James Bond 007 Collection: Sean Connery Collection 4K UHD

[dallywhitty]

He actually retweeted Dawn of the Discs' tweet and made light of it using his art, lmao.

[yougottaguys]

Originally Posted by themadbutcher

It's by Tony Stella. He has made more James Bond artwork such as this one

Seeing Tony Stella James Bond artwork causes me physical pain because I'm reminded of the Arrow Bruce Lee UHDs and the alternate reality what if scenario - If Arrow had been able to license James Bond.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by yougottaguys

Seeing Tony Stella James Bond artwork causes me physical pain because I'm reminded of the Arrow Bruce Lee UHDs and the alternate reality what if scenario - If Arrow had been able to license James Bond.

Don't! It hurts to dream.

[Dr. T]

Originally Posted by yougottaguys

they'll almost certainly have HDR but probably HDR-10 only given that it's WB.

WB is only distributing, as they did with the Rocky set, also MGM and with Dolby Vision.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by yougottaguys

We don't know yet. If they use the current 4K masters which their derivative can be viewed on streaming services like Amazon, Apple TV and whatnot then they'll probably be SDR only or they may retroactively apply a HDR grade to them.
If they've done new, recent scans of the elements behind the scenes then they'll almost certainly have HDR but probably HDR-10 only given that it's WB.

Also I'm looking into a crystal ball and predicting generic, tasteless artwork.

As said, MGM use Dobly Vision on the (admittedly very very few) UHDs that have gone directly thru their distributor. The first four Craig Bonds were done in DV by Fox, back when Fox were highly allergic to it, the six Rockys under Warners and then The Terminator. As long as the other Bonds actually have HDR grades - have such transfers appeared on streaming or digital or are they still 4K SDR? - then they'll have DV on disc.

[yougottaguys]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

As said, MGM use Dobly Vision on the (admittedly very very few) UHDs that have gone directly thru their distributor. The first four Craig Bonds were done in DV by Fox, back when Fox were highly allergic to it, the six Rockys under Warners and then The Terminator. As long as the other Bonds actually have HDR grades - have such transfers appeared on streaming or digital or are they still 4K SDR? - then they'll have DV on disc.

Good to hear. As far as I know the Bond 4K streaming versions that are currently available are the same ones that have been around for a while now.
Maybe someone here can confirm this, I don't do streaming.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by biggquis

Is this the correct order:
Dr. No / From Russia with Love / Goldfinger / Thunderball / You Only Live Twice / Diamonds Are Forever?

Yup. Although Lazenby's sole outing came out in between YOLT and DAF.

[PinkyCarruthers]

Originally Posted by Driver78

That art is killer. Perfectly conveys the era the films were made in but still feels modern without shouting it. Too bad it's just a placeholder.

Yeah even if it were the actual art that drink and cig would be gone long before final approval. Heck, probably even the Walther. And any hint of a woman for that matter, lest he come off as some sort of Weinstein creep. This is the studio that wouldn't let Farrell smoke as the Penguin. Smoking, drinking and womanizing Bond BAD!

At this point I'll settle for Connery's likeness, period, considering that Lethal Weapon apparently now stars a smiley-face target man....

[Ben_C]

I want a Moore set in time for next Christmas *crosses fingers*

[Phibes]

Liked that art, but wondered about its officiality since I'd wager that cigarette won't appear in any final art LOL

Originally Posted by dtyndall

I know it's a placeholder but what if the actual art is going to pull from that? We can hope...

[crackedknee]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

As said, MGM use Dobly Vision on the (admittedly very very few) UHDs that have gone directly thru their distributor. The first four Craig Bonds were done in DV by Fox, back when Fox were highly allergic to it, the six Rockys under Warners and then The Terminator. As long as the other Bonds actually have HDR grades - have such transfers appeared on streaming or digital or are they still 4K SDR? - then they'll have DV on disc.

Originally Posted by yougottaguys

Good to hear. As far as I know the Bond 4K streaming versions that are currently available are the same ones that have been around for a while now.
Maybe someone here can confirm this, I don't do streaming.

All streaming versions are SDR, stemming from the 4K restorations (as new safety prints I believe) that were, many years ago, restored as such, but the consumer versions were scanned years prior to any thought of a viable consumer 4K format. In other words, the WCG portion of HDR was considered unnecessary when those scans were prepared for distribution, and so the current scans lack HDR. This can be seen with a wide number of MGM releases that have or had been released in SDR only (i.e. MGM has preexisting 4K restoration work, prints from that, but the scans (SDR) already done of those, and they have been notoriously lazy about doing an updated scan beyond UHD resolution (see also Great Escape, In the Heat of the Night and many others)).

