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Silly article on classics on Blu: http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/04/end_of_an_era.php Some good points are brought up, but I don't think a lot of people understand the work that goes into restorations and remasters. Sony took a year to compile and scan Lawrence of Arabia in 8K and it's taking another year to clean for next year's Blu. Part of the slowness is simply needing to take more time. Criterion alone released 23 features last year from 1970 and earlier. This year, they'll already be at 21 features by July. Paramount is slow, but they won't release a classic until it's gone through 4K or 6K cleanup like The Ten Commandments or The African Queen.
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The Godfather trilogy is up on Amazon UK for £17.99, i'm quite tempted at this, but I've already spent too much on Blu this month, plus I need to start saving for LOTR Extended's.
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idoliside posted:The Godfather trilogy is up on Amazon UK for £17.99, i'm quite tempted at this, but I've already spent too much on Blu this month, plus I need to start saving for LOTR Extended's.
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metallicaeg posted:This dropped down to less than 15 pounds when in my cart at checkout. I just tried this, didn't do it for me. What was your secret?
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idoliside posted:I just tried this, didn't do it for me. What was your secret? Probably not being in the UK, as VAT gets removed.
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Apr 28, 2011 00:41
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Egbert Souse posted:Silly article on classics on Blu: http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/04/end_of_an_era.php
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The Digital Bits confirms Fox is working on a remastered Patton for release before the end of the year. The digibook coming in a few weeks is the same old disc, though. I'm guessing it's for a replacement program since that's extremely stupid to put out more copies of the DVNRed-to-Hell edition at the same time a remaster is in the works.
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Looks like Rifftrax is getting 2 titles released May 17th. $11.99 on Amazon House On Haunted Hill: Riffed Live From Nashville 2010 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B004Y2SDPO Reefer Madness: Riffed Live From San Diego 2010 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B004Y2SDR2
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Fantastic, I was wondering if we were ever gonna see Reefer Madness live get a DVD release, but Blu-Ray's even better- those shorts were way too good.
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Apr 28, 2011 21:51
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Casimir Radon posted:HAHA they seriously think everyone is going to have fiber to their houses in the foreseeable future. If anything, the Internet will regress forcing people to buy Blu-Ray for films in HD
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Apr 28, 2011 23:52
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The Blues Brothers, The Birds, and To Kill a Mockingbird are up for pre-order on Amazon. First two are must-buy for me. Haven't seen TKaM in a long time, will probably just rent it.
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Found a bunch of great movies at my local used media store. Got Prince of Persia, Prestige, Scott Pilgrim, and Jumper for $15 or under ($5 in Jumper's case), and also nabbed The American and King's Speech.
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Apr 29, 2011 20:00
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The big goofy Gone With The Wind boxset dropped down to $27.99 on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B0013N7FZ6 That's the cheapest I've seen it.
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All the Die Hard movies are $20 @ Amazon at the moment. I think I might do an order.
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Ingram posted:All the Die Hard movies are $20 @ Amazon at the moment. I think I might do an order. I'm amazed there isn't a box set of this yet. Do different studios own the different films or are they after a cash grab?
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idoliside posted:I'm amazed there isn't a box set of this yet. Do different studios own the different films or are they after a cash grab? http://www.amazon.com/Die-Hard-Collection-Vengeance-Blu-ray/dp/B000W4HIY0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304324427&sr=8-1
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Why is Zodiac out of print in Canada  They've even removed the listing from sites like Future Shop and HMV. Is it hard to find in the States as well? Is it a distributor thing? I know Amazon still has copies, I'm just curious...
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Harlock posted:Am I going to get wooshed on this or what? I forgot to mention for the UK. Pretty big omission on my part. The godfather price on Amazon UK seems to be fluctuating. Going from £17-£35-£17, managed to nap it whilst it's still £17 again. Also picked up Harry Potter Years 1-7 part 1 for £35, will probably be cheaper now than getting the complete set at £70 when the 2nd half comes out.
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This NYT article says that the Universal Marx Brothers movies are coming June 7th. They've also revealed a couple of Criterion's August announcements: Cocteau's Orpheus and the complete Jean Vigo (both August 2nd).
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FitFortDanga posted:This NYT article says that the Universal Marx Brothers movies are coming June 7th. I think the Marx Brothers thing is a mistake. They're only DVD editions. The best we can hope for would be Animal Crackers and Horse Feathers to finally be remastered. Although, their Paramount films are supposed to be 1.20:1 except for Duck Soup. Universal remastered The Cocoanuts and Monkey Business for the 2003 box set, but cropped to 1.33:1.
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Egbert Souse posted:I think the Marx Brothers thing is a mistake. They're only DVD editions. quote:On June 7 the Marx Brothers’ campaign to destroy any semblance of sanity of order reaches Blu-ray, as their early comedies — “The Cocoanuts,” “Animal Crackers,” “Duck Soup,” “Monkey Business” and “Horse Feathers” — are released. And you can’t get them unless you say “swordfish” (see “Horse Feathers”).
