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Thanks, ordered one. I think I own most of these on DVD, but I've still only watched the first two. Now I can dump the DVDs and watch the whole set around Halloween.

 
In case anyone needs an opinion on the series, they aren't full blown rehashes as you may think.The series is consistent, taking a general story and filling in the blanks as they go along. You see the story expand out and gradually get richer and deeper with the history behind the main antagonist, Jigsaw (the first movie alone offers a pretty big twist). I didn't expect much at first with seven movies, but after the first movie, I wanted to see more...and in the course of a single day, I was thrown back by the suspense more than I was by the violence.

For less than $20, for the whole movie series, it has my vote. If it goes cheaper during the holidays, all the more worth it.

 
Can someone clarify something for me? I quit watching the films after they got super convoluted (around 4 or 5), but WTF is the "Saw 3D" nonsense? Is it OoP or something? Or do all copies of the 7th movie come in 3D? I looked it up on Amazon and it said "Formerly 3D" so I am confused. And what kind of 3D are we talking anyways? Stereoscopic, the red/blue nonsense, what? I remember hearing it was actually filmed in 3D from the start, if that's true seems like 3D was intended to be a big part of the experience.

And aren't they making a Saw 8?

Anyways thanks OP, this is tempting for just the first few movies, I'll think about it.


thelaughingmann said:
In case anyone needs an opinion on the series, they aren't full blown rehashes as you may think.The series is consistent, taking a general story and filling in the blanks as they go along. You see the story expand out and gradually get richer and deeper with the history behind the main antagonist, Jigsaw (the first movie alone offers a pretty big twist). I didn't expect much at first with seven movies, but after the first movie, I wanted to see more...and in the course of a single day, I was thrown back by the suspense more than I was by the violence.

For less than $20, for the whole movie series, it has my vote. If it goes cheaper during the holidays, all the more worth it.
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The first movie was great, no question. But they seemed to quickly deteriorate from there. I did still enjoy the 3rd one for what it was..... but I found that the ones I watched afterwards were garbage. The 4th one was where it started to get really bad, and I just quit soon after.

 
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Saw 3D is just the 3D version of Saw: The Final Chapter or Saw VII as it's sometimes known.  I have no idea what kind of 3D it is, I ignore all that kind of stuff.

They are making a new Saw movie, they haven't said what its relation to the rest of the series is going to be though.

Thanks for the heads up on this OP, throwing my Saw blu-rays on eBay as I type this!  I absolutely LOVE this series.  I know it's far from perfect... or even good... but it actually is amazing they carry a storyline through all seven movies that still has one of the BEST payoffs I've seen in the horror genre.  Seriously, if you can make it through all seven movies the ending is MIND BLOWING.

There's actually a theory they stole the ending from a fanmade Youtube video someone posted a couple of years before the last movie because it was so genius.

 
Count Van Ghoul said:
Saw 3D is just the 3D version of Saw: The Final Chapter or Saw VII as it's sometimes known. I have no idea what kind of 3D it is, I ignore all that kind of stuff.
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I gotcha, thanks for the explanation, but does this 3D version even exist anywhere? Cause a couple google searches are just showing the standard Blu Ray, and I see nothing about a 3D version on that.

 
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Best Buy might have the exclusive on the 3D. Figured that would've run out by now but you piqued my interest and I didn't find it anywhere except there - and at an overblown cost of $35.
 
How long before Saw jumped the shark?

I only saw the first two movies and thought they were good. I've always been hesitant to watch the rest of them though, since high number horror sequels usually suck.
 
If it jumped the shark anywhere, I'd say Saw II was the start.  Saw II-VII have far more in common with each other than they do with the first Saw.

I don't think it jumped the shark at all, though. You watch those knowing what you're gonna get. A bunch of people die in messed up ways in an attempt to stay alive. It's like saying Friday the 13th jumped the shark.  In reality, Jason movies have always sucked. That's what makes them enjoyable.

And if you look, it's only three discs. It means double sided and that two movies will be wedged on one side.

 
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movie_mike said:
Best Buy might have the exclusive on the 3D. Figured that would've run out by now but you piqued my interest and I didn't find it anywhere except there - and at an overblown cost of $35.
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Well fuck. That really sucks, I'd have been interested in the novelty of a 3D Saw but no way would I touch it for $35. Oh well, thanks for the clarification.

Grammar Police said:
If it jumped the shark anywhere, I'd say Saw II was the start. Saw II-VII have far more in common with each other than they do with the first Saw.

