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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  I wonder whether these delays have something to do with the sheer quantity of releases – Arrow are releasing loads more than they used to. |
I also think it could be to do with being extra cautious re: quality control. Arrow have had their major and minor slip-ups in the past and were looking good in terms of no mistakes until the Theatre of Blood incident... maybe that was a little jolt and a reason for them to slow down and take extra care. After all, any mistake made due to 'rushing' out a release will be financially detrimental (and potentially have negative
PR implications) for them.
All release dates tend to be indications only though. I pre-order a fair bit (mainly to lock in cheaper prices with Amazon etc.) and have received a lot of 'title delay' e-mails this year already from lots of different labels including 88 Films, Artificial Eye, BFI, Exposure, Eureka, Network, Second Sight... so it's not limited to Arrow. I think due to Arrow having mass appeal with a lot of people on here it tends to be more apparent when their titles are delayed though.
