Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 23:42:58 GMT -5
Walmart pre-order was pointless. I still don't have it. When did you sign up for it? If you signed up for it and put in your address after Nov. 4th, you wouldn't be receiving it on the 12th. I did the pre-order back in May or June. |
|
|
|
Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 15, 2013 2:04:08 GMT -5
Trailers don't seem to happen anymore. The Super 8 trailer isn't on the blu ray and that's one of the best trailers of recent time. I've started to notice that.... Which REALLY sucks, especially when/if there's footage in the trailer that never makes it in the film! Wonder who at the studios decided it wasn't a good idea anymore to include these as extras.... *sigh*  |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 2:16:44 GMT -5
Doesn't make sense. Some trailers are works of art. Cliffhanger, for example.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards
|
|
ye5man
New Member
1%
Posts: 7,928
|
Post by ye5man on Nov 15, 2013 6:39:37 GMT -5
I think Cliffhanger and Goldeneye presented a gigantic leap forward in terms of trailers. I watched the Rocky IV and Superman III trailers recently for example, and was surprised how dated and piss poor they are.
The Star Wars prequel trailers were all really well done too it has to be said.
|
|
|
|
Post by Scissorpuppy on Nov 15, 2013 9:16:27 GMT -5
Yeah the trailers in the mid 90's really were a nice mix of giving you a tease without giving everything away. Digital editing had just hit the scene and trailers defiantly benefited from it. Unfortunately it eventually evolved into the ADHD style of editing we must deal with today.
I love the nostalgia factor of old school trailers, but the voiceovers tended to give away too much. Cliffhanger and Goldeneye (along with the teaser for T2) are probably the greatest trailers ever made IMO.
As far as why trailers are not included on dvd/blu ray some studios feel like anything you can find online is pointless to put on the home media side of things, also a lot of trailers use licensed music and it would cost more to put the trailer on items considered being sold rather
than promotional. You can license a song for relative peanuts to use for a trailer, the moment you put it on a disc "for sale" the price skyrockets. I'm not sure why that is, it's just the music industry. This isn't every case of course, but the studios would rather pay the lower fee than
the higher fee to include it as a bonus. It's crazy to think this is still an issue, it started to pop up in the early 2000's when studios wanted to release tv shows on dvd. But the original contracts were only for broadcast rights (which streaming is considered broadcasting) so the music
licensors were asking for insane fees. Several shows have still never seen release due to this fact, the main example would be the wonder years.
As far as MOS goes, WB probably just didn't care. I'm pretty sure they have to the rights to most of the music in the trailers in house.
|
|
Keith
New Member
Posts: 3,238
|
Post by Keith on Nov 15, 2013 12:03:04 GMT -5
When did you sign up for it? If you signed up for it and put in your address after Nov. 4th, you wouldn't be receiving it on the 12th. I did the pre-order back in May or June. That's weird. I did as well, but I received mine on Tuesday. You might want to give them a call.. they have a number on the vudu.com for order tracking to find out where your movie is. I hope you get it soon. I'd be pissed if I had to wait this long for it. |
|
|
|
Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 15, 2013 13:22:10 GMT -5
Doesn't make sense. Some trailers are works of art. Cliffhanger, for example. Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards I'll have to check out the Cliffhanger trailer- but, heck, YEAH- I couldn't agree more about it being works of art. Movie trailers are like 'mini-movies' at its best. (Same with music videos, when done right) What's funny is that I remember when Burton's Batman was coming out, and it was big news when the studios were realizing that fans were buying multiple tickets to movies JUST to see the Batman trailer... Also, it's amazing how some of the best trailers I enjoy ended up with movies I didn't really care for- but Off the top, personal favs: Pearl Harbor (the one with Hans Zimmer's "Thin Red Line" playing)- gorgeous stuff, almost puts a tear in ones' eyes Superman II (of course) Dragon Batman 89 Forrest Gump 300 But then- oddly (or maybe not), the best ones now seem to be remixed trailers from fans. There was one for John Carter that put the real ones to shame- focusing more on its source material- another favorite was one that was done for "Dark Knight Rises" done in the "Dragon with a Tatoo" movie trailer style that was fantastic. (Unfortunately, can't find the specific one- now, there are a number of variations from fans that aren't so good). |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 1:36:30 GMT -5
I did the pre-order back in May or June. That's weird. I did as well, but I received mine on Tuesday. You might want to give them a call.. they have a number on the vudu.com for order tracking to find out where your movie is. I hope you get it soon. I'd be pissed if I had to wait this long for it. Called today. Anyone who did the pre-order attached to the Thursday night premiere tickets hasn't received the movie yet. Some fuck up between Walmart and Vudu, even though Walmart owns Vudu. No idea when they will ship. No canceling the order, no refund. Fucking ridiculous. Last time I pre-order anything through these fucks. |
|
Keith
New Member
Posts: 3,238
|
Post by Keith on Nov 16, 2013 2:55:23 GMT -5
That's weird. I did as well, but I received mine on Tuesday. You might want to give them a call.. they have a number on the vudu.com for order tracking to find out where your movie is. I hope you get it soon. I'd be pissed if I had to wait this long for it. Called today. Anyone who did the pre-order attached to the Thursday night premiere tickets hasn't received the movie yet. Some fuck up between Walmart and Vudu, even though Walmart owns Vudu. No idea when they will ship. No canceling the order, no refund. Fucking ridiculous. Last time I pre-order anything through these fucks. That's crazy! I forgot about the preorder with the tickets. I didn't use that, just got the regular preorder when it became available. Hope you get it soon! |
|
|
|
Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 16, 2013 13:50:22 GMT -5
That's weird. I did as well, but I received mine on Tuesday. You might want to give them a call.. they have a number on the vudu.com for order tracking to find out where your movie is. I hope you get it soon. I'd be pissed if I had to wait this long for it. Called today. Anyone who did the pre-order attached to the Thursday night premiere tickets hasn't received the movie yet. Some fuck up between Walmart and Vudu, even though Walmart owns Vudu. No idea when they will ship. No canceling the order, no refund. Fucking ridiculous. Last time I pre-order anything through these fucks. That's INCREDIBLY bad. I've heard of other issues, but none that took this long.... if you paid with credit card, my credit card company has been pretty good at solving these things, despite the stores' policies. Hope it comes in soon, though. |
|
The Phantom Menace
New Member
Eyes to the stage, pilgrim, she's just warming up.