I don't think it jumped the shark at all, though. You watch those knowing what you're gonna get. A bunch of people die in messed up ways in an attempt to stay alive. It's like saying Friday the 13th jumped the shark. In reality, Jason movies have always sucked. That's what makes them enjoyable.

And if you look, it's only three discs. It means double sided and that two movies will be wedged on one side.
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1 was a "classic" none of the other films I saw ever approached. It was genuinely creepy and in many ways unlike any movie I've ever seen before. 3 had it's moments too, but none of the films I saw aside from the first genuinely creeped me out. After 1, Saw always focused more on gore and special effects than anything resembling true horror IMO. That and the soap-oprahesque "twists".

And Friday the 13th always sucked. I saw them all when a friend of mine bought the entire collection and it has to be the most abysmal franchise I've ever sat through. The first film was mildly interesting, if only for the twist on who the murderer really was, and I admit I did glean some enjoyment from the one in the future where Jason went into space. And Freddy vs Jason is novel too in it's own way. But, aside from those 3, I can honestly say I didn't get a single scrap of enjoyment from ANY of those movies and to this day I can't begin to comprehend why they were ever popular. At best, they seem like excuses for teens to sneak into an R rated movie to see some nudity that added absolutely nothing to any of the movies....

I mean, aside from Aliens, I really can't think of a horror franchise that I would say is consistently good. Lord knows Nightmare on Elm Street had some stinkers too. But Friday the 13th.... ALL the Friday the 13th movies.... are utter garbage and I just don't see the appeal. Compared to them, Saw is the fucking Godfather :???:

 
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NovaKane said:
How long before Saw jumped the shark?

I only saw the first two movies and thought they were good. I've always been hesitant to watch the rest of them though, since high number horror sequels usually suck.
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I would say that once the second movie came around, it started to expand out the story behind Jigsaw. I got through all the movies, and while the premise of dealing with victims is consistent (forcing them to endure a situation that teaches a harsh lesson that could either kill them or not), the stories in each chapter gradually add more and more to the lore. The series overall is good IMO, you just have to look at it for the story more and not so much for the violence.

 
Just a heads up this set only has 3 discs. I don't know how they crammed 7 movies into 3 discs but I would be worried about the quality and extra features if your into that. Also since there's been some talk about the 3d version, I had owned it but later sold it because I didn't think the 3d was all that great even though it was shot in 3d.

 
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thelaughingmann said:
I would say that once the second movie came around, it started to expand out the story behind Jigsaw. I got through all the movies, and while the premise of dealing with victims is consistent (forcing them to endure a situation that teaches a harsh lesson that could either kill them or not), the stories in each chapter gradually add more and more to the lore. The series overall is good IMO, you just have to look at it for the story more and not so much for the violence.
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Let me ask, have you read any of the Saw comics? And wasn't there some Saw videogame? Just curious how far you've gotten into the story. I haven't went into it any beyond the movies, and even there I quit at like the 4th or 5th.

 
Saw 3D is stereoscopic 3D.  I saw it in theaters in 3D and bought the 3D blu the day it was released.  Looks great at 1080p via Active Shutter glasses.  I wasn't aware it was OoP, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a BB exclusive, I think that's where I bought it.

 
I will buy these when is $9.99 with free movie thicket for Saw VIII? I think it is lol  Otherwise not worth it for me lol

 
There were two Saw videogames, both kind of played like linear versions of Silent Hill.  I enjoyed them.  Even going for a platinum, they were short games, but not too short.  Easily finishable in a weekend. 

 
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There were two Saw videogames, both kind of played like linear versions of Silent Hill. I enjoyed them. Even going for a platinum, they were short games, but not too short. Easily finishable in a weekend.
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Huh, I wrote them off as shovelware crap, especially after seeing a score somewhere under 50 on Metacritic. I didn't know there were two of them though.

As far as this deal goes, I also saw the 3 disc thing on Amazon, but I wrote it off as a typo. I know Amazon often screws up their product details, at least as far as comics go. Is it confirmed as just a 3 disc set?

I also noticed the run time is only 384 minutes? Seems pretty low for 7 movies..... I don't remember the 1st 3 being super long, but surely it would take more than 6.5 hours to go through 7 movies?

Either Amazon has once again screwed up their listings (that's my bet) or this is going from a solid "maybe" to a definite no really fast......

