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Does anyone have any info on the Australian releases of Lost Highway and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me? I know there's a big Lynch box set coming out in 2 months, but I'd still like to know the quality of the Au releases.
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Apr 15, 2012 08:26
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Does anyone have any info on the Australian releases of Lost Highway and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me? Head on over to the great info resource that is http://www.blu-ray.com Of course the more obscure the item the less chance of the transfer having a detailed review. Waite for the box set - it will definately get a comprehensive review. US or UK versions are generally given better treatment and/or are much cheaper. Although id say this box set would be the same content. Note that i have purchased plenty of US discs that are supposedly region A (as listed by Amazon and even on the case itself!) yet are actually region free. Check the region coding link on there. Also amazing is this list. (Bit rates/disc info on over a thousand titles *not all) http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1155731 ------ Region Year Title Codec Display Aspect Bitrate Length Movie Size Disc Size Bitrate Primary Language Audio -------- ---- ----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------------- --------------- ------- ---------------------- B [AU] 1997 Lost Highway AVC 1080p24*2.35:1 24.99 2:14:08 31,077,629,952 34,298,613,088 30.89 DTS-MA 5.1 48/16 2077 B [FR] 1997 Lost Highway AVC 1080p24*2.35:1 24.99 2:14:08 31,077,629,952 34,573,840,068 30.89 DTS-MA 5.1 48/16 2077 B [AU] 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me AVC 1080p24*1.85:1 24.94 2:14:47 31,066,798,080 33,309,426,906 30.73 DTS-MA 5.1 48/16 1996 nimh fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Apr 15, 2012 |
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Apr 15, 2012 09:15
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Sporadic posted:Tom Cruise Collection (Collateral/Days of Thunder/Minority Report/Top Gun/War of the Worlds) dropped down to $25 on Amazon. Great price if you were looking for all those movies. How's the War of the Worlds blu ray? I have a copy of it and I think it looks like absolute poo poo. Normally I don't have a problem with grain, but the copy I have has so much grain to the point where it obscures the image most of the time. I can't say that I remember that much grain when I watched it in theaters or on my dvd copy(but it has been some time. I keep meaning to rewatch the dvd to compare). If this version is watchable I'll definitely have to pick it up since I don't have any of the other films on blu ray.
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Apr 15, 2012 10:43
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Cantskate43 posted:How's the War of the Worlds blu ray? I have a copy of it and I think it looks like absolute poo poo. Normally I don't have a problem with grain, but the copy I have has so much grain to the point where it obscures the image most of the time. I can't say that I remember that much grain when I watched it in theaters or on my dvd copy(but it has been some time. I keep meaning to rewatch the dvd to compare). If this version is watchable I'll definitely have to pick it up since I don't have any of the other films on blu ray. I dont think its any coincidence that with practically every Spieldberg blu ray release there are people complaining about "too much grain".
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Apr 15, 2012 14:14
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nimh posted:Head on over to the great info resource that is http://www.blu-ray.com Yeah, those are my go to sites as well, but there's no reviews of the discs. Just the technical specifics, which doesn't tell the whole story.
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Apr 15, 2012 14:41
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Yeah, those are my go to sites as well, but there's no reviews of the discs. Just the technical specifics, which doesn't tell the whole story.
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Apr 15, 2012 15:46
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kuddles posted:I'm in the same boat. I've had my eye on that German box set which is currently the only way to get Mulholland Drive on Bluray, but I have no clue what the quality of the transfer is. ? Blu-ray.com has the review of the German boxset. Its region free. http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/David-Lynch-Box-Blu-ray/20724/#Review quote:The high-definition transfer used for this Blu-ray release (50GB) of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive is not identical to the one Studio Canal and Optimum Home Entertainment used for their Blu-ray releases in France and the UK. It is encoded with VC-1, as opposed to MPEG-4, and there are some minor differences in terms of contrast and color reproduction. nimh fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Apr 15, 2012 |
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Apr 15, 2012 16:13
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Weird. I swear I spent 10 minutes on that site last week and couldn't find anything. I might just buy it because there has been literally no info regarding that film coming out in the US anytime soon.
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Apr 15, 2012 16:45
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kuddles posted:Weird. I swear I spent 10 minutes on that site last week and couldn't find anything. I might just buy it because there has been literally no info regarding that film coming out in the US anytime soon. You have to change regions in the search bar. Stupid site design but I guess they want to keep the novice vistor from accessing all of that. Speaking of Lynch, didn't Eraserhead get released in the Netherlands or something?
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Apr 15, 2012 18:18
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Well, this David Lynch box set is due to be released in the UK in two months and its Universal, so probably region free.
