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[anotheranon]

twit(s) of the day

• 10:31 "Dark Knight boutique" reads... wrong, somehow.
• 10:41 Alatriste FINALLY on Region I DVD? tinyurl.com/Alatriste. It's Viggo Mortensen with a sword - what part of this is bad?

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[stanci.livejournal.com]

Amazon says Alatriste isn't out yet... Where'd you find it? (the tinyurl link isn't working for me)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Ack - snip the "." off that URL, and it will work. I found it on Amazon - imported but region I (I think - hence the "?")

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've seen it pop up on the secondhand market a couple of times (and I see that's how it's coming up on Amazon as well), but I'm wary ... regions 1 & 4 is an odd combination for a legit disc. Much as I want to see it, I'd rather wait for something that's actually meant to be sold here.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

We have a multi-region player, so I THINK it would play, though I'm not sure - can DVDs have "bugs"?

It's the $40 price tag that gives me pause.

Caveat emptor. Always.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Well, not virus-type bugs (that I know of), but cheap reproduction, especially the will generally mean crappy picture/sound.

And, price tag and hinky region combination aside, the fact that I've never seen an officially licensed Region 1 version of this flick for sale (and a Region 1 would have been available via our familiar regular distributors if it existed) just makes my mental "pirated!!!" alarm go off at triple volume. Not an industry I particularly want to support.