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hanser · 10-08-2009, 02:05 PM

Hi Jeff,

is it correct that the short films included in the Snow White BD are only upconverted from NTSC?

Jeff Kleist · 10-09-2009, 04:21 AM

Are you talking about the Silly Symphonies? I'd have to look again. Due to the wonders of living on the east coast and UPS ground shipping, I got the disc about 5 days after everyone else, so things I'd seen before I just spot checked. (honestly, the same money the post office has it here in two days!

)

I'm a little busy for the next week or so on Two projects that have a hard deadline of first week of November and a huge learning curve on new software. All I'm going to see are the Four walls of my Prison while I hammer at the problem, and hope I don't go so crazy I start Breaking things

PeterTHX · 10-09-2009, 05:28 AM

Prison Break Season 4?

fitprod · 10-09-2009, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Prison Break Season 4?

How about Season 2 as well...

fitprod

hanser · 10-09-2009, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Are you talking about the Silly Symphonies? I'd have to look again.

Yes, thanks!

jfcarbel · 10-09-2009, 08:48 AM

With Halloween around the corner, I am surprised we have not seen more BD announcements on horror genre titles.

Where is "Feast" or "Slithers", I believe one of these was even released in HD so it should not be that hard to get it over to BD.

Anything coming that we have not yet heard announced?

And what the heck ever happened to "From Dusk Til Dawn"?

The Big Blue · 10-09-2009, 04:02 PM

I've only looked at The Old Mill so far and wasn't impressed at all. It looks just like the SS dvd. No work has been done on it.

al cos. · 10-09-2009, 10:12 PM

October makes me think of horror movie double dips. Is there any chance of the 79 Dawn of the Dead box getting a blu version? (What hurdles are there for getting the european version in a picture quality equal to the US theatrical?) thanks

abintra · 10-10-2009, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by abintra

I haven't found them, Release Lists, to be unreliable with anything other than things stated as tentative or rumored.

Walmart has a January 5th date listed for BD and a DVD re-release if that holds true.

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/

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Disney has announced that Touchstone's 10 Things I Hate About You: 10th Anniversary Edition will be released to DVD ($19.99 SRP) and Blu-ray ($39.99 SRP) on January 5, 2010. (Because getting it out this December would have been rendered the milestone accurate.)
Both versions will include an all-new making-of documentary with deleted scenes, bloopers, interviews, and Heath Ledger's screen test. An audio commentary and digital copy will also be included on both formats. The release marks the first time on Blu-ray and 16:9-enhanced DVD for the Shakespeare-inspired 1999 high school comedy that recently spawned an ABC Family show. Click here for cover art.

scaramunga · 10-10-2009, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

The riverbed isn't deep enough for the floodgates to open, so instead they'll have overflow drainages periodically to continue the metaphore

Christmas announcements are held till later so they don't get forgotten about

Good the Bad and the Ugly is out now. While a few more bonds may make it out by the end of the year, all the "good" Bonds will probably be held for closer to Bond 23. Don't forget that production rights to the franchise have returned to MGM now, and that they're supposedly "unfixing" a lot of the last 2 and returning it to something closer to its roots (more gentleman spy, gadgets, quips. Leave depression to Bourne)

Is the recent MGM news also coming to play on this decision?
We know that an SE of Quantum of Solace is on the way, but again are the rest of the Bond films including the SE of Quantum of Solace being delayed from release until Bond 23?

I saw The Good The Bad and The Ugly has been released, why isn't MGM releasing the other 2 or a box set as they did before?

Quick note... Just saw this announcement... The Costo exclusive set will now be in stores for the holidays.. Too bad we already have all of these....

http://commanderbond.net/7377/us-jam...-november.html

Seretur · 10-10-2009, 10:40 AM

Unfixing? Saddest news I've heard yet.

Thankfully, with the grosses of the Craig Bonds being what they are, and EON being a basically independent production company, they can listen politely to the MGM suits' idea of roots (let me guess, Roger Moore? I bet none of them ever as much as picked up an Ian Fleming novel), and proceed to do exactly what they have been doing.

The Craig series should stay on its amazing course for the duration of its run. Sure, they can fix little things like the editing approach (which somewhat hurt QoS), but going down the way of silly stuff is best left for the next incarnation of the series.

