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post #211 of 308
11/7/06 at 6:33am

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

Thanks for the links!

Only one more week...
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post #212 of 308
11/7/06 at 8:44am

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Originally Posted by TravisR
Thanks for the links!

Only one more week...

Looking forward to it. Mine has already shipped!
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post #213 of 308
11/7/06 at 11:41am

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

So the reports of a commentary track were false then?
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post #214 of 308
11/7/06 at 12:33pm

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Originally Posted by Sam Favate
Looking forward to it. Mine has already shipped!

Mine too, should be here by the end of the week, can't wait.

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post #215 of 308
11/7/06 at 2:48pm

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

I wont get mine until Dec as it's lumped in a giant order.

What's this about anyways, giant robot fights like Alien Vs. Predator??



Kidding of course.
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post #216 of 308
11/8/06 at 12:55pm

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Originally Posted by Kevin M
So the reports of a commentary track were false then?

Yup - there's no commentary...
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post #217 of 308
11/8/06 at 1:24pm

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I was looking forward to a commentary! Oh well, I suppose it's still worth a purchase.
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post #218 of 308
11/8/06 at 8:52pm

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Originally Posted by Colin Jacobson
Yup - there's no commentary...
Bummer! And with Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Warren Stevens, Richard Anderson and Earl Holliman still very much with us.
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post #219 of 308
11/8/06 at 9:06pm

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

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Originally Posted by Kevin M
So the reports of a commentary track were false then?

Maybe not so much false as based on a misunderstanding.

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The second documentary is "Amazing: Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet," twenty-six minutes long with film-specific commentary by Anne Francis (looking as lovely today as she did fifty years ago), Leslie Nielson, Earl Holliman, Warren Stevens, John Carpenter, Joe Dante, John Landis, and various other filmmakers, writers, and film historians.

Sounds to me like there are parts of the doc where some of the participants do what amount to short "commentary tracks" for scenes or parts of scenes. This may have given rise to the assumption that there would be one or more full length commentary tracks.

Regards,

Joe
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post #220 of 308
11/9/06 at 4:54am

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

Mine arrived this morning, 2-disc region 1, must be Canadian it has Planete Interdite under the title on the cover, but it's not distracting, at least I have the film to watch tonight. I've taken a few quickie screenshots, the PQ looks very nice, I'll check out the sound later tonight.





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post #221 of 308
11/9/06 at 5:21am

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

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Originally Posted by Joseph DeMartino
Maybe not so much false as based on a misunderstanding.

Sounds to me like there are parts of the doc where some of the participants do what amount to short "commentary tracks" for scenes or parts of scenes. This may have given rise to the assumption that there would be one or more full length commentary tracks.

No, that never happens either - there's nothing on the disc that remotely resembles a commentary, "film-specific" or otherwise. The docs are standard fare...
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post #222 of 308
11/9/06 at 5:21am

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

"Forbidden Planet" is all well and good, but how does "The Invisible Boy" look?

http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/
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post #223 of 308
11/9/06 at 9:12am

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Wasn't there talk of a one-sheet poster offer ala Kong at one point?
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post #224 of 308
11/9/06 at 11:06am

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Originally Posted by JohnPM
"Forbidden Planet" is all well and good, but how does "The Invisible Boy" look?

I've looked at a few minutes of The Invisible Boy and that too is excellent; the print is in decent nick, not perfectly clean, but good enough and it's a nice, detailed transfer.
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post #225 of 308
11/9/06 at 4:08pm

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Wow.

I just got this in the mail, and without even seeing how the DVDs look on my screen, I can say this is one of the most impressive DVD packages I've ever seen. I opted for the collector's edition tin, and it is stunning. The online pics don't do it justice. (My wife took my digital camera to work, or else I'd show you what it looks like.)

As for the poster offer, yes indeed, there is one included in the set. The poster is free, you just pay $3.25 for postage. The Robby the Robot is small (Star Wars figure-size) but no less fun to have. The lobby cards are very cool and there are a lot of them, from both FP and Invisible Boy.

Also, I was not aware that the set includes the TCM documentary Watch the Skies, which aired last year I believe.

Top notch work (which is franky what I expect from Warners these days). This might be the best DVD I've seen yet for a single film (not counting movies or TV series).
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post #226 of 308
11/9/06 at 9:01pm

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Originally Posted by Steve Christou
Mine arrived this morning... I've taken a few quickie screenshots, the PQ looks very nice...
Wow, I've never seen the colors of FP look that good!

And ya' know, one thing you won't see from the HD version: screencaps!
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post #227 of 308
11/9/06 at 9:17pm

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WOW! Mine shipped today...can not wait. The colors are amazing. Look at that BLUE! Wonderful.
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post #228 of 308
11/12/06 at 10:11am

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A couple of questions:
1) Is the poster mail-in offer only available on the Ultimate collection and
2) Are the contents of the DVDs the same on both editions?

