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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:50 am 
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MichaelB wrote:
It includes one adaptation of the Thunderball script starring Sean Connery - why does it need two?

Three reasons:
1. Max
2. Von
3. Sydow


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:01 pm 
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I guess it would be a decent special feature.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:37 pm 
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Doesn't MGM own the video rights to it now?


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:18 pm 
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Never Say Never Again was not a EON related bond film. It was made after a legal battle over the writing of Thunderball. Fleming originally didn't give credit to Kevin McClory who later won the rights to the story and made his own version.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:43 am 
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ZizouJuve wrote:
Never Say Never Again was not a EON related bond film. It was made after a legal battle over the writing of Thunderball. Fleming originally didn't give credit to Kevin McClory who later won the rights to the story and made his own version.

I was assuming that everyone was already well aware of this.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:59 am 
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flyonthewall2983 wrote:
Doesn't MGM own the video rights to it now?

Yup, and there already is a blu-ray out, US region locked.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:59 am 
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Mill Creek is now offering an exchange program for the Gamera 3 Blu-ray.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:43 am 
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I ended up passing on the Lionsgate "The English Patient" and going for the Japanese Warner Bros. disc, which has all the Lionsgate extras (some were not on the UK or European discs)

Can't comment on the color scheme yet, but the disc is region free, quite cheap at 1500 yen, comes with Japanese menus only.

"Cold Mountain" was released in Japan the same day, but this one only carries deleted scenes as supplements, and none of the other extras.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:33 am 
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Cronenberg's underrated eXistenZ is coming out on Blu May 01! Hooray! But from Echo Bridge... along with Malevolent and B Monkey... all on one Blu-ray... "Hooray"


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:44 am 
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I guess that means that porting over eXistenZ's extras are out of the question, even with the extra space of Blu! (Also as a big fan of B Monkey - Michael Radford's best film, just edging out Ninteen Eighty-Four in my affections, though it is a close thing - it is a shame that this film is not being treated better too. Have never heard of Malevolent!)


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:59 am 

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domino harvey wrote:
Cronenberg's underrated eXistenZ is coming out on Blu May 01! Hooray! But from Echo Bridge... along with Malevolent and B Monkey... all on one Blu-ray... "Hooray"

Poor eXistenZ...

I thought Malevolent was the slasher movie, but that's "Malevolence". Apparently, Malevolent is a Lou Diamond Phillips action "vehicle" directed by the guy who kept cracking wise in Deathstalker II. The other two are enticing, but considering they are probably DVD level transfers, all of this discussion is probably pointless.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:59 pm 
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Frank Capra's "Lady For A Day" (1933), from no-name company "Inception Media", suprisingly looks REALLY good.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:02 pm 
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Whoa, and it's got almost five minutes extra footage. It's a great film, I don't mind more of it!


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:49 pm 
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I had this Blu-ray on my radar, but I was leery, as I expected it would just be another washed-out and soft-as-hell PD job. Now I'll definitely have to keep an eye on this company's future releases!


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:35 pm 
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The extra footage is great news, and quite a surprise.

Feego wrote:
I had this Blu-ray on my radar, but I was leery, as I expected it would just be another washed-out and soft-as-hell PD job. Now I'll definitely have to keep an eye on this company's future releases!

While I share your skepticism of no-name labels releasing classics on blu. I've had high hopes for this release since it's announcement because Lady for a Day isn't in the public domain. But speaking of Capra and the PD, can't anyone release a version of Meet John Doe that doesn't look like it's sourced from an old VHS? Few great films have been treated to as much contempt as that one. I guess no one thinks people will pay for a better version of a film available in cheap PD versions, but I would snap up a competent Blu-Ray of John Doe in a heartbeat.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:47 pm 
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Another one of my personal favorites is hitting Blu, Martin Ritt's the Long, Hot Summer, courtesy of Italian label Medusa


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:16 pm 
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4 more Woody Allen BDs: Small TIme Crooks, Everyone Says I Love You, Mighty Aphrodite, Bullets Over Broadway from Kadokawa (Japan) May 11th 2012


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:18 am 
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One of my all-time favorite horror films, The Ring, arrives at Best Buy only on March 20th. Best Buy exclusives have become a bit of an obsession for some home media collectors, so I would order from their website now to lock down a copy for in-store pickup (beware: the lenticular slipcover will be covered in awfully difficult-to-remove stickers if you order for shipping, if such things are important to you.

Dread Central has scans of the cover art - pretty snazzy!

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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:17 pm 
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Remake or no remake, Yellow Submarine is supposedly coming in May.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:02 pm 
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Good to see it's making it's anamorphic debut.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:27 am 

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The Narrator Returns wrote:

And it's a great package!
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EMI's Blu-ray presents Yellow Submarine in its 1.66:1 original aspect ratio and includes a restored monaural soundtrack. The digital technicians at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. have given the picture a 4K restoration, going through the picture frame by frame without automated software assistance as a means of preserving the original artwork.

  • Mod Odyssey documentary
  • Storyboard sequences:
    • "Sea of Monsters" split-screen footage
    • 118 "Battle of the Monsters" images
    • Sixty-four "Pepperland" images
  • Interviews:
    • Paul Angelis (voice of Ringo and Chief Blue Meanie)
    • John Clive (voice of John)
    • David Livesey (key animator)
    • Millicent McMillan (art director Heinz Edelmann's assistant)
    • Jack Stokes (animation director)
    • Erich Segal (co-writer)
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Twenty-nine original pencil drawings
  • Thirty behind-the-scenes photographs
  • Physical memorabilia:
    • Animation cel reproductions
    • Collectible stickers
    • Sixteen-page booklet with a new essay by Pixar Animation Studios' Chief Creative Officer, John Lasseter

Update: official press release also lists: Audio Commentary – Heinz Edelmann (Art Director) and John Coates (Producer)


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:53 pm 
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Wish they had some of his uncompleted works as an extra or even just a mini-doc.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:42 am 
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I just noticed that Alliance in Canada will be releasing BDs of Atom Egoyan's Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter next month. What's this company's track record?


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:03 am 
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swo17 wrote:
I just noticed that Alliance in Canada will be releasing BDs of Atom Egoyan's Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter next month. What's this company's track record?

If it's a port of an American release they're fine.

If it's their own you can count on it to at least border on disaster. Either the aspect ratio will be wrong, or it will be interlaced, or it will be upconverted, or just really, really suck overall.


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 Post subject: Re: Blu-ray, in General
PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:25 am 
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Aren't all of their Blu-ray transfers 1080i?


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