Dear MGM: You have plenty of really broken things that need fixing. Let Craig's Bond remain who he is.

jaaguir · 10-12-2009, 02:08 PM

About "Snow White", and whether the included shorts are real HD or not, I've just read this in DVD Savant. I don't know if these are the ones you're talking about, or if indeed they're easter eggs:

"Reader Mark has told me that the new Snow White Blu-ray has some hidden extras I didn't find: HD transfers of antecedent Disney Cartoons, some in Technicolor. To reach them, do this:

1. When the Disc 2 menu comes up, select Bonus Features.
2. Select Backstage Disney.
3. Select Hyperion Studios.
4. When the Hyperion documentary starts playing, press the Next Chapter button on your remote (>>|).
5. You'll come to a photo of the studio with a menu bar at the bottom. This is probably as far as you got before and wound up going in circles by pressing the left or right arrow. What they don't make clear is that you have to press the DOWN arrow to get to the Index option. Select that.
6. The Hyperion Studio Index will come up. Use the down arrow to see the submenus under each of the topics. For example, "Steamboat Willie" can be found if you move the down arrow to Sound Stage; "Flowers and Trees" is under Ink and Paint, etc.

My copy hasn't arrived yet, but it sounds great that there are at least some classic shorts in HD included.

Alan Gordon · 10-12-2009, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfcarbel

Where is "Feast" or "Slithers", I believe one of these was even released in HD so it should not be that hard to get it over to BD.

Jeff may be able to tell you on "Slither" (which I owned on HD DVD), but I can answer your question regarding "Feast".

"Feast" is a Weinstein title.

It was released on HD DVD as well...

~Alan

MerrickG · 10-12-2009, 07:55 PM

Jeff,

ANy plans to play Uncharted 2 or Brutal Legend?

Jeff Kleist · 10-12-2009, 08:10 PM

Brutal Legend for sure, how soon I dunno. There's about 5 games over the next 5 weeks I want. BL, Fallout 3 to play all the DLC packs, Modern Warfare, the GTA DLC doublepack, Asassin's Creed 2, and somewhere in there I need Lego Rock Band too

*sigh*

But next year they're learning their lesson about Christmas stuffing right?

Alan Gordon · 10-12-2009, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

I'm a little busy for the next week or so on Two projects that have a hard deadline of first week of November and a huge learning curve on new software. All I'm going to see are the Four walls of my Prison while I hammer at the problem, and hope I don't go so crazy I start Breaking things

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Prison Break Season 4?

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitprod

How about Season 2 as well...

With all this talk of PB, I have to ask:

With "Prison Break: The Videogame" supposedly coming out in February, would Fox be planning to release at least ONE of the missing seasons to tie in with the video game?

~Alan

Alan Gordon · 10-12-2009, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

There's about 5 games over the next 5 weeks I want.

I'm SO glad I'm not that big into games.

I'll DEFINITELY be getting "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" this week (I'm up to 16 on the online demo)... and if Toys-R-Us has any decent games left by the time I get there, I'll try and pick up two more... but aside from U2:AT, I'm good for the rest of the year.

Well, Mario might be good, but I'm not in any hurry...

~Alan

DenonCI · 10-12-2009, 10:27 PM

I had to give up gaming nearly 10 years ago to save my marriage. I was addicted to Age of Empires I and II. Hell, I was lucky I wasn't fired from my job because I would stay up all night playing and sleep walk through the next day in order to play again after work!

spartanstew · 10-12-2009, 10:29 PM

I gave up gaming when I couldn't find Q-Bert anymore.

MerrickG · 10-12-2009, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Brutal Legend for sure, how soon I dunno. There's about 5 games over the next 5 weeks I want. BL, Fallout 3 to play all the DLC packs, Modern Warfare, the GTA DLC doublepack, Asassin's Creed 2, and somewhere in there I need Lego Rock Band too

*sigh*

But next year they're learning their lesson about Christmas stuffing right?

Yeah. Its too bad they delayed the titles I was most looking forward to: Bioshock 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction. Although they both got rescheduled for February so thatll be fine.

10-08-2009, 02:05 PM	#7521
hanser Active Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Heidelberg, Germany Blu-ray reviews:1	Snow White Shorts in HD? Hi Jeff, is it correct that the short films included in the Snow White BD are only upconverted from NTSC?

10-09-2009, 08:48 AM	#7526
jfcarbel Expert Member Member since:Nov 2007 4K collection:44 Blu-ray collection:1241 Trading Score:2	With Halloween around the corner, I am surprised we have not seen more BD announcements on horror genre titles. Where is "Feast" or "Slithers", I believe one of these was even released in HD so it should not be that hard to get it over to BD. Anything coming that we have not yet heard announced? And what the heck ever happened to "From Dusk Til Dawn"? Last edited by jfcarbel; 10-09-2009 at 09:22 AM.

