Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Steelbook (Zavvi Exclusive) (UK)

[bearkiss]

live now! sadly vouchc5 no longer works...

i ordered it but may cancel if i find out for sure it's not the uk version (since i already have the us version)

[Spire]

Originally Posted by HornyRhino"

i am sorry but while it is ok you showing this comparison you have to tell the other side of the coin as well ...

like some films that have multiple versions such as anchorman you really do need to look into getting the version you like as they are not all equal...such as if you want the best out of it you need to invest in both the USA and also the UK version since the USA variant had a lot of cuts to it due to British humour/jokes not playing out well to American audiences during the pre-shows so there are lots of missing sections only available in the UK cut and so had alternate parts replaced in the USA edition irrelevant as to whether the quality of the USA transfer being slightly better some parts didn't fit well with the nature of the humour.

as mentioned i have them all, ..the USA original triple box-set not the shagtastic version and also the original UK 1st revision and when you watching them they are all grainy so take them images with a pinch of salt.

I agree, however I was primarily addressing your comment about different aspect ratios.

[thewerepuppygrr]

Hmm, that outer artwork is looking pretty fugly. Not really shagadelic, is it?

Originally Posted by Smigro

I don't mind Zavvi stepping up their game, but what is it going to cost with all the goodies?.

[Smigro]

Originally Posted by thewerepuppygrr

Hmm, that outer artwork is looking pretty fugly. Not really shagadelic, is it?

[Show spoiler]

LOL at that image.

As for the artwork, it is not the best but what I like is that since it only says Austin Powers you cold swap it out with a 3 disc tray and house the complete trilogy (which is what I would probably do).

[Troll2fan]

I'd get this if the inner art was the actual steel art, but I'll be passing on this one.

[henry00x]

that art is atrocious

[neoz]

This will be going Live Saturday at 18:00 UK Time

http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/austin-.../11105497.html

[dagreaser]

Originally Posted by willo007

Thank you for the pictures, could you post one of the spine?

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No problem. I'm pretty pleased with this release. OK it could have been better with perhaps a bit of spot glossing but it's a good effort and I don't regret buying it.

[willo007]

...and . i just order it!

[HornyRhino"]

wonder how they did the 3 pieces of de-bossing without the legendary zavvi border

[Eve6insideandout]

Originally Posted by HornyRhino"

wonder how they did the 3 pieces of de-bossing without the legendary zavvi border

Debossing doesn't need a border. The reason there is a border for embossing as what you are really doing is debossing everything else. And obviously you can't do that to the edge. So to them everything is debossed and debossing the non-image looks like embossing.

[rickah88]

I like it! Glad I kept my order!

[TheFalsetto]

Originally Posted by HornyRhino"

wonder how they did the 3 pieces of de-bossing without the legendary zavvi border

In laymens terms.

They add the border so when you add the steelbook to your shelf, the embossed letters / characters or whatever don't bear the weight of another item. It protects the embossing so to speak.

[batman2000]

did they fix the transfer on the updated uk release because the original uk blu ray looked awful

[willo007]

Originally Posted by NoodleNoggin

Anyone know if this release is region locked? I'd like to see the international version of the film, and I prefer to buy steelbooks when I can, so I think this one might be worth it if it isn't locked.

Originally Posted by laz305

It's Region B Locked as has been seen in pics of the back cover sheet

Originally Posted by NoodleNoggin

I've heard that sometimes the cover sheet isn't accurate. Thank you for checking though. I'll probably pass on this unless someone tests it and finds that it works on a region A player.

Originally Posted by rsaotome

Tested with PowerDVD 15, set to Region A, works just fine.

Copyright notice when the disc starts up identifies it as a DVD,

But still, if you have a version that's 1080p with lossless audio, you might want to stick with it.

Originally Posted by NoodleNoggin

So, if I understand correctly, the UK disc works for region A. But the picture quality and audio aren't very good? If so then that makes me wonder which one to get. I usually like the longer cut of any movie where it is available, but I also want good picture quality and sound. Is there a version out there that has both?

The film itself is not region locked, and its also the international version of the film, It does not start with the New Line Logo.

The special features are locked.

[BigNickUK]

Originally Posted by batman2000

did they fix the transfer on the updated uk release because the original uk blu ray looked awful

This release is even worse than the original. With stuttering all over it due to the low bit rate. It really is appalling

[batman2000]

wish america could get the uk version with a new transfer and make new transfers for 2 and 3 and fix the dnr on 3

[mike962]

so is there any good Blu-Ray release of the UNCUT first movie ?

[AKORIS]

just release all 3 of these on 4k please!! Can you imagine how terrific they'd look with the dazzling colors enhanced with HDR?

[Agent Kay]

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