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JAMES BOND ULTIMATE COLLECTION

post #1 of 1150
8/17/06 at 9:45am
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DVD Empire is taking pre-orders for the 11/7 release of The James Bond Collections I (GOLDFINGER, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS) and II (DIE ANOTHER DAY, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, THUNDERBALL, A VIEW TO A KILL, LICENSE TO KILL).
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post #2 of 1150
8/17/06 at 9:53am

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I'm surprised they are bundling those. I thought they were all coming out as individual 2-disc editions. And they're bundling them out of order ?
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post #3 of 1150
8/17/06 at 10:41am

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They're using the same old gimmick, packaging the best and the worst in the same box: Goldfinger/Golden Gun, Thunderball/Die Another Day, etc. Oh well, I'm buying them all anyway.

I just wish they'd realize that Americans can buy complete 20-film boxsets too.
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post #4 of 1150
8/17/06 at 11:00am

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Not for me, I lost interest in Bond after Roger Moore...
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post #5 of 1150
8/17/06 at 11:17am

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i will hav eto wait with thi sand see if these editions have the same problems as Region 2
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post #6 of 1150
8/17/06 at 11:34am

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I wonder if we are getting all 4 of the boxsets at once or just the first two this fall based on just the first two appearing on that list.
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post #7 of 1150
8/17/06 at 11:46am

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I was hoping the R2 attache case with all the films inside was coming to R1.
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post #8 of 1150
8/17/06 at 12:53pm

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I would buy it if it was a complete boxset. These bundles I'll pass on.
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post #9 of 1150
8/17/06 at 12:57pm

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Those two bundles are God-awful. Of them, I would definitely purchase Goldfinger and Thunderball if there were released individually.

I would probably purchase Diamonds Are Forever too, even though I detest it, since the Connery completist tempation is too great. Hey, nobody's perfect.
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post #10 of 1150
8/17/06 at 12:59pm

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I would get on this quickly if you had any interest in these two disk remasters. Knowng them they will quickly discontinue it and re-release it in a few years.
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post #11 of 1150
8/17/06 at 1:01pm

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Well, $63 for five Bond flicks isn't too bad. I'm guessing they're going to create a total of four 'sets'?

The other thing is that per reviews only half the reissues are significantly better and the new menus look really boring.
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post #12 of 1150
8/17/06 at 1:08pm

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No Region 1 20 film set w/ spiffy attache case=no sale.
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post #13 of 1150
8/17/06 at 2:33pm

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Originally Posted by Frank@N
The other thing is that per reviews only half the reissues are significantly better and the new menus look really boring.


Boring menus? Forget it! No Sale!
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post #14 of 1150
8/17/06 at 2:41pm

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I thought all the Bond films were being released in one Ultimate Collection. What's with all this bundle BS? I want all the Bond films in one cool case. If reigon 2 can have all the goodness, then why can't Americans. Starting to think I was born in the wrong country.
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post #15 of 1150
8/17/06 at 3:07pm

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Gonna wait for HD on these. The previous releases are good enough until then.
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post #16 of 1150
8/17/06 at 4:28pm

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Originally Posted by Randy Korstick
Gonna wait for HD on these. The previous releases are good enough until then.


Blu-Ray only release. Bleah.
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post #17 of 1150
8/17/06 at 4:29pm

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The bundled packs are not ideal but there is a work around (that if, if the versions are worth owning in the first).

Buy the packs and sell off the ones you don't want.

If I've learned anything is that there are people that flat out love a Bond film that you wouldn't watch twice.
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post #18 of 1150
8/17/06 at 6:59pm

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Originally Posted by rich_d
The bundled packs are not ideal but there is a work around (that if, if the versions are worth owning in the first).

Buy the packs and sell off the ones you don't want.

If I've learned anything is that there are people that flat out love a Bond film that you wouldn't watch twice.

