Dark Star - Fabulous Films

[Seth Woodiwiss]

While everyone seemes to be putting out all of John Carpenters films on 4K UHD, why doesn't some studio/boutique table put out BIG TROUBLE in little china in marvelous 4K UHD?????

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Seth Woodiwiss

While everyone seemes to be putting out all of John Carpenters films on 4K UHD, why doesn't some studio/boutique table put out BIG TROUBLE in little china in marvelous 4K UHD?????

That's up to Disney.

[Nitroes]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F8J4ND4T/


I'll be buying for Dan O'Bannon.


EAN: 5060952893735

[DR Herbert West]

Buying it for the beach ball alien.

[figrin_dan]

Originally Posted by Nitroes

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F8J4ND4T/


I'll be buying for Dan O'Bannon.


EAN: 5060952893735

How will you get it to him? 😜

[Nitroes]

Originally Posted by Nitroes

I'll be buying for Dan O'Bannon.

Originally Posted by figrin_dan

How will you get it to him? 😜

Tarman is taking it to him

[Deadend45]

EXTRAS
Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star: A feature-length documentary exploring the making of Dark Star, featuring exclusive interviews with actor Brian Narelle (Lt. Doolittle), cinematographer Doug Knapp, art director Tommy Lee Wallace, visual effects artist Greg Jein, voice artist Cookie Knapp, producer Jack Harris, and USC alumni Jeff Burr. Also includes archival interviews with John Carpenter and the final recorded interview with Dan O’Bannon. (Directed by Daniel Griffith, 2010.)

Sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster discusses Dark Star's impact.

Brian Narelle (Lt. Doolittle) shares behind-the-scenes stories.

Interactive & Archival Content:

3D Guide to the Dark Star Ship

Full-Length Audio Commentary by Super Fan Andrew Gilchris

Written Introduction by Dan O’Bannon

Trivia & Hidden Easter Eggs

NEW Reproduction of the original press book

NEW Commander Powell’s Ship Log

NEW Essay by journalist and author Michael Doyle, from his forthcoming book Bringing Darkness Instead of Light: Conversations with John Carpenter.

NEW reproduction UK quad posters

NEW Reprinted set of 8 Publicity Stills

Online Exclusive : Dark Star Mission patch

Film Versions Included:

Original 72-minute Director’s Cut
Expanded Theatrical Release 84-minutes
Restored Original Film Trailer

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Thats not something MC would do and I have a few FF BDs mostly because they were cheaper then USA releases and had better encoding like most UK labels. They also play on Panasonics with the remote trick.

[steel_breeze]

Hey, my jet pack's broken. Aww, man.

[Lensman]

I'm very doubtful about this. The original 35mm film was a blow-up from the production 16mm and only to get it into theatre/cinema projectors; there was zero quality enhancement. 16mm on UHD can be an improvement over HD blu-ray if the mastering is good but the inclusion of a dolby-digital soundtrack is the red flag here. The same company's previous blu-ray release was remastered from "the original 35mm" and had a dolby-digital soundtrack. This is a lift & shift of that disc and may or may not have any discernable visual improvement; be it resolution or colour palette. This might be a marketing exploit.

[figrin_dan]

Originally Posted by Lensman

I'm very doubtful about this. The original 35mm film was a blow-up from the production 16mm and only to get it into theatre/cinema projectors; there was zero quality enhancement. 16mm on UHD can be an improvement over HD blu-ray if the mastering is good but the inclusion of a dolby-digital soundtrack is the red flag here. The same company's previous blu-ray release was remastered from "the original 35mm" and had a dolby-digital soundtrack. This is a lift & shift of that disc and may or may not have any discernable visual improvement; be it resolution or colour palette. This might be a marketing exploit.

As much as I agree with everything above it would be a really odd decision to do that for their very first uhd.

[Nitroes]

I think I'll be going with Rarewaves on their next 10% off https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5...4k-uhd-blu-ray

That'll be £37.23 a little bit more doable.

https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/ sell FF stuff so I'll keep an eye out there.

[Lensman]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Buying it for the beach ball alien.

Imagine if they'd included a replica alien in the UHD set. A screen accurate beach ball with the feet; inflate it yourself. THEN they'd sell out! I'm not feeding the damn thing though.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Lensman

Imagine if they'd included a replica alien in the UHD set. A screen accurate beach ball with the feet; inflate it yourself. THEN they'd sell out! I'm not feeding the damn thing though.

I'm kinda surprised that they didn't.

[HuggyBear73]

So what's going on with this release?

When's the release date?

[Krynoid-Man]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

So what's going on with this release?

When's the release date?

22nd September according to the Fabulous Films website

[HuggyBear73]

Originally Posted by Krynoid-Man

22nd September according to the Fabulous Films website

Ok. I was looking on their site but couldn't find the date. Wasn't it supposed to come out in June?

[manford7]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Ok. I was looking on their site but couldn't find the date. Wasn't it supposed to come out in June?

Originally cited for 23rd June, new release date is 3rd November 2025; UK site displays American date format which they have been made aware of.

[manford7]

@Everyone Fabulous Films Online Exclusive added to site - https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dark-...lu-ray/395704/

[The Hornets]

I know Fabulous takes the piss with pricing but £40 for the general release and £47 for the exclusive will likely see limited sales.

They obviously think including a couple of posters and a booklet doubles the price.

[jordanjabroni]

£40 for a general release of one movie is absolutely ridiculous.

Doubly so for a label with the reputation of Fabulous.

Here's looking at you, Killing Zoe.