The Chosen (2017 - TV Series) - Blu-ray Forum

ScarredLungs · 11-12-2020, 08:53 PM

The Chosen Blu-ray

A Great TV Show that focus on the New Testament and early minstry of Jesus Christ.

IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9471404/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Show Description

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The Chosen is a 2017 television drama based on the life of Jesus Christ, created, directed and co-written by American filmmaker Dallas Jenkins. It is the first multi-season series about the life of Christ, and season one was the highest crowd-funded TV series or film project of all time. The series' creators stated that they had hoped to distinguish the new series from previous portrayals of Jesus by crafting a multi-season, episode-based story. The series portrays Jesus through the eyes of those who met him

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Purchase Link: https://studios.vidangel.com/the-cho.../season-1-disc

It comes with 2 Disc's, despite it saying it comes with only 1 disc.

Bradsdadg · 11-12-2020, 11:14 PM

I've been following them on Facebook for a while now and meaning to order season 1. I believe they are funding season 2 as we speak as well. Definitely looks like it is worth a pick up!

ScarredLungs · 11-12-2020, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bradsdadg

I've been following them on Facebook for a while now and meaning to order season 1. I believe they are funding season 2 as we speak as well. Definitely looks like it is worth a pick up!

Obiviously it is a Christian film, but, for those in the market for this type of content, it is amazing. Very well done. This is season 1 of (hopefully) 8.

HDTV1080P · 02-17-2021, 03:57 AM

On January 28th 2021 The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition season one was released on the Blu-ray format. This is a special edition 6 disc set. I have never seen this series before and I just became aware of its existence in the last week.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...lu-ray/286319/

https://studios.vidangel.com/the-cho...set-season-one

HDTV1080P · 03-05-2021, 09:49 AM

The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition – season one Blu-ray (brief user review)

The Chosen is a conservative Christian TV series that is based on the historical history of Yeshua (Jesus) that is found in the New Testament. Evangelicals, Catholics, and Messianic Jewish believers put aside their doctrinal differences and came together as one to make this project a reality (This TV series is approved by Evangelicals, Catholics, and Messianic Jews). Season one had a budget of around $10.2 million dollars and there was over 16,000 investors involved in season one. Some investors gave $300,000 while many investors gave as little as $250. Christians believe that the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation is inspired and God breathed (Holy men of old under the influence of the spirit of God wrote the scriptures). Christians believe the New Testament is 100% historically, and prophetically accurate. Christians believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is Yahweh in the flesh. In the Christian worldview Jesus Christ created the entire Universe. There is a total of 9 episodes in season one (technically labeled as a pilot episode and the rest are labeled as episodes 1-8). At the beginning of the pilot episode the following message appears on the screen “Based on the True Story from Luke’s Gospel, Chapter 2”. At the beginning of episode one the following message appears on the screen “The Chosen is based on the true stories of the gospels of Jesus Christ. Some locations and timelines have been combined or condensed. Backstories and some characters or dialogue have been added. However, all biblical and historical context and any artistic imagination are designed to support the truth and intention of the Scriptures. Viewers are encouraged to read the gospels.” This is a very Jewish TV series which is awesome since Jesus is Jewish and was raised under the law in a family that read the Torah and practiced Judaism. This series also shows a loving Jesus that is human and cares about people (Jesus is both God and man in the Christian belief). This is a very bold TV series and several times makes it clear that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah. Season one shows a young Rabbi named Jesus supernaturally healing people that is used as evidence that he is the Messiah. However, some of the Old Testament prophets were also able to heal and raise people form the dead, therefore future seasons need to show more evidence that Jesus is the Messiah (God in the flesh) in case anyone has any doubts. If enough money is raised by the investors then season two might be released on Blu-ray one day. If there is going to be more seasons, then future seasons will most likely show the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ and possible the 500 people that saw Jesus ascend into heaven 40 days later (which is used by Christians as the ultimate historical evidence that Jesus is the Messiah for the people living on the planet earth). Perhaps if the Chosen TV series is popular enough it may run for 8 seasons or more and show the return of Christ to fulfill the rest of the Old Testament and New Testament prophecies that are required to be fulfilled in order for the entire human race to label Jesus as the Messiah and creator of the Universe.

I loved the scene in the TV series where the Rabbi named Yeshua (Jesus) meets with the suffering woman at Jacob’s Well and announces that he is the Messiah. This is an amazing TV series and I recommend it for all Christians and anyone else that is interested in learning about the life of Jesus Christ (however some of the bonus features on the 2 Blu-ray bonus discs deals with a lot of Christian topics that some people might not like).

The Chosen season one Blu-ray boxset

Disc 1: 22.2GB
Disc 2: 17.1GB
Disc 3 21.7GB
Disc 4 20.5GB
Disc 5 22.7GB
Disc 6 21.2GB

Video comments

I was disappointed that this Blu-ray boxset uses a total of 6 BD-25 (25GB) discs, when it would have been better to use 3 BD-50 (50GB) discs. If dual layer Blu-ray discs would have been used instead of single layer Blu-ray discs then less disc changes would be needed plus the boxset would take up less shelf space. In the secular world almost 100% of the time secular TV series for standard Blu-ray releases use dual layer 50GB Blu-ray discs so that there is less disc changes and sometimes the quality is better when higher bit rates are used. This Chosen Blu-ray boxset contains a total of 6 professionally stamped single layer Blu-ray discs. The Chosen TV series season one was released on the standard 1080P Blu-ray format, and never received a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release. This season one boxset uses the MPEG-4/AVC codec at a resolution of 1080P. The MPEG-4/AVC video bit rate for some scenes averaged around 35Mbps and at times the picture quality appeared to be reference quality with good color quality and facial detail. This TV series is encoded with English and Spanish subtitles for those that need or want to use that feature.

Audio comments

In a big disappointment this TV series does not contain a 5.1 or 2.0 lossless soundtrack, in the ideal world that should have been ported over from the PCM studio master in order to offer bit for bit studio master sound quality. It’s the year 2021 and still some Christian Blu-ray releases do not get lossless audio. For secular Blu-ray releases 99% of the time they receive lossless audio soundtracks. Therefore, The Chosen season one on Blu-ray has no audio improvements over the DVD version and is exactly the same audio quality as the DVD release. The chosen season one Blu-ray contains a lossy English 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack at 448kbps and a lossy English 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack at 192kbps. Also a lossy Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack at the reduced bit rate of 384kbps and a Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack at the reduced bit rate of 160kbps. The default soundtrack on the Blu-ray disc is the English 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack that is ideal for 2.0 flat panel screens, however if one owns a surround sound system then the 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack should be used and needs to be manually selected in the Blu-ray disc menu. Overall, even though lossless audio was not used, the English lossy surround soundtrack sounded ok in terms of the audio mix. Dialogue was easy to understand coming from the center speaker, and the front and surround sound speakers at times sounded good and the subwoofer was active at certain times during the TV series. Hopefully in the future if there is going to be future seasons, hopefully they will be offered with lossless audio by the studio. I also saw very low audio bit rates used for the Spanish audio. The extra features on Blu-ray disc number 5 also had odd audio bit rates that were lower than normal.

