Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 2 4K UHD (1959-2010)

[kashif]

Originally Posted by dcx4610

I had no idea these sets came with individual cases and slipcovers. I might be stupid enough to pay $120 for just Taxi Driver now...

No you are not dear. Its Taxi Driver. Its priceless. You made best choice. Its impossible to wait for an year or more to see stand alone release.

[MillyD]

Originally Posted by RBBrittain

Only the U.S. version is expected to come with slips, if Vol. 1 is any indication; same goes for digital codes. (Canada may have also gotten slips -- not sure -- but definitely not digital codes.)

I have both european versions, and they are in identical format with no slips. So would expect other regions to be same format as first too.

[MillyD]

[QUOTE=Laservampire;19403684
(Still a bit baffled by the inclusion of the 2k digital, bland looking facebook movie though)

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It was a first time watch for me, and thought it a well crafted film. Mark Zuckerberg was convincingly portrayed as a programming nerd. Unlike most people I had some sympathy for him, because he did the majority of the work. (At least in the film, I have no idea if this is true to life.) The business entrepreneurs and managers were psychopaths which grapped or wanted a fair share of the money, whilst contributing little of real value. Again quite true to life in my experience, lol.

All personal taste of course. I had never seen Stripes before either, and find it hard to understand why it is such a well regraded film...

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by MillyD

It was a first time watch for me, and thought it a well crafted film. Mark Zuckerberg was convincingly portrayed as a programming nerd. Unlike most people I had some sympathy for him, because he did the majority of the work. (At least in the film, I have no idea if this is true to life.) The business entrepreneurs and managers were psychopaths which grapped or wanted a fair share of the money, whilst contributing little of real value. Again quite true to life in my experience, lol.

All personal taste of course. I had never seen Stripes before either, and find it hard to understand why it is such a well regraded film...

Harold Ramis
Bill Murray
A good comedy, unlike those of today where movies say they are comedy, but really aren't.

[jackranderson]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Or of course -- don't order through Amazon

https://www.deepdiscount.com/columbi...2/043396573741

Deep10 or Plunge 10% off (if you haven't used before)

Appears to be around $20-30 cheaper as well.

I have a few gift cards for Amazon.com I was hoping to use hence my annoyance but yeah I may end up resorting to DD.

[dcx4610]

I'll have to keep an eye on eBay once this hits. I think I'd pay $50 for Taxi Driver. I'm guessing you could probably flip the individual movies for a decent profit if you are into that kind of thing.

[Ben_C]

Originally Posted by MillyD

All personal taste of course. I had never seen Stripes before either, and find it hard to understand why it is such a well regraded film...

I’d only seen Stripes once before and didn’t think much of it then, and this UHD represents my second viewing, and my opinion of it still hasn’t really changed. It definitely has it moments, but considering that Reitman, Ramis and Murray would collaborate again just a few years later on Ghostbusters, the difference between those two films is night and day imho.

[noahtc]

If your a Best Buy credit card holder there is a 10% off a single item discount that started today. Preordered for $107.99 plus the points for the purchase.

[Fjodor2000]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Got nada to do with Brexit in any case. The requirement for exporters to collect tax at the point of sale - which is what's catching out certain retailers at the moment - is an EU directive that was implemented on the 1st July 2021. The British government decided to adopt this system anyway but started theirs on the 1st January 2021, the EU put it off for six months.

Correct, except that IOSS is not a requirement but an option.

Retailers can still choose to do it the "old" way, i.e. not pre-collect VAT. What happens then is that the transport company in the destination country will charge the customer the VAT + an additional handling fee (approx $9 per package in my country). Plus the package will take longer time to reach the customer (approx 1 week in my country), since the VAT handling is done "manually".

Also, IOSS is only an option for goods valued up to €150. Higher than that and it'll have to be handled the "old" way.

Details about IOSS here:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/ioss_en

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by Fjodor2000

Correct, except that IOSS is not a requirement but an option.

Retailers can still choose to do it the "old" way, i.e. not pre-collect VAT. What happens then is that the transport company in the destination country will charge the customer the VAT + an additional handling fee (approx $9 per package in my country). Plus the package will take longer time to reach the customer (approx 1 week in my country), since the VAT handling is done "manually".

