Brad Cook
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2001
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Didn't this film get a decent Special Edition on LD? What was the difference back then? Did Perenchio not hate Ridley Scott as much? Or does he see the huge success of DVD now and take delight in knowing that it kills Scott to have such an inferior release of the film available?
Which leads me into my purchase of the DVD at Best Buy today. I had held off on buying it because I hate buying a bare bones release, even of a movie I love, and then finding out 6 months later that an SE is on the way. Since it sounds like this one could be in legal limbo for a while, though, I figured I'd spend the $15.
Bottom line: What a crappy transfer. I didn't watch the film, but I did check out a few scenes, and they looked pretty bad. And I'm certainly no picture quality connisseur. I was checking it out on a computer screen, to boot, so it's not like I was scrutinizing the image on a 50-inch TV. I have to admit I was a bit surprised, given that I checked out a couple reviews last week saying how nice the picture was.
And what's up with the scene access screen? You can go to scenes 3, 7, 12, etc., but you can't go directly to the scenes between those numbers. I don't think I've ever seen that on a DVD.
Then again, this one came out around 1997/1998, didn't it? That would explain a few things.
Which leads me into my purchase of the DVD at Best Buy today. I had held off on buying it because I hate buying a bare bones release, even of a movie I love, and then finding out 6 months later that an SE is on the way. Since it sounds like this one could be in legal limbo for a while, though, I figured I'd spend the $15.
Bottom line: What a crappy transfer. I didn't watch the film, but I did check out a few scenes, and they looked pretty bad. And I'm certainly no picture quality connisseur. I was checking it out on a computer screen, to boot, so it's not like I was scrutinizing the image on a 50-inch TV. I have to admit I was a bit surprised, given that I checked out a couple reviews last week saying how nice the picture was.
And what's up with the scene access screen? You can go to scenes 3, 7, 12, etc., but you can't go directly to the scenes between those numbers. I don't think I've ever seen that on a DVD.
Then again, this one came out around 1997/1998, didn't it? That would explain a few things.