The Thing from Another World (1951)

[Leviathan]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Well, the entire issue with The Thing has been that the elements for the longer version are lost, so it will be a patchwork between 35mm elements and 16mm elements, probably. So people shouldn't expect it to look that great, or that consistent, but it's good to have it. Probably why it's an Archive title and not a regular WB edition.

If you're right (that this will be a 35mm/16mm composite) then this would be the first crack in WAC's policy of perfection on Blu-Ray or nothing at all. Which would be a good thing for tons of films whose extant elements preclude a "perfect" presentation.

Unless they go with the shorter version, in which case, nfm.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

If you're right (that this will be a 35mm/16mm composite) then this would be the first crack in WAC's policy of perfection on Blu-Ray or nothing at all. Which would be a good thing for tons of films whose extant elements preclude a "perfect" presentation.

Unless they go with the shorter version, in which case, nfm.

Well, I don't know if I'm right, I just know that's been the holdup for them not releasing it years ago. They specifically said the elements weren't good enough, so maybe they found something better.

At some point though, it's as good as it can be, I guess. Maybe the will include 2 cuts, the shorter from 35mm and the longer from 16mm. Curious to see.

[Blu2u]

Run time is listed as 87 minutes.

[Leviathan]

Originally Posted by Blu2u

Run time is listed as 87 minutes.

What does that mean?

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

What does that mean?

That's the longest version.

[Leviathan]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

That's the longest version.

Oh, holy shit.

Either they've found a pristine element of the longest cut, or this really is going to be a patchup of different elements.

If it's the latter, hopefully this means the "perfection or nothing at all" policy is no more, and they can tackle films with element problems on Blu. That would open the door to so many releases.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

Oh, holy shit.

Either they've found a pristine element of the longest cut, or this really is going to be a patchup of different elements.

If it's the latter, hopefully this means the "perfection or nothing at all" policy is no more, and they can tackle films with element problems on Blu. That would open the door to so many releases.

My guess is it's patched between 35mm and 16mm, or they would've made an announcement about it and included it in the press release. It looked rough on Laserdisc, but somewhat better on DVD, although even with the lower quality of DVD you could see the difference.

[cakefactory]

Finally!! Hopefully they can use that John Carpenter commentary that was on one of the DVDs.

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

Oh, holy shit.

Either they've found a pristine element of the longest cut, or this really is going to be a patchup of different elements.

If it's the latter, hopefully this means the "perfection or nothing at all" policy is no more, and they can tackle films with element problems on Blu. That would open the door to so many releases.

they may have made an exception to the rule for this. my guess is that it's getting the archieve release because it's patchwork. if they had found a pristine copy i'd bet it would be a regular release and they would be trumpeting that fact. people have been hounding them for this so they'll do the best they can.

[T. Warren Scollan]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

Oh, holy shit.

Either they've found a pristine element of the longest cut, or this really is going to be a patchup of different elements.

If it's the latter, hopefully this means the "perfection or nothing at all" policy is no more, and they can tackle films with element problems on Blu. That would open the door to so many releases.

And put a "reasonable cost" reason to finally do the 12 3D films of the '50's they're hoarding!!!