Extra features

Season one of the Chosen has a massive amount of extra features that lasts several hours. Therefore because of the massive amount of quality detailed bonus material it easily earns a 5 star rating out of 5 for the extra features. However, there are a lot of topics covered in this bonus content, and some of the material I do not agree with. If there was a category for not agreeing with something then I would give it a 1 star rating out of 5 for certain topics on this Blu-ray disc, but I have always rated the extra content based on the quality of the material offered regardless if I agree with that material or not. I will mention some of the material I do not agree with later in this brief user review. The Blu-ray disc menus and all the extra features use the MPEG-4/AVC codec at 1080P quality with a 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack. Some episodes in season one have a audio commentary track that was enjoyable to listen too while watching the episodes. The audio commentary tracks are in English lossy 2.0 Dolby Digital with a reduced bit rate of 160kbps. All the episodes have the musical score which uses the lossy 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack at a 192kbps bit rate (I wish musical scores were lossless instead of lossy). I also enjoyed the Insight track that contains in-context scripture, thoughts, and insights that pop up on the screen. I used the Insight visual text track at the exact same time as I listening to the musical score track by manually toggling them both on at the exact same time. So, all of these bonus features I mentioned so far is offered on the first four Blu-ray discs. Blu-ray disc 5 and 6 are filled with many hours of bonus features also.

According to the extra features there was some people worried that the TV series might be too evangelical based or too Catholic based, also some people were worried because Mormons were involved in the distribution. However, the Christian community came together and even though there are differences they all believe in the fundamentals of the faith like virgin birth, death and resurrection of Christ, etc. During the Biblical roundtable discuss and other bonus material an Evangelical, Catholic Priest, Rabbi, and a person from Theological school were the consultants, and they all got together to discuss the TV series and what they agree and disagree with. Some topics are regarding wine in the TV series, some topics are regarding demon possession in the TV series and in modern times. Some people mentioned that Evangelicals think that Catholic churches have too many idols with the beautiful statues and crosses of Jesus in the Catholic church, while other Evangelicals believe that Catholic churches and statues are not idols but beautiful works of art that strengths one’s faith. Also, rosary and praying to Mary is talked about. Evangelicals only pray to Jesus and are offended by people that pray to Mary and the Saints. Evangelicals believe Mary was a very holy person that committed very little sin in her life, while Catholics believe Mary was without sin and perfect just like Jesus. A massive number of topics are covered about the TV series and various doctrines related to and not related to the TV series are discussed.

Regarding the content that I disagree with on the bonus discs (I am in the minority regarding this secular movie issue and some Conservative Christians would label me as a liberal for watching any type of secular movie). While growing up in the 20th Century I had both atheist friends, non-Christian friends, and some Christian friends. Some Christian people I knew, they had to get permission from their parents in order to watch a PG rated movie when they were around 16 years old, and they were never allowed to watch a PG-13 or R rated movie (Of course if it’s a faith based R rated movie like the Passion of the Christ most Christian parents will allow their child as young as 4 years old to see that R rated movie). However even though I was raised as a Catholic, I was allowed to watch any secular R rated movie regardless of my age (which is legal as long as one is with an adult guardian). I and many people I knew grew up watching PG-13 and R rated movies, and I and some others turned out perfectly normal since some people make decisions on what is good and what is bad in a movie, and in real life decide not to engage in bad activity by developing a moral code. For Christians that moral code is the 10 commandants and Bible. In the 20th Century before content filtering existed, Christians and other faith-based people would boycott all or certain PG-13 and R rated movies since they did not want their money going to the movie studios that produced those types of movies. In this Blu-ray TV series extra features there is testimonies from a couple of Christians that they do not watch PG-13 movies or they did not use to watch any PG-13 movies since their parents would not allow a PG-13 movie to be watched. When buying this Blu-ray series, I did not realize that VidAngel studios was the same VidAngel company that has developed filtering technology that allows people to filter out bad language, nudity, violence, and other material from a PG-13 or R rated movie. So, the Christian community has gone from boycotting movies to financially supporting those movies as long as they can filter out portions of the movie that contains certain content. There was one rated G movie in the late 20th Century that had a close up of a women breast feeding their baby with no shirt on, and the filtering software would most likely consider that nudity. Then when PG-13 movies first came out there was a scene where a woman fully naked for a few seconds runs across the room, which means that would most likely be filtered out with the software also. The Game of Thrones is mentioned in the bonus content and on the screen Lucasfilms is also mentioned. Therefore, someone can filter out the violence that is located in a PG-13 movies like some of the Star Wars movies. I have never worked for a Hollywood movie studio or Christian movie studio, and I have never worked for the government, however I strongly take the side of the Hollywood studios and I am against censorship of movies using filtering technology. I have always believed that a movie should be seen and watched the way the director wanted without it being filtered and edited for content. If one does not like the movies rating or content they should just not buy or rent the movie, there are plenty of other family movies to watch that are rated G or PG. While I am against lawsuits, I see that the Utah-based VidAngel has finally settled the $62 million dollar lawsuit between Lucasfilms, Disney, Warner Bros, and 20th Century Fox. In the studios favor VidAngel will never again be allowed to stream or play the studios movies unless it has permission first.

Sometimes atheists and non-Christians complain about people watching Christian and faith-based movies. Then at the same time I have heard from Christians that secular PG-13 and R rated movies should never be watched. I am getting tired of people trying to control what a person wants to be able to watch. If one is an adult and the movie is legal to watch then people should stop trying to control what a person watches or does not watch. Parents should be able make the final decision on what their child should watch or not watch when it comes to PG-13 and R rated movies. Commercial movie theaters and retail stores under the law will allow young children to see and buy a PG-13 movie without their parents being with. However, when it comes to R rated movies under the law a parent needs to be with a child in order for anyone under 17 to see a R rated movie. Now when it comes to NC-17 movies (former called X rated) no one under 17 is allowed in the movie theater (and movie theaters that carry NC-17 movies will hire security to make sure only people with a valid ID with an age of 17 or more are allowed entrance). Many retail stores and commercial movie theaters decide not to carry NC-17 movies since those types of movies are normally in less demand and the risk reward ratio is bad in most cities.

Blu-ray disc 5 (bonus features): The Blu-ray disc menus and all the extra features use the MPEG-4/AVC codec at 1080P quality with a 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack (main menu 2.0 Dolby Digital at 192kbps). Biblical Roundtables uses 2.0 Dolby Digital at a low bit rate of 96kbps for bonus roundtable episodes 1-4 and 192kbps for episodes 5-8. Episode 1: (41 minutes and 37 seconds), Episode 2: (24 minutes and 3 seconds), Episode 3: (26 minutes and 12 seconds), Episode 4: (31 minutes and 54 seconds), Episode 5: (34 minutes and 49 seconds), Episode 6: (29 minutes and 55 seconds), Episode 7: (19 minutes and 54 seconds), Episode 8: (31 minutes and 14 seconds). Actor Roundtable uses 2.0 Dolby Digital at 96khz (53 minutes). A New Thing uses 2.0 Dolby Digital at 112kbps (51 minutes and 22 seconds).

