$20-$30 I believe are appropriate prices for 4K’s. $35-$50 should be some type of type of special edition at the very least. And not it being just a steelbook or some unique cover art, but also with tons of features, and some type of souvenir inside like how The Warriors had those picture cards.
and I think that is what is going to destroy physical media. The high price for 4k players made it so people don't buy them. They need to encourage more people buying, not less, for when they go this way, they will find the people buying will be less and less and less and less will be able to afford these releases and will just give in to streaming them
I pre-ordered Abyss 4k and Aliens 4k through Walmart at $24.99 a piece because Amazon wasn't offering it early. Then when the pre-order went up on Amazon they were $40.00 a piece. So I agree that Walmart does put the pre-order price point right out of the gate. Where I think Amazon starts high then drops to around Walmart or other retailers price. So I think these are going to be around the price set around $40.00 a piece.
Cutthroat is a blast in my opinion. Tons of fun and great action also one of the biggest and best sounding explosions Ive ever heard. I always crank it up when showing it to friends and blow them away
I've been waiting for the Lionsgate steelbook of Cutthroat Island since it was first rumored last Fall. It was one my favorite movies as a kid so I really hope as it gets closer to release the price drops to below $30.
That Red set would be great, but I have them both and all the Rambo movies on 4k already. After I saw the price for Cutthroat Island, I ordered the multi-format blu from amazon for $10.
@Ken I am with you on these price points. @21.99 I was in on 99% of Lionsgate Steels. Cutthroat Island and Red at 39.99? (I know Red is 2 films) Don't care for these movies that much to justify that price point. I will NOT be in on those. At 21.99, hell even 24 or 26.99 I'd grab them. Now I guess going foward, it'll be like all the others just picking and choosing what I want the most. They finally forced me to close my wallet.
If they would’ve raised the prices from the $21.99 to $27.99, there would’ve been some pushback for sure, but it would’ve still been significantly cheaper than every other studio’s Steelbook editions. That would also be easier to explain with the “new retailer” excuse too. There’s be also still enough of a price difference between the new releases and catalog releases if the catalog release stayed at $32.99-34.99.
I'm right there with ya! Gone are the days of me trying to collect all the Lionsgate steelbooks! Agreed, The Red set is not a bad price for 2 movies. Great video sir!!
To be fair, we don't know what the wholesale is on these either. I have noticed huge price differences between Walmart, Amazon and Target on preorders.
I feel ya, Ken. The disorganization is real! I’ve got BluRays/4Ks piled precariously high in two different areas of my media room. I’m soon going to have to move stuff out of my office to put more media shelving in there. But where you got me was in the comment that you’re ‘old.’ I was in college when you were born so what does make me? Ancient?
I preordered the limited edition set for Witness on Amazon, and it ended up getting "lost in transit" somehow. And then after selling out of that, they had the gall to list the preorder for the standard edition (only the film), for a HIGHER price. $50 for a standard edition UHD Blu ray. Hope this trend doesn't continue.
I paid $29.96 as a preorder for Silent Night but it was $42.99. I haven’t picked up yet the pattern. Plus Walmart does not give you the lowest price like Amazon does.
Have a look at prices in England, but be sure to use delivery to England so that you are priced for sales tax at 20 percent to get the real experience. . You will then be seriously taken aback. on your side absolute bargains compared to what English people pay
I'm only going to pre order a steelbook if I absolutely love it but honestly from now on if it doesn't show up at a store....then it's out of site....out of mind
The MSRP is determined by the seller never by the stores. The stores can go lower and reduce their profit margin to sell more. Looks like Liongate just kicked us in the balls! Over my price limit for a catalog title.
Yeah, naw. At that price, I'm totally fine passing on stuff like Cutthroat Island entirely. I remember it being a bit of stupid fun, but it's likely something I would watch once more and then never again. Not paying that, even if the artwork is nice. Now... for an absolute essential title like most of the Tarantino stuff, then they have me by the balls. I'd probably pay $50 if that's what they listed them at. But then, those are things I know are going to get plenty of plays over the years.
I tend to think they'll be adjusted once they release. The new Hunger Games was listed at $34.98 but it's now $29.98 and the tags in store for it shows the same thing alongside the normal 4K. It's far better than paying $40 a pop for these things for when they were at Best Buy. Remember when it was just $20 for new releases? $10-$15 for previously released movies? Oh those days.
