Any word on Armageddon? (1 Viewer)

[Ron-P]

If I remember correctly this film never even got a decent anamorphic transfer to DVD. Any word on it making it to Blu soon? It's one of my favorite popcorn films.

 

[Scott D S]

I recall this article wherein Michael Bay says some of the master materials for Armageddon were destroyed in a fire.

Michael Bay Relishes Blu-ray's Victories | homemediamagazine.com

--Should Armageddon make it to Blu-ray, there may be even more work in store. Original materials were destroyed.

"Believe it or not, we have to remaster Armageddon,” he said. “The Armageddon [master] was burned in a fire apparently, so we've got to re-master the whole movie.”--

I'm not sure what he means by "master" but it does sound like additional work needs to be done.

 

[Ron-P]

Thanks for that info Scott.

 

[cafink]

I also really enjoy Armageddon. A nice Blu-ray featuring both the theatrical version and the director's cut would be great, especially if it included some or all of the supplements from Criterion's DVD release of the film.

 

[Paul_Warren]

Great movie. Would love to see it on BD as my criterion DVD looks a little rough upscaled via HDMI nowadays!

Someone here rumoured it to be released on April 22nd in the Netherlands for Region B which usually means region free as most of BHV EU releases are usually region free & for some strange reason way before the Region A in many cases:

Hi-Def Release Lists - Blu-ray - International New and Upcoming

However, in addition to the HD master being lost in a fire so they had to do a new transfer (great news for us as compression technology is always improving!) Michael Bay also talked a while ago on his now defunct personal forum about some of the CGI work not being good enough for HD and needing re-rendering at a higher res. Whether this has happened or not who knows perhaps they have found a way to upscale those CGI shots as cannot see them being redone and that news not leaking out about it by now.