Weekly RoundUp 11-1-2005 - Revenge of the Sith Edition

[Freezer]

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


I feel lost.
– Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker (Revenge of the Sith – 2005)


–The Rains Came (1939)


– The War of the Worlds (1953)


– Fame: Season 1 (1982)

The Prices

TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	CrcCity	Target	Costco
The 12 Dogs of Christmas	$13.48	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
21 Jump Street: Season 4	$31.49	$27.99	$34.99	$27.99	-
Adventures of Pete & Pete: Season 2	$18.89	$21.99	$19.99	-	-
Aliens of the Deep	$20.99	$19.99	-	-	-
All the King’s Men (2000)-disc	$14.96	$14.99	$15.99	-	-
Alvin & Chipmunks Christmas	$10.49	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
American Chopper: Season 3	$13.96	$15.99	$15.99	-	-
Brady Bunch: Season 4	$27.29	$34.99	$34.99	-	-
Brat Pack Movies & Music Collection	$27.99	$29.99	$34.99	$34.99	$27.99
Dick Cavett Show: John & Yoko	$17.49	$19.99	$19.99	-	-
Disney Channel Holiday	$13.99	$16.99	$17.99	-	-
Disney Princess: Xmas of Enchantment	$13.99	$16.99	$17.99	$14.99	-
Duel Masters: Frankly Shobu…	$13.49	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
Duel Masters: Day Earth Stood Still	$13.49	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
Fame: Season 1	$34.96	$34.99	$39.99	$34.99	-
Fox Film Noir Collection (9-disc)	$74.99	-	-	-	-
Fox Studio Classics Collection (37-disc)	$299.99	-	-	-	-
Hammett	$13.49	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
Hearts Afire: Season 2	$29.99	$34.99	$34.99	-	-
The Killer Upstairs	$18.89	$22.99	-	-	-
Lion of the Desert (25th Anniv. Edition)	$22.48	$19.99	$17.99	-	-
The Message (30th An. Ed.) (aka Mohammed)	$22.48	$19.99	$17.99	-	-
**Millions (2004)	$19.59	$19.99	$19.99	$19.99	-
Monster Garage: Season 3	$13.96	$14.99	$15.99	-	-
Office Space SE	$13.99	$12.99	$12.99	$14.99	-
Office Space: Extra SE	-	$22.99	-	-	-
Orchestra Wives	$11.23	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
Outer Limits: Season 1	$41.96	$39.99	$49.99	-	-
**The Perfect Man	$20.99	$19.99	$19.99	$19.99	-
Playhouse Disney Holiday	$13.99	$16.99	$17.99	-	-
The Rains Came	$11.23	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy	$26.96	$24.99	$26.96	-	-
Sex & the City: Complete Series (20-disc)	$194.97	$165.99	$299.98	$179.99	-
Star Trek Enterprise: Season 4	$90.99	$99.99	$129.97	-	$89.99
**Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith	$15.98	$14.99	$14.99	$15.99	$18.99
Steve McQueen Box Set	$18.71	$22.99	$19.99	-	-
Two for the Road	$10.49	$12.99	$12.99	-	-
The War of the Worlds CE (1953)	$10.49	$9.99	$8.99	-	-
War of the Worlds: Season 1	$27.29	$34.99	$34.99	-	-
Warning Shot	$13.49	$12.99	$12.99	-	-

Individual Titles included in Collections listed above:

Brat Pack Movies & Music Collection: The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science.

Fox Film Noir Collection (9-disc): Call Northside 777, House of Bamboo, House on 92nd Street, Laura, Nightmare Alley, Panic in the Streets, Somewhere in The Night, A Street with No Name, Whirlpool.

Fox Studio Classics Collection (37-disc): Click here for details!

Robert Rodriquez Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado, Once Upon a time in Mexico.

Steve McQueen Box Set: Baby, the Rain Must Fall; War Lover.

The Disclaimer

Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed Sunday advertisements. All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price. "LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds. I, obviously, cannot include EVERY title released in a given week in the RoundUp. The titles included are those that I am interested in...as well as those which I consider will be of interest to a majority of consumers (and sometimes I’ll miss one!). I don't get paid for this, and I don't have the time to list every DVD. So, please don't complain! If there is a title not included in the RoundUp that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone! Note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the RoundUp. They set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is no way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. And, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.

The Specials

**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith AND Millions (2004) AND The Perfect Man are available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one(s) !

--Well, its RotS week and everybody’s got some kind of special to try and get your business. Here’s what’s going on in the usual places. I’m sure there will be more to add when the rest of the Sunday ads become known.

--Best Buy is offering a FREE EXCLUSIVE lithograph to REWARDZONE members ONLY! Free limited editionShepard Fairey lithograph, instantly, with purchase of SW Ep. 3: RotS DVD and/or Star Wars Battlefront II for PC or game counsel. RewardZone members ONLY. Minimum 100 per store. No rainchecks. Offer begins 11/1/05 and is available only to RZ program members who purchase SW II(I: RotS DVD or Star Wars: Battlefront II video game. In store only. Limit 1 Lithograph per household. No dealers.

