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DJR662 · 07-13-2018, 06:41 PM

Screw it.

I love Mission Impossible 2 so much, I am going to cancel my usual Friday The 13th Blu-ray marathon today. Instead, I am going to watch the M: I 2 UHD right now (despite the fact I have only just seen it last week)!

ROSS.T.G. · 07-13-2018, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DJR662

Screw it.

I love Mission Impossible 2 so much, I am going to cancel my usual Friday The 13th Blu-ray marathon today. Instead, I am going to watch the M: I 2 UHD right now (despite the fact I have only just seen it last week)!

I fully endorse this recklessness.

aetherhole · 07-13-2018, 07:58 PM

Replacing one horror movie for another horror movie. I can dig it!

AKORIS · 07-13-2018, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by aetherhole

Replacing one horror movie for another horror movie. I can dig it!

lol

DJR662 · 07-13-2018, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by aetherhole

Replacing one horror movie for another horror movie. I can dig it!

I enjoyed it to the fullest!

Bourne1886 · 07-13-2018, 08:53 PM

I’m slowly getting through the 4k releases, watched GP last night and that transfer is the pick of the bunch so far, really good. I’ll have the fifth watched by the time Fallout hits cinemas. For some reason I struggled when watching 1 and 2. 3 was when the excitement kicked in for me.

Markgway · 07-13-2018, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Agent Kay

I really need to see the unrated version one day.

#metoo.

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Originally Posted by DJR662

I wonder if the cut footage still excists?

International 35mm prints were uncut.

Only a couple of seconds were actually removed, IIRC.

There was a list on-line somewhere.

The opening neck break had its sound muted (that's the one I noticed between cinema and DVD viewings).

The kneecapping had a few frames removed, as did a kick to face from the final fight.

Much harder to spot, I'd imagine.

Geoff D · 07-13-2018, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bradnoyes

Wrapped up the first one and while it’s not quite top tier catalog material it’s still a great disc. I’m now fully convinced that this format shines the most with older titles.

Noticed some weird stuff, though. Particularly later in the film. Around the 1:25:00 mark while Cruise and Voight are having a little convo Voight’s skin tone goes from normal living human to deathly ill pale after one of the cuts. Just a few minutes later when Ethan finds Claire chilling in the corner of the room there’s a weird shakiness to the image that made me feel queasy.

Still, all in all this was a wonderfully filmic and finely textured presentation. It’s a shame that Kristin Scott Thomas departs so soon since those early close-ups are truly lovely.

[Show spoiler]

Yes, I noticed the deathly pale skin tones on Voight there but it works for the scene, considering he's pretending to be at death's door. See how he's sweating as well? I think those pills he keeps popping in that scene are what's making him look like that, it's another means to dupe Ethan.

As for the 'skittishness' in the other scene I clocked that too, and there are several shots in Mi2 that also have the same kind of lateral instability. AFAIK it's due to the actual camera they were using at the time having a slight registration problem so the film isn't being shuttled through the mechanism as stably as it could be. It comes and goes from shot to shot when Tony Hopkins is talking about the mission, for example, because one angle used the gammy camera and the other angles didn't. It's just one of those things.

Agent Kay · 07-13-2018, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Markgway

#metoo.

International 35mm prints were uncut.

Only a couple of seconds were actually removed, IIRC.

There was a list on-line somewhere.

The opening neck break had its sound muted (that's the one I noticed between cinema and DVD viewings).

The kneecapping had a few frames removed, as did a kick to face from the final fight.

Much harder to spot, I'd imagine.

I saw the international, it's not the unrated print.
A ton was cut ordered by the mpaa

Markgway · 07-13-2018, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Agent Kay

I saw the international, it's not the unrated print.
A ton was cut ordered by the mpaa

Really? First I've heard of this. Tell me more.

serenityncc880 · 07-14-2018, 12:50 AM

Why didn’t they make a box set available in the US for these? I am surprised by that

CarsonDyle · 07-14-2018, 01:06 AM

I scored today. Went to Best Buy to pick up a store pick up item, so I took a stroll around. Saw two pristine, slipped copies of MI:1 and MI:3 just sitting on a cart with some other blus. Don't know what they were doing there, but I bought them. $19.99 each. My set is now complete.

DJR662 · 07-14-2018, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Agent Kay

I saw the international, it's not the unrated print.
A ton was cut ordered by the mpaa

Supposedly the original film was 3,5 hours and R-rated according to IMDb.

