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  1. Malcolm Cleugh

    Bones Season 3?

    Looking at the episode listing per disk something does not add up. e.g Disk 2 has 4 episodes + extended episode + alternate episode + extended scene. So you have a minimum of 6 x 40 minutes = 240 minutes so very borderline for a DVD9 Disk 3 has 4 episodes + extended episode Usual...
  2. Malcolm Cleugh

    Houdini (1953)---comments?

    This is one of the cheapo releases from Legend Films of licensed old back cataolgue titles from Paramount. Would therefore not expect the same care, attention and money spent on them as one of the official Paramount releases, of other films they own from same era e.g. original War of the Worlds...
  3. Malcolm Cleugh

    Will Disney Pixar do a recall on STD Ratatouille??

    Was more serious with the UK release of Phantom of the Opera (film musical version) from EiV. This defaulted to DTS so if you did not have a DTS decoder it played the film with no sound. Must have had lots of faulty returns as remember EiV never recalled or corrected this and just provided...
  4. Malcolm Cleugh

    When Will John Sturges The Satan Bug Be Released On Region 1 DVD?

    The Italian DVD definitely has forced subtitles, however as said above this can be disabled with a few makes of DVD player, also some PC based DVD player software. Is this actually Warner or MGM now as the UK VHS was a Warner release in the same way as a lot of the older MGM films of that...
  5. Malcolm Cleugh

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: 2-Disc Special Edition

    The Blu-ray is out in Europe as here was released by Warner on 19th May with all the above extras. As Warner do not region code BD you would be safe to buy if you can't wait for the eventual US release from Paramount.
  6. Malcolm Cleugh

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: The Last Emperor

    Pity about the change in aspect ratio and that Criterion did not spread both the TV and Film versions over 2 disks each to increase quality. But I guess 6 disk set would have made it even more expensive and less saleable. Matt one correction I don't think the BBC show on disk 4 is from the...
  7. Malcolm Cleugh

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: The Last Emperor

    Pity about the change in aspect ratio and that Criterion did not spread both the TV and Film versions over 2 disks each to increase quality. But I guess 6 disk set would have made it even more expensive and less saleable. Matt one correction I don't think the BBC show on disk 4 is from the...
  8. Malcolm Cleugh

    Is UK R2 Tartan DVD's Sex and Lucia uncut?

    The UK don't tend to cut this type of arthouse film unless it is extremely explicit. Even then they now allow more at a 18 age certificate rating in the UK. Probably think that as subtitled will not appeal to the mainstream so you can get away with more. Here is the link to the BBFC rating...
  9. Malcolm Cleugh

    Closed Captions in R2 region

    Close Caption decoders used to be available in the UK to decode CC on PAL VHS tapes. Have never heard on them here for DVD though. Guess this is because companies in the UK use the subtitles rather than CC option on DVDs. For VHS they used to work as a decoder box sitting between the VHS...
  10. Malcolm Cleugh

    Flash Gordon re-release is coming.....

    The UK release was actually from Momentum. The 25th Anniversary included both DTS and DD tracks. Hopefully this time they will include some proper retrospective documentaries as the UK version apart from the commentaries has limited extras.
  11. Malcolm Cleugh

    Anthony Mann's The Heroes of The Telemark (1965)??

    Although the UK R2 Carlton release says it has been remastered this is not to the standard of their Eagle has Landed restoration from around the same time which looks amazing. The picture still shows its age although it does look better than TV broadcasts I have seen.
  12. Malcolm Cleugh

    The Silence of the Lambs: Collector's Edition - Due 1/30/07

    Is someone with this able to confirm that all the titles at the start of the film are present. Can not find it mentioned in any of the online reviews. On the R2 UE many of these are missing including the film title !!!!. Also the location which appear during the film on the R2 are player...
  13. Malcolm Cleugh

    Evita : Special Edition?

    Would be great if this appears. Am taking my mum to see this for her birthday in London next weekend. Not much chance of a R2 SE here in the UK as rights are held by EiV (an independent distributor) who never seem to produce their own extras. They just tend to piggyback the extras from the R1...
  14. Malcolm Cleugh

    Alias Season Five/Complete Series Sets

    The R1 Buffy set although supposedly limited was not numbered (my copy from Amazon last year was not). Therefore I guess Fox can produce any number they like especially as I don't think they officially announced the number it was limited to. Same with R2 UK Buffy the 1st complete set in 2004...
  15. Malcolm Cleugh

    Seasons Released Scorecard: Starsky 4, MFU 0, Fugitive 0, Untouchables 0

    Starsky had the recent film to piggy back off. Guess it prompted a few people to buy the original TV series as well. You see this with other shows as well. Universal delayed Season 2 of Miami Vice to tie in to the film's release. Mission Impossible TV series seem to be being delayed so...
  16. Malcolm Cleugh

    Titanic R2 SE question

    At least Warner still give you the choice of selecting one of the Eastern European countries and avoiding the anti piracy ad you get if you choose UK or Australia. One of the other studios in R2 (may be Universal) play the ad no matter which country you select. You get it in English unless...
  17. Malcolm Cleugh

    Alias Season Five/Complete Series Sets

    The R1 Buffy set was well over 5,000 more like 50,000 or even more. Not sure if there was an official edition limit. Can't remember talk of one but may have been. Here's the story http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4018 mentions LE but no edition limit. In UK R2 the first...
  18. Malcolm Cleugh

    Conan, which region has the best?

