Favorite movie not on Blu-Ray?
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persen1 — 10 years ago(May 12, 2015 05:08 PM)
The Abyss!!! This has to be one of the longest-awaited Blu-rays out there, and is a perfect title for a high-def setup. I wish I knew what the hold-up was.
The question is if it got a Blu-ray release, if people only get the theatrical version and not the Extended Cut.
The movie companies just love to give people only the theatrical versions of elder movies, instead of their later created extended versions. -
Nuclear_Exorcist — 10 years ago(May 14, 2015 02:53 PM)
20th Century Fox is usually one of the better studios at releasing BDs with either both versions or the definitive version of most films with multiple versions, so it should be safe from that nonsense. Paramount is the worst at that sort of thing, they recently released Sliver on BD in Australia and it's the R-rated version, and EVERY previous release of that film was uncut.
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pjmcgill142 — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 11:48 PM)
It's a good question. I got a Blu-ray copy of Tombstone it doesn't have the more complete, director's cut. If my Chinese region free DVD player hadn't nearly killed me with a short circuit, it would be fine but it did, and the Region 2 DC version DVD can no longer be played. Why movies that are this old need to have a region coding, I still don't know.
Why Blu-rays, with all that space, can't give us all the goodies up front? Oh, yeah; marketing and money. -
mikekuhlman-415-393642 — 10 years ago(May 20, 2015 07:55 PM)
fletch: The Abyss: Maybe, and I'm guessing here, the hold-up is the visual-FX (of the NTIs' tidal waves at the end, etc.) of the Special Edition of The Abyss were NOT done in high-definition, but only standard-definition, since, to my knowledge, The Abyss-Special Edition was not released to cinemas, only laserdisc and VHS, before DVD came along. If this is the case, naturally, it would look rather jarring cutting from HD dialogue and scenes from the theatrical cut of The Abyss to SD scenes from the Special Edition on blu-ray, so the FX, if they're not in cinema-quality 4k or even 1080p HD, need to be completely re-done, a costly proposition for Fox, so they're taking their time, saving up the money.
The Abyss, with its '80s cold-war paranoia, would appear dated today, but its theme of peaceful coexistence is timeless, and there would certainly be money in a "digital 4k cinema" re-release of The Abyss-Special Edition today in addition to a blu-ray release! Those tidal waves would look AWESOME on the big screen! -
Nuclear_Exorcist — 10 years ago(May 22, 2015 08:30 PM)
I'm fairly sure all the FX in The Abyss were done during the production process, then the film was shortened for theatrical release. James Cameron has a long track record of being made to cut stuff to get his films short enough for theatrical release, but he never adds sub-par material after the fact for the sake of extending the film. In the case of The Abyss, Terminator 2 and Aliens the extended versions are the realization of his original vision.
But then we also have to remember that the film has never even had an anamorphic DVD release, all existing versions are 4:3 letterbox taken from the old Laserdisc masters. So the entire film will need to be telecined all over again.
Actually one example of SD FX sticking out like dogs balls is the altered sculpture in Devil's Advocate. The alteration was done in SD for VHS release, so on the Blu Ray version it looks terrible. -
persen1 — 10 years ago(May 24, 2015 01:20 PM)
But then we also have to remember that the film has never even had an anamorphic DVD release, all existing versions are 4:3 letterbox taken from the old Laserdisc masters. So the entire film will need to be telecined all over again.
If its The Abyss you mean, then they have done a HD remastering of the Theatrical version for HDTV use. I have it, its in 1080i with 5.1 audio.
The remastering they did with that one actually looks very good, its superior to any release they have done of it before that HDTV version.
But there is room for improvements for it though, if they decide to take the step further and release it on Blu-ray. -
Nuclear_Exorcist — 10 years ago(May 24, 2015 06:38 PM)
I have no interest in the theatrical cut to be honest. It's an exercise in pointlessness. The ending loses all sense of gravitas and is essentially reduced to a silly mind-game. Without the alien tidal waves as a threat it just feels like a big buildup towards nothing of any significance.
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mikekuhlman-415-393642 — 9 years ago(August 02, 2016 11:59 AM)
Pink Floyd-The Wall
It's a good-looking film with some very inventive cinematography. I particularly love the opening where Pink's father in WWII is lit only by a lantern. The film merits the high-definition visual clarity and color depth of blu-ray. -
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micbarry — 10 years ago(November 03, 2015 01:48 AM)
I can confirm that the visual effects for the Director's Cut of The Abyss were finished to HD standards.
After the theatrical run, there was a limited run of the Director's Cut in selected theatres. I saw both versions in theatres. The Director's Cut is far superior in my opinion, and it's a shame most people who went to the movies to see it didn't see the superior version. What a shame! -
bobbyfar74 — 10 years ago(December 22, 2015 07:36 PM)
my absolute favorite movie of all time is a B rated really so bad its good movie and it is 1981's SATURDAY THE 14TH starring:RICHARD BENJAMIN.I desperately want this movie so bad to come out on BLURAY.please.