Blu-ray disc 6 (bonus features): The Blu-ray disc menus and all the extra features use the MPEG-4/AVC codec at 1080P quality with a 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack (main menu and extras on disc six 2.0 Dolby Digital at 192kbps). The Story Behind the chosen (8 minutes and 14 seconds). More Behind the Scenes (12 minutes and 51 seconds), Bonus videos: What God Told Me About My Failure (10 minutes and 55 seconds), Visiting The Holy Land (12 minutes and 27 seconds), Writing the Chosen (7 minutes and 20 seconds), Behind the Groundbreaking Music (11 minutes and 25 seconds), The Miracle of the Miracle of the Fish (9 minutes and 1 second), You Prayed, This Happened (6 minutes and 16 seconds), Cello Girl (9 minutes and 18 seconds), Can You Trust The Chosen (10 minutes and 47 seconds), Casting of the Chosen (11 minutes and 16 seconds), Bringing John 3:16 to screen (5 minutes and 46 seconds), 40 Days with Jesus (4 minutes and 13 seconds), and Wrapping Season 1 (12 minutes and 43 seconds). Cast Biographies & Featurettes (various audio talking still slides: Erick Avari/Nicodemus, Paras Patel/Matthew (interview 4 minutes and 17 seconds), Jonathan Roumie/Jesus (Interview 54 minutes and 9 seconds), Shahar Isaac/Simon Peter, Noah James/Andrew (Interview 7 minutes and 15 seconds), and Elizabeth Tabish/Mary Magdalene / Lilith (Interview 6 minutes and 16 seconds). Slide Shows: On The Set of Season 1 (Part 1, 99 photos 6 minutes and 32 seconds), (Part 2, 99 photos 6 minutes and 39 seconds), (Part 3, 99 photos 6 minutes and 35 seconds). Art, Costumers, and Set Designs (99 photos 6 minutes and 35 seconds). Script Pages: (Episode 1 is 4 minutes and 12 seconds), (Episode 2 is 3 minutes and 47 seconds), (Episode 3 is 1 minute and 31 seconds), (Episode 4 is 3 minutes and 48 seconds), (Episode 5 is 4 minutes and 47 seconds), (Episode 6 is 4 minutes and 43 seconds), (Episode 7 is 2 minutes and 56 seconds), and (Episode 8 is 4 minutes and 16 seconds). Teaser Trailer lasts 1 minute and 3 seconds, Episode 1-4 Trailer lasts 1 minute and 25 seconds, Trouble Trailer lasts 2 minutes, and Not Too Shabby Trailer lasts 1 minute and 5 seconds.

Conclusion

The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition – season one on Blu-ray is faithful to the New Testament historical record. The series shows a loving Rabbi named Yeshua (Jesus) that performs supernatural miracles. The MPEG-4/AVC video quality at times can be reference quality with a video bit rate of around 35Mbps. However the lossy 5.1 and 2.0 soundtrack is disappointing since it is DVD quality and does not offer the studio master PCM sound quality. There is a massive amount of bonus features that will take several hours to get through. This Chosen Blu-ray series is recommended for Christians and non-Christians that want to learn more about the historical Jesus and his life. The Chosen season one is also available free online in streaming form. However the Blu-ray version has the better picture quality.

The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition – season one Blu-ray can be purchased at the following website
https://studios.vidangel.com/the-chosen/market/X7CW41HF1BSPF0/special-edition-6-disc-set-season-one

OneWayFilms · 03-05-2021, 12:46 PM

They are currently about a week away from completing production of season 2, and are already raising funds for season 3.

This is such an amazing show that presents the disciples as common, ordinary men with faults and weaknesses, just like us....but yet, Jesus chose them to do an amazing work. It's encouraging to us to know that Jesus doesn't always select the cream of the crop to do his bidding.....He can use common ordinary people too.

The Mad Kiwi · 04-01-2021, 12:45 AM

Since the threads over on the TV forum didn't gain much traction, I figured I'd post this here, especially since the site now has this tagged as the official thread for the show when you search either of the Blu-ray releases; the trailer for season two has dropped, and it looks incredible:

I adored season one and felt even with it just starting to cover the beginnings of Jesus' ministry that it was the strongest depiction of the Gospel I've seen on film. My one quibble with it was that I felt the use of handheld cameras was a little distracting at times, though never nauseating like Paul Greengrass' films. It looks like with season two, they switched mostly to steadicam, and the result is gorgeously fluid. It also has more vibrant color timing than season one which is probably intentional to indicate that now Jesus is going public and bringing life to everything.

I was an extra for the sermon on the mount scene, so I'm dying to see how that sequence looks in episode 8. Just from the one shot of it alone in the trailer (the triple-cut shot of a crowd walking towards the camera in the fog), I can see the color timing is going to make a huge difference on what was visually a very stark and drab day.

OneWayFilms · 04-01-2021, 01:23 AM

Yes....I can't WAIT! We're showing season 1 at our church on Thursday nights.

The Mad Kiwi · 07-12-2021, 04:38 AM

All eight episodes of season two are now available for streaming via either The Chosen app or thechosen.tv website. The season finale launched tonight, and with it, a special Premiere Edition of season two that's available to pre-order for September:

https://thechosengifts.com/collectio...ition-disc-set

The difference between the Premiere Edition and the general release version will be a devotional booklet that will be included inside. No word, yet, on whether this will have the round table discussions with the Catholic priest, evangelical pastor, and Messianic rabbi that season one had, though the discussions are confirmed to at least be coming to the app soon.

And, of course, eventually there will be a Special Edition digipak with tons of content to match the one for season one, but that's probably not coming till either Easter of 2022 (to coincide with the one-year anniversary of season two's launch) or July (to coincide with the one-year anniversary of season two's completion).

I loved this season even more than the first. The conflicts amongst the disciples are fascinating to watch, and the scope of this feels more grand than season one. You can see Dallas and his team really pushing themselves in terms of storytelling and directing as this season plays with editing more, and the cinematography is more fluid and symmetrical. My favorite episode was episode 4 ("The Perfect Opportunity") which deals with Simon Zealotes and his brother Jesse, the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda. The way so many different plot threads came to a head in that one was fantastic.

I was able to find myself in the crowd in two shots from the finale even via streaming quality, so I look forward to when I can make myself out clearer on the Blu. They also interviewed me briefly the morning of the shoot (literally as I was boarding the bus to get to the location), so I may pop up in the documentary they've got planned for that.

HDTV1080P · 09-10-2021, 12:06 AM

According to the Blu-ray.com database, season 2 of the Christian TV series called the Chosen is being released on the Blu-ray format on September 28th 2021.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...lu-ray/300352/

https://thechosengifts.com/collectio...40743418364081

OneWayFilms · 09-10-2021, 01:09 PM

I pre-ordered mine about 2 months ago, and they are supposed to start shipping them out soon. I just can't remember when, and I'm anxious to get them.

The Mad Kiwi · 09-14-2021, 03:38 AM

I'm waiting on my pre-order, too. I assumed the release date was the 7th because that was when the special "early release" version with the booklet was going to be replaced by the standard, but even the standard is showing as a pre-order, so I guess the 28th might be accurate.

Apparently they're going the route of the reissue of the standard Season One (the one this site reviewed) and making Season Two barebones in order to make the Special Edition more enticing. Someone asked Dallas about the Special Edition for season two, and he estimates it'll be ready in time for Easter. Just the day-by-day b-roll clips from their YouTube page make for a strong documentary if given a "Play All" function, not to mention the Sermon on the Mount doc that recently debuted. I'm also looking forward to the Biblical Roundtable discussions as this season had more controversial artistic license in it than season one did.

OneWayFilms · 09-18-2021, 03:38 PM

I didn't watch season 2 yet. Somehow, I just kept missing it when it streamed. But I'm anxious to receive my pre-order. Now, I DID see the first half of ep.1, but it was confusing and very different. I chalked it up as my schedule that day was full and I was distracted. I will try again once it arrives.

HDTV1080P · 09-22-2021, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by The Mad Kiwi

I'm waiting on my pre-order, too. I assumed the release date was the 7th because that was when the special "early release" version with the booklet was going to be replaced by the standard, but even the standard is showing as a pre-order, so I guess the 28th might be accurate.

Apparently they're going the route of the reissue of the standard Season One (the one this site reviewed) and making Season Two barebones in order to make the Special Edition more enticing. Someone asked Dallas about the Special Edition for season two, and he estimates it'll be ready in time for Easter. Just the day-by-day b-roll clips from their YouTube page make for a strong documentary if given a "Play All" function, not to mention the Sermon on the Mount doc that recently debuted. I'm also looking forward to the Biblical Roundtable discussions as this season had more controversial artistic license in it than season one did.