--Best Buy is also offering an EXCLUSIVE package in connection with the release of the Office Space SE. BB has an “Extra-Special Edition of Office Space (but is also carrying the less expensive regular SE if that’s enough for you). The Extra-Special Edition Gift Set includes: Office Space Widescreen Special Edition with Flair DVD, a coffee mug, mousepad, picture frame, pen and pencil set, stapler and notepad all in a collectible cardboard file cabinet. Minimum 10 per store. No rainchecks.

--I’m sure Star Trek fans are aware that Best Buy is offering its usual EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of Star Trek Enterprise: Season 4. On-pack. Minimum 6 per store. No rainchecks.

--Last week saw a nice offer for Hilary Duff and Dean Jones fans. This week the fun continues for all you Duffers! Best Buy is offering $3 savings with the purchase of The Perfect Man and ANY other advertised DVD new release this week. Must be purchased on same receipt. New release titles advertised in the BB flyer include: Star Wars III: RotS, Office Space, War of the Worlds (1953), Millions, Jake the Snake Roberts ($19.99), Aliens of the Deep, Outer Limits: Season 1, 21 Jump Street: Season 4, Star Trek Enterprise: Season 4, Fame: Season 1, Brat Pack Movies and Music Collection and Sex And the City: Complete Series.

--Back to the Star Wars deals…this week Target is offering a FREE EXCLUSIVE Episode III collectible coin to anyone who purchases Star Wars: Ep. III: RotS at their stores. Items are packaged together. Quantity limited, no rain checks. Target is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE 2-CD set of the “best of Episodes 1 – 6. for $15.99.

--No Star Wars specials to be found at Circuit City this week. Just an advertisement for a Collector’s Set of Pez dispensers. Nine individual Pez figures and Pez candy refills for $19.99.

--Back to Target…they are offering their $5 Target GiftCard with the purchase of Star Wars Episodes 1 or 2 ($14.99 each), the SW Original Trilogy ($44.99), or Star Wars Battlefront II for PC or PS2 ($49.99).

--Still on the SW bandwagon, Target is advertising the exclusive sale of something called Star Wait…a DVD documentary featuring Star Wars fans waiting to see Episodes 2 & 3. Quantity limited, no rain checks. $4.99

--Target’s also doing the FREE $10 GiftCard with the purchase of Sex and the City: Complete Series…..ALSO a FREE $5 Gift Card with the purchase of 21 Jump Street: Season 4 OR Fame: Season 1. Giftcard automatically given at register. No rainchecks.

The Markdowns

The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:

EFFECTIVE: November 1, 2005 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)

None to report.

[Dilmo]

I plan to get this "Sith" thing everyone's talking about. Probably at Wal-Mart.

[MooglePorn]

Originally Posted by Dilmo

I plan to get this "Sith" thing everyone's talking about. Probably at Wal-Mart.

Same here, along with Enterprise 4 when I have the money, which could be awhile considering how bad October raped me.

[Dilmo]

Originally Posted by MooglePorn

considering how bad October raped me.

I'm still sore.

[JTrotter]

Not sure where I am going to buy ROTS yet. I am an RZ member at BB and I guess I could sell the litho. Then again, @ WAL-MART, I could keep the bonus disc. Plus I am curious about TARGET's "best-of" disc. On another note, BEST BUY's OFFICE SPACE Special Package may be too good to pass up. It comes w/ a ton of stuff and is worth the price I think for a double-dip. I have been waiting for this SE since I bought the original. Plus, OFFICE SPACE was the last movie I saw in theaters at college (University of Wisconsin-Madison; GO BIG RED!) so their is some sentimental value to getting a suped up edition of OFFICE SPACE.

--JTrotter

[Reaver]

Originally Posted by Dilmo

I'm still sore.

I didn't get all that much. What did I miss?

[MooglePorn]

Originally Posted by Reaver

I didn't get all that much. What did I miss?

Off the top of my head I got a $100 Hitchcock set, a $100 Enterprise season, $70 worth of Batman movies, $30 for South Park 6, and many more I can't remember. October was huge.

[JakeLipson]

Like most others here, I'm feeling that the Force -- or at least my money -- is with Wal-Mart this week thanks to their bonus disc.

Thanks to the lithograph, I continue to regret not being a Reward Zone member and really would throw $10 at them and sign up for that, but if I did I wouldn't have the money for the DVDs themselves so I'd end up shooting myself in the foot, figuritively speaking, if I were to do that. Though fortunately this week the bonus disc outshines the lithograph anyway so it's not too terrible. I will really have to sign up for RZ some week when I don't have too much else to get (hah), probably sometime next year.

Anyway, thanks Freezer! Your hard work is always appriciated.