 
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rcerboss said:
Let me ask, have you read any of the Saw comics? And wasn't there some Saw videogame? Just curious how far you've gotten into the story. I haven't went into it any beyond the movies, and even there I quit at like the 4th or 5th.
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I went all the way. I did not play the video game or read the comics, but I marathoned the whole movie series in a night and a day. It's natural that when you have a persistent movie series putting out an iteration each year to get numb to the series to a point and figure "Why am I watching these still when I know what is gonna happen?"...but while the violence mostly is the same, the plot's detailing over seven movies does expand and get more intricate and give you insight into how characters fit in (plus, there are some game changers that happen that are nice twists...even the ending in the final movie's pretty surprising).

 
I just asked a friend of mine who is kinda into Saw, there's no way this Amazon listing is accurate.  He said 384 minutes would cover the original trilogy but no more.

I'm thinking of locking in the price now, then cancelling if necessary.  The entire product description is looking more and more like an error on Amazon's part, and I'm wondering if the price is maybe a mistake too?

 
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rcerboss said:
Huh, I wrote them off as shovelware crap, especially after seeing a score somewhere under 50 on Metacritic. I didn't know there were two of them though.
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It could just be because of the shortness and how easy it is to play through. Sure, it's not the top of the line compared to AAA titles out there, but it's good for what it is. What I find fascinating about Saw is the entire mythology and story that's interweaved throughout the entire series, and the games add to that, what with expanding on some of the characters from the movies.

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I just asked a friend of mine who is kinda into Saw, there's no way this Amazon listing is accurate. He said 384 minutes would cover the original trilogy but no more.

I'm thinking of locking in the price now, then cancelling if necessary. The entire product description is looking more and more like an error on Amazon's part, and I'm wondering if the price is maybe a mistake too?
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I'm more willing to believe Amazon screwed up the disc count and runtime, than to believe they typoed the cover image which clearly reads all 7 Uncut movies. Your friend is right, 384 is totally not enough for even the original trilogy.

 
I get what you're saying that wouldn't be the first time Amazon screwed up a cover image either. I am Not sure If they are still up But check out the latest TPBs for Super girl and Worlds Finest to see what I mean.
 
The movies are alright but the ending if the seventh film felt kinda like fan service because many people were hoping to see something like that play out. Not that it makes the series any worse.....I just wasn't surprised.

And 7 films on 3 discs? No thanks.
 
rcerboss said:
Well fuck. That really sucks, I'd have been interested in the novelty of a 3D Saw but no way would I touch it for $35. Oh well, thanks for the clarification.



1 was a "classic" none of the other films I saw ever approached. It was genuinely creepy and in many ways unlike any movie I've ever seen before. 3 had it's moments too, but none of the films I saw aside from the first genuinely creeped me out. After 1, Saw always focused more on gore and special effects than anything resembling true horror IMO. That and the soap-oprahesque "twists".

And Friday the 13th always sucked. I saw them all when a friend of mine bought the entire collection and it has to be the most abysmal franchise I've ever sat through. The first film was mildly interesting, if only for the twist on who the murderer really was, and I admit I did glean some enjoyment from the one in the future where Jason went into space. And Freddy vs Jason is novel too in it's own way. But, aside from those 3, I can honestly say I didn't get a single scrap of enjoyment from ANY of those movies and to this day I can't begin to comprehend why they were ever popular. At best, they seem like excuses for teens to sneak into an R rated movie to see some nudity that added absolutely nothing to any of the movies....

I mean, aside from Aliens, I really can't think of a horror franchise that I would say is consistently good. Lord knows Nightmare on Elm Street had some stinkers too. But Friday the 13th.... ALL the Friday the 13th movies.... are utter garbage and I just don't see the appeal. Compared to them, Saw is the fucking Godfather :???:
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That's basically everything I listed in my post, including the 3 disc comment.
 
FlamedLiquid said:
You got enjoyment from Alien 3 and the AvP movies? Ugggghhhh.
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I didn't mention the Alien franchise. I didn't like 3 the last time I saw it but it's been a while. I hated the fourth. I think the AVP movies are probably better than four (at least the first is; I haven't seen the second all the way through), but they're a perfect case of throwing franchises together just to do it. Not usually a fan of that. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is probably the only one I legitimately love.

 
Grammar Police said:
I didn't mention the Alien franchise. I didn't like 3 the last time I saw it but it's been a while. I hated the fourth. I think the AVP movies are probably better than four (at least the first is; I haven't seen the second all the way through), but they're a perfect case of throwing franchises together just to do it. Not usually a fan of that. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is probably the only one I legitimately love.
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Sorry. Realized I quoted the wrong person.
 