The Chosen season 2 on Blu-ray has once again had the Blu-ray release delayed. According to the Christianbook website the Blu-ray well not be released until October 20th 2021.

https://www.christianbook.com/the-ch...-ray/pd/157273

Also the Blu-ray.com database does not even have a picture yet for the season 2 Blu-ray, plus Amazon does not even have a preo-order up for season two so maybe this season might not make it out on Blu-ray or if it does it could be a BD-R disc instead of a professional stamped disc. I am not sure what is causing the delay. I know that on the bonus discs for season 1 Special Anniversary Edition that was released back in November 25th of 2020 there is some bonus material that talked about some type of accounting issue they were having with the project for season one. But maybe its not a money issue or demand issue but other delays that are holding up the release of season two. But not being offered by Amazon as a pre-order might be signs that either Amazon decided not to carry season two or maybe season two might not become a reality on Blu-ray. Just weird that no pre-order offered on Amazon.

You mentioned that Season two of the Chosen well one day most likely get a special anniversary edition (Special Edition) like season one did. But according to the Blu-ray.com database the Chosen season one Special Anniversary Edition 6 disc Blu-ray version was released on November 25th 2020, and the standard 2 disc Blu-ray version was released on Jan 28th 2021. Very odd to release the Ultimate 6 disc Blu-ray version a couple of months before releasing the 2 disc Blu-ray version.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...lu-ray/286319/

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...271838/#Review

Worse case scenario season 2 on Blu-ray could be canceled for lack of demand, but maybe it well come on October 20th or sometime this year or next year. But if there is going to be a special edition Easter edition coming on Blu-ray like you mentioned, then most people would just cancel their standard Chosen season one Blu-ray and wait for the special edition to be released.

OneWayFilms · 09-23-2021, 01:38 AM

Ok...so the street date for this release has been delayed. I pre-ordered this when it was first made available on the home page and I just received this e-mail THIS WEEK:

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Need a Monday pick-me-up? Hopefully this’ll do it: The Chosen Season 2 DVD and Blu-ray sets are currently shipping. You'll receive your order soon, and then you can rewatch Season 2 for the second, third, or 37th time.

And of course, you can also give them away as gifts. We’re big fans of that idea.

Thanks for being so patient and for supporting the show by ordering the Premiere Edition. We can’t wait for you to finally have your copy.

The Chosen Team

So...I wonder if pre-orders were larger than expected and it's causing a delay for normal street date?

The Mad Kiwi · 09-23-2021, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

The Chosen season 2 on Blu-ray has once again had the Blu-ray release delayed. According to the Christianbook website the Blu-ray well not be released until October 20th 2021.

https://www.christianbook.com/the-ch...-ray/pd/157273

Also the Blu-ray.com database does not even have a picture yet for the season 2 Blu-ray, plus Amazon does not even have a pre-order up for season two so maybe this season might not make it out on Blu-ray or if it does it could be a BD-R disc instead of a professional stamped disc. I am not sure what is causing the delay. I know that on the bonus discs for season 1 Special Anniversary Edition that was released back in November 25th of 2020 there is some bonus material that talked about some type of accounting issue they were having with the project for season one. But maybe its not a money issue or demand issue but other delays that are holding up the release of season two. But not being offered by Amazon as a pre-order might be signs that either Amazon decided not to carry season two or maybe season two might not become a reality on Blu-ray. Just weird that no pre-order offered on Amazon.

You mentioned that Season two of the Chosen well one day most likely get a special anniversary edition (Special Edition) like season one did. But according to the Blu-ray.com database the Chosen season one Special Anniversary Edition 6 disc Blu-ray version was released on November 25th 2020, and the standard 2 disc Blu-ray version was released on Jan 28th 2021. Very odd to release the Ultimate 6 disc Blu-ray version a couple of months before releasing the 2 disc Blu-ray version.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...lu-ray/286319/

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...271838/#Review

Worse case scenario season 2 on Blu-ray could be canceled for lack of demand, but maybe it well come on October 20th or sometime this year or next year. But if there is going to be a special edition Easter edition coming on Blu-ray like you mentioned, then most people would just cancel their standard Chosen season one Blu-ray and wait for the special edition to be released.

I wouldn't put much stock into release dates and pre-orders in other venues. Angel Studios' primary concern is getting people to watch the show via the app or ordering the Blu-ray directly from them. Season 1 was an exclusive at the gift factory for many months before it was suddenly available at Wal-mart, and then Amazon followed suit months later. So I expect the same to happen with season 2. It'll be an exclusive for now and will slowly trickle to other venues in the coming months. The page for the item on the gift factory site even says they're shipping this month, and I got the e-mail confirming mine's on the way, so I still think the 28th is the "official" release date.

And here's where it gets weird in regards to the season one standard set. The Blu-ray set was actually released Thanksgiving of 2019 as a 3-disc set. That set had the 8 episodes spread across two discs, and disc three contained the pilot short film ("The Shepherd"), eight Biblical roundtable discussions with the religious consultants on the show, and a featurette about the miracle of the fish. After the Special Edition got released exactly a year later, the 3-disc standard set got replaced with a 2-disc set which moves "The Shepherd" to disc one, ditches the roundtable discussions and featurette, and has a few promos about the app and the show's integrity. That newer set is what's available now and what this site reviewed. So I guess they realized they needed to make the Special Edition more enticing to people, hence the barebones reissue. With season two, it doesn't seem like they made that mistake again. From what I can tell, the standard season two is also barebones.

HDTV1080P · 10-11-2021, 11:04 PM

The Christian studio called VIDANGEL Productions is having issues getting both the Blu-ray version and the DVD version released on the market (For season two). The discs keep getting delayed. These discs are still not shipping, however maybe under ideal conditions they might meet the October 20th 2021 release date unless the release is delayed until November or December or possible early next year sometime (that is if its released at all).

According to the Christianbook website the Blu-ray well not be released until October 20th 2021.

https://www.christianbook.com/the-ch...-ray/pd/157273

The main website used by VIDANGEL is still showing a pre-order condition for both the Blu-ray and DVD along with the website changing the release date from September to October. Therefore, my point is these discs are not shipping and no one owns a copy on Blu-ray and DVD yet since season two has not been released yet.

https://thechosengifts.com/collectio...y-episodes-1-8

There is an estimated 2.2 billion Christians in the world. I was raised as a Christian growing up. I have been collecting Christian and faith-based movies for over 3 decades. I remember buying Jesus of Nazareth on BETAMAX videotape in the late 80’s or early 90’s since that title was never released on Laserdisc (but did see a DVD and Blu-ray release many years later). I also purchased many Christian and faith-based movies in the 90’s on the Laserdisc format which was the best quality format in existence at the time. Laserdisc existed between the years 1978 to 2000+. However, when the DVD format came out in 1997, the better quality DVD format became so popular that it replaced the Laserdisc format in the year 2000 (3 short years it took for DVD to end the release of new Laserdiscs), and replaced all videotape formats around 2006 including D-VHS and standard VHS. I started collecting a massive amount of both Christian and secular movie titles on the DVD format 20+ years ago. In 2006 when the better quality Blu-ray format came out I started to slowly replace many of my secular and faith based DVD’s with Blu-ray discs. I did the same when the ultimate reference quality 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format came out in 2016.

