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04-19-2008, 08:16 PM
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True Lies?
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.
Brad
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04-19-2008, 08:57 PM
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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.
Sometime's you reach what's real by making believe.
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04-19-2008, 09:27 PM
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Re: True Lies?
It was released in D-theater, so its got that going for it.
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04-19-2008, 09:32 PM
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Re: True Lies?
That's not saying much.
Sometime's you reach what's real by making believe.
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04-19-2008, 10:46 PM
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Re: True Lies?
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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04-19-2008, 11:23 PM
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Re: True Lies?
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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04-20-2008, 12:03 AM
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Re: True Lies?
It never got the treatment it deserved on SD. My memory may be hazy, but wasn't there some word that a "5 Star Collection" SE of it was planned, but then 9/11 happened and it was scrapped?
The subsequent D-Theater release a couple of years later has me hopeful we will get it on Blu. However, with Cameron wanting to be directly involved with any new transfers done of his films, they may have no choice but to use the one the D-Theater release used, so I'm hoping it was a good one.
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Fox, wouldn't you like to make at least SOME money off of me? Try dropping those MSRPs.
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04-20-2008, 01:16 AM
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Re: True Lies?
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?
Government in action = Government inaction
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04-20-2008, 07:43 AM
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Re: True Lies?
You just have to love the politically correct world we live in! 
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04-20-2008, 07:49 AM
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Re: True Lies?
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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04-20-2008, 10:59 AM
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Re: True Lies?
Hmmph!
I guess it's not all that surprising that R2 got an anamorphic release (with a few extra features no less!) while we're stuck with a bare bones non-anamorphic SD-DVD with a transfer that's riddled with edge enhancement!!
This is one title that I would pay over $30 for on BD in even a bare bones iteration (as long as the transfer is up to standards) so Fox needs to get cracking on this!!
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04-20-2008, 12:16 PM
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Re: True Lies?
"Apparently, Arnie wasting members of Islamic Jihad is bad thing?"
Americans know better. I read that rentals for this (and similar titles) went through the roof after 9/11.
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Or apparently not researched it very well.
And such.
