Starship Troopers 4K UHD (1997) (20th Anniversary Edition)

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by Infallible Presence

The 2017 release: yes. The 2022 25th Anniversary Edition: no, sadly.
https://www.dvdcompare.net/compariso....php?fid=44058

Luckily, I own both releases.

Unreal. I can absolutely understanding regular bonus features being on the Blu-ray (and I actually prefer it to free up more space for the feature), but why would we want to listen to an audio commentary with an inferior transfer?

Pre-order cancelled.

I do not like this developing trend. Does anyone know any other 4K releases that relegate commentaries to the Blu only? It seems like Sony’s Cliffhanger does the same.

[Infallible Presence]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Unreal. I can absolutely understanding regular bonus features being on the Blu-ray (and I actually prefer it to free up more space for the feature), but why would we want to listen to an audio commentary with an inferior transfer?

Pre-order cancelled.

I do not like this developing trend. Does anyone know any other 4K releases that relegate commentaries to the Blu only? It seems like Sony’s Cliffhanger does the same.

Yes, it extremely annoying. I'm never been too interested in commentaries, so this doesn't affect me by much. But, it's still shouldn't be done and is really stupid of Sony to have done.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by Infallible Presence

Yes, it extremely annoying. I'm never been too interested in commentaries, so this doesn't affect me by much. But, it's still shouldn't be done and is really stupid of Sony to have done.

I've said this before, but I think they're doing this intentionally so they can have a reason to do yet another edition in the future that also includes the extras on the 4K disc.

[raptors661]

Originally Posted by starmike

There's a whole web site that has commentaries. I don't know the name of it, but just google it, that's how I found it.

I wish that site updates more. The last update was last september. I've gotten into the habit of ripping the commentaries myself.

[Infallible Presence]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

I've said this before, but I think they're doing this intentionally so they can have a reason to do yet another edition in the future that also includes the extras on the 4K disc.

Those dastards!

The sad thing is the first release did contain them. The first release had approximately 1.5 gigabytes of free space. While the 25th Anniversary has approximately 14 gigabytes of free space, give-or-take. So, theoretically they could've put all the extras on the 25th.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Unreal. I can absolutely understanding regular bonus features being on the Blu-ray (and I actually prefer it to free up more space for the feature), but why would we want to listen to an audio commentary with an inferior transfer?

Pre-order cancelled.

I do not like this developing trend. Does anyone know any other 4K releases that relegate commentaries to the Blu only? It seems like Sony’s Cliffhanger does the same.

Begs the question: if a specific feature is audio related then why does the PQ matter at all?

Originally Posted by Hedrox

I've said this before, but I think they're doing this intentionally so they can have a reason to do yet another edition in the future that also includes the extras on the 4K disc.

That makes zero sense to me. Sony aren’t going to be reauthoring these yet again just to add the commentaries back in.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

That makes zero sense to me. Sony aren’t going to be reauthoring these yet again just to add the commentaries back in.

Not just the commentaries, all the extras on the 4K disc and drop the BD entirely. They're re-authoring some of them just for the Dolby layer and nothing else, so I don't see why they wouldn't do it a third time. Besides, this is the same route they took with BDs: regular edition with extras -> barebones Mi4K release -> Mi4K encode with extras.

Not saying they're going to do this for all of them, but it's certainly a possibility with the really popular ones, which Starship Troopers is definitely a part of.

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Begs the question: if a specific feature is audio related then why does the PQ matter at all?

Because audio commentaries accompany the film and we invest in 4K technology to watch the best version of the film.

Usually when I rewatch a movie, I rewatch it with commentary. I will listen to commentaries multiple times.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

That makes zero sense to me. Sony aren’t going to be reauthoring these yet again just to add the commentaries back in.

Double post but, Bridge on the River Kwai already got reauthored twice (for different reasons but still). And seeing as they're doing Resident Evil now, once they get around to Underworld, the first entry will also have been redone twice.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

Double post but, Bridge on the River Kwai already got reauthored twice (for different reasons but still). And seeing as they're doing Resident Evil now, once they get around to Underworld, the first entry will also have been redone twice.

Yes, to add things like OG audio and/Dobly vision. If something’s got all that already they are not going to reauthor it yet again just to add the commentary back in. That’s insane. Nor will they do it just to cram on all the bonus features and drop the Blu, that’s too much expense for too little gain considering it costs buttons to pack in an existing Blu.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

We'll have to wait and see, but they're already doing it for some of the newer releases like Legend of Zorro and the Sony Classics set.

Yes, but those are newer releases. The direction they take with those re: cost savings is up to them because they’re starting fresh, but it’s not worth the thousands of dollars needed to reauthor an extant disc just to add on the extras when they’ve already got another round piece of plastic that they can include to do the job. You can’t do that with Dobly or OG audio.

Oh, and as for the one re-release in the SPC set, Crouching Tiger, the original UHD had the extras on it already for whatever reasons so even the SPC version having them is no big deal.

[Telemachus]

Amazon still seems to have ample stock of the 2022 Steelbook, weird they are reprinting this

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

Amazon still seems to have ample stock of the 2022 Steelbook, weird they are reprinting this

This is the re-print, it's been OOP from January until about a month ago.

[teddyballgame]

The steelbook is $19.49 (free shipping) from PleaseRewindAdmin on ebay !

[MifuneFan]

Saw a notice at Canadian distributor that the Steelbook is discontinued. Probably not a surprise there, but if you want it, I'd suggest you get it now while prices are still reasonable. Same for Bram Stoker's Dracula SB.

[Misioon_Odisea]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Saw a notice at Canadian distributor that the Steelbook is discontinued. Probably not a surprise there, but if you want it, I'd suggest you get it now while prices are still reasonable. Same for Bram Stoker's Dracula SB.

Got it! Already ordered it late last month when the price dropped to $23.39, but thank you for the heads up either way, for the rest of us. It's not to be missed at this great price!

[JudgeJuryExecutioner]

I’m currently watching Starship Troopers and wow, the 4K transfer looks exceptional. I have not seen this movie in quite some time but it was one of my favorites back then. Glad I decided to pick up the Steelbook while the price was right.

[pikwik]

Seems like the 20th anniversary edition is becoming more scarce? Prices are going up...

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by pikwik

Seems like the 20th anniversary edition is becoming more scarce? Prices are going up...

Nah there's plenty out there of that edition. However, there has been a resurgence in interest for the film and novel over a video game with similar themes.

[DawnShadow]

The 25th anniversary steelbook reprint appears to have sold out so that would explain the sudden interest in the 20th anniversary regular release. It's not even at PleaseRewind anymore.