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Originally Posted by Andrew Budgell
The one glimmer of hope I have is that the 50 are films that were made originally made at Warner Bros. I hope they wouldn't release just 50 catalog titles in total.
Andy |
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Originally Posted by TravisR
a ton of whining
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Originally Posted by Conrad_SSS
moaning and pissing
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Originally Posted by Conrad_SSS
How right you are!
Several fellow members of this forum and I had a discussion about this very topic last week. The general consensus is that, no matter what was announced or discussed, there would me the (sadly) now-obligatory moaning and pissing. |
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Originally Posted by RobertGr
What is amazing is the thread I posted "Not Bashing, Just Venting" and I said c'mon lets stop the remasters of GWTW and OZ and guess what the titles are being remastered again and released again on SD DVD and BD so here we go again after just dropping 40.00 on the three disc set what 2 years ago they are going to try to get us again!
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Originally Posted by rich_d
Well, I hope you felt free to wave your WHV flags aloft on the way out of the meeting.
Seriously, people will range from those nitpicking every little thing to those that will defend a studio beyond what they deserve. This is the Internet. So what's new? But, while your defending the honor of WHV know this, you do a weak-ass press announcement including some already known and already done titles don't expect the public to stand up and cheer. And that is squarely on the shoulders of the good folks at WHV. Live with it. |
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Originally Posted by Russell G
Press announcements are always weak ass. they are aimed at public media, not movie nerds. the meat of the promo will come out in a chat and trickle through the boards as individual titles are announced.
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Originally Posted by MarcoBiscotti
I could be wrong but I'm quite certain the Oz and GWTW announcements were referring to BD only. I can't imagine WHV revisiting these, even in ten years... there's just no need.
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| Finally, studio reps revealed that 4 major catalog titles (The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Woodstock and North by Northwest) are all soon going on moratorium. The good news is, each will reappear in 2009 in day-and-date DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases, complete with stunning new high-definition restorations to celebrate their own individual anniversaries. |
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Originally Posted by seanOhara
So they're pulling the current DVDs to increase demand for the eventual rerelease in both standard and high definition. I don't get the part about the "new high definition restorations" -- I thought the point of the much ballyhooed 4k transfer was that it's of such high quality that they wouldn't have to redo it for HD.
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Originally Posted by Russell G
Good point, but let's face it, nothing sells Hi Def like saying "new high definition transfers". I'm sure they're old hi def transfers that are newly released in true hi def
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Originally Posted by MarcoBiscotti
Well that's silly... I guess they figure they've profited all they can off of the current releases and any income generated from leftover stock copies in retail will suffice until 2009?
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| Beatty, in an impromptu speech, agreed. “What I’m really interested in is film preservation and restoration — although I don’t mind making a little money, as well,” he said. Referring to his involvement with the Ultimate Collector’s Edition of Bonnie and Clyde, he added, “I’ve been giving the DVD people here a terrible time.” Beatty praised Feltenstein for his long career in bringing classics back to life on videocassette and, later, DVD, and talked up the DVD format in general as a great way to preserve Hollywood’s legacy in an easy-to-obtain and affordable fashion. “When I think back to what I had to do to get two 16mm prints [back in the 1960s],” he said. “It took me two and a half weeks.” |
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Originally Posted by Andrew Budgell
I don't really know what more they can do with OZ and GWTW on SD-DVD. I guess we'll find out in a year or so . . .
Andy |
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Originally Posted by Andrew Budgell
The one glimmer of hope I have is that the 50 are films that were made originally made at Warner Bros. I hope they wouldn't release just 50 catalog titles in total.
Andy |
Bill Hunt, Editor
The Digital Bits
http://www.thedigitalbits.com
billhunt@thedigitalbits.com
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Originally Posted by Bill Hunt
The 50 mentioned were JUST Warner titles. George Feltenstein tells me that there are dozens and dozens more coming from the MGM, RKO, Allied and other libraries Warner controls, IN ADDITION to the 50 Warner titles.
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
Thank you Bill for that information as it should calm the waters a bit.
Also, I'm really looking forward to getting as many catalog titles as possible on Blu-ray. Crawdaddy |
Bill Hunt, Editor
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Originally Posted by rich_d
Actually, from a business perspective it makes a lot of sense. DVD's make money for a studio in the first several weeks of the new release, before they discount the price. As you know, it's not what the DVD sells for it's what the merchant pays for it.
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Originally Posted by Bill Hunt
The 50 mentioned were JUST Warner titles. George Feltenstein tells me that there are dozens and dozens more coming from the MGM, RKO, Allied and other libraries Warner controls, IN ADDITION to the 50 Warner titles.
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Originally Posted by rich_d
Yup. But perhaps they figured out that revising the colors in OZ didn't go over as they expected. Perhaps they will revisit that and select some happy medium between the prior release and the last release.
Undoubtedly, they will redo NBNW from original elements if they can. That was a very early effort by Lowry and no way was it a 4k scan. By their own admission they were too aggressive with the removal of grain. Still the result is the best looking Vistavision Hitchcock film out on DVD and I'm certainly looking forward to the new release. |
