The Crow in February

[Loser]

Gamehead have The Crow listed down for BD release on Feb 3 and include cover art as well. No tech specs have been listed yet though.

http://www.gamehead.com.au/Blu-ray/A...e-Crow/7013400

[snsdfan]

I just love the jacket of the movie!!

[thetechnique]

Oh yeah day 1 purchase (pls have a great transfer !)

[gettodamoofies]

Hopefully it's not the crappy UK one. I'm a little concerned it might be. Even though the UK release has been out for ages, it is an Entertainment in Video release and this one is done by Roadshow. Roadshow is often the local distributor of titles that EiV get in the UK.

I sincerely hope it's not and that it's a new transfer or at least the one that Universal used in Japan.

Fingers crossed for a good release though!

[TheDevilsGuard]

Yeah, every copy of this I had on DVD was garbage quality, hope they beef it up for the bluray

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by atexp80

Hopefully it's not the crappy UK one. I'm a little concerned it might be. Even though the UK release has been out for ages, it is an Entertainment in Video release and this one is done by Roadshow. Roadshow is often the local distributor of titles that EiV get in the UK.

I sincerely hope it's not and that it's a new transfer or at least the one that Universal used in Japan.

Fingers crossed for a good release though!

Okay, to clear something up here.
The UK disc and Japanese disc use exactly the same master. Obviously, the Japanese disc uses different encoding and at the proper 1080p/24hz.

Aside from that, they look almost identical.

The Japanese release is NOT some wonderfully bold leap in quality from the UK disc.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Okay, to clear something up here.
The UK disc and Japanese disc use exactly the same master. Obviously, the Japanese disc uses different encoding and at the proper 1080p/24hz.

Aside from that, they look almost identical.

The Japanese release is NOT some wonderfully bold leap in quality from the UK disc.

Perhaps I should have chosen my words more correctly. I'm not referring to the picture quality as in the transfer, but rather the encode. The fact that the UK release is MPEG-2 and 1080i/50 whereas the Japanese release is AVC and 1080p/24 is of importance to me. Given that the 50Hz results in the pitch differential (which just happens to be one of my pet peeves) I certainly think it's quite big difference in the way the audio is presented regardless of whether both feature lossless audio or not.

Given those two points that's exactly why I'd want it to be based on the Japanese release if it were to be using either one of the two.

[IdeaOfEvil]

I'm still holding out hope that Universal will do one, last release of this film that won't butcher all the possibilities of extras this flik can have.

The Proyas commentary exists, there's more deleted footage available, the Proyas behind the scenes videos, and (if we're extremely lucky) new interviews with the original cast.

It's been so long since this movie came out and Brandon Lee has never been given the justice that he deserves from this flik.

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by atexp80

Perhaps I should have chosen my words more correctly. I'm not referring to the picture quality as in the transfer, but rather the encode. The fact that the UK release is MPEG-2 and 1080i/50 whereas the Japanese release is AVC and 1080p/24 is of importance to me. Given that the 50Hz results in the pitch differential (which just happens to be one of my pet peeves) I certainly think it's quite big difference in the way the audio is presented regardless of whether both feature lossless audio or not.

Given those two points that's exactly why I'd want it to be based on the Japanese release if it were to be using either one of the two.

You're quite right regarding the audio, hence why I sold the UK release and picked up the Japanese version. Your reasons are all perfectly valid.

Forgive me, this does not apply to yourself, I've just tired of the internet parroting of the UK disc 'looking' rubbish, mostly from people that can't play region B discs anyway.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

You're quite right regarding the audio, hence why I sold the UK release and picked up the Japanese version. Your reasons are all perfectly valid.

Forgive me, this does not apply to yourself, I've just tired of the internet parroting of the UK disc 'looking' rubbish, mostly from people that can't play region B discs anyway.

Yeah, there are certainly a lot of people that jump on the bandwagon without having actually seen a disc! This one is definitely one that gets a lot of flack.

For me though being a musician and also really liking the soundtrack and a number of bands on it the audio pitch issue is a big one for me and that's why I held off on the UK release.

Fingers crossed we get 1080p with a good transfer (same or new would be great). I only held off on the Japanese one due to price so this would be fantastic news if we get the best of everything on this release.

[stevo4264]

Originally Posted by atexp80

fingers crossed we get 1080p with a good transfer (same or new would be great). I only held off on the japanese one due to price so this would be fantastic news if we get the best of everything on this release.

+ 1

[tigs6969]

cant wait, will be buying

[Anamnesis]

High Res Cover:

[gettodamoofies]

^ Don't mind that at all.

God please don't be a sucky release. I love this film and really want it be a good release.

[TelkEvolon]

Glad to see that this will be in stores.

http://http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/action-adventure/the-crow-blu-ray/586806

I remember when I first seen this movie, I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[CactusMatt]

That's great, first day purchase for sure (prices permitting).

[Yautja]

I have the Japanese version of it & it's good but not great, never watched the U.K versin of it.
I just hope they do a good tranfer with it

[LordCrumb]

I've never actually seen this all the way through lol, only bits and pieces when on telly... his last film was it not? Will think about a blind buy if i hear from you guys that its got a good transfer.

[Yautja]

Originally Posted by KaiGusto

I've never actually seen this all the way through lol, only bits and pieces when on telly... his last film was it not? Will think about a blind buy if i hear from you guys that its got a good transfer.

It's an awesome film, great story!
A definite in any Blu Ray Library

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Yautja

It's an awesome film, great story!
A definite in any Blu Ray Library

Plus a great soundtrack to boot.