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Sounds good (apart from 'To Kill a Mockingbird loses the appalling graininess in a courtroom closeup.') Hopefully that's just the writer of the article overstating things. Would love Vertigo, and especially Spartacus to be in the 'some other' category.

100 YEARS OF UNIVERSAL - RESTORING THE CLASSICS Runtime: 9m 11s Should be interesting. Not sure it takes that long to explain the practice of using an outdated master and cranking the DNR knob up to 11...

I'm not lucky enough to have been around to see the original Planet of the Apes in 1968, but that film and it's sequels were a big part of my filmic education when I was growing up. Despite my connection to them I thought this was an excellent addition to the series, and one of the best of the...

There are definite issues with this release that could be overlooked on a smaller screen, or with a less discerning eye. I too wonder why Lucasfilm focused on the fixes that were only partially (to be charitable) made during the press briefings. Surely they knew the very people they were aiming...

I was at Empire Magazine's 'Big Screen' event here in London yesterday and we got to see some bits and pieces from the special features discs from Episodes 1-3, and 4-6. The presentation was from Anthony Daniels, and a couple of guys from ILM (whose names I didn't catch as Daniels somewhat...

OHMSS for me too - an excellent film. It would have been interesting to see what Connery would have done if he'd played Bond in it, but the criticism Lazenby has come in for is somewhat unjustified. I saw the restored digital 'print' that will presumably be the basis of the Blu-Ray a couple...

I believe the following originates from DVDfile (I borrowed it from another forum). It's from an interview they did with Michael Thau who worked on the restoration with Donner. I can't find a link to the original piece - this bit is just about the audio on Superman, but there was lots of other...

If the master is the same for both releases I personally doubt it was made specially in 2010 for the Alliance release then, but obviously I can't say for sure that it hails from an earlier time. I agree that compressing down to fit on a 25gb disc can't have helped though. Ultimately the...

I'd have to agree with the opinion that this is an older master. It looks to me like the Canadian release from last year so probably derives from the same source. It's not utterly awful, but, in my opinion, it has a harsh digital look rather than a nice filmic appearance. Not sure Lionsgate...

Interesting that the colour timing is so different. It seems like they're saying that the 2001 colours weren't faithful to the original dye-transfer prints and that Storaro had altered them at that time, along with mandating his 2:1 ratio for home video. I might be reading too much between the...

I haven't seen the UE DVD, and overall I do think that the Blu-Ray looked great, but I must admit I was bothered by those vertical scratches on Thunderball. It does seem that additional work was done to the Bond films after the UE releases, often to correct mistakes - I think the colour timing...

Just back from seeing a digital version of Avatar here in the UK - I hadn't seen this thread and was expecting a 1.85 3D version and was surprised to get a 2.35 3D version. From reading here it makes sense as the screen was a 2.35 ratio screen so that format maximized the picture. The 3D worked...

Just got the Transformers 2 disc today. I've realised I read far too much HTF as I only bought it as I'd heard here that Charlie was responsible for the documentary! Haven't watched it all yet but had to drop in to congratulate him on capturing the moment when Bay gives the instruction to add...

Just had a look at Gladiator and can confirm that in motion things are just as bad as the caps. The SE material picture looks great, the sound is great, the extras are great but the picture for bulk of the film is a big disappointment. This is a multiple Oscar winning favorite from a mere 9...

I'll probably pass since the original version isn't included. At least it isn't in a Warner 'box of crap', I thought they might have floated the disc in a bucket of reproduction vomit the way they've been going...

I have enjoyed the majority of Bay's films, with the exception of The Island. Revenge of the Fallen does have a few things in common with Bad Boys 2 - its overly long, everything is amped up from the original, there are thinner characters, more over the top 'humour', inadvertent drug taking...

Saw this today too, overall thought it was OK, great special effects but no real story or characters to invest in. Megatron and The Fallen aren't given much in the script - can't Hollywood do good villians anymore? Even Star Trek which I enjoyed a lot didn't get this right. I expected them to...

I don't much drop into this part of the forum anymore since my move to HD, but had to give thanks to those who fought against DIVX back in the day. Here's to being able to play back what we own on disc whenever we want!

Just taking a look at the disc now - already wanted to thank Van for all his hard work, even if I may never get through all of it! I'm using a PS3 - for comparison I get the main menu in 00:02:10 first time around, and 00:02:05 second time (when no content is downloaded). As for the bits...

License to Kill is actually one of my favorites, and Man With The Golden Gun one of my least favorites. To be fair though I do like all the films (well, maybe only parts of Die Another Day...) I do think it's partly down to when I first saw them. I like View to A Kill more than most - which...

Surely that cap from ST IV isn't representative of the actual disc? It can't be that bad can it? I just want to get the discs in hand and see for myself, but I'll be very upset if that it what they look like. And as for the new film - and, as someone well over the age of 15, I disagree with...

Thanks so much for these (to Matt and Charlie) - the covers are awesome. Now I need a new printer or to find somewhere that will print them for me!

I went to a digital screening of OHMSS today and noticed that the credits seemed to have been windowboxed a bit too. Looks like we're in for more of this in future. That said the print looked fantastic and had the correct colour timing in the pre-credit sequence unlike the UE DVD. Can't wait...

I'd say Final Cut first, it's the best version for me. I would say that I, like the majority, saw the v/o version first and that inevitably made it easier to watch the Directors cut without narration when it came out in the 90's. As for the 10 year old - as I recall I was about that age when...

Just taking a look at the disc now - the oldest title in my Blu collection, although it doesn't look like it. Great picture and sound. I probably won't use them but I even like the optional painted side panels that can be used to fill up a 16x9 screen. A nice touch to appease those who might...

Sky Movies in the UK have broadcast the longer version of Wrath of Khan in HD. Although overall it wasn't of the highest quality the added scenes didn't stand out as being poorer - so they are available in that films case. They also showed the others, TMP was obviously the theatrical cut, as I...

It is a shame the directors cuts aren't coming out for these, Wrath of Khan is one of my favorite films and I enjoyed the additions. Still, it's good that the original versions will be preserved on Blu Ray. Oddly, when Sky Movies showed the Trek films in HD it was the Directors cut of II that...

Interesting that the Blade Runner Ad only mentions HD-DVD, whereas the Kubrick one mentions both. I know Warner said they'd release Blade Runner on both - I hope for the BD people it isn't delayed until the issues with the interactive features are ironed out.

Checked my Superman III disc from the ultimate box (Region 1) earlier and its the same disc as the previously released set. No idea how this error was made (its not the same disc art so it isn't like they had these lying around the past few years!) I'll wait for the exchange that'll doubtless...

I just picked the ultimate set up from my local post office on my way to work and was sat looking at the booklet when I viewed this topic - suffice to say I'm now somewhat less excited about giving it a spin this weekend. Living in England its going to be a pain to get replacements shipped to...