Dumb and Dumber - 1st December 2014

[ChrisDilke]

A new Blu-ray release for this film is now up for pre-order on Amazon, and their info differs to what's listed here. This site's listing for the new release has it down as being 113 minutes long, while Amazon's has it down as being 102 minutes. I'm hoping this new release is/has the theatrical cut.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dumb-...lu-ray/113203/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dumb-and-Dum.../dp/B00NFHROQ8

[Buzz201]

I doubt the release will be substantially different, just Warner Bros. instead of EiV.

[Natty]

Originally Posted by Buzz201

I doubt the release will be substantially different, just Warner Bros. instead of EiV.

I hope it is. The first transfer was shocking!

[Cevolution]

It's due out here in Australia in a couple of weeks:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dumb-...lu-ray/112690/

So you'll get your answers as to whether it's any different to the previous release way before the UK release date.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by ChrisDilke

A new Blu-ray release for this film is now up for pre-order on Amazon, and their info differs to what's listed here. This site's listing for the new release has it down as being 113 minutes long, while Amazon's has it down as being 102 minutes. I'm hoping this new release is/has the theatrical cut.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dumb-...lu-ray/113203/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dumb-and-Dum.../dp/B00NFHROQ8

Please let it be the theatrical cut!!!
That would be so awesome.

[lolwut]

There's no reason the theatrical isn't out on Blu-ray. It makes no sense that only the (inferior) unrated version is available. Here's to hoping WB remasters and releases the original version.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

It's due out here in Australia in a couple of weeks:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dumb-...lu-ray/112690/

So you'll get your answers as to whether it's any different to the previous release way before the UK release date.

"UNRATED" ... >>>

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by amoergosum

"UNRATED" ... >>>

I'm not expecting it to be different than the previous release, others in the thread were speculating. I didn't use the cover art as a reference yesterday because it isn't the greatest source to go by, those sorts banners are sometimes just slapped on the cover but are not accurate, i.e Ace Ventura Pet Detective.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

I'm not expecting it to be different than the previous release, others in the thread were speculating. I didn't use the cover art as a reference yesterday because it isn't the greatest source to go by, those sorts banners are sometimes just slapped on the cover but are not accurate, i.e Ace Ventura Pet Detective.

...so there's still hope...

It really is pathetic though...is it THAT expensive to include both cuts via seamless branching?

[geekesmind]

Sorry but will keep my double feature of dumb and dummer/the mask

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by amoergosum

...so there's still hope...

It really is pathetic though...is it THAT expensive to include both cuts via seamless branching?

Some times it's very difficult to pull off, it depends how the cut was made. Watchmen's Director's Cut appears to have been completely remade from the ground up, meaning that whilst scenes may look the same, there are actually minor frame by frame differences which might be much on their own, but once added up make seamless branching prohibitive.

[amoergosum]

Apparently this is not going to be released?...you can't pre-order it on Amazon anymore.

[Phil92]

I have the old First Independent DVD with the theatrical cut on it, but I really want this on Blu. Think my local exchange has it for a £5, can't really go wrong especially now this new release apparently isn't coming out.

[FilmFanSam]

Originally Posted by Natty

I hope it is. The first transfer was shocking!

So is the film though, kinda goes hand-in-hand

[I KEEL YOU]

It is released in France by another studio (Metropolitan), who have had some great releases in the past. Apparently it's still the same old mediocre at best transfer. Or at least the France review site says that it's a VC-1 codec, which probably means it's exactly the same as the first 2008 release. Bummer. If it wouldn't be remastered, I was hoping that it would at the very least get a new encode (AVC with a higher bit rate) down the line for some release somewhere in the world.

But it looks like we're permanently stuck with the 2008 transfer. New Line/Warner probably won't allow another studio to have the master so they can re-encode it.

[ChrisDilke]

My apologises for bumping a nine-year-old thread, but I noticed on the Vue website that this is among a bunch of old films that is apparently being played in cinemas again in January, and I can't figure out why that would be. My only guess (and hope) is that the film has been given a 4K remaster, possibly as part of Warner's 100 Years Celebrations, and that a brief cinema run will then lead to the theatrical cut finally getting a UHD/BD release after all these years.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by ChrisDilke

My apologises for bumping a nine-year-old thread, but I noticed on the Vue website that this is among a bunch of old films that is apparently being played in cinemas again in January, and I can't figure out why that would be. My only guess (and hope) is that the film has been given a 4K remaster, possibly as part of Warner's 100 Years Celebrations, and that a brief cinema run will then lead to the theatrical cut finally getting a UHD/BD release after all these years.

Park Circus only lists a DCP and Vue’s selection isn’t limited to WB but also Paramount, MGM, Universal. It’s simply a way of padding out the schedule in a lighter month when the bigger releases aren’t due until the end of the month and next month.

[CelestialAgent]

Just wondering if anyone went to that Vue screening? I’m hoping the DCP is an improvement on the master which was on the Blu-ray.