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It's no differernt than New Line and WB. Miramax was simply a division.
The only thing I can see holding up the titles would be if they really are trying to sell it, then they'll want to hold back stuff like The Crow, GWH, The Prophecy series (I want it damnit), Shakespeare in Love and all that to sweeten the pot. Personally I don't think Harvey can get the money togther to buy it. Summit has a what, 5 title back catalog? WHile I totally dug Knowing, the only thing they have right now that sells is Twilight. A serious studio needs the regular income that the cable runs and video sales bring for the lean times, which let's face it if they don't get cranking some more Twi-books, or if the kiddees, grow up, or god forbid find Buffy are a-comin sooner rather than later. May as well invest while you're flush in a sustainable future you know? |
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So let's assume they decide not to sell or can't find a buyer, does that mean the titles just get absorbed by Disney? Because if that is the case then their might be more funding available to produce titles like Pulp Fiction for Blu-ray that have been in limbo for some time. Sounds like the Weinstein Company wants to get the name back but I have a feeling that Disney is not going to negotiate on the price and Weinstein is in no shape to pay what they were asking. Sounds like from your comments that whatever Disney decides that they better move fast or risk some outdated assets. |
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Thanks for the encouraging words Jeff.. i actually just rewatched the Blu-ray thursday night.. would be great to see a re release.. its a terrific film really... very enjoyable and i for one would buy any new version released in the future if the picture was an improvement.. by the sounds of the cryptic exchanges between yourself and penton.. seems like there was a slip up of some proportions with the release of Gladiator.. so hopefully your bearing fruit comment will lead to a bountiful harvest..
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As far as source material, I don't know how that relates to the original conversation. My comment was that Bay now knows to hold something back (although I'll admit he doesn't hold back much). I hated the first Transformers movie, mainly because no effort was made to make the Transformers look different. At the end, they talked about Jazz dying and I had no idea what they were talking about. Bay played a role in that, but I would guess that the source material fight was lost before he was brought on board. |
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I was actually teasing Jeff ![]() I think quite a few folks would be surprised…….shocked……or momentarily propelled into some sort of catatonic state with that knowledge. |
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The HD master used for the Gladiator Sapphire Series Blu-ray was created in 1937. Don't ask me how I know this information; I'm sworn to secrecy about my sources. Just understand that certain parties have been filing internal memos twice a year for the past four decades, asking that a new master be struck and they've all fallen on deaf ears. It's become a bit of a running joke at Paramount and, in fact, you can find references to this fabled plight hidden in a handful of Paramount releases over the years (notable among them, The Godfather, Part II). You didn't hear it from me. |
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We were talking awhile back in Penton's thread about why Apple doesn't want Blu-ray. To sum up, Blu-ray interferes with their core business, selling movies on iTunes, and their control freak nature. The same goes for their reason for not supporting Flash on the i* products, because if they did, then people could watch Hulu and other services that will compete with the subscription internet cable feeds Jobs is trying to get for iTunes
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I have the Bourne flippers here, and I haven't seen any complaints of defectives, yet. Honestly, my question is not whether they work out of the box, but whether they're still working 6 months down the line (whether the bonding holds). Personally? I don't like flipper discs, period for both aesthetic and durability reasons. As I said before, Universal has always been a stickler for inventory reduction, and I have to wonder if they hold patents on the HD DVD Combo disc process that they probably adapted for this that they're trying to see some money out of. So let's wait and see what happens when there's a bunch of these things out there and a good amount of time has passed, and see how well they hold up. IMO a consumer sees a hell of a lot more value in having a spare DVD to kick around than the ability to bring their expensive, more prone to breakage (from impacts) on the road or in the kid's room. The second physical item is a good psychological booster to value. |
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Jeff,
Is Equilibrium part of the Miramax catalog? I know Disney owns it in the US, but don't know which label it is under. I know I am probably hoping in vain that anyone else getting their hands on this title would be any more likely to put it out on BD in the US, but I keep putting off spending the big bucks on the Japanese BD in hopes that some miracle will come to pass and a US SE will be announced on BD. I was going to give in on the Japanese release this month, but I really need a new receiver and if I want to get it before summer, I need to buy fewer expensive imports and box sets. Chris Quote:
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Southern NM
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Every time I have my urge to just give in and buy it well quelled, I either find it on a movie channel or run into my DVD while browsing my stacks looking for another movie and the temptation flares again.
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Jeff-- I'm getting hungry for some new blu announcements--
have you heard of any possibilities on the following? 1] the rest of the Bond series (covered before but any updates?) 2] any classic Universal horror titles 3] any Charles Bronson titles? 4] and lastly-- Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Animal House, Planes Trains & Automobiles, and The Naked Gun series? |
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