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Space_Butler posted:From the article: It was previously announced as DVD-only. I'd be extremely surprised to see Universal release these on Blu outside of a collection. Only a DVD is up for pre-order on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Soup-Groucho-Marx/dp/B004P9UWM8/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1304356045&sr=8-2-fkmr0
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Digital Bits announced that Twilight Zone: Season 5 is set for an 8/30 release, and that his industry sources are telling him the Marx Brothers movies on blu-ray ARE in the works. More here: http://thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents Edit: He also notes that the upcoming American Graffiti release had its transfer and restoration overseen by George Lucas, so hopefully that means it's not the usual half-assed Universal release. If the release is as great as it's sounding, it will probably be the first truly great thing George Lucas has done in well over a decade.
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Space_Butler posted:Digital Bits announced that Twilight Zone: Season 5 is set for an 8/30 release, and that his industry sources are telling him the Marx Brothers movies on blu-ray ARE in the works. More here: http://thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents  The Twilight Zone seasons need to stop coming out so drat fast, I can't get the money to buy them so quickly.
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GonSmithe posted:Oh god. To hell with that, bring on the complete series boxset! 
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So, Star Wars.Blu-Ray.com posted:Lucasfilm previously announced that "all will be revealed" concerning the Star Wars Saga Blu-ray sets on May 4th at 6am PST with an e-mail message directing fans to the May the 4th Be with You - Star Wars Countdown page on StarWars.com. The page is now live and hinges on a social networking component. As more Facebook, Twitter and YouTube users collectively share the site with their friends, more and more exclusive imagery and Blu-ray details are unlocked. (Note the Facebook component requires members to engage an app which interfaces with personal information such as e-mail and profile details.)
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May 4, 2011 16:10
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In the EXTRA SPECIAL Edition, neither Han nor Greedo shoot. We see that it was Bea Arthur from behind the bar.
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I'm guessing more supplements are to be announced? There's no mention of the 1983 "From Star Wars to Jedi" documentary or the 2004 DVD's "Empire of Dreams". It would be odd to leave them off while including the other vintage docs. That's neat that there's a whole section on parodies.
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Shame that they are not adding the Plinkett reviews to the extras. 
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May 4, 2011 17:27
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Star Wars: Everything But the Actual Films Edition
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Electronico6 posted:Shame that they are not adding the Plinkett reviews to the extras. Oh the other hand, I'm really excited they got Carrie Fisher on the commentaries. "So, in this scene, I was really coked out..."
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Woad9 posted:Oh the other hand, I'm really excited they got Carrie Fisher on the commentaries. They're recycled from the 2004 DVD.
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frumpsnake posted:They're recycled from the 2004 DVD.
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Egbert Souse posted:I'm guessing more supplements are to be announced? There's no mention of the 1983 "From Star Wars to Jedi" documentary or the 2004 DVD's "Empire of Dreams". It would be odd to leave them off while including the other vintage docs. I'm kinda hoping some of this stuff is included on the supplemental discs for each trilogy, because there were a lot of really good docs that aren't listed at all here. The best one of course being 'The Beginning' from the Phantom Menace DVD, in which you get to watch Lucas make a ton of terrible decisions to the withering nods of the exhausted people around him. It'd be a shame if that wasn't included.
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Are they releasing the "Original" Original trilogy in Blu Ray or the "Special" Original Trilogy? Or are they releasing both versions? It doesn't really specify...or maybe I'm just to dumb to see it.
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japtor posted:Isn't it possible to have branching stuff to automagically play original or "special" versions off the same disc? That would be nice yes. Didn't the newer DvD box(The ones from 2008? How many SW boxes are released per year anyway?) had the theatrical releases also. Or did I dream that up? If I didn't dream that up, I can't see why Lucas wouldn't transfer the old movies too. (....) I kinda grew out of Star Wars quite some time ago, but still wouldn't mind paying up for this Blu Ray box, as my only SW copies are the VHS from 1997, and they kinda in bad shape. But no theatrical release, no money! 
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Hope Phantom Menace is a new transfer, the current HD master is fuckin dirty
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At least the covers are OK:   If they're including the audio commentary recorded for the DVD versions a few years ago, I imagine those are the versions that we'll be getting for this run.
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Electronico6 posted:Are they releasing the "Original" Original trilogy in Blu Ray or the "Special" Original Trilogy? Or are they releasing both versions? It doesn't really specify...or maybe I'm just to dumb to see it. All promotional materials assume that there is no "original" original trilogy and that the only original trilogy that exists is the "special" original trilogy. The only releases of the real movies have been the last VHS release (that I bought when I was in high school) and a special dvd release from a few years ago where the original versions were included as "special features" but were actually the sole inducements to buy the dvds.
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