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Blue-Underground announces its first titles for Blue Ray

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5/30/08 at 4:44am
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I Can't Wait for "Vigilante". Hopefully, we will get an isolated score as part of the extras. Blue Underground Blu-ray Releases Coming Soon: The Final Countdown, Fire & Ice, Maniac and more.
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5/30/08 at 5:01am
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The Final Countdown!
Woo Hoo! That will be a day and date purchase for sure.
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5/30/08 at 6:26am
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Oh my. Argento in Blu-Ray? Vigilante!? Maniac?

Wow ... I cannot wait for these titles.

Universal, please release Streets of Fire on Blu-ray.

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5/30/08 at 6:30am
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Re: Blue-Underground announces its first titles for Blue Ray

I'll be double-dipping 'The Final Countdown' for sure.
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5/30/08 at 6:32am
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I'll be double-dipping 'The Final Countdown' for sure.

Oh hell yea!
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5/30/08 at 7:53am
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Fire & Ice in HD? Hmmmmm.

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5/30/08 at 8:10am
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- Full 1080p HD Resolution.................................check

- 7.1 DTS-HD and 7.1 Dolby TrueHD Audio............check

- 50GB Dual Layered for Maximum HD Quality.........check

- D-Box Motion Code (on select titles).................check

- Loaded with Extras........................................chec k


- Final Countdown on BD.....................double check and a big woo hoo!!
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Great news! Plenty of double-dipping ahead, though. I have about zillion releases from BU...

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5/30/08 at 8:47am
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Re: Blue-Underground announces its first titles for Blue Ray

Admittedly, I don't know much about the particular titles listed, but it is good to see Blue Underground in the Blu-ray Disc game nevertheless.

I guess like Matt, I am most intrigued by the Argento films, especially The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. I realize The Final Countdown has a lot of admirers, just look at this thread alone, but I can't say the film did anything for me.

What I am most excited about however was news that the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is getting a BD release this September. That warrants another thread me thinks.
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5/30/08 at 2:47pm
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I'll definitely pick up The Bird With The Crystal Plumage and Maniac and probably The Stendhal Syndrome.
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5/30/08 at 11:45pm
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I'll definitely pick up The Bird With The Crystal Plumage and Maniac and probably The Stendhal Syndrome.
Change "Maniac" to "Two Evil Eyes" and that's pretty much me. I'm another excited about "Final Countdown as well. Now, I need them to announce "The Black Cat" and "Q" and it's pig in s**t time....Oh Yeah!

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5/31/08 at 12:09am
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Oh. The Stendahl Syndrome. Excellent.

While quite a number of Argento fans hate this movie, I think it's one of his best and the existing American DVD is pretty poor. This could be great.
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5/31/08 at 6:55am
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Wasn't MANIAC shot in 16mm? Would this benefit on Blu-ray?
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5/31/08 at 7:01am
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shot in 16mm? Would this benefit on Blu-ray?
Yes it would. I transfer home movies to video, and when I started using an HD camera at 1080 30SF, the difference was apparent on 8mm, Super8 and 16mm transfers. Of course this does assume that the film was shot in focus to begin with .

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5/31/08 at 8:20am
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There's more of an advantage to transferring 16mm to HD than DV *cough* 28 Days Later *cough*

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Oh. The Stendahl Syndrome. Excellent.

While quite a number of Argento fans hate this movie, I think it's one of his best and the existing American DVD is pretty poor. This could be great.

The original Troma DVD was poor, but the Blue Underground 2-disc set is really good

I only wish that STENDHAL had been remixed in English using the original production audio tracks. The "vocal artists" who replaced most of the voices in that film- in particular Asia Argento- are really terrible.

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5/31/08 at 9:07am
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I really hope they announce Fulci's Zombi 2. That would look absolutely amazing in HD, especially if it was sourced from the remastered transfer (which I assume it would be).

So far, Maniac and Bird are definite purchases.

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5/31/08 at 10:03am
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Re: Blue-Underground announces its first titles for Blue Ray

I'll definitely be buying the all the Argento ones. They're not really my faves, but I'd love to see Susperia, Opera, and some others hit the format and I want to show some support.
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Re: Blue-Underground announces its first titles for Blue Ray

Great news that they're releasing to Blu though there's nothing I want in this batch (but that's okay).

Looking forward to their Spaghetti Westerns, Hammer Horror (if they now have the rights) and Deep Red if they still have the rights (they don't with Suspiria).
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Change "Maniac" to "Two Evil Eyes" and that's pretty much me.
I didn't watch the video so I missed that they were releasing Two Evil Eyes but I'll pick that up too. Thanks for spending another $20 for me.
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I didn't watch the video so I missed that they were releasing Two Evil Eyes but I'll pick that up too. Thanks for spending another $20 for me.
No problem These releases look so good I may break down and buy a few others. Between BU and Anchor Bay, there's a shit load of stuff I would love to have on Blu. Argento, Soavi, Bava and Coscarelli....and then some!

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Re: Blue-Underground announces its first titles for Blue Ray

Personally, I'd like to see them release some Hammer titles on Blu-ray.
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT
DRACULA-PRINCE OF DARKNESS
would be a nice start.

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