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10-09-2009, 04:21 AM	#7522
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Are you talking about the Silly Symphonies? I'd have to look again. Due to the wonders of living on the east coast and UPS ground shipping, I got the disc about 5 days after everyone else, so things I'd seen before I just spot checked. (honestly, the same money the post office has it here in two days! ) I'm a little busy for the next week or so on Two projects that have a hard deadline of first week of November and a huge learning curve on new software. All I'm going to see are the Four walls of my Prison while I hammer at the problem, and hope I don't go so crazy I start Breaking things

10-09-2009, 05:28 AM	#7523
PeterTHX Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Blu-ray collection:563 Trading Score:14	Prison Break Season 4?

10-09-2009, 04:02 PM	#7527
The Big Blue Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:98 Blu-ray reviews:1	I've only looked at The Old Mill so far and wasn't impressed at all. It looks just like the SS dvd. No work has been done on it.

10-09-2009, 10:12 PM	#7528
al cos. Senior Member Member since:Apr 2009	October makes me think of horror movie double dips. Is there any chance of the 79 Dawn of the Dead box getting a blu version? (What hurdles are there for getting the european version in a picture quality equal to the US theatrical?) thanks

10-10-2009, 10:40 AM	#7531
Seretur Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:An Island in the Adriatic Blu-ray collection:521 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:2	Unfixing? Saddest news I've heard yet. Thankfully, with the grosses of the Craig Bonds being what they are, and EON being a basically independent production company, they can listen politely to the MGM suits' idea of roots (let me guess, Roger Moore? I bet none of them ever as much as picked up an Ian Fleming novel), and proceed to do exactly what they have been doing. The Craig series should stay on its amazing course for the duration of its run. Sure, they can fix little things like the editing approach (which somewhat hurt QoS), but going down the way of silly stuff is best left for the next incarnation of the series. Dear MGM: You have plenty of really broken things that need fixing. Let Craig's Bond remain who he is.

10-12-2009, 02:08 PM	#7532
jaaguir Senior Member Member since:Jul 2009 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:36	About "Snow White", and whether the included shorts are real HD or not, I've just read this in DVD Savant. I don't know if these are the ones you're talking about, or if indeed they're easter eggs: "Reader Mark has told me that the new Snow White Blu-ray has some hidden extras I didn't find: HD transfers of antecedent Disney Cartoons, some in Technicolor. To reach them, do this: 1. When the Disc 2 menu comes up, select Bonus Features. 2. Select Backstage Disney. 3. Select Hyperion Studios. 4. When the Hyperion documentary starts playing, press the Next Chapter button on your remote (>>\|). 5. You'll come to a photo of the studio with a menu bar at the bottom. This is probably as far as you got before and wound up going in circles by pressing the left or right arrow. What they don't make clear is that you have to press the DOWN arrow to get to the Index option. Select that. 6. The Hyperion Studio Index will come up. Use the down arrow to see the submenus under each of the topics. For example, "Steamboat Willie" can be found if you move the down arrow to Sound Stage; "Flowers and Trees" is under Ink and Paint, etc. My copy hasn't arrived yet, but it sounds great that there are at least some classic shorts in HD included.

10-12-2009, 07:55 PM	#7534
MerrickG Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2007 Location:College Station, TX Blu-ray reviews:2	Jeff, ANy plans to play Uncharted 2 or Brutal Legend?

10-12-2009, 08:10 PM	#7535
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Brutal Legend for sure, how soon I dunno. There's about 5 games over the next 5 weeks I want. BL, Fallout 3 to play all the DLC packs, Modern Warfare, the GTA DLC doublepack, Asassin's Creed 2, and somewhere in there I need Lego Rock Band too sigh But next year they're learning their lesson about Christmas stuffing right?

10-12-2009, 10:27 PM	#7538
DenonCI Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 4K collection:596 Blu-ray collection:1620 DVD collection:138	I had to give up gaming nearly 10 years ago to save my marriage. I was addicted to Age of Empires I and II. Hell, I was lucky I wasn't fired from my job because I would stay up all night playing and sleep walk through the next day in order to play again after work!

10-12-2009, 10:29 PM	#7539
spartanstew Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Texas	I gave up gaming when I couldn't find Q-Bert anymore.

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