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Interesting and unusual DVD/Blu-Ray releases (News)

Timely...

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/George-Romero-Between-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B073LF8C98/

4K scans and new commentaries on 3 films that are not as well known as his Dead stuff (Still no Martin :( ).




Not so timely (because I just watched these recently ;) )...

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buster-Keaton-Sherlock-General-Steamboat/dp/B0748YD6HM/

Again new 4K scans. Usually they don't put all the best movies in the same boxset, so this a great package.



Another Harryhausen boxset from Indicator (Vol 1 of a series?)...

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonderful-Worlds-Ray-Harryhausen-One/dp/B071VT648S/

I picked up their Sinbad set recently and it's very nice.
 
I love Harryhausen's stop motion. My dad introduced me to his Sinbad ventures when I was young. I need to invest in those.
 
For anyone on the fence regarding Mask of the Phantasm's Blu-Ray: go for it.

I watched the 4:3 version.  It now includes a 30-second title card explaining the movie's production history and why this "TV version" exists.  Picture quality is excellent, and a massive improvement over the DVD.  Colors are vivid, with strong inky blacks for night and bright whites for the Joker's complexion.  Superb contrast.  The movie was remastered from the negative, as opposed to the original animation cells.  This means there's some dust, grain (no obvious signs of DNR), and a few shots that appear to be (unintentionally) out of focus.  Depending on your point of view, that means this is either faithful to the film making process, or a sub-optimal remaster.  Either way, this is the best the film has ever looked, and probably ever will.

Sound is a DTS stereo track.  Maybe it's just unclear memory on my part, but I think it sounded better than the DVD release.  Could be a higher bitrate or less compressed, perhaps.  The lack of a 5.1 remix is lamentable, but it sounded great in Pro Logic II with lots of channel separation.  The foreign language dubs present in DVD versions are absent, if that's a factor for you.  No foreign language subtitles, either.  The English captions are in all caps.  

Extras: Nope.  There's the trailer.  Menu's a static image of the poster (which I honestly prefer to spoilerific or overly lengthy animated menus anyway).  There isn't even a dedicated chapter select menu.  There's no easy way to swap between the two aspect ratios - selecting either from the menu will start the movie from the beginning.  I would imagine it'd have been easy to rig up angle-swapping between the two.  It'd have been interesting for comparison's sake, if nothing else.

This isn't the big celebratory extras-laden double dip the movie certainly deserves, but it's the best way to experience the movie to date.  If you're a fan of this one - or somehow haven't seen it yet and enjoy Batman in any capacity - go for it.
 
^ Sounds good. Hopefully a Region-B release is planned at some point.




A (possibly UK Tesco exclusive) "big-sleeve" edition of GOTG2...

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These Disney 12" gatefold releases really should come with some vinyl to make the idea work and this one finally does. A 3-track EP with The Hasselhoff track on the A-side. Tempting but the big price increase is putting me off.




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This November Arrow release of 'The Thing' is described as being a...

"Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative, supervised and approved by director John Carpenter and director of photography Dean Cundey"

...some hopefully we'll finally get a version with correct colours and good detail. It also comes with the original mono-mix as an audio option and a new feature-length doc.

I think this may be an essential purchase :) .
 
matrixgrindhouse said:
Mask of the Phantasm must have sold well, because Batman: The Animated Series is getting a Blu-Ray release in 2018!
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This will probably be North of $150. Maybe they'll do single seasons. Like the DVDs, that will probably be the only way I can get this.
 
^ I picked up a copy yesterday. I get the feeling that this is going to be the only way this show is released on physical media. Target has a an exclusive deal with Netflix for all things Stranger Things.

The package is a little larger than an actual VHS, because discs are wider, but overall it's a lot cooler than I expected. Here are a few pics:

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and a size comparison to an actual VHS cassette:

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Okay, that's pretty cool. I may have to pick it up for the design alone.
 
ThrowgnCpr said:
The package is a little larger than an actual VHS, because discs are wider
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I bet it's to prevent someone from putting it into a VCR and breaking it.
 
