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Fight Club (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]
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After a weak of edging, Royal Mail and HMV finally hooked up and bumped uglies.
Steel arriving tomorrow.
Steel arriving tomorrow.
It’s brighter in hand. Couldn’t get the actual colour to show through the photos unfortunately
My HMV order was dispatched as normal and then a few days later I received this email confirming a full refund with reason given as " Unwanted Return ". I've been using HMV for a long time now for most of my UK orders and this has never happened before. I love how the email doesn't even apologise in anyway at all. I know it's an automated reply but still. Just a little pissed off really, and of course it's sold out now. Ordered it from Amazon US, now just wait and see if it comes in a small box or mangled in one of those jiffy type things they have.
Sorry that's happened dude.
It happened to me once before at HMV, where they cancelled my order for no reason; upon contacting customer services, they stated it was a order code tag error that occurred. Someone cancelled their own pre order which in turn cancelled mine instead. Again, like you, it was out of stock. I think it was the Lawrence of Arabia steel, back when it was in super short supply. Very annoying. Took me a while to find another copy. Luckily they reprinted it.
Hope you find another one and gets to you okay
For anyone still looking for this, Amazon Italy still have it available to preorder (releases there at the end of the month). I know they don't have the best reputation for their shipping but probably worth a shot if you're stuck. Bit odd though as I was sure it was OOS pretty soon after going up a while back.
Transfer was pretty great tbf. There’s a few things and scenes that stick out more in a slightly worse or more noticeable way but overall it’s pretty damn good. The end scene though, it looks much less dark looking out at the skyscrapers, wasn’t big on that but still looks cool
I watched this last night and it looked excellent. The audio was fantastic as well, which I'd evidently forgotten. It didn't need an atmos remix tbf. Better than se7en, not that there was anything wrong with that either, so I've got no issues with his revisions.
I'm hoping Gone Girl is up next, his last great effort imo. That'll look excellent with it's existing 4K DI, as would Dragon Tattoo. I love Benjamin Button, but that'll receive the same 2K upscale Zodiac did. I need to rewatch The Game, I barely remember it.
I'm hoping Gone Girl is up next, his last great effort imo. That'll look excellent with it's existing 4K DI, as would Dragon Tattoo. I love Benjamin Button, but that'll receive the same 2K upscale Zodiac did. I need to rewatch The Game, I barely remember it.
I’m really hoping on gone girl, button and dragon tattoo but I’d also finally really like a nice zodiac steel too. I’ve skipped every single steel and it’s one of my favourites of his along with Se7en and this.
I think The Game has the potential to look amazing in 4K if done right
The Game, though I can barely remember the film itself, I do remember looking solid on the near 15yr old Criterion blu-ray. That was only a 2K remaster though, and it looks like went back to Universal 10yrs ago, so someone would have to fully remaster that again, but that could look great in 4K, for sure.
I can see Gone Girl coming soon enough. It was fox - as was Fight Club, there's an existing 4K DCP, and a digital 4K version, so it makes sense. Same with Dragon Tattoo, Sony releasing it.
Zodiac, I can’t see Paramount releasing a steel of that in the US any time soon. I would've thought they'd have done it already, if they were going to. WB however, UK/EU, more likely. They love a 4K steel re-release. It'll probably quite literally be a re-release though. Hopefully it would be the old white EU steel from 2017, rather than the cropped in blue car door one we had recently.
Thanks for that information. I was completely unaware of that as a thing. They definitely need to sort that s**t out. My Amazon US order has dispatched and should be with me Friday. Yes, don't remind me of that Lawrence Steelbook debacle. First off I didn't much care for the Steelbook art so didn't order it on it's first release stupidly thinking it wouldn't be long before standard case release would happen ( that was a mistake ) and it didn't until very recently. I then pre-ordered it on that very limited second print run as by that time I began to think a standard release wasn't going to happen anytime soon and my order was cancelled. Finally got it on the third time around and then after that they released the standard case edition that had a lovely version of the original poster art the Steelbook should have had, but they even f**k**d that up by not putting a slipcover on it. I do however now have the HD Zeta Steelbook which is gorgeous.
Need this. I've had the bluray steelbook sitting there for a while & read the transfer is inferior to the Arrow bluray by a distance, so never watched it. The Game is my 2nd favourite Fincher behind FC. It's properly underrated imo. I'd really like a premium for it but just patiently waiting for 4k at least. But when the Arrow bluray release is right there, it feels a bit of a slog now. Hopefully not much longer... surely we get it for 30th Anniversary next year...
The Arrow transfer is harder to get a hold of now, I'm the same as you mate, not seen that one but feel The Game is long overdue for a revival. It's been far too long out of the picture. Definitely way underrated. Had this on VHS, used to rinse watching it back in the late 90s.
One the earliest steel pickups for me was the heavily glossed/embossed Clown head steelbook for The Game. A steel I'll never part with. Without a doubt we could do with an update next year.
I have the previous steel (nice 'bossing on the front), and have used it to house my Arrow Blu-ray
Same one mate
Actually managed to grab that at CEX near me in mint condition believe it or not. Was only after I found out about the transfer. Same as you I wouldn't part with it.
Love this steel. One of the best delivered embossing I've seen. I think the colour gloss and shading makes the bossing seem even deeper. Mad steel.
Only thing i seen better is this Taiwan release using the art on @Punker76 steel for the slip. Decent finish too from what I can tell from ebay listing. Spot gloss.
I think if I didn't own the steel already I'd probably bite tbh
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