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jd213 · 01-22-2010, 04:23 AM

Not sure, I only rented it and had Japanese subs on since I was watching with my GF.

Doctorossi · 01-22-2010, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jd213

It's already out in Japan and Europe, I was pretty satisfied with it.

Ooh! Freshly, too, I see. Thanks- this makes me very happy!

aramis109 · 01-22-2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

And the floating rocks were stolen directly from Dragon Hunters, which I found much more visually arresting than Avatar.

Dragon Hunters Blu-ray (Chasseurs de dragons) (2008)

Which actually stole the idea from plenty of anime. Check out Castle in the Sky off the top of my head. There are tons of others. The idea has been done before, and overall the entire movie felt... unsurprising. Despite that, I still loved Avatar. It's hard to find a truly original concept these days.

Doctorossi · 01-22-2010, 06:23 PM

So with these recent international Tora! Tora! Tora! releases making an imminent North American release appear a solid contender, I'm still curious if anyone has heard anything specific.

Jeff?

SquidPuppet · 01-22-2010, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by aramis109

Which actually stole the idea from plenty of anime. Check out Castle in the Sky off the top of my head. There are tons of others. The idea has been done before, and overall the entire movie felt... unsurprising. Despite that, I still loved Avatar. It's hard to find a truly original concept these days.

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I have only recently started watching anime (trying to hit all the classics first). I'll check that one out.

Doctorossi · 01-22-2010, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I'll check that one out.

It's a goodie, but not Miyazaki's best, IMO.

Incidentally, the actual title translates as Laputa: Castle In the Sky, but Disney has elected to scrub it in fear of a certain misinterpretation afflicting our Spanish-speaking friends.

jpaul1972 · 01-22-2010, 08:09 PM

I did a search of the forums, and haven't really seen anything new on this title for awhile, so I figured I'd ask here. Does anyone have any insight into if and when we might see Scorsese's Kundun on blu? I never even bought the DVD because it seemed pretty bare bones, but my wife and I love this movie, and would love to see it again in hi-def.

Vincent Pereira · 01-22-2010, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jpaul1972

I did a search of the forums, and haven't really seen anything new on this title for awhile, so I figured I'd ask here. Does anyone have any insight into if and when we might see Scorsese's Kundun on blu? I never even bought the DVD because it seemed pretty bare bones, but my wife and I love this movie, and would love to see it again in hi-def.

When I saw KUNDUN theatrically (a terrific, incredibly underrated film BTW), I swear it was the best looking Super-35 originated film I've ever seen. Seriously, some shots were so sharp and devoid of grain I was almost tricked into thinking it had been shot in 65mm. I'd love to see this gorgeous film on Blu-ray.

Vincent

AKORIS · 01-22-2010, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by merrick97

I agree with them being pretty good films. I dont dislike the third as much as many people do. However, the scenes between Kirsten Dunst and Toby Maguire in all 3 films are pretty much godawful. People talk about the Star Wars films having bad dialogue, but listening to the scenes were Dunst professes her love to Parker in the first and second film made me want to throw up.

as much as I enjoy the Star Wars films-- the dialogue there is far worse than any Spiderman film--

MerrickG · 01-23-2010, 02:46 AM

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as much as I enjoy the Star Wars films-- the dialogue there is far worse than any Spiderman film--

Dude, even at best, but worse no. Everyone in the theater was laughing at Dunst whenever she would talk.

Eternal_Sunshine · 01-23-2010, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Vincent Pereira

When I saw KUNDUN theatrically (a terrific, incredibly underrated film BTW), I swear it was the best looking Super-35 originated film I've ever seen. Seriously, some shots were so sharp and devoid of grain I was almost tricked into thinking it had been shot in 65mm. I'd love to see this gorgeous film on Blu-ray.

Vincent

Kundun on Blu-ray has been announced for May in Germany by Kinowelt, together with the 5 Chaplin movies.

The PQ on their releases is generally very good with a few exceptions. Dances With Wolves is excellent, Fight Club not so much.

Sadly, most of their releases are region B locked.
Blu-Ray Region Code Info

svenge · 01-23-2010, 10:31 AM

According to The Disney Store there won't be lossless Japanese audio on the US release of Ponyo (only the English dub will have DTS-HD MA 5.1, Japanese gets Dolby 5.1)... Can you confirm that with the studio, and if it is accurate, how much crack are they smoking?

This would be the 3rd time I've had to buy a Miyazaki movie from another country/distributor due to Disney's mishandling of his movies as I already have R2J DVDs of Kiki's Delivery Service (R1's Japanese audio track is out of sync) and Laputa (the R1 has major EE + mistimed subtitles), and if this holds up I'll have to get either the IVL release from Hong Kong or the Japanese release of Ponyo on BD to get proper lossless Japanese audio.

