Definitive Editions

[Anglik]

I was looking at my collection of current blu-rays and fully knowing what will come out before the end of the year I started thinking about the definitive edition of the movies I have. As most of you I hate double-dipping and since the family budget is tighter than ever I said to my self only purchase the definitive edition.

And since most film collections (the best ones) have been released to blu what current titles do you guys think are the definitive editions out there. What titles should still be released.

The rules:

Definitive title from my point of view: Blade Runner (5 Disc), Alien Anthology, Casino Royale (2 Disc CE), ultimate matrix trilogy and even BTTF..

What I understand by definitive is an edition that maybe doesn't have the best PQ and SQ in the world but for this film this is as good as it's ever going to get.

Now for non definitive editions - good but could by much better and have the possibilities of being better where an upgrade would be appreciated: T2 (new restored transfer), Goodfellas (the same as T2), King Kong and Black Hawk Down (where are the extras).

Apart from being fun and informative maybe this thread will get some studio recognition.

So let's start....

[HD Goofnut]

I want Warner and Paramount to re-release all of it titles that were originally released with DD 1.0 or 5.1 tracks so that they include lossless tracks. Examples include:

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Aviator
Casablanca
Coming to America
Cool Hand Luke
The Road Warrior
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bonnie and Clyde
A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Christmas Story
The Cowboys
The Dirty Dozen
Enter the Dragon
Flags of Our Fathers
Mission Impossible Trilogy
Ocean's Trilogy
The Omega Man
One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
The Road Warrior
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sleepy Hollow
Space Cowboys
Superman: The Movie
Superman II
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Trading Places
Training Day
The Untouchables
The Wild Bunch
Wyatt Earp

[Bruce Morrison]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I want Warner and Paramount to re-release all of it titles that were originally released with DD 1.0 or 5.1 tracks so that they include lossless tracks. Examples include:

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Aviator
Casablanca
Coming to America
Cool Hand Luke
The Road Warrior
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bonnie and Clyde
A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Christmas Story
The Cowboys
The Dirty Dozen
Enter the Dragon
Flags of Our Fathers
Mission Impossible Trilogy
Ocean's Trilogy
The Omega Man
One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
The Road Warrior
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sleepy Hollow
Space Cowboys
Superman: The Movie
Superman II
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Trading Places
Training Day
The Untouchables
The Wild Bunch
Wyatt Earp

Do you really think there's going to be a discernible advantage in having a lossless track for 1950's films such as Rio Bravo or The Searchers?

Personally, I wouldn't lose any sleep over films of that era having lossy tracks.

[Ray_Rogers]

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is Region all from here which is vastly superior to the USA release. Don't you ever research?
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Termi...-Blu-ray/4593/

Pan's Labyrinth has superior film-like image quality from the UK but lossy original language audio.
For Mission: Impossible Trilogy, I'm guessing Paramount will re-release these in an AVC or VC-1 BD50 with lossless audio when Mission: Impossible 4 hits theaters in 2011.
L.A. Confidential Japan BD is superior to the USA version.
Certain people just don't know importing is also an option.

[#Darren]

Blade Runner and CE3K are fantastic definitive editions IMO.

[SymbioticFunction]

I see Casino Royale CE being mentioned as definitive. Assuming that you own an uncut version from the likes of Australia, yes, that would indeed be definitive. However censored, violence trimmed versions of the film from countries such as the US or UK clearly can't be considered as such.