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09-06-2007, 01:32 AM
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'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
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Fox issued a standalone press release for 'Live Free or Die Hard' today that dropped a bombshell. The two-disc and single disc widescreen DVD versions of 'Live Free or Die Hard' will be blessed with the unrated cut. The Blu-ray version, however, is stuck with the PG-13 cut.
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http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=00702
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09-06-2007, 04:07 AM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
I saw the news earlier today.
It's a mild disappointment. The PG-13 theatrical cut was something I was more than ready to purchase. It'll be interesting to see what the differences in the Unrated version are. My guess is that this is about 95% marketing gimmick and 5% director's intent.
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09-06-2007, 06:58 AM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
This is annoying to the point where I might just rent this instead. Really, we're paying premium prices for these HD formats and to get shortchanged with content compared to the DVD version doesn't make any sense. The majority of extras I can live without but having multiple versions via seemless branching is a big selling point for me.
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09-06-2007, 07:07 AM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
Eh, I'll just rent the unrated on SD and see if there is a major difference between that and the theatrical cut. We've all been burned by so-called 'Unrated' cuts before, this one might be no exception.
That said, this is a perplexing move by Fox Home Video. I would love to hear the reason behind this.
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09-06-2007, 09:50 AM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
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This is annoying to the point where I might just rent this instead.
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Since I haven't seen this film yet anyway, this is exactly what I plan to do. I'm still debating whether or not I want to spring for the Die Hard Trilogy box set and take the time to sell 2 and 3 individual. |
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09-06-2007, 11:01 AM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway
My guess is that this is about 95% marketing gimmick and 5% director's intent.
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The whole 'unrated on home video' phenomenon of late is incredibly lame. That said, it should be on the BD. Obviously a double-dip situation. Which is also lame.
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09-06-2007, 11:35 AM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
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That said, this is a perplexing move by Fox Home Video. I would love to hear the reason behind this.
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The only thing I can think of is that they want to try to get you to buy this on both BD and DVD. That may sound a bit conspiracy theorist, but is it much different that the one disc version of a film for R1 and two discs for other regions only for a double dip of the two disc months later strategy that Fox likes to use. Not to mention all the other studio double dips.
I don't know. I wanted to get this on BD, but why should I if they are only going to have the PG-13 available which no one really wanted for a Die Hard film anyway? |
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09-06-2007, 11:42 AM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
One cannot understand the logic with this decision. That said, I enjoyed the theatrical version and will purchase that and will not double dip on any future releases of this title. What they should have done is provide both versions on the same disks and make use of the technology that has been available for some time.
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09-06-2007, 12:24 PM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
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Originally Posted by Neil Joseph
One cannot understand the logic with this decision. That said, I enjoyed the theatrical version and will purchase that and will not double dip on any future releases of this title. What they should have done is provide both versions on the same disks and make use of the technology that has been available for some time.
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Yep, it was the version I've enjoyed in the movie theater and I'm not going to repurchase a longer version down the road just to hear a couple of curse words or to see a little more blood.
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09-06-2007, 12:47 PM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
I'm not double dipping.
I'll wait for the unrated BD release.
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09-06-2007, 02:31 PM
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Re: 'Live Free or Die Hard' Not Unrated on Blu-ray
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
Yep, it was the version I've enjoyed in the movie theater and I'm not going to repurchase a longer version down the road just to hear a couple of curse words or to see a little more blood.
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I'm with you if they tried to add curse words and blood.
But, in this case, they removed them to get a certain rating.
I want to buy the originally intended version, not some studio mandated cut.
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