Superbit "Gladiator" & "Godzilla"... (1 Viewer)

[Jack Smith]

Saw these two titles advertised in a ht magazine while in London. Both titles are currently on sale in Britain, and I wonder if anybody has heard anything about region 1 distribution? I checked the Superbit website and there is no mention of either title. Wrong thread I know, but, while in London, Cape Town, SA, and Cairo, I also discovered my Toshiba laptop is an "all regions" DVD player! Put in a DVD movie from any region, and it displays a list of regions to choose from...it's great! If only our home units were as versatile.

We are the borg...

 

[Quint van der Vaart]

Jack,

Gladiator will never be a Superbit title in region 01 because this is a DreamWorks title and in all other countries except America distributed by Columbia Tristar.

Godzilla on the other hand is Columbia worldwide and you will see a Superbit dvd of this soon in region 1.

 

[JamesHl]

I don't see any point in putting out a Superbit release of Gladiator, it could hardly be much better than the original release.

 

[Dave H]

I don't see any point in putting out a Superbit release of Gladiator, it could hardly be much better than the original release.

That's debatable.

 

[Dave Molinarolo]

Godzilla definately needs a Superbit. The current release has fairly muddy picture quality. I don't see a need for a Gladiator Superbit. The current transfer is more than adequate.

 

[Xavier Roy-Bois]

Godzilla definately needs a Superbit. The current release has fairly muddy picture

Not only this one needs a new transfer but it deserves a DTS track.

Godzilla in DTS... OH MY GOOD !

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Godzilla definately needs a Superbit. The current release has fairly muddy picture quality.

I don't know how much help a Superbit edition would be. After all, the current one doesn't exactly cram in the extras - what's on there really doesn't fill much space, so the extra bits available would be minimal. In addition, it's simply a very dark movie - the better to hide CG flaws! Even at best, I think it'll remain fairly murky. Still, I'd be interested in a new release - I'd definitely be curious to hear if DTS helps an already outstanding soundtrack...

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Put in a DVD movie from any region, and it displays a list of regions to choose from...it's great! If only our home units were as versatile.

Its region free until you use up all 5 of your region changes and then its locked to that last region. Use DVD Genie instead.

 

[Larry Bevil]

Its region free until you use up all 5 of your region changes and then its locked to that last region. Use DVD Genie instead.

Uh! What's this in response to? The preceding posts, in this thread, didn't seem to lead up to this response.

 

[Mark_Wilson]

The last half of the first post in this thread.