If the streaming versions get updated, that might be an indicator of what's to come, but again as of today no update. IF they get updated, it may not be until release day or much later (perhaps even weeks after the physical release day).

[Kylo_Ren]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Warner's art department got an A team and a Z team, I swear.

I am terrified to see the "unique" artwork for this set. haha

They probably have "top men" on the job.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by crackedknee

All streaming versions are SDR, stemming from the 4K restorations (as new safety prints I believe) that were, many years ago, restored as such, but the consumer versions were scanned years prior to any thought of a viable consumer 4K format. In other words, the WCG portion of HDR was considered unnecessary when those scans were prepared for distribution, and so the current scans lack HDR. This can be seen with a wide number of MGM releases that have or had been released in SDR only (i.e. MGM has preexisting 4K restoration work, prints from that, but the scans (SDR) already done of those, and they have been notoriously lazy about doing an updated scan beyond UHD resolution (see also Great Escape, In the Heat of the Night and many others)).

If the streaming versions get updated, that might be an indicator of what's to come, but again as of today no update. IF they get updated, it may not be until release day or much later (perhaps even weeks after the physical release day).

Thanks! I did begin to wonder whether they were all SDR when writing that.

But WCG is not a prerequisite for HDR grading, never has been. It's more that MGM did those older 4K catalogue masterings you mention in straight SDR and didn't think to preserve the raw scans and whatnot, meaning that HDR has to basically be forced upon the existing masters. The Dollars trilogy is an outlier as Ritrovata did the scans and the rights holders seemingly kept them, meaning that Arrow can start over with those.

[Raphdude]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Didn’t MGM get succesfully sued over not including Never Say Never Again in the Blu-ray “complete” collections once they owned it and have to add it to the digital copy for all of them? I’m honestly pretty flabbergasted that all that could happen and somehow a “complete” Sean Connery collection still would ignore it.

Yes, they did get sued. Exactly! If they're using the word "Complete", NSNA should be included.
Some people will jump all over the "but it's not canon" but when has the word canon ever been used to title a physical media release for James Bond?

Long story short, NSNA should be included as a 4K disc, even as a bonus disc.
The 4K transfer already exists digitally. It should be there!

[Beckstreaker]

Amazon Canada

Sean Connery 007 James Bond Collection 4K Limited Edition Steelbook Library Case Blu-ray

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Raphdude

Yes, they did get sued. Exactly! If they're using the word "Complete", NSNA should be included.
Some people will jump all over the "but it's not canon" but when has the word canon ever been used to title a physical media release for James Bond?

Long story short, NSNA should be included as a 4K disc, even as a bonus disc.
The 4K transfer already exists digitally. It should be there!

Okay, forget "canon". It wasn't made by EON and led to a very bitter and protracted legal battle so why would they want it alongside their own movies? As said before, I still don't see people crying out for the spoof Casino Royale to be included with the rest, and why not? It's a Bond movie after all. Yet no-one sued MGM for that one AFAIK.

But now that the family ties to EON have been severed once and for all then maybe they'll relent in future. Or perhaps Wilson and Broccoli left with a guarantee that NSNA would not be included with the movies they and their family made?

[CreasyBear]

NSNA isn't an official Bond film in the official series. Might as well include Austin Powers, if you want to include NSNA.

[Dr. T]

The Taschen book, "The James Bond Archives" has an introduction by Wilson and Broccoli and has chapters on the 1967 Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again.

https://www.taschen.com/en/books/fil...to-die-edition

[Maggot]

I certainly enjoy NSNA, even though it's basically a reworked "Thunderball". Always loved Barbara Carrera's turn as henchwoman Fatima Blush. An irresistibly sexy black widow. She was delectable and pray you didn't fall into her web for dinner.

Although my favorite "bad Bond girl" would always have to go to Caroline Munro.....Yummy

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Dr. T

The Taschen book, "The James Bond Archives" has an introduction by Wilson and Broccoli and has chapters on the 1967 Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again.

https://www.taschen.com/en/books/fil...to-die-edition

Right, but that's from Taschen themselves, not an official EON/MGM publication. Made in close conjunction with them, certainly, but still not made by them. It's something designed to encompass the history of Bond so including those two films is to be expected. But the home video versions aren't history books.