| tshintl | 05 Nov 2002 3:47 p.m. PST |
Just bought it, just watched various scenes on a big screen TV, using digital 5.1 sound. AMAZING!!! Twice as good as on HBO (picture and sound is much improved). Worth whatever you pay if you have a good home theater system, and can witness the effects and explosions. Highly recommended. If you don't have a DVD player yet, I would suggest getting one now, as it's just not the same on VHS. |
| Patrick R | 05 Nov 2002 3:53 p.m. PST |
I'm getting mine the second it comes out ... |
| tshintl | 05 Nov 2002 4:11 p.m. PST |
Patrick, it's already out. Just was released today November 5th (at least in N. America). I bought mine at Best Buy and it came to $85 and change. I know it's cheaper else where, but I would rather pay more and have it right now, than wait a day or two to get it in the mail. |
| rallypoint | 05 Nov 2002 4:42 p.m. PST |
Just an FYI... In the SanFrancisco Bay Area BestBuy advertisement booklet, BofB is $79.99, AND, a free copy of the HBO movie "When Trumpets Fade", which is about the battle in the Hurtgen forest September 1944-February 1945. Ron |
| Rodney | 05 Nov 2002 5:17 p.m. PST |
I was at Costco earlier today and saw the set for $72. Now I'm just waiting for pay day... Rod Thomson
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| Patrick R | 05 Nov 2002 6:43 p.m. PST |
Doesn't come out in Europe until the 19th of November ... |
| Stuart | 05 Nov 2002 11:44 p.m. PST |
Its been delayed in New Zealand until the 27th so my reference library will get 'Blackadder goes forth' instead.
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| Gav Tyler | 06 Nov 2002 4:26 a.m. PST |
Patrik R -
I got my copy from Virgin on Monday in the UK! Where in Europe are you - you can get it from Amazon.co.uk for £44.99. Same coding, so you still use it anywhere in Europe (same as New Zealand I think too Stuart...) I've watched it all already - late nights Monday and Yesterday! I missed some of the episodes the first time round - aren't the Battle of the Bulge ones depressing! |
| PeterFH | 06 Nov 2002 8:15 a.m. PST |
Has anyone watched the extra stuff yet ? If so, can you describe what it's like ? I know they are including the documentary as an "extra", but I thought there was some other stuff included too. |
| Jay Arnold | 06 Nov 2002 8:22 a.m. PST |
I got it at Best Buy as well. "When Trumpets Fade" isn't a bad movie, just not very good. It's OK I guess you could say. That being said, the extra stuff is pretty cool. They have bios of the actual soldiers from E/506, a "Making of" documentary (wait til' you see how they made the Tigers and PzKpfw IVs), a glossary of military terms, a timeline of WWII and the years before, a map charting Easy's progress, photo galleries, multiple language options and Ron Livingston's (played Lew Nixon) video diary. Very cool. Well worth every penny. Of course, I now have to get my fiancee at least one season of "Sex in the City" ... The thing I though was cool was hearing the guys who played Winters and Liebgott's actual British accents. Jay |
| Gav Tyler | 06 Nov 2002 8:49 a.m. PST |
They of course weren't the only Brits in it! Any other Brits remember Press gang? The kids tv progrmme on years ago - well one of the guys in Bof B was in that (and of course Lock Stock and Two Smoking barrels!). I'm sure the quarter master corporal was in grange hill or something similar?!
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| Jay Arnold | 07 Nov 2002 12:33 p.m. PST |
From "Lock, Stock ..." the guys that play Martin and Hanney were both in it. The guy that plays Hanney was in "Snatch" as well. Jay |
