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Got my Blu-Ray Complete Collection from Amazon today. It's my wife's Xmas present to me.
As I suspected, all the packaging and extras are incredibly lame. A brand new piece of paper made to look aged/burnt around the edges, a plastic Ankh... etc. Does anyone really like this stuff, or actually believe it is truly "collectible" in any way?
Or maybe it's just me. 8+ years of E3 have taught me to ignore tchotchkes, trinkets, and baubles of pretty much every type. You might think you want that that little Link figurine (or whatever) but in truth that shit just ends up cluttering your house for 3+ years until you throw it out. So now I don't bother.
Still... I've heard the Blu-Ray transfers are literally some of the best in existence... the show itself is why I bought the set. 36 discs of LOST goodness. Very excited to begin an epic re-watch. Although for me, much of it will be a first-time watch. I saw all of season 1 and all of season 6, but large portions of the show I missed out on. I never watched anything from season 4, for example. I estimate I've probably watched only half of LOST's episodes.
$125 (Amazon's lightning deal) is a great price for all six seasons. I'm gonna be upset if a $100 bare-bones box et comes out next year though, with just the discs.
PS: Not happy with the tall cardboard slider the disks themselves are housed in, either. Who has a shelf that size? My plan was to pitch everything and just keep the disk holders, but now I don't know where I can house them, either.
As I suspected, all the packaging and extras are incredibly lame. A brand new piece of paper made to look aged/burnt around the edges, a plastic Ankh... etc. Does anyone really like this stuff, or actually believe it is truly "collectible" in any way?
Or maybe it's just me. 8+ years of E3 have taught me to ignore tchotchkes, trinkets, and baubles of pretty much every type. You might think you want that that little Link figurine (or whatever) but in truth that shit just ends up cluttering your house for 3+ years until you throw it out. So now I don't bother.
Still... I've heard the Blu-Ray transfers are literally some of the best in existence... the show itself is why I bought the set. 36 discs of LOST goodness. Very excited to begin an epic re-watch. Although for me, much of it will be a first-time watch. I saw all of season 1 and all of season 6, but large portions of the show I missed out on. I never watched anything from season 4, for example. I estimate I've probably watched only half of LOST's episodes.
$125 (Amazon's lightning deal) is a great price for all six seasons. I'm gonna be upset if a $100 bare-bones box et comes out next year though, with just the discs.
PS: Not happy with the tall cardboard slider the disks themselves are housed in, either. Who has a shelf that size? My plan was to pitch everything and just keep the disk holders, but now I don't know where I can house them, either.
BenjaminBirdie
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GDJustin said:
Did you look...uh...closely at the....uh...the ankh?
Naked Snake
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I hate trinkets and gimmicky special editions too (used to love them). Now I prefer my media in minimal, practical packaging.
Naked Snake said:
Absolutely. That's one of my favorite things about the Blu-Ray revolution, in fact. The thinner cases make a huge difference. My entire BR collection fits nicely in one little shelf, and I have a lot of them. In comparison it feels like I have regular DVD cases spilling out of every closet.
BenjaminBirdie
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GDJustin said:
You...uh....try checking it out.
BenjaminBirdie said:
Five posts have now been wasted on this, when you could have just replied from the start letting me know what was up with the Ankh. Why be cryptic?
Or maybe it's appropriate since this is the LOST topic.
Or I could just google it.
Fake edit: back from googling. I guess that's kind of neat. It's certainly elaborate.... nice fan service. But for me it's kind of annoying. Now I have to keep it if I want to remember how to access the senet video. -_-
BenjaminBirdie
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GDJustin said:
Geez sorry. Thought you might want to be surprised yourself, you know, since it was HIDDEN.
:lol
Good lord.
BenjaminBirdie said:
Well given that my first post was contemplating whether I should just throw all that stuff in the trash, it should have been safe to assume that I don't really care about being spoiled about the set's secrets :lol
Glad I read up, though. Would have sucked to trash it all before getting the secret disk out. :lol
Naked Snake
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So what's on the hidden disc again? I never found that out (don't have the set).
BenjaminBirdie
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Naked Snake said:
The hidden disc is basically just the bonus box set disc, whose contents are on the box itself (I forget what they are, but it's not a surprise). There are other clues that lead to what is basically an explanation of sideways universe.
Just finished LAX Pt2. That Jack/Locke scene will messes with my spinal cord. Delicious. TOQ is such an imposing antogonist...so good. His monologue about John Locke...
Well, lots of "so good"s to go around.
And watching this in HD for the first time=LOST Afterlife of hugs and kisses.
Well, lots of "so good"s to go around.
And watching this in HD for the first time=LOST Afterlife of hugs and kisses.
