The General DVD/HD Disc Bargains Thread!

[saltysam]

Alien Anthology BD £6.29 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=new

Bare bones. Fine if you don't want a vast amount of bonus content

£1.57 a film and you are finding fault i don't give a rat's ass about extras.Anyone who has time to watch them extensively is leading a rather sad life imo and anyway bare bones? is the amazon product listing incorrect?

Special Features:

Audio commentaries by directors Ridley Scott, James Cameron and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, various cast and crew members
Introduction by Ridley Scott (Alien - Director's Cut only) and James Cameron (Aliens - Special Edition only)
Final theatrical isolated scores: Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Elliot Golenthal and John Frizzell
Composer's original isolated scores: Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner
Deleted and extended scenes

[grim_tales]

Its not bare bones. The films discs have their own extras. Its just missing the "extras discs" from the 6 disc set (I think).

[Markgway]

My Dad got an email regarding an in-store HMV clearance sale. Only title of interest was THE EXPENDABLES 2 (steelbook BD/DVD) for £5.99. Went to my local store and they didn't have the bugger at all! What a load of pants! Maybe other HMVs (still) have it, if you guys are interested? I'll pick up the regular edition when it dips about same.

[gasteropod]

My Dad got an email regarding an in-store HMV clearance sale. Only title of interest was THE EXPENDABLES 2 (steelbook BD/DVD) for £5.99. Went to my local store and they didn't have the bugger at all! What a load of pants! Maybe other HMVs (still) have it, if you guys are interested? I'll pick up the regular edition when it dips about same.

I got the e-mail too so went in today (Grimsby), and there was no sale on!

[saltysam]

Not really a bargain for a catalogue title but i'm happy to pay £9.99 to watch Hard Target on release day http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.u ... =E11239593

[Markgway]

Might put in a pre-order for that.

[Xenon]

Criterion Collection BDs are 50% off at Amazon currently.

[gasteropod]

Yeah I went for Band of Outsiders, Orpheus, and Repo Man (double dipped for the awesome packaging).

[Markgway]

I picked up Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Triple play) for £5.99 in HMV. They only had one copy (left).

[Xenon]

LOTR Trilogy EE BD for £22.49 http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Lord-of-the ... ROKL5A1OLE

Die Hard Quadrilogy for £8.99 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Hard-Quadri ... ROKL5A1OLE

[saltysam]

Hard Target & Sudden Death both for £11 as part of this offer http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/offers/2-f ... geNumber=1

[luckystars]

Were any of those David Lynch blu's worth picking up?

[Markgway]

Hard Target & Sudden Death both for £11 as part of this offer http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/offers/2-f ... geNumber=1

Now pre-ordered.

Thanks, Sam!

[grim_tales]

Will cancel with Amazon and go with Zavvi (even for HT on its own) but not sure what other BD to go with
Thanks Sam

[Markgway]

Will cancel with Amazon and go with Zavvi (even for HT on its own) but not sure what other BD to go with
Thanks Sam

Sudden Death!!!

[grim_tales]

I havent seen it
From reviews it sounds like Die Hard set in an ice hockey stadium!

[Shingster]

That's basically what it is, there are loads of titles in that sale better than Sudden Death - although it is a decent film, it's just that there are some cracking titles in that sale & Sudden Death is really just a good B-movie.

[grim_tales]

What do you reccomend?
Was thinking about Mongol and Green Zone too, not sure though.

[saltysam]

i think Sudden Death is a fine actioner,derivative but well done and with an excellent baddie in Powers Boothe.Well worh £5.50 of anyone's money :)as for other titles in the offer...Scarface,Fifth Element,Hot Fuzz,Shaun Of The Dead,Road To Perdition,The Hustler...and that's just on the first page

[grim_tales]

I liked Fifth Element when I was younger

[Shingster]

Miller's Crossing is one of my all-time faves & probably the best thing the Coen bros will ever produce. You've also got titles like The Fly, The Big Lebowski, Casino, Wild at Heart, Take Shelter, Lost Highway, Citizen Kane, The Blues Brothers, Speed, Tremors, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harvey, An American Werewolf In London , Videodrome, Carlito's Way, King Kong (original), The Thing, The French Connection, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, Cape Fear (original), The Frighteners. And all that on top of the titles salty also listed! This is a great, great sale if you don't already own most of these titles.

[Markgway]

My local HMV are selling Miller's Crossing (BD) for £4.99.

Good film, but like most of the Coen Bros' output, too cold and smug for my liking.

[Shingster]

Smug! You should trying removing that chip on your shoulder and actually enjoy yourself when you sit down to watch a film Mark!

[grim_tales]

@ Shing and Sam, thanks
Interested in checking out (among others) French Connection (is that the remastered/fixed version?), The Fly, Casino, Road to Perdition. I'd like to see Kane but I've read the transfer on the UK BD is very bad compared to the US one.

[Markgway]

HMV are selling a whole bunch of Fox catalogue titles in-store for £4.99.
The Fly and Speed included.
Didn't see The French Connection, but stock varies.

The problem when I watch a Coen movie is that I get this impression of these guys smirking and patting each other on the back. I can appreciate the quality of their work, just too often I tend not to 'like' it. They're not my type of filmmaker.