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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    The original Sony release w/ PCM audio had: The 2-BD Sony Collector's Edition w/ Dolby TrueHD audio had: The new Fox disc w/ DTS-HD MA audio has: The US version of the Fox release still has the edited PG-13 cut, whereas the UK version of the Fox release now has the uncut version...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    The original audio tracks on the BDs have all been @ 224 kbps.
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    On top of the commentary and BGAF, it's missing these additional items that were on the 2-disc Sony release: Know Your Double-O:The Ultimate James Bond Trivia Quiz The Art of the Freerun Catching a Plane: From Storyboard to Screen Storyboard Sequence: Freerun Chase Filmmaker Profiles None...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    According to this old article, MGM bought the rights to NSNA from Taliafilm in 1997. I think that Warner just had the distribution rights for a limited amount of time, and when that expired MGM snatched it up (reportedly for somewhat over $2m). At the time MGM claimed that they bought the...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    [LEFT] I'm sure that there's a fair percentage of non-hardcore fans who aren't aware of the entire rights issue with Thunderball that led to Never Say Never Again being produced independently of Eon Productions. And even those who know that may not have been made aware that the Bond 50 set...
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    Question: If I buy a region free BD from the UK, will it play on a US BD player?

    Unfortunately, there's really no way of finding out prior to purchase. If your video equipment can't handle 50hz material, it's better to let someone else be the guinea pig and go off of their report of it. BDInfo scans are great at giving detailed information regarding a given disc's...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    I found a German retailer that has a full listing of the bonus features on the 23rd disc. Naturally they were listed in German, so I used an online translator... The World of Bond: Stunning opening sequences Title sequences Orders Special equipment Exotic locations and allies The villains...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    But how else are single parents of 10 children going to get free council housing? The funding required in order to give chavs benefits has to come from somewhere...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    Try living in Washington state. I've always had to pay sales tax at Amazon...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    Ouch! Like I said earlier, I got $80 (before fees/shipping) earlier today on eBay for my 11 used pre-Craig discs. Then again, I most likely have a lot more "free time" to do all the grunt work required to make an eBay auction successful (taking pictures, typing up a blurb for the listing...
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    Question: If I buy a region free BD from the UK, will it play on a US BD player?

    Actually, it all depends if the video content of the disc is encoded in 1080i50 or not. Most US BD players can't handle 50hz content, regardless of region coding. Some examples of this kind of disc are the UK releases of BBC's Human Planet and Frozen Planet documentaries. However, if the...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    Yeah, you're absolutely right. The mix between the old releases with gold logos on the spines and the new releases with the white logos will not look good at all. Also, the placement of the studio logos and the style of James Bond's picture won't match up between old and new releases. You can...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    I can understand your disappointment regarding how the final 9 movies' BDs are being treated, but I don't think the box is over-priced (especially if you consider the alternatives). The problem is that buying the 9 movies that haven't released individually before (which are coming out on 10/2)...
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    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    That's how I interpreted it as. The 20 pre-Craig films should all have the same menu templates, and the 11 films that already came out individually should be the same in the box set.
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    Is the one disc Blu-ray version of Das Boot any different than first disc of two disc version?

    It's identical to the 1st disc of the 2-disc release.
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