Dances With Wolves to get 181 minute theatrical version

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by benes

Based on some rough calculations taking the size of the DTS-HD track into consideration I am going to predict this will be a 14Mbps AVC encode just like Speed. And that movie looked mighty fine so there should be no problem with Wolves. Some of the VC1 encodes are actually lower than this and they still claim transparency to master.

Edit: Actually it might be lower than 14. Maybe 12 or 13 even.

Well that should be fine then, I am still going to wait until I can get all 4 hours of the film with lossless sound, and by then hopefully we will be able to decode the lossless part of the track. I do hope Sony step-up and add DTS-HDMA decoding to the PS3, it would be great as the most popular player would then decode all of the formats losslessly.

[dvdirv]

Amazon has just priced it's Blu-ray disc of DANCES WITH WOLVES at $35.99--a "whopping" 10% discount compared to their usual 30% discount.

To make matters worse, this is the theatrical cut, not the director's cut.
Any takers at $36?

[goodstuff]

Originally Posted by dvdirv

Amazon has just priced it's Blu-ray disc of DANCES WITH WOLVES at $35.99--a "whopping" 10% discount compared to their usual 30% discount.

To make matters worse, this is the theatrical cut, not the director's cut.
Any takers at $36?

Yeah, what's up with that? DVDEmpire has it for $27.99

[dobyblue]

Good for DVD Empire - that's where I'll get mine from, or from the Amazon seller's marketplace.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by dvdirv

Amazon has just priced it's Blu-ray disc of DANCES WITH WOLVES at $35.99--a "whopping" 10% discount compared to their usual 30% discount.

To make matters worse, this is the theatrical cut, not the director's cut.
Any takers at $36?

Nope, I'm not going to bite on something that everyone and their mother knows is an obvious double dip setup.

[Polyh3dron]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay maybe some of you will enjoy sitting through the 181 minute version instead of the 236, but I was hoping for that full version. I wouldn't cut a minute of it.
http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v4_ite...ite_media_id=0

Oh well, Dances in 1080p with DTS-MA 5.1 will still be worth it.

Not buying it. I try to limit my double-dipping as much as possible.

[Dave Mack]

We all got shafted many times over with DVD multiple releases and it indeed looks like some studios are getting ready to do it all over again. I guess they figure this will be the last format for many, many years and if they can sell the same film twice instead of once one last time, why not?
Like the ROCKY BD disc with ZERO extras when a 2 disc SD SE was just released. shameful. Do it right or don't do it at all...

just my 2 cents

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Fox clearly are gearing up for a double-dip here, a BD25 for a 181min film, I wouldn't buy this one, I would wait for the next one with the Directors cut and extras on BD50.

FYI, I confirmed with Fox today that this title will be released on BD-50. The picture should be very good.

[goodstuff]

Thanks for the heads up!

[LembasBread]

Originally Posted by dvdirv

Amazon has just priced it's Blu-ray disc of DANCES WITH WOLVES at $35.99--a "whopping" 10% discount compared to their usual 30% discount.

To make matters worse, this is the theatrical cut, not the director's cut.
Any takers at $36?

Does anyone know excactly why Fox's releases are more expensive than the average BD? Is it the liscensing for the DTS-HD MA tracks (which are worth the extra $ anyway) or is it just that other studios are selling their discs at a loss and Fox has chosen not to?

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

FYI, I confirmed with Fox today that this title will be released on BD-50. The picture should be very good.

Thanks paidgeek! That is a big sigh of relief!

Any other info? Like would it still be the theatrical cut? What about the audio options? DTS HDMA? Any extras?


fuad

[Deciazulado]

down, boy!

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by Dave Mack

We all got shafted many times over with DVD multiple releases and it indeed looks like some studios are getting ready to do it all over again. I guess they figure this will be the last format for many, many years and if they can sell the same film twice instead of once one last time, why not?
Like the ROCKY BD disc with ZERO extras when a 2 disc SD SE was just released. shameful. Do it right or don't do it at all...

just my 2 cents

They did that with X-Men Last Stand as well; super sweet DVD edition, but Blu ray only had a standard package. Makes less sense than an amish electrician.

And no, I don't think anyone is selling blu-ray discs at a loss. BD50s are reportedly $1.50 to produce (source: answers.com). Royalties for what's on them can't be that much more. More importantly, studios sell movies to make money, not lose it.

[tranzishun]

Originally Posted by Dave Mack

We all got shafted many times over with DVD multiple releases and it indeed looks like some studios are getting ready to do it all over again. I guess they figure this will be the last format for many, many years and if they can sell the same film twice instead of once one last time, why not?
Like the ROCKY BD disc with ZERO extras when a 2 disc SD SE was just released. shameful. Do it right or don't do it at all...

just my 2 cents

i hear that, that's why im hesitant toward a lot of these 1st released on Blu-ray movies and is the main reason im holding off on a lot of the titles. Each of the movies released on BD should carry at least whatever the best version of the DVD's have on them and infact should surpass it. i really don't want to be buying the same movies three times over.

[Jack Torrance]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

FYI, I confirmed with Fox today that this title will be released on BD-50. The picture should be very good.

Someone should be shouting this from the rooftops as a lot of HD-DUD dorks are spreading the mis-information again about this only being a BD25 title and inferior to the HD-DUD 30 quality... spread the word!

Thanks for the good news, Paid!

[tranzishun]

Fox? isn't this released by MGM? the picture and sound im sure will awesome but im still going to hold of on it until the extended version is released.

[Jack Torrance]

Originally Posted by tranzishun

Fox? isn't this released by MGM? the picture and sound im sure will awesome but im still going to hold of on it until the extended version is released.

It is MGM, but their DVD distribution deal is through Fox.

[surfdude12]

this is clearly an error, right? dances available in blu on netflix:

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Dances_...0?trkid=194440

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

this is clearly an error, right? dances available in blu on netflix:

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Dances_...0?trkid=194440

I don't see a mention of Blu-Ray.

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I don't see a mention of Blu-Ray.

it says it in "available formats" on left. also, i found it when I clicked "blu-ray" under genres, and it was like #5 under "more blu-ray" at the bottom where it lists those blu's with the highest rating.