The Wedding Date (2005) - March 27, 2018

[Scottie]

[Scottie]

[gkolb]

What a shame there's no discussion here. This is a fantastic Rom-Com.
As good or better Debra Messing than Will and Grace.

Hope to find this, The Egg and I and The Thrill of It All at BBY or Wally for sub $10 pricing on release week.

[iamnoone]

I may have to buy this solely for Dermot Mulroney's naked butt, although I hate rom-coms. This one isn't too bad, though, even if you hate rom-coms. Butt that's due to Mulroney.

[reputation]

Finally!!!!!! I'm most definitely getting this one ordered! So happy it's finally getting a blu-ray release!

[meremortal]

Another hd dvd holdover.

[ThisIsJonny]

Guess we'll know for sure on Tuesday, but Amazon now has an April 17th release date.

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by ThisIsJonny

Guess we'll know for sure on Tuesday, but Amazon now has an April 17th release date.

Yep, just came back here to post the same thing, April 17 on Amazon now.

The Egg and I and The Thrill of It All have also moved to April 17 at Amazon. All Uni releases, so they shifted a bunch of movie dates.

[Ziemer90]

I wish this came with a digital copy as well.

[McCrutchy]

BDInfo scan:

First of all, for the benefit of people like me who obsess over this, I can confirm the disc is pressed.

The Dolby Digital track is the audio commentary with Debra Messing.

An English SDH subtitle track is provided for the main feature only.

There is no main menu, only a pop-up menu that works with the remote.

Most/all of the video extras from the DVD have also been included. See more info regarding the extras here.

                                                                                                                Total   Video                                             
Title                                                           Codec   Length  Movie Size      Disc Size       Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track                          Secondary Audio Track
-----                                                           ------  ------- --------------  --------------  ------- ------- ------------------                        ---------------------
01003.MPLS                                                      AVC     1:29:04 25,214,281,728  29,453,373,573  37.74   31.60   DTS-HD Master 5.1 3987Kbps (48kHz/24-bit)

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     The Wedding Date
Disc Size:      29,453,373,573 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        Yes
BDInfo:         0.5.8

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   01003.MPLS
Length:                 1:29:04.255 (h:m:s.ms)
Size:                   25,214,281,728 bytes
Total Bitrate:          37.74 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        31603 kbps          1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             English         3987 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 3987 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio             English         192 kbps        2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           English         34.437 kbps                     

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00003.M2TS      0:00:00.000     1:29:04.255     25,214,281,728  37,744          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
1               0:00:00.000     0:10:00.600     33,143 kbps     45,861 kbps     00:04:01.824    36,866 kbps     00:08:33.804    35,859 kbps     00:07:19.397    172,782 bytes   735,588 bytes   00:04:56.587    
2               0:10:00.600     0:10:00.600     35,018 kbps     44,792 kbps     00:10:40.139    36,908 kbps     00:14:22.945    36,002 kbps     00:17:03.647    182,566 bytes   667,498 bytes   00:19:36.216    
3               0:20:01.200     0:10:00.600     34,995 kbps     45,079 kbps     00:28:06.518    37,302 kbps     00:23:50.846    36,159 kbps     00:22:07.701    182,450 bytes   613,579 bytes   00:21:33.500    
4               0:30:01.800     0:10:00.599     35,019 kbps     44,560 kbps     00:31:00.441    36,999 kbps     00:37:59.318    35,886 kbps     00:32:57.850    182,575 bytes   596,397 bytes   00:30:48.179    
5               0:40:02.400     0:10:00.599     34,778 kbps     46,577 kbps     00:48:30.866    36,962 kbps     00:40:33.597    36,230 kbps     00:48:21.773    181,318 bytes   698,726 bytes   00:45:39.027    
6               0:50:03.000     0:10:00.599     35,020 kbps     44,848 kbps     00:51:06.938    37,086 kbps     00:59:06.793    35,847 kbps     00:54:54.749    182,579 bytes   737,362 bytes   00:53:58.610    
7               1:00:03.600     0:10:00.599     34,998 kbps     45,078 kbps     01:08:18.427    37,166 kbps     01:07:54.820    35,976 kbps     01:08:09.335    182,466 bytes   772,428 bytes   01:09:29.790    
8               1:10:04.200     0:10:00.600     31,387 kbps     45,543 kbps     01:12:44.234    36,913 kbps     01:14:43.896    36,071 kbps     01:12:44.735    163,636 bytes   846,205 bytes   01:12:45.194    
9               1:20:04.800     0:08:59.455     7,627 kbps      29,674 kbps     01:29:00.710    24,166 kbps     01:28:57.248    15,412 kbps     01:28:29.178    39,771 bytes    594,076 bytes   01:29:01.669    

