The original OMEN on 9/9

[GoBlu08]

Man I went to highdefdigest.com and Fox has said they will release the original as a stand alone Blu as well as the box set. I only want the original. Man the Omen will rule in Blu. Who else is going to get this?

[mystiksuicide]

Me!!!!

[Ex Accountant]

Are you kidding? There is no choice BUT to get it! Too bad they couldn't have released it 2 days ago

[OokieSpookie]

Already preordered the set.
Can not wait.

[eChopper]

one of the all time great horror flicks

riveting movie the original Omen (re-make was a pathetic farce)

[GoBlu08]

I agree the remake stunk. It was like they were trying to make the kid look to evil. Hollywood should back off the originals. I mean they screwed up the remake of amityville horror and texas chainsaw in my opinion

[ajc68]

I will be buying the 1976 original stand-alone BD. This is an all-time horror classic.

[EricJ]

Also have to give some props to "Final Conflict", just for having the classiest variations on Jerry Goldsmith's scores, including one of the all-time short-listers for "Greatest Title Sequences That Turn Out to Be Better Than The Rest of the Movie".

Originally Posted by GoBlu08

I agree the remake stunk. It was like they were trying to make the kid look to evil. Hollywood should back off the originals. I mean they screwed up the remake of amityville horror and texas chainsaw in my opinion

As noted in other threads, "Amityville" was trying to revive corporate franchises while the reviving was good (since MGM owned American International), and Texas Chainsaw was a cheap Michael Bay-produced stunt that was largely a product of its time (ie., horror fans' growing wishful retro-worshipping of old 70's and 80's B-movie days, in the wake of the Takahashi-wannabe "torture-porn" wasteland)...

But the Omen remake actually had its own fans to blame itself on:
Admit it, weren't you (or didn't you know somebody who did) one of the people who thought it was cool back in December '05 to say "Hey, like, there's going to be a June 6, 2006 coming up next year...Wouldn't it be freakin' cool if they put the Omen back in theaters?"
And when one dopey fan too many says it in the buzz-press...Be Careful What You Wish For.

Originally Posted by Ex Accountant

Too bad they couldn't have released it 2 days ago

(See? Just caaaan't resist the "I thought it was clever!" temptation, can you?...And that's how it happened in the first place.)

Although technically, it's now "The Omen 666"...So, if that creepy-girl TV-movie was IV, does that mean the name-only "evil virus" TV-series pilot was number V?

[Ex Accountant]

Originally Posted by Ex Accountant

Are you kidding? There is no choice BUT to get it! Too bad they couldn't have released it 2 days ago

(See? Just caaaan't resist the "I thought it was clever!" temptation, can you?...And that's how it happened in the first place.)


Actually I was focusing more on the timeliness of it as opposed to whether or not it was clever. Although I suppose the 2 are linked in so much as it is clever to release a Christmas movie in late Nov or Dec.

[w_tanoto]

seems that I will get double Omen 666....

I got 666 now, and if I buy 4 BD set, then I'll get the original omen I-III and another Omen 666

[Moviemaniack1993]

I disagree. I liked the remake so much more than the original. IMO, it was far more believable for Schrieber and Stiles to have a kid than Peck (and actor in his 60's at the time) and Remick. I mean they were too old. And Marco Beltrami's score was SOOOO much better than Jerry Goldsmiths. I really only like his score for Alien. And besides, the remake followed the original perfectly. They did not alter it and make it all Hollywood. It was definitely one of the better remakes to come out of Hollywood. I do appreciate the original, I jusr prefer the remake. Oh, and Mia Farrow as Mrs. Baylock was just too perfect.

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by Moviemaniack1993

I disagree. I liked the remake so much more than the original. IMO, it was far more believable for Schrieber and Stiles to have a kid than Peck (and actor in his 60's at the time) and Remick. I mean they were too old. And Marco Beltrami's score was SOOOO much better than Jerry Goldsmiths. I really only like his score for Alien. And besides, the remake followed the original perfectly. They did not alter it and make it all Hollywood. It was definitely one of the better remakes to come out of Hollywood. I do appreciate the original, I jusr prefer the remake. Oh, and Mia Farrow as Mrs. Baylock was just too perfect.

Larry King had kids in his 70's. THAT should be unbelievable! To think Beltrami's score, any of his scores, is better than Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score IS unbelievable! If the remake followed the original perfectly, why make it? Unbelievable!

[owa]

Definitely looking forward to it.

[Ernest Rister]

I think Goldsmith's score for The Final Conflict is among his best..."The Second Coming" and the Fox Hunt are absolutely magnificent. Get 'em on I-Tunes, thank me later.

[OokieSpookie]

I am really liking the covers.

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by OokieSpookie

I am really liking the covers.

Loving those too!

[OokieSpookie]

Specs:
Richard Donner’s 1976 classic THE OMEN appears in a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray that contains a 2.35:1 transfer with DTS 5.1 HD Lossless Audio, plus all the special features that appeared on the previous CE DVD (reviewed here) and these additional bonus features:

• Audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs, Nick Redman and Jeff Bond
• THE OMEN Revelations BonusView with Trivia Track
• Richard Donner on THE OMEN interview featurette
• Isolated score track in Dolby Surround 5.1 audio

There will also be an OMEN COLLECTION four-disc Blu-ray set also containing DAMIEN: OMEN II, THE FINAL CONFLICT and 2006’s OMEN remake with their previous DVD features; the latter will also contain a Blu-ray exclusive The Devil’s Footnotes Trivia Track.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I think Goldsmith's score for The Final Conflict is among his best..."The Second Coming" and the Fox Hunt are absolutely magnificent. Get 'em on I-Tunes, thank me later.

Unfortunately, you can only get the FC Soundtrack by entire-album only, except for the Main Titles, which also turn up on a Varese Sarabande collection and a few Goldsmith anthologies--
It being one of his best, you see.

[eChopper]

any news about restoration/ transfer efforts?

[w_tanoto]

I wonder if the omen remake will have the same feature as already-released version