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I apologize if this has been asked before but does Fox have any plans to release True Lies on BD? This is one of the best action movies made and it has a terrific soundtrack. Not to mention a lively dance routine by Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Re: True Lies?
I sure hope so, if I recall correctly it never even got an SD-DVD with an anamorphic transfer. Of course it is Fox so I highly doubt we'll see it anytime soon. One of, if not, the worst studio.
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It was released in D-theater, so its got that going for it.
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That's not saying much.
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I don't know. Since True Lies came out quite early in DVD history, maybe Fox will release it on BD soon enough too. Afterall, it's exactly the kind of movie that studios think will appeal to the current BD market (and it was a catalog-title-of-sorts back then for the DVD also) -- and it has never gotten the double-dip treatment on DVD either. Seems like they were just waiting for James Cameron to put some time into it for that double-dip, but it never happened.
Given Fox's barebones approach so far and Cameron being not so interested in working on an SE release, I can definitely see them deciding to just put out a barebones BD (but hopefully w/ top notch PQ/AQ anyway) just in time for the holiday season or the like.
Yeah, I'd love for them to release a super-duper SE BD for this, but if they can only give us a barebones one w/ top notch PQ/AQ. Then I'll take it and not worry about an eventual double-dip -- if that ever even comes along.
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I would think that fox would release both the abyss and true lies in BD next year with the release of the new cameron movie.
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I think you are correct. For what ever reason they canned a special edition, thanks to 9-11.
Apparently, Arnie wasting members of Islamic Jihad is bad thing?
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You just have to love the politically correct world we live in!
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Well, since they're in the business to make $$$, the potential bad publicity in relations to 9/11 could indeed be a bad thing for them. And it's not exactly like a double-dip DVD would fly off the shelves as quickly as a first-time release either.
Anyway, now, we're quite a ways removed from 9/11 -- though we still do feel the after-effects here and there (and perhaps, in the various marketplaces).
Hope TheBat is right and maybe they're get around to releasing a solid SE BD of this (along w/ the Abyss though I'm not keen on the heavy-handed ending of the director's cut for that one) just in time for Cameron's new movie.
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I would love the get this film on Blu, but Cameron and Arnold should be involved (at least Cameron). Just putting out some barebones-release is not the way to do it... This is one cornerstone of (silly) action-films.
Then again, we would need "Abyss", "Aliens", "Titanic"... I love his films (well, not "Titanic", but it´s pretty good also).
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TRUE LIES has a lot of great moments. Would love to see it on Blu-ray. Hopefully, Fox will get around to it sometime soon. That, and THE ABYSS.
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I too believe without a doubt political correctness is preventing this one from getting released and why a SE DVD was never released - about every other Arnold title was re-released on DVD, no? (except Conan The Destroyer).
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I'm sorry but that's a bit of a stretch, you can still buy the DVD just fine so what's the PC'ness over? Anamorphic transfers? For the record 9-11 prevented True Lies 2 from being made, the studio didn't have anything to do with it, it was James Cameron's choice. He said he didn't feel right about making light of terrorism after that.
I suppose you could claim this prevented a True Lies SE DVD, as we all know there would have been one if a sequel came out.
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It had nothing to do with not wanting to show Arnie fighting terrorists for PC reasons; studios in general simply got very cold feet about releasing light films involving terrorism for a while after 9/11 because the topic was making people uncomfortable.
That probably had a lot to do with not releasing a 5-Star edition in the US.
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I'd love to see this on BD, since I think it's one of the better Arnold movies. I'd also like to see some attention paid to the transfer, since none of the Arnold movies I currently own on BD (T1, T2, Total Recall and Predator), are exactly reference material. Of course, Conan the Barbarian is the one I'm REALLY waiting for.
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If it's political correctness (a term that I hate) that stopped a True Lies SE, why doesn't the PC police stop 24 or World Trade Center or United 93 or the documentaries made about the actual event?
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Because they don't treat Middle Eastern terrorists as grounds for light-hearted comedy like TRUE LIES does.
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Because they don't treat Middle Eastern terrorists as grounds for light-hearted comedy like TRUE LIES does.
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Quite correct. Also, if Fox wants to release some super-duper SE double-dip on DVD, you can bet they want/need to publicize it, not just sneak it onto store shelves and just hope enough people will buy it to turn a good profit. While it's true they didn't pull all the existing copies of the old True Lies off store shelves, they also didn't need to worry too much about turning *additional* profits on the existing product like they would for a new, double-dip release.
IOW, they're in it to make $$$. And bad publicity (at least in this case) probably isn't a good thing for their bottomline.
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A former coworker of mine is in this film (he's bigger than Arnold!).
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Arguably well-reasoned posts, as well as studio and filmmaker perspectives, aside James Cameron and 20th Century Fox should unclench the sphincter on this one...time enough has passed...
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It's clear Cameron wants nothing to do with True Lies again whether it's a sequel or new SE video/BD release. The studio is not going to risk stirring the pot. (The other posters have made some good points too.)
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How is that clear in the least? Is it clear the same way he wants nothing to do with The Abyss either? Because that never got an anamorphic release either...
The only reason there's no True Lies SE out today is because the necessary parties just haven't gotten around to it, it happens, stop reading into things.
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Or apparently not researched it very well.
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