Hmmm... if I lived in the US, I'd get a copy of 'Stranger Things' from Target for sure but I don't want it enough to pay 2nd-party import prices to Europe. The target website says it's store only, so no way to buy this first hand.

Is there concrete confirmation that this will not get another release anywhere, or just speculation?
 
TM2YC said:
Is there concrete confirmation that this will not get another release anywhere, or just speculation?
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I've been trying to find some concrete info, but not finding any. Based on what I've seen about Target being the exclusive retailer for all Stranger Things merchandise, and zero mention of this being available anywhere else, I suspect this is the only physical release that the US will get. Since Target is a US company, I wouldn't be surprised if this got a different release outside the US. But it's Netflix, so who knows...
 
ThrowgnCpr said:
I suspect this is the only physical release that the US will get. Since Target is a US company, I wouldn't be surprised if this got a different release outside the US. But it's Netflix, so who knows...
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Probably. As shown by 'Star Trek: Discovery' being on Netflix almost everywhere, except the US. When Netflix is concerned, who knows what the policy is.


This insanely expensive 32-disc Olympic Films boxset is on it's way in December from Criterion...

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53 films including a 4K scan of Leni Riefenstahl's controversial 'Olympia'. I just got it on DVD to watch as part of my 1001-films endeavor. I bought the best reviewed DVD copy I could find and even that is truly dreadful (we are talking sub VHS). I can't spare $260 to get this boxset but hopefully just Olympia will find it's way to VOD or something, separately.
 
Ooooh, if only I had $94. Kino Lorber are releasing a 12-disc blu-ray set in November, containing all of Fritz Lang's silent works in HD:

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075P5XHQM

There is an Amicus collection coming to blu-ray in December, featuring the infamous Werewolf-whodunnit 'The beast must die' in HD for the first time!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075P5XHQM/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075P5XHQM/

All 3 star Peter Cushing. It comes with a bonus disc featuring an hour of vintage Amicus trailers.

https://www.amazon.com/Amicus-Collection-Blu-ray-Peter-Cushing/dp/B076M6H482



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Just released, is a new HD restoration of 'The Lost World'. Not the Spielberg film, the 1925 Silent original, with it's groundbreaking pre-King-Kong stop-motion and matte FX. Conan Doyle himself even introduces the movie. I recently saw the current/old VHS level transfer and still enjoyed it but so seeing it on blu-ray should be a treat.

https://www.amazon.com/Lost-World-Deluxe-Blu-ray/dp/B071LTF6TN


This will definitely be on Christmas list ;) .
 
oh wow. I'm going to have to check out that new Lost World disc. very cool
 
As a huge fan of Doyle's novel, I'm also very interested in the Lost World restoration, but while I don't doubt the company is charging what it must to make such efforts viable, even with such appealing extras, $35 for any movie (not starring myself) is, I fear, a buck too far. :p
 
TM2YC said:
Ooooh, if only I had $94. Kino Lorber are releasing a 12-disc blu-ray set in November, containing all of Fritz Lang's silent works in HD:
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12 DVD (BluRay) set for $94.00 strikes me as extremely reasonable.
 
Vultural said:
TM2YC said:
Ooooh, if only I had $94. Kino Lorber are releasing a 12-disc blu-ray set in November, containing all of Fritz Lang's silent works in HD:
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12 DVD (BluRay) set for $94.00 strikes me as extremely reasonable.
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It is indeed very good value for the amount of films you get but it's still an expensive purchase for me.

Gaith said:
As a huge fan of Doyle's novel, I'm also very interested in the Lost World restoration, but... $35 for any movie (not starring myself) is, I fear, a buck too far. :p
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Yes, that on the other hand is over priced but I'm very tempted.  Hopefully I'm not the only one here and somebody will create an alternate fanedited audio track featuring John William's JP scores synced up... hint! :cool:
 
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The infamously out-of-copyright 'Night of the Living Dead' gets a legit HD release from Criterion in February:

https://www.amazon.com/Night-Living-Criterion-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B077H8N7PP/

It says the new 4K scan and restored audio was supervised by Romero, so this must have been in the pipeline before he died. Also includes never-before-seen Workprint cut, 16mm dailies, two commentaries and more.
 
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