The other day I was inside my local Walmart and I saw the lady working that always puts out the new movies and I asked her if the movie section was going to get redone so that it would have a steel book section and she told me no, she also said That when steelbooks get released, they will get some of those, but they will not have a dedicated section
Rambo prices would be ok IF they were new to 4K. But since they have already been released in standard & steelbook versions, $35 is too much. I have the standard editions. I have no plan on getting these. This is the reason I didn't get into buying steelbooks years ago. Now that I started buying them, the prices go up and I will quit.
Wal-Mart needs to seriously work on their consistency. I've been hearing about Wal-Mart-exclusive steelbooks for months and I feel like different Wal-Mart's just don't get these. Some Wal-Mart's don't have steelbooks at all. My local one does have them, but have seen the EXACT SAME titles for months and months and months. Nothing new. So wtf walmart? Why release these in some stores and not others? Best Buy and Target never had this issue. Secondly, as far as Lionsgate, well... everyone sells out eventually. Sad but true. Either that or you can thank Brandon for the inflation. Uh, YEA I went there!
Cutthroat Island Steelbook was £24.99 in the UK. In the last few months, most have increased from £19.99 to £22.99 for lower tier films. Most big releases £24.99. Steelbooks now £29.99 to £39.99. Unless it's a must-have or limited edition, I wait now for 2 for £30.00 or discounted as they can not shift them. Recently picked up Belle from Zavvi for £20 as they couldn't shift it for £60. Lionsgate is looking at the market and thinking if everybody else is selling at this price, why aren't we. That's how business works. Draw in the buyer with low prices, then run with the crowd. I know you put a lot of effort into producing your content, but the number of adverts has doubled over the last few months. That's not a criticism of you but you still need a return on your efforts just the same as Lionsgate.
I would consider the first Rambo but wow, $34.99 etc. for it is a bit much in my opinion. Lionsgate is spectacular in the steelbook artwork dept. for their releases. Catalog titles should not be $39.99. I'm not sure what they are doing for that. Perhaps they have to make it up to the artists that worked on that? lol It's too much on price point.
Do you know if last blood steelbook will have both cuts of the film on the discs and for digital? I got the regular set instead of the steelbook and it didn’t have the digital version of the extended cut of Last Blood. Really wish now I would’ve gotten the steelbook set.
This new 4k steel books of cutthroat Island is total rip off. I will wait for the regular 4k release of cutthroat island. Bc 40 bucks for a catalog title is way over price.
Can you please find out if Miramax is going to release "In The Bedroom" with Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson, William Mapother and Marisa Tomei? Great movie that was only released on DVD but not bluray or 4K. I love this movie and was hoping you could find out if it's ever going to release on a better format especially since Tom Wilkinson just passed away. I would appreciate any help or updates you could give me on this great film! Thank you!
Studios: We’re gonna charge double on 4K/Blu-ray to make more money Responsible Collectors: We’re not gonna pay the overpriced amount Studios: Physical media is dying, there’s no market anymore. We need to focus on digital and streaming.
Although the price point is ridiculous for Cutthroat Island, I do have a feeling that even though this movie bombed ferociously, it likely may sell out just because!
none of the wallmarts near me have any new releases so i dont go with these prices and no free shipping forget it, lionsgate makes the best steelbooks but its a mistake making them walmart exclusive they should follow the paramount and sony model and release them everywhere
Maybe there is away you can just order those Rambo slipcovers since you already have the box set Ken. I love that T2 steel book I would buy it just the steel book I already have the movie on 4k which is not all that great for an Iconic movie
Yea alot of releases are just rereleases of movies that have had 4ks already with just new packaging so its been easy to just pass on those I want movies that haven’t had a 4k release more than double dipping on everything also the prices have been helping me not buy so much lol
Price is too high - likely press release is what they'd love to get so they share that, see reaction online, adjust down a bit. Walmart is likely cause of some of this, they control or demand a level of profit from their vendors, so they may expect to make X dollars, lionsgate wants to make X dollars, so that results in these prices. Will be interesting to see what happens, if they produce a good amount, these will likely hit discount, if the supply is limited, they'll sell at higher price as FOMO will kick in, limited supply will drive demand.
