Legend (1985) (Ultimate Edition)

[kdo]

Originally Posted by Rob71

I think it looks

[Show spoiler]FABULOUS!!!

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Originally Posted by merrick97

Cover is godawful. God-freakin-awful

I disagree. Personally, I was never a huge fan of the theatrical posters for the film (I didn't care for how Darkness holds Jack & Lili in his hand like he's the puppet master, having ultimate control over them). I'm glad that the cover-art is what it is, and it actually makes me more eager to want to purchase this when it comes out. I'm usually not a fan of photoshop jobs, and most of the time I prefer the original poster art, but this is one of the rare instances in which I don't.

[Ray_Rogers]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Why are you keeping these when the BD will contain the theatrical and Director's Cuts?

Packaging and Region 2 UK only has the European Theatrical Cut.
It's a title I'm more than glad of owning multiple editions of.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Ray_Rogers

Packaging and Region 2 UK only has the European Theatrical Cut.
It's a title I'm more than glad of owning multiple editions of.

What's the difference in the European Theatrical Cut and the other two cuts?

[retablo]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

What's the difference in the European Theatrical Cut and the other two cuts?

As far as I know they are the same cut. I had a Japanese laserdisc back in the early 90s of the European cut that was eventually released as the "Director's" cut in the US.. but neither is the full Director's cut that ran 150 min.

[Ray_Rogers]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

What's the difference in the European Theatrical Cut and the other two cuts?

There's a German website which details many films and their different versions. I've forgotten the name of it.
Also a FAQ this one person made is also recommended.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by retablo

As far as I know they are the same cut. I had a Japanese laserdisc back in the early 90s of the European cut that was eventually released as the "Director's" cut in the US.. but neither is the full Director's cut that ran 150 min.

the 150 minute version was the initial rough cut, it was whittled down to around two hours. The Japanese laserdisc has the european cut of the film, it is not 113 minute cut that debuted on DVD here in the States.

here is the link to the differences between the DC and the Euro cut (known as the 'theatrical' version):

Legend (from the "German website")

[miller_time22]

Officially announced by Universal:

Looks like a direct port of the Ultimate Edition dvd to me.

Specs:

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Legend for Blu-ray release on May 31. This Ridley Scott fantasy film starring Tom Cruise as a forest dweller who must defeat the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) will be presented in an Ultimate Edition BD, featuring two versions of the movie: the 114-minute director's cut and the 94-minute theatrical cut.

Special features include:
Commentary with Ridley Scott (on the director's cut)
Isolated music score by Tangerine Dream (on the theatrical cut)
Lost scenes
Creating a Myth: The Making of Legend
Music video: Byan Ferry, "Is Your Love Strong Enough"
Theatrical trailers
TV spots
Photo gallery
My Scenes
BD-Live
Pocket BLU App

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by miller_time22

Officially announced by Universal:

Looks like a direct port of the Ultimate Edition dvd to me.

Specs:

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Legend for Blu-ray release on May 31. This Ridley Scott fantasy film starring Tom Cruise as a forest dweller who must defeat the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) will be presented in an Ultimate Edition BD, featuring two versions of the movie: the 114-minute director's cut and the 94-minute theatrical cut.

Special features include:
Commentary with Ridley Scott (on the director's cut)
Isolated music score by Tangerine Dream (on the theatrical cut)
Lost scenes
Creating a Myth: The Making of Legend
Music video: Byan Ferry, "Is Your Love Strong Enough"
Theatrical trailers
TV spots
Photo gallery
My Scenes
BD-Live
Pocket BLU App

So it will all be on a single disc then?

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

So it will all be on a single disc then?

I hope it's a flipper!

[miller_time22]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

So it will all be on a single disc then?

Looks like it. The 2 features alone would be 3 hrs. and 26 minutes, so hopefully this doesn't lead to any issues.

Also, it looks like based on the press release that the theatrical version is getting English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 this time, when it was just 2.0 on the last release, I believe.

[miller_time22]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

I hope it's a flipper!

The press release says single sided BD (thank God).

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by miller_time22

Looks like it. The 2 features alone would be 3 hrs. and 26 minutes, so hopefully this doesn't lead to any issues.

Also, it looks like based on the press release that the theatrical version is getting English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 this time, when it was just 2.0 on the last release, I believe.

So it looks like both will be on one disc with seamless branching and then all of the extra features included in the two disc DVD will be included.

That is correct concerning the audio. The Director's Cut got 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital while the theatrical was stuck with a Dolby Digital 2.0 track.

[Daredevil666]

Initially there was only two cuts : US with Tangerine Dream score, and Europe with Jerry Goldsmith score.

The DVD premiered the Director's cut which was basically the European cut, but with many tweaks. So in essence, a complete box set should hold all three cuts inside one box. The two original "archival" cuts, and the DC. The reason the DC never appeared on european soil is that the original dubbing (french, italian etc) were all done to the original european cut. There's probably the fact that this movie sells probably only a few copies, (Blade Runner it's not), and some contractual obligations too...

[kdo]

Originally Posted by miller_time22

Also, it looks like based on the press release that the theatrical version is getting English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 this time, when it was just 2.0 on the last release, I believe.

That's what I'm anticipating most about the release.

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

So it looks like both will be on one disc with seamless branching.

Doubt it will be done with seamless branching considering the two films are entirely different with opposing musical scores. I'd imagine that they'd put it on a 50GB disc, and do what they do with most double-feature discs, use 25GB for each feature. That should be more than enough room for these films and the bonus features (which weren't really all that lengthy on the 2-Disc Ultimate Edition DVD).

Originally Posted by dvdvision

There's probably the fact that this movie sells probably only a few copies, (Blade Runner it's not)...

I'll take "Legend" anyday over "Blade Runner" ...

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by kdo

I'll take "Legend" anyday over "Blade Runner" ...

I'll just assume that Ridley made "Legend" so he could use the unicorn he wanted to keep in "Blade Runner"...

[RYJAPE21]

Woot, I am so totally buying this little gem.

[kdo]

Originally Posted by EricJ

I'll just assume that Ridley made "Legend" so he could use the unicorn he wanted to keep in "Blade Runner"...

[Mr. Joshua]

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[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua

Meg Mucklebones

(Uh, you do know "she" was played by the doctor from Star Trek:Voyager, don't you? )

[RipleyLV426]

Legend jumped to $24.49 on amazon
I'm sure it will go down again though...