Die Hard (1988) (30th Anniversary Edition)

[CinemaScope]

If this isn't the new 4K scan, then why would anyone want to buy it?

[CyberpunkCentral]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

If this isn't the new 4K scan, then why would anyone want to buy it?

If it's getting a UHD release then it MUST be a new scan. There's just no way that it isn't.

[hanshotfirst1138]

I'm debating whether or not to get this. I don't have a 4K set or player, I wonder if the new BD will have a solid enough master to justify buying it?

[infiniteCR]

It'd be weird if they didn't release the 4k remaster of this kind of blockbuster on bluray. Would imagine they'd make a lot less money if they only did a UHD release.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

It'd be weird if they didn't release the 4k remaster of this kind of blockbuster on bluray. Would imagine they'd make a lot less money if they only did a UHD release.

cough...cough...

[MassiveMovieBuff]

The only reason I can think of for them not to release the remaster on blu ray is to try and get people to invest in UHD, which ain't happening for me anytime soon (if at all) so I'm glad that I'm pleased with the current transfer if they don't release the remaster on blu even though it's still a major bummer if they don't. Also makes this release completely pointless if they don't release the remaster on blu.

[infiniteCR]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

cough...cough...

Ha! That is a good point. Although for that title I don't think the remaster worked out so well, kinda like T2.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

Ha! That is a good point. Although for that title I don't think the remaster worked out so well, kinda like T2.

I think people suggested that the 3D Jurassic Park disc was likely scrubbed of grain only at the stage of the 3D conversion, out of necessity. Universal's 4K masters of Jaws, ET and Schindler's List look stunning, so I'll bet there's a gorgeous master of JP that we just haven't been allowed to buy yet. Yet being the key word.

[infiniteCR]

Hope they fix the color, that’s most annoying.

[Ray Jackson]

I'm just gonna come out and say it: I don't like John McClane.

Never have, never will.

...Team Gruber for life!

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

The only reason I can think of for them not to release the remaster on blu ray is to try and get people to invest in UHD, which ain't happening for me anytime soon (if at all) so I'm glad that I'm pleased with the current transfer if they don't release the remaster on blu even though it's still a major bummer if they don't. Also makes this release completely pointless if they don't release the remaster on blu.

The old blu-ray/transfer is pants quality and has been screaming for this remaster for years. All the more power to you if you're pleased with it though.

[BluCollector13]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I'm just gonna come out and say it: I don't like John McClane.

Never have, never will.

...Team Gruber for life!

Because who wants to be Bruce Willis when you can have a voice as seductively menacing as Alan Rickman? He WAS the voice of God for a reason.

[ccunning1]

I wouldn't be surprised if they just released the old 2k scan in a way to make it look like a remaster after the crap they pulled with the five disc collection.

[PuppetMasterBlu]

What's Best Buy's deal? They put this up for pre-order but list it as coming soon and won't let you buy it? Why?

[captainjoe]

This is Fox though they've been pretty good about using actual 4k masters when they have them for UHD. We already know one exists for this movie. Let's just hope they do the same for the blu-ray

[CptHowdy87]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

The only reason I can think of for them not to release the remaster on blu ray is to try and get people to invest in UHD, which ain't happening for me anytime soon (if at all) so I'm glad that I'm pleased with the current transfer if they don't release the remaster on blu even though it's still a major bummer if they don't. Also makes this release completely pointless if they don't release the remaster on blu.

Same here. My Panny Plasma is still going strong and will hopefully continue to do so for years to come. I've built up a huge collection of blu-rays and have no intention of ever buying any of the same movies in 4K.

I guess eventually I'll probably have to get a 4K TV as that's all that will be available in stores but the only 4K content I'd probably be viewing would be free to air television in 4K (if there is such a thing 5+ years down the track), streaming which I don't do much of at this point in time and 4K gaming and I'm really not even much of a gamer.

I'll probably buy some newer movies in 4K I guess but I'm not upgrading a single blu-ray that I own. I already re-bought at-least a 100 DVDs on blu-ray, many of those DVDs I paid $20-$30 for back in the early 2000s. The upgrade from blu-ray to 4K is nowhere near as drastic as the leap from DVD to blu-ray. Almost all the movies I own on blu-ray look about as good as they're ever going to.

[Akijama]

Press release:

Celebrate the Anniversary of one of the Greatest Action Films of All-Time as DIE HARD – 30TH ANNIVERSARY Arrives on
4K Ultra HD™ and Blu-ray™ May 15​

LOS ANGELES – April 26, 2018 ––The action classic, DIE HARD, celebrates its 30th Anniversary with an all-new 4K Ultra HD™ re-master and Blu-ray™ available May 15 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Bruce Willis is John McClane in the film that launched the billion-dollar action franchise, DIE HARD. McClane, a New York City cop, flies to L.A. on Christmas Eve to visit his wife at a party in her company’s lavish high-rise. Plans change once a group of terrorists, led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), seize the building and take everyone hostage, McClane slips away and becomes the only chance anyone has in this beginning-to-end heart-stopping action thriller.

In celebration of the franchise’s 30th anniversary a limited edition Blu-ray™ steelbook of DIE HARD will also be available exclusively at Best Buy.

Fans can also add the complete DIE HARD 5-FILM BOX SET to their collections with the limited edition Blu-ray™ Steelbook, available only at Walmart and Best Buy on May 15. The box set will include the films:

DIE HARD (1988)
DIE HARD 2 (1990)
DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995)
LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (2007)
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (2013)

DIE HARD – 30th Anniversary Bonus Features (previously available on Blu-ray):

Commentary by Director John McTiernan and Production Designer Jackson DeGovia
Scene-Specific Commentary by Special Effects Supervisor Richard Edlund
Subtitle Commentary by Various Cast and Crew
The News Casts Featurette
Interactive Style Gallery
Interactive Articles from Cinefex and American Cinematographer
Full-Length Screenplay
Trailers & TV Spots

DIE HARD 30th Anniversary 4K ULTRA HD™ Specs
Screen Format: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English DTS-HD-MA 5.1, English Surround Dolby Digital, Spanish Dolby
Digital 5.1, French DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Total Run Time: 132 minutes
U.S. Rating R

DIE HARD 30th Anniversary Blu-ray™ Specs
Screen Format: Widescreen 2:35:1
Audio: English DTS-HD-MA 5.1, English Surround Dolby Digital, Spanish Dolby
Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Total Run Time: 132 minutes
U.S. Rating R

[Monterey Jack]

So is the REGULAR BLU actually remastered, or not?

[IndyMLVC]

Seriously? Would it KILL them to put all the bonus features on there?

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

So is the REGULAR BLU actually remastered, or not?

Lol, I was gonna post this exact question