SCROOGED: YULE LOVE IT EDITION (1 Viewer)

[Mathew B]

Source? Maybe they put it back a few weeks. Afterall, Halloween is an odd time to release a Christmas film, even it does have ghosts.

 

[John Gido]

Wow, 2 of my anticipated upgrades shot down in 1 year.

Good thing I didn't sell off my copies of "Hudson Hawk" & "Scrooged" in anticipation of newer releases.

 

[Nicholas Vargo]

You can see the evidence at Davis DVD, and it is also being talked about on the DVD Talk Forum as well.

 

[Brandon.B]

I knew something was up with Amazon not having it for pre-order yet. Damn. I've held off year after year waiting for this and have been so excited. This still better be out before the end of the year. The extras were a lot better than I expected. I doubt they'd cancel it after getting the extras together...they better not. Hopeuflly its out by December.

It better be :frowning:

 

[Brandon.B]

Any updates on whats happening with this yet? :

 

[Mathew B]

Still no Amazon US listing for R1.

According to Amazon UK, there's an upcoming R2 release that may or may not be this edition on November 6th.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scrooged-Bil...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
SendIt also has it, but this time on December 4th.
http://www.sendit.com/dvd/item/7001000129080

If it is, how come it's coming out in R2 land? Not that I'm complaining, as I'm in the UK, but that's going to annoy alot of people.

 

[Grant H]

Because I already have it in anamorphic widescreen on DVD, and it's the movie I care most about.

At this point, double-dipping on SD titles just feels like a big waste of money. I haven't even been buing SD Sony titles for a while because they've taught me to hold otu for extended cuts or Superbit versions (which seem to be disappearing). They have me to the point with some titles that I might as well just wait for Blu-Ray, rather than buy their "Inferior Edition" now.

Plus, the savings today can help me justify buying the HD gear when the time is right.

And as far as SUPER-HD....How long did we have NTSC?

That's right: a long, long, long, long, long, long time. The FCC ain't going to adopt another new standard for a good long while.

At the rate US households are adopting HD, I'll be dead or in a retirement home before HD is supplanted. I know there's already super HD equipment for people to study classic art and such, but it's hard enough to wrestle the bandwidth away from TV providers now for low bitrate HD, and until everyone has 10 foot screens in their homes there isn't much need.

 

[Grant H]

I thought IV was just re-encoded, but perhaps you're right.

I'm having a rough time remembering if First Contact was more than just re-encoded, but I know Insurrection was.

I wonder if they were just going to port the old Scrooged transfer and decided to remaster it instead, so it will be good to go for HD too.

 

[Dave Mack]

Hiya Grant, not sure specifically about IV but First Contact indeed got a new transfer that is AWESOME. Way better than the old. It looks like The Dead Zone got a new transfer too but supposedly it has considerably less detail!

:0

 

[Grant H]

Yeah, now that I think back on it I realize you're right about First Contact. In fact, when I upgraded I watched it right away even though I'd just watched the original version a few months back because I was anxious to see the quality.

Which one was reframed? FC or Insurrection, or both?

The original FC transfer was one that seemed good for its time, but didn't hold up under close scrutiny once I got a bigger and better system.

And it is a stellar transfer. And they popped DTS on that bad boy too didn't they? That was when Paramount seemed to decide to really step up their game.

 

[Brandon.B]

So yea, anything new on this yet? New release date? Is it still coming? I dont see what the reason would be for canceling it, if it is, especially when the extras have already been put together. Hope we learn more soon...

 

[Brandon.B]

*Ahem*...still no word? I wanna put a little love in my heart :frowning:

 

[MarkBurton]

Best Buy is still showing this arriving on 10/31. Not sure if that means anything, but here's the link...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....uct&id=1567166

 

[Brandon.B]

Very interesting, this is strange. I want this so bad. I just noticed it is now up on Amazon.ca too. But I can't find it on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.ca/Scrooged-Richar...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

I wish would could get some confirmation on this already. Less than 2 months until Xmas Day

 

[MarkBurton]

Brandon,
Thanks for posting that link from Amazon.ca. I took a look at the listing and I noticed something interesting...

Format: Import, Collector's Edition, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition

 

[PatWahlquist]

Nothing on the Paramount retailer site, although the art for the front and back of the DVD is still up. I'll email my Paramount contact to see if I can find out anything.

 

[Dave Mack]

best buy removed it...

 

[Dale MA]

Damn, I really hope that this gets a release this year.

 

[Mathew B]

All R2 UK stores seem to be pre-ordering for a new edition on 6/11/06. However, I'm not sure yet if it is this edition. I know one store simply says "new packaging" and there are no specs about it on any of them.

I'm wondering what's wrong with R1 too. Rights issues, perhaps?

 

[Brandon.B]

Nice, thanks!

Hopefully we can finally get some solid confirmation on this now, its a must have for me especially after hearing about the extras.