The Game (1997) From Arrow - Blu-ray Forum

Agent Kay · 10-29-2019, 11:40 AM

After True Romance was basic with 2.0 PCM and a halfway between French and Warner releases looking at shots I am glad this is getting a real release.
Hoping for a collectors edition.

bonehica · 10-29-2019, 11:57 AM

One of my favorite Fincher's. Love my Criterion, but if this gets the full on LE treatment...well, what do they say about a sucker and their money?

drush9999 · 10-29-2019, 01:22 PM

The Criterion is already pretty sweet. Someone kick Sony and get them to release Panic Room.

fatboyslim142 · 10-29-2019, 01:28 PM

I got this in my Demonlover BD. Doesn't look like it'll part of Arrow Academy.

NovaNaut · 10-29-2019, 02:07 PM

Damn I just lost the game

blueman_Richie · 10-29-2019, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Agent Kay

After True Romance was basic with 2.0 PCM and a halfway between French and Warner releases looking at shots

Where did you see the True Romance stuff?

CelestialAgent · 10-29-2019, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by blueman_Richie

Where did you see the True Romance stuff?

4K CollectivE News and Reviews posted some images (albeit photographed off a TV monitor) with some rudimentary screencap comparisons to Capsaholic on Facebook yesterday.

Marv Inc. · 10-29-2019, 06:28 PM

Nice, put off getting the Criterion for years because i never saw it for a good price. This will do nicely.

Scottishguy · 10-29-2019, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by drush9999

The Criterion is already pretty sweet. Someone kick Sony and get them to release Panic Room.

Sony are proud to announce Panic Room in 4K HDR10+ ......for digital only.

Captain James · 10-29-2019, 06:33 PM

My favourite Fincher film. Great news.

alien2010 · 10-29-2019, 07:52 PM

If this gets the LE treatment with a 4K restoration, then I will pre order. Already have the Criterion edition and the film looks great with its 2K restoration, especially when upscaled to 4K when watching via a 4K UHD player. As for the extras, at times Arrow have done better than Criterion in the extras department, just look at Thief

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Originally Posted by drush9999

The Criterion is already pretty sweet. Someone kick Sony and get them to release Panic Room.

Got that right. Sold my three disc edition of Panic Room back in 2009, thinking that a new blu ray edition was on the horizon. A decade later, and still no news.

LMFAObros · 10-30-2019, 09:07 AM

Bout time arrow do this one justice. The ol uni disc spelt director wrong which is a sign of how bad it is. Upon a rewatch, the noise level and black crush make the disc unwatchable mostly taking place at night

Rottweiler30 · 10-30-2019, 11:59 AM

I have the Criterion but I guarantee as soon as the Arrow comes out the Criterion will suddenly have compression issues and poorly resolved grain....

Agent Kay · 10-30-2019, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rottweiler30

I have the Criterion but I guarantee as soon as the Arrow comes out the Criterion will suddenly have compression issues and poorly resolved grain....

Suddenly?
The universal release of the same master was already miles better

Jay H. · 10-30-2019, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Rottweiler30

I have the Criterion but I guarantee as soon as the Arrow comes out the Criterion will suddenly have compression issues and poorly resolved grain....

The Criterion release looks and sounds great. The double-dippers won't be spending my money, so they can buy whatever they want.

Rottweiler30 · 10-30-2019, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Suddenly?
The universal release of the same master was already miles better

IIRC the UK blu was heavily criticised for some reason.

Edit - 2.5 for picture on this very site for one.

CelestialAgent · 10-30-2019, 10:49 PM

If this doesn’t retain the Criterion extras (Being John Malkovich managed to), then the UK special edition DVD can easily be acquired cheap with all the extras intact.

Agent Kay · 10-31-2019, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Rottweiler30

IIRC the UK blu was heavily criticised for some reason.

Edit - 2.5 for picture on this very site for one.

Universal USA not the UK one, I have them all should have specified

Eibon · 10-31-2019, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain James

My favourite Fincher film. Great news.

Really?

I love a lot of his stuff but this one left me cold. The contrivances of the story are impossible to get past or forgive? You have me intrigued. I haven't seen it since the cinema run but of course as a movie fan I have the DVD SE filed away with his other great movies. I'll give it another watch but maybe I'm focussing too much on beggaring belief.

koberulz · 10-31-2019, 02:49 PM

The contrivances are only contrived if you assume the whole thing runs according to Plan A and there was no Plan B, rather than the much more sensible conclusion that there were a whole bunch of things set up to account for different decisions being made, but we never saw them.

10-29-2019, 11:40 AM	#1
Agent Kay Banned Member since:May 2018 4K collection:57 Blu-ray collection:57	The Game (1997) From Arrow After True Romance was basic with 2.0 PCM and a halfway between French and Warner releases looking at shots I am glad this is getting a real release. Hoping for a collectors edition. Last edited by BigNickUK; 10-29-2019 at 11:58 AM.

10-29-2019, 11:57 AM	#2
bonehica Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Nov 2018 Location:Flint, MI 4K collection:1175 Blu-ray collection:4739 DVD collection:319 Trading Score:1	One of my favorite Fincher's. Love my Criterion, but if this gets the full on LE treatment...well, what do they say about a sucker and their money?

10-29-2019, 01:22 PM	#3
drush9999 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2016 Location:Sutton Coldfield, England 4K collection:566 Blu-ray collection:6092 DVD collection:488 Trading Score:1	The Criterion is already pretty sweet. Someone kick Sony and get them to release Panic Room.

10-29-2019, 01:28 PM	#4
fatboyslim142 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jul 2012 Location:The Arse of the World's Mind	I got this in my Demonlover BD. Doesn't look like it'll part of Arrow Academy.

10-29-2019, 02:07 PM	#5
NovaNaut Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2016 Location:In a galaxy far, far away... 4K collection:109 Blu-ray collection:666	Damn I just lost the game

10-29-2019, 06:28 PM	#8
Marv Inc. Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2012 Location:The British Empire Blu-ray collection:5	Nice, put off getting the Criterion for years because i never saw it for a good price. This will do nicely.

10-29-2019, 06:33 PM	#10
Captain James Special Member Member since:Aug 2018 Location:South Northants, UK 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:818 DVD collection:60	My favourite Fincher film. Great news.

10-30-2019, 09:07 AM	#12
LMFAObros Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2016 Location:Melbourne, Australia 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews:73 Trading Score:10	Bout time arrow do this one justice. The ol uni disc spelt director wrong which is a sign of how bad it is. Upon a rewatch, the noise level and black crush make the disc unwatchable mostly taking place at night

10-30-2019, 11:59 AM	#13
Rottweiler30 Power Member Member since:Aug 2009 Location:York (England) 4K collection:26 Blu-ray collection:716 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	I have the Criterion but I guarantee as soon as the Arrow comes out the Criterion will suddenly have compression issues and poorly resolved grain....

10-30-2019, 10:49 PM	#17
CelestialAgent Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Aug 2015 Location:Norwich 4K collection:133 Blu-ray collection:2170 DVD collection:659 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:1	If this doesn’t retain the Criterion extras (Being John Malkovich managed to), then the UK special edition DVD can easily be acquired cheap with all the extras intact.

10-31-2019, 02:49 PM	#20
koberulz Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:May 2016 Location:Australia 4K collection:206 Blu-ray collection:2229 DVD collection:532 Trading Score:17	The contrivances are only contrived if you assume the whole thing runs according to Plan A and there was no Plan B, rather than the much more sensible conclusion that there were a whole bunch of things set up to account for different decisions being made, but we never saw them.

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