The James Bond DVDs again? (2 Viewers)

[Bill Thomann]

Hurricane Charley did me a favor by sucking away my box sets so that I can now just wait and get the Ultimate Editions when released without worrying about double dipping on 20 movies & trying to ebay them. Something good came out of that 'Cane.

 

[Greg_S_H]

I wondered how those got in my bushes.

 

[Tony Whalen]

Yeah, but I bet even Charley spit out Moonraker.

 

[Mattias_ka]

I don't understand why so many want a 5.1 REMIX!? What is wrong with the OST (original soundtrack) in mono? Movies for me are picture and sound, and that is the way I want them now.

Hope all will be in OAR, that some have not been on DVD before (1.85:1 instead of oar 1.66:1)

 

[Kajs]

A 0.19 difference in AR really doesn't matter much to me. I just want those first three remastered.

 

[Will*B]

Despite the film itself not being that brilliant, I'd love to see a TOTALLY uncut version of License to Kill, maybe even including the infamous 'heart removal' sequence as a deleted scene.

A nice clean print of OHMSS would be very welcome too.

 

[Mike Graham]

I would rather MGM keep coming out with the same sets every Christmas - I just want to have a copy of From Russia with Love and Thunderball to watch on my 20" TV near the end of the year, just like the old TBS Bond marathons. Bring on the super special editions, but let us have the crappy copies to tide us over until then. The fact that the first three Brosnan pictures are out of print is just plain ridiculous.

 

[Bradley-E]

Now that $ONY owns the rights they are re-issuing them with all new FULL SCREEN transfers.

 

[Kajs]

Then as special editions, then as superbit, then as superbit deluxe...

 

[Frank@N]

I've seen these on Ebay.

Anyone know what's in the box aside from the DVDs?

There seems to be a booklet of some kind, but I doubt it's a fair replacement for the SE booklets.

 

[Mattias_ka]

Well, I think that's around 11% picture info missing. So, why not do 1.85:1 off the 2.35:1 movies also, just to make the best out of the DVD format? OAR are OAR, nothing else!

 

[Greg Black]

I've been wanting to complete my collection recently, and buy the Volumes 2 and 3 of the DVDs, but I suppose I'll hold off if these new ones are less than a year away.

Hopefully, quality control at MGM will be better, since two of the DVDs in my set were without booklets. I tried emailing MGM to no avail.

I just watched Dr. No last night, and well, I'm sure going to love those new Lowry-cleaned transfers. Though truthfully, the transfer didn't look as bad as I thought it would.

 

[rich_d]

I agree. Dr. No is enjoyable just as it is - with very vivid colors - it is a visual treat. Actually a very pleasant outcome considering we are talking about a very popular film with goodness knows how many print transfers taken from the negative over the years. Then again perhaps they used master copies to make prints from thus not using the negative as much as some studios have done with other popular films.

However, I will be very interested to see how good the Lowry scans will be. Both in DVD and HD-DVD. Perhaps they can work some magic and make us believe we are back in 1962 again.

 

[Greg Black]

Oh, wouldn't that be nice. The problem is, once you left the house, it wouldn't feel like 1962 anymore. :frowning:

 

[Greg_S_H]

I'm reading Jack Finney's Time and Again right now, and it might give you some tips on how to walk out into 1962.

 

[Haden]

Are they going to release all of the Bond films individually this time? I got some of them back during the 2000 run, and wanted to get some others when they re-released everything in 2003 but the ones I wanted were only available in the box sets. I just want to get 3 more Bond films and I hope MGM releases them individually this time.

 

[RichardCrowther]

As others have stated above, I think for a lot of enthusiasts, MGM are really going to have to meet some tough criteria if they want to encourage selling these films to us all over again. So far, the list looks like this:

1) Each and every film is going to have to look as good as it can. Some, particuarly the earlier films, were covered in all sorts of damage the first time round.

2) The original soundtracks are going to have to be included for every film as well as the spangly new remixes.

3) The first three films are going to have to be in their correct ratio and not cropped to 1.77:1.

4) OHMSS and Licence to Kill are going to have be uncut.

5) All captions and subtitles are going to have to burnt-in and not player-generated.

6) The extras are going to have to be mind-blowing (evidence so far suggests that they might be, but time will tell).

7) No authoring/encoding cock-ups.

8) They must all be available separately as well as in a boxset.

Somehow, I can't see MGM satisfying every one of those criteria, especially the first five. If they do, however, it will be a fitting celebration of some of the most enjoyable films ever made.

 

[Sam Favate]

Hey, sort of related to this, I have a question: Does the Casino Royale disc include the Barry Nelson TV show from the 1950s?

Seems to me, WRT the 007 series, that any new discs will need to first and foremost correct the problems with the transfers from the 1999-2000 DVDs. Specifically, I refer to The Living Daylights, which has cropping issues and missing subtitles, and Octopussy, which also has missing subtitles.

 

[Nathan*W]

Yes it does. CR is a pretty good release, actually. Here's a link to the HTF Review. (Back from when Ron did them!)

 

[RichardCrowther]

AKAIK, this matter was addressed as soon as it was discovered and replacements were offered to those who required them and corrected versions also made their way into shops. Can anyone confirm this?