A few words about...™ The Adventures of Robin Hood -- in Blu-ray

Robert Harris · 08-29-2008, 02:33 PM

Warner's Blu-ray release of The Adventures of Robin Hood is magnificent in every way.

Harvested from incomplete surviving original negatives with missing units filled in with masters, The Adventures of Robin Hood is a perfect example of what thoughtful and precise film restoration using the latest in digital tools can yield.

One of the huge problems of three-strip Technicolor was that films were exposed on black & white negative with an ASA (film speed) of 5, with much of the light being lost in internal prisms and filters.

You'd never know it from looking at this miraculous Blu-ray.

An extraordinary release that is is as good as it gets.

Extremely Highly Recommended!

RAH

Reagan · 08-29-2008, 02:52 PM

I'm glad someone has received his copy.

I am excited about this. In fact, I was excited on Tuesday when I went to Best Buy to pick it up. Oddly, they didn't get any in stock, so I had to visit the internet to buy it. Still hasn't been shipped.

-R

Douglas Monce · 08-29-2008, 04:06 PM

Robert, any idea if this release is identical to the HD DVD?

Doug

John_S · 08-29-2008, 05:08 PM

I received mine from Amazon yesterday and watched it last night. In my opinion it looked amazing.

Btw, I've never seen the HD-DVD version, although I owned the SD.

Jerome · 08-29-2008, 06:24 PM

Does this bluray has french subtitles on the bonuses ?

Thanks

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Mike Williams · 08-29-2008, 09:01 PM

I read on dvdbeaver.com that while the disc takes up 35 GB of space, the actual feature only takes up 16.5 GB. That really sounds ludicrous to me. Is that possible?

Douglas Monce · 08-29-2008, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Williams

I read on dvdbeaver.com that while the disc takes up 35 GB of space, the actual feature only takes up 16.5 GB. That really sounds ludicrous to me. Is that possible?

Well the movie itself is only 102 min long. Add to that a mono sound track and the fact that it is pillerboxed at 1.37:1. I don't see any reason why it couldn't be 16.5 gig VC-1 file.

Doug

DeeF · 08-29-2008, 11:18 PM

I own the HD DVD of this film. Should I buy the BD?

I have found that The Searchers looks quite different on BD than it does on HD DVD. Also, my HD DVD of this film no longer works properly (can't get the menus) even though the film itself plays perfectly.

Eric F · 08-29-2008, 11:28 PM

Does this still have the Bugs Bunny short?

Michael Osadciw · 08-30-2008, 12:22 AM

never seen this film but will pick it up just to see an older film in HD...and one that looks brilliant!

Mike

Mike Williams · 08-30-2008, 02:24 AM

It DOES contain the Bugs Bunny short, in HD. ALL of the extras from the HD-DVD are present on the Blu-ray.

Reportedly, the Blu-ray is identical to the HD-DVD, but if your HD-DVD isn't working properly, by all means you should replace it with the Blu-ray.