Erin Brockovich - 6/5 Review

[Guydowood]

Erin Brockovich Blu-ray

Erin Brockovich Blu-ray Review

Bonus Features: • Digital Copy of Erin Brockovich (expires 12/31/2013)
• Erin Brockovich: A Look at a Real Life Experience
• Spotlight on Location: The Making of Erin Brockovich
• 100 Years of Universal: Academy Award® Winners
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lot
• My Scenes
• pocket BLU App

[tylergfoster]

So, they lost the deleted scenes (with commentary) from the DVD? Damn it, Universal. Worst anniversary celebration ever.

[Arkadin]

man there are like 100 catalog announcements all of a sudden today.
this is just unreal.

[Batman1980]

I have the UK release of this otherwise I'd be more excited, nice announcement though.

[Guydowood]

June 5th is becoming a very dangerous empty wallet day......

[Veronica Mars]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

I have the UK release of this otherwise I'd be more excited, nice announcement though.

This one is interesting to me, because Sony released it in the UK. Doesn't Sony have a better reputation for transfers than Universal?

Ultimately, I'm more concerned with pq than anything else, so when something I imported gets a US release, that's how I determine to double dip or not.

I'm wondering if this time around if I'm pretty safe having a Sony release than worrying that Universal will do a better job. Have they ever done a better job?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

This one is interesting to me, because Sony released it in the UK. Doesn't Sony have a better reputation for transfers than Universal?

Ultimately, I'm more concerned with pq than anything else, so when something I imported gets a US release, that's how I determine to double dip or not.

I'm wondering if this time around if I'm pretty safe having a Sony release than worrying that Universal will do a better job. Have they ever done a better job?

I have no idea, I do know I have pretty much no way to unload my UK release if I get the US one so there's pretty much no way I'll be getting this on BD again unless my US release stops working.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by droidguy1119

So, they lost the deleted scenes (with commentary) from the DVD? Damn it, Universal. Worst anniversary celebration ever.

That's a pretty big loss.

[Veronica Mars]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

That's a pretty big loss.

This made me go and get my UK copy. There are all the deleted scenes, but with no commentary.

Someone posted a long while back a bunch of titles that would be getting released here and this was one of them. That poster has been right about everything so far, so I hope he won't be wrong about Universal bringing Liar Liar to bd this year too. Unlike this bd and others I've imported, that one has nothing but dreadful reviews of the pq, so I'm hoping Universal will make it better. Even by their usual not very high standards, a moderate upgrade in pq would probably merit a purchase.

That, to me, is the main reason I will hang on to this import. I just skimmed through it again and it looks VERY good. If Universal does their very best, not something I'd wager on them doing, I don't think they'll top this transfer.

[KilloWertz]

It's. about. time. I've been waiting on this one for ages. I know I could have just imported it, but I try not to unless it's for better packaging in my opinion (Star Wars).

As for the PQ, it's entirely possible that they just use whatever Sony did for the UK release.

[worldchmps]

I just checked Amazon's UK website. The total price in USD and including shipping for this movie would be $11.49. After the foreign transaction fee to my credit card, the total price would still be under $12. I'd like to know if you would recommend waiting for the US version, or getting the UK version now? Which is better, especially when factoring in cost?

[bookcase]

Originally Posted by droidguy1119

So, they lost the deleted scenes (with commentary) from the DVD? Damn it, Universal. Worst anniversary celebration ever.

Some extras I can live without, but many of these deleted scenes were phenomenal. I don't want to have to buy a DVD just so I can see them again. Let's hope they'll make it to the BD.

[Deciazulado]

Erin Brockovich Blu-ray

[PowellPressburger]

Has anyone seen Erin Brockovich at Best Buy or Target? the Blu Ray Not the person

[jayturner514]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Has anyone seen Erin Brockovich at Best Buy or Target? the Blu Ray Not the person

My Best Buy didn't have EB or Smokie...

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by jayturner514

My Best Buy didn't have EB or Smokie...

Yeah I think that is strange. I was at a Walmart and they didn't have Smokey either and that film is like a staple WalMart title. I want that one too.

[MichaelR]

We lost the discussion that followed the review of this release, including links to comparison of the European Blu-ray by Sony. However, the review has now been updated to reflect the information, provided by Robert A. Harris, that the transfer on the U.S. Blu-ray is a new one and not the same transfer used for the HD DVD.

Given the results, I'll leave it to the individual to decide whether that's good news or bad news.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by bookcase

Some extras I can live without, but many of these deleted scenes were phenomenal. I don't want to have to buy a DVD just so I can see them again. Let's hope they'll make it to the BD.

Exactly, there was a whole subplot where Julia started getting sick from having drunk the water at the contaminated town, that involved like 4 or 5 major scenes that were deleted, and there were a number of other great deleted scenes. These were not filler, and Soderbergh's commentary was great about why they were removed.

[dylrichard02]

You can now get this on Vudu in 4K UHD. Maybe a 4K disc is incoming?

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by dylrichard02

You can now get this on Vudu in 4K UHD. Maybe a 4K disc is incoming?

That's not new. They've had it since the Fandangonow merger.