[dugpa]

I'll probably do the Wal-mart ROTS bonus disc bit as well. I'll go to Best Buy for the rest. Lots of goodies again this week: ROTS, Millions, Office Space SE, Enterprise S4 and War of the Worlds CE.

BTW, the sale last week was for Lindsay Lohan, not Hilary Duff. You might want to correct that less you get attacked by an army of 12 year old girls belonging to one of the two camps.

[Freezer]

Originally Posted by dugpa

BTW, the sale last week was for Lindsay Lohan, not Hilary Duff. You might want to correct that less you get attacked by an army of 12 year old girls belonging to one of the two camps.

Too funny. Guess I again show my age by not being able to keep track of my teen starlets.

You don't really have to figure Target into your RotS plans...unless you REALLY want that commemorative coin. That "Best of...' music CD from Eps 1 - 6 IS an exclusive...but its purchase is NOT dependent upon the purchase of the DVD at their store. You can always do that separately.

[JakeLipson]

Originally Posted by Freezer

That "Best of...' music CD from Eps 1 - 6 IS an exclusive...but its purchase is NOT dependent upon the purchase of the DVD at their store. You can always do that separately.

Yes, true. I noticed that, too. But, also, isn't it fair to assume that if you've got all 6 soundtrack releases already there's probably nothing on the Target CD set that is of any value? I have the soundtracks for Episodes II and III and intend to pick up the others as well soon; therefore, unless Target has bizarrely managed to get rights to include a snippet of music that was left out of the heavily-abriged CD soundtracks for those tow movies (which I personally find highly unlikely), there's nothing much else that their CD can do for you, as all of the original trilogy soundtracks plus Episode I are available in 2-CD uncut releases.

[plissken99]

Originally Posted by MooglePorn

Off the top of my head I got a $100 Hitchcock set, a $100 Enterprise season, $70 worth of Batman movies, $30 for South Park 6, and many more I can't remember. October was huge.

On top of all that, I have the Phantasm box set from R2 hitting me with another $45 on the 31st. Very rough month, usually November is worse, but it doesn't look so bad this year.

[Reaver]

Originally Posted by MooglePorn

Off the top of my head I got a $100 Hitchcock set, a $100 Enterprise season, $70 worth of Batman movies, $30 for South Park 6, and many more I can't remember. October was huge.

Not a Hitchcock fan (though, to be fair, I've never seen any of his films all the way through, so I really can't judge one way or the other). I refuse to pay Paramount's outragous price for the Star Trek sets, and only one of the Burton Batman films is really worth owning. I do want the South Park sets though. So, for me, October wasnt bad at all.

[johna599a]

Originally Posted by Reaver

I refuse to pay Paramount's outragous price for the Star Trek sets,

I agree - so with Fry's around, sometimes they come through for a nice PM at BBuy for a bonus disk or Barnes & Noble's B2G1 sales (these last 2 years I have gotten some for around $60 through these -- that I will pay) or special prices (cough..mistakes..cough).

Hoping Fry's comes through again on Enterprise S4 or wait for a good (cough..DDD...cough) sale - as I do not want this S4 bonus disk about Archer's dog (as the feature describes that bonus disk, IMHO).

[RaceTripper]

Well, since I haven't yet seen Star Wars Ep. III (really), I think I'll get that.

In fact, I'll splurge and get the widescreen edition, so I can see all of it at once.

[Flash Ahhh]

Thanks for the Round up freezer.

I think I'll hit Wal-mart.

-Flash

[dugpa]

I picked up Sith and the bonus disc from Walmart on the way home last night. For those who haven't gotten it yet, honestly, it's not really worth the few extra dollars. The bonus disc is more or less a Star Wars For Dummies summary of the entire series. There's no behind the scenes stuff or anything. Just lots of clips from the movies telling the story with the droids hosting. So you might want to consider getting Sith from one of the other places that have it cheaper. The extra disc isn't really worth the additional $4 for the Walmart 2 pack.

[Dilmo]

Originally Posted by dugpa

The extra disc isn't really worth the additional $4 for the Walmart 2 pack.

Too late.

[NotaNumber]

Freezer, how did you embed a table in the post? I've tried to do this but I could not figure out how to do it.

[Mrredcotn]

I really wish I had read that before hand. The disc sucks. its all 6 of the movies compressed into 1 hour.

[limacharliewhiskey]

I haven't picked up many of these freebie bonus discs with titles that I've bought, but of those I have, very rarely have they been worth getting. The only one I thought was worth getting was a freebie with the last James Bond flick, Die Another Day, where the freebie was a TV documentary on the women in the James Bond movies.

I picked up my Revenge of the Sith at Best Buy today, also redeeming 3 of my McDonalds Monopoly/Best Buy bucks, so I picked it up for $11.99.

[dugpa]

Originally Posted by Mrredcotn

I really wish I had read that before hand. The disc sucks. its all 6 of the movies compressed into 1 hour.

Worse yet, it only covers five of the films since it was produced before Sith came out. So you don't even get the complete story. They really should have made this a freebe bonus instead of making people pay for it.