Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 2 4K UHD (1959-2010)

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by KaosPhantom

Absolutely pumped for this. Is it too early to start predicting what might be in Volume 3?

No.

[Eurbane132]

They got something for every member of every family. For the kids, Oliver. For people at least 12, Sense and Sensability. For teenagers, the social network. For the adults, Stripes and Taxi Driver. And for people of any age, Anatomy of the Murder.

[Blu Cider]

I'm in. A varied selection of films and a product that shouldn't really exist in 2021 but it does and that is awesome. Someone high up at Sony must really love physical media.

The Social Network to be the first 2k upscale included in these sets?

[TheBondFan]

When will we be able to pre-order it ?

[Krynoid-Man]

I'm fine with the selection of films. Sure I might not like all of them (a picture of Oliver! should be put in the dictionary next to the word overrated) and there are favourites I'd have preferred to be included instead, but I understand that a set like this needs a wide variety of films (which these are) to appeal as many potential buyers as possible.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by KaosPhantom

Absolutely pumped for this. Is it too early to start predicting what might be in Volume 3?

I was really hoping Little Women (2019) would be in this set, since it was teased in the last one. The likelihood of it getting its own 4K release outside of one of these sets is slim, which is crazy considering it was a Best Picture contender. Hopefully it will be in Volume 3.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Matt89

I don't necessarily think the theme is that these movies "made Columbia", but rather they're just a collection of classic films from the Columbia Pictures library. They also don't exactly have to be from studio era Hollywood in order to be considered "classics" (Oliver! isn't even technically a Hollywood film, it was a UK production made through Romulus Films that was distributed by Columbia).

This set contains a film from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and 2010s. It’s a pretty wide range.

I dunno, I'm pretty damn happy with the selection of titles (and Oliver! might actually be my most anticipated tbh). This looks like it's going to be another amazing collection.

~Matt

In all honesty I’m more excited for this set than volume 1.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

I was really hoping Little Women (2019) would be in this set, since it was teased in the last one. The likelihood of it getting its own 4K release outside of one of these sets is slim, which is crazy considering it was a Best Picture contender. Hopefully it will be in Volume 3.

When they do the voting thing again, make sure to vote for it

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

I was really hoping Little Women (2019) would be in this set, since it was teased in the last one. The likelihood of it getting its own 4K release outside of one of these sets is slim, which is crazy considering it was a Best Picture contender. Hopefully it will be in Volume 3.

I expected It Happened One Night to be included in the set, it was teased in both surveys and if I remember correctly some people wanted it. Moreover, it would have been the third Capra to be available in 4K UHD.

[Matt89]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

In all honesty I’m more excited for this set than volume 1.

100% agree.

~Matt

[LexInHD]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

I was really hoping Little Women (2019) would be in this set, since it was teased in the last one. The likelihood of it getting its own 4K release outside of one of these sets is slim, which is crazy considering it was a Best Picture contender. Hopefully it will be in Volume 3.

I'm sure LW will come at some point, though I expect it to be a distant release, probably as filler in their release schedule. Sony has a massive catalog of films that they have to rebuild and remaster for 4K, so they always have something in the pipeline.

[kaykaysud]

Originally Posted by Eurbane132

They got something for every member of every family. For the kids, Oliver. For people at least 12, Sense and Sensability. For teenagers, the social network. For the adults, Stripes and Taxi Driver. And for people of any age, Anatomy of the Murder.

I guess the 4k version of The Social Network is aimed at the adult audience too, as it'll contain both the theatrical as well as the Unrated audio tracks.

[bookcase]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

In all honesty I’m more excited for this set than volume 1.

Yeah, I would've bought several of these if released individually, which isn't the case for Volume 1, though it's nice to have them.

[Christian Muth]

Originally Posted by Krynoid-Man

In regards to the unrated audio of Social Network, IIRC it was filmed as an R rating in mind but it was decided to make it a PG-13 so a lot of the stronger language was edited out so presumably the track is the uncensored on set audio.

As I recall from the commentary, wasn't the note that gets handed to Zuckerberg in class also changed to remove on-screen visual profanity? I wonder if the "unrated" version will revert to the original shot.

EDIT: sanjuro78 beat me to this in post #115

Chris

[Agent Kay]

If all the swears are as good as the flip flops line it will be worth it

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by nick4Knight

I do think Social Network shouldn't have been added to this, though beggars can't be choosers I will take any excuse to get it on the format. I consider it somewhere high in the top movies of the 21st century. Even top 5... but thats hard to call it a "classic".

How can you say it’s not a classic. It’s one of the best films of the last 20 years and proved fully what a master director Fincher is and what a master writer Sorkin is. I remember when it was announced everyone laughed they were making a movie about Facebook. Even when fincher signed on it was still kind of a joke. And it wound up being an absolute masterpiece. Its a classic, may not by the normal definition but it absolutely is.

[philthehip]

This is a wet dream lineup for me. I love 5 of the 6.a no brainer pickup for me.

[Christian Muth]

Originally Posted by Bydo_cai24

One thing I got curious about Taxi Driver - since it's scanned from original negative - I've read from multiple sources that Scorsese had to desaturate/darken the shootout scenes in the end to avoid X-rating, but I don't remember ever reading if he did the alterations to the original negative?

The shots were optically duped to desaturated the color and then the dupes were cut into the final conformed negative. The original unaltered camera negatives of those shots were lost over time, so only the dupes in the final cut negative exist. Discussed in this interview with Grover Crisp from Sony back when they first did the 4K restoration of TAXI DRIVER: https://thedigitalbits.com/featured/...of-taxi-driver

Chris

[Platitude]

How quickly did the first set go out of print?

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

I was really hoping Little Women (2019) would be in this set, since it was teased in the last one. The likelihood of it getting its own 4K release outside of one of these sets is slim, which is crazy considering it was a Best Picture contender. Hopefully it will be in Volume 3.

I would love a 4K set of most of the Little Women adaptations!