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thefly 10-13-2003 08:45 PM

matrix reloaded price
 
Anybody seen a better price than $39.95 for Matrix reloaded dvd, I rang The
Warehouse but they don't seem to have it yet, they discounted Lord of the
rings in it's 1st week release for $29 so am hoping they will do the same
for Matrix. It's weird with the lord of the rings dvd, you get the best
price if you buy it straight away when demand is the highest, it was the
same with the 1st lord of the rings dvd, you would normally expect to pay
the most while demand is highest but The Warehouse surprised me with this
move, it makes some sense though as they secure the sale of the dvd rather
than somewhere else if they offer it on special and when demand is the
highest this means a lot of sales, my local Warehouse sold out of the lotr
dvd very quickly.



XPD 10-13-2003 09:30 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 

"thefly" <trap@trap> wrote in message news:3f8b0f0a$1@clear.net.nz...
> Anybody seen a better price than $39.95 for Matrix reloaded dvd, I rang

The
> Warehouse but they don't seem to have it yet, they discounted Lord of the
> rings in it's 1st week release for $29 so am hoping they will do the same
> for Matrix.



Gameplanet did have it on pre-order for $29.95 but looks like theyve put the
price up now since its actually out... $36.99



Russell Smithies 10-13-2003 09:31 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 
thefly wrote:
> Anybody seen a better price than $39.95 for Matrix reloaded dvd, I
> rang The Warehouse but they don't seem to have it yet, they
> discounted Lord of the rings in it's 1st week release for $29 so am
> hoping they will do the same for Matrix. It's weird with the lord of
> the rings dvd, you get the best price if you buy it straight away
> when demand is the highest, it was the same with the 1st lord of the
> rings dvd, you would normally expect to pay the most while demand is
> highest but The Warehouse surprised me with this move, it makes some
> sense though as they secure the sale of the dvd rather than somewhere
> else if they offer it on special and when demand is the highest this
> means a lot of sales, my local Warehouse sold out of the lotr dvd
> very quickly.


I bought it from the Warehouse this morning @ $39.95(Dunedin)

Russell



thefly 10-13-2003 09:38 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 

"XPD" <spam@xpd.co.co.co.nz.nz> wrote in message
news:1066080635.539369@drone5.qsi.net.nz...
>
> "thefly" <trap@trap> wrote in message news:3f8b0f0a$1@clear.net.nz...
> > Anybody seen a better price than $39.95 for Matrix reloaded dvd, I rang

> The
> > Warehouse but they don't seem to have it yet, they discounted Lord of

the
> > rings in it's 1st week release for $29 so am hoping they will do the

same
> > for Matrix.

>
>
> Gameplanet did have it on pre-order for $29.95 but looks like theyve put

the
> price up now since its actually out... $36.99
>


Damn, missed out there then. Hmmm I wonder if I should wait, you never know
but normally discounts on dvd's are few and far between so probably not like
to get much better than $39.95 now which seems a lot for a non-special
edition dvd, the extra's look crap on this dvd, you are really only getting
the movie for this price, if it was an se with good extras then I would feel
better about the price, I had hoped this dvd would be released at $29.95.



jedmesiter 10-13-2003 10:01 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 
It was a boring movie anyway, only good thing is the special effects...they
should sell for $10.

"thefly" <trap@trap> wrote in message news:3f8b0f0a$1@clear.net.nz...
> Anybody seen a better price than $39.95 for Matrix reloaded dvd, I rang

The
> Warehouse but they don't seem to have it yet, they discounted Lord of the
> rings in it's 1st week release for $29 so am hoping they will do the same
> for Matrix. It's weird with the lord of the rings dvd, you get the best
> price if you buy it straight away when demand is the highest, it was the
> same with the 1st lord of the rings dvd, you would normally expect to pay
> the most while demand is highest but The Warehouse surprised me with this
> move, it makes some sense though as they secure the sale of the dvd rather
> than somewhere else if they offer it on special and when demand is the
> highest this means a lot of sales, my local Warehouse sold out of the lotr
> dvd very quickly.
>
>




lostforwords.org 10-13-2003 10:20 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 

