DarthEd

On 7/3/2020 at 9:18 PM, Grendel said:

So, just a quick update on the new GitS 4K release from Lionsgate.

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I hope they keep that art. I find it very striking and attractive. 🤩

Me too! It’s very... fresh.

^^^ Ordered! 😄

You’re missing the point, airwins. Drop it.

45 minutes ago, deckard99 said:

 

Hi @DarthEd I certainly understand your frustration. These new photos do look amazing! However, I think the beauty shot in the OP is a pretty fair representation of the final product.

I strongly disagree with that statement, but it’s subjective.

2 minutes ago, airwins said:

Follow the thread 👍 It will save you surprises 😂

I am following it. It didn’t.

Well, the early digital mock-up shots did not look appealing to me at all, so I passed. Ksosk’s latest beauty shots are much more appealing, and I probably would have joined the GB if they had been posted before the GB closed. That said, I have no lingering regret. It saved me $80-100. There will be other premium Interstellar releases in the future, I’m sure, and Interstellar is not a movie I am head-over-heels in love with.

In the future, it would be really nice to get the beauty shots before the GB closes. 🙄

On 2/9/2020 at 12:31 PM, Veum said:

Is there any serious Westerns?

 

Sexy ones again!

 

Supernatural/ghost/vampires and the such...

Trigun is the closest anime I can think of to a Western, but I’m not sure I’d call it very serious. There’s also Outlaw Star, but I never got into that.
 

Also, the original Vampire Hunter D (1985) has a Western feel. The hero rides a cyborg horse. Frontier setting. Plus a vampire, obviously. You can find it on YouTube for free. Other Vampire Hunter D movies/tv shows feel more gothic to me. But, if you want supernatural, that’s a good place to start.

Many years ago, I caught a couple random episodes of Galaxy Express 999 on tv somewhere and thought it was very cool. A year or two ago, I bought the Nova Media release of Galaxy Express 999, which I now gather contains only the first two movies. I still haven’t gotten around to watching it, unfortunately. I guess the tv show come first? I should pick up the tv collection(s).... How many episodes/collections total?

18 hours ago, 4kiraL said:

Haikyuu is best

Ooh, I need to watch that. Is it available on Blu-ray?

I just saw Weathering with You in a local theater a few weeks ago. I loved it! That. steelbook looks very pretty. Here’s hoping a version of it comes to North America....

I’m enamored with the (just announced on RightStuf) Clannad steelbook, but I haven’t watched any of Clannad. Have any of you? If so, what do you think of it?

3 hours ago, ksosk said:

THIS GB WILL BE CLOSING SOON!

DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SECURE THIS LEGENDARY ANIMATION 😃

 

Ah, thank you! I somehow missed the announcement that it was time to pick editions.... Done.

All three editions are beautiful. This will be a tough decision.

Any ideas/hints as to what makes the “Premium Fullslip” premium?

@ukade2327 Minor mistake: My entry in the group buy list says “ISA” instead of “USA”. Apologies!

I’m having a hard time picking an edition for this one. The On often does some cool embossing or debossing or texturing on their fullslips. Any clues regarding that for this release?

I wish these were Region free!

Wow, couldn’t disagree more with Marion Cotillard. She’s one of my favorite actresses, and I’ve admired most of the movies she’s been in. I thought she was exceptional in Inception. I’ll give you TDKR though, but I think she just wasn’t the right fit for that movie.

Really impressed with this edition. The lenticular is the clearest I’ve ever seen. The On Series is top-notch.

This is incredibly tragic....  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack

A Silent Voice is one the of the best movies (of any kind) I’ve seen.

6 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

Hi @DarthEd, that looks fantastic as I’m just getting into Anime! 🎞️

 

I enjoy Alex Ross’ art a lot! ⚰️

 

Nice! I have a couple of those Alex Ross Universal Monsters steelbooks myself. I wish I had a couple more, but hoping for a sale price.

Well, I finally got the Gatchaman: Complete Collection. The price on Amazon finally dropped to $65 last weekend, so I jumped on it. The price has since gone back up to $100. This is 15 Blu-ray discs. Beautiful full slip. 48-page Alex Ross artbook. Lots of extras. Looking forward to checking it out and seeing how the series differs from the Westernized Battle of the Planets that I grew up on.

Science Ninja Team, go!

I love Makoto Shinkai’s films! Very much looking forward to Weathering with You. Thanks for the link to the YouTube trailer.

I didn’t miss out on the G

27 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

 @DarthEd, so sorry you missed out on the GB... just put an advert in classifieds

 

here: Classified adverts Buy/Wanted

No thanks. I didn’t miss out on the GB! I chose the wrong edition because I didn’t know what the final product actually is. This is hardly the first time, and it won’t be the last, I’m sure. It’s just one of the aspects of this hobby that sucks. You can’t judge the quality of a lenticular from “beauty shots,” and “beauty shots” never show off de/embossing. You just have to judge based on previous editions, but it’s a crapshoot most of the time.

Ah, I’m full of regret for not getting the One-Click now. I had no idea the OC slip was going to be sewn material with real snaps. It didn’t look like that from the “beauty shots”. It just looked like a normal cardboard slip, and nobody (that I saw) said it would be otherwise. I hate having to pick editions before seeing the final product.