Have "Octopussy," "The Living Daylights" and "OHMSS" been fixed in the (1 Viewer)

[Andre Bijelic]

There were problems with those titles when the DVDs originally came out. "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights" were missing informational subtitles, and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" had missing footage.

Does anyone know if these issues have been dealt with in the new releases?

 

[Gary Seven]

What was the missing footage in OHMSS? I have both the DVD and laserdisc and would like to make a comparison.

 

[Andy_G]

Look at the scene where Bond's associate is killed.

 

[Damin J Toell]

Were these 3 discs the only Bond releases that had glitches? I remember there being a few, but I was always too lazy to contact MGM for an exhchange. I should probably do it now before the disc go OOP again...

DJ

 

[Britton]

The Man with the Golden Gun had playback problems with the second layer. MGM had an exchange program with that one as well.

 

[Ric Easton]

Never Say Never Again had a missing scene. It was fixed.

Ric

 

[Jon Robertson]

What about the missing scene at the end of From Russia With Love - is that in there on the DVD?

Details of the jump-cut.

 

[Andy_G]

I think that jump cut is now part of the film (for better or worse).

 

[Britton]

I've never seen a version of FRWL that didn't have the jump cut.

 

[Jon Robertson]

I was under the impression it was restored on a particular laserdisc release, but maybe not.

 

[Paul Arnette]

MGM had an exchange program with that one [The Man With The Golden Gun] as well.

As they did for Octopussy and The Living Daylights informational subtitles issue as well. So, one would expect new box sets with these films would be corrected.

License to Kill had an audio sync problem which appears to have been corrected, but I never recall MGM having an exchange program for that.

The only issue that I am unsure of whether it was corrected or not is OHMSS. I would be very interested to find out as well, as that is my favorite Bond movie.

Wow, MGM sure screwed the pooch on these releases. It's been along time since I thought about how many Bond discs I had to mail them. :frowning:

 

[Matt Butler]

If I remember right; I sent Octopussy, Daylights and Golden Gun. I heard about but couldnt send Majesty or License to Kill.

And I wont touch Never Say Never Again to save my life.

I just cant believe they might be doing new issues of these in a year or two. They better be worth it or Im not double-dipping.

 

[Blaine Skerry]

Curiously, a line of dialogue has been removed from the still slightly jumbled sequence, right before Bond throws a film canister into the water and kisses the heroine. It was restored on the sixth try, MGM/UA's individual letterboxed release, which came out after the Collection

 

[Bryan Tuck]

Where and what were the missing subtitles on Octopussy? I knew they were there, but I never found out for sure which scene(s) they were in.

 

[Britton]

Just check the part where Bond throws that guy onto the bed of nails. The Indian guy says, "Hey, my bed!" or something along those lines. That part is subtitled and they are player generated subs if you have the corrected version.

 

[BrianS]

Where and what were the missing subtitles on Octopussy? I knew they were there, but I never found out for sure which scene(s) they were in.

If I remember correctly, it is when the old man lying on the bed of nails stands up & shouts at Bond "Get off my bed" or something to that effect. It is a minor laugh lost but not a huge big deal. It didn't keep me from purchasing it a couple of years ago.

 

[Kajs]

15 replys...no one has answered the question yet.

No wait, make that 16 now.

 

[Tom Brennan]

I would re-purchase OHMSS if it is confirmed to be fixed. I already have the fixed Octopussy and Living Daylights, but it would be nice to know for others that the current versions are fixed.

 

[Dennis]

Does anyone know for sure if License To Kill was ever offered for exchange? I have the original and I came across the following thread: License To Kill's Sync Issue is Fixed

It's a year old and the question was never answered.

 

[Paul Arnette]

Does anyone know for sure if License To Kill was ever offered for exchange?

I'm pretty sure it wasn't. I bought another copy, and then I sold my old one on eBay. If you want to know for sure, call MGM up and ask them.

As someone else said recently, I would do the same for OHMSS, if I knew for certain it was fixed, but I really doubt that is has been corrected.