Shawn of the Dead is out on DVD today!!!

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I nearly bought it, I've been waiting for ages but I'm not rich enough right now. Tesco were selling it for £15 which is a bit steep really, despite it being a cracking film.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:41 (twenty years ago)

i'll probably buy it but need to buy new dvd player first - that £80 one that plays divx and xvid burns i reckon

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:44 (twenty years ago)

that £80 one that plays divx and xvid burns i reckon

ooh, do tell...

― the impossible shortest special path! (the impossible shortest specia), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:49 (twenty years ago)

it was in the last issue of T3 i bought, i'll have to dig that out tonight

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:50 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to rent it tonight maybe - many many extras mmmmm extras.

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:51 (twenty years ago)

its been said before but this is what lovefilms for, right?

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:58 (twenty years ago)

Boo hiss! ILF is for talking about chairoscuro. ;-)

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:05 (twenty years ago)

I am very old-fashioned and still like to have a wander round and a chat with the indie boys in Video Box when I borrow a DVD :)

xpost lovefilm not ILF, DL...

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:07 (twenty years ago)

Besides, the postal service is far too erratic these days.

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:09 (twenty years ago)

oh ok. wow! i heard you could do this but i have no idea how it could work. the idea terrifies me. but then so does blockbuster video. anyway i don't want to rent i want to OWN!

(and pwn!) teehee!

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:09 (twenty years ago)

i don't really believe in renting. DVDs tend to have so much on them that the rrp seems entirely justified and i'd need more than a few days to get thru all the features.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:13 (twenty years ago)

> that £80 one that plays divx and xvid
> it was in the last issue of T3 i bought

is that the Kiss thing?

http://www.kiss-technology.com/?p=dvd&v=users
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000A03LU/qid=1094480024/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-0353307-7899825

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:13 (twenty years ago)

Owning stuff is so overrated. I could rent something six or seven times and still pay less than the rrp AND have more space in my house. Guess it depends how much you like to rewatch.

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:25 (twenty years ago)

i suppose renting and then ripping is a good way of doing it

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:26 (twenty years ago)

"good"

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:28 (twenty years ago)

"evil"

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:29 (twenty years ago)

What's the final, full list of extras for SOTD? I know they pulled three commentaries (after we'd worked on them in umpteen languages) - Bill Nighy/Penelope Wilton, lead actors and zombies - after they realised that they wouldn't fit on a single disc. I think we told them that at the start of the project but y'know...grumble..grumble...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago)

The case says the zombies commentary is on there. Does it lie?

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago)

I looked on the back of the dvd - ther're three commentaries, trailers, a few behind the scenes thingies, the little clips of trisha and coldplay and stuff - all good shit. actually maybe i do need to buy this.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago)

That's interesting. Maybe they just meant that 20+ language streams weren't going to fit for each of the three comms (the Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg one we completed and delivered). I was under the impression that the audio streams themselves had been axed.

Some of it is funny, btw.

(xpost with Dog Latin - originally there were four comms, so one has gone).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago)

rrrrrent n rrrrrip dl you know it ~~is morally dubious~~ makes sense

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:38 (twenty years ago)

There's 4 commentaries on it. one of simon pegg & edgar wright, one with the main cast, one with bill nighy i think, and the zombies one.

The extras are also really good, as you would expect from the spaced lot, and lots of opportunities for cameo spotting.

1 commentary down, 3 more to go this week...

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 6 September 2004 21:41 (twenty years ago)

I was *this* close to buying it yesterday. if i see it in the shops for under £14.99 I will.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 07:49 (twenty years ago)

Play.com have it for £11.99, I think.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Tempted to blow most of a £20 HMV voucher on it yesterday but the 3 for £20 sale was on so I got Reservoir Dogs, Goodfellas and The Third Man instead.

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 08:36 (twenty years ago)

pete has TWO COPIES, the bidding war starts here.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 08:53 (twenty years ago)

£1!

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:06 (twenty years ago)

My mother made her second purchase from pricedrop.tv yesterday (Egyptian cotton sheets).

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:17 (twenty years ago)

Eek! That way madness lies, Madchen. Save her from herself...

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:19 (twenty years ago)

Who was the presenter Madchen?

(As I've said on other threads I find pricedrop.tv, and to a lesser extent bidup.tv, addictive viewing, almost like stand-up comedy.)

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:30 (twenty years ago)

The worrying thing is this: she had just driven home from south west France and collapsed in a knackered fashion on the bed. She was later woken from her slumber by the pricedrop chap's voice (I don't know which one it was) and immediately picked up the phone to claim her sheets. They must have magickally hypnotised her in her sleep or something.

Presenting on shopping channels is a SKILL. Myself, I like Alison Young on QVC. I find an hour of In The Salon more attractive than an episode of Eastenders these days.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:33 (twenty years ago)

My .tv favourites are Gerry, Sarah and Little Richard, although the London spiv Mike is entertaining too.

Alison Young is the best thing on QVC, although I like the young coloured guy whose name I can't remember.

The runt of the litter is Ideal World though. The woman with the bingo wings, the two fat camp blokes that do 'craft', the woman who's surprised by everything and the useless South African girl. Burn them all.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 09:43 (twenty years ago)

What I like doing is buying stuff, then watching it, then selling it. The money you lose, if you lose any at all, is about the same as the cost of renting it, and you get to feel like a member of the merchant class. However, this does not work with 'Real Women Have Curves', which is impossible to shift.

The people on Bid-Up TV seem to think no one is watching.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago)

nine months pass...

This film was not bad at all. Very much "what would actually happen if YOU were attacked by zombies, instead of a bunch of generically attractive young people who are completely boring and unreasonable"

Is it just me or is the real cause of the zombie epidemic actually there, hidden in the details, and I need to watch it 3 or 4 more times?

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

It's £7.99 in Virgin.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

I have a vague memory that there are *several* possible causes of the epidemic shown in various places - mostly on newspaper headlines and billboards in the opening scenes, I think.

― Tech Support Droid (ForestPines), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

I can't decide if I should just watch this again or go see Land of the Dead. All I know is that watching some zombies will cheer me up.

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Is it just me or is the real cause of the zombie epidemic actually there, hidden in the details, and I need to watch it 3 or 4 more times?

yup. newspaper headlines, trucks driving past in the background, snippets of radio news.

i LOVE this movie.

"OOOHHHh, he's got an arm off!"

― kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

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