I sold my Saw individual Blu-Ray collection yesterday for $35 and pre-ordered this. The front cover says they're all unrated, so hopefully this means the unrated version of the original Saw will finally see the light of day on Blu-Ray. Multiple movies on a disc scares me as well, but we'll see how it is. I think two movies per disc should be okay (though obviously one disc will need to contain three movies). As long as it's not four or more like the bargain bin Blu-Ray sets always are, this should be alright. The cover looks legit enough.

Hopefully Saw 3 is actually the unrated version and not the director's cut.

And I'll back up the people here defending the series by saying yes, it's worth watching all of them if you're into horror movies. There's enough twists (and plot holes, to be fair) to keep it interesting throughout. Saw 7 is the only movie that I'm flat out ashamed of. Horrible, horrible movie from start to finish. Saw 5 was kind of a filler movie in the series, but Saw 7 was a bitch slap to the face. But 1, 2, 3, and 6 were all great in my opinion, and this is a great price for those four alone.

 
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FlamedLiquid said:
You got enjoyment from Alien 3 and the AvP movies? Ugggghhhh.
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Yes? I don't get the hate for Aliens 3, I liked it fine. I've only ever seen the extended version, I hear the theatrical release cut a ton of stuff out, I don't know. And it certainly isn't my favorite movie of all time, but I don't think it was the travesty everyone says.

I don't think AvP really counts. Hell, I think I'd count Prometheus before I count those two. Even if I didn't really enjoy the movies themselves though, I did get some minor enjoyment from the novelty of the two mixing.


Luriden said:
I sold my Saw individual Blu-Ray collection yesterday for $35 and pre-ordered this. The front cover says they're all unrated, so hopefully this means the unrated version of the original Saw will finally see the light of day on Blu-Ray. Multiple movies on a disc scares me as well, but we'll see how it is. I think two movies per disc should be okay (though obviously one disc will need to contain three movies). As long as it's not four or more like the bargain bin Blu-Ray sets always are, this should be alright. The cover looks legit enough.

Hopefully Saw 3 is actually the unrated version and not the director's cut.

And I'll back up the people here defending the series by saying yes, it's worth watching all of them if you're into horror movies. There's enough twists (and plot holes, to be fair) to keep it interesting throughout. Saw 7 is the only movie that I'm flat out ashamed of. Horrible, horrible movie from start to finish. Saw 5 was kind of a filler movie in the series, but Saw 7 was a bitch slap to the face. But 1, 2, 3, and 6 were all great in my opinion, and this is a great price for those four alone.
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I'm still betting that 3 disc nonsense is an error. Amazon screws up product descriptions quite frequently, and that goes double for pre-orders. If it turns out it's not an error though, I will be cancelling my order.


Grammar Police said:
That's basically everything I listed in my post, including the 3 disc comment.
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Whatever you say champ.

 
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That's a great deal for a full BD set.  Only a few in the middle of the series were bad, the rest are all smart, bloody, and well-paced.

I can't give up my unrated Saw 1 DVD in liquid bloody packaging, and I love my 1-3 3D puppet packaging, so I'll be passing, but for anyone interested in seeing the series, this or about $15 is a great price for the whole series.

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NightCat said:
I will pass 7 movies on 3 blus scares me...
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Could just be a typo much like it saying the run time is 6.4 hours for 7 movies which is obviously very wrong.

Lionsgate hasn't even had an official announcement for the set yet so we don't even know the specs from the people releasing it. Im guessing its either a misprint on amazons end, or they are simply putting in info as a place holder till they get the real specs. Bottom line is that right now, no one knows anything about this set.

 
I agree horror movies rarely have good plots and the longer they go on the worse they get. for the life of me I cannot figure out why horror movies are stuck in the land of ultimate plotholes.

Saw 1 does stand alone(ok maybe not alone but its pretty damn rare) as a genuinely great original well done horror movie.

I'd say after saw 3 and a certain death the series just falls apart. it starts adding twist after twist after twist to the point where it just gets stupid. saw 7 was pretty bad too because of this and the pointless twist ending. although I forget whether it is 6 or 7 that has that one cool plot idea but either way by movie 5 and later the traps become less about a test of survival and life lesson and more about just senseless killing. in all of the traps in the first 3 movies you can get out alive(wounded but alive)....in the later movies it becomes impossible to do this. it really makes it all feel pointless and truthfully Im not even sure why the tests are still going on past movie 4.

 
Fantastic series. It's amazing how they all tie together, especially considering the series was never meant to go as long as it did.

One of the very few series I've watched with the commentary. Amazing how much thought was put into these movies.