Well, I thought of another question. Steve, where did you get those great FP posters and are there larger resolution images of them available?
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post #229 of 308
11/12/06 at 11:33am

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Johnny I got those posters from here -

http://www.posterdb.de/detailmovie.php?filmID=1054

They have a massive range of posters from different countries, I wanted to find posters of my favorite films I'd never seen before. Those I posted weren't much larger before I resized them but there are some really huge posters at this site.

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post #230 of 308
11/12/06 at 9:41pm

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

Any impressions on the HD-DVD versus SD-DVD? I really really want to pick up the SD-DVD Ult Ed this week but if the HD-DVD is leaps and bounds better...
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post #231 of 308
11/13/06 at 6:49am

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Originally Posted by Chris S
Any impressions on the HD-DVD versus SD-DVD? I really really want to pick up the SD-DVD Ult Ed this week but if the HD-DVD is leaps and bounds better...

A review of the HD DVD version at Digitally Obsessed:

The Cinemascope image looks ravashing in HD, with preternaturally eye-popping color throughout. The picture is extremely crisp and attractive, with no sign of blocking. Edge enhancement is noticeable only during a brief segment in the Krell underworld. Textures are excellent, and black levels are deep and rich. Robby's various shades of silver, grey and black are rendered impeccably, with subtlety and clarity. There is very little to complain about here, other than HD makes Francis' swimsuit during her supposedly nude swim even more obvious.
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post #232 of 308
11/13/06 at 12:35pm

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I gather there has been a big delay from Warner in the distribution of the FP ultimate gift set due tomorrow 14 11 06 .... I have 20 on order for friends and customers etc and no one in the US seems to have stock.. what is going on??!!!
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post #233 of 308
11/13/06 at 2:00pm

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Wow! 20!

I think it's the number you ordered as the single gift set I ordered shipped today.
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post #234 of 308
11/13/06 at 3:45pm

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One question about that Digitally Obsessed review of the HD-DVD version, in one of the tables, it says that the disc is not anamorphic. But it is widescreen, OAR.

I am not up to speed on HD-DVD or Blu Ray in terms of all the techincal stuff. Like most, I am waiting it out as best as I can for a winner. This disc is making that harder! So while the review says it is widescreen, is the "no" in the anamorphic box meaningless? Are the same techincal machinations that make a SD anamorphoc disc not apply to HD hardware? I assume that as it is HD, that is not an issue, it is in it's own native world where the old rules no long apply when it comes to how anamorphic label is applied.

Thanks!
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post #235 of 308
11/13/06 at 3:58pm

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

My copy also shipped today. Pre-ordered it from Amazon ages ago. Should have it Wednesday night.

Regards,

Joe
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post #236 of 308
11/13/06 at 5:02pm

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is the "no" in the anamorphic box meaningless? Are the same techincal machinations that make a SD anamorphoc disc not apply to HD hardware? I assume that as it is HD, that is not an issue, it is in it's own native world where the old rules no long apply when it comes to how anamorphic label is applied.

Spot on, Nelson.

In HD, everything is natively widescreen-shaped, so there's no such animal as "anamorphic". Opening a whole new can of HTF worms, anything in Academy format (4:3) gets black windowboxing on either side, or gets MAR'd to fit the 16:9 frame.
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post #237 of 308
11/13/06 at 6:36pm

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Right.

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One question about that Digitally Obsessed review of the HD-DVD version, in one of the tables, it says that the disc is not anamorphic. But it is widescreen, OAR.

16x9 encoded is native for the HD spec we've adopted. DVD supports both 16x9 and 4x3 encoding. The common way to refer to 16x9 encoded DVD is "anamorphic" but it's actually a misuse of the word... there's nothing "anamorphic" about a 16x9 digital image... it's just 16x9.

Both 16x9 DVD and 16x9 HD are "16x9" in the same way. However, because HD is only that aspect ratio it would be redundant to call it "anamorphic" too since it's understood. Since DVD has 2 choices of aspect ratio, clarifying the "anamorphic" issue is one way to express that a disc is 16x9 encoded rather than just 4x3 encoded.
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post #238 of 308
11/13/06 at 6:52pm

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Originally Posted by Steve Christou
Johnny I got those posters from here -

http://www.posterdb.de/detailmovie.php?filmID=1054

They have a massive range of posters from different countries, I wanted to find posters of my favorite films I'd never seen before. Those I posted weren't much larger before I resized them but there are some really huge posters at this site.
Thanks, Steve. Can't get into the site at the moment, but will try it again tomorrow.
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post #239 of 308
11/13/06 at 8:13pm

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The HD blows the old SD out of the water. The OAR is probably 2.40:1 or 2.45:1 and there is more picture information on all four sides than the old SD.

I don't have the new SD, so I can't comment on it.
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post #240 of 308
11/13/06 at 9:22pm

Re: Warner announces Forbidden Planet for November

Thanks guys for the clarification on the anamorphic question.

So much praise for the HD disc of this title! This is one of my favorite films, so it will be mighty tempting to consider an HD player.
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