Howard the Duck

[beadelf]

I see its being released on blu in germany tomorrow.

any news on if we will get it??

[Extra-Terrestrial]

Originally Posted by beadelf

I see its being released on blu in germany tomorrow.

any news on if we will get it??

I've searched & searched over the last few months. I've ordered the German release as I can't see it releaseing anytime soon. According to amazon the running time is the cut release. I expected an uncut release but i'll check it when it arrives!

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Extra-Terrestrial

I've searched & searched over the last few months. I've ordered the German release as I can't see it releaseing anytime soon. According to amazon the running time is the cut release. I expected an uncut release but i'll check it when it arrives!

Our German cousins do enjoy cutting movies. I hope it's uncut mate. Here's a link saying it's uncut.

[insomniac013]

Thanks for getting my hopes up Beadelf, only to crush them!

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[Ben_UK]

She took my eggs...

[beadelf]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Thanks for getting my hopes up Beadelf, only to crush them!

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hahaah

[Extra-Terrestrial]

Originally Posted by chip75

Our German cousins do enjoy cutting movies. I hope it's uncut mate. Here's a link saying it's uncut.

106mins isn't uncut!

It's probably uncut by German standards but the running time should be 109mins. Unless the PAL version is sped up

I seem to remember someone stating that some Blu Ray discs have faster or slower speeds than the dvd counterparts?? Something like that but i'm not clued up enough but i'm sure you know?

I hope it is indeed uncut.

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Originally Posted by Extra-Terrestrial

106mins isn't uncut!

It's probably uncut by German standards but the running time should be 109mins. Unless the PAL version is sped up

I seem to remember someone stating that some Blu Ray discs have faster or slower speeds than the dvd counterparts?? Something like that but i'm not clued up enough but i'm sure you know?

I hope it is indeed uncut.

If the running time should be 109 it would be still be cut since the film runs approximately 110:25. On PAL DVDs that translates to about 106 minutes, the cut UK DVD was 104:32. Either the reported 106 minute running time for the BD is a clerical error or the disc is 1080i50Hz. We'll know soon enough.

[clacton0]

That is really cool I might have to order a copy as I have always really liked it.
If its left a lone.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Extra-Terrestrial

It's probably uncut by German standards but the running time should be 109mins. Unless the PAL version is sped up

I seem to remember someone stating that some Blu Ray discs have faster or slower speeds than the dvd counterparts?? Something like that but i'm not clued up enough but i'm sure you know?

It's usually DVD's, our PAL 50hz DVD's run slightly faster (than 24fps film) so 109 minutes of film would translate to 104 (and a bit) of video (which is the cut running time). Wikipedia says the film is 111 minutes(?), which would be 106 in PAL land.

[DMRI2006]

The corresponding German DVD of HOWARD from a couple of years back, from the same label, was uncut. No reason why this shouldn't be.

[madlost1]

According to a member in the German forums there are no burned in sub titles.

Originally Posted by deckard82

OK, took a quick look at it. First of all, no there's no burnt in subs. As a matter of fact the disc contains English subs only and they are of course optional.
As for the PQ. At first I was a little concerned because the first few scenes of the movie are quite scratched and dirty...but then the PQ improves dramatically and the picture actually looks very, very good with plenty of fine grain and a consistantly high bitrate above 30 MBit/sec, at least for as long as I previewed the movie. Nothing looked waxy or anything which would lead me to believe that the movie was not filtered to oblivion.

I won't fully judge this release untill I've watched the movie from start to finish but I'm very pleased with what I've seen so far.

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[indisposed]

Originally Posted by madlost1

According to a member in the German forums there are no burned in sub titles.



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I was just about to post this! Things are looking very good as of now.

My order has already been shipped out from Amazon.de and the delivery estimate is Jan 23, though it might get here earlier than that (weather permitting).

[deckard82]

yeah, just check out the German topic, it's pretty much answer all your questions

But I'll also say it here, the Koch release is absolutely worth it. Believe me, I was the last person to expect a lot but I was pleasantly surprised. Koch seem to have done a really good job this time (the same goes for Videodrome, btw).

[indisposed]

Originally Posted by deckard82

yeah, just check out the German topic, it's pretty much answer all your questions

But I'll also say it here, the Koch release is absolutely worth it. Believe me, I was the last person to expect a lot but I was pleasantly surprised. Koch seem to have done a really good job this time (the same goes for Videodrome, btw).

Just out of curiosity, what are Koch like in general? The only release of theirs that I'm familiar with is the original Howard the Duck DVD. Are there any titles of theirs that I absolutely, positively must skip?

[deckard82]

The Quiet Earth is supposed to be really bad, Futureworld is very hardly an improvement over the DVD and Koch's Scanners BD looks like a bad joke

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ess=#vergleich

(that movie was released by a different label recently on BD though and it looks superb).

Don't really own many titles by them though. 'Super' looks OK, I guess but I did notice some compression probs here and there, no clue if the US BD looks the same or not. And like I said, Videodrome looks great and about the same as the Criterion BD, except for a slight difference in brightness.

also: Howard the Duck only costs 10.99€ on amazon.de right now which is a pretty good deal!