MGM to release Robocop DC SE in Region 2 - details (1 Viewer)

[Chris Stone]

coming February 11th from MGM in Region 2

Director's cut!

Dolby 5.1 Sound

Brand new documentary 'Flesh and Steel'

Additional production reel with DC scene build

Commentaries by Director Paul Verhoeven and Screenwriter

Deleted scenes

2 original featurettes

Photo gallery

Storyboard comparisons with commentary

Collectable, eye-catching packaging

Plus full feature ROBOCOP 2 and ROBOCOP

 

[Niko Nykanen]

Jackpot!!

 

[AdrianOC]

Woohoo!

 

[HenrikTull]

Let's hope the R1 SE DVD will be the DC also
To sell or not to sell the Criterion Edition that is the question...

 

[Roland Wandinger]

Finally! I didn't watch my Crit. version in all these years caus it wasn't anamorphic!

To sell or not to sell the Criterion Edition that is the question...

I wouldn't sell my copies! I guess there won't be all the extras of the Crit. version on this new release!

 

[Jussi Tarvainen]

Oh my god. Looks like MGM really pulled this one off admirably.

I, too, own the Criterion version, but it look's I'll be selling it if the commentary is the same. The only thing I'll really miss if I replace the Criterion edition with this new SE will be that cool cover art...

 

[HenrikTull]

The commentary will most probably not be the same, since Criterion doesn't license their own produced material to other studios.

 

[Frank ten Hove]

Now that is GREAT news!

 

[Richard Kim]

The commentary will most probably not be the same, since Criterion doesn't license their own produced material to other studios.

But Criterion recently licensed the commentary for Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Columbia/TriStar.

If this makes it to region 1, I may have to sell my Criterion Robocop!

 

[Niko Nykanen]

Henrik Tull:

"The commentary will most probably not be the same, since Criterion doesn't license their own produced material to other studios."

Richard Kim:

"But Criterion recently licensed the commentary for Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Columbia/TriStar."

Exactly. And let´s not forget Armageddon R2.

It has All the Extras (Two commentaries for instance, + Gorgeous 16:9 transfer) except the bloopers from the Criterion version.. It even says "Criterion" on the spine!!

 

[HenrikTull]

Those examples used were probably NOT owned by Criterion. The stuff from Armageddon I assume is either owned by Michael Bay or Disney. The commentary track may be owned by either Monthy Pyton or Columbia.

 

[Mark Zimmer]

I think that's right; Paul Thomas Anderson owned many of the extras to Boogie Nights as well, which is how they ended up on the New Line SEs. I'd be surprised if the Pythons didn't retain ownership of their commentary.

 

[Damin J Toell]

The commentary track may be owned by either Monthy Pyton or Columbia.

nope. check out the Criterion HTF chat:
[PeterBecker] The Criterion commentary turned up on the Holy Grail because we made an agreement with Columbia.
DJ

 

[cafink]

Gleck.

 

[Peter Avellino]

All of the extras on the new RoboCop special ediition will indeed be different from what was on the Criterion--including the commentary, which was newly recorded. My advice is hang on to the old Criterion version.