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Apr 15, 2012 18:37
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Well, this David Lynch box set is due to be released in the UK in two months and its Universal, so probably region free. It doesnt have Mullholland Drive though. I guess if you wanted them all you'd buy both, you only double up on Lost Highway and id be cheaper than individual purchases.
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Apr 15, 2012 18:56
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sursumdeorsum posted:I dont think its any coincidence that with practically every Spieldberg blu ray release there are people complaining about "too much grain". I have other Spielberg releases on blu ray and its nowhere near this level of grain. The rest are fine, it's just this one that steps it up to a whole new level.
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Apr 15, 2012 19:08
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nimh posted:It doesnt have Mullholland Drive though. I guess if you wanted them all you'd buy both, you only double up on Lost Highway and id be cheaper than individual purchases. You're right, but I have the Studio Canal release. (which sadly doesn't have english subs, but is perfect in every other way) Cantskate43 posted:I have other Spielberg releases on blu ray and its nowhere near this level of grain. The rest are fine, it's just this one that steps it up to a whole new level. Not really grain related, but am I the only one who thought the Jurassic Park release was incredibly weak Picture quality wise?
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Apr 15, 2012 19:12
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Cantskate43 posted:I have other Spielberg releases on blu ray and its nowhere near this level of grain. The rest are fine, it's just this one that steps it up to a whole new level. Could have been an artistic decision on the part of Spielberg when he filmed it. I never seen it in theaters but dvd never really retains the grain structure of a movie.
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Apr 15, 2012 19:28
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My copy of War of the Worlds looks gorgeous and is only your average amount of grainy, I don't know what your problem is.
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Apr 15, 2012 20:05
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kuddles posted:I'm in the same boat. I've had my eye on that German box set which is currently the only way to get Mulholland Drive on Bluray, but I have no clue what the quality of the transfer is.
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Apr 15, 2012 20:16
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I'm upgrading to a HDTV, considering buying a blu ray player and was checking out possible blu ray movies to buy, and what the heck? Lawrence of Arabia isnt on blu ray yet? I see David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai and Dr. Zhivago are both on blu ray, but not Lawrence of Arabia? Shameful. Apparently it is getting a UK release sometime this year, but no mention of a US release.
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Apr 16, 2012 01:46
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It is, however, getting a big theatrical showing a la the Casablanca, which is coming from a new restoration, so all signs point to Blu-Ray.
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Apr 16, 2012 01:55
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Actually, it's looking like LoA will have a full re-release - real digital cinema packages (instead of lovely 1080i streams) and new 70mm prints. I'd gladly trade owning the Blu-Ray for seeing it in a real theater via film or high-resolution digital projection.
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Apr 16, 2012 04:02
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Hondo82 posted:I'm upgrading to a HDTV, considering buying a blu ray player and was checking out possible blu ray movies to buy, and what the heck? Lawrence of Arabia isnt on blu ray yet? I see David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai and Dr. Zhivago are both on blu ray, but not Lawrence of Arabia? Shameful. Lawrence is coming and it looks great from the little bit I've seen.
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Apr 16, 2012 18:14
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Well, this David Lynch box set is due to be released in the UK in two months and its Universal, so probably region free. It says Region B on Blu-Ray.com and Amazon, unfortunately.
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Apr 16, 2012 18:20
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Even region free titles get flagged with their country of origin, I wouldn't worry too much. I haven't got the £50 to dedicate to it, but I have a multi region player so if by chance one of my friends picks it up, I can set my machine to A and see if it still works.
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Apr 16, 2012 18:26
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Singin' in the Rain pre-order is up A mini-umbrella, seriously? As usual, I'll be waiting for the "no ridiculous bullshit" edition. Also, They Made Me a Fugitive. Great film.
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Apr 16, 2012 23:10
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FitFortDanga posted:Also, They Made Me a Fugitive. Great film. quote:aka I Became a Criminal Well? Which is it?
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Apr 16, 2012 23:40
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Well? Which is it?
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:Both, though in the other order. Just to be clear, They Made Me a Fugitive is not the same movie as They Made Me a Criminal.
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Apr 17, 2012 00:03
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FitFortDanga posted:Just to be clear, They Made Me a Fugitive is not the same movie as They Made Me a Criminal. But did he become a criminal?
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Apr 17, 2012 01:05
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FitFortDanga posted:Singin' in the Rain pre-order is up Amazon UK's dual-format no-bullshit edition's only $17.50 FYI, nearly all Warner and Paramount releases are region free worldwide. A good percentage of Fox and Disney titles are also region free, but I'd double-check first. Amazon UK seems to be noting region free whenever possible now.