Nameless
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I'm glad the complete series is back up on Netflix Instant. Not ready to re-watch the whole thing yet, but this is the time of year I'd be watching random episodes to gear up for the new season...so I have the itch.
Thinking about just going through all of the finales, starting with Exodus, this weekend.
Thinking about just going through all of the finales, starting with Exodus, this weekend.
brandonh83
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Ok, I give in. I want more Lost.
At this point I wouldn't give a fuck if a new set of characters wound up on the island. When you're hungry, you'll eat anything.
At this point I wouldn't give a fuck if a new set of characters wound up on the island. When you're hungry, you'll eat anything.
butter_stick
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brandonh83 said:
Lost: The Dharma Years
Featuring: The Fucking Cabin and What The Fuck Was The Deal With The Purge, Like Really?
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
I might do a re-watch February. Having no lost during those months is gonna be odd. Plus I need something to watch during that season.
Nameless
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brandonh83 said:
I with you.. They could pick up Hurley, Ben and Des(?) on the Island. I'd even put with a retread of the "We have to go back" arc, of course this time involving the
Ajira Six". Fuck it. The Walking Dead confirmed for me a valuable lesson: As much as I might love new shows, and as amazing they may be, they're not LOST.
Landing: Parts 1 & 2.
get to it Darlton!
Willy105 said:
I'd love a 'tell all' book from either Darlton or Gregory Nations.
I think that Darlton were better writers than storytellers, and they had trouble executing some of the plan that they had spent so much time concocting. I'd be willing to bet that there is a lot of information that didn't reach the show in anything more than fragments...and that would be interesting to read about.
When they say in the enyclopedia that we only saw the tip of the iceberg, I believe them.
BuggyDClown
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big ander said:
If only I had seen this sooner. I already bought his S2 backpack in the auction.
Keyser Soze
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Want....
http://store.qmxonline.com/Bad-Robot-Limited-Edition-Maquette_p_115.html#
edit - 103, in total, to get it to Ireland :/
http://store.qmxonline.com/Bad-Robot-Limited-Edition-Maquette_p_115.html#
edit - 103, in total, to get it to Ireland :/
evil solrac v3.0
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Erigu said:
you've become so predictable. you can't even keep anyone on their toes... lame.
evil solrac v3.0
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Erigu said:
I don't believe in ignoring users.
brandonh83
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OMG
My girlfriend is in Florida visiting relatives, she got some Christmas moolah and said she was going shopping and may get me something... I just get an image text from her, and
SHE GOT ME THE FUCKING LOST ENCYCLOPEDIA
My girlfriend is in Florida visiting relatives, she got some Christmas moolah and said she was going shopping and may get me something... I just get an image text from her, and
SHE GOT ME THE FUCKING LOST ENCYCLOPEDIA
B For Bendetta
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Just finished the series. Enjoyed Season 6 much more than Season 5. The series definitely has its flaws:
Sentimentality
Some really sloppy writing
Lots of instances of Cliches
Writing that is really manipulative to the audience
However, it also does some things that we definitely need more of in all of art, not just television, including:
Dealing with the metaphysical
Extremely strong sense of symbolism
Aesthetically very interesting (In locale, characters, shots, music)
Whole episodes devoted to fleshing out characterization
It was a really great experience, and cemented itself as my second favorite show (behind The Sopranos). I read an article a few months back in Rolling Stone, but I can't find it now. Any idea what that was?
Sentimentality
Some really sloppy writing
Lots of instances of Cliches
Writing that is really manipulative to the audience
However, it also does some things that we definitely need more of in all of art, not just television, including:
Dealing with the metaphysical
Extremely strong sense of symbolism
Aesthetically very interesting (In locale, characters, shots, music)
Whole episodes devoted to fleshing out characterization
It was a really great experience, and cemented itself as my second favorite show (behind The Sopranos). I read an article a few months back in Rolling Stone, but I can't find it now. Any idea what that was?
BenjaminBirdie
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Erigu said:
:lol
One of my all time favorite Lost posters, on the real.
theignoramus
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I watched the whole series (again) on the Blu Ray collector's edition. I like what they did with Locke and Jack now that I can judge everything with hindsight. I also like how Sawyer becomes less narcisstic and more of a leader as Jack moves to a more faith oriented approach.
Even though I knew everything that happened, I was still dissapointed when it ended. Obviously the writers managed to get their point across, but the characters are so compelling, I wanted to spend more time with them. Why was season 4 only 13 episodes? What happened there?
Even though I knew everything that happened, I was still dissapointed when it ended. Obviously the writers managed to get their point across, but the characters are so compelling, I wanted to spend more time with them. Why was season 4 only 13 episodes? What happened there?
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