There's really only one Bond film that I hate: Live and Let Die. My problem is that they're just slapping them together in seemlingly random bundles instead of selling them as one classy set.

I was really hoping for something special like the region 2 set.
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post #19 of 1150
8/17/06 at 8:30pm

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Originally Posted by jim.vaccaro
No Region 1 20 film set w/ spiffy attache case=no sale.

WTF?!

I've been anticipating that damn attache case for months now! I had no idea it was going to be R2 only.

So much for the idea of buying an "Ultimate Collection".
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post #20 of 1150
8/17/06 at 8:36pm

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Here's some information from the MI6 website about the releases and dates:

Release Dates
The UK release date has been confirmed as July 17th 2006. The UK will enjoy a 20 title "monster box" collectors edition of all the Ultimate Edition DVDs, as well as individual releases of each film. All titles will be released simultaneously. The region two discs will retail for £16.99 RRP each, with the moster box retailing for £299 RRP.

The USA release has been split in to two phases. Phase 1 will comprise of two box sets, each containing five films. James Bond: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 will include two-disc sets of "Diamonds Are Forever," "Goldfinger," "The Living Daylights," "The Man With The Golden Gun" and "The World Is Not Enough". James Bond: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2 will include "Die Another Day," "License To Kill," "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Thunderball" and "A View To A Kill". Volumes 1 & 2 will be released on 7th November 2006 and will retail for $89.98 each. Phase 2 of the release, which will include the remaining ten films in another two volumes, is expected in May 2007 to coincide with the release of "Casino Royale" on DVD.

History
The 007 "Ultimate Edition" DVDs were originally planned for release in October/November 2005 to coincide with the release of the 21st James Bond film in theatres. Since MGM canned the original 18th November 2005 release date, the DVD plans were been pushed back a year. The series will now be released to co-incide with "Casino Royale" opening in theatres in November 2006.
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post #21 of 1150
8/17/06 at 9:10pm

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Originally Posted by David Allen
Not for me, I lost interest in Bond after Roger Moore...


Me, too. I only care about the first seven. They can keep the rest.
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post #22 of 1150
8/17/06 at 10:58pm

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ahh, and come monday when it arrives, i'll be revelling in my 20 movie 40 disc attache case.

with a free 007 pocket knife too!

sometimes it makes all the overseas ordering on single titles worthwhile...
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post #23 of 1150
8/18/06 at 3:47am

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I don't care at all about an attache case... but I won't be buying any of these until they are offered properly either allowing buyers to chose from all of the individual titles, or releasing them all together as one definitive collection and not in random seperate bundlings like this.
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post #24 of 1150
8/18/06 at 3:53am

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so marco, not trying to agitate you, but you admit you'd purchase the collection if it was one big set, but refused to purchase the four individual collections?

i can understand not buying the box sets if you were after a few specific ones, but i can't understand the acknowledgement that you'd buy the 20 film set if it was available in region one...

is it merely "the principle of it all", or am i missing your point entirely?
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post #25 of 1150
8/18/06 at 4:27am

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No... it's the value first, and the fact that I'd have all the entries in the "series" that I'd otherwise be interested in purchasing available together in one shot as opposed to buying a bunch of seperate randomly packaged sets with the very likely possibility that one "deluxe" collection would eventually surface down the line anyway. Not to mention the hesitation in the uncertainty of future releases of specific anticipated titles and quality, etc.

An "Ultimate Collection" should not consist of a few randomly packaged movies of varying quality. It should best represent the film and franchise that bears it's name in the most fitting manor... through the features, extras, packaging and overall value, etc. I just have no interest at this time with the way Sony is issuing these.

