Other than extras, is Right Stuff CE worth a repurchase? (1 Viewer)

[Dennis Nicholls]

I haven't found many reviews of the new The Right Stuff CE coming out today. The one over on dvdfile wasn't able to compare the video with the previous edition. One review that I did find www.dvdmg.com/rightstuffse.shtml gave the new disk a C+ on video with the old disk receiving a C-. It also stated that the audio transfer was identical on the two releases.

Is the difference in the video transfer significant? I'm getting cheap in my old age and am considering passing on the CE as I own the previous version. And, no, I'm not passionately against two-sided disks.

 

[Frank@N]

DVDauthority is gushing about this flick...

http://www.dvdauthority.com/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=3300

I went out and looked at some prices on Right Stuff, Robin Hood, and Once upon America...

But I don't want to pay $20 per title, will wait awhile...

 

[Christopher Bosley]

I had the original release and sold it in anticipation of this but I'm pretty sure it was anamorphic. Just a bit grainy. Plus it was a flipper, which makes this repurchase totally worth it

 

[Ron Reda]

I went out and looked at some prices on Right Stuff, Robin Hood, and Once upon America...

All of these titles are $17.49 this week at Best Buy. I bought OUTIA and TRS.

 

[Chris_Morris]

I went out and looked at some prices on Right Stuff, Robin Hood, and Once upon America...

Robin Hood is $16 at Target, and OUATIA is $18 there

David Lambert's Weekly Sales Roundup


Chris

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

I think Matt Brighton is wrong - IIRC the original disk WAS anamorphic. I'll have to check again tonight.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I think Matt Brighton is wrong - IIRC the original disk WAS anamorphic. I'll have to check again tonight.

I wrote to him about this. He claims that the original batch was non-anamorphic but WB changed that at some point. He states that he sold his old disc so he can't compare them.

When I did my review of the new one, I rented the old one to make sure my comparisons were up to date. (I originally wrote up Stuff in 1999, and I sold that disc a while back as well, so I had no recent memories to use for my comparisons.) The one I rented definitely was 16X9 enhanced, and I'm pretty sure my old copy - which I bought in late 1998 - also was anamorphic. Can I prove that ALL old copies were anamorphic? No, though I checked out the smattering of reviews of the 1997 Stuff listed on DVD Basen and all stated it was anamorphic, as does the IMDB listing.

Matt's convinced it used to be non-anamorphic, and he indicates that he spoke to WB and they communicated they did a "recall". Maybe that's the case and only a few non-16X9 ones made it through.

All I know for certain is that I strongly agree with the writer of the review mentioned by Dennis. Genuis!

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

My snapper for The Right Stuff says "Enhanced for widescreen TVs". But then again so does my Warner copy of Outland, and it definately isn't. I got home late so no checking the disk tonight - if I start The Right Stuff I'll watch the whole darned film....

 

[Adam Barratt]

I just checked the VOB creation dates on my original flipper disc: May 30 1997. The disc was released on August 22. I bought this disc about two months after it was released and it was/is definitely anamorphic.

Adam

 

[Stephen Orr]

I'm rebuying. THE RIGHT STUFF was my very first DVD....

 

[Ryan Spaight]

Got mine in September 1997 and it's anamorphic.

Love the movie, but there's so much cool stuff coming out that I *don't* already have that I can't justify rebuying this.

Ryan