Just imagine that.

Too bad that version or even a workprint never leaked.

Markgway · 07-14-2018, 08:29 AM

Workprints don't count for much; they're unfinished and never get rated.

I'd like to know more about those full MPAA cuts and why only a few trims made it back into the international version.

crisby1 · 07-14-2018, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Markgway

Workprints don't count for much; they're unfinished and never get rated.

I'd like to know more about those full MPAA cuts and why only a few trims made it back into the international version.

From memory, virtually every shootout in the movie is heavily edited for violence to secure a PG-13 rating. In some scenes you can still spot some of the blood squibs on the bad guys clothing.

Also the finale between Cruise and Scott was a lot longer with more motorcycle action and fighting.

It would be so awesome to see Woo's original vision, but that will probably never happen.

Always feels half the movie is missing when watching it

levcore · 07-14-2018, 09:52 AM

I don't think MI 2 feels like "half the movie is missing". It feels pretty complete as is.

KcMsterpce · 07-14-2018, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by levcore

I don't think MI 2 feels like "half the movie is missing". It feels pretty complete as is.

... as in complete and utter dog shit?

I kid, I kid. Kind of. Maybe.

levcore · 07-14-2018, 09:59 AM

Meh it's a good action movie with bags of style. It's always been an entertaining watch even if it sticks out like a sore thumb in terms of style with the rest of the franchise.

Geoff D · 07-14-2018, 10:00 AM

I'd love to see Mi2 with the violence restored, that bit when Ambrose kicks Hunt in the face would be great if we could, y'know, actually see him kick him in the face.

Agent Kay · 07-14-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

I'd love to see Mi2 with the violence restored, that bit when Ambrose kicks Hunt in the face would be great if we could, y'know, actually see him kick him in the face.

Gif on standby

07-13-2018, 06:41 PM	#2401
DJR662 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2009 Trading Score:30	Screw it. I love Mission Impossible 2 so much, I am going to cancel my usual Friday The 13th Blu-ray marathon today. Instead, I am going to watch the M: I 2 UHD right now (despite the fact I have only just seen it last week)!

07-13-2018, 07:58 PM	#2403
aetherhole Special Member Member since:Nov 2015 Location:Tustin, CA 4K collection:492 Blu-ray collection:991 MA collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:1	Replacing one horror movie for another horror movie. I can dig it!

07-13-2018, 08:53 PM	#2406
Bourne1886 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2010 Location:East Anglia, U.K. 4K collection:308 Blu-ray collection:1040 DVD collection:141 Digital collection:2 iTunes collection:64 Blu-ray reviews: 89	I’m slowly getting through the 4k releases, watched GP last night and that transfer is the pick of the bunch so far, really good. I’ll have the fifth watched by the time Fallout hits cinemas. For some reason I struggled when watching 1 and 2. 3 was when the excitement kicked in for me.

07-14-2018, 12:50 AM	#2411
serenityncc880 Active Member Member since:Nov 2012 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:-	Why didn’t they make a box set available in the US for these? I am surprised by that

07-14-2018, 01:06 AM	#2412
CarsonDyle Senior Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Southern California 4K collection:184 Blu-ray collection:473 Trading Score:170	I scored today. Went to Best Buy to pick up a store pick up item, so I took a stroll around. Saw two pristine, slipped copies of MI:1 and MI:3 just sitting on a cart with some other blus. Don't know what they were doing there, but I bought them. $19.99 each. My set is now complete.

07-14-2018, 08:29 AM	#2414
Markgway Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Scotland Trading Score:13	Workprints don't count for much; they're unfinished and never get rated. I'd like to know more about those full MPAA cuts and why only a few trims made it back into the international version.

07-14-2018, 09:52 AM	#2416
levcore Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Dryland 4K collection:306 Blu-ray collection:2617 Trading Score:3	I don't think MI 2 feels like "half the movie is missing". It feels pretty complete as is.

07-14-2018, 09:59 AM	#2418
levcore Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Dryland 4K collection:306 Blu-ray collection:2617 Trading Score:3	Meh it's a good action movie with bags of style. It's always been an entertaining watch even if it sticks out like a sore thumb in terms of style with the rest of the franchise.

07-14-2018, 10:00 AM	#2419
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	I'd love to see Mi2 with the violence restored, that bit when Ambrose kicks Hunt in the face would be great if we could, y'know, actually see him kick him in the face.

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