At the Blu-ray.com website I have volunteered my time over the last 10 years and have written over 200 user reviews for both faith based and Christian Blu-ray titles.

https://www.blu-ray.com/community/re...=bluray&u=3875

However, in recent years I noticed that there is a lack of demand for new release faith-based Blu-ray discs especially Christian Blu-ray discs. The culture is changing and people are less interested in Christian and faith-based Blu-ray discs. Even many Christian DVD’s that were released around 20 years ago are not even being re-released on the DVD format because of lack of demand (many titles remain out of print on DVD, with no new DVD or Blu-ray release scheduled). Yes, its true that streaming is more popular then both DVD and Blu-ray, and some Christian studios and ministries are getting away from all optical media and moving to mainly streaming. Some ministries still release a small amount of DVD titles but the major Christian and secular studios are not re-releasing a lot of classic faith based movies because of lack of demand. Finding faith-based titles on secular streaming websites is also sometimes difficult. The Christian community does have its dedicated streaming websites for both Christian movies and faith-based movies, but many people prefer secular Blu-ray discs by the massive evidence of new 4K Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray titles being released for the mainstream consumers (both religious and non-religious people buy secular Blu-ray discs).

My point is this is Blu-ray.com and if people want me to write user reviews for faith based and Christian Blu-ray titles then I well only be able to do so if there is enough demand to release those types of movies.

One major problem is there is not enough communication occurring regarding new releases, especially for faith based titles. For example, I had no idea that the mini-series documentary The Days of Noah was released on the Blu-ray format on July 1st 2019 until by accident I came across the title in the Blu-ray.com database around 48 hours ago. There are several thousands of Blu-ray titles in the Blu-ray.com database.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-D...lu-ray/244369/

If I would have known about the title being released on Blu-ray I would have purchased this Old Testament faith based movie back on July 1st 2019. To make matters worse this Blu-ray title now is out of print and cannot be purchased anywhere because of lack of demand. The Old Testament Genesis record is the foundation of all scriptures including the New Testament historical record (Jesus read and quoted from the Torah when he walked the earth).

Also, while some new release secular titles see 45% Blu-ray market share and 55% DVD market share. The demand for Blu-ray titles in the Christian community is more like 20% for the Blu-ray and 80% for the DVD (A larger percentage of the younger generation with PS4 and XBOX systems are more into Blu-ray discs when compared to the older generation that does more DVD watching when they are not streaming). I asked the distributor of the Blu-ray, why the Blu-ray was pulled off the market and I received the following email reply:

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““When Days of Noah was released in 2019 it was available in both standard DVD and Blu-Ray format. However, duplication costs to make Blu-ray was much higher then DVD and the demand for Blu-ray was only a small percentage of customers. Thus we decided to discontinue the Blu-ray option when our stock sold out."

"We do not plan at this time to produce more Blu-ray as demand was too low. We will continue to have the DVDs available for purchase!”

SmittysGelato · 10-12-2021, 12:02 AM

Not sure how I feel about Season 2 ending before Jesus actually gives the sermon.

OneWayFilms · 10-12-2021, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

The Christian studio called VIDANGEL Productions is having issues getting both the Blu-ray version and the DVD version released on the market (For season two). The discs keep getting delayed. These discs are still not shipping, however maybe under ideal conditions they might meet the October 20th 2021 release date unless the release is delayed until November or December or possible early next year sometime (that is if its released at all).

According to the Christianbook website the Blu-ray well not be released until October 20th 2021.

https://www.christianbook.com/the-ch...-ray/pd/157273

The main website used by VIDANGEL is still showing a pre-order condition for both the Blu-ray and DVD along with the website changing the release date from September to October. Therefore, my point is these discs are not shipping and no one owns a copy on Blu-ray and DVD yet since season two has not been released yet.

https://thechosengifts.com/collectio...y-episodes-1-8

I pre-ordered my copy and it arrived almost two weeks ago.

HDTV1080P · 10-13-2021, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

I pre-ordered my copy and it arrived almost two weeks ago.

Where did you purchase it from? Do you have a link? Both links I posted show the Blu-ray disc is a pre-order for October (Officially all websites are claiming the official release date for the Blu-ray version and the DVD version being October 20th).

It’s a little hard to receive a Blu-ray version if no website is shipping them out yet. Still no jacket picture at Blu-ray.com for this release and also Amazon is not offering this title as a pre-order.

On another issue, The Days of Noah that was released on Blu-ray on July 1st 2019 from another Christian ministry, they claim a total of only 2,000 Blu-ray titles of The Days of Noah were sold. Which I did not think was too bad of number. Sure its not as good of number as 250,000 Blu-rays that the secular family movie Sound of Music sold, but 2,000 Blu-rays for a new title is not too bad if that number is correct. Anyways I am very surprised that I cannot find one brand new or used copy of The Days of Noah on the Amazon or EBAY website. One would think for a 2 year old Blu-ray title that sold 2,000 copies, that a new or used one should be able to be found on Amazon or EBAY, but I cannot find any.

I am curious at what well happen with the Chosen season 2 Blu-ray release. Well one actually be able to find a copy to purchase?

