Fuck I HATE it when this shit happens!!!

[Matt89]

Okay, I just bought a DVD of De Palma's 'Body Double' off eBay because the old Columbia release had gone OOP (the one that was widescreen/fullscreen) and Sony re-released it in 2004 as fullscreen only. So I finally find a copy of the widescreen/fullscreen version and I buy it. I check out DVDactive and it turns out we're getting a SE on October 3rd from Sony. FUCKKKKK!!!! I mean, the copy I bought wasn't too expensive (like $7 US) but I still have to get the money order and shit. To be honest, I don't want it anymore. I wanna tell the seller, but I don't wanna piss her off because I know how annoyed I'd be if a buyer told me that. If only I had waited ONE MORE GODDAMN DAY! SHITTT!

I mean it's nice that we're getting a lot of SE's now for films that were originally bare bones, but SHIT. I keep having to replace film after film.

~Matt

[LivingDeadMafia]

that sucks, but it happens all the time, happend to me at least 4 times. buy a dvd, a week later a new one is anounced

[betterdan]

I have the older widescreen anamorphic disc and will more than likely just keep it. The transfer is pretty good from what I recall so you might as well just keep the one you won.
Thanks for the news about the new version anyways.

[DrHerbertWest]

I waited on buying Wicker Man for five months because I heard of the remake. I knew they'd re-release it but I never heard anything, so I bought it.

It will be re-released in a couple months time. I just cross my fingers that it doesn't have tempting bonus features.

[KillerCannabis]

The real answer is that you should wait for the best possible release of a film and buy it. Just about everything will get new SE's in the future and unless you've got the most definitive edition you could ever want, like the Dawn Of The Dead:UE, then get a cheap bare bones and wait; or if something you want is OOP then you should really wait because it's always going to come back in a better edition down the line.

[dwatts]

This happens because we panic when DVD's go OOP, never facing the fact that few - if any - films truly go OOP once they've hit DVD. Salo is probably the one most people know about, and even that is available for normal price in other regions, and it's a longer cut too.

Resist the temptation is the answer. In this case you spent $7, I'm hoping that won't break the bank, and you are getting the movie you wanted.

[Noto]

Is Last Days of Disco available in non-R1? I don’t want to risk spending an assload on the barebones R1 release, since with Metropolitan seeing a Criterion release, I think this one may not be too far from re-release land.

[Matt89]

This happens because we panic when DVD's go OOP, never facing the fact that few - if any - films truly go OOP once they've hit DVD. Salo is probably the one most people know about, and even that is available for normal price in other regions, and it's a longer cut too.

Resist the temptation is the answer. In this case you spent $7, I'm hoping that won't break the bank, and you are getting the movie you wanted.

Yeah I'm GLAD it was only $7. If I had paid like $20 I would've freaked out. It just made me mad because I bought it YESTERDAY LOL. Not even 24 hours after I buy it we get an anouncement that there's a SE on the way. I'll still pay the seller for it, but I'll pick up the SE as well. But I guess I should be glad that it's getting a SE. I just hate having multiple copies of the same movie. (Especially if it's the same version and not an alternate cut.) I have 4 different DVD releases of Prom Night, for Christ's sake. (The UK "Network" and the Australian "MRA Entertainment" DVDs have the best image quality for those of you who may be interested. They beat the picture quality on the AB release, plus it's Anamorphic.)

I'm just really skeptical about buying OOP DVDs now. I still desperately want to get the OOP Anchor Bay DVD of 'Alice, Sweet Alice' and William Friedkin's 'The Guardian'. Apparently 'The Shining' has also gone OOP (as well as all the other Kubrick DVDs from Warner. Can we expect SE's for those ones too?) I wouldn't mind a 2-discer of 'The Shining', much like the one for 'What Ever Hapened to Baby Jane?'.

~Matt

[Hellbilly]

Apparently 'The Shining' has also gone OOP (as well as all the other Kubrick DVDs from Warner. Can we expect SE's for those ones too?) I wouldn't mind a 2-discer of 'The Shining', much like the one for 'What Ever Hapened to Baby Jane?'.

