Stephen King's The Stand - Blu-ray Forum

Ite · 01-01-2011, 07:05 AM

I LOVE this movie! I see they are playing it this Sunday on SyFy. A Blu would be awesome.

Darthvong · 01-01-2011, 07:29 AM

Yes it would. I'd love a Blu of Salem's Lot too.

Ite · 01-01-2011, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Darthvong

Yes it would. I'd love a Blu of Salem's Lot too.

Did you watch the remake of Salem's Lot? I tried watching it but didn't like it and couldn't get into it at all.

Darthvong · 01-01-2011, 07:39 AM

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Did you watch the remake of Salem's Lot? I tried watching it but didn't like it and couldn't get into it at all.

Nah. Never bothered with it. Same with the remake of The Shining. LOL

Ite · 01-01-2011, 07:42 AM

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Nah. Never bothered with it. Same with the remake of The Shining. LOL

The Shining remake was a JOKE! What crap lol.

Did you watch the Langoliers or Desperation? I was on a King kick after The Stand, Langloiers was ok, Shining was trash, Tommyknockers was ok, oooh but how can we forget about IT lol wonder if that will ever come out.

Darthvong · 01-01-2011, 07:43 AM

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The Shining remake was a JOKE! What crap lol.

Did you watch the Langoliers or Desperation? I was on a King kick after The Stand, Langloiers was ok, Shining was trash, Tommyknockers was ok, oooh but how can we forget about IT lol wonder if that will ever come out.

Yeah I've seen all of those. IT would be an must buy also. Damn now I want to watch some old school King. LOL

Ite · 01-01-2011, 07:46 AM

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Yeah I've seen all of those. IT would be an must buy also. Damn now I want to watch some old school King. LOL

Were u disappointed with Desperation too? It started off good but once Hellboy died it went to crap lol.

Darthvong · 01-01-2011, 07:48 AM

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Were u disappointed with Desperation too? It started off good but once Hellboy died it went to crap lol.

Yeah that and I didn't care for Langoliers too much either.

Ite · 01-01-2011, 07:52 AM

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Yeah that and I didn't care for Langoliers too much either.

You mean you didn't enjoy Balki having orgasms ripping pieces of paper in Langoliers LMAO.

Darthvong · 01-01-2011, 07:53 AM

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You mean you didn't enjoy Balki having orgasms ripping pieces of paper in Langoliers LMAO.

LMFAO! Not to mention they terrible SPFX Monsters in the sky.

Ite · 01-01-2011, 07:54 AM

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LMFAO! Not to mention they terrible SPFX Monsters in the sky.

LOL I would like to see the monsters again to remember how stupid they look, they were bad then imagine how they look now lmao.

miller_time22 · 01-01-2011, 12:20 PM

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Yes it would. I'd love a Blu of Salem's Lot too.

I'd really like Salem's Lot also, but am expecting a long wait.

Ite · 05-10-2011, 07:34 PM

*bump*

-RONIN- · 05-10-2011, 11:16 PM

I still remember the first time I saw the mini series on TV. I'd buy THE Stand on BD in a heart beat. I wonder if it's popular enough for then to want to do it?

Ite · 05-11-2011, 02:48 AM

I bet it would sell pretty good.

Ite · 09-06-2011, 03:38 AM

*bump*

wahlers · 05-09-2013, 05:47 PM

I was watching The Stand again. There's a lot of it that looks murky and bad beyond the expected dated feel of a TV mini-series from almost 20 years ago. There's scenes that look worse than Soap which was much older and shot on video.

I wonder if part of it is just compression and mastering problem due to the length.

Has anyone compared the more recent Paramount releases to the original Republic ones?

Regardless we might have our only shot at a blu-ray release if the remake being worked on ever gets finished and released. Paramount would want some of that money and would probably throw a blu-ray out.

rblum199 · 05-09-2013, 06:19 PM

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I was watching The Stand again. There's a lot of it that looks murky and bad beyond the expected dated feel of a TV mini-series from almost 20 years ago. I know it was shot on video, but there's scenes that look worse than Soap which was much older and shot on video also.