Posts: 3,325
|
Post by The Phantom Menace on Nov 16, 2013 15:15:33 GMT -5
So no trailers, but we do get "New Zealand: Home to Middle Earth."  |
|
|
|
Post by Scissorpuppy on Nov 16, 2013 15:51:18 GMT -5
Evidently the whole New Zealand thing is a contractual obligation. In order to get better tax incentives from the government WB/New Line and MGM had to agree to cross promote the location on non LOTR related properties.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 2:47:42 GMT -5
For real?!
That's fucking PATHETIC.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards
|
|
|
|
Post by tomahawk on Nov 18, 2013 8:28:57 GMT -5
Same thing happened years ago in Australia with the Matrix DVD's only worse.
Had "Warner Brothers Movie World" theme park advert hard pressed into the dvd. Every fn time I played that dvd it would play the advert before the movie.
Ahh...the things companies did to drive us to pirate.......
On another matter, is it true there are retailer specific contents divided, similar to the Star Trek Into darkness Blu or is there some way of getting it all?
|
|
Kirok
New Member
"You have failed this city!"
Posts: 3,179
|
Post by Kirok on Nov 19, 2013 2:03:16 GMT -5
Got it from Wal-Mart for the packaging. I was not dissapointed. It even matches the soundtrack's packaging!  Had no expectation for what the special features would be vs. Target/Best Buy/etc. but from what I can tell Wal-Mart's was the best in that dept. too! Watch the film proper with my roommate tonight, look forward to delving into the extras as the week goes on. |
|
|
|
Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 19, 2013 13:19:07 GMT -5
Saw copies of MOS, but no steel casing at Walmart: probably sold out already.
At Target, didn't see any more with the red sticker--- presumably only those with the stickers had the digibook- most likely also sold out. It was/is VERY nice, I agree!
|
|
|
|
Post by Scissorpuppy on Nov 19, 2013 13:27:01 GMT -5
The majority of the target digibook are located at the cardboard MOS display, usually placed near the front/check out area of the store. Some stores are cleared out, others seem to have plenty of copies.
|
|
|
|
Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 23, 2013 19:28:40 GMT -5
Yeah its weird that the target digibook is only at the front cardboard display. I was there yesterday for something else, and saw that there were no digibooks in the electronic section. Plus if you didn't know about it you probably wouldn't even notice it. You'd think they would really play up their exclusive version. I asked a clerk about it when the Avengers had some exclusives as well--- at that time, the clerk said that only 'x' amounts were made for Target for these exclusive bonus items, that's why the other Avenger dvds at Target at the time didn't have the sticker nor the bonus content- so I know now to get it right away (if interested) close to the day of release. (Probably same with Walmart)=== Maybe they don't play it up in the ads, because there's only a (sortof) limited amount, with the rest being without the extras at the Target stores... |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 0:32:27 GMT -5
So, nearly two weeks after the release and six months after the pre-order, Walmart finally got its shit together and I got my steelbook today. What a fuck up.
|
|
Keith
New Member
Posts: 3,238
|
Post by Keith on Nov 24, 2013 2:24:10 GMT -5
Good to hear you finally got it. Sucks it took so long. I was wondering earlier today if you had gotten it. Look forward to your review.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jor-L5150 on Nov 24, 2013 22:57:13 GMT -5
Fuck sake.
Blurays arrive on Tuesday.
Just...just go to walmart on Tuesday and its there. If you can't get it on Tuesday in person you weren't watching it Tuesday anyway.
Fuck.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 23:13:51 GMT -5
The problem was I couldn't get my money refunded. I was stuck buying the stupid pre-order. And this version of Superman was good but not worth double dipping.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jor-L5150 on Nov 25, 2013 10:30:23 GMT -5
Sust bustin you balls you double dipper.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jor-L5150 on Nov 25, 2013 10:31:00 GMT -5
Sust bustin you balls you double dipper.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2013 17:03:15 GMT -5
I only double dip for John Carpenter. And I double dip my chips if I'm at a party and don't care for some of the people there. Fuck their immune systems.
|
|
Had no expectation for what the special features would be vs. Target/Best Buy/etc. but from what I can tell Wal-Mart's was the best in that dept. too! Watch the film proper with my roommate tonight, look forward to delving into the extras as the week goes on. 
