American History X - April 7th

[ThereWillBeBud]

I know Warner's has gotten alot of criticism on their blu-ray quality, mostly because they are released on BD-25, American History X is gonna be released on a BD-50, does that mean there's hope that this might be a proper release?

[VinnAY]

Originally Posted by ThereWasBlood

I know Warner's has gotten alot of criticism on their blu-ray quality, mostly because they are released on BD-25, American History X is gonna be released on a BD-50, does that mean there's hope that this might be a proper release?

proper in regards to what?

[Hedchekr]

Theres always hope. I do hope they get it right cause I want American History X, The Point of No Return, and Taking Lives.

[Prof. Utonium]

Originally Posted by VinnAY

proper in regards to what?

He's probably referring to the release including lossless audio, and I agree with that. Even though I doubt there would be much difference, if any at all, between lossless and a 640 kbps Dolby track on a dialog-driven movie like American History X. But still, it's the principle involved. These companies want premium prices for what should be a premium product.

Also, it'd be nice if more of the special features were encoded in HD -- where applicable, of course.

[VinnAY]

Originally Posted by Prof. Utonium

He's probably referring to the release including lossless audio, and I agree with that. Even though I doubt there would be much difference, if any at all, between lossless and a 640 kbps Dolby track on a dialog-driven movie like American History X. But still, it's the principle involved. These companies want premium prices for what should be a premium product.

Also, it'd be nice if more of the special features were encoded in HD -- where applicable, of course.

If figured that's where he was going with that wording, I just wanted him to come out with whatever he was thinking. I'd bet it'll be TrueHD, like you said it's all dialog so there's no need to bring anything to heavy to the disc.

[ThereWillBeBud]

I wasn't sure how to word "proper release." A release that is on par with other blu-ray releases in terms of PQ and AQ.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by VinnAY

proper in regards to what?

Lossless audio and a quality transfer is a good start.

[VinnAY]

Originally Posted by ThereWasBlood

I wasn't sure how to word "proper release." A release that is on par with other blu-ray releases in terms of PQ and AQ.

Yeah, I'll be disappointed if it's less than 4 star stuff...this is quite possibly my favorite film of all.

[jubei29]

Good news. I wish they had the original ending to go along with it.

[VinnAY]

Originally Posted by jubei29

Good news. I wish they had the original ending to go along with it.

...what?

[jubei29]

Originally Posted by VinnAY

...what?

Spoilers....

[Show spoiler]

The last scene of the movie after Derrick finds his brother murdered is Derrick looking in the mirror and shaving his head again.

There was a huge controversy with this film between the studios, the director, and Ed Norton. Tony Kaye didn't like the studios and his star meddling with his creativity and disowned the whole flick and Ed Norton was hired to replace Kaye and edit the movie himself. Kaye to this day has said he still wants nothing to do with the film. I love it regardless, but would be interested in seeing the original ending, though I'm pretty sure Kaye never got to shoot it.

edit: Ironically New Line Cinema is supposed to be working with Kaye on releasing a documentary he made about his struggle with the film called "Humpty Dumpty" sometime this year. Humpty Dumpty is the name Kaye chose when he tried to have his name removed from the credits and they told him to change it, so he did, but then the Directors Guild refused to allow it, so its as is now.

[Milksnake]

"BITE THE CURB!"

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by jubei29

[Show spoiler]The last scene of the movie after Derrick finds his brother murdered is Derrick looking in the mirror and shaving his head again.

I never heard of that ending. I'd like to see it.

[ST2012]

Is this release date confirmed? American History X is one of my favorite movies and I've been waiting for it on Blu-ray...

[HeManster03]

im glad that they are using a bd-50 disc for this, so they will have absolutely no excuse to not include special features, a solid audio track, and a phenominal picture. should be interesting to see how good it looks on my plasma with all those black and white shots.....
a little trivia, did anyone know that the girlfriend in the movie is the same girl from the little known 80's movie Return to Oz? talk about working from one end of the spectrum to the other. lol

[indiephantom]

The girlfriend is played by Fairuza Balk. She's also one of the teen witches in THE CRAFT, and has starred in a number of films.

[Ferris]

This is a fantastic film, which would do well with a good transfer. It's not the easiest film to watch for some, but the message, and way it's portrayed is very emotional.

Originally Posted by indiephantom

The girlfriend is played by Fairuza Balk. She's also one of the teen witches in THE CRAFT, and has starred in a number of films.

Such as Waterboy.

[robb01]

One of my all time favorites, deeply depicts how hate can destroy, i will be grabbing this as soon as it comes out

[Crim122]

I might get it, I dont know I kind of played it out when I first saw it.

[KingBing]

I've been waiting for this one since i sold my Sd copy...Love this movie