I wonder if part of it is just compression and mastering problem due to the length.

Has anyone compared the more recent Paramount releases to the original Republic ones?

Regardless we might have our only shot at a blu-ray release if the remake being worked on ever gets finished and released. Paramount would want some of that money and would probably throw a blu-ray out.

I'd say the majority of it was the mastering/compression stuff, maybe the schedule was too tight to shoot for 6 hours of finished material and have it look as good as I'm sure they wanted it to. After all, it was shot on 16mm (not video), at least according to IMDB, and 16mm can look pretty good when done right.

wahlers · 05-11-2013, 06:02 AM

Listening to the commentary again , Mick Garris does say it was shot on 16mm. I've seen 16mm films look so much better, so I hope they do have a better source to use if they do put out a blu-ray.

OneWayFilms · 05-11-2013, 11:02 AM

I loved 'The Stand' , 'Desperation' & 'IT'. I thought 'Langoliers' was OK, 'Tommyknockers' was weak, 'Storm of the Century' and 'Ruby Red' had SO much potential, but fell rather flat, but 'The Shinning' was ruined by that obnoxious kid that played Danny. I mean, I was rooting for John to whack that kid with that mallot. I'm still undecided about the tv version of 'Carrie'. It had some WONDERFUL moments, but like MOST of King's stories, I HATE the ending.

I would say 'The Stand' is my favorite, with 'IT' coming in at second, but even 'IT' suffers from a poor ending.

05-09-2013, 05:47 PM	#17
wahlers Member Member since:May 2013 4K collection:235 Blu-ray collection:2724 DVD collection:1367 MA collection:28 Digital collection:100 Prime collection:3	I was watching The Stand again. There's a lot of it that looks murky and bad beyond the expected dated feel of a TV mini-series from almost 20 years ago. There's scenes that look worse than Soap which was much older and shot on video. I wonder if part of it is just compression and mastering problem due to the length. Has anyone compared the more recent Paramount releases to the original Republic ones? Regardless we might have our only shot at a blu-ray release if the remake being worked on ever gets finished and released. Paramount would want some of that money and would probably throw a blu-ray out. Last edited by wahlers; 05-11-2013 at 06:04 AM.

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01-01-2011, 07:29 AM	#2
Darthvong Senior Member Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Northeast Ohio Home Theater Gallery:24 4K collection:356 Blu-ray collection:2371 DVD collection:12 MA collection:196 Digital collection:68 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:15	Yes it would. I'd love a Blu of Salem's Lot too.

05-10-2011, 07:34 PM	#13
Ite Banned Member since:May 2010	bump

05-10-2011, 11:16 PM	#14
-RONIN- Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Canada 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:241 DVD collection:11 Blu-ray reviews: 9	I still remember the first time I saw the mini series on TV. I'd buy THE Stand on BD in a heart beat. I wonder if it's popular enough for then to want to do it?

05-11-2011, 02:48 AM	#15
Ite Banned Member since:May 2010	I bet it would sell pretty good.

09-06-2011, 03:38 AM	#16
Ite Banned Member since:May 2010	bump

05-11-2013, 06:02 AM	#19
wahlers Member Member since:May 2013 4K collection:235 Blu-ray collection:2724 DVD collection:1367 MA collection:28 Digital collection:100 Prime collection:3	Listening to the commentary again , Mick Garris does say it was shot on 16mm. I've seen 16mm films look so much better, so I hope they do have a better source to use if they do put out a blu-ray.

05-11-2013, 11:02 AM	#20
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:971 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	I loved 'The Stand' , 'Desperation' & 'IT'. I thought 'Langoliers' was OK, 'Tommyknockers' was weak, 'Storm of the Century' and 'Ruby Red' had SO much potential, but fell rather flat, but 'The Shinning' was ruined by that obnoxious kid that played Danny. I mean, I was rooting for John to whack that kid with that mallot. I'm still undecided about the tv version of 'Carrie'. It had some WONDERFUL moments, but like MOST of King's stories, I HATE the ending. I would say 'The Stand' is my favorite, with 'IT' coming in at second, but even 'IT' suffers from a poor ending.

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