~Matt
I think to remember Warner mentioning that they are 're-visiting' The Shining ... and will give it a 16:9 release. It's part of their new policy or something. Anything that was shot at 1.66:1 will get the anamorphic treatment. The Warner Chat thread is still around somewhere if you wanna look it up.

[Noto]

Warner is going to be revisiting all of the Kubrick titles. I think they said that the new box set will roll out the end of the year, possibly next.

[pacinofan]

If Hudson Hawk can get a Special Edition, than just about any movie can. I was actually gonna buy the full fram Body Double since I never knew there was W/S screen version and I figured it would never get a Special Edition. From what I've heard, its only gonna have a few featurette's no commentary.

On a related note, I've been wanting to get "Shivers" forever and it's now oop. I'm just gonna be patiuent and wait for a new release since a lot of Cronenberg's stuff is getting the SE treayment.

[Gore Lunatic]

I waited on buying Wicker Man for five months because I heard of the remake. I knew they'd re-release it but I never heard anything, so I bought it.

It will be re-released in a couple months time. I just cross my fingers that it doesn't have tempting bonus features.
Is it the international cut or the U.S. theatrical cut thats being re-released? Or both?

[JW77]

Is Last Days of Disco available in non-R1? I don’t want to risk spending an assload on the barebones R1 release, since with Metropolitan seeing a Criterion release, I think this one may not be too far from re-release land.

Was "Metropolitan" a Polygram release?

I know that "Last Days of Disco" and "Jude" were lost in the shuffle when Universal bought out Polygram/USA Films. A number of DVDs went out of print after the Universal buyout, and Universal hasn't bothered to reissue them. "Jude," (with Kate Winslet and Christopher Ecclestone) in particular, was only available for a few months before going OOP.

[KR~!]

happens all the time, it happen to me with Predator 2, the same week I got it, a SE version was announced. I stayed with the one I had.

[RyanPC]

I think to remember Warner mentioning that they are 're-visiting' The Shining ... and will give it a 16:9 release. It's part of their new policy or something. Anything that was shot at 1.66:1 will get the anamorphic treatment. The Warner Chat thread is still around somewhere if you wanna look it up.

I doubt Kubrick's films will be released 16:9. Didn't he specify that all of his films were to be released open matte?

[4Gotten1]

I bought Body Double twice, both times described as the Widescreen/Fullscreen version -- and both times got duped with the fullscreen version. I paid $5.00 for each of them, but the kicker is: the suppliers won't even respond to my request for a refund do to the misleading description of the film, I suppose because the dollar amount is so small. Just give me store credit, man! To no avail. De Palma films were not made to be seen in Fullscreen! Needless to say, I have not veiwed these copies and will sell them at my next garage sell.

[Katatonia]

I bought Body Double twice, both times described as the Widescreen/Fullscreen version -- and both times got duped with the fullscreen version. I paid $5.00 for each of them, but the kicker is: the suppliers won't even respond to my request for a refund do to the misleading description of the film, I suppose because the dollar amount is so small. Just give me store credit, man! To no avail. De Palma films were not made to be seen in Fullscreen! Needless to say, I have not veiwed these copies and will sell them at my next garage sell.

That's typical Sony for you, they're sneaky. They silently reissue tons of their DVD titles with the "Fullscreen" only version and use the exact same UPC barcode. Thus, it's almost a flip of a coin to order some of those.

[Hellbilly]

I doubt Kubrick's films will be released 16:9. Didn't he specify that all of his films were to be released open matte?
From the WB Chat thread (http://www.horrordvds.com/vb3forum/showthread.php?t=28775&highlight=Warner+chat):
No more non-anamorphic releases for film with 1.66 OAR. First up Clockwork Orange.

The Shining and Eyes Wide shut will be released in 1.77 aspect ratio.

So I guess it's safe to say that we will get The Shining in anamorphic widescreen :)

[CesspoolOfSkull]

Yeah that has happened to me with Creepshow 2, The newer Divimax HD version looks a shitload better than my old one... and i've bought some bootlegs for alot on ebay before that turned out to be shit when i got them in, A year later there's an excellent official release for the film.... lmao.