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The new frames look promising. I'll be on board once I see the disc, and not before.

The news is becoming more grim. It now appears that an actual remaster may be months away, with the Feb re-issue being just that -- a re-issue with a new award jacket. I'd love to see Disney get their act together on this, and am still hopeful that the marketing people may not be in the loop...

I'm hearing that the coming release of Gangs, due Feb 2nd, is is a full remaster, going back to film, re-scanning and continuing through the entire process. Disney has a superb track record for quality, with the exception of a titles done at this specific facility. This release should make...

I posted this to another site within the past day, and realized that it belongs as an attachment here. It is a direct link to Patton, but attempts to explain my general position at this point in time. *************************** Blu-ray was, from the outset, designed to be a...

Apparently high hopes were held for Gangs, at least by the copywriter responsible for the back cover notes: "Surrender to the tumultuous atmosphere of 1860s New York as phenomenal sound and stunning visual clarity transport you back in time. Prepare to experience Scorsese's masterpiece as...

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A major point of reviewing or providing commentaries on new discs is make it known if a disc is a "safe" purchase, or might best be left to rental until one has the ability to make up one's own mind. Blu-ray discs are too expensive for many people to buy on spec.

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and another... "Since I am a huge fan of this film I was really disappointed when I viewed this one on Blu-ray. The original DVD release of this film was pretty bad with excessive edge enhancement and compression issues. This HD release almost looks like a scaled up version of that same DVD...

Yet another voice hear from... "Buena Vista Home Entertainment's Blu-ray release, however, is a disc that every serious home video collector should seek out and avoid. Released in 2003, the standard-definition edition of Gangs was widely-and understandably-trashed. Edge enhancement...

The "forcefields" are now far shaper and more highly resolved. Blu-ray at its best.

This is very untypical of Disney, and as I noted above, it may be an unfortunate error.

There have been situations in the past where the wrong master was pulled or shipped. I'm hoping this to be the case. Many of Disney's Blu discs have previously been of high quality. Something is very wrong here. RAH

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Gangs of New York, a masterful film by Martin Scorsese, was my Best Picture of 2002. I was thrilled to add the Miramax DVD to my library until I viewed it, and found that, much like their Cold Mountain, it was one of the worst looking standard definition DVDs of a recent important production...