SHAM043: CONTRABAND - Original Announcement

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by mr 420

Hmmm, can't place that scene? I've obviously only seen the cut version. Are you reading this, Kyle?

It's included in the Reaper cut.

[Rassilon]

This is a must have title. I'm looking forward to this and The Washing Machine, to be honest I am more impressed with the Shameless releases than the Arrow ones.

[rjm75]

I agree BAKA. I had hoped Shameless has sorted out their numbering after the last fiasco. I like the idea of the dual formats having a new series starting at 500, but had hoped they would have a #42.

[rjm75]

Originally Posted by JAMIOUSE

Sadly I bought the blue underground DVD years ago, so it's not top of my list. However if it has a new transfer I maybe interested.

I too import films JAMIOUSE and I agree, it would be good if Shameless could avoid the Blue Underground releases - they are quite readily available in the UK, especially with most of them being Region 0. As an idea, if they pay attention to this, if they must release something Blue Underground has released then it would be nice to have some unique special features to make it a bit different.

[rjm75]

Originally Posted by Rassilon

This is a must have title. I'm looking forward to this and The Washing Machine, to be honest I am more impressed with the Shameless releases than the Arrow ones.

Arrow seem to have taken their eye of the ball and seem more interested in working out how many pounds they can add by releasing dual format. Their duals are great quality, but their choice of films is slipping and I miss their posters

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by rjm75

I too import films JAMIOUSE and I agree, it would be good if Shameless could avoid the Blue Underground releases - they are quite readily available in the UK, especially with most of them being Region 0. As an idea, if they pay attention to this, if they must release something Blue Underground has released then it would be nice to have some unique special features to make it a bit different.

As Shameless have said before, most of their sales come from shops, not the Internet, most likely from people who have never imported a DVD or BD in their lives. It's surprising how many people don't shop online and only buy DVDs/BDs from shops, so Shameless releasing titles which have already been released by Blue Underground might not eat away at their overall sales as much as you'd think.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

As Shameless have said before, most of their sales come from shops, not the Internet, most likely from people who have never imported a DVD or BD in their lives. It's surprising how many people don't shop online and only buy DVDs/BDs from shops, so Shameless releasing titles which have already been released by Blue Underground might not eat away at their overall sales as much as you'd think.

Exactly Nos. This might sound silly to us, but I can't even tell you how many times someone has asked me what dvds/BD's I've got, and ask if they can borrow it, when I say it's a Region 1/A disc, they ask what that means.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Exactly Nos. This might sound silly to us, but I can't even tell you how many times someone has asked me what dvds/BD's I've got, and ask if they can borrow it, when I say it's a Region 1/A disc, they ask what that means.

The same happens to me. My mum sometimes asks if I have a film because one of her friends wants to watch it and, if I say it's Region 1 (I don't think any of her friends had a Blu-ray player!), she has to explain what it means to them, which means I have to explain it to her!

Even my brother, who knows all about region coding and that there are different versions available in different localities, has very few DVDs that weren't released in Britain and hasn't imported a single Blu-ray Disc.

[Rassilon]

I consider myself a collector and avid horror fan. I love my shameless, arrow nucleus, second sight, vipco and 88 films.

But I don't import. Never saw the need. There are always films I want that are out here. I'm not mad about extras. I do sometimes find snobbery from 'some' that do import. I really don't know why it bothers them so. I love shopping in hmv.

[Rik]

I import if there's a better edition overseas, as much as I'd like to support UK companies, the majority of time foreign exports are better, and sometimes cheaper too