I'm pretty sure that not every distribution center has every DVD on-hand. So if you're getting more obscure items, that's probably why there's a delay.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Strega - Sep 17, 2005 12:25:26 pm PDT #7409 of 10002
Tom Scola - Sep 17, 2005 12:29:16 pm PDT #7410 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
when Harvey Weinstein was charged with handling the US release of Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki sent him a samurai sword in the post. Attached to the blade was a stark message: "No cuts."
The director chortles. "Actually, my producer did that. Although I did go to New York to meet this man, this Harvey Weinstein, and I was bombarded with this aggressive attack, all these demands for cuts." He smiles. "I defeated him."
Gris - Sep 17, 2005 12:59:30 pm PDT #7411 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Serial Experiments: Lain gives me quite the mindfuck, but I believe that's intentional for viewers of all nationalities. I have had no issues with Ghost in the Shell, Akira, any Miyazaki movies, or Evangelion.
Polter-Cow - Sep 17, 2005 1:20:25 pm PDT #7412 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm not really into anime, but Lain looked really interesting, and I want to see it. Also some of the classics like Ghost in the Shell and Akira.
Anne W. - Sep 17, 2005 3:02:39 pm PDT #7413 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Lain was fun, if rather mind-bendy. My current favorite, however, is Fullmetal Alchemist. In a lot of ways, it feels as if Joss and Tim were involved in its creation. Funny as hell in parts, but also heartbreaking and with more than its fair share of HSQ.
Whee! I only have to wait until 9/30 to see Mirrormask. The question is, which do I see first: that, or Serenity?
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2005 3:07:41 pm PDT #7414 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My current favorite, however, is Fullmetal Alchemist. In a lot of ways, it feels as if Joss and Tim were involved in its creation. Funny as hell in parts, but also heartbreaking and with more than its fair share of HSQ.
Hell, it comes right out of the gate with the HSQ -- the Elrics trying to raise their mother, where we get teeny flashes of *something* trying to take form -- remind me of zombie!Joyce.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 17, 2005 3:10:52 pm PDT #7415 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
See Serenity first to get you all pumped up, and then Mirrormask to give you psychedelic dreams that night.
Serenity's great fun, but it's an in-the-moment kind of movie. I suspect you're going to want to think and reflect a lot after the other.
Anne W. - Sep 17, 2005 4:33:43 pm PDT #7416 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Good point, Matt. Besides, my dad (who only saw Firefly on DVD), is getting all giddy about going to see Serenity on opening day, so I may not have a choice in the matter.
DebetEsse - Sep 17, 2005 4:52:20 pm PDT #7417 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Neil Gaiman himself said that you could go see Serenity on opening day without guilt (as long as you go see Mirrormask opening week). I'm listening to him.
Kate P. - Sep 17, 2005 5:01:02 pm PDT #7418 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just watched Lovely and Amazing, with Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Brenda Blethyn, and a bunch of other good actors. Great characters--you don't always like them or sympathize with everything they do, but you feel like you really understand them by the end. Definitely recommended.