Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#626 Post by dwk » Thu Sep 30, 2021 9:07 pm

According to The Digital Bits, Reds is a new 4K restoration.

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#627 Post by A Tempted Christ » Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:51 am

It is indeed a new 4k restoration but it's approved by Vittorio Storaro. Isn't he the guy who changes the aspect ratios of films according to his liking and against the director's intent?

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#628 Post by PfR73 » Sat Oct 02, 2021 1:50 pm

AFAIK, he's only done that to 2.35:1 films, not to 1.85:1/1.78:1 films, so I expect there shouldn't be any issue with the aspect ratio.

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#629 Post by captveg » Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:42 pm

Barnyard (2006) on 1/25/22. The only thing I recall about this film's promo is that they inexplicably have cows voiced by male actors.

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#630 Post by captveg » Tue Nov 09, 2021 1:09 pm

The Bad News Bears (2005) and Clockstoppers (2002) on 1/25/22 as well.

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#631 Post by willoneill » Tue Nov 09, 2021 1:48 pm

Going Ape (1981) in January as well. Paramount cranking out the classics!

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#632 Post by starmanof51 » Tue Nov 09, 2021 4:28 pm

Anybody get a look at the Don't Look Now release the criterion got OOP'd for? No reviews out there I can find.

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#633 Post by Ribs » Tue Nov 09, 2021 5:00 pm

Why would someone want to pick it up when there’s a 4K release available in much of the rest of the world?

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#634 Post by dwk » Tue Nov 09, 2021 6:09 pm

Very few people have UHD players.

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#635 Post by Drucker » Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:08 pm

To be fair to Ribs, the 4k release also has a Blu-ray reissue with the new master, and it's very well regarded.

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#636 Post by dwk » Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:45 pm

True, but not everyone has a region free player and Ilm pretty sure that Blu-ray is region locked.

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#637 Post by starmanof51 » Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:30 pm

dwk wrote:
Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:45 pm
True, but not everyone has a region free player and Ilm pretty sure that Blu-ray is region locked.
The Paramount's pretty damn cheap, too. Maybe it sucks, maybe it's perfectly fine. I'd like to know.

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#638 Post by Ribs » Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:55 am

Ordinary People at last coming via Presents line in March

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#639 Post by Ribs » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:55 pm

Blu-ray.com on Reds and Heaven Can Wait

Seeing shots of Reds that actually look great is like, breaking my mind, it's something I've been wanting to see redone for so, so long now and I really didn't think it would happen. These, to me, are two of the capital-G Greatest films and I can't believe they're just slipping out from the studio in very affordable editions with little fanfare

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#640 Post by domino harvey » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:06 pm

Ribs wrote:
Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:55 am
Ordinary People at last coming via Presents line in March
Can't believe it took so long, but at least it's finally coming out. This surely has to be the last "big" obvious film not out on Blu-ray, wonder what will supplant it in comment sections now

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#641 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:42 pm

James Cameron is still waiting for the "28 hours" he needs to sign off on The Abyss and True Lies. A Spanish BD of the latter was released last year but it's apparently a bootleg.

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#642 Post by domino harvey » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:47 pm

Good call. It's absurd that a relatively recent big budget action adventure film as popular as True Lies isn't out yet

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#643 Post by EddieLarkin » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:52 pm

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote:
Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:42 pm
A Spanish BD of the latter was released last year but it's apparently a bootleg.
It is a bootleg, but it's a pressed BD50 not a BD-R, and it's easily the best quality the film has ever been available in on home video (basically equivalent to your average HD master circa 2005-2010). And it's very cheap. Until Cameron pulls his finger out it'll more than do (and who knows, any future legit release may turn out to be a disaster like the latest T2 release, in which case the bootleg will become even more worthwhile).

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#644 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:15 pm

This is getting into areas that probably shouldn't be discussed here, but the transfer on the Spanish BD is allegedly a re-encode of a 36 GB fan restoration/regrade that's been freely available for over two years. The ethics of bootlegging in general is a bigger discussion, but I personally have a problem with companies that profit from work done by fans with no compensation involved.

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#645 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:14 pm

jazzo wrote:
Sat May 22, 2021 1:15 am
flyonthewall2983 wrote:The 4K release of Almost Famous looks quite packed with extras, and also comes with a deluxe vinyl edition of the soundtrack.
I think the expanded soundtracks are being sold separately. And it’s very expensive.
Finally watched this last week, as it had been something of a blindspot considering my interests. I watched the directors cut and was thoroughly charmed. I was afraid there would have been some skeeviness considering the presence of groupies of a questionable age as the sort of Greek chorus but I think it felt respectful to their agency from Crowe’s perspective. To that end Kate Hudson is tremendous, as someone who hasn’t seen anything else she’s been in, it’s really no wonder this performance is still so fondly remembered.

Should I bother with the theatrical cut?

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#646 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:30 pm

I think I've only seen the theatrical and liked it, so it's not bad by any means, though I don't know enough of the differences to determine whether or not you're getting anything worthwhile from that cut vs. the DC

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#647 Post by ryannichols7 » Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:39 pm

La Dolce Vita arrives 08 February, with its own horrible cover art

is this Paramount's first time releasing it on home video themselves?

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#648 Post by dwk » Wed Nov 24, 2021 5:28 pm

Yes, they licenaed it to Criterion right after the lawsuit over the rights was decided.

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#649 Post by dustybooks » Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:23 pm

flyonthewall2983 wrote:
Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:14 pm
Should I bother with the theatrical cut?
It's a bit tighter, but I think the longer version is preferable overall, with a more immersive feeling and better development of the side characters, especially Kate Hudson's. (And if you're wondering this specifically, I don't believe there is anything in the theatrical cut that's not in the DC.)

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#650 Post by knives » Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:43 pm

I haven’t seen the longer cut, but the theatrical is an all time favorite.

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