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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 04 May 2009, 07:00

darkness likes it... now i can stay away... huzzah...
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Unread postby Zamolxis » 04 May 2009, 09:37

Don't want to sound like I'm making publicity or anything, but I found on Play.com some great DVD boxes at very low prices (less then half than what you find in stores) and I thought some of you guys might be interested as well - namely those of you living in EU/UK. X-Men 6-disk trilogy, Alien 9-disk quadrology, Die Hard quadrology and others at about 10 EUR shipping included. I'm only gonna give 1 link here, but I've actually spent like half a day yesterday browsing through their DVD Bargain pages and ordered 30-40 great titles for less then 100 EUR all together:

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/3-/139824/2 ... dpr=139824

If you haven't heard of them, I can guarantee they're more than reliable (I stopped using Amazon about 2 years ago after I discovered Play), but now the prices seem lower than ever, so I had to pass by and share it with you (hope the mods won't regard this as spam - in which case, apologies)
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 04 May 2009, 10:37

I don't want to sound as if i'm making publicity, but there are places where you can get stuff for free.... :devil:
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Unread postby Zamolxis » 04 May 2009, 17:16

Touché. :P But it's all a matter of... "location" let's say: some have more money than time, so they use the money to buy time; or vice-versa, some (have to) use the time to get stuff in the most "cost effective" way, as they could hardly get it otherwise. ;)

I prefer to spend 5 EUR but 1 min of my time to get a nice DVD (with cover, deleted scenes & everything), rather than 10 times less money, but 10 times more time looking for the free alternative.

I agree some movies & games come in shops at outrageous prices. That's why I'm happy when I find places like the one I mentioned above. There I can be finally satisfied with what I get for the money. And I can only hope in the future there will be more places like that, but less piracy. That way movie/game producers would make the same money, but we could easily get all our movies & games at no more than 5-10 bucks/piece. :butterfly:
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Unread postby Borsuc » 04 May 2009, 21:11

Zamolxis wrote:I prefer to spend 5 EUR but 1 min of my time to get a nice DVD (with cover, deleted scenes & everything), rather than 10 times less money, but 10 times more time looking for the free alternative.
You don't know where to look :P
I have a bunch of DVDs myself. The other reason I don't like them is they come bundled with commercials for goodness' sake. I paid the damn movie, why the hell do I have to suffer through commercials and ads before seeing the damn movie? :disagree:
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Unread postby Zamolxis » 04 May 2009, 21:20

If by "commercials" you mean trailers, that must mean you're watching those movies alone or just with the partner/family. In my case I have quite often friends over, and the trailers just warm up the atmosphere until everyone gathers around the TV from wherever they are around the house. :)

If by commercials you really mean advertisements (to beer or whatever...), then you must change your DVD provider. :P I have around 200 DVDs on my shelves, and I don't think there's any of them which has sth else than just a couple of trailers in the beginning. Some maybe have a bit too many trailers, but you can skip that.
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 05 May 2009, 06:39

Zamolxis wrote: I prefer to spend 5 EUR but 1 min of my time to get a nice DVD (with cover, deleted scenes & everything), rather than 10 times less money, but 10 times more time looking for the free alternative.
U R doing it WRONG!!!!!
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Unread postby Kalah » 05 May 2009, 13:57

LotR fan? Then watch this! :-D

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 06 May 2009, 06:44

What was that about the LotR trilogy being mostly about people walking (Clerks 2 i think)?! Good quality for a fan made trailer though...
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Unread postby Borsuc » 06 May 2009, 21:28

Kalah wrote:LotR fan? Then watch this! :-D

The Hunt For Gollum
Man that is awesome, I wish I could make my own movies :creative:
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Unread postby Zamolxis » 08 May 2009, 08:41

ThunderTitan wrote:What was that about the LotR trilogy being mostly about people walking (Clerks 2 i think)?!
That was indeed a good one... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iU4Tn8iSw

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Unread postby Vlaad II » 08 May 2009, 14:06

I thought Star Trek was great. Anybody else seen it?
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Unread postby Angelspit » 08 May 2009, 14:22

Looking forward to it. If I only see one movie in theater this Summer (looking for babysitters is a hassle), that's going to be the one.

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Unread postby darknessfood » 08 May 2009, 14:33

Kalah wrote:LotR fan? Then watch this! :-D

The Hunt For Gollum
This looks pretty good for a fan film :)!
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Unread postby Zamolxis » 08 May 2009, 18:07

Yeah, I forgot to comment about that one. I was really impressed to see what they managed to accomplish with a budged of less than 5000 bucks.
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Unread postby Kalah » 08 May 2009, 19:31

That's what dedication can do. Are you listening, Ubisoft? ;)
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Unread postby darknessfood » 09 May 2009, 16:49

:lolu:
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Unread postby Caradoc » 09 May 2009, 18:17

Vlaad II wrote:I thought Star Trek was great. Anybody else seen it?
Yep. Everything I hoped for and more. Spock & Uhuru -- who knew?
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 10 May 2009, 09:45

Uhura... Uhura...
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Unread postby Kalah » 11 May 2009, 18:10

Shakira, Shakira.. Oh, sorry, I thought we were doing a rap thing. :tongue:
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