When the 'release of Columbia Classics Volume IV was announced Amazon and Wal-mart both listed it at $215 dollars, say above what any of the other volumes have sold for. We were told by reviewers that this was a holding price and that it would come down. Well, here we are less than a week before release date and the price remains the same. I know I can't take the chance of it coming down in the next six days and then it doesn't an I and others would be stuck paying that ridiculous price when it sellls on other sites for $140 or less currently. I''m fed up with Amazon's pricing game and I wouldn't recommend anybody buying it there on the chance it will come down in price because it sure doesn't like it's going to. Do a story on What's up with that.
I am so sick of the price gouging by these companies. I'm literally just buying cheap blue rays around 10 or less off Amazon for movies I know I like or missed, along with the new releases I really want to see (last one was Holdovers).
The massive fluctuation in the prices for any given movie at any given time, just wreak of manipulating people to get more money. That a movie can be 30$ then 10$ then 25$, is just nonsense. They price the movies to get people who can't wait to pay more but make money off of any of them. People who can't wait pay 40$, people who can wait a month pay 30$, people who wait a year
I will not spend more than $35 for a movie. 4K or Not. I mainly buy pre-owned to save money because to me, its just not worth it. Unless it is some sort of special edition. anything over $35 is a tough pill to swallow.
Rambo maybe best movie of the 80s? You got to be kidding . Better then these? 1) Raging Bull 2) Amadeus 3) The Shining 4) E.T 5) The Thing 6) Come and See 7) Aliens 8) Blood Simple
It’s subjective, but I think First Blood has everything you could ever want in a film. Action, great performances and layered characters, and it has something deeply meaningful to say. Profound on every level. Is it my personal favorite of the 80s? No. But it may be the best.
I'm ok with the prices, because I buy movies I love only... I don't collect everything just because. Better that movies are produced physically, than not at all.
A couple of years ago I bought a troy ounce of gold for $1,200. Now in 2024 I would have to pay $2,100 for that same exact piece of gold. So to go from $21.99 to $34.99 is understandable.
It sucks that overpriced steels are the main thing keeping physical media alive....I remember the days of 2010-2015. 3 steelbooks for $20 on zavvi that'll never happen again
If you preorder the latest steelbooks at Target, the buy one get one 50% off deal works. I just preordered both with my target card for $24. That's a dang STEAL (no pun intended......ok kinda)
These are massively overpriced. The Steelbooks aren’t worth $20 let alone $40. I guess since Best Buy decided to kill their stores by killing their physical media lines, Lionsgate is desperate.
I'll definitely pick up the First Blood steelbook even though I already have the film on 4k. I can't resist steelbooks. I don't care about Last Blood. The series should have stopped with one film. Those prices aren't that different from what other studio's steelbooks are priced at. It was only a matter of time before they realized they were leaving money on the table. As physical media becomes more a collector's market prices are going to just go up. As long as we don't start paying laserdisc prices. I still remember paying $130 for Disney collector laserdiscs and $250 for the Star Wars trilogy back in the day.
Idk it sounds like an experiment from Wal-Mart as it doesn’t have the reputation of a Best Buy. I personally think Wal-Mart is a trashy store, even with their decent prices. Just wow in my area yea but to have them priced this high even for such no so great titles like Cutthroat Island.
I appear to be in the minority, but I really like the Red movies. I won't be pre-ordering them for $40. Avatar (2009) was one of my favorite movies of all time and I want the 4k collectors 4 disc set but I'm not paying $50. On the other hand, I don't think I'd be touching Cutthroat Island at $21.99, never mind $40. Disney overpriced all their streaming to physical media back in Dec. Easy pass. Picked up Moana 4k for $9.99 instead. Prices will eventually come down. Maybe Lionsgate will realize that they should keep charging $22, and sell in much higher quantities. Is it better to sell 10 copies at $40 or 100 copies at $22? I'm hoping this isn't a strategy to force poor sales, then complain the physical media collectors let them down. That would be a bull shit move.
$20-$30 I believe are appropriate prices for 4K’s. $35-$50 should be some type of type of special edition at the very least. And not it being just a steelbook or some unique cover art, but also with tons of features, and some type of souvenir inside like how The Warriors had those picture cards.
Yikes. $40 for catalog titles is rough
Money is to be respected, not to be wasted.
I remember the 19.99 Lionsgate steelbook days
The only 4k steelbook I'd buy from lionsgate for $40 is Kill Bill.
