A few words about...™ Fright Night (1985) -- in Blu-ray - Page 4

Originally Posted by Michael Allred 

Well my copy arrived Thursday morning but I just finished watching it a short while ago.
Short but sweet, I won't use words like "perfect" but it did in fact look damn good for a film of it's vintage. I know some have complained of the poorly placed chapter stops but what annoyed me most were the sound effects as you navigated the menu.
In the end I'm glad I own the BD, not terribly enthused about the price for a featureless release (I could swallow $25 a bit easier though) but it is what it is. If you're only looking for a quality presentation of the film itself, "Fright Night" certainly delivers.

Originally Posted by Douglas Monce 

Ultimately isn't that really what we are all looking for? The bonus features are just that, a bonus. Don't get my wrong I love extra features, but for me its about the film.
I know that we have all become a little spoiled with DVD's under $20, and blu-ray dropping into that price range. But if its a film that I REALLY want, I don't mind paying more to get it. And that is really the customer that these limited editions are focusing on. By now the studios know through market research, which titles are going to sell enough to make it worth while to release and which aren't. This model, not unlike the Warner Archive, is a way to get those films out that just won't get a release any other way.
Doug

Originally Posted by Michael Allred 

Ultimately? Well I can't speak for everyone, just myself but no. If I'm a super fan of a movie, I'd like to see as many features as possible in addition to a quality presentation of the film itself and for a premium price, I don't think that's asking for too much.
Now I don't know why Sony would demand that TT could not produce any bonus features for this release (of course this is assuming they even would/could have if given the opportunity) as it seems they themselves have little to no interest in the title at all. Very strange stipulation to add into a licensing agreement, I mean why would they care?

Originally Posted by Douglas Monce 

Read the interview with Twilight Time's Nick Redman. His company doesn't have the funding to produce their own extras, and the studios, I suspect for legal reasons, for the most part aren't licensing them out.
In the interview he states that The Big Heat is a title that is in the works. That is a film that I would gladly pay $35 for, bonus features or no.
Doug

Originally Posted by Michael Allred 

Well then there you have it, TT couldn't. Fair enough though I DO wonder if something could've been worked out to acquire those two commentary tracks for the disc. Technically TT didn't make them or pay to have them made so perhaps wouldn't have been an issue with Sony? Just thinking out loud here.

Originally Posted by Douglas Monce 


It really depends on the agreements Sony has with those people who created and participated in any bonus features that may exist. It maybe that they have to pay those people all over again in order to license the extras out to a 3rd party company. I don't know that that is always the case, but knowing how things work with soundtracks, and how often times musicians have to be paid their salery in full a second time to release a soundtrack album, it wouldn't surprise me.

Doug

Originally Posted by Vincent_P 

It seems the on-line commentaries for FRIGHT NIGHT had nothing to do with the studio at all. If you listen to them you don't even hear any of the film sounds, just the participants speaking, so the studio would have no ownership of those commentaries at all, rather the website that commissioned and posted them would have the rights.
Vincent

Originally Posted by Vincent_P 

It seems the on-line commentaries for FRIGHT NIGHT had nothing to do with the studio at all. If you listen to them you don't even hear any of the film sounds, just the participants speaking, so the studio would have no ownership of those commentaries at all, rather the website that commissioned and posted them would have the rights.
Vincent