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Taxi Driver SB...!?!?!?!?

post #1 of 62
3/4/04 at 6:51pm
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Saw this on CDJapan... Coming soon...?
Any chance of a R1 release...?
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SB-10019

D
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post #2 of 62
3/4/04 at 7:30pm
Yup and nope.
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post #3 of 62
3/4/04 at 7:50pm
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hmmm..... 1 of my faves, I'm region free. Wonder how much of an improvement this will be...?
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post #4 of 62
3/5/04 at 4:59am
This was supposed to be out already but has been delayed for some reason.
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post #5 of 62
3/5/04 at 11:04am
It comes out on the 6th of June. It probabaly won´t come out on R1, but it´s not impossible.
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post #6 of 62
3/24/04 at 10:21pm
Wow, thanks for that link Dave! It's one of my favourite films of all time as well. Has June 6th been confirmed as the release date? The last time I checked the site, it still said "undetermined".
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post #7 of 62
3/25/04 at 3:59am
Well, I think it was Dvdfile that listed the 6th of June, but now when I checked another site they had December this year as the releasedate. So I guess the releasedate is still undetermined. Hopefully it will get released this year. It will probably sell out rather quickly so you will have to keep a sharp lookout for this release.
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post #8 of 62
3/25/04 at 7:36am
44 BUCKS!!!!
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post #9 of 62
3/25/04 at 8:19am
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44 BUCKS!!!!


Welcome to Japanese DVD prices.

I'm guessing you weren't a laserdisc buyer.
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post #10 of 62
3/25/04 at 4:06pm
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I'm guessing you weren't a laserdisc buyer.

I was an LD collector. That price seems reasonable as long as the quality is a noticeable step up and those JP superbit covers are sooo preeetty.
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post #11 of 62
3/25/04 at 6:09pm
It's just too bad that the last 20 mins or so will still look rough because the MPAA forced the filmmakers to de-saturate the color of red from the blood during the finale.
According to Michael Chapman (the Director of Photography) they tried to find the originol elements for a laserdisc transfer back in 1996, but they had since deteriorated. This according to the documentary from the R1 version. A dts track on this film sounds quite enticing however, regardless of what they can do with the transfer.
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post #12 of 62
7/2/05 at 4:53pm
Anyone receive their copy yet, any reviews surfaced?

Are the Japanese SB victims of PAL speed-up btw?


I need to get more details and specs concerning pq!!
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post #13 of 62
7/3/05 at 5:41am
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Are the Japanese SB victims of PAL speed-up btw?

I haven't seen this particular DVD, but Japan is NTSC.
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post #14 of 62
7/3/05 at 2:34pm
Both HMV.ja and Amazon.ja list it as "available to ship within 24 hours"

One said june 5 the other said June 22- so either way-

and yes-Japan is R2 NTSC....
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post #15 of 62
7/3/05 at 6:55pm
Thanks, I thought only R3 Korean discs were NTSC, good to know!
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post #16 of 62
7/24/05 at 9:44pm
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Someone get it and compare!!! d
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post #17 of 62
8/10/05 at 5:44pm
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anyone?
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post #18 of 62
8/11/05 at 5:37am
I nominate you
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post #19 of 62
8/11/05 at 8:17am
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dang!

Oh well. It IS one of my faves. A desert island disc.

And I can't even sell the old one to offset the $ because of the nifty doc.

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post #20 of 62
8/11/05 at 8:40am
Go, Dave!!!
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post #21 of 62
8/11/05 at 11:47am
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Question...
Unlike certain Japanese SB's, this film is Columbia, so why no R1 SB? Surely there's more interest here than Japan for this flick, no?
Before I drop alot of coin for a dvd that might have nominal improvement, how do we know there won't be a future R1 release? Especially since Columbia (Sony) is KNOWN for triple/quadruple dipping?
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post #22 of 62
8/11/05 at 6:16pm
Who knows. There are quite a few R2J SBs that are also Sony/Columbia here but still no SB in R1.
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post #23 of 62
8/12/05 at 12:10am
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Who knows. There are quite a few R2J SBs that are also Sony/Columbia here but still no SB in R1.
Close Encounters with full bitrate DTS being a glaring omission from Sony USA. There are many others, of course.
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post #24 of 62
8/12/05 at 5:38am
Are you sure it's full bitrate DTS? I have it but always assumed it was half like the other superbits.
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post #25 of 62
8/12/05 at 1:11pm
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So, is there a 2 disc asian superbit out there? Ebay currently has one but since it is Region Free and not R2, makes me wonder. Are there actually Chinese official Superbits like all these Jurassic Park Trilogy ones on ebay?
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post #26 of 62
8/12/05 at 2:47pm
There are a few two disc R2J and R3K Superbits. There are no legit Chinese Superbit releases. A few off the top of my head: (I assume you don't mean SB Deluxe)

R2J Close Encounters
R2J Passion of Joan of Arc (?)
R1-3 Lawerence of Arabia
R3K Bridge on the River Kwai

There may be one more R2J I'm forgetting.

I've been meaning to setup a page detailing all of the Superbit releases, as I own almost all of them. Just haven't had the time.
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post #27 of 62
8/12/05 at 2:52pm
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So then this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Taxi-Driver-SUPE...QQcmdZViewItem
would be bogus, yes?
Also, there are SEVERAL Jurassic Park trilogy superbit sets, saying they are the official chinese versions. Bogus too?
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post #28 of 62
8/12/05 at 3:19pm
If it's 'all region' I'd say it's bogus. So far every R2J Superbit has been coded as Region 2. Some of the Korean Superbits are dual coded for Regions 1 & 3.

For example the Korean Superbit deluxe of Blackhawk Down is R1 & R3 as is MIB2. However, MIB is only R3.

Feel free to email or pm me with other questions.
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post #29 of 62
8/12/05 at 4:25pm
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Yeah, I figured they were. Interesting that the TAXI DRIVER bogus SB bothered to get all that photo material...
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post #30 of 62
8/13/05 at 9:02am
edit.

sorry.

ignore.
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