Jeff Kleist · 01-23-2010, 06:09 PM

Given Disney's current patterns with the HK film, I'm going to say right now that it is likely

HOWEVER

I have put in the inquiry for an official answer. Worse comes to worse, the iVL disc should do you

horseflesh · 01-23-2010, 07:16 PM

I'd be interested in this too Jeff. I also have all the Japanese Ghibli DVDs, but I hoped I'd be able to rely on Disney to give the option of lossless on the Japanese & English (for the kids) tracks.

Jeff Kleist · 01-23-2010, 08:06 PM

This is very likely another victim of the standard Disney work order form. We'll see what happens, but there's no way I'm getting anything back before Monday

horseflesh · 01-23-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

This is very likely another victim of the standard Disney work order form.

What does that mean?

A standing instruction to have lossless English audio and all other languages lossy?

Jeff Kleist · 01-23-2010, 08:26 PM

Correct. It's a standard production template. All of the studios have them

Doctorossi · 01-24-2010, 03:11 PM

My purchase decision will ride on this answer, as well.

Cplhicks · 01-24-2010, 03:30 PM

Definitely-- no lossless Japanese, no sale.

MerrickG · 01-24-2010, 09:17 PM

Well the boxoffice record for Titanic is going to fall. Its just a question of how much further Avatar will go.

Hey Jeff any idea how well Lost has done on bluray. Im hoping it is selling well so that the studios might be persuaded to release more series on blu.

01-23-2010, 10:31 AM	#8812
svenge Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Washington State 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:474 DVD collection:157 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:67	Ponyo US Blu-ray According to The Disney Store there won't be lossless Japanese audio on the US release of Ponyo (only the English dub will have DTS-HD MA 5.1, Japanese gets Dolby 5.1)... Can you confirm that with the studio, and if it is accurate, how much crack are they smoking? This would be the 3rd time I've had to buy a Miyazaki movie from another country/distributor due to Disney's mishandling of his movies as I already have R2J DVDs of Kiki's Delivery Service (R1's Japanese audio track is out of sync) and Laputa (the R1 has major EE + mistimed subtitles), and if this holds up I'll have to get either the IVL release from Hong Kong or the Japanese release of Ponyo on BD to get proper lossless Japanese audio. Last edited by svenge; 01-23-2010 at 10:59 AM.

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01-22-2010, 04:23 AM	#8801
jd213 Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:less than 10 minutes from Akihabara	Not sure, I only rented it and had Japanese subs on since I was watching with my GF.

01-22-2010, 06:23 PM	#8804
Doctorossi Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2009 4K collection:134 Blu-ray collection:478	So with these recent international Tora! Tora! Tora! releases making an imminent North American release appear a solid contender, I'm still curious if anyone has heard anything specific. Jeff?

01-22-2010, 08:09 PM	#8807
jpaul1972 Active Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Philadelphia, PA USA 4K collection:73 Blu-ray collection:513 DVD collection:172 MA collection:443 Digital collection:315 iTunes collection:50 Prime collection:25 Trading Score:13	I did a search of the forums, and haven't really seen anything new on this title for awhile, so I figured I'd ask here. Does anyone have any insight into if and when we might see Scorsese's Kundun on blu? I never even bought the DVD because it seemed pretty bare bones, but my wife and I love this movie, and would love to see it again in hi-def.

01-23-2010, 06:09 PM	#8813
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Given Disney's current patterns with the HK film, I'm going to say right now that it is likely HOWEVER I have put in the inquiry for an official answer. Worse comes to worse, the iVL disc should do you

01-23-2010, 07:16 PM	#8814
horseflesh Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Dublin, Ireland Blu-ray collection:130 Trading Score:9	I'd be interested in this too Jeff. I also have all the Japanese Ghibli DVDs, but I hoped I'd be able to rely on Disney to give the option of lossless on the Japanese & English (for the kids) tracks.

01-23-2010, 08:06 PM	#8815
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	This is very likely another victim of the standard Disney work order form. We'll see what happens, but there's no way I'm getting anything back before Monday

01-23-2010, 08:26 PM	#8817
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Correct. It's a standard production template. All of the studios have them

01-24-2010, 03:11 PM	#8818
Doctorossi Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2009 4K collection:134 Blu-ray collection:478	My purchase decision will ride on this answer, as well.

01-24-2010, 03:30 PM	#8819
Cplhicks Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 4K collection:277 Blu-ray collection:1998 DVD collection:798 MA collection:457 Digital collection:581 iTunes collection:668 Prime collection:446 Trading Score:31	Definitely-- no lossless Japanese, no sale.

01-24-2010, 09:17 PM	#8820
MerrickG Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2007 Location:College Station, TX Blu-ray reviews:2	Well the boxoffice record for Titanic is going to fall. Its just a question of how much further Avatar will go. Hey Jeff any idea how well Lost has done on bluray. Im hoping it is selling well so that the studios might be persuaded to release more series on blu.

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