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File            PID             Type            Codec           Language                Seconds                 Bitrate                 Bytes           Packets         
----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00003.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0x1B            AVC                                     5344.172                31,603                  21,111,814,664  114,812,886     
00003.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       eng (English)           5344.172                3,987                   2,663,366,824   15,307,606      
00003.M2TS      4353 (0x1101)   0x81            AC3             eng (English)           5344.172                192                     128,259,840     835,025         
00003.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             eng (English)           5344.172                34                      23,005,336      131,344

[honeylatte]

That is weird they didn’t bother to include a main menu. :/

I wish it had digital HD also. I will wait for a price drop.

[surfinhank]

Review is up, guess I'll be skipping this one:

"Edge enhancement, severe digital processing, noise reduction, pasty skin textures, and various splotches and random vertical lines are amongst the most egregious offenders. Very rarely has a movie look this flat, artificial, and ugly on Blu-ray."

[nickpap7]

Typical universal crappy catalogue transfer.

[vjo81]

The poor video quality notwithstanding, I have to strongly disagree with the reviewer's assessment of the movie itself. I found The Wedding Date to be a charming Rom-Com with winning performances from Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney. I've watched it numerous times and have always enjoyed it. It's too bad that the the Blu-ray transfer sounds like it's worse than a bad DVD.

[meremortal]

Sounds like it's the hd dvd re-authored with MPEG-4 and DTS-HD. Many of the earlier format war era discs sadly don't hold up nearly as well in retrospect. Hopefully if Half Baked is released it will have a newer scan.

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by surfinhank

Review is up, guess I'll be skipping this one:

"Edge enhancement, severe digital processing, noise reduction, pasty skin textures, and various splotches and random vertical lines are amongst the most egregious offenders. Very rarely has a movie look this flat, artificial, and ugly on Blu-ray."

What an awful result for such a FUN rom-com, IMHO. My wife and I like to watch our DVD a couple of times a year. Debra Messing plays such an uptight but by the end of the movie endearing character.

I read the PQ review with such a sinking feeling, Universal has hired someone who can't tell bad from good on a 2018 bluray transfer. There has been a lot of relief over the good qualities of the The Mummy 4K, looks like the-gang-who-couldn't-shoot-straight is in charge of the MOD BD releases at Uni now.

By the way, don't count on pricing for this to go down much, if at all, as Uni seems to be copying the Warner (Archive) bluray pricing model here for MOD (small batch production runs). These recent BD's with the $21.95 pricepoint won't show up in-store at B&M stores I predict. Just be available from internet e-tailers. So watch out for sales at your favorites web-retail source. I notice Best Buy shows this title and a few others like The Egg & I, but it's avail ship to home only.

[GeoffOliver]

It's great that Universal, of any studio, seems the most willing to release their deeper catalog on Blu-ray themselves. Sadly, that also means they almost never do new scans. :/ Some of these transfers could easily be from the 90s. Weird Science and Family Plot are probably the worst-looking Blu-rays in my collection.

[iamnoone]

So does it look worse or better than the old DVD?

[sjwolf]

is this oop already? everyone is sold out. it's only been a few months

[queen_kitty]

Is this one really as bad as it sounds? And if so, would I be better off getting the dvd? Its on Deep Discount right now for $14.91 and a 15% discount code.