Heath from Cereal at Midnight said in a recent video that physical media collecting is starting to get too expensive for newer/casual collectors
and I think that is what is going to destroy physical media. The high price for 4k players made it so people don't buy them. They need to encourage more people buying, not less, for when they go this way, they will find the people buying will be less and less and less and less will be able to afford these releases and will just give in to streaming them
With my Target sale this week, I preordered Anaconda and Hollow Man for $24.96 for the pair. Buy one, get one 50% off!
I may pick up a few with that deal. Anaconda is so cheesy, but I do love the film. Not so much with Hollow Man.
I don't even have the option to buy these movies in Canada so I would gladly pay for them if I could
I pre-ordered Abyss 4k and Aliens 4k through Walmart at $24.99 a piece because Amazon wasn't offering it early. Then when the pre-order went up on Amazon they were $40.00 a piece. So I agree that Walmart does put the pre-order price point right out of the gate. Where I think Amazon starts high then drops to around Walmart or other retailers price. So I think these are going to be around the price set around $40.00 a piece.
Cutthroat is a blast in my opinion. Tons of fun and great action also one of the biggest and best sounding explosions Ive ever heard. I always crank it up when showing it to friends and blow them away
The ONLY way I'll buy Last Blood again is if they release the extended cut. Other than that, it'll stay at Walmart.
Was hoping it did on this one and put the disc in set
I've been waiting for the Lionsgate steelbook of Cutthroat Island since it was first rumored last Fall. It was one my favorite movies as a kid so I really hope as it gets closer to release the price drops to below $30.
I saw Walk Hard steelbook in Walmart the other day.
And this is how Walmart drops the ball.
Wrong.
Red 1 and 2 are DC, 39.99 is still a lot. The cover is what Karl Urban has and the pink pig is what John Malkovich has in the movie
34.99 is too much, and unlike Amazon, Walmart doesn't self correct the price if it goes down
It's really weird how Walmart is really bad at selling things at competitive prices online.
Those are boutique label prices for subpar product compared to arrow, second sight, criterion, even scream or vinager s
That Red set would be great, but I have them both and all the Rambo movies on 4k already. After I saw the price for Cutthroat Island, I ordered the multi-format blu from amazon for $10.
@Ken I am with you on these price points. @21.99 I was in on 99% of Lionsgate Steels. Cutthroat Island and Red at 39.99? (I know Red is 2 films) Don't care for these movies that much to justify that price point. I will NOT be in on those. At 21.99, hell even 24 or 26.99 I'd grab them. Now I guess going foward, it'll be like all the others just picking and choosing what I want the most. They finally forced me to close my wallet.
If they would’ve raised the prices from the $21.99 to $27.99, there would’ve been some pushback for sure, but it would’ve still been significantly cheaper than every other studio’s Steelbook editions. That would also be easier to explain with the “new retailer” excuse too. There’s be also still enough of a price difference between the new releases and catalog releases if the catalog release stayed at $32.99-34.99.
I'm right there with ya! Gone are the days of me trying to collect all the Lionsgate steelbooks! Agreed, The Red set is not a bad price for 2 movies.
Great video sir!!
I was going to get Cutthroat Island but once I saw that price I passed hard. There’s a 0% chance I’m spending $40 on that.
To be fair, we don't know what the wholesale is on these either.
I have noticed huge price differences between Walmart, Amazon and Target on preorders.
Bigger cut for Walmart probably than Best Buy took just a guess
Red must be a great films to own if they are Reasonably priced
I feel ya, Ken. The disorganization is real! I’ve got BluRays/4Ks piled precariously high in two different areas of my media room. I’m soon going to have to move stuff out of my office to put more media shelving in there.
But where you got me was in the comment that you’re ‘old.’ I was in college when you were born so what does make me? Ancient?
I preordered the limited edition set for Witness on Amazon, and it ended up getting "lost in transit" somehow. And then after selling out of that, they had the gall to list the preorder for the standard edition (only the film), for a HIGHER price. $50 for a standard edition UHD Blu ray. Hope this trend doesn't continue.
The Red collection is definitely a better deal than Cutthroat Island. Red was fantastic, Red 2 wasn’t as good but still pretty funny.
