Halloween: 30th Anniversary Blu-ray?

[Beast]

Originally Posted by mredman

Damn and i thought the double dip crap was over. No need for this at all. The movie is already on Blu and in very good PQ and SQ. So i say bad move

Why should the so-called "double dip crap" be over?

If there's more to include and offer, why not put it out there for those who do want it.

Especially if they include some of that lost footage and some new featurettes.

Hell, if they would have found the extra footage for Metropolis after releasing the Blu-Ray, would you folks be whining against a double dip for that also? How dare the studios want to give us more! Egad!!

[OokieSpookie]

Originally Posted by Beast

Why should the double dip crap be over?

If there's more to include and offer, why not put it out there for those who do want it.

Especially if they include some of that lost footage and some new featurettes.

Hell, if they would have found the extra footage for Metropolis after releasing the Blu-Ray, would you folks be whining against a double dip for that also?

Agreed.
Bottom line is that if you do not like it, do not buy it.
I can say for sure though that if they released this only on dvd I would have been pissed off.
Choice is a great and powerful thing, and they are giving it to us.

[The Lurker]

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you! Who would've guessed that Anchor Bay would be double-dipping this early in the game, and with Halloween of all movies, and on its 30th anniversary? https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...4&postcount=52

Originally Posted by mredman

Damn and i thought the double dip crap was over. No need for this at all. The movie is already on Blu and in very good PQ and SQ. So i say bad move

Not really. They still didn't correct all the colors, there's the TV scenes they could add, and, MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, they could give us the original mono track in PCM, no worthless Dolby Digital 1.0/2.0 garbage!

Originally Posted by Beast

Hopefully this release will include all that discovered footage that was thought lost forever that turned up a couple of years ago.

From Wiki:

http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=2585
http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/ho...-footage-found

Beast, that's my thinking as well. I guess we'll see. I've been waiting for Anchor Bay to officially announce what they're going to release this fall. I'm hoping Phantasm I & III will be among those listed.

[DetroitSportsFan]

The wording is screwy to say the least.

From what it says, it sounds like this will be a six disc set, one of which being a Blu-Ray (probably the one already released), and the other 5 being DVDs. The discs in the set could be:

1) The original theatrical
2) The extended TV version
3) The new "rare" extended version
4) The "25 Years Of Terror" Documentary (or possibly a new one)
5) The existing Blu-Ray
6) ??? Maybe a disc loaded with extras

All wrapped up in a pretty box with a mini Myers mask.

So I'm not getting too excited until the full details come out - probably on Friday in the new Home Media Magazine.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

The wording is screwy to say the least.

From what it says, it sounds like this will be a six disc set, one of which being a Blu-Ray (probably the one already released), and the other 5 being DVDs. The discs in the set could be:

1) The original theatrical
2) The extended TV version
3) The new "rare" extended version
4) The "25 Years Of Terror" Documentary (or possibly a new one)
5) The existing Blu-Ray
6) ??? Maybe a disc loaded with extras

All wrapped up in a pretty box with a mini Myers mask.

So I'm not getting too excited until the full details come out - probably on Friday in the new Home Media Magazine.

I think the wording is just screwy.

And we know they were planning a 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray of Halloween from the Anchor Bay article that mentioned Hellraiser and Children of the Corn that was published recently. So we know that it was coming.

I highly doubt that they'd put out a boxset with a Blu-Ray disc included in it. The clueless masses who buy it cause it's DVD, will think they have a damaged disc. It will lead to problems a plenty.

[HeavyHitter]

Unless it has the correct color timing, I will not buy this version either.

[Drewza89]

Double dip for the greatest horror film of all time? Yes, please!

[R3DRUM]

Ill be first in line for this if it happens .. Now bring on the rest of the halloweens even the less then amazing later sequels. It probably wont happen so easy seeing as different studios own different sequels, even disney has a piece of the pie with Halloween 6 rights lol ..

[PowellPressburger]

I just hope this version has the correct color timing as others have mentioned. I think purists know of this issue and hopefully it can be settled.

[Steelmaker]

The only way I buy this is....

1.) All the disks are blu ray

2.) There is a complete restoration of the original film INCLUDING the proper color correction and a lossless PCM soundtrack

2.) There are documentaries/bonus features that have not been made avaliable on any previous release of Halloween.