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eerik
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:35 am 

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jamie_atp wrote:
Confirmed as BD 6 on the moc twitter

It was confirmed as #6 in September 2009. :roll:
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CrazedCollector
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:43 am 
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Any reason (or problem) in particular that the BD has taken so long to produce - beyond just, you know, making it awesome and all?
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peerpee
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:58 pm 
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The only reason this hasn't been out sooner is because we've been working very hard on all the other things we've released in the meantime. We're sorry it's taken so long.
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eerik
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cana7cl
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:31 pm 

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FWIW, the DVD edition is officially going out-of-print. Blu-ray only in the near future.
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peerpee
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:07 pm 
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I believe the DVD edition will be going out of print when the stock runs out. It won't go OOP right away, it just won't be repressed when it does run out. Not sure when that might be.
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Svevan
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:11 am 
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A little inversion on the title, there - original french with an english subtitle. I like and always prefer this.
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peerpee
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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Svevan wrote:
A little inversion on the title, there - original french with an english subtitle. I like and always prefer this.


We felt like we should have done this in the first place (DVD release in 2006). Especially as "FANTASTIC PLANET" is not a translation, but a clumsy American "aka".
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CrazedCollector
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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Thanks for all the info, Peerpee!

I eagerly anticipate this new Blu release. Must you lock the disc's region code B, or is this a region FREE release?
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peerpee
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:26 pm 
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Unfortunately, Argos Films have specifically asked us to region encode the Blu-ray. Please write to them to complain, not us. Thanks.
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CrazedCollector
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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Haha, not a problem with my all-region player, thankfully! Just won't be able to take it over to the friends' place for movie-night.
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mfunk9786
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:46 pm 
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If Metropolis ends up being region B, Oppo, you've got a new fucking customer.
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swo17
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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It is, so as not to compete with the Kino.
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peerpee
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:05 pm 
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re: METROPOLIS on BD.

The whole "region coding protects territories" myth is a tough nut to crack. We'll be talking to as many licencees as possible to work out a way forward. For example, the French licencee MK2 don't region encode their releases.

We've found that licensors are happy with whatever the licencees are happy with collectively. If licencees complain, the licensor steps in and points to the contract.

At the moment, it's Kino who are suggesting we all region encode. Despite them releasing THE GENERAL on BD without region coding. So, with all respect to them, they've opted for a hypocritical "whatever suits Kino" approach to BD region encoding - which obviously looks ridiculous.
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mfunk9786
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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Fight the good fight, peerpee. Still hoping for this one to wind up region free in the 11th hour.
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TMDaines
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:23 am 
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Well they want to region encode Metropolis as they damn well know that there are many people who'd rather have the MoC release than the Kino release.
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peerpee
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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and what if we wanted to release THE GENERAL on BD? We're faced with their region free BD being imported.

We have no problem with any label releasing anything region free. We're all for region free.

It's when labels want it both ways.
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TMDaines
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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Yeh, I was agreeing with you. They released The General region-free as theirs was the only release and they wanted to take advantage of being able to export it. Now they're faced with competition on Metropolis they want protect their market as they know that people will be interested in buying the MoC instead.
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Finch
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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peerpee wrote:
and what if we wanted to release THE GENERAL on BD?

I'd get an MoC General in an instant, especially if you went for the black & white version as opposed to the tinted versions. I haven't bought the Kino BD since I'm still hoping that someone will redo MK2's lovely SD b/w transfer in 1080p.
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jamie_atp
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:03 pm 
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So will the BR be the 'different' version mentioned on wikipedia?

" * On October 23, 2007 Facets Video and Accent Cinema released a newly restored version of the film on DVD, including many bonus features never available before. It is different from the version released by Eureka. "
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perkizitore
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:49 pm 
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Different in the case of Facets, probably means inferior PQ :lol:
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peerpee
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
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jamie_atp wrote:
So will the BR be the 'different' version mentioned on wikipedia?

" * On October 23, 2007 Facets Video and Accent Cinema released a newly restored version of the film on DVD, including many bonus features never available before. It is different from the version released by Eureka. "



The MoC BD features a new HD transfer carried out in 2009. Neither of the two DVD versions you mention utilised this particular transfer (as they came out in 2007). We're about to announce the spec of the BD.
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Cash Flagg
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:17 pm 
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La Planète sauvage (aka Fantastic Planet) - René Laloux's mesmerising psychedelic sci-fi animated feature won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and is a landmark of European animation. Based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en série [Oms by the dozen], Laloux's breathtaking vision was released in France as La Planète sauvage [The Savage Planet]; in the USA as Fantastic Planet; and immediately drew comparisons to Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Planet of the Apes (both the 1968 film and Boule's 1963 novel). Today, the film can be seen to prefigure much of the work of Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) due to its palpable political and social concerns, cultivated imagination, and memorable animation techniques.

Features include:

* All-new restored high-definition transfer
* Optional English subtitles with original French soundtrack
* Optional USA dub track
* Laloux Savage, a new 55-minute documentary on the director
* Two short films by Laloux: Les Escargots (1965, in a new 1080p transfer) and Comment Wang-Fo Fut Sauvé (1987)
* The complete soundtrack to La Planète sauvage (1973)
* 56-page full colour booklet, featuring an essay by Craig Keller, interviews with Laloux, and a lavish selection of ephemera and original promotional materials from the film
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NilbogSavant
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:00 pm 
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I'm glad they kept the dub on the Blu. I find it much more than just a curiosity.
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What A Disgrace
 Post subject: Re: 34 Fantastic Planet
PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:06 pm 
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That documentary sounds like a very nice addition! Looking forward to it, very much.
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