Redbox Launches Blu-ray Rentals

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Redbox, the popular DVD rental kiosk provider, and wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc., today announced it has started rolling out Blu-ray™ titles with availability at approximately 13,300 kiosks nationwide. Redbox will rent Blu-ray Discs® at $1.50 per night plus tax and the company expects to have availability across its network of approximately 23,000 kiosk locations by the fall.
 
They had these in a McDonald's, but only two titles.

Half normal rentals, half to people who only own a DVD player and ignore the warnings? lol, same cash for Netflix.
 
Dad's already been doing this.

I guess I'm just too lazy, I don't like leaving the house to get something to watch.
 
My local Redboxes have also had Blu-ray for a few weeks now. I was surprised when I first saw it and was really tempted to rent Alice in Wonderland. And now that I remind myself of it, I still want to rent Alice in Wonderland.
 
Docnoq said:
My local Redboxes have also had Blu-ray for a few weeks now. I was surprised when I first saw it and was really tempted to rent Alice in Wonderland. And now that I remind myself of it, I still want to rent Alice in Wonderland.
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No you don't. Even as a fan of everything else Burton has done, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I couldn't stand Alice in Wonderland. From poor casting to a terrible script it was just a bad move all around.
 
Docnoq said:
My local Redboxes have also had Blu-ray for a few weeks now. I was surprised when I first saw it and was really tempted to rent Alice in Wonderland. And now that I remind myself of it, I still want to rent Alice in Wonderland.
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That was one of the best movies I've ever seen do it, loved who they casted as Alice and Johnny Depp rocked as the Mad Hatter
 
Derangel said:
No you don't. Even as a fan of everything else Burton has done, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I couldn't stand Alice in Wonderland. From poor casting to a terrible script it was just a bad move all around.
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I didn't like "AIW" either. I didn't think it was terrible, but just really boring and lame.
 
I checked the one at my market earlier today. They only had about 6 movies on Blu-Ray, but I'd seen them all. Good to know that it's there and looking forward to an increased selection.
 
I haven't used Redbox yet, because I didn't start seeing their boxes around until after I had upgraded to HD and a blu-ray player (and as soon as I did this, I refused to watch DVD's anymore)

Now that they have blu-ray titles, I might actually try them, when my netflix streaming disc for the ps3 doesn't have anything on it I want to see...
 
Derangel said:
Time, sanity, respect for Tim Burton?
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Nah. It can't really be that bad. Plus, my perceptions are generally influenced by the amount of money I have to pay to watch the movie. If I am only paying a dollar to watch it, I'm sure I will enjoy it enough to get my money's worth. It can't be any worse than The Last Airbender
 
Docnoq said:
Nah. It can't really be that bad. Plus, my perceptions are generally influenced by the amount of money I have to pay to watch the movie. If I am only paying a dollar to watch it, I'm sure I will enjoy it enough to get my money's worth. It can't be any worse than The Last Airbender
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I haven't seen Last Airbender, but considering the general opinion on it you are probably right. I have seen worse movies than AIW. In fact I've seen movie a lot worse than it, but not ones that I wanted to much to be good.
 
Derangel said:
I haven't seen Last Airbender, but considering the general opinion on it you are probably right. I have seen worse movies than AIW. In fact I've seen movie a lot worse than it, but not ones that I wanted to much to be good.
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Technically, I also have not seen The Last Airbender as I walked out 15 minutes into it to get a refund :)
 
Docnoq said:
Technically, I also have not seen The Last Airbender as I walked out 15 minutes into it to get a refund :)
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I'll probably rent it on DVD or Blu-Ray when it comes out. Everyone says its so bad so I just have to see it. I can't imagine it pissing me off worse than Transformers 2 did at least. Though it might as I'm a fan of the cartoon.
 
Thank you Red Box! I love REd Box. I don't rent movies often, but when I do, I go to Red Box.
 
AIW was not great, but it wasn't particularly bad. The 3D effects were mostly visual flourishes, nothing too great. The story was delivered perfunctorily, nothing outstanding.
 
Zarathustra[H];1036006845 said:
Are you the most interesting movie-watcher in the world?
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Why do you say that? I don't rent movies often because I have Starz, Encore and HBO HD on Demand so I end up finding movies I like through them so that I don't spend a lot more on rentals.
 
Woohoo, free movie Mon. @ Redbox! :cool:

Aaron11 said:
Why do you say that? I don't rent movies often because I have Starz, Encore and HBO HD on Demand so I end up finding movies I like through them so that I don't spend a lot more on rentals.
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I think he made that comment b/c your previous comment made you sound like the Dos Equis guy. :D
 
Docnoq said:
Nah. It can't really be that bad. Plus, my perceptions are generally influenced by the amount of money I have to pay to watch the movie. If I am only paying a dollar to watch it, I'm sure I will enjoy it enough to get my money's worth. It can't be any worse than The Last Airbender
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For a dollar, sure. AIW was bad enough to give me a headache, though.
 
I put my Blu-Ray in the Red Box and now my disc is purple. What do I do?

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