasks on my own, but never gained access to any of the site's financials or backend. After discussing the site’s future, the remaining site staff decided to move on. I do not personally have the funds or technical skills to keep the site open and running. Even if I did, I don’t have access to the source code and Malcolm developed the site from scratch (including the single best back end I’ve ever used).

We’d like to apologize for disappearing so suddenly and thank you all for years of readership. I will be maintaining the DVDActive facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dvdactive/) and Twitter (@DVDActive) for a while, and can be reached/followed on my own twitter, @GabeMPowers.

TLDR: Due to an unforeseen tragedy and lack of financial/administrative support, DVDActive.com has closed its doors. We will miss you and hope you stay in touch.

– Gabe

tinyurl.com/y8t2xuuu

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by BudBaxter

Not too mysterious.

Oh yeah I knew all that, just exaggerating. I meant mysterious as in he was private and no one can get the site back up because they need the source code.

[jaws3dfan]

When you are watching "Smokey and the Bandit Rides Again" does it actually say "Smokey and the Bandit Rides Again" in the opening title or does it say "Smokey and the Bandit II" ??

[CompleteCount]

Originally Posted by jaws3dfan

When you are watching "Smokey and the Bandit Rides Again" does it actually say "Smokey and the Bandit Rides Again" in the opening title or does it say "Smokey and the Bandit II" ??

It's "Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again" on the packaging only - the title on the movie itself is just the usual "Smokey and the Bandit II".

To get the full nostalgia of the "Ride Again" experience, you have to go back to original release prints, like this UK one...

ride again card.jpg

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by CompleteCount

It's "Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again" on the packaging only - the title on the movie itself is just the usual "Smokey and the Bandit II".

To get the full nostalgia of the "Ride Again" experience, you have to go back to original release prints, like this UK one...

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Whoa that's cool, Thanks for sharing!

[CompleteCount]

Originally Posted by jaws3dfan

Whoa that's cool, Thanks for sharing!

Bloody obscure, too!!

It's a grab from one of the few remaining UK prints of the film. It's suffering from scratches and colour deterioration, but still great to see the original card from the time.

[jaws3dfan]

I reached out to @Nissen from the "Custom Cover" thread and had him make a US Blu-ray cover using the "Rides Again" artwork. Let me know what you all think!

[jaws3dfan]

[QUOTE=jaws3dfan;22673734]I reached out to @Nissen from the "Custom Cover" thread and had him make a US Blu-ray cover using the "Rides Again" artwork. Let me know what you all think!

UPDATE
Cover A



Cover B

***This version includes an actual screenshot of the Title Card as seen in the UK (Special Thanks to @CompleteCount)