03-05-2021, 09:49 AM	#5
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition – season one Blu-ray (brief user review) The Chosen is a conservative Christian TV series that is based on the historical history of Yeshua (Jesus) that is found in the New Testament. Evangelicals, Catholics, and Messianic Jewish believers put aside their doctrinal differences and came together as one to make this project a reality (This TV series is approved by Evangelicals, Catholics, and Messianic Jews). Season one had a budget of around $10.2 million dollars and there was over 16,000 investors involved in season one. Some investors gave $300,000 while many investors gave as little as $250. Christians believe that the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation is inspired and God breathed (Holy men of old under the influence of the spirit of God wrote the scriptures). Christians believe the New Testament is 100% historically, and prophetically accurate. Christians believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is Yahweh in the flesh. In the Christian worldview Jesus Christ created the entire Universe. There is a total of 9 episodes in season one (technically labeled as a pilot episode and the rest are labeled as episodes 1-8). At the beginning of the pilot episode the following message appears on the screen “Based on the True Story from Luke’s Gospel, Chapter 2”. At the beginning of episode one the following message appears on the screen “The Chosen is based on the true stories of the gospels of Jesus Christ. Some locations and timelines have been combined or condensed. Backstories and some characters or dialogue have been added. However, all biblical and historical context and any artistic imagination are designed to support the truth and intention of the Scriptures. Viewers are encouraged to read the gospels.” This is a very Jewish TV series which is awesome since Jesus is Jewish and was raised under the law in a family that read the Torah and practiced Judaism. This series also shows a loving Jesus that is human and cares about people (Jesus is both God and man in the Christian belief). This is a very bold TV series and several times makes it clear that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah. Season one shows a young Rabbi named Jesus supernaturally healing people that is used as evidence that he is the Messiah. However, some of the Old Testament prophets were also able to heal and raise people form the dead, therefore future seasons need to show more evidence that Jesus is the Messiah (God in the flesh) in case anyone has any doubts. If enough money is raised by the investors then season two might be released on Blu-ray one day. If there is going to be more seasons, then future seasons will most likely show the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ and possible the 500 people that saw Jesus ascend into heaven 40 days later (which is used by Christians as the ultimate historical evidence that Jesus is the Messiah for the people living on the planet earth). Perhaps if the Chosen TV series is popular enough it may run for 8 seasons or more and show the return of Christ to fulfill the rest of the Old Testament and New Testament prophecies that are required to be fulfilled in order for the entire human race to label Jesus as the Messiah and creator of the Universe. I loved the scene in the TV series where the Rabbi named Yeshua (Jesus) meets with the suffering woman at Jacob’s Well and announces that he is the Messiah. This is an amazing TV series and I recommend it for all Christians and anyone else that is interested in learning about the life of Jesus Christ (however some of the bonus features on the 2 Blu-ray bonus discs deals with a lot of Christian topics that some people might not like). The Chosen season one Blu-ray boxset Disc 1: 22.2GB Disc 2: 17.1GB Disc 3 21.7GB Disc 4 20.5GB Disc 5 22.7GB Disc 6 21.2GB Video comments I was disappointed that this Blu-ray boxset uses a total of 6 BD-25 (25GB) discs, when it would have been better to use 3 BD-50 (50GB) discs. If dual layer Blu-ray discs would have been used instead of single layer Blu-ray discs then less disc changes would be needed plus the boxset would take up less shelf space. In the secular world almost 100% of the time secular TV series for standard Blu-ray releases use dual layer 50GB Blu-ray discs so that there is less disc changes and sometimes the quality is better when higher bit rates are used. This Chosen Blu-ray boxset contains a total of 6 professionally stamped single layer Blu-ray discs. The Chosen TV series season one was released on the standard 1080P Blu-ray format, and never received a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release. This season one boxset uses the MPEG-4/AVC codec at a resolution of 1080P. The MPEG-4/AVC video bit rate for some scenes averaged around 35Mbps and at times the picture quality appeared to be reference quality with good color quality and facial detail. This TV series is encoded with English and Spanish subtitles for those that need or want to use that feature. Audio comments In a big disappointment this TV series does not contain a 5.1 or 2.0 lossless soundtrack, in the ideal world that should have been ported over from the PCM studio master in order to offer bit for bit studio master sound quality. It’s the year 2021 and still some Christian Blu-ray releases do not get lossless audio. For secular Blu-ray releases 99% of the time they receive lossless audio soundtracks. Therefore, The Chosen season one on Blu-ray has no audio improvements over the DVD version and is exactly the same audio quality as the DVD release. The chosen season one Blu-ray contains a lossy English 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack at 448kbps and a lossy English 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack at 192kbps. Also a lossy Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack at the reduced bit rate of 384kbps and a Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack at the reduced bit rate of 160kbps. The default soundtrack on the Blu-ray disc is the English 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack that is ideal for 2.0 flat panel screens, however if one owns a surround sound system then the 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack should be used and needs to be manually selected in the Blu-ray disc menu. Overall, even though lossless audio was not used, the English lossy surround soundtrack sounded ok in terms of the audio mix. Dialogue was easy to understand coming from the center speaker, and the front and surround sound speakers at times sounded good and the subwoofer was active at certain times during the TV series. Hopefully in the future if there is going to be future seasons, hopefully they will be offered with lossless audio by the studio. I also saw very low audio bit rates used for the Spanish audio. The extra features on Blu-ray disc number 5 also had odd audio bit rates that were lower than normal. Extra features Season one of the Chosen has a massive amount of extra features that lasts several hours. Therefore because of the massive amount of quality detailed bonus material it easily earns a 5 star rating out of 5 for the extra features. However, there are a lot of topics covered in this bonus content, and some of the material I do not agree with. If there was a category for not agreeing with something then I would give it a 1 star rating out of 5 for certain topics on this Blu-ray disc, but I have always rated the extra content based on the quality of the material offered regardless if I agree with that material or not. I will mention some of the material I do not agree with later in this brief user review. The Blu-ray disc menus and all the extra features use the MPEG-4/AVC codec at 1080P quality with a 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack. Some episodes in season one have a audio commentary track that was enjoyable to listen too while watching the episodes. The audio commentary tracks are in English lossy 2.0 Dolby Digital with a reduced bit rate of 160kbps. All the episodes have the musical score which uses the lossy 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack at a 192kbps bit rate (I wish musical scores were lossless instead of lossy). I also enjoyed the Insight track that contains in-context scripture, thoughts, and insights that pop up on the screen. I used the Insight visual text track at the exact same time as I listening to the musical score track by manually toggling them both on at the exact same time. So, all of these bonus features I mentioned so far is offered on the first four Blu-ray discs. Blu-ray disc 5 and 6 are filled with many hours of bonus features also. According to the extra features there was some people worried that the TV series might be too evangelical based or too Catholic based, also some people were worried because Mormons were involved in the distribution. However, the Christian community came together and even though there are differences they all believe in the fundamentals of the faith like virgin birth, death and resurrection of Christ, etc. During the Biblical roundtable discuss and other bonus material an Evangelical, Catholic Priest, Rabbi, and a person from Theological school were the consultants, and they all got together to discuss the TV series and what they agree and disagree with. Some topics are regarding wine in the TV series, some topics are regarding demon possession in the TV series and in modern times. Some people mentioned that Evangelicals think that Catholic churches have too many idols with the beautiful statues and crosses of Jesus in the Catholic church, while other Evangelicals believe that Catholic churches and statues are not idols but beautiful works of art that strengths one’s faith. Also, rosary and praying to Mary is talked about. Evangelicals only pray to Jesus and are offended by people that pray to Mary and the Saints. Evangelicals believe Mary was a very holy person that committed very little sin in her life, while Catholics believe Mary was without sin and perfect just like Jesus. A massive number of topics are covered about the TV series and various doctrines related to and not related to the TV series are discussed. Regarding the content that I disagree with on the bonus discs (I am in the minority regarding this secular movie issue and some Conservative Christians would label me as a liberal for watching any type of secular movie). While growing up in the 20th Century I had both atheist friends, non-Christian friends, and some Christian friends. Some Christian people I knew, they had to get permission from their parents in order to watch a PG rated movie when they were around 16 years old, and they were never allowed to watch a PG-13 or R rated movie (Of course if it’s a faith based R rated movie like the Passion of the Christ most Christian parents will allow their child as young as 4 years old to see that R rated movie). However even though I was raised as a Catholic, I was allowed to watch any secular R rated movie regardless of my age (which is legal as long as one is with an adult guardian). I and many people I knew grew up watching PG-13 and R rated movies, and I and some others turned out perfectly normal since some people make decisions on what is good and what is bad in a movie, and in real life decide not to engage in bad activity by developing a moral code. For Christians that moral code is the 10 commandants and Bible. In the 20th Century before content filtering existed, Christians and other faith-based people would boycott all or certain PG-13 and R rated movies since they did not want their money going to the movie studios that produced those types of movies. In this Blu-ray TV series extra features there is testimonies from a couple of Christians that they do not watch PG-13 movies or they did not use to watch any PG-13 movies since their parents would not allow a PG-13 movie to be watched. When buying this Blu-ray series, I did not realize that VidAngel studios was the same VidAngel company that has developed filtering technology that allows people to filter out bad language, nudity, violence, and other material from a PG-13 or R rated movie. So, the Christian community has gone from boycotting movies to financially supporting those movies as long as they can filter out portions of the movie that contains certain content. There was one rated G movie in the late 20th Century that had a close up of a women breast feeding their baby with no shirt on, and the filtering software would most likely consider that nudity. Then when PG-13 movies first came out there was a scene where a woman fully naked for a few seconds runs across the room, which means that would most likely be filtered out with the software also. The Game of Thrones is mentioned in the bonus content and on the screen Lucasfilms is also mentioned. Therefore, someone can filter out the violence that is located in a PG-13 movies like some of the Star Wars movies. I have never worked for a Hollywood movie studio or Christian movie studio, and I have never worked for the government, however I strongly take the side of the Hollywood studios and I am against censorship of movies using filtering technology. I have always believed that a movie should be seen and watched the way the director wanted without it being filtered and edited for content. If one does not like the movies rating or content they should just not buy or rent the movie, there are plenty of other family movies to watch that are rated G or PG. While I am against lawsuits, I see that the Utah-based VidAngel has finally settled the $62 million dollar lawsuit between Lucasfilms, Disney, Warner Bros, and 20th Century Fox. In the studios favor VidAngel will never again be allowed to stream or play the studios movies unless it has permission first. Sometimes atheists and non-Christians complain about people watching Christian and faith-based movies. Then at the same time I have heard from Christians that secular PG-13 and R rated movies should never be watched. I am getting tired of people trying to control what a person wants to be able to watch. If one is an adult and the movie is legal to watch then people should stop trying to control what a person watches or does not watch. Parents should be able make the final decision on what their child should watch or not watch when it comes to PG-13 and R rated movies. Commercial movie theaters and retail stores under the law will allow young children to see and buy a PG-13 movie without their parents being with. However, when it comes to R rated movies under the law a parent needs to be with a child in order for anyone under 17 to see a R rated movie. Now when it comes to NC-17 movies (former called X rated) no one under 17 is allowed in the movie theater (and movie theaters that carry NC-17 movies will hire security to make sure only people with a valid ID with an age of 17 or more are allowed entrance). Many retail stores and commercial movie theaters decide not to carry NC-17 movies since those types of movies are normally in less demand and the risk reward ratio is bad in most cities. Blu-ray disc 5 (bonus features): The Blu-ray disc menus and all the extra features use the MPEG-4/AVC codec at 1080P quality with a 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack (main menu 2.0 Dolby Digital at 192kbps). Biblical Roundtables uses 2.0 Dolby Digital at a low bit rate of 96kbps for bonus roundtable episodes 1-4 and 192kbps for episodes 5-8. Episode 1: (41 minutes and 37 seconds), Episode 2: (24 minutes and 3 seconds), Episode 3: (26 minutes and 12 seconds), Episode 4: (31 minutes and 54 seconds), Episode 5: (34 minutes and 49 seconds), Episode 6: (29 minutes and 55 seconds), Episode 7: (19 minutes and 54 seconds), Episode 8: (31 minutes and 14 seconds). Actor Roundtable uses 2.0 Dolby Digital at 96khz (53 minutes). A New Thing uses 2.0 Dolby Digital at 112kbps (51 minutes and 22 seconds). Blu-ray disc 6 (bonus features): The Blu-ray disc menus and all the extra features use the MPEG-4/AVC codec at 1080P quality with a 2.0 Dolby Digital soundtrack (main menu and extras on disc six 2.0 Dolby Digital at 192kbps). The Story Behind the chosen (8 minutes and 14 seconds). More Behind the Scenes (12 minutes and 51 seconds), Bonus videos: What God Told Me About My Failure (10 minutes and 55 seconds), Visiting The Holy Land (12 minutes and 27 seconds), Writing the Chosen (7 minutes and 20 seconds), Behind the Groundbreaking Music (11 minutes and 25 seconds), The Miracle of the Miracle of the Fish (9 minutes and 1 second), You Prayed, This Happened (6 minutes and 16 seconds), Cello Girl (9 minutes and 18 seconds), Can You Trust The Chosen (10 minutes and 47 seconds), Casting of the Chosen (11 minutes and 16 seconds), Bringing John 3:16 to screen (5 minutes and 46 seconds), 40 Days with Jesus (4 minutes and 13 seconds), and Wrapping Season 1 (12 minutes and 43 seconds). Cast Biographies & Featurettes (various audio talking still slides: Erick Avari/Nicodemus, Paras Patel/Matthew (interview 4 minutes and 17 seconds), Jonathan Roumie/Jesus (Interview 54 minutes and 9 seconds), Shahar Isaac/Simon Peter, Noah James/Andrew (Interview 7 minutes and 15 seconds), and Elizabeth Tabish/Mary Magdalene / Lilith (Interview 6 minutes and 16 seconds). Slide Shows: On The Set of Season 1 (Part 1, 99 photos 6 minutes and 32 seconds), (Part 2, 99 photos 6 minutes and 39 seconds), (Part 3, 99 photos 6 minutes and 35 seconds). Art, Costumers, and Set Designs (99 photos 6 minutes and 35 seconds). Script Pages: (Episode 1 is 4 minutes and 12 seconds), (Episode 2 is 3 minutes and 47 seconds), (Episode 3 is 1 minute and 31 seconds), (Episode 4 is 3 minutes and 48 seconds), (Episode 5 is 4 minutes and 47 seconds), (Episode 6 is 4 minutes and 43 seconds), (Episode 7 is 2 minutes and 56 seconds), and (Episode 8 is 4 minutes and 16 seconds). Teaser Trailer lasts 1 minute and 3 seconds, Episode 1-4 Trailer lasts 1 minute and 25 seconds, Trouble Trailer lasts 2 minutes, and Not Too Shabby Trailer lasts 1 minute and 5 seconds. Conclusion The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition – season one on Blu-ray is faithful to the New Testament historical record. The series shows a loving Rabbi named Yeshua (Jesus) that performs supernatural miracles. The MPEG-4/AVC video quality at times can be reference quality with a video bit rate of around 35Mbps. However the lossy 5.1 and 2.0 soundtrack is disappointing since it is DVD quality and does not offer the studio master PCM sound quality. There is a massive amount of bonus features that will take several hours to get through. This Chosen Blu-ray series is recommended for Christians and non-Christians that want to learn more about the historical Jesus and his life. The Chosen season one is also available free online in streaming form. However the Blu-ray version has the better picture quality. The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition – season one Blu-ray can be purchased at the following website https://studios.vidangel.com/the-chosen/market/X7CW41HF1BSPF0/special-edition-6-disc-set-season-one Last edited by HDTV1080P; 03-05-2021 at 10:22 PM.

