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You'd Have to be Craaaaaazy Not to Take Advantage of These Amazon Blu-Ray Deals

I guarantee you will NOT have an ounce of buyers remorse if you spend your paycheck on these titles. (Warning: not an actual guarantee)

By Matt Lopez  |  Aug. 6, 2010


 Awesome, I can finally replace my tattered VHS copy of The Last Starfighter!
 Awesome, I can finally replace my tattered VHS copy of The Last Starfighter!
Holy crabapples, folks, has anybody taken a peek at the bargain bin on Amazon of sub-$10 Blu-Ray titles? It's a cornucopia of great movies that might convince even the most spendthrift among us to get a new player and repopulate our collections with the new format. Let's take a look at some of the highlights from the over ninety titles available: 
 
2001: A Space Odyssey 
Dark City 
Terminator 2 
Unforgiven 
Letters from Iwo Jima 
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus 
Megafault 
and, of course, The Last fucking Starfighter 
 
Well, they can't all be Oscar-bait (though Starfighter has won an award from the Academy in my brain), but you could also look at it as the perfect opportunity to start exploring what studios like The Asylum have to offer. A twelve-pack of Racer 5 IPA and a fistful of mockbusters? Sign me up! 
 
Thank you Will Smith at our sister site Tested.com for the fabulous tip!
Filed under: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Dark City, Unforgiven, Megafault, Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, Letters from Iwo Jima
39 Comments
Walker_after_darkon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:05 p.m.
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus!!?! I am so there!
TheFaithfullyDepartedon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:11 p.m.
@Walker_after_dark:
i didnt even know they would put those movies in blu-ray
GoombahMikeon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:12 p.m.
But I like my old VHS copy of The Last Starfighter...
Matt staff on Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:17 p.m.
@GoombahMike: Kid, you gotta let go if you're to be  recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.
Gabrielon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:18 p.m.
Bought Unforgiven.
Kraznoron Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:26 p.m.

The Arrival is on that list. Been meaning to watch that again.

MrMazzon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:29 p.m.
man there are a ton of under 10 dollar blu rays fighting urge to spend 
Soundtrackon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus was just so bad it wasn't good.
CashBaileyon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:41 p.m.
The DARK CITY Blu is pretty great, apart from some terrible DNR implemented throughout.
ashrielson Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:47 p.m.
I'm still not on board for the high definition transition just yet.
Lwyllon Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:52 p.m.
meh. maybe if there were some good movies I'd care.
 
wait, scratch that Lord of War is on the list. GO BUY THAT MOVIE!
sissylionon Aug. 6, 2010 at 5:37 p.m.
I will continue to say that Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus isn't actually an entertaining film, and is just a standard "we need to get to the bottom of this" monster film that's very poor in quality and spends most of its time focusing on the human characters and not the titular shark and octopus.
 
Also, I still don't have any form of Blu-Ray player. Does that make me a bad person?
SomethingCleveron Aug. 6, 2010 at 5:42 p.m.
I've currently only got one blu ray and that is Robocop.  It is all I need.  Though perhaps I'll have to take a look at the list anyhow.  *expects to blow some cash on this and then regret it all later*
Darkstornon Aug. 6, 2010 at 5:49 p.m.
Have a Blu-ray player (PS3), but no HDTV. Perhaps later this year I'll be able to actually watch hi-def content.
GhostNPCon Aug. 6, 2010 at 6:15 p.m.
Too bad there's the shipping charge too. But pretty good deals anyway.
cooljammer00on Aug. 6, 2010 at 7:08 p.m.
I have Prime, but the only movie I can think of getting for my first Blu Ray would be T2.
skrutopon Aug. 6, 2010 at 7:14 p.m.
@Matt: Racer 5 is some good shit, son.
masternater27on Aug. 6, 2010 at 7:32 p.m.
Just to let you guys know most of the bigger stuff is available at Best Buy for the same prices. 
 
2001, American Werewolf, Iwo Jima, etc.
Kajaah117on Aug. 6, 2010 at 8:37 p.m.
@CashBailey said:
" The DARK CITY Blu is pretty great, apart from some terrible DNR implemented throughout. "
A fellow home theater enthusiast! Yes, Dark City is one of the worst Blu-ray transfers on the market. The AVS forum has some great screen captures to prove this. 
 
2001: A Space Odyssey is required to be in everybody's collection. If I go to your and I can't find a copy on your shelf, I want nothing more to do with you.
Lydian_Selon Aug. 6, 2010 at 10:57 p.m.
$10 for Lorenzo Lamas!? Now that's thrift.

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