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dogstar2 · 02-14-2003, 08:51 PM

Mine has shipped from the warehouse. Anyone got their's yet? Anyone excited? Anyone care?

Matthew Forke · 02-14-2003, 09:02 PM

I just ordered mine this morning from DVD Planet, along with Criterion's double-feature "The Killers." Both are officially released on Tuesday the 18th and both are categorized as "In Stock." It'll probably ship today or tomorrow (hopefully).

When I first started collecting, I'd preorder religiously... New disks would usually arrive a few days before the release date. When they started to arrive a week or so late, I stopped preordering. I guess it all depends on the popularity of the title and the vendor, huh?

asphodel5 · 02-14-2003, 09:18 PM

My copy shipped on Wednesday. I usually get them on Monday. I just hope that the holiday doesn't screw things up. I'm really looking forward to thowing my old version out.

QuiGonJosh · 02-14-2003, 09:39 PM

Hasnt shipped yet....

Mister Zob · 02-15-2003, 03:51 PM

Mine is already in my hands!

But no time to watch it this weekend...

QuiGonJosh · 02-15-2003, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mister Zob
Mine is already in my hands!
But no time to watch it this weekend...

I'll take it off your hands.....

Doctor_Mabuse · 02-17-2003, 10:52 PM

Mine arrived this morning. Will watch it soon.

Lo Pan · 02-18-2003, 02:16 AM

Got mine Monday. You are gonna be agog when you see how good the film looks now. Seriously, it's a sight to behold. And the restoration featurette makes you appreciate the work that was done. The "wet scan" result alone is astonishing.

Yoda · 02-18-2003, 07:50 AM

Any Canadians know if this will be released in Canada?

Nexus 6 · 02-18-2003, 07:40 PM

I went into Best Buy today looking for this, and the girl said the release date was March 18.

This wasn't delayed, was it? I figured someone probably typed 3 instead of 2 in the computer

I may just order it online, I guess.

asphodel5 · 02-18-2003, 10:29 PM

"This wasn't delayed, was it?"

It sounds like Best Buy screwed up. It seems like every online store is sending it out now. Good luck finding a copy.

Mine arrived today. I was very pleased with it. I don't know quite how to put it, but this version actually felt like a great film. Previously, I had only seen the Mandacy version. It never really impacted me because the condition was so poor and so many connections were missing. In the past, it always seemed like a collections of neat scenes that were probably very exciting 75 years ago. This time, I think I finally saw something close to the masterpiece that Fritz Lang put together. I'm very happy about that!

Sorry to ramble like that, but I'm excited right now.

BADBRAD · 02-19-2003, 07:12 PM

I got METROPLIS at Laserblazer in LA. They had many copies of it. Also picked up THE KILLERS.

LtPepper · 02-23-2003, 07:39 PM

Received and watched this yesterday and was completely blow away. A lot of care went into the restoration and reconstruction of this great and influential film.

BubbleGumUK · 02-23-2003, 08:46 PM

What an AMAZING restoration - and the music score really puts you into the movie. It's got to win some DVD awards this year!

Only ever having seen the 1980s pop-rock version (I know, I know, and I'm sorry!) I picked up a VHS of the film from a few years back, but it ran at 14 frames a second and the print was still in bad shape.

Now with this DVD, I am astonished at how good the print looks, but is there anyone else out there that thinks that it now looks ever so slightly "digital"? I know in the featurette they go to great pains to describe how they wanted to stay away from this, but it still looks perhaps a little "too clean".

However, could this be with putting everything (the 2-hour film, at least 60 minutes of extra material) on the one disc?

In the UK, it's split over two discs (I assume one for the movie/commentary and one for the extras, though there doesn't seem to be enough to actually warrant a whole extra disc).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...257717-7033255

Anyone seen/have the UK 2-discer? Are there more extras and is the print less compressed? Interested to hear what the differences are, but for now this is great!

Paul.n3w · 03-01-2003, 05:55 AM

Just want to make sure, this isn't a limited release is it? I really want to see this eventually, but I've spent so much money on DVDs in the last 2 weeks or so, it will probably have to wait a while...

asphodel5 · 03-01-2003, 06:02 AM

I don't think its a limited release. I've never heard of Kino doing that. You should be safe for a while.

Nyarlathotep · 03-02-2003, 12:43 PM

I finally found a copy at Tower Records (so I paid too much for it

), and watched the movie for the very first time tonight. All I can really say is "Wow". I can't believe I waited so long to see it, but I'm glad that it was this version I saw first, rather than one of the previous edits.. I've seen Citizen Kane once, and I am aware of the idea that it is one of, if not the, best movies ever made, but IMHO, Metropolis was head and shoulders above it. At least, this edit of it.

02-14-2003, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
dogstar2 Supporting Actor Join Date: Jan 2003	Metropolis has shipped! Anyone got their's yet? Mine has shipped from the warehouse. Anyone got their's yet? Anyone excited? Anyone care?