10-11-2021, 11:04 PM	#17
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	The Christian studio called VIDANGEL Productions is having issues getting both the Blu-ray version and the DVD version released on the market (For season two). The discs keep getting delayed. These discs are still not shipping, however maybe under ideal conditions they might meet the October 20th 2021 release date unless the release is delayed until November or December or possible early next year sometime (that is if its released at all). According to the Christianbook website the Blu-ray well not be released until October 20th 2021. https://www.christianbook.com/the-ch...-ray/pd/157273 The main website used by VIDANGEL is still showing a pre-order condition for both the Blu-ray and DVD along with the website changing the release date from September to October. Therefore, my point is these discs are not shipping and no one owns a copy on Blu-ray and DVD yet since season two has not been released yet. https://thechosengifts.com/collectio...y-episodes-1-8 There is an estimated 2.2 billion Christians in the world. I was raised as a Christian growing up. I have been collecting Christian and faith-based movies for over 3 decades. I remember buying Jesus of Nazareth on BETAMAX videotape in the late 80’s or early 90’s since that title was never released on Laserdisc (but did see a DVD and Blu-ray release many years later). I also purchased many Christian and faith-based movies in the 90’s on the Laserdisc format which was the best quality format in existence at the time. Laserdisc existed between the years 1978 to 2000+. However, when the DVD format came out in 1997, the better quality DVD format became so popular that it replaced the Laserdisc format in the year 2000 (3 short years it took for DVD to end the release of new Laserdiscs), and replaced all videotape formats around 2006 including D-VHS and standard VHS. I started collecting a massive amount of both Christian and secular movie titles on the DVD format 20+ years ago. In 2006 when the better quality Blu-ray format came out I started to slowly replace many of my secular and faith based DVD’s with Blu-ray discs. I did the same when the ultimate reference quality 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format came out in 2016. At the Blu-ray.com website I have volunteered my time over the last 10 years and have written over 200 user reviews for both faith based and Christian Blu-ray titles. https://www.blu-ray.com/community/re...=bluray&u=3875 However, in recent years I noticed that there is a lack of demand for new release faith-based Blu-ray discs especially Christian Blu-ray discs. The culture is changing and people are less interested in Christian and faith-based Blu-ray discs. Even many Christian DVD’s that were released around 20 years ago are not even being re-released on the DVD format because of lack of demand (many titles remain out of print on DVD, with no new DVD or Blu-ray release scheduled). Yes, its true that streaming is more popular then both DVD and Blu-ray, and some Christian studios and ministries are getting away from all optical media and moving to mainly streaming. Some ministries still release a small amount of DVD titles but the major Christian and secular studios are not re-releasing a lot of classic faith based movies because of lack of demand. Finding faith-based titles on secular streaming websites is also sometimes difficult. The Christian community does have its dedicated streaming websites for both Christian movies and faith-based movies, but many people prefer secular Blu-ray discs by the massive evidence of new 4K Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray titles being released for the mainstream consumers (both religious and non-religious people buy secular Blu-ray discs). My point is this is Blu-ray.com and if people want me to write user reviews for faith based and Christian Blu-ray titles then I well only be able to do so if there is enough demand to release those types of movies. One major problem is there is not enough communication occurring regarding new releases, especially for faith based titles. For example, I had no idea that the mini-series documentary The Days of Noah was released on the Blu-ray format on July 1st 2019 until by accident I came across the title in the Blu-ray.com database around 48 hours ago. There are several thousands of Blu-ray titles in the Blu-ray.com database. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-D...lu-ray/244369/ If I would have known about the title being released on Blu-ray I would have purchased this Old Testament faith based movie back on July 1st 2019. To make matters worse this Blu-ray title now is out of print and cannot be purchased anywhere because of lack of demand. The Old Testament Genesis record is the foundation of all scriptures including the New Testament historical record (Jesus read and quoted from the Torah when he walked the earth). Also, while some new release secular titles see 45% Blu-ray market share and 55% DVD market share. The demand for Blu-ray titles in the Christian community is more like 20% for the Blu-ray and 80% for the DVD (A larger percentage of the younger generation with PS4 and XBOX systems are more into Blu-ray discs when compared to the older generation that does more DVD watching when they are not streaming). I asked the distributor of the Blu-ray, why the Blu-ray was pulled off the market and I received the following email reply: Quote ““When Days of Noah was released in 2019 it was available in both standard DVD and Blu-Ray format. However, duplication costs to make Blu-ray was much higher then DVD and the demand for Blu-ray was only a small percentage of customers. Thus we decided to discontinue the Blu-ray option when our stock sold out." "We do not plan at this time to produce more Blu-ray as demand was too low. We will continue to have the DVDs available for purchase!” Last edited by HDTV1080P; 10-11-2021 at 11:49 PM.

