An American Werewolf in London (1981) (Limited Edition) - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

MassiveMovieBuff · 07-26-2019, 09:51 PM

This just became my most anticipated blu ray release of the rest of the year!

u2popmofo · 07-26-2019, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

This just became my most anticipated blu ray release of the rest of the year!

Because I don't have the out of print version, The Blob is still mine, but this may have just hit my #2 or 3 spot.

yellowcakeuf6 · 07-26-2019, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinema84

I don't recall - was Landis involved with the the last Universal BD (the infamous "6K" scan)? The omission of "restoration by Arrow Films" has me both curious and worried. This is a nicely stacked release but the scan needs to measure up for me to double dip.

I know he praised it, so watch out. But honestly, it doesn't matter, I have to get this. It's all part of the Landis pension plan.

HeavyHitter · 07-26-2019, 10:31 PM

The Universal remastered disc was rather disappointing (DNR and odd artifacts).

I'm not sure if Arrow's recent releases have the color pushed a bit much (Waterworld and Weird Science come to mind), but surely this will be an improvement over the Uni disc. However, surely this will receive a UHD release at some point as well but likely will not touch this release for extras.

OutOfBoose · 07-26-2019, 10:34 PM

God yes!

This is going to be the definitive release.

Filmmaker · 07-26-2019, 10:39 PM

Preordered directly from Arrow UK, but is there a simultaneous U.S. release or is it UK only?

Dailyan · 07-26-2019, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Preordered directly from Arrow UK, but is there a simultaneous U.S. release or is it UK only?

Dual-Atlantic release.

TravisTylerBlack · 07-26-2019, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyle15

ANd hopefully it's not botched like the Waterworld UHD if they did.

I'll take a 1080 Arrow disc over a botched Universal 4k any day of the week tbh.

Preach! Hope those who own the 4K disc are enjoying it, but for me the limited edition set is the final word on Waterworld.

Going to get major flack for saying this, but Arrow’s restoration efforts and encodes are so good most of the time that an UHD (even with the prospect of HDR) seems superfluous. Just my opinion. Please don’t hurt me.

As for this release- WOW that’s a lot of supplemental features. Box art is way too busy for my taste but other than that this promises to be a complete 5-star package.

captainjoe · 07-26-2019, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TravisTylerBlack

Preach! Hope those who own the 4K disc are enjoying it, but for me the limited edition set is the final word on Waterworld.

Going to get major flack for saying this, but Arrow’s restoration efforts and encodes are so good most of the time that an UHD (even with the prospect of HDR) seems superfluous. Just my opinion. Please don’t hurt me.

As for this release- WOW that’s a lot of supplemental features. Box art is way too busy for my taste but other than that this promises to be a complete 5-star package.

I kinda agree with you on this. Just getting an original mono mix is enough to seal it as the final say for me. Also hey this is Sam aka the blu dude!

TravisTylerBlack · 07-26-2019, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by captainjoe

I kinda agree with you on this. Just getting an original mono mix is enough to seal it as the final say for me. Also hey this is Sam aka the blu dude!

Hey friend! Glad to see you on here. Maybe you can help me figure out how to change my user name to something less... obvious lol

captainjoe · 07-27-2019, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by TravisTylerBlack

Hey friend! Glad to see you on here. Maybe you can help me figure out how to change my user name to something less... obvious lol

Haha no idea!

Filmmaker · 07-27-2019, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TravisTylerBlack

Preach! Hope those who own the 4K disc are enjoying it, but for me the limited edition set is the final word on Waterworld.

Seriously. The moment I heard “no Ulysses Cut and all those bonus features