Men In Black - Blu-ray version - Blu-ray Forum

Mr. Joshua · 06-21-2008, 07:34 PM

Is it just me or did anyone else notice the scene outside of the pawn shop was edited. The scene I'm specifically talking about is with the two man bicycle where they have the lights on them, there were more things that Jay sees in the special edition DVD.... Anyone else notice this....

Robert Franklin · 06-21-2008, 07:47 PM

I noticed it too!

SkullPhyre · 06-21-2008, 07:51 PM

I didn't notice it but i had not seen the movie for a really long time.

dadkins · 06-21-2008, 08:35 PM

MIB II has the bicycle - plus a bag lady walking by with some orange eyed thing in a shopping cart, a mailman with a tail, and a talking cockroach when K steps outside.

Don't remember J seeing anything besides the bicycle in MIB

ajkj9 · 06-21-2008, 08:49 PM

pretty sure this is the second one

bhampton · 06-21-2008, 10:31 PM

Can't check as I sold back my MIB DVD for money to buy the Blu Ray with.

I can say I really enjoyed MIB on Blu Ray.... Great Blu Ray.

-Brian

Bobby Henderson · 06-22-2008, 05:36 AM

There's no difference between the cuts on the previous MIB DVD and the new MIB BD.

I just checked it out for myself. Still own the DTS DVD version of MIB, released back in 2000. The short shot of the bicycle with the lights on it is the same as it is on the previous DVD.

In comparing the two discs, the BD version definitely looks a LOT better than the old DVD. That's despite the BD looking a bit soft in a lot of areas. Even though the BD transfer may look a little underwhelming to demanding Blu-ray fans, it is definitely a major step up from DVD.

My only real gripe with the new MIB DVD is the "tellastrator" commentary track with Barry Sonnenfeld and Tommy Lee Jones is a little flaky. First problem is they recycled the commentary track from the previous DVD. I noticed that immediately with the Annette Benning joke they made about the Columbia Pictures logo at the beginning. It's a good commentary track nonetheless. And I like how Tommy Lee Jones pretends to be pretty dense despite the fact he is a very well educated, bilingual Texan.

Getting to the "flaky part," I have a PS3 80GB model and at certain points the Mystery Science Theater 3000 silhouettes in front of the screen would just be flapping and doing other repetitive crap like a vinyl record skipping over and over again until I shuttled forward or back to get the tellastrator track to reset itself properly. This Bonus View feature is a very interesting concept, but it is going to need some refinement to work well. Right now it's pretty clunky.

frank_t · 06-22-2008, 12:35 PM

just watched this last night. such a fun movie with a perfect length -- not too short, not too long.

i checked out the BD-Live stuff. what a horrible mess. from bad interface to painfully slow downloads, I guess Sony is throwing it out there just to say they are doing it. it's like the original PS store.

--

bhampton · 06-22-2008, 12:38 PM

Quote "i checked out the BD-Live stuff. what a horrible mess."

Like the Picture in Picture crap the BDlive is just junk left over from the format war. HD DUD had it and Blu Ray got the notion it had to have it to woo studios who wanted to be able to use the internet to sell more stuff after the Blu Ray itself was purchased (or rented.)

I could have done without most of that stuff... It's actually tempting to pick up a profile 1.1 player just to cut the access to stuff like that.

Then again... it's new so maybe it's going to get much more fun and interesting as it grows.

-Brian

ryoohki · 06-22-2008, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frank_t

just watched this last night. such a fun movie with a perfect length -- not too short, not too long.

i checked out the BD-Live stuff. what a horrible mess. from bad interface to painfully slow downloads, I guess Sony is throwing it out there just to say they are doing it. it's like the original PS store.

--

It was the same on HD DVD, it was like doing internet in 1996...

darkblueme · 06-22-2008, 03:23 PM

I watched this movie last night. WOW!! What an impressive Blu-Ray movie. I thought the picture quality was great, and the audio... WHOA! This is one for home theater enthusiasts. Very nice!!

Mr. Joshua · 06-22-2008, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadkins

MIB II has the bicycle - plus a bag lady walking by with some orange eyed thing in a shopping cart, a mailman with a tail, and a talking cockroach when K steps outside.

Don't remember J seeing anything besides the bicycle in MIB

I mixed them up.... LOL my bad everyone... Wish MIBII was on blu-ray, should have released them at same time.... Been a while since I seen both cause I ditched all my DVDs including Star Wars when I got into blu-ray...

Mr. Joshua · 06-22-2008, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadkins

MIB II has the bicycle - plus a bag lady walking by with some orange eyed thing in a shopping cart, a mailman with a tail, and a talking cockroach when K steps outside.

