Warner Catalog Titles on BD/UHD

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Drucker
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Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu

#351 Post by Drucker »

Despite the over-prevalence of voice-over that I find annoying in that film, The Haunting is one of my favorite horror films and truly terrifying at moments. Can't wait!
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#352 Post by Matt »

There's only voiceover at the beginning and end.
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#353 Post by Drucker »

The DVD I have most certainly has more than that. We're talking about this, right?. The opening scene, the first night when she's in a hallway alone I recall some. Throughout the film, as the protagonist is more and more convinced she's becoming crazy, she constantly wonders aloud (through voiceover) if she's losing it.
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#354 Post by Matt »

Oh, okay. My mistake. I thought you were talking about the narrator, not Eleanor's internal monologues.
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#355 Post by Adam X »

domino harvey wrote:In the Mouth of Madness Oct 15
This makes me both gleefully happy, and really frustrated that's it's not coming from someone like Shout! Factory...
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#357 Post by Minkin »

Matt wrote:And Enter the Dragon comes out the week after.
Bluray.com Review

So, they didn't have room for the 100 minute A Warrior's Journey documentary, but there's plenty of room for:

- a motion lenticular card
- an embroidered iron-on patch
and exciting new special features such as:
New: Wing Chun (HD, 20 minutes): An assortment of martial artists the world over demonstrate and dissect the art that introduced Lee to kung fu.
What a load of shit. I'd say stick to the older Bluray (its only $5). Either that or wait for the inevitable 45th anniversary edition, and then the 50th anniversary edition, etc. The new transfer is certainly something to appreciate, but not at the price of the documentary and $30 extra. I really do hate Warner Brothers. Their strategy seems to be: release something fine, but with a few flaws, then a new edition which removes certain content and adds fluff (coasters, travel tags, lenticular anything), then further super special editions which are further rearrangements of content. I'm still waiting for that new restoration of A Clockwork Orange, after like 10 Bluray re-releases.
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#358 Post by captveg »

Minkin wrote:So, they didn't have room for the 100 minute A Warrior's Journey documentary
Wasn't a matter of room - they no longer have the rights for it.

IIRC, even the previous release had a "silent" re-issue that dropped this documentary when the rights expired.
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#359 Post by manicsounds »

Although it's out of print by Warner Brothers in the US, Kaleidoscope UK released "A Warrior's Journey" on DVD last year and can be bought very cheaply.
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#360 Post by Brian C »

Everybody have fun tonight. Everybody Wing Chun tonight.
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#361 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

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#362 Post by Noiradelic »

Ahh, just bought the Internal Affairs SD along with some other Paramounts as a safeguard in case they fell OOP again.
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#363 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

I made the awful decision of just watching the last 10 minutes or so of the movie one night. Hopefully this is something I'll forget one day and enjoy it.
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#364 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

Info is starting to trickle down about the new Nolan Batman UCE set. Besides some new toys for the geeks and a hardcover book with production stills and BTS photos, there is a disc full of new features.
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy - The inside perspective on the fascinating story behind the creation of one of the most celebrated franchises and how it changed the scope of movie making….forever. Full of never-before-seen footage, rare moments, and exclusive interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, Damon Lindelof, Michael Mann, Richard Roeper, Zack Snyder and others.
· Christopher Nolan & Richard Donner: A Conversation - For the first time, Directors Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy) and Richard Donner (Superman) sit down to discuss the trials and triumphs involved in bringing the two most iconic superheroes of all time to the big screen, and how Superman influenced Nolan when developing Batman Begins.
· IMAX® Sequences: The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises - See your favorite scenes as they were intended in the original IMAX© aspect ratio
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Unfortunately the transfers aren't new so it's the "old" discs in a new set. Set to release on September 24th, the SRP is 99.97, so expect it to dip in time for Christmas.
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#365 Post by zedz »

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy - The inside perspective on the fascinating story behind the creation of one of the most celebrated franchises and how it changed the scope of movie making….forever.
Well, that sounds completely worth shelling out silly money to see. :roll:
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#366 Post by domino harvey »

LOL @ slots, yet again. When will these fucking companies learn?
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#367 Post by Murdoch »

one of the most celebrated franchises and how it changed the scope of movie making….forever.
I couldn't help but read the last word like this
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#368 Post by domino harvey »

Knew what that was gonna be before I even clicked it. It's that time of year for a rewatch!
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#369 Post by stagefright50 »

flyonthewall2983 wrote: · IMAX[REGISTERED SIGN] Sequences: The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises - See your favorite scenes as they were intended in the original IMAX[COPYRIGHT SIGN] aspect ratio
Weren't the IMAX sequences integrated into the feature on the old Blu-Ray discs? Would that make this extra completely superfluous? Why do I even care?
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#370 Post by knives »

They were, but not in the IMAX aspect ratio which is taller than the rest of the film.
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#371 Post by Roger Ryan »

knives wrote:They were, but not in the IMAX aspect ratio which is taller than the rest of the film.
Well, on Blu-ray (but not on DVD), the IMAX scenes were shown at 1.78:1 while the 35mm scenes were 2.40:1. Reportedly, the full IMAX ratio is something like 1.9:1, so perhaps the scenes will be shown that way in the new set? :roll:
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#372 Post by PfR73 »

Yeah, the IMAX ratio is approximately 1.44:1. A widescreen TV doesn't have enough height to display the full ratio without pillarboxing. Thus, as part of the film transfers, they were cropped to 1.78:1, so that they still give the visual impact of being larger than the 2.35:1 sequences without ending up with black bars on the sides.

So the bonus feature will display them in 1.44:1 without cropping.
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#374 Post by domino harvey »

Finally! Warner's November slate is untouchable at this point!
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#375 Post by felipe »

Great. Been waiting for this for a long time now.
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