02-14-2003, 09:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
asphodel5 Actor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: ohio	My copy shipped on Wednesday. I usually get them on Monday. I just hope that the holiday doesn't screw things up. I'm really looking forward to thowing my old version out. __________________ A sail! A veil awave upon the waves. Boomed crashing chords. When love absorbs. War! War! The tympanum. Redone and Revised! My Visually Oriented Screening Log

02-17-2003, 10:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Doctor_Mabuse Actor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Toledo, Ohio, USA	Mine arrived this morning. Will watch it soon. __________________ *Cogito, Ergo Sum* My DVD Library / My Other Videos

02-18-2003, 02:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lo Pan Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Chinatown.	Got mine Monday. You are gonna be agog when you see how good the film looks now. Seriously, it's a sight to behold. And the restoration featurette makes you appreciate the work that was done. The "wet scan" result alone is astonishing. __________________ Stuff.

02-18-2003, 07:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
Yoda Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: CANADA	Any Canadians know if this will be released in Canada? __________________ "When ninehundred years old you reach, look as good, you will not..mmm?"........ RETURN OF THE JEDI

02-14-2003, 09:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Matthew Forke Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Washington, DC	I just ordered mine this morning from DVD Planet, along with Criterion's double-feature "The Killers." Both are officially released on Tuesday the 18th and both are categorized as "In Stock." It'll probably ship today or tomorrow (hopefully). When I first started collecting, I'd preorder religiously... New disks would usually arrive a few days before the release date. When they started to arrive a week or so late, I stopped preordering. I guess it all depends on the popularity of the title and the vendor, huh?

02-14-2003, 09:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
QuiGonJosh Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Shire (WV)	Hasnt shipped yet....

02-15-2003, 03:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mister Zob Actor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: France	Mine is already in my hands! But no time to watch it this weekend...

02-18-2003, 07:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
Nexus 6 Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Anaheim, CA	I went into Best Buy today looking for this, and the girl said the release date was March 18. This wasn't delayed, was it? I figured someone probably typed 3 instead of 2 in the computer I may just order it online, I guess. __________________ --"It's a condition of mental divergence. I find myself on the planet Ogo, part of an intellectual elite, preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes on Pluto."

02-18-2003, 10:29 PM	#11 (permalink)
asphodel5 Actor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: ohio	"This wasn't delayed, was it?" It sounds like Best Buy screwed up. It seems like every online store is sending it out now. Good luck finding a copy. Mine arrived today. I was very pleased with it. I don't know quite how to put it, but this version actually felt like a great film. Previously, I had only seen the Mandacy version. It never really impacted me because the condition was so poor and so many connections were missing. In the past, it always seemed like a collections of neat scenes that were probably very exciting 75 years ago. This time, I think I finally saw something close to the masterpiece that Fritz Lang put together. I'm very happy about that! Sorry to ramble like that, but I'm excited right now. __________________ A sail! A veil awave upon the waves. Boomed crashing chords. When love absorbs. War! War! The tympanum. Redone and Revised! My Visually Oriented Screening Log

02-19-2003, 07:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
BADBRAD Actor Join Date: Oct 2002	I got METROPLIS at Laserblazer in LA. They had many copies of it. Also picked up THE KILLERS.

02-23-2003, 07:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
LtPepper Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Received and watched this yesterday and was completely blow away. A lot of care went into the restoration and reconstruction of this great and influential film. __________________ Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion 28:06:42:12

02-23-2003, 08:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
BubbleGumUK Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: England	What an AMAZING restoration - and the music score really puts you into the movie. It's got to win some DVD awards this year! Only ever having seen the 1980s pop-rock version (I know, I know, and I'm sorry!) I picked up a VHS of the film from a few years back, but it ran at 14 frames a second and the print was still in bad shape. Now with this DVD, I am astonished at how good the print looks, but is there anyone else out there that thinks that it now looks ever so slightly "digital"? I know in the featurette they go to great pains to describe how they wanted to stay away from this, but it still looks perhaps a little "too clean". However, could this be with putting everything (the 2-hour film, at least 60 minutes of extra material) on the one disc? In the UK, it's split over two discs (I assume one for the movie/commentary and one for the extras, though there doesn't seem to be enough to actually warrant a whole extra disc). http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...257717-7033255 Anyone seen/have the UK 2-discer? Are there more extras and is the print less compressed? Interested to hear what the differences are, but for now this is great! __________________ Check out DVD Toons for the latest in animated discs! And catch breaking Animated-News stories here!

03-01-2003, 05:55 AM	#15 (permalink)
Paul.n3w Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Upstate NY	Just want to make sure, this isn't a limited release is it? I really want to see this eventually, but I've spent so much money on DVDs in the last 2 weeks or so, it will probably have to wait a while...

03-01-2003, 06:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
asphodel5 Actor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: ohio	I don't think its a limited release. I've never heard of Kino doing that. You should be safe for a while. __________________ A sail! A veil awave upon the waves. Boomed crashing chords. When love absorbs. War! War! The tympanum. Redone and Revised! My Visually Oriented Screening Log

03-02-2003, 12:43 PM	#17 (permalink)
Nyarlathotep Actor Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: So. Cal.	I finally found a copy at Tower Records (so I paid too much for it ), and watched the movie for the very first time tonight. All I can really say is "Wow". I can't believe I waited so long to see it, but I'm glad that it was this version I saw first, rather than one of the previous edits.. I've seen Citizen Kane once, and I am aware of the idea that it is one of, if not the, best movies ever made, but IMHO, Metropolis was head and shoulders above it. At least, this edit of it. __________________ The Crawling Chaos' DVDs and favorite movies.

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