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danielgarton74
20-10-2001, 15:58
Just noticed that both Bill and Ted's are available for pre-order form play (£10 each, r1, 4/12/2001) :)
Does anyone know what packaging they'll be in?
Hopefully it will be Most Bodacious or Excellent Dude!
wide_inside
20-10-2001, 21:36
party on.
Excellent!
The first one is £9.99 at DVDStreet: http://www.dvdstreet.infront.co.uk/Show.jhtml?prod_id=11396388
Originally posted by danielgarton74
Just noticed that both Bill and Ted's are available for pre-order form play (£10 each, r1, 4/12/2001) :)
Does anyone know what packaging they'll be in?
They will be packaged like all R1 MGM budget releases, keep case , no insert, and covers like these:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/upcomingdvdart/1204/billandtedexcellentdvd.jpg http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/upcomingdvdart/1204/billandtedbogusdvd.jpg
danielgarton74
20-10-2001, 23:29
Well i guess I should go and preorder them then..... :)
Wern't these supposed to be out on Region 2, August sometime this year ?
Or did I read it incorrectly ?
Paul Bennison
02-12-2001, 22:20
Originally posted by Joe91
They will be packaged like all R1 MGM budget releases, keep case , no insert, and covers like these:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/upcomingdvdart/1204/billandtedexcellentdvd.jpg http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/upcomingdvdart/1204/billandtedbogusdvd.jpg
what's a 'keep case'????
Does anyone know if the R2 will get a Dolby 5.1 re-release??? The current release is 2.0 unlike it's R1 counterpart.
Originally posted by Paul Bennison
what's a 'keep case'????
Does anyone know if the R2 will get a Dolby 5.1 re-release??? The current release is 2.0 unlike it's R1 counterpart.
A 'keep case' is another name for an Amaray style case.
I would think it's extremely unlikely that they will be re-released in R2 with new soundtracks - why not just buy the R1 discs, which are dead cheap from A&B Sound?
Bill sadler as the reaper:D
Play have them on pre-order but ********* (http://www.*********.com) have them in stock (£9.99 ea with a few days delivery) as do Ringos (http://www.ringos.co.uk) (£15 ea but with pretty much guarenteed next day delivery :D)
Paul Bennison
02-12-2001, 22:50
Originally posted by Joe91
A 'keep case' is another name for an Amaray style case.
I would think it's extremely unlikely that they will be re-released in R2 with new soundtracks - why not just buy the R1 discs, which are dead cheap from A&B Sound?
OK. Fair point. Ditch the 'wait for better R2s' option. Just checked out the prices on A&B and they're $13.79 each. Plus the $6 shipping and converted to ££ = £23 approx.
Play 247 have them (R1) for £9.99 a throw (inc P&P) so I'll plump for them on this occasion. Cheers for the advice!!
Paul
Originally posted by Paul Bennison
OK. Fair point. Ditch the 'wait for better R2s' option. Just checked out the prices on A&B and they're $13.79 each. Plus the $6 shipping and converted to ££ = £23 approx.
Play 247 have them (R1) for £9.99 a throw (inc P&P) so I'll plump for them on this occasion. Cheers for the advice!!
Paul
I'm afraid your currency conversion is bogus ;) , the A&B Sound prices that you quote are in Canadian $. The 2 'Bill & Ted' discs come to £17 delivered, plus you can add another DVD for no additional shipping cost, including the 'Almost Famous - Bootleg Cut' 3 disc set - which comes to a bargain £12.85 (they are shipping it for the same price as a single disc) :D
Originally posted by Sonick
Bill sadler as the reaper:D
The 'Seventh Seal' parody where death loses at Cluedo is a classic scene :D :D
Bill Sadler as the English guy at the end as well.
'Quite good, quite good'
Paul Bennison
03-12-2001, 11:56
Originally posted by Joe91
I'm afraid your currency conversion is bogus ;) , the A&B Sound prices that you quote are in Canadian $. The 2 'Bill & Ted' discs come to £17 delivered, plus you can add another DVD for no additional shipping cost, including the 'Almost Famous - Bootleg Cut' 3 disc set - which comes to a bargain £12.85 (they are shipping it for the same price as a single disc) :D
Bu99er! :( Ordered from play last night. Processing so I can't cancel. Still - I'm not gutted it's still a good price - but I will give my currency converter a good thrashing. :D
Both In Stock at Play now ordered them both Sunday! along with Babylon 5 Instock..
r.griffiths
03-12-2001, 18:38
Both have a black amaray case and inlay card.
Excellent Adventures :- 2.35:1 16x9 Transfer 5.1 DD
Bogus Journey :- 1.85:1 16x9 Transfer 5.1 DD
Trailers on both. Bogus Journey has a featurette.
The 5.1 track on excellent adventures sounds like a stereo mix at times, no music through the back.
The 5.1 track on bogus journey is excellent. Superb surround on the opening scenes. Very good for £10
Jimmyboy
07-12-2001, 02:58
All the R2 reviews of Bill & Teds excellent adventure seem to claim that the transfer is top notch, where as the R1 reviews say its below average. :confused:
CountSatyr
07-12-2001, 08:03
Anyone seen Bill and Ted's recently? I have not seen it for a while and was wondering if has aged any.
Ron Hill
07-12-2001, 15:35
Bill & Ted Aged?
Yep! but as long as you remember the culture of the time then it's fine.
"..and now opening for Iron Maiden. WYLD STALLYNS!!"
Too many good one liners and gags in these films to ever grow out of them.
Party on.
Do you ever get annoyed by Wayne & Garth fans dissing Bill & Ted? Most bogus. I always though W&G were like a more commercialised slicker version of Bill & Ted with more down to earth themes. I'm reminded of the studio controlled version of "Waynes World" in the film vs the garage version.
anyone noticed that theres 2 Bill's on the case spine or is it just my copy:S
Jimmyboy
07-12-2001, 17:58
Originally posted by Ron Hill
Do you ever get annoyed by Wayne & Garth fans dissing Bill & Ted? Most bogus. I always though W&G were like a more commercialised slicker version of Bill & Ted with more down to earth themes. I'm reminded of the studio controlled version of "Waynes World" in the film vs the garage version.
I think the Waynes world movies were clearly funnier. There's nothing in either Bill & Ted movie which can compete with the YMCA sendup & Garth zapping people with a cattle prod just to get furthre in the que for the toilets.
Bill & Ted tends to be a so bad its good type comedy, and obviously thats exactly how the film was meant to be seen as.
As Bill & Ted was so far "out there", compared with Waynes World you'll probably find that in some ways it stands the test of time a little better. Waynes world was a film which very much relied on then-pop culture to sell the jokes, it will be interesting to see how dated those same jokes look today.
Ron Hill
07-12-2001, 21:52
Jimmyboy: Get DOWN with your bad self!
Well I laugh more at B&T so there!
The cattle prod in WW is easily trumped by "Want a twinkie Genghis Khan?" :D
The funniest thing for me in the Waynes World movies was Garth torturing his doughnut man and the fabulous dubbed or subtitled question before the fight with Cassandras father.
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