Also, IOSS is only an option for goods valued up to €150. Higher than that and it'll have to be handled the "old" way.

Details about IOSS here:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/ioss_en

So do you know which website would be the best for me ?

[Fjodor2000]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

So do you know which website would be the best for me ?

Sorry, don't know. But e.g. DeepDiscount are supposed to use IOSS from what I understand. And now when I add stuff in the shopping cart on DD and select shipping country and zip code, the VAT is added on checkout as expected. So it looks like it's working ok. Have you tried that?

PS. Note that the behavior described above was after I reported to DD that they did not handle IOSS properly when I ordered Columbia Classics 4K Vol 2 from them back in August. For that order no VAT was pre-collected at checkout, so I'm expecting to have to pay VAT + handling fees when it arrives.

[teddyballgame]

Originally Posted by noahtc

If your a Best Buy credit card holder there is a 10% off a single item discount that started today. Preordered for $107.99 plus the points for the purchase.

oh really, where did you find out about that?

[Laservampire]

Originally Posted by MillyD

It was a first time watch for me, and thought it a well crafted film. Mark Zuckerberg was convincingly portrayed as a programming nerd. Unlike most people I had some sympathy for him, because he did the majority of the work. (At least in the film, I have no idea if this is true to life.) The business entrepreneurs and managers were psychopaths which grapped or wanted a fair share of the money, whilst contributing little of real value. Again quite true to life in my experience, lol.

Yeah, I don’t mind the film itself, it just seems like a weird choice for a premium 4K box set title. It’s not the sort of film that shows off beautiful visuals, immersive sound or an extensive restoration. It’s just like.. “here’s another film we own”

All of the other titles in volume 1 and 2 are an improvement over previous versions, really showing off what the format is capable of.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Ben_C

I’d only seen Stripes once before and didn’t think much of it then, and this UHD represents my second viewing, and my opinion of it still hasn’t really changed. It definitely has it moments, but considering that Reitman, Ramis and Murray would collaborate again just a few years later on Ghostbusters, the difference between those two films is night and day imho.

Lighten up Francis.
I think someone needs some time at an Alaskan Military facility.

[IXOYE1989]

Originally Posted by MillyD

For Anatomy of a murder does anybody know if there is any extras in the criterion edition not in this set's version? I haven't open the criterion version yet, and thinking about selling on Ebay.

Edit sorry ignore, I have seen questions answered in seperate thread of this film.

I'm curious about this myself. What is the answer to your question in that separate thread? I know that "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" 4K from Box Set 1 had the same exact extras as the Criterion edition. I was assuming it would be the same case for "Anatomy of a Murder."

[TheBondFan]

There are pictures of slipcovers in a Youtube video.

[Mikemovies]

Youtube Link showing the slipcovers. (no that's not me)
They look pretty good though I wish they had the usual 4k Ultra HD black bar across the top of the slipcovers too. Because I will be pulling out the three movies I like and displaying them as individual movies, and selling the rest.

Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 2 Unboxing and Review !!!! - YouTube

[BunyipPouch]

Originally Posted by Mikemovies

Youtube Link showing the slipcovers. (no that's not me)
They look pretty good though I wish they had the usual 4k Ultra HD black bar across the top of the slipcovers too. Because I will be pulling out the three movies I like and displaying them as individual movies, and selling the rest.

Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 2 Unboxing and Review !!!! - YouTube

With review videos starting to come out, I guess it should be safe to say that more delays are highly unlikely?

[DawnShadow]

Yet another unboxing that doesn't show the bonus disc...

[Casual_G4m3r]

I finally placed my preorder for this box. I remember getting the first box was a bit of a hassle, as I didn't preorder it, so I am hoping to have a nice and smooth acquisition process for this one.

I really love the first box, and feel it was a first rate effort. I am guessing this box will be equally as nice in my collection.

I do think the film selection in the first box was a bit better, but really, there's not much to complain about in regards to the selection here either. I suppose my biggest complaint would be that many of these would probably be up for release, even if they weren't included in here. I would liked to have seen some older and/or more obscure films from their catalog get the premium UHD treatment.