Blu-ray Review The Fate of the Furious Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

Matt Hough

The Fate of the Furious Blu-ray Review

The Fast and Furious gang is back for their eighth adventure, this time fighting against one of their own in F. Gary Gray’s The Fate of the Furious.

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[Malcolm R]

Disappointing that apparently the only way to get the Extended Version is via streaming. Though I suppose if the only deleted scenes are extended version of the fights, then we're not missing much.

 

[Joseph Bolus]

Disappointing that apparently the only way to get the Extended Version is via streaming. Though I suppose if the only deleted scenes are extended version of the fights, then we're not missing much.

I agree with this. As usual, the package includes the free Digital HD coupon, but this is a dangerous precedent. It’s almost as bad as Disney making the directors’ commentary track on “Beauty and the Beast” a VUDU exclusive.

The only plus side is that the space saved by omitting the extended version may have helped the disc earn its stellar 5/5 Video/Audio rating.

 

[DavidJ]

Disappointing that apparently the only way to get the Extended Version is via streaming. Though I suppose if the only deleted scenes are extended version of the fights, then we're not missing much.

I was also disappointed to learn this.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Disappointing that apparently the only way to get the Extended Version is via streaming. Though I suppose if the only deleted scenes are extended version of the fights, then we're not missing much.

I did a comparison to those scenes and timed them, there really is only about a 60-80 seconds missing combined with both fight scenes. It isn't much so people shouldn't really be upset as those missing seconds aren't really worth it. ( I retract my previous comments see Update in Post #9)

After perusing the other bonus material I really like "The Nobodys".

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I did a comparison to those scenes and timed them, there really is only about a 60-80 seconds missing combined with both fight scenes. It isn't much so people shouldn't really be upset as those missing seconds aren't really worth it.

After perusing the other bonus material I really like "The Nobodys".

So you're saying the downloadable extended cut just adds a little more fight footage?

 

[Robert Crawford]

So you're saying the downloadable extended cut just adds a little more fight footage?

Yup, that's it! Also, the fight scene in the prison is about 40 seconds longer. The fight scene on the plane is about the same, but it's not a continuous scene because it goes back and forth between the plane fight and what is happening in Russia with the sub in the film while on the Bonus Material it shows that scene in its continuity. Again, nothing anybody will miss in my opinion. This isn't a The Big Red One type of omission. ( I retract my previous comments see Update in Post #9)

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Yup, that's it! Also, the fight scene in the prison is about 40 seconds longer. The fight scene on the plane is about the same, but it's not a continuous scene because it goes back and forth between the plane fight and what is happening in Russia with the sub in the film while on the Bonus Material it shows that scene in its continuity. Again, nothing anybody will miss in my opinion. This isn't a The Big Red One type of omission.

Thanks. I ran my review the other day but didn't check out the extended version - if it ain't on the disc, it doesn't exist!

I did excoriate Uni for the downloadable-only nature of the extended cut, though - as stated in this thread, it's a bad precedent...

 

[Robert Crawford]

Thanks. I ran my review the other day but didn't check out the extended version - if it ain't on the disc, it doesn't exist!

I did excoriate Uni for the downloadable-only nature of the extended cut, though - as stated in this thread, it's a bad precedent...

Okay, I just uploaded my digital codes for those downloads and the timing of those downloads don't match the deleted scenes on the disc.

The Digital Copy of the Extended Cut is 148 minutes and 14 seconds long.

The Digital Copy of the Theatrical Cut is 136 minutes and 21 seconds long.

Something is amiss so I retract my earlier comments as there must be more missing footage than just those two fight scenes which are the only two scenes listed on either disc as deleted scenes.

So there is a total of 12 minutes of more footage on the Extended Cut of the film. Everybody needs to realize that little nugget. What is the footage beyond those two fight scenes? I don't know, but I have too many new discs to watch so I won't be watching my Digital Copy of the Extended Cut anytime soon. At least, I verified my Digital Copies for both cuts of the film are in UHD. I'm still not happy about that missing extended version crap from Universal. Bad job on their part!

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Okay, I just uploaded my digital codes for those downloads and the timing of those downloads don't match the deleted scenes on the disc.

The Digital Copy of the Extended Cut is 148 minutes and 14 seconds long.

The Digital Copy of the Theatrical Cut is 136 minutes and 21 seconds long.

Something is amiss so I retract my earlier comments as there must be more missing footage than just those two fight scenes which are the only two scenes listed on either disc as deleted scenes.

So there is a total of 12 minutes of more footage on the Extended Cut of the film. Everybody needs to realize that little nugget. What is the footage beyond those two fight scenes? I don't know, but I have too many new discs to watch so I won't be watching my Digital Copy of the Extended Cut anytime soon.

Thanks for the update. The fact the extended does obviously contain substantial new material makes me even more upset at the decision to leave it "download only".

Granted, it was a bad choice in any event - even if the extended only ran an extra minute, it still should be on the BD.

But a version that's 12 minutes longer and download only? Bad call, Ripley - bad call!

 

[Robert Crawford]

Thanks for the update. The fact the extended does obviously contain substantial new material makes me even more upset at the decision to leave it "download only".

Granted, it was a bad choice in any event - even if the extended only ran an extra minute, it still should be on the BD.

But a version that's 12 minutes longer and download only? Bad call, Ripley - bad call!

I agree, a bad call on Universal's part! Luckily, I decided to double check the Digital Copies, otherwise, I might have misled others until somebody else discovered those differences in the timing of both versions.

 

[Matt Hough]

Whatever happened to "seamless branching" that used to exist on discs so that multiple versions of the same movie could occupy the same disc? Is the director's cut so drastically different that they couldn't have used the branching? I gave my codes away so there is no way to check myself.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Whatever happened to "seamless branching" that used to exist on discs so that multiple versions of the same movie could occupy the same disc? Is the director's cut so drastically different that they couldn't have used the branching? I gave my codes away so there is no way to check myself.

Even if the extended cut required an extra disc, so what? It's not like that's a massive cost for the studio...

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

The director, F. Gary Gray, spoke about the extended cut with EW - and I think there were lots of bits and pieces sprinkled around, with a few longer moments too. Nothing that couldn't have been served by seamless branching, though. Here's his quote:

If you love action, you’re gonna love the extra action we put in the extended cut. We put extra sequences in the movie. We extended some of your favorite sequences. That’s number one. Number two: I personally love humor, and I can’t help but shove it into any movie that I direct, regardless of genre. And so there’s more humor in the extended version of The Fate of the Furious. And there’s some cool character stuff. I got a chance to let a few moments breathe between Charlize and Vin. I think it’s almost 13 or 14 minutes longer, and that’s an eternity in film. You can do a scene in half a minute.

And for the record, I had fun watching this movie. They're silly fun and mindlessly entertaining!