James Bond: The Ultimate Collection (1962-2012) + Volume Collections

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by J___T

Do all entries in The James Bond Collection, i.e. Blu-ray set in the white box, come with the special features listed in the main pages for their individual releases?

I'm most interested in special features for the Moore, Connery and Lazenby titles, which are my favorites.

I'm sure this has been asked somewhere before, possibly even by me, but this thread is 200 pgs and there doesn't appear to be a thread for that specific set. Also, there is no review specific to that box. Also, there's no review specific to the white-covered versions of the films (at least not those I checked). This thread is linked from that set's page.

Thanks!

As far as I know every single pre-Daniel Craig James Bond film has only ever had one BD for each title, with the exact same video, audio and bonus features.

They're reissued these BDs 10,000 times, in various standalone or bundled editions, with various covers.

But for all the pre-Craig films, the discs are identical every time.

It gets confusing for the Craig-era films, because they've switched distributors.

Casino Royale had an OOP 2-disc SE from Sony, with unique bonus features, and a different transfer of the film, I believe. I own that one.

I think the other Craig BDs are all identical, but I could be wrong there.

[koberulz]

That's true in any given territory, but not between territories. The original audio is only available on the US discs for the first wave of films that were released on Blu, it was removed for the overseas discs.

[SpazeBlue]

Keep in mind the Bond 50 set and the black box set have a bonus disc, each having similar and differing extras:

Both include:
"World of Bond":
- "Title Sequences" openings for all 22 movies (62:32)
- "Gadgets" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 3:03)
- "Villains" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 2:22)
- "Bond Girls" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 1:24)
- "Locations" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 1:40)
- "Bond in Motion" featurette (1:43)
"Being Bond" featurette (3:08)
"Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style" featurette (4:01)

Bond 50 also includes:
"Skyfall videoblogs" featurettes (10:51):
- "'Skyfall' Behind the Scenes" (1:51)
- "Sam Mendes" (1:28)
- "Naomie Harris" (1:09)
- "Bérénice Marlohe" (1:12)
- "Production Update from Shanghaï" (1:35)
- "Danni Gassnes Takes us Inside the Look of 'Skyfall'" (1:58)
- "Jany Temime on Dressing 007 for Action" (1:54)

The black box also includes:
"The Story So Far" featurette (10:22)
"The Shadow of Spectre" featurette (8:41)
"Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007" documentary (97:59)

So yeah, fun...

[Shane Rollins]

Here’s where it really gets fun. Between all the films, there’s probably at least 20 hours of content left stranded on the many VHS, laserdisc, and DVD releases that came before the Blu-rays. I lost a list in a computer crash that had every home video release up to 2006, and I had at least 20 hours of special features that were nowhere to be found on my white case Blu-ray set.

And yes most of the pre-Craig official films have had one Blu-ray that has just been repackaged dozens of times. The only exception I can find is Goldeneye, which initially had an awful disc that was waxed to all hell, but was quietly remastered several years ago.

The Craig films have had several different Blu-ray discs each, with the exception of NTTD. There might actually be more Blu-ray discs of the Craig movies than all other Bond films combined, which says less about how much they can bring to the table (I mean seriously, how many copies of Casino Royale 06 do we need?) and more about how many times they could get people to buy the same movie.

I also find it ironic that (with the exception of NTTD) the films with native 4K transfers are stuck on Blu-ray, while the films on UHDs all have 2K DIs.

[jdw89]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

Keep in mind the Bond 50 set and the black box set have a bonus disc, each having similar and differing extras:

Both include:
"World of Bond":
- "Title Sequences" openings for all 22 movies (62:32)
- "Gadgets" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 3:03)
- "Villains" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 2:22)
- "Bond Girls" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 1:24)
- "Locations" featurette (with optional 'Shot by Shot' list - 1:40)
- "Bond in Motion" featurette (1:43)
"Being Bond" featurette (3:08)
"Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style" featurette (4:01)

Bond 50 also includes:
"Skyfall videoblogs" featurettes (10:51):
- "'Skyfall' Behind the Scenes" (1:51)
- "Sam Mendes" (1:28)
- "Naomie Harris" (1:09)
- "Bérénice Marlohe" (1:12)
- "Production Update from Shanghaï" (1:35)
- "Danni Gassnes Takes us Inside the Look of 'Skyfall'" (1:58)
- "Jany Temime on Dressing 007 for Action" (1:54)

The black box also includes:
"The Story So Far" featurette (10:22)
"The Shadow of Spectre" featurette (8:41)
"Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007" documentary (97:59)

So yeah, fun...

I’ve heard the documentary is pretty cool I’d bet it’s not worth $150 more then what the white box is going for currently.

[50strat54]

I paid $70 for the Black Box with Digital Codes. I loved the documentary.

The white box is still a great deal but I wanted the codes and the discs.

I just inserted the Bluray of No Time To Die from the 4K combo into the box.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

The only exception I can find is Goldeneye, which initially had an awful disc that was waxed to all hell, but was quietly remastered several years ago.

I remember GoldenEye's first DVD looked bad, and they remastered it for the SE, but I thought all BDs of it were the same.

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

I also find it ironic that (with the exception of NTTD) the films with native 4K transfers are stuck on Blu-ray, while the films on UHDs all have 2K DIs.

I thought Spectre was a native 4K transfer too...

[DavidRoylance]

It has. The previous 3 films were all finished 2k.


I thought Spectre was a native 4K transfer too...[/QUOTE]

[chewbabka]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

I remember GoldenEye's first DVD looked bad, and they remastered it for the SE, but I thought all BDs of it were the same.



