Three Halloween movies July 3rd

[wesslan]

Seems France is releasing three Halloween movies July 3rd

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Meyers
Halloween H20: 20 years later
Halloween: Resurrection

Let´s hope Curse get a good release in 1080p since all others BDs are 1080i (CA/US). And all get BD50 with high bitrates, 24-bit DTS-HD MA

[Ill_Be_Back]

Don't like any of these I was hoping for III IV V to be released

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by Ill_Be_Back

Don't like any of these I was hoping for III IV V to be released

Yeah I want 4-5 most also besides the corrected 2 that I can't get since outside US 3 is not good at all.

[Ill_Be_Back]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Yeah I want 4-5 most also besides the corrected 2 that I can't get since outside US 3 is not good at all.

Wow I can't believe you just said III isn't good!! I bet because it has nothing to do with Michael Myers The story was great and it had a great horror atmosphere to it and Tom Atkins made a great performance.

[McCrutchy]

PRE-ORDERS: (the Amazon.fr listings cuurently have the images mixed up)



Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Blu-ray



Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Blu-ray



Halloween: Resurrection Blu-ray

[wesslan]

Wonder if StudioCanal answer email about these releases? We want specifications!

[gary1988]

Any information about these??? I still see no sign of specifications and special features. I was hoping these would be released in the UK, but I emailed StudioCanal and they say they have no plans of releasing them.

[Torrente]

I'm 98% sure those releases will be exactly the same as the spanish ones.
But I'm also 98% sure that they will have french forced subs too

[gary1988]

Originally Posted by Torrente

I'm 98% sure those releases will be exactly the same as the spanish ones.
But I'm also 98% sure that they will have french forced subs too

The first comment sounds good . The Spanish releases are supposed to be best. The second comment doesn't sound very good . I may have to cancel my Amazon orders if the subs are forced, this would ruin the movie. How do you know about the forced subs??

[Torrente]

Because they are forced on their last Miramax releases (Equilibrium, and Soldier Blue for example - I didn't buy Cross of Iron because I had the UK disc)

But as I said, it's a guess. I don't know for sure. It's just a "98% sure" guess if you prefer

I will buy them and once I will get them I will report on that potential issue if no one do so before me.

[ricster]

They usually force subs if their disc is for France only don't they? And with no uk release seems likely. Unknown was forced wasn't it ????

[Funktion]

The subtitles on the Spanish disc are apparently removable, so if the discs are identical they may be removable as well.

Has anyone seen any extras listed for the French H20 and Resurrection discs? The Spanish discs have extras, but Studio Canal's website isn't listing anything...

[Torrente]

Originally Posted by Funktion

The subtitles on the Spanish disc are apparently removable, so if the discs are identical they may be removable as well.

Has anyone seen any extras listed for the French H20 and Resurrection discs? The Spanish discs have extras, but Studio Canal's website isn't listing anything...

Yes they are removable on the spanish discs.
Actually when I say that "the discs will be identical", I mean the original master will surely be the same, but as the audio will change etc, the encode won't be the same (size of the movie, bitrate etc)

But I can state that the subs aren't removable on the first batch of the french Studio Canal/Miramax releases: Cross of Iron, Eqilibrium and Soldier Blue... still I don't see any major differences in the look of those french transfers when I compared them with the foreign releases that I also have.
It's why I'm saying they will be the same but I'm almost sure that subs won't be removable.

I will have to ask a friend who bought Crossing Guard and The Faculty to know if they were or if they weren't...

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Torrente

Yes they are removable on the spanish discs.
Actually when I say that "the discs will be identical", I mean the original master will surely be the same, but as the audio will change etc, the encode won't be the same (size of the movie, bitrate etc)

But I can state that the subs aren't removable on the first batch of the french Studio Canal/Miramax releases: Cross of Iron, Eqilibrium and Soldier Blue... still I don't see any major differences in the look of those french transfers when I compared them with the foreign releases that I also have.
It's why I'm saying they will be the same but I'm almost sure that subs won't be removable.

I will have to ask a friend who bought Crossing Guard and The Faculty to know if they were or if they weren't...

As far as Halloween: H20 is concerned, the French and German discs should be identical. Note the specs from StudioCanal Germany:

http://www.studiocanal.de/blu-ray/halloween_h20-blu-ray

They clearly show that the German disc will have French and German DUB and subtitle options, and given the close proximity of the release dates (3 July in France and 19 July in Germany), I think it's far more likely that Studiocanal have just mastered the same disc for both territories. Now, it's still possible that subtitles would be forced based on country selection (the Kinowelt DVD had forced German subs, it seems, and the French DVD was from our friends at TF1), but I'm hopeful that StudioCanal has not forced them here.

[Vintrus]

Hopefully we will know in the few days since this is really hold me back if I am going to order these 3 or not.

[singulus]

just recived the french BR of H20. Disk is region B logged!!!! No forced subtitels. Bitrate is around 30. But it is no new master for sure.

greetings from vienna

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by singulus

just recived the french BR of H20. Disk is region B logged!!!! No forced subtitels. Bitrate is around 30. But it is no new master for sure.

greetings from vienna

Hello singulus,

That is not surprising, since most of the Miramax catalog titles have used the same master, but have been encoded quite differently, depending on the distributor.

Excellent to hear that there are no forced subtitles. I assume this version will probably be the best one to get, until (if) a new HD master is created.

[singulus]

Hi,

I just want to add that it doesn't look bad. There are some minor spots and some shots are a little soft, but this was a low budget production. You can't expect that every BR looks like AVATAR. I do not regret the purchase.

greetings
singulus

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by singulus

Hi,

I just want to add that it doesn't look bad. There are some minor spots and some shots are a little soft, but this was a low budget production. You can't expect that every BR looks like AVATAR. I do not regret the purchase.

greetings
singulus

So is it AVC and 1080p?

[Torrente]

Originally Posted by singulus

just recived the french BR of H20. Disk is region B logged!!!! No forced subtitels. Bitrate is around 30. But it is no new master for sure.

greetings from vienna

So happy that I was wrong to suspect forced french subs as on the previous french Miramax/Studio Canal batch of BDs

Will definitely get them all!