Harlock: Space Pirate (3/31/15) - Blu-ray Forum

detective392 · 03-17-2015, 04:04 PM

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A mysterious space pirate of the future, Captain Harlock, is determined to return his death ship and loyal crew to a battered Earth, which has been declared off-limits by the intergalactic Gaia Coalition. The rogue captain comes up with an incredible plan to go back in time to rescue Earth, but that includes the destruction of everything, as it exists. A young soldier of the Gaia Coalition volunteers to go undercover on the infamous skull ship and assassinate Harlock, but he soon discovers things are not as they seem. As dark secrets of the past are uncovered, the fate of the entire universe teeters on a very thin edge.

detective392 · 03-17-2015, 04:05 PM

Sucks this is DVD only. A movie that looks this gorgeous needs to be on BD.

Jim Purcell · 03-17-2015, 05:58 PM

This news article I read says it IS coming to blu-ray?

ANN News about Harlock screenings

detective392 · 03-17-2015, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Purcell

This news article I read says it IS coming to blu-ray?

ANN News about Harlock screenings

i believe ANN is wrong. The trailer from Ketchup only lists DVD and Digital HD and Amazon is only selling a DVD copy.

Squall835 · 03-20-2015, 02:02 PM

Wow, that's terrible. I imported the HK blu-ray last year and was blown away by the visuals; DVD will not do this film justice.

KimmyKins83 · 03-20-2015, 02:23 PM

We're getting this in both 2D and 3D on Blu-Ray over here in the UK at the end of April

Mobe1969 · 03-20-2015, 09:31 PM

The 3D version came out in Australia a year ago
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-...pirate/537705/

I haven't gotten it though as I looked up on it and the western releases were apparently butchered.

gretzky2010 · 03-28-2015, 10:51 PM

available in canada on blu ray in english and french http://www.amazon.ca/Albator-Corsair...lbator+blu+ray

zeze · 03-29-2015, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by gretzky2010

available in canada on blu ray in english and french http://www.amazon.ca/Albator-Corsair...lbator+blu+ray

Amazon.ca has the wrong cover art up.

Thomas Guycott · 03-29-2015, 08:24 PM

I watched about 2/3rds of this movie on Netflix before I was interrupted and never got back to it. Besides the subtitles/dub script changing the names of several characters, the movie has almost zero dramatic tension because Harlock, his crew, and the Arcadia are all virtually undefeatable.

Girls With Guns · 03-30-2015, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Squall835

Wow, that's terrible. I imported the HK blu-ray last year and was blown away by the visuals; DVD will not do this film justice.

I also imported the HK premium 3D Blu-ray digipak release a year ago, and the 3D is really awesome for this movie... It also came with a nice movie poster included, to hang in my theater room - I've since mounted the poster in a proper-sized frame...

neoz · 03-30-2015, 06:24 PM

^^^

Should have got the steelbook.

And eww CGI anime! NEVER!!!!!

Mobe1969 · 03-30-2015, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

I also imported the HK premium 3D Blu-ray digipak release a year ago, and the 3D is really awesome for this movie... It also came with a nice movie poster included, to hang in my theater room - I've since mounted the poster in a proper-sized frame...

Was the HK 3D one the full Japanese proper cut, with English subtitles?

Girls With Guns · 03-30-2015, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Was the HK 3D one the full Japanese proper cut, with English subtitles?

I didn't know there were two versions - is there a different time length for each, that I can tell? I can look this evening after I get home from work... The HK release does include English subs for both the 2D and 3D movies.

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Originally Posted by neoz

^^^

Should have got the steelbook.

And eww CGI anime! NEVER!!!!!

Sorry, I'm not into steelbooks at all, I don't collect them. And, I do very much enjoy CGI anime, I think it is a treat for the eyes, actually. Still, hand-drawn anime is the best, but I have absolutely no issues with CGI either.

Thomas Guycott · 03-30-2015, 09:11 PM

With proper budgeting, I think Japanese filmmaking aesthetics often work very well for CGI. Setting aside the plotting issues I had, the movie is gorgeous, visually.

Snarfs · 03-30-2015, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

With proper budgeting, I think Japanese filmmaking aesthetics often work very well for CGI. Setting aside the plotting issues I had, the movie is gorgeous, visually.

I agree. I mean look at FF and KH games

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Girls With Guns · 03-30-2015, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Was the HK 3D one the full Japanese proper cut, with English subtitles?

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Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

I didn't know there were two versions - is there a different time length for each, that I can tell? I can look this evening after I get home from work... The HK release does include English subs for both the 2D and 3D movies.

Just checked - both the Japanese First Press release and my HK release are 115 minutes - so I guess they are the same, just under 2 hours long... Most likely the Japanese release looks even better PQ-wise, though - but it's not English-friendly.

Here is the link to my full spread on HK Limited Edition release, if you want to see more photos for detail:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1391

And here is a link to Tellymon's post of the Regular HK Edition:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1364

03-17-2015, 04:05 PM	#2
detective392 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Champlin, MN Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:439 DVD collection:293 Blu-ray reviews:21	Sucks this is DVD only. A movie that looks this gorgeous needs to be on BD.

03-17-2015, 05:58 PM	#3
Jim Purcell Power Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 4K collection:99 Blu-ray collection:1004 DVD collection:265	This news article I read says it IS coming to blu-ray? ANN News about Harlock screenings

03-20-2015, 02:02 PM	#5
Squall835 Senior Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Madison, WI 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:128 Digital collection:165 Trading Score:77	Wow, that's terrible. I imported the HK blu-ray last year and was blown away by the visuals; DVD will not do this film justice.

03-20-2015, 02:23 PM	#6
KimmyKins83 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2015 Location:West London, England, UK Blu-ray collection:169 DVD collection:30	We're getting this in both 2D and 3D on Blu-Ray over here in the UK at the end of April

03-20-2015, 09:31 PM	#7
Mobe1969 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Brisbane, Australia 4K collection:980 Blu-ray collection:1610	The 3D version came out in Australia a year ago https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-...pirate/537705/ I haven't gotten it though as I looked up on it and the western releases were apparently butchered.

03-28-2015, 10:51 PM	#8
gretzky2010 Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 4K collection:202 Blu-ray collection:3053 DVD collection:573 Blu-ray reviews:1	available in canada on blu ray in english and french http://www.amazon.ca/Albator-Corsair...lbator+blu+ray

03-29-2015, 08:24 PM	#10
Thomas Guycott Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 Location:USA 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:544 DVD collection:181 Trading Score:2	I watched about 2/3rds of this movie on Netflix before I was interrupted and never got back to it. Besides the subtitles/dub script changing the names of several characters, the movie has almost zero dramatic tension because Harlock, his crew, and the Arcadia are all virtually undefeatable.

03-30-2015, 06:24 PM	#12
neoz Moderator Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1664 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:84	^^^ Should have got the steelbook. And eww CGI anime! NEVER!!!!!

03-30-2015, 09:11 PM	#15
Thomas Guycott Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 Location:USA 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:544 DVD collection:181 Trading Score:2	With proper budgeting, I think Japanese filmmaking aesthetics often work very well for CGI. Setting aside the plotting issues I had, the movie is gorgeous, visually.

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