The Thing – 16x9 Enhanced? (1 Viewer)

[Louis-Philippe]

Hello,

I’ve read reports that some R1 copies of John Carpenter’s The Thing are 16x9 enhanced even if it’s not mentioned on the box... I know that my copy is not.

My question is the following: If these reports are true, is there a way to spot this from the packaging?

Thanks for your help.
lpr

 

[Jon Robertson]

They are not true, but I wish to God they were.

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Oh, no! I wish it were true, but it's hooey.

I'd love to see Universal create a new 2 disc edition with a new transfer, all the deleted scenes (in widescreen, of course), DTS etc, but... who knows.

2003 should be a good year for vintage Universal titles.


Gordy

 

[Dave F]

The situation is reversed, I think. I remember hearing reports of some packaging that indicated a 16x9 transfer, but it was the same old non-anamorphic version on the disc.

-Dave

 

[Dave H]

I remember hearing reports of some packaging that indicated a 16x9 transfer, but it was the same old non-anamorphic version on the disc.

I have heard reports about this, as well. Pretty odd, but this is Universal we are talking about, so it doesn't surprise me.

 

[Scott Varney]

If I remember correctly, the free copies of the movie that some retailers were giving away with the PC/XBox game were marked as 16:9 but were the same discs as released in the Collector's Edition.

 

[Louis-Philippe]

Thanks for the replies.

I guess I had false hopes for this one. Hopefully we'll have a new transfer soon.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

The situation is reversed, I think. I remember hearing reports of some packaging that indicated a 16x9 transfer, but it was the same old non-anamorphic version on the disc.

Exactly.
The only reason I don't own this yet is because it's not anamorphic. :frowning:

 

[Jason Hennigan]

The disks given away as promos for the game were marked 16:9, but are the same as the original disk, no 16:9.

 

[Sean Patrick]

for what it's worth, it's not a bad transfer. doesn't look too shabby scaled to 16:9 on my tv.

that being said it's one of many titles (The Game, Abyss, etc) that are considered "really good" non-16:9 titles that I fear will never get the 16:9 treatment they deserve.

 

[Dave Morton]

I have to agree with Sean. I have this movie and the picture quality is quite good. I picked it up for $9.99 and am quite pleased.