And it's no secret that they are clearly packaging the weakest of the Bond films alongside the strongest. I'd be more prone to spending my money on a product that's 50% great if it allowed me access too all the quality features that I hoped for, rather than seperate box sets that are only half good and still not all that I'm after. It's a smart way to raise the price tags though, by forcing consumers to spend more on each set as opposed to one definitive collection at a better value... which is available elsewhere.
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post #26 of 1150
8/18/06 at 4:49am

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the sets are $65US, right? four of them will be issued? that's $260.

the UK box set goes for 300 pounds, and the total cost of the US releases in about sterling is 138 pounds.

at the discounted amazon UK rate of 210 pounds, the US equivalent would be around $390US.

if you consider what the US are getting to be an unreasonable deal, either that case is worth $125US dollars to you, or you're just pissed that the attache case isn't happening in the US.

personally, im paying the equivilent of $75US more for the packaging, as australia has both a hard case listed at $300AU or the attache case at $400AU.

And hey, if the you bought the ultiumate box set of 20 films, you'd still get stuck with the same films that you don't like, as if you bought the four box sets coming to the US. a shitty film is a shitty film.


hmmm... i hope this makes sense to people (the figures, etc).
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post #27 of 1150
8/18/06 at 5:36am

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Originally Posted by Nelson Au
Here's some information from the MI6 website about the releases and dates:

Release Dates
The UK release date has been confirmed as July 17th 2006. The UK will enjoy a 20 title "monster box" collectors edition of all the Ultimate Edition DVDs, as well as individual releases of each film. All titles will be released simultaneously. The region two discs will retail for £16.99 RRP each, with the moster box retailing for £299 RRP.

The USA release has been split in to two phases. Phase 1 will comprise of two box sets, each containing five films. James Bond: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 will include two-disc sets of "Diamonds Are Forever," "Goldfinger," "The Living Daylights," "The Man With The Golden Gun" and "The World Is Not Enough". James Bond: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2 will include "Die Another Day," "License To Kill," "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Thunderball" and "A View To A Kill". Volumes 1 & 2 will be released on 7th November 2006 and will retail for $89.98 each. Phase 2 of the release, which will include the remaining ten films in another two volumes, is expected in May 2007 to coincide with the release of "Casino Royale" on DVD.
I really think MGM is messing up the USA release, as all the Bond volumes would make a perfect Christmas gift for casual fans like myself, and Bond fanatics. I want to watch all the Bond films in order, and have no interest whatsoever in those terrible bundles that jump all over the place.
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post #28 of 1150
8/18/06 at 5:39am

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I'd keep your Goldeneye SE because of this bloody, awful mess which might plague the R1 SE:

http://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/foru...pic.php?t=2183
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post #29 of 1150
8/18/06 at 6:03am

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What about On Her Majesty's Secret Service? That film's stature has risen quite a bit over the years, and should've been included in Set II instead of the crappy A View To A Kill. O.H.M.S.S. has one of the best screenplays of the series and an unforgettable Diana Rigg as the only woman to become Mrs. James Bond. And George Lazenby isn't that bad as 007, either! I've also heard there was a scene missing from the current DVD, so now is the time to correct this siuation.
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post #30 of 1150
8/18/06 at 6:10am

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Originally Posted by Charles Ellis
What about On Her Majesty's Secret Service? That film's stature has risen quite a bit over the years, and should've been included in Set II instead of the crappy A View To A Kill. O.H.M.S.S. has one of the best screenplays of the series and an unforgettable Diana Rigg as the only woman to become Mrs. James Bond. And George Lazenby isn't that bad as 007, either! I've also heard there was a scene missing from the current DVD, so now is the time to correct this siuation.
It's not like they aren't releasing it. It will be out in May. They broke up popular ones so people will buy both waves in Nov and May. Nov gets popular titles like Goldfinger, Thunderball, & The Spy Who Loved Me.

May gets From Russia With Love, Dr. No, & Goldeneye.

These are the 10 in Nov:

Goldfinger
Thunderball
Diamonds Are Forever
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Licence To Kill
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day


The 10 in May:

Dr. No
From Russia With Love
You Only Live Twice
O.H.M.S.S.
Live And Let Die
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
GoldenEye
Tomorrow Never Dies
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