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Apr 17, 2012 01:23
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FitFortDanga posted:Singin' in the Rain pre-order is up I've been wondering lately, why has this become a thing? Are there actually people who honestly prefer to pay 5-20 bucks extra from some lovely knick-knack? These things really add nothing to the purchase.
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Apr 17, 2012 01:27
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CPL593H posted:I've been wondering lately, why has this become a thing? Are there actually people who honestly prefer to pay 5-20 bucks extra from some lovely knick-knack? These things really add nothing to the purchase. It's more insulting since Warner rarely ever adds anything of value in HD or adds much from their DVD editions. Not even trailers get a 1080p treatment like Fox, Sony, and Paramount tend to do. By the way, Kino's next Buster Keaton release is The Saphead for July 10th.
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Apr 17, 2012 01:35
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CPL593H posted:I've been wondering lately, why has this become a thing? Are there actually people who honestly prefer to pay 5-20 bucks extra from some lovely knick-knack? These things really add nothing to the purchase. Much higher profit margin since it's just a few lovely knick-knacks that don't really cost much to throw in and they still release a scaled back version to pick up the people who see through their ruse. The best of both worlds.
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Apr 17, 2012 03:11
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CPL593H posted:I've been wondering lately, why has this become a thing? Are there actually people who honestly prefer to pay 5-20 bucks extra from some lovely knick-knack? These things really add nothing to the purchase. I'd pay extra for the snow globe the special edition of Fargo included way back when. It was of the wood chipper and half the snow was red. I'm not sure when it came out, but the family friend who had it got it with her VHS copy, so awhile ago.
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Apr 17, 2012 16:26
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FitFortDanga posted:Singin' in the Rain pre-order is up Not that it helps really, but that's actually a full-size, 40" umbrella.
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Apr 17, 2012 16:31
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Yellow Submarine preorder is back down to $16.99 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B0079J28NW
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Apr 17, 2012 16:47
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CPL593H posted:I've been wondering lately, why has this become a thing? Are there actually people who honestly prefer to pay 5-20 bucks extra from some lovely knick-knack? These things really add nothing to the purchase. You can't possibly be referring to the 3" plastic sword that came with the Kill Bill Vol. 1 box set I paid $150 for...  Yeah, you probably are. The sad thing is, if I see a Vol. 2 box set anywhere for $80 or less I'd still buy it to match. EL BROMANCE fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 16:52
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gently caress it, it's not like I ever cared about the special features anyways. Ordered that German David Lynch box set today.
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Apr 17, 2012 18:15
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kuddles posted:gently caress it, it's not like I ever cared about the special features anyways. Ordered that German David Lynch box set today. Give me the movie and english subs and I'm good. But even that is too much to ask on some blurays apparently.
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Apr 17, 2012 18:20
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Skwirl posted:I'd pay extra for the snow globe the special edition of Fargo included way back when. It was of the wood chipper and half the snow was red. I'm not sure when it came out, but the family friend who had it got it with her VHS copy, so awhile ago. I remember this very well. Around the same time they were selling one for Halloween as well. Although it's far less interesting because the concept doesn't work as well. The pHo posted:You can't possibly be referring to the 3" plastic sword that came with the Kill Bill Vol. 1 box set I paid $150 for... Why would you do this? Sporadic posted:Yellow Submarine preorder is back down to $16.99 on Amazon And they even had the decency to include the original mono soundtrack. CPL593H fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 23:00
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CPL593H posted:Why would you do this? It's actually a really nice box set, just the sword part is crap. http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/unboxed-kill-bill-dvds/ I wanted the uncut version of the film (and still maintain it's a lot more fun, the disc has been put on a fair bit to show people who've never seen it), and it was a case of either paying about £30 and waiting ages to import the disc-only, or buying the box set from a local Korean/Chinese movie store for £80. I had the money, and it looks good on the shelf so hey. I like the far East limited edition sets, most of the time they're no more expensive than the disc only and it's more down to nicer packaging and the odd extra than adding on $50 for some godawful figurine. My 'House of Flying Daggers' box is nice, limited to 2,000 and comes with a rad picture book and soundtrack as well as some other tat and only cost about $30 compared to $25 for the disc only. LOTR bookend DVD super editions? Yeah, no thanks.
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What's the consensus on the Miller's Cross blu? Amazon.co.uk are doing a two for £12 sale (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=br_lf_m_1000631173_pglink_1?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000631173&plpage=1) and I fancy picking up The Hustler and Miller's Cross.
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