    The Australian R4 Conan the Barbarian Ultimate has the DD & DTS 5.1 is fine and has all the extras. Just dont buy the UK R2 Ultimate edition as it is cut and also some frames have been substituted to avoid cuts. This is mainly around the horse trips in the film as under UK animal cruelty laws...
  19. Malcolm Cleugh

    BONES - David Boreanaz says Season 1 is coming soon...

    Its not yet released in the UK. Some sites are still listing the originally planned release date of 7th August but others are now saying delayed until October. Have on pre-order so hope its soomer rather than later.
  20. Malcolm Cleugh

    do discount sales help "abandoned" series?

    I am just repeating what has been posted here many times in other threads. The Without a Trace comments have been made in other places as well. I agree it is silly not to include discounted sales in determining how successfull a DVD release has been. There are only a few shows I buy full...
  21. Malcolm Cleugh

    do discount sales help "abandoned" series?

    Unfortunately Warner don't looked at these discounted sales especially with respect to Without a Trace. This has been discussed in a number of threads here in the past that they will only look at full price sales not the large numbers they have been selling at $20. You would think it may...
  22. Malcolm Cleugh

    MI-5 Season Two on A&E

    This is discussed I think in the UK R2 season 2 DVD set where they include a US version of one of the episodes so you can compare. Think it has a 45 minute run time compared to the UK's 60 minutes, was also 1.33 rather than the 1.78 of the UK broadcasts. The Season 4 DVD is released in the UK...
  23. Malcolm Cleugh

    Without a Trace Second Season?

    A heads up Warner in Europe are still sticking with releasing this. Season 3 is out in the UK next week (24th July). RRP is very high at GBP60 for 4 double sided disks, will wait for reductions as after around 6 months S2 is now widely available at around GBP30.
  24. Malcolm Cleugh

    Sony DVP-NS315...anyway to mod?

    The company I would recommend for this in the UK are DVDChips it costs under GBP20, there are also a couple of businesses trading via ebay who offer this. All UK Sony DVD players do not convert the colour standard eg a PAL disk is output to the TV as PAL and a NTSC disk as NTSC. Your TV...
  25. Malcolm Cleugh

    NCIS Season 2 & 3

    The rumour was that S2 is supposed to be released to tie into the S4 TV launch this Autumn in R1. In a similar way to another Paramount title Numbers although S2 of that has been officially announced already. The UK R2 release for NCIS seems very tight by Paramount. S1 is due out next week...
  26. Malcolm Cleugh

    looking for "9 Songs" completly uncut and unedited - which region?

    Although the actual film is uncut in the UK at an 18 cert for both cinema and DVD the BBFC (British rating agency), rated some of the proposed extras R18 (Restricted 18), which means the content can only be sold through licensed adult shops and can not be sold mail order within the UK. Therefore...
  27. Malcolm Cleugh

    Batman Begins and Potter-GOF Liner Notes

    As stated above the comic book was a limited edition with the first pressing of the disk. It was one of the times I guess they underestimated demand, also read that the cost of producing the comic was quite high. Guess on subsequent pressings they dropped it to save money. From what you say...
  28. Malcolm Cleugh

    Omen: Furious at DVD Studios!

    Was suprised to see yesterday instore that Fox in the UK R2 have released all the sequels as standalone disks at bargain price (under USD10), with stickers inmplying its the first time they were released standalone. Can not remember if this was actually the case. They have also rereleased the...
  29. Malcolm Cleugh

    UK DVD Retailers that ship to Canada... Suggestions?

    You can get a 5% discount off BensonsWorld prices if you goto them using the links on www.find-dvd.co.uk which is a price comparison website. Just search on the title you want then use the link to the right of the Bensons World price. For the films you are talking about (classics) they have...
  30. Malcolm Cleugh

    2006 (and beyond) Doctor Who plans announced!

    The boxsets are already cheaper than the standard releases you get 3 stories for 1.5 times the price of one (UK rrp are £19.99 for a single story but the two boxsets so far have been £29.99). The only downside is the extras are reduced, so far not a commentary on every episode for the sets...
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