Superior Australian releases

[LGrima]

Apologies first, I couldn't find the original thread that was similar to this.

Anyway, are there any superior Aussie BR releases? Like American Psycho.

[rip63]

The Fifth Element, for one. Saw it last night and it looked phenomenal. The US, UK, etc, releases have apparently not been the remastered versions.

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by rip63

The Fifth Element, for one. Saw it last night and it looked phenomenal. The US, UK, etc, releases have apparently not been the remastered versions.

Wrong

Fifth Element, The

US (re-release) - AVC 27880 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3185 kbps 24-bit/LPCM 4608 kbps 16-bit, fewer extras (Region free)
UK - AVC 27999 kbps 24fps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 4422 kbps 24-bit, extras, Gaumont transfer (Region B)
JP - AVC 34999 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2352 16-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region A)
JP - AVC 27999 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3898 kbps 24-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region A)
DE - VC-1 22473 kbps, DTS-HD HR 6.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, more extras, (Region free)
FR - AVC 19689 kbps, DTS-HD HR 5.1 3018 kbps 24-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region free)
Nordic - AVC 28990 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2430 kbps 16-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region B)

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by LGrima

Apologies first, I couldn't find the original thread that was similar to this.

Anyway, are there any superior Aussie BR releases? Like American Psycho.

The definitive list for all superior releases is here - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=179724

[dvdmike]

Army of Darkness

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Army of Darkness

Surely the Army of Darkness would be the French release?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Army-...Blu-ray/61907/

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

Surely the Army of Darkness would be the French release?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Army-...Blu-ray/61907/

Same encodes as that and the German and I thought the point of this was AUS discs better than the UK ones

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

I thought the point of this was AUS discs better than the UK ones

I thought this was just superior AUS discs rather than AUS vs Uk

Apologies

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

I thought this was just superior AUS discs rather than AUS vs Uk

Apologies

Posted in the UK side, with no communication so based on that I assumed

[LGrima]

I'm basically looking for the films where the Aus disc is the king out of all countries.

[theprestige85]

Originally Posted by LGrima

I'm basically looking for the films where the Aus disc is the king out of all countries.

The Descent is meant to be the best blu ray as far as PQ goes. It's got the deepest blacks out of all of the countries, including over here.

[JimDiGriz]

I think the Aussie version of The Running Man is the best one?

American Psycho yes but the South African and Spanish ones are the same I think.

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by LGrima

I'm basically looking for the films where the Aus disc is the king out of all countries.

Then take a look at the link I put in post #4, there is a lot of releases to work through but you will get a clear and concise answer to your question

[Yojimbo68]

Casino Royale (2006)

The Aus Blu-ray contains the unrated cut. The opening fight scene in the bathroom is slightly longer as is the staircase fight later in the film. Both scenes benefit from the slightly longer edit. Also, the audio is LCPM 5.1, which, to my ears, sounds slightly more robust than the Dolby True HD of the collector's edition. It's the first Blu-ray I ever bought!

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Casin...-Blu-ray/4867/

[samdvd1]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo68

Casino Royale (2006)

The Aus Blu-ray contains the unrated cut. The opening fight scene in the bathroom is slightly longer as is the staircase fight later in the film. Both scenes benefit from the slightly longer edit. Also, the audio is LCPM 5.1, which, to my ears, sounds slightly more robust than the Dolby True HD of the collector's edition. It's the first Blu-ray I ever bought!

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Casin...-Blu-ray/4867/

It got re-released uncut in the UK with DTS-HD MA audio. You can distinguish between the cut and uncut versions by the age rating. The uncut version has a 15 BBFC certificate.

[rip63]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

Wrong

Fifth Element, The

US (re-release) - AVC 27880 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3185 kbps 24-bit/LPCM 4608 kbps 16-bit, fewer extras (Region free)
UK - AVC 27999 kbps 24fps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 4422 kbps 24-bit, extras, Gaumont transfer (Region B)
JP - AVC 34999 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2352 16-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region A)
JP - AVC 27999 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3898 kbps 24-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region A)
DE - VC-1 22473 kbps, DTS-HD HR 6.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, more extras, (Region free)
FR - AVC 19689 kbps, DTS-HD HR 5.1 3018 kbps 24-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region free)
Nordic - AVC 28990 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2430 kbps 16-bit, Gaumont transfer, no eng subs (Region B)

Hahaha! Did you investigate?

I've had the Australian release for years and at the time of its release, it was the best overall (extras/remastering) version available as I recall. I think the US remastered version came out just after it, but had no extras. Then the German release appeared a while later which was pretty similar to the Oz version. Anyway, how time has passed me by...

And yes, the Oz release of The Descent is a little beauty!