Don't remember J seeing anything besides the bicycle in MIB

I totally forgot. So that was a nice reference to the bicycle with lights in the first movie...

blukrank · 06-22-2008, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkblueme

I watched this movie last night. WOW!! What an impressive Blu-Ray movie. I thought the picture quality was great, and the audio... WHOA! This is one for home theater enthusiasts. Very nice!!

I agree. I too thought the movie looked very good.The audio was realy nice as well. All of The Will Smith movies that have been released on Blu-Ray so far all look and sound great. Well except for Hitch.

06-21-2008, 07:34 PM	#1
Mr. Joshua Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:153	Men In Black - Blu-ray version Is it just me or did anyone else notice the scene outside of the pawn shop was edited. The scene I'm specifically talking about is with the two man bicycle where they have the lights on them, there were more things that Jay sees in the special edition DVD.... Anyone else notice this....

06-21-2008, 08:35 PM	#4
dadkins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Hercules, CA Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:2	MIB II has the bicycle - plus a bag lady walking by with some orange eyed thing in a shopping cart, a mailman with a tail, and a talking cockroach when K steps outside. Don't remember J seeing anything besides the bicycle in MIB Last edited by dadkins; 06-21-2008 at 09:19 PM.

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06-21-2008, 07:47 PM	#2
Robert Franklin Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Baltimore, MD 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:363	I noticed it too!

06-21-2008, 07:51 PM	#3
SkullPhyre Senior Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Portland, Oregon Blu-ray collection:184	I didn't notice it but i had not seen the movie for a really long time.

06-21-2008, 08:49 PM	#5
ajkj9 Active Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Nebraska Blu-ray collection:6 Blu-ray reviews:1	pretty sure this is the second one

06-21-2008, 10:31 PM	#6
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:981 Blu-ray collection:2537 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	Can't check as I sold back my MIB DVD for money to buy the Blu Ray with. I can say I really enjoyed MIB on Blu Ray.... Great Blu Ray. -Brian

06-22-2008, 05:36 AM	#7
Bobby Henderson Power Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Oklahoma Blu-ray collection:96 Blu-ray reviews: 12	There's no difference between the cuts on the previous MIB DVD and the new MIB BD. I just checked it out for myself. Still own the DTS DVD version of MIB, released back in 2000. The short shot of the bicycle with the lights on it is the same as it is on the previous DVD. In comparing the two discs, the BD version definitely looks a LOT better than the old DVD. That's despite the BD looking a bit soft in a lot of areas. Even though the BD transfer may look a little underwhelming to demanding Blu-ray fans, it is definitely a major step up from DVD. My only real gripe with the new MIB DVD is the "tellastrator" commentary track with Barry Sonnenfeld and Tommy Lee Jones is a little flaky. First problem is they recycled the commentary track from the previous DVD. I noticed that immediately with the Annette Benning joke they made about the Columbia Pictures logo at the beginning. It's a good commentary track nonetheless. And I like how Tommy Lee Jones pretends to be pretty dense despite the fact he is a very well educated, bilingual Texan. Getting to the "flaky part," I have a PS3 80GB model and at certain points the Mystery Science Theater 3000 silhouettes in front of the screen would just be flapping and doing other repetitive crap like a vinyl record skipping over and over again until I shuttled forward or back to get the tellastrator track to reset itself properly. This Bonus View feature is a very interesting concept, but it is going to need some refinement to work well. Right now it's pretty clunky.

06-22-2008, 12:35 PM	#8
frank_t Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007	just watched this last night. such a fun movie with a perfect length -- not too short, not too long. i checked out the BD-Live stuff. what a horrible mess. from bad interface to painfully slow downloads, I guess Sony is throwing it out there just to say they are doing it. it's like the original PS store. --

06-22-2008, 12:38 PM	#9
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:981 Blu-ray collection:2537 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	Quote "i checked out the BD-Live stuff. what a horrible mess." Like the Picture in Picture crap the BDlive is just junk left over from the format war. HD DUD had it and Blu Ray got the notion it had to have it to woo studios who wanted to be able to use the internet to sell more stuff after the Blu Ray itself was purchased (or rented.) I could have done without most of that stuff... It's actually tempting to pick up a profile 1.1 player just to cut the access to stuff like that. Then again... it's new so maybe it's going to get much more fun and interesting as it grows. -Brian

06-22-2008, 03:23 PM	#11
darkblueme Expert Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Salt Lake City, Utah 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:78	I watched this movie last night. WOW!! What an impressive Blu-Ray movie. I thought the picture quality was great, and the audio... WHOA! This is one for home theater enthusiasts. Very nice!!

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