A24 Stop Making Sense (4K Ultra HD or Blu-ray Collector’s Edition Mediabook) (A24) [USA]

[Gary K]

Release Date: May 2024

Price: $58.00/$53.00

Purchase Link: A24 - 4K Ultra HD A24 - Blu-ray

 

 

Special Collector's Edition of Stop Making Senseavailable in Standard HD Blu-ray or 4K UHD with HDR.

 

Featuring a 64-page interior booklet with never-before-seen photography, archival production documents, foreword by Jerry Harrison, and more.

Disc extras include:
○Bonus songs "Cities" & "Big Business / I Zimbra"
○ 25-minute making-of documentary
○ 2023 Dolby Atmos and 1984 Original Stereo mixes
○ and more

 

 

[Heywoodmoutaw]

I love the way the disc looks like many a CD back in the day (I assume it’s intentional and I’m not the only one seeing that comparison; it’s late and I’m punchy).

[C.C. 95]

Are they only going to make this available on their site?

[Heywoodmoutaw]

Just now, C.C. 95 said:

Are they only going to make this available on their site?

That’s the only place I was able to find the Lighthouse 4K, I suspect they’re doing this with all their releases.  May be that I just didn’t look hard enough for the 4K but I couldn’t find it anywhere else at the time.  Cool set, decent price, I had no complaints with them.

[C.C. 95]

I think $70 (with shipping total) is overpriced. You can get two or three arrows for that.

[Gary K]

7 hours ago, C.C. 95 said:

Are they only going to make this available on their site?

None of the other collector’s editions mediabook have shown up elsewhere so I doubt this one will either.  

[Gary K]

2 hours ago, C.C. 95 said:

I think $70 (with shipping total) is overpriced. You can get two or three arrows for that.

Yeah it is pricey.   But in line with the German mediabook I import.  Either way for this movie in 4K with atmos I’d end up paying whatever they asked. 

[deckard99]

6 hours ago, C.C. 95 said:

I think $70 (with shipping total) is overpriced. You can get two or three arrows for that.

 

I don't put these in the same category as Arrow releases and I think a retail price of $58 is reasonable . I have the Green Knight which is really nice and I'm sure this one will be too. Besides I love the Talking Heads and have an Atmos setup, so this is a must for me 😁

[Gary K]

@Nadam - already created this release topic so I removed the new one you just started.

 

Thanks!

[Nadam]

8 hours ago, C.C. 95 said:

I think $70 (with shipping total) is overpriced. You can get two or three arrows for that.

 

100% agreed. I have been a bit frustrated since yesterday over the announcement, as this is a film that I have been wanting my hands on since last year, and A24 putting out an overpriced 4K that lacks almost all of the original special features from the 2009 Blu-Ray, while also charging $7 for shipping is a bit greedy. If they were including actual cool stuff (besides their 64-page book), then I could justify the price. Money isn't an issue, but my frustration is with them charging so much for so little.

 

Let's use "The Lighthouse" as a good example. Why would I pay $60 for the A24 version that barely had much, when I could pay $30-$35 for the Arrow version that had better encoding, more stuff and special features for half the price? A24 is absolutely out-of-their-minds with these prices, and as a collector, I just find it insulting. If you are going to charge high prices, you NEED to justify them from my perspective. I can get 3 boutique 4Ks for the price of this ($71 for me including tax + shipping). Apologies for my rant. 🤣

 

@Gary K I deeply apologize for creating one in the 4K section, as when I searched, I wasn't finding anything for previous posts, so that was my bad.

Edited January 28 by Nadam

[Heywoodmoutaw]

2 hours ago, Nadam said:

 

100% agreed. I have been a bit frustrated since yesterday over the announcement, as this is a film that I have been wanting my hands on since last year, and A24 putting out an overpriced 4K that lacks almost all of the original special features from the 2009 Blu-Ray, while also charging $7 for shipping is a bit greedy. If they were including actual cool stuff (besides their 64-page book), then I could justify the price. Money isn't an issue, but my frustration is with them charging so much for so little.

 

Let's use "The Lighthouse" as a good example. Why would I pay $60 for the A24 version that barely had much, when I could pay $30-$35 for the Arrow version that had better encoding, more stuff and special features for half the price? A24 is absolutely out-of-their-minds with these prices, and as a collector, I just find it insulting. If you are going to charge high prices, you NEED to justify them from my perspective. I can get 3 boutique 4Ks for the price of this ($71 for me including tax + shipping). Apologies for my rant. 🤣

 

@Gary K I deeply apologize for creating one in the 4K section, as when I searched, I wasn't finding anything for previous posts, so that was my bad.

The Arrow version had better encoding?

[Nadam]

19 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

The Arrow version had better encoding?

 

My apologies on that, as I should have corrected what I originally said. It's the same encoding, but does run at a higher bitrate, so the image does look slightly better than the A24 disc.

Edited January 29 by Nadam

[NewLeaf]

On 1/28/2024 at 1:29 AM, C.C. 95 said:

I think $70 (with shipping total) is overpriced. You can get two or three arrows for that.

Agree a gazillion percent. For that price, A24 better include a mini-replica of David Byrne's white jacket as a collectable slipcover. 

[deckard99]

1 hour ago, NewLeaf said:

Agree a gazillion percent. For that price, A24 better include a mini-replica of David Byrne's white jacket as a collectable slipcover. 

 

Now THAT would have been a cool slipcover! 👍