"jedmesiter" <jedhallinan@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:ehFib.177577$JA5.4452766@news.xtra.co.nz...
> It was a boring movie anyway, only good thing is the special

effects...they
> should sell for $10.
>


That sounds like major flamebait to me. Like to see you make a better movie
:-)



thefly 10-13-2003 10:22 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 
Some special effects were good but a lot were crap, there were many effects
that are better done with non-cgi techniques but it seems these days we just
get more and more cgi no matter how unreal it looks, it seems very ironic
that in many ways the ability of special effects to look realistic has gone
backwards in the last 10 years, I've seen movies from 20 years ago with
better special effects, cgi looks totally crap alongside good model work
but unfortunately cgi looks like it has taken over for good. Just so I am
not misunderstood, I think cgi is awesome when used to portray things that
cannot be betrayed better by other means, it is a great supplement to other
techniques but where it has gone awfully wrong is in it's use where it is
clearly not up to the task. I pine for the day's when you looked at
amazement when you looked a spacecraft etc.. on the movie screen that looked
as if they really existed and had just been filmed, there is absolutely no
suspension of belief with today's cgi effects. I guess today's teenagers
would be none the wiser though as they have grown up with these effects and
to them they are seeing better and better effects all the time as cgi gets
better, never realising that some special effects use to look real rather
than just an improved version of their computer game graphics.
Now look you have made me rant.

"jedmesiter" <jedhallinan@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:ehFib.177577$JA5.4452766@news.xtra.co.nz...
> It was a boring movie anyway, only good thing is the special

effects...they
> should sell for $10.
>
> "thefly" <trap@trap> wrote in message news:3f8b0f0a$1@clear.net.nz...
> > Anybody seen a better price than $39.95 for Matrix reloaded dvd, I rang

> The
> > Warehouse but they don't seem to have it yet, they discounted Lord of

the
> > rings in it's 1st week release for $29 so am hoping they will do the

same
> > for Matrix. It's weird with the lord of the rings dvd, you get the best
> > price if you buy it straight away when demand is the highest, it was the
> > same with the 1st lord of the rings dvd, you would normally expect to

pay
> > the most while demand is highest but The Warehouse surprised me with

this
> > move, it makes some sense though as they secure the sale of the dvd

rather
> > than somewhere else if they offer it on special and when demand is the
> > highest this means a lot of sales, my local Warehouse sold out of the

lotr
> > dvd very quickly.
> >
> >

>
>




T.N.O. 10-13-2003 10:39 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 
"lostforwords.org" wrote
> > It was a boring movie anyway, only good thing is the special

> effects...they
> > should sell for $10.


> That sounds like major flamebait to me. Like to see you make a better

movie

I tend to agree with him on that, I found it boring, but the third one is
meant to be better...

For a better movie on a smaller budget, try www.fanimatrix.com or similar...
kinda cool for a no-budget movie.



Andrew 10-13-2003 10:43 PM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 
Dude.. its $7 bux..... if you want it, Get it

"thefly" <trap@trap> wrote in message news:3f8b1b83$1@clear.net.nz...
>
> "XPD" <spam@xpd.co.co.co.nz.nz> wrote in message
> news:1066080635.539369@drone5.qsi.net.nz...
> >
> > "thefly" <trap@trap> wrote in message news:3f8b0f0a$1@clear.net.nz...
> > > Anybody seen a better price than $39.95 for Matrix reloaded dvd, I

rang
> > The
> > > Warehouse but they don't seem to have it yet, they discounted Lord of

> the
> > > rings in it's 1st week release for $29 so am hoping they will do the

> same
> > > for Matrix.

> >
> >
> > Gameplanet did have it on pre-order for $29.95 but looks like theyve put

> the
> > price up now since its actually out... $36.99
> >

>
> Damn, missed out there then. Hmmm I wonder if I should wait, you never

know
> but normally discounts on dvd's are few and far between so probably not

like
> to get much better than $39.95 now which seems a lot for a non-special
> edition dvd, the extra's look crap on this dvd, you are really only

getting
> the movie for this price, if it was an se with good extras then I would

feel
> better about the price, I had hoped this dvd would be released at $29.95.
>
>




Chris Mayhew 10-14-2003 12:11 AM

Re: matrix reloaded price
 
"T.N.O." <news@dave.net.nz> wrote in
news:bmf9iu$masr7$1@ID-183327.news.uni-berlin.de:


> For a better movie on a smaller budget, try www.fanimatrix.com or
> similar... kinda cool for a no-budget movie.
>
>


Yeah, saw that on TV1 news a while back but they didn't tell you where to
download it so I emailed them using their mail form on NZoom and I got a
reply to say it (the mailto) had bounced..... so much for the charter ....
and the fact that I had the spelling wrong (I though the news reader said
FanAmatrix) didn't help either when it came to google .... happened to get
the right spelling in the end and downloaded it. Never did hear back from
TV1 but then thats not suprising ....

"The original message was received at Thu, 2 Oct 2003 19:03:57 +1200
from localhost [127.0.0.1]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<mike.farman@tvnz.cvo.nz>
(reason: 550 Host unknown)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 5.1.2 <mike.farman@tvnz.cvo.nz>... Host unknown (Name server:
tvnz.cvo.nz: host not found)"

Well what you know the host wasn't found...... what if I found *changed*
it myself.....



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