Red Planet Mars on Blu-ray? (2 Viewers)

[Bartman]

Red Planet Mars is out on Blu-ray this week. I couldn't find any reviews. Has anyone seen this in HD & can comment? It's one of the better 50s sci-fi movies.

 

[John Sparks]

If it comes out lets hope its a tad better than the dvd.

 

[Bartman]

If it comes out lets hope its a tad better than the dvd.

or the streaming version, I believe I saw it on YT a couple of years ago. Fascinating movie, so so video!

 

[Capt D McMars]

This has all the earmarks of a boot...buyer beware!!!

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[Bartman]

Does anyone know who is releasing it...Shout/Kino/Film Masters?

Allied Vaughn.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Allied Vaughn.

apparently they are a distributor for other companies. With no mention of restoration or other specs on the product, I'll wait until some reviews come out. I'd love a nice restored HD copy of this film, but if all they did was drop a so-so SD file on to a BD, that would be a hard pass from me!!

 

[Bartman]

Allied Vaughn bought the production & distribution rights for Warner & Universal discs, maybe others too. It was a cost reduction measure. Allied Vaughn owns the Gruv website.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Allied Vaughn's website is MovieZyng.

Red Planet Mars is an MGM release.

 

[Bartman]

Allied Vaughn's website is MovieZyng.

MovieZyng has Warner Archive releases, Gruv does not (mainly Warner & Universal releases), so who own's Gruv?

Perhaps they both sites are owned by Allied Vaughn?

 

[dpippel]

MovieZyng has Warner Archive Releases, Gruv does not, so who own's Gruv?

GRUV is owned by Universal.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Gruv is a Universal website. Universal and Warner Home Video have teamed up for physical distribution. Warner archive titles are not part of that.

 

[dpippel]

Red Planet Mars is out on Blu-ray this week. I couldn't find any reviews. Has anyone seen this in HD & can comment? It's one of the better 50s sci-fi movies.

FWIW:

RED PLANET MARS (1952) (MGM Blu-ray Review)

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[Bartman]

FWIW:

RED PLANET MARS (1952) (MGM Blu-ray Review)

Cult, horror and exploitation film blog

mcbastardsmausoleum.blogspot.com

Thanks, I must of missed that review when I searched yesterday. Overall, the reviewer likes the video & audio (with some hiss noted, that I remember from YT).

 

[ahollis]

MGM and Allied Vaughn also just released Pajama Party and Bikini Beach on Blu-ray. I picked them up through Amazon and was happy with the transfer. I have this on pre-ordered and looking forward to it.

 

[John Sparks]

This has all the earmarks of a boot...buyer beware!!!

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Boot or not, if it was done well I’d buy it anyway!

 

[Capt D McMars]

Boot or not, if it was done well I’d buy it anyway!

Oh, I've bought my share, but I already have a meh copy on dvd, and there's no mention od any restoration done to this edition. I'm just hesitant to getting bit again by some left field outfit that just drops a meh copy on to a blu ray and calls it a day!! I guess we'll see, right?

 

[Bartman]

Boot or not, if it was done well I’d buy it anyway!

Red Planet Mars has played on TCM & MGM HD cable channels in HD. The print has been used so few times, it's in excellent shape, although there is some audible hiss. We don't know the encoding (MPEG, VC1 or AVC) but, based on the review, I'm willing to take a chance. This is an MGM release via Allied-Vaughn, definitely not a boot.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Red Planet Mars has played on TCM & MGM HD cable channels in HD. The print has been used so few times, it's in excellent shape, although there is some audible hiss. We don't know the encoding (MPEG, VC1 or AVC) but, based on the review, I'm willing to take a chance. This is an MGM release via Allied-Vaughn, definitely not a boot.

Agreed, not a boot, but was any restoration done for this release? This appears to be a first from Allied-Vaugh, under thier own lable. It's just when the release comes with so little information, it leaves one a bit circomspect.

 

[ahollis]

It's an MGM release, just as Pajama Party and Bikini Beach was earlier this month.