DREAMGIRLS on Blu-ray

[Chad Varnadore]

Doh. My bad. I meant bitdepth. Based on my limited understanding of it all, you aren't likely to hear a difference unless in a very large room or an anechoic chamber; unless, maybe, in the case of Stomp the Yard, the master itself is 20bit and something is getting lost going to 16 for PCM. As I understand it, bit depth primarily affords more headroom for processing that most of us can't take advantage of in normal sized rooms. Of the 24bit PCM encodes that Disney has done, I can't say that I've heard an appreciable difference over their 16bit encodes. But comparing different mixes isn't a reliable sense of measure. Like I said, this should be an interesting comparison.

[hidef al]

Looks like Dreamgirls is getting a re-release.



http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...tem_id=1597656

[PowellPressburger]

Fingers crossed for uncompressed audio otherwise this release will be a waste of time.

[Britnasty]

And I just bought the original release at Best Buy

[PRO-630HD]

$100 it will be the same release with new cover art.

[Batmon77]

Ive been looking for this. My dvd is very good, and been wanting to upgrade. Ill wait for the feb re-release.

[hidef al]

Originally Posted by PRO-630HD

$100 it will be the same release with new cover art.

Are you sure you want to do that??

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Ive been looking for this. My dvd is very good, and been wanting to upgrade. Ill wait for the feb re-release.

Same here. I really hope the re-release gets a new audio track **cough, cough,

[Show spoiler]DTS-HD

cough, cough**

[rafaelsalguero]

yeah I hope a HD audio and also an slipcover
I hate they dont credit Jennifer Hudson name on the cover

[RBBrittain]

Originally Posted by PRO-630HD

$100 it will be the same release with new cover art.

Even worse: All indications from blu-ray.com & Amazon are it's *only* disc 1 of the original 2-BD edition. No lossless audio = no sale; no JHud credit on the cover only adds insult to injury.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by rafaelsalguero

yeah I hope a HD audio and also an slipcover
I hate they dont credit Jennifer Hudson name on the cover

It seem Paramout is basically reusing the same artwork from the first blu-ray release, but included images at the top. Dreamgirls was Jennifer Hudson's acting debut, and she was not given top billing, since she a was newcomer at the time. Personally I thought Dreamgirls would have been a much better movie, If Beyonce wasn't cast in the film, because Beyonce knowles can't act. The only reason why she was cast in Dreamgirls was because of her popularity, strictly not for her acting ability, Beyonce doesn't any.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by slimdude

The only reason why she was cast in Dreamgirls was because of her popularity, strictly not for her acting ability, Beyonce doesn't any.

Popularity sells tickets.

There are always "better" actors and actresses in the game, but Hollywood isnt strictly about that.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Popularity sells tickets.

There are always "better" actors and actresses in the game, but Hollywood isnt strictly about that.

Which is a shame because, it only degrade the craft of acting, and filmmaking , and it's an embarrassment for real actors, and actresses who attended prominent Schools of Performing Arts, for numerous of years to master the art, and skills of their profession.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by slimdude

Which is a shame because, it only degrade the craft of acting, and filmmaking , and it's an embarrassment for real actors, and actresses who attended prominent Schools of Performing Arts, for numerous of years to master the art, and skills of their profession.

Yeah 'cause Arnold Schwartzaneggar, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Will Smith, Barabara Sreisand,Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, Meatloaf, Bette Midler, Cher, and Janet Jackson takes jobs away from so many professionals.

When is movie making strictly about acting? When was sellin tickets about a thespian skills?

Alvin and The Chipmunks takes years of acting?

[UUUUGGGGHHHH]

Hope it gets a slip, so I can stop hopelessly searching for the Gold one!

[rednowgreen]

Originally Posted by UUUUGGGGHHHH

Hope it gets a slip, so I can stop hopelessly searching for the Gold one!

Came across this today at Best Buy with a slipcover.

[nf0603]

eh, glad I got it when I did. The theatrical poster used on the original BD cover looks so much nicer than the generic "let's put the stars in closeups" and proceeding to ignore Jennifer Hudson's name, who IMO was the breakout star of the film and the true protagonist of the piece.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by nf0603

eh, glad I got it when I did. The theatrical poster used on the original BD cover looks so much nicer than the generic "let's put the stars in closeups" and proceeding to ignore Jennifer Hudson's name, who IMO was the breakout star of the film and the true protagonist of the piece.

But it was a Beyonce and Jamie Foxx vehicle. Hudson just happened to breakout.

Promotional images should be what they were originally, not the NEW star afterwards.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by rednowgreen

Came across this today at Best Buy with a slipcover.

and? you didn't bother capturing some of the info on the back??

I'm headed over to Best Buy this afternoon, and I'm very curious to know what this rerelease is, if it's just the 1-disc and lossy audio - what a jip

[UUUUGGGGHHHH]

Thanks for the update! I'll definitely be trying to get my hands on this slip, to put over the top of my 2-disc Blu-ray.

[Arkadin]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Yeah 'cause Arnold Schwartzaneggar, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Will Smith, Barabara Sreisand,Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, Meatloaf, Bette Midler, Cher, and Janet Jackson takes jobs away from so many professionals.

got news for you--Sinatra could definitely act.