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domino harvey wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:19 pm Ferrara = Body Snatchers from WB, no?

domino harvey wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:32 pm Unless they add in a whole lot more Meg Tilly I don’t think it’s gonna help

domino harvey wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:32 pm Unless they add in a whole lot more Meg Tilly I don’t think it’s gonna help

Matt wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 5:28 am
Honestly, I can't even remember what their sub-labels are anymore. VSA, VSU, VSP, VSL? (Don't bother explaining, I don't care.)

domino harvey wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 12:59 pm Is it normal for VS to not ship for almost four weeks? I placed my order on the first and haven’t heard anything still, and it looks like plenty of people have gotten the partner releases shipped/delivered with no problem in the interim. You’d think placing a large order early on would give you some degree of priority but I guess not

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domino harvey wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 8:39 pm I didn’t get any kind of email like that. It’s absurd for it to potentially take a month or longer to ship out in stock items, especially at the prices they charge

Lowry_Sam wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 9:43 pm Does anyone know what is going on with Cinematographe? Is it now Muscle distribution? I saw the trailer for the Lincoln center screenings of Elaine May’s films (including A New Leaf) and only Muscle Distribution shows up as a credit. I went to the VS website and only clothing and tchotchkes get listed, all Cinematographe discs have disappeared. A quick google search turned up nothing.

Finch wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 11:04 pm

domino harvey wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 8:39 pm I didn’t get any kind of email like that. It’s absurd for it to potentially take a month or longer to ship out in stock items, especially at the prices they charge

Exactly what I thought when I waited over a month for Married to the Mob and then ended up being even more disappointed when they went overboard again with the grading. If it takes this long to get direct orders, I'm good waiting for the boutique stores to get their allocation, bundle anything I might want from VS with something else and save at least on shipping. In any case, I'm not preordering either direct or from stores until after reviews are out and I can see how they've graded the film. Done having repeated buyers remorse with these guys.

domino harvey wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 3:01 pm I looked over at the Blu-ray forums and there are people who are still waiting on orders they placed last month? Fuck this consortium, how can anyone defend this

Peacock wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 6:22 pm They are up front in their pre-sale FAQ about shipping times during the month after the HBF sale. It’s silly to complain about something which is stated before you purchase.

Like Domino I ordered on day 1 of the sale and I only got my shipping notice two days ago, but I did add some partner label month titles to my order. VS are a huge distro operation so you can’t expect them to put things out post-sale as fast as smaller labels do. I’m sure they could… I’m sure they could put even more money into their warehouse operations and staff but then that would mean less monthly money to put into releases for the sake of people increasing the size of their kevyip a week sooner.

Mondo Macabro only finished fulfilling their Halloween sale titles fairly recently (due to the one man size of their operations)! Massacre Video has people waiting for years for things they have purchased. It can always be worse.