 
Holy shit that's a great deal. I had always wanted to get the set the UK sold for years but it didn't contain all the unrated ones so I just held out hoping the US would do a proper release one day and my waiting has paid off at last. I also was going to pick these up individually a few different times since Amazon prices them at 5 each a lot but still held out. Can't wait to watch these things again, it's been a long time.

 
Awesome deal I love these movies, most of them at least.  They definitely start to fall off as the movies go on and the last one or two are down right bad movies.  Still an awesome price for the good ones though.  Insta buy for me.

 
I started to get this deal, but with shipping and tax I'd be looking at close to MSRP. So, I think I'll wait until it releases and Target or Walmart will have it around $20.

 
FYI it looks like this has started shipping...... and nobody still knows a damn thing about this set except that it does appear the 7 movies really are crammed onto 3 discs  :wall:

.....Oh well, even if the discs themselves suck, hopefully we'll at least get UV codes for the proper versions of all 7 films right?  

Either way, if anybody wants to cancel a pre-order, now is the time.

 
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I received my copy from Amazon today.

I have not opened it, but the back lists each movie with "Unrated" as a highlighted rating, and the front emphasizes "Includes All 7 Unrated Films".

There are zero extras listed.

 
Got mine in today,  opened it up, 3 disc of course.  Have no tried to play any of them yet, but includes 1 UV code for all the movies, saw 1 and 2 on disc 1, saw 3, 4 and 5 on disc 2, and the rest on disc 3.

 
I got my set today and watched a little bit of Saw 3 (I chose that one because it's on disc 2, the only disc with 3 movies combined). The video quality is fine. A bit grainy, but so was the original standalone release. No noticeable artifacts other than that.

The menu is cheap. It's animated, but you click on a Saw movie and it plays, nothing special. There's no chapter select, and it has English audio only. It is in 5.1 Dolby thankfully, and it has subtitles in different languages, but they stripped away EVERYTHING else, most likely to keep the video quality intact. There is no commentary or anything other than English 5.1 whatsoever.

Saw 1 is unrated, which is nice. It's the first time the unrated version has seen the light of day on Blu-Ray. I used to own that on DVD (the blood case edition posted above) and can't remember what was different compared to theatrical, but hey, it's nice to have. Thankfully Saw 3 is unrated as well, and not the director's cut (which had an abysmal ending).

This is still a decent deal if you just want the films. I'm surprised they never bothered to release a fancy box-set with all movies on individual discs, I guess Lions Gate just wanted to be done with the series for good once The Final Chapter was released. But then again... Saw 8 was announced.

 
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Luriden said:
I got my set today and watched a little bit of Saw 3 (I chose that one because it's on disc 2, the only disc with 3 movies combined). The video quality is fine. A bit grainy, but so was the original standalone release. No noticeable artifacts other than that.

The menu is cheap. It's animated, but you click on a Saw movie and it plays, nothing special. There's no chapter select, and it has English audio only. It is in 5.1 Dolby thankfully, and it has subtitles in different languages, but they stripped away EVERYTHING else, most likely to keep the video quality intact. There is no commentary or anything other than English 5.1 whatsoever.

Saw 1 is unrated, which is nice. It's the first time the unrated version has seen the light of day on Blu-Ray. I used to own that on DVD (the blood case edition posted above) and can't remember what was different compared to theatrical, but hey, it's nice to have. Thankfully Saw 3 is unrated as well, and not the director's cut (which had an abysmal ending).

This is still a decent deal if you just want the films. I'm surprised they never bothered to release a fancy box-set with all movies on individual discs, I guess Lions Gate just wanted to be done with the series for good once The Final Chapter was released. But then again... Saw 8 was announced.
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Thanks for the review! I honestly just want the films so I'm in. I canceled my Amazon pre-order which I regret, but I'll try picking it up locally at Zia.

 
Here's what I don't get about digital.  You buy the Blu-Ray set for $24.99 and get all the movies on disc, AND the code to get them all digitally in HD.  Or, you can go to Vudu and get them digitally for $48.  Why the hell is it almost twice as much, when in reality it should cost less to get them digitally only.  

 
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Here's what I don't get about digital. You buy the Blu-Ray set for $24.99 and get all the movies on disc, AND the code to get them all digitally in HD. Or, you can go to Vudu and get them digitally for $48. Why the hell is it almost twice as much, when in reality it should cost less to get them digitally only.
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Welcome to the world of digital. That's really nothing new, especially for movies and comics.

 
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I've seen the first five, but not the final two. Really enjoyed the series, but never got around to finishing it. I was actually planning on digitally renting the last two last weekend, but didn't get around to it. This deal seems to good to pass up.

 
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