11-12-2020, 11:14 PM	#2
Bradsdadg Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jul 2017 4K collection:361 Blu-ray collection:1835 DVD collection:216 Trading Score:15	I've been following them on Facebook for a while now and meaning to order season 1. I believe they are funding season 2 as we speak as well. Definitely looks like it is worth a pick up!

02-17-2021, 03:57 AM	#4
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	On January 28th 2021 The Chosen Special Anniversary Edition season one was released on the Blu-ray format. This is a special edition 6 disc set. I have never seen this series before and I just became aware of its existence in the last week. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...lu-ray/286319/ https://studios.vidangel.com/the-cho...set-season-one

03-05-2021, 12:46 PM	#6
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:13 Blu-ray collection:967 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	They are currently about a week away from completing production of season 2, and are already raising funds for season 3. This is such an amazing show that presents the disciples as common, ordinary men with faults and weaknesses, just like us....but yet, Jesus chose them to do an amazing work. It's encouraging to us to know that Jesus doesn't always select the cream of the crop to do his bidding.....He can use common ordinary people too.

04-01-2021, 01:23 AM	#8
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:13 Blu-ray collection:967 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	Yes....I can't WAIT! We're showing season 1 at our church on Thursday nights.

07-12-2021, 04:38 AM	#9
The Mad Kiwi Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Florida 4K collection:199 Blu-ray collection:902 DVD collection:128 Digital collection:16	All eight episodes of season two are now available for streaming via either The Chosen app or thechosen.tv website. The season finale launched tonight, and with it, a special Premiere Edition of season two that's available to pre-order for September: https://thechosengifts.com/collectio...ition-disc-set The difference between the Premiere Edition and the general release version will be a devotional booklet that will be included inside. No word, yet, on whether this will have the round table discussions with the Catholic priest, evangelical pastor, and Messianic rabbi that season one had, though the discussions are confirmed to at least be coming to the app soon. And, of course, eventually there will be a Special Edition digipak with tons of content to match the one for season one, but that's probably not coming till either Easter of 2022 (to coincide with the one-year anniversary of season two's launch) or July (to coincide with the one-year anniversary of season two's completion). I loved this season even more than the first. The conflicts amongst the disciples are fascinating to watch, and the scope of this feels more grand than season one. You can see Dallas and his team really pushing themselves in terms of storytelling and directing as this season plays with editing more, and the cinematography is more fluid and symmetrical. My favorite episode was episode 4 ("The Perfect Opportunity") which deals with Simon Zealotes and his brother Jesse, the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda. The way so many different plot threads came to a head in that one was fantastic. I was able to find myself in the crowd in two shots from the finale even via streaming quality, so I look forward to when I can make myself out clearer on the Blu. They also interviewed me briefly the morning of the shoot (literally as I was boarding the bus to get to the location), so I may pop up in the documentary they've got planned for that.

09-10-2021, 12:06 AM	#10
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	According to the Blu-ray.com database, season 2 of the Christian TV series called the Chosen is being released on the Blu-ray format on September 28th 2021. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...lu-ray/300352/ https://thechosengifts.com/collectio...40743418364081

09-10-2021, 01:09 PM	#11
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:13 Blu-ray collection:967 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	I pre-ordered mine about 2 months ago, and they are supposed to start shipping them out soon. I just can't remember when, and I'm anxious to get them.

09-14-2021, 03:38 AM	#12
The Mad Kiwi Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Florida 4K collection:199 Blu-ray collection:902 DVD collection:128 Digital collection:16	I'm waiting on my pre-order, too. I assumed the release date was the 7th because that was when the special "early release" version with the booklet was going to be replaced by the standard, but even the standard is showing as a pre-order, so I guess the 28th might be accurate. Apparently they're going the route of the reissue of the standard Season One (the one this site reviewed) and making Season Two barebones in order to make the Special Edition more enticing. Someone asked Dallas about the Special Edition for season two, and he estimates it'll be ready in time for Easter. Just the day-by-day b-roll clips from their YouTube page make for a strong documentary if given a "Play All" function, not to mention the Sermon on the Mount doc that recently debuted. I'm also looking forward to the Biblical Roundtable discussions as this season had more controversial artistic license in it than season one did.

09-18-2021, 03:38 PM	#13
OneWayFilms Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Mississippi 4K collection:13 Blu-ray collection:967 DVD collection:759 Digital collection:457 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	I didn't watch season 2 yet. Somehow, I just kept missing it when it streamed. But I'm anxious to receive my pre-order. Now, I DID see the first half of ep.1, but it was confusing and very different. I chalked it up as my schedule that day was full and I was distracted. I will try again once it arrives.

10-12-2021, 12:02 AM	#18
SmittysGelato Power Member Member since:May 2020 Location:The Sovereign Nation Of Canada 4K collection:129 Blu-ray collection:573 DVD collection:24	Not sure how I feel about Season 2 ending before Jesus actually gives the sermon.

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