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You'd think multi-millionaires like Spielberg and Scorsese would throw some pocket change at Universal to make things perfect. I find it hard to believe that a film that has so many (wealthy) admirers is struggling for a budget to restore it properly.

More like Spielberg and Laser Pacific.

Disappointed with the lack of extras - a commentary would have been nice - perhaps by Mr. Koster? He seems to know his stuff. Still extremely thankful Universal didn't botch the transfer, though.

Even for 5 movies (ie, the ones I don't already have) that's a great price.

Are there really that many unreleased Bogart movies? From the two signature boxsets and the four gangster boxsets and several other boxsets I sure have a lot of them.

So the count will be: Wizard of Oz: 4 Blu-ray versions Return to Oz: 0 Blu-ray version :rolleyes: Hey Warner how about releasing OTHER classic films. You do have them you know, like: John Ford movies Astaire and Rogers movies James Cagney gangster movies James Stewart movies Cary Grant movies...

Not to question Spielberg, but he's hardly going to say "it looks alright". He's out to sell a product and is not going to be the most objective POV at this point in time.

A hyperbolic myth. If a film shows a head getting blown off it's going to get an R-rating, at least. Talk to Paul Verhoeven and David Lynch about that. Back to Barbarella, I'd be much more concerned with the impression left by the "Excessive Machine" scene than the rather tame and innocent...

Who cares how much it costs or how much sense it makes, a masterpiece like The Quiet Man has been woefully served on home video thus far, and now it looks like it will finally be given a release it so richly deserves. This news should cause nothing but optimism.

I think The Big Heat looks fantastic on Blu-ray. Quite why Sony didn't release it themselves is beyond me. They could have ported the extras on the DVD over and sold it at a more reasonable price without the limited stock nonsense. Selling these films at high prices with extremely limited...

Why on earth would Paramount farm one of the best, most revered films in their catalogue out to some rinky dink outfit (no offfense Olive) instead of releasing it themselves?

Why is the original mono track not on this Blu-ray? In this day and age. :rolleyes: And why is no one kicking up a fuss about it? I am disappointed.

What an appalling awful cover for Strangers on a Train. Whoever came up with that could be fired.

Why do you mean "beginning"? Since when have Universal given any cause for enthusiasm? People should not be at all surprised by these releases.

Drop that stupid umbrella and make the price point more acceptable Warner. Paying $44.99 each for Citizen Kane and Casablanca was already pushing it.

Chances of these being region free?

Someone should also ask them to stop tealizing their back catalogue.

Considering I much, much, much prefer the 1938 version and I would rather slam my hand in a car door than watch The Hangover I rebuke all accusations of being a modern simpleton. :P Maybe if they released great Hepburn movies like Roman Holiday and Sabrina and not the mediocre ones like My Fair...

Oh please. A mediocre release of a 50 year old film that would have sold maybe a couple thousand of copies is not a nail in any coffin. :rolleyes:

Meh. Pygmalion is miles better than this. Where's my Blu-ray of that?

There are far more John Wayne movies on Blu-ray than other western heros like Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper or Henry Fonda!

I owned the UK Special Edition prior to this and it is a significant upgrade from that release. The ugly edge enhancement is gone. The digital noise is gone. There is now a fine layer of grain, And the old release was a cropped a bit, there is more viewable picture here. I'd say the most...

I didn't think it was much of an improvement over the DVD and I certainly wouldn't give it 8/10. I'd say 6/10 is more accurate.

Er, didn't the LW boxset just come out?

Surely they could have gotten Huston and Kipling experts to do a commentary?

I thought it looks generally excellent but like Cobra the colour tinting makes blue jeans look aqua/turquoise.

Ghastly coverart. One of the worst Blu-ray has puked so far and that's quite an achievement. And what makes it even worse is that the film has some really lovely theatrical posters.

Nope. I assume these make Blu-rays more expensive? I would be happy to lose these and get a cheaper Blu-ray.

A commentary. American Pie 2 has four commentaries, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia have zero between them. What a joke of a world. Ideally two commentaries. One cast cand crew. Second historical and film experts. Seamless branching between the main releases of...

Rubbish movie. John Ford directed better ones in his sleep. A pity he didn't give any pointers to ole Marion.