I thought Spectre was a native 4K transfer too...

There’s a new master for Goldeneye on streaming. I don’t think it has made it to disc. The Blu-Ray as I understand it is disappointing.

[jdw89]

Still on sale… there’s a seller on eBay with this set and No Time To Die in 4k for $70, might be the better route to go.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by JudgeJuryExecutioner

The White Box 24-Film Bond Collection is currently $51.19 at Amazon.

Same price at Target

I’m really tempted to pick this set up.

Price mistake at Amazon. Amazon are taking an additional 20% off Target's price. Lowers it to $40.95 at checkout!

https://www.amazon.com/The-James-Bon...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[Ceege]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Price mistake at Amazon. Amazon are taking an additional 20% off Target's price. Lowers it to $40.95 at checkout!

https://www.amazon.com/The-James-Bon...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Thank you for your post! I cancelled my earlier order and then re-ordered at the mistakenly reduced price!

[BNex99]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

I thought Spectre was a native 4K transfer too...

Technically, Skyfall also had a 4K DI, though most of the footage was upsampled from 2.8K (Alexa's native resolution at the time).

[stonesfan129]

I am very surprised none of the original 20 have been released on 4KBD yet. These are a big seller for MGM/UA and perhaps it's just Amazon wants to milk it on streaming for all it's worth. Amazon has the time, money and resources to pull quality sources and do it up right too.

[bondfooll]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

These are a big seller for MGM/UA and perhaps it's just Amazon wants to milk it on streaming for all it's worth.

That's the thing, though, streaming is a mess, too. Of the pre-Craig films, only From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, OHMSS, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill, The World is Not Enough, and Die Another Day are on a subscription streaming service, and that service isn't even Amazon, it's (HBO)Max.

[stonesfan129]

Originally Posted by bondfooll

That's the thing, though, streaming is a mess, too. Of the pre-Craig films, only From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, OHMSS, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill, The World is Not Enough, and Die Another Day are on a subscription streaming service, and that service isn't even Amazon, it's (HBO)Max.

I swear I watched most of these on Amazon Prime in the past. It seems like they just move around every so often. I could have sworn Moonraker was on there too at one point.

It makes no sense to me as to why Amazon wouldn't pay to remaster these for 4KBD. It seems like there is money to be made especially with all the old movies coming out on 4KBD. Now would be the time to do it. Amazon has the time and resources to do it right.

[chewbabka]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

I swear I watched most of these on Amazon Prime in the past. It seems like they just move around every so often. I could have sworn Moonraker was on there too at one point.

It makes no sense to me as to why Amazon wouldn't pay to remaster these for 4KBD. It seems like there is money to be made especially with all the old movies coming out on 4KBD. Now would be the time to do it. Amazon has the time and resources to do it right.

They’ve been coming and going from Prime for longer than Amazon has owned MGM. if Amazon was the only barrier, I imagine they’d have been released long before the acquisition. Main story really is that MGM was slow to get on the UHDBD train. I’m also curious the degree to which Eon is involved in mastering and home video decisions for the series.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

I remember GoldenEye's first DVD looked bad, and they remastered it for the SE, but I thought all BDs of it were the same.



I thought Spectre was a native 4K transfer too...

Originally Posted by chewbabka

There’s a new master for Goldeneye on streaming. I don’t think it has made it to disc. The Blu-Ray as I understand it is disappointing.

I stand corrected on Spectre. It was a combination of digital photography ranging from 3.4K to 6.5K, Super 35, and VistaVision, with a 4K DI. So there’s two native 4K UHDs out there.

As for Goldeneye, there were rumors for years about a remastered Blu-ray, with most saying there was only one disc. Considering the first disc was similar to Predator, I was actually shocked to see the grain on the transfer. It wasn’t that heavy, just a light veneer of grain. (This isn’t shocking considering this was sourced from the negative; barring a stylistic move where the negative has heavy grain, there’s usually very little grain with a negative but it’s still there.)

As someone who has this remastered disc, I can confirm that Goldeneye has two Blu-ray discs.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

I swear I watched most of these on Amazon Prime in the past. It seems like they just move around every so often. I could have sworn Moonraker was on there too at one point.

It makes no sense to me as to why Amazon wouldn't pay to remaster these for 4KBD. It seems like there is money to be made especially with all the old movies coming out on 4KBD. Now would be the time to do it. Amazon has the time and resources to do it right.

They were all on Amazon Prime free with membership at one point soon after the Amazon MGM purchase, I sampled bits of a few.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

I stand corrected on Spectre. It was a combination of digital photography ranging from 3.4K to 6.5K, Super 35, and VistaVision, with a 4K DI. So there’s two native 4K UHDs out there.

As for Goldeneye, there were rumors for years about a remastered Blu-ray, with most saying there was only one disc. Considering the first disc was similar to Predator, I was actually shocked to see the grain on the transfer. It wasn’t that heavy, just a light veneer of grain. (This isn’t shocking considering this was sourced from the negative; barring a stylistic move where the negative has heavy grain, there’s usually very little grain with a negative but it’s still there.)

As someone who has this remastered disc, I can confirm that Goldeneye has two Blu-ray discs.

Which edition is it that you have? It's definitely different from the earlier ones?

I have the BD that came in the first Bond 50 set in 2012, that didn't include Skyfall. I believe that was the first ever BD of GoldenEye, which got a standalone release a week later. Is that the bad early one?

I'd gladly rebuy GoldenEye if there's a superior disc out there.