Troma Goes Blu-ray (Official Thread)

[Kriztoffer Swank]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Anyone's NUKE EM 2 ready to ship from Amazon yet? Mine isn't.

Notice on Facebook:

"IMPORTANT UPDATE on Toxie 2/ Nuke Em 2 Blu-ray!! Shipment from our distribution center is delayed. Stay tuned for updates, but pre-orders should be shipped within the next two days. Apologies for the wait!"

https://www.facebook.com/troma.enter...53953297283868

[themoviefanatic]

Originally Posted by Kriztoffer Swank

Notice on Facebook:

"IMPORTANT UPDATE on Toxie 2/ Nuke Em 2 Blu-ray!! Shipment from our distribution center is delayed. Stay tuned for updates, but pre-orders should be shipped within the next two days. Apologies for the wait!"

https://www.facebook.com/troma.enter...53953297283868

anyone know if it will look like Rabid Grannies ?

[HuggyBear73]

Originally Posted by Kriztoffer Swank

Notice on Facebook:

"IMPORTANT UPDATE on Toxie 2/ Nuke Em 2 Blu-ray!! Shipment from our distribution center is delayed. Stay tuned for updates, but pre-orders should be shipped within the next two days. Apologies for the wait!"

https://www.facebook.com/troma.enter...53953297283868

Thanks for the update!

[Kriztoffer Swank]

Originally Posted by WoodyO

Lloyd actually addressed Toxie III after 88 released it and said that extra gore was never intended to be there and all previous uncut versions were wrong. No chance of them releasing it Uncut stateside.

Curious to see a source on this so it can set my mind at ease. If what's on Blu-ray is the real director's cut, then I'll be fine with that. If I recall, there were some funny gags in the unrated version, like Toxie shoving his mop handle through a guy's head and twisting it off. In the R-rated version, you see Toxie ramming the mop, but then it cuts away and you don't see even a glimpse of what happens.

[anthonyg]

Originally Posted by Kriztoffer Swank

Curious to see a source on this so it can set my mind at ease. If what's on Blu-ray is the real director's cut, then I'll be fine with that. If I recall, there were some funny gags in the unrated version, like Toxie shoving his mop handle through a guy's head and twisting it off. In the R-rated version, you see Toxie ramming the mop, but then it cuts away and you don't see even a glimpse of what happens.

Troma posted it on facebook.

[Jobla]

I'd like Troma to release THE LOVE THRILL MURDERS, which has only been released on VHS.

[Nailwraps]

Troma's War on Blu-ray this June (featuring a new interview with Michael Herz!!)!!:
https://www.facebook.com/troma.enter...type=1&theater

[themoviefanatic]

any updates on this?
Should i buy the UK Blu-ray of Toxie 3 or get the US release coming up?

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by Slikkbradd

any updates on this?
Should i buy the UK Blu-ray of Toxie 3 or get the US release coming up?

Toxie III on US Blu May 12th:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS.../dvdaficionado


Also from Trom'as Facebook:
"Blu-Ray UPDATE: "Toxie II" and "Class of Nuke Em High 2" are FINALLY in-stock at https://www.tromashop.com/! Amazon pre-orders will ship this week, apologies for the delay!"

[themoviefanatic]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

Toxie III on US Blu May 12th:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS.../dvdaficionado


Also from Trom'as Facebook:
"Blu-Ray UPDATE: "Toxie II" and "Class of Nuke Em High 2" are FINALLY in-stock at https://www.tromashop.com/! Amazon pre-orders will ship this week, apologies for the delay!"

right which toxie release is better the uk or us

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by Slikkbradd

right which toxie release is better the uk or us

Depends what you define as "better."

Troma tends to transfer their masters warts and all. Part of the low budget charm, so to say.

88 Films does quite a bit of digital cleanup work to attempt to reduce the visible damage in the print.

So depends what look you like better.

[billyearle]

Originally Posted by Slikkbradd

any updates on this?
Should i buy the UK Blu-ray of Toxie 3 or get the US release coming up?

Depends whether you already have the uncut DVD. Looks like Troma's dual format release throws in the uncut DVD with the cut BD. I am assuming this from that they list the DVD as having the commentaries, but the BD does not. The commentary on the cut UK BD went wildly out of sync because of the cuts early in the film....they would be talking about some extra on screen now being famous when there were no extras on screen. So I suppose it's good Troma just dropped the commentary from the BD and gave us the DVD instead.
The UK releases tend to have the benefit of lossless audio.

[anthonyg]

Troma's War and Extreme Jukebox are up for pre-order on Amazon, June 9th release date.

[Wren]

Very happy to see Toma on BR. Not biting until "Killer Nerd" is released. (Not holding my breath).

[travisbickle]

Originally Posted by Ruined

Depends what you define as "better."

Troma tends to transfer their masters warts and all. Part of the low budget charm, so to say.

88 Films does quite a bit of digital cleanup work to attempt to reduce the visible damage in the print.

So depends what look you like better.

I wonder if the cleanup came at the cost of loss of grain/detail? I know Scream Factory did the same to Halloween II and lost a bit of detail in the process compared to the Universal BD.

Really wish Capsaholic would put up some screens of the 88 Blu to compare to the Troma.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

Also from Trom'as Facebook:
"Blu-Ray UPDATE: "Toxie II" and "Class of Nuke Em High 2" are FINALLY in-stock at https://www.tromashop.com/! Amazon pre-orders will ship this week, apologies for the delay!"

They should be apologizing for releasing a 720p (or 480i) Blu-ray-in-name-only of Toxie II, not for delayed shipping.

But such is the aroma of Troma.

[SilentNight]

Originally Posted by dissention

They should be apologizing for releasing a 720p (or 480i) Blu-ray-in-name-only of Toxie II, not for delayed shipping.

But such is the aroma of Troma.

what? The Blu-Ray release from Troma is 720p? I'm glad I've got the UK release now for sure.

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by dissention

They should be apologizing for releasing a 720p (or 480i) Blu-ray-in-name-only of Toxie II, not for delayed shipping.

But such is the aroma of Troma.

I'm probably in denial, but I'm sure by this week, Troma's gonna fix the problem (it's not like Rabid Grannies, this CAN be fixed).

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

I'm probably in denial, but I'm sure by this week, Troma's gonna fix the problem (it's not like Rabid Grannies, this CAN be fixed).

Rabid Grannies was 100% false advertising on their part & with this new debacle, I would never order any disc from them before seeing reviews. You have more faith than I, my friend; the chances of Troma trashing these discs and pressing new ones with an actual HD transfer are slim to none.

[Kriztoffer Swank]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

I wonder if the cleanup came at the cost of loss of grain/detail? I know Scream Factory did the same to Halloween II and lost a bit of detail in the process compared to the Universal BD.

Really wish Capsaholic would put up some screens of the 88 Blu to compare to the Troma.

FWIW, I did a back-and-forth between the US and UK releases of Toxie 1 (different inputs, same TV settings) and several frames looked pretty much identical. For the numerous scenes that had extensive cleanup done on the 88 disc, I didn't notice any loss of grain detail and the 88 disc just looked better paused and especially in motion.

From my experience, 88 discs are encoded really well, and I own a good amount of them so far. I'm doubting, for instance, that there's much of a difference between the VinSyn and 88 encodes for Graduation Day.