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Warner's Business to Business website confirms the list of features above, although they do say the sound is mono and not stereo. I can't wait for this disc!
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| I have the R1 disc and can confirm that it is NOT anamorphic, even though the box says otherwise. Sounds like they just recycled the region 2 transfer. |
Well, that just sucks...
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Also it has no close captioning or english subtitles even though the back of the box says that it does
. I think it also says it has Spanish subs, but it has no subs at ALL!! Needs to be recalled and fixed if you ask me.
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This is all guesswork, but I watched the DVD with commentary, and with the exception of the brief "Warner Home Video" logo at the disc start-up, this appears to be an exact port of the R2 disc. All the text that precedes the deleted scenes are verbatim from the Blue Dolphin disc, and no alterations have been made to acknowledge Warner Bros. They must have just slapped a WB shield on it and sent it out as is. Of course that would explain WB issuing such a fringe title; all the work was already done for them by Blue Dolpin.
As for the editorial changes, I think the commentary and the deleted scene intros do a good job of explaining director Blatty's motivations. While I am dismayed at no trailer or TV spots--I remember living in one of the few cities WB released it in initially, with the echo on Scott Wilson's scream of "THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE! NOTHING!"--Blatty's complaint that their campaign misrepresented the movie as a horror film is acceptable justification for their omission on this definitive version. (I still say it would have been cool for archival purposes)
Yeah, it would have been nice to get the 6-track Dolby sound from the few 70mm engagements on this DVD, as well as 16x9 enhancement and language options, no doubt. Maybe if this sells anything WB will be inclined to add to the good work Blue Dolphin put in and do an upgraded version.
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I was surprised myself to find the disc was not 16:9. I double checked my setting to see if a recent power outage and deleted them. Everything was OK. I did some checking online to see if any review of the disc stated if it was actually 16:9 or not.
It isn't. The really odd thing was that the disc played directly when I inserted the disc. No default to the menu screen.
Warner Brothers has had other errors in their packaging. The original TIME MACHINE claimed to have the score isolated. It didn't. I understand current pressing (of THE TIME MACHINE) do not state that there is an isolated score. I'll assume that IF there is another pressing (of THE NINTH CONFIGURATION) WB will remove the error.
As for the release date. I had a real problem finding it myself. Best Buy had stated they would have it on the 17th. They didn't and still don't. Borders did not have it. Tower Records did BUT they did not have it in the normal movie section. They had it in a WB section where they have all the "under $20.00" WB movies. They had three copies. Every one of them had the hub broken out of it in shipping. The disc rattled around in each package.
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Actually WB titles default to the menu after the logo. THEN if you just let it sit there it will auto-start the movie. Not many titles start to PLAY when you close the drawer. Yes, if you hit PLAY with the drawer out it will start to play the movie (WB). I was speaking about just closing the drawer. I should have been more clear.
I watched the deleted scenes and they mention Blue Dolphin all through them. The disc must be a direct port from the R2 version.
Someone asked what the menu screen looked like. It's a shot of the castle with text across the top (to access specific things) and the same across the bottom. I'd put in a screen capture but I'm not sure how to do it with VBCode.
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