The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester) - Reviews - Blu-ray Forum

BluBonnet · 08-11-2011, 03:48 PM

I may also wait until the price comes down somewhat. Also I would like to read the reviews first, because I'm hoping it will be more than a slight improvement over the DVDs... with movies from the early 70s, you never know.

chip75 · 08-11-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I may also wait until the price comes down somewhat. Also I would like to read the reviews first, because I'm hoping it will be more than a slight improvement over the DVDs... with movies from the early 70s, you never know.

It's possible it's just a cash-in for the new movie but these deserve a good AV transfer.

nightcrawler · 08-11-2011, 04:43 PM

These are the ones with Raquel Welch aren't they? Mmmm....nice!

chip75 · 08-11-2011, 05:13 PM

I thought this was a double-pack? I find it ironic that we should have to pay twice when the actors were only paid once.

Those Salkind's were cheeky buggers....

keithporter · 08-11-2011, 07:33 PM

I'll definitely be picking these up. I'd love to see a release of The Return of the Musketeers (1989) too. This was never even released on DVD in the UK.

HotRats · 08-12-2011, 09:34 AM

A double pack would have been preferable but decent transfers mean a must buy for me. I'm not bothered about the third, a belated cash-in tainted by Roy Kinnear's pointless death. Its Flashman novelist George MacDonald Fraser's writing that makes the films, especially the background dialogue. Where else do you get Raquel Welch married to Spike Milligan?

GregBlu5 · 09-14-2011, 09:30 AM

Over on amazon.uk, it says they are to be Region B/2 coded. Dang.

When's the U.S. release?

stratford · 11-07-2011, 11:58 AM

**** CHIP75**** cash ins are usually the remakes of any movie

chip75 · 11-07-2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by stratford

**** CHIP75**** cash ins are usually the remakes of any movie

I think a cash-in can be described as 'to obtain a profit or other advantage by timely exploitation'. With the new Musketeers movie doing the rounds our friends at Optimum decided it would be a good idea to release one of their catalogue titles and cash-in on the new movies publicity and possible success.

The guys Anchor Bay have done similar with The Adventures of Tintin release.

stratford · 11-08-2011, 01:44 AM

chip75-what you have looks like a good quote from a dictionary. New 3 musketeers looks to be a shoddy piece of tat. Any association with new 3 musketeers would be embarrissing

chip75 · 11-08-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by stratford

chip75-what you have looks like a good quote from a dictionary. New 3 musketeers looks to be a shoddy piece of tat. Any association with new 3 musketeers would be embarrissing

I agree to a certain point but my local ASDA has Alexandre Dumas' novel with a nice new cover on it to cash-in on the movies release. There's also a new version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo there to give with it (and a couple of others that slip my mind). Hopefully the new film will point audiences into the right direction of the Richard Lester movies.

Anyway they've been knocking out Musketeer films for more than a 100 years and I'm sure the makers of each one decided it would be fortuitous to make each one at that certain point of time.

But you can't beat Raquel Welch no matter how hard you try....

Rincewind78 · 11-08-2011, 07:42 PM

Roy Kinnear died during the filming of The Return of the Musketeers.
I was so gutted hearing he died, I think it was the first celebrity whose death I found upsetting. I adored him as a kid

still feel sadness now.

08-11-2011, 07:33 PM	#5
keithporter Member Member since:Sep 2010	I'll definitely be picking these up. I'd love to see a release of The Return of the Musketeers (1989) too. This was never even released on DVD in the UK. Last edited by keithporter; 08-11-2011 at 07:35 PM.

11-08-2011, 01:44 AM	#10
stratford Banned Member since:Aug 2009 Trading Score:1	chip75 chip75-what you have looks like a good quote from a dictionary. New 3 musketeers looks to be a shoddy piece of tat. Any association with new 3 musketeers would be embarrissing

08-11-2011, 03:48 PM	#1
BluBonnet Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Trading Score:1	I may also wait until the price comes down somewhat. Also I would like to read the reviews first, because I'm hoping it will be more than a slight improvement over the DVDs... with movies from the early 70s, you never know.

08-11-2011, 04:43 PM	#3
nightcrawler Special Member Member since:Oct 2009 Location:London, UK	These are the ones with Raquel Welch aren't they? Mmmm....nice!

08-11-2011, 05:13 PM	#4
chip75 Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Wales 4K collection:304 Blu-ray collection:3102 DVD collection:1783 iTunes collection:233 Trading Score:9	I thought this was a double-pack? I find it ironic that we should have to pay twice when the actors were only paid once. Those Salkind's were cheeky buggers....

08-12-2011, 09:34 AM	#6
HotRats Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2009	A double pack would have been preferable but decent transfers mean a must buy for me. I'm not bothered about the third, a belated cash-in tainted by Roy Kinnear's pointless death. Its Flashman novelist George MacDonald Fraser's writing that makes the films, especially the background dialogue. Where else do you get Raquel Welch married to Spike Milligan?

09-14-2011, 09:30 AM	#7
GregBlu5 Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Indio, CA 4K collection:794 Blu-ray collection:3954 iTunes collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:1	Over on amazon.uk, it says they are to be Region B/2 coded. Dang. When's the U.S. release?

11-07-2011, 11:58 AM	#8
stratford Banned Member since:Aug 2009 Trading Score:1	** CHIP75** cash ins are usually the remakes of any movie

11-08-2011, 07:42 PM	#12
Rincewind78 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Edinburgh, Scotland 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:327 DVD collection:509	Roy Kinnear died during the filming of The Return of the Musketeers. I was so gutted hearing he died, I think it was the first celebrity whose death I found upsetting. I adored him as a kid still feel sadness now.

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