I paid $29.96 as a preorder for Silent Night but it was $42.99. I haven’t picked up yet the pattern. Plus Walmart does not give you the lowest price like Amazon does.
At the $40 range, I have to really like the movie. $20 - $30 I'm willing to roll the dice.
I wouldn't pay $1.25 at Dollar Tree for a Cutthroat Island 4K.
I need the Rambo’s on 4K but at those prices?! 😂😂😂😂
Have a look at prices in England, but be sure to use delivery to England so that you are priced for sales tax at 20 percent to get the real experience. . You will then be seriously taken aback. on your side absolute bargains compared to what English people pay
Not surprising tbh. Steelbooks are usually more expensive than the standard
Ain't that the truth.
$39.99 for a terrible movie like Cutthroat island is a hard pass for me.
Seems like this image would go better with a Goonies 4K Steelbook.
I hope they sell 0. Well... I guess 1, to Ken.
I guess it’s apt that the price is cutthroat.
Awful film, even for free.
I'm only going to pre order a steelbook if I absolutely love it but honestly from now on if it doesn't show up at a store....then it's out of site....out of mind
The MSRP is determined by the seller never by the stores. The stores can go lower and reduce their profit margin to sell more. Looks like Liongate just kicked us in the balls! Over my price limit for a catalog title.
Yeah, naw. At that price, I'm totally fine passing on stuff like Cutthroat Island entirely. I remember it being a bit of stupid fun, but it's likely something I would watch once more and then never again. Not paying that, even if the artwork is nice. Now... for an absolute essential title like most of the Tarantino stuff, then they have me by the balls. I'd probably pay $50 if that's what they listed them at. But then, those are things I know are going to get plenty of plays over the years.
I used your link for Walmart cut throat Island. The price is 34.96. For pre order
100%
I'm QUICKLY losing interest in new releases and 4K at the price points offered by all retailers.
I tend to think they'll be adjusted once they release. The new Hunger Games was listed at $34.98 but it's now $29.98 and the tags in store for it shows the same thing alongside the normal 4K. It's far better than paying $40 a pop for these things for when they were at Best Buy. Remember when it was just $20 for new releases? $10-$15 for previously released movies? Oh those days.
Weren't these steelbooks around $20 in the US before the switch to Walmart? Double the price is outrageous.
The other day I was inside my local Walmart and I saw the lady working that always puts out the new movies and I asked her if the movie section was going to get redone so that it would have a steel book section and she told me no, she also said That when steelbooks get released, they will get some of those, but they will not have a dedicated section
That artwork looks like it belongs more to Goonies than Cutthroat Island, which I believe was box-office bomb. Looks like One-Eyed Willie!
Rambo prices would be ok IF they were new to 4K. But since they have already been released in standard & steelbook versions, $35 is too much. I have the standard editions. I have no plan on getting these. This is the reason I didn't get into buying steelbooks years ago. Now that I started buying them, the prices go up and I will quit.
i pre-ordered the 3 James Cameron 4k movies from deep discount way cheaper than amazon
Where did you get that Rambo boxset from?
I’ve seen prices drop Patrick 49.99 dropped when Wal-Mart did
Wal-Mart needs to seriously work on their consistency. I've been hearing about Wal-Mart-exclusive steelbooks for months and I feel like different Wal-Mart's just don't get these. Some Wal-Mart's don't have steelbooks at all. My local one does have them, but have seen the EXACT SAME titles for months and months and months. Nothing new. So wtf walmart? Why release these in some stores and not others? Best Buy and Target never had this issue.
Secondly, as far as Lionsgate, well... everyone sells out eventually. Sad but true. Either that or you can thank Brandon for the inflation. Uh, YEA I went there!
Wouldn't a typo error be released?
Cutthroat Island Steelbook was £24.99 in the UK. In the last few months, most have increased from £19.99 to £22.99 for lower tier films. Most big releases £24.99. Steelbooks now £29.99 to £39.99. Unless it's a must-have or limited edition, I wait now for 2 for £30.00 or discounted as they can not shift them. Recently picked up Belle from Zavvi for £20 as they couldn't shift it for £60. Lionsgate is looking at the market and thinking if everybody else is selling at this price, why aren't we. That's how business works. Draw in the buyer with low prices, then run with the crowd. I know you put a lot of effort into producing your content, but the number of adverts has doubled over the last few months. That's not a criticism of you but you still need a return on your efforts just the same as Lionsgate.
I would consider the first Rambo but wow, $34.99 etc. for it is a bit much in my opinion. Lionsgate is spectacular in the steelbook artwork dept. for their releases.
Catalog titles should not be $39.99. I'm not sure what they are doing for that. Perhaps they have to make it up to the artists that worked on that? lol It's too much on price point.
Got hallow man and anaconda both from Target for $31 total +free shipping I believe. Which is cheaper than 1 of those steelbooks from Walmart
There just fishing.. price will come down.
Do you know if last blood steelbook will have both cuts of the film on the discs and for digital? I got the regular set instead of the steelbook and it didn’t have the digital version of the extended cut of Last Blood. Really wish now I would’ve gotten the steelbook set.
This new 4k steel books of cutthroat Island is total rip off. I will wait for the regular 4k release of cutthroat island. Bc 40 bucks for a catalog title is way over price.
Oppenhiemer 4k steelbook was 9.99 at best buy but now is sold out.
Those are MSRP prices. It will probably be 5 bucks less closer to release date.
You seen a Walmart steel lower close to release date, cause I haven’t?
i had buyer's remorse on the Conan Chronicles (Walmart) and returned it the day i got it because of the price.
so they reselling terminator 2 steelbook?
Can you please find out if Miramax is going to release "In The Bedroom" with Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson, William Mapother and Marisa Tomei? Great movie that was only released on DVD but not bluray or 4K. I love this movie and was hoping you could find out if it's ever going to release on a better format especially since Tom Wilkinson just passed away. I would appreciate any help or updates you could give me on this great film! Thank you!
Yeah, Steelbook!!! But there in BLU-RAY ONLY,
Is that just a miss print???
These are all 4K
JUST GIVE US a 4k Copy without the Blu ray- and include a digital copy- at a reasonable price point
Silent Night was 29 96
Studios: We’re gonna charge double on 4K/Blu-ray to make more money
Responsible Collectors: We’re not gonna pay the overpriced amount
Studios: Physical media is dying, there’s no market anymore. We need to focus on digital and streaming.
Got my Conan 4ks today in the mail
If I drank every time you said 99….. I’d be dead
Just dropped in price.. now $26.. Wal-mart must have saw this review
Although the price point is ridiculous for Cutthroat Island, I do have a feeling that even though this movie bombed ferociously, it likely may sell out just because!
none of the wallmarts near me have any new releases so i dont go with these prices and no free shipping forget it, lionsgate makes the best steelbooks but its a mistake making them walmart exclusive they should follow the paramount and sony model and release them everywhere
Wish lionsgate would announce the 4k steelbooks for both kill bills already
I always wait till releases go cheaper especially New releases don't see the point buying it straight away
I doubt that’s final price
Maybe there is away you can just order those Rambo slipcovers since you already have the box set Ken. I love that T2 steel book I would buy it just the steel book I already have the movie on 4k which is not all that great for an Iconic movie
T2 is a bad transfer cause of studiocanal used 3d print by mistake
Yea alot of releases are just rereleases of movies that have had 4ks already with just new packaging so its been easy to just pass on those I want movies that haven’t had a 4k release more than double dipping on everything also the prices have been helping me not buy so much lol
Price is too high - likely press release is what they'd love to get so they share that, see reaction online, adjust down a bit. Walmart is likely cause of some of this, they control or demand a level of profit from their vendors, so they may expect to make X dollars, lionsgate wants to make X dollars, so that results in these prices. Will be interesting to see what happens, if they produce a good amount, these will likely hit discount, if the supply is limited, they'll sell at higher price as FOMO will kick in, limited supply will drive demand.
How is everybody?
When the 'release of Columbia Classics Volume IV was announced Amazon and Wal-mart both listed it at $215 dollars, say above what any of the other volumes have sold for. We were told by reviewers that this was a holding price and that it would come down. Well, here we are less than a week before release date and the price remains the same. I know I can't take the chance of it coming down in the next six days and then it doesn't an I and others would be stuck paying that ridiculous price when it sellls on other sites for $140 or less currently. I''m fed up with Amazon's pricing game and I wouldn't recommend anybody buying it there on the chance it will come down in price because it sure doesn't like it's going to. Do a story on What's up with that.
I definitely feel you there. I struggled with pre-ordering that from Amazon for that very reason.
I am so sick of the price gouging by these companies. I'm literally just buying cheap blue rays around 10 or less off Amazon for movies I know I like or missed, along with the new releases I really want to see (last one was Holdovers).
The used market is there for a reason.
The massive fluctuation in the prices for any given movie at any given time, just wreak of manipulating people to get more money. That a movie can be 30$ then 10$ then 25$, is just nonsense. They price the movies to get people who can't wait to pay more but make money off of any of them.
People who can't wait pay 40$, people who can wait a month pay 30$, people who wait a year
I will not spend more than $35 for a movie. 4K or Not. I mainly buy pre-owned to save money because to me, its just not worth it. Unless it is some sort of special edition. anything over $35 is a tough pill to swallow.
They’re all $26.99 now
Daaaamn i jumped the gun
Rambo maybe best movie of the 80s? You got to be kidding .
Better then these?
1) Raging Bull
2) Amadeus
3) The Shining
4) E.T
5) The Thing
6) Come and See
7) Aliens
8) Blood Simple
It’s subjective, but I think First Blood has everything you could ever want in a film. Action, great performances and layered characters, and it has something deeply meaningful to say. Profound on every level. Is it my personal favorite of the 80s? No. But it may be the best.
@midlevelmedia I've never seen it mentioned when Googling "Greatest films of the 1980s". But it got 7.7/10 on IMDB & 86% on RT .
I'm ok with the prices, because I buy movies I love only... I don't collect everything just because.
Better that movies are produced physically, than not at all.
Get ready for the physical media price hike, it’s coming.
$39.99 is too much. $25-35 is fine for me for steelbooks.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
A couple of years ago I bought a troy ounce of gold for $1,200. Now in 2024 I would have to pay $2,100 for that same exact piece of gold. So to go from $21.99 to $34.99 is understandable.
It sucks that overpriced steels are the main thing keeping physical media alive....I remember the days of 2010-2015. 3 steelbooks for $20 on zavvi that'll never happen again
U see that’s why u the Godfather of movies in my book I just ordered my movies on Target my
Padrino that’s Spanish 4 Godfather lol
$34.99 is gonna be a no from me, dawg.
If you preorder the latest steelbooks at Target, the buy one get one 50% off deal works. I just preordered both with my target card for $24. That's a dang STEAL (no pun intended......ok kinda)
These are massively overpriced. The Steelbooks aren’t worth $20 let alone $40. I guess since Best Buy decided to kill their stores by killing their physical media lines, Lionsgate is desperate.
I'll definitely pick up the First Blood steelbook even though I already have the film on 4k. I can't resist steelbooks. I don't care about Last Blood. The series should have stopped with one film. Those prices aren't that different from what other studio's steelbooks are priced at. It was only a matter of time before they realized they were leaving money on the table. As physical media becomes more a collector's market prices are going to just go up. As long as we don't start paying laserdisc prices. I still remember paying $130 for Disney collector laserdiscs and $250 for the Star Wars trilogy back in the day.
I do recall paying $199 for a Japanese Laserdisc of The Phantom Menace to add to my 1995 THX laserdisc Star Wars Trilogy ones.
Time to be picky about what we buy now i guess smh
Idk it sounds like an experiment from Wal-Mart as it doesn’t have the reputation of a Best Buy. I personally think Wal-Mart is a trashy store, even with their decent prices. Just wow in my area yea but to have them priced this high even for such no so great titles like Cutthroat Island.
I appear to be in the minority, but I really like the Red movies. I won't be pre-ordering them for $40. Avatar (2009) was one of my favorite movies of all time and I want the 4k collectors 4 disc set but I'm not paying $50.
On the other hand, I don't think I'd be touching Cutthroat Island at $21.99, never mind $40.
Disney overpriced all their streaming to physical media back in Dec. Easy pass. Picked up Moana 4k for $9.99 instead.
Prices will eventually come down. Maybe Lionsgate will realize that they should keep charging $22, and sell in much higher quantities. Is it better to sell 10 copies at $40 or 100 copies at $22? I'm hoping this isn't a strategy to force poor sales, then complain the physical media collectors let them down. That would be a bull shit move.
Yes. Way too expensive. Easy pass
Boycott! Personally I’ll be very frugal on what I buy. If prices go down I may revert back to my frivolous days