Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

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Gregory
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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#151 Post by Gregory » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:12 pm

I'm just so happy this is coming (provided the transfers are okay), but yeah: first a burgundy faux-velvet box and now a bigger, showier box in black and gold #LUXURYREALNESS

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#152 Post by Jeff » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:01 pm

I would rather buy 13 standard Blu cases even if it cost more. :x

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#153 Post by The Narrator Returns » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:30 pm

And that way, you won't have to buy Topaz.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#154 Post by Jeff » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:06 pm

The Narrator Returns wrote:And that way, you won't have to buy Topaz.
Or repurchase Psycho.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#155 Post by Finch » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:12 am

Will pass as well especially since we know that individual releases, even as steelbooks, are coming. My only worry is that they'll only release Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds and Marnie on their own and give the likes of Shadow of a Doubt short shrift.


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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#157 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:13 am

I wonder if North By Northwest is getting a new transfer. I'm very happy with the current one as opposed to most folks, but I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate a revisit.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#158 Post by Forrest Taft » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:14 am

I pre-ordered the Hitchcock set. With amazon uk's free shipping and VAT removal, the total comes to £93.74. Too good a deal to turn down.

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#159 Post by eerik » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:56 am

mfunk9786 wrote:I wonder if North By Northwest is getting a new transfer. I'm very happy with the current one as opposed to most folks, but I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate a revisit.
Most folks think the current release is fantastic. And since it's is licensed from Warner, the disc will be identical to the current one.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#160 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:00 am



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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#162 Post by Murdoch » Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:37 pm

I think it looks alright, pretty lazy but nothing obscenely bad.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#163 Post by TMDaines » Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:44 pm

It's fucking great if we're getting this packaging on Blu-ray.com now! A nice, slim, fairly stylish box!

I literally imported the US North by Northwest digibook three weeks ago so looks like I'll be double-dipping on at least the one film.

Edit: It seems just the Yanks are getting this... you bastards!

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#164 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:51 pm

I disagree on the cover, it's actually pretty clever. And THANK GOODNESS for slim packaging - I will now be a buyer.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#165 Post by ShellOilJunior » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:07 pm

I guess it wouldn't be so bad if "Hitchcock" wasn't split on 2 lines...

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#166 Post by eerik » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:14 pm

It's not bad at all. What's wrong with the Hitch-Cock splitting? You are not a ten year old girl.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#167 Post by Gregory » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:17 pm

I don't understand the huge difference in price between this and the UK set. The US set has far more modest packaging and 15 discs compared to 14 in the UK set, but the retail prices are $300 vs. £150.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#168 Post by ShellOilJunior » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:21 pm

eerik wrote:It's not bad at all. What's wrong with the Hitch-Cock splitting? You are not a ten year old girl.
It's amateurish. Especially compared to the classier UK and German sets.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#169 Post by Mr Sausage » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:27 pm

That cover is horrendous. Too much stuff going on, it draws the eye every which way and it's all irregular. I had trouble looking at it.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#170 Post by Der Spieler » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:49 pm

Will buy if/when price comes down a bit.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#171 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:04 pm

I hope none of you are foolhardy enough to sell off your DVDs/pre-order until we get some word on whether Universal shellac'd the picture like they have on most of these horrible 100th Anniversary Blus

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#172 Post by ShellOilJunior » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:18 pm

My Hitchcock DVDs are long gone. Hopefully they kept their hands off the dnr button for these blu.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#173 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:19 pm

*quickly brushes some dirt on top of his three-day eBay listing*

Uh, yeah. I'm not foolhardy enough to do that, Domino, are you kidding?! Would be crazy.

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#174 Post by eerik » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:21 pm

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Re: Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

#175 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:28 pm

Not sure why they didn't use the inside cover art as the outside cover art, it's much better.

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