The Day The Earth Stood Still (Blu-ray) - Reviews? (2 Viewers)

[Nelson Au]

Whichever you choose, you will enjoy the Blu Ray. I haven’t seen it in some time, but I recall how amazing the black and white photography looked. Especially the scene when Klaatu first appears in the darkened boarding house. Might have to take a look at this disc again! It’s been so long since I’ve seen this, I imagine it might not look as good anymore. It sounds like the new iTunes 4K version might be even better. ( though I’m sure the Blu Ray is still fantastic. )

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I think I’ll probably just pay the $4 for the remake with the bare bones edition, and keep my old DVD for the bonus features (which I remember as being pretty awesome). With a 4K version already on iTunes, it doesn’t seem worth paying $20 for a 1080p version on disc.

But I can promise I’m not watching the remake again.

 

[Matt Hough]

I think I’ll probably just pay the $4 for the remake with the bare bones edition, and keep my old DVD for the bonus features (which I remember as being pretty awesome). With a 4K version already on iTunes, it doesn’t seem worth paying $20 for a 1080p version on disc.

But I can promise I’m not watching the remake again.

Good decisions!

 

[Tino]

The iTunes 4K version looks and sounds terrific too. Better than both Blu rays. Too bad it doesn’t have special features.....yet.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The iTunes 4K version looks and sounds terrific too. Better than both Blu rays. Too bad it doesn’t have special features.....yet.

Right, I have both Blu-rays and that 4K stream for $4.99 as I have everything covered because streaming and physical discs give me the best of both home video formats to enjoy my favorite movies such as this great Sci-fi title.

 

[Brent Reid]

Sorry to resurrect an ancient thread but I wanted to double check before pulling the trigger.

I've been working on upgrading some DVDs to Blu-rays and I've arrived at the interesting conundrum of The Day The Earth Stood Still.

See, the thing is, I can get the 1951 version on Blu-ray for about $20. I can get the 2008 version which includes the 1951 movie for $4. So, no brainer, right? Except I'm pretty sure that I've read that the 1951 version included in the 2008 set is stripped of all bonus features. But, on the other hand, I still have my 1951 which has bonus features.

So I guess the question is - does the 1951 standalone Blu-ray contain unique bonus features different from the DVD edition (I have the double sided "studio classics" DVD edition)? Because if there's nothing new on the Blu-ray, I'm thinking it makes more sense to spend $4 for the 2008 movie with the 1951 movie, and then just slide my 1951 DVD into the same case.

As with every other time a question like this gets asked, here's the answer.

 

[Sam Favate]

I thought the 1951 movie on blu-ray had outstanding extras. Personally, I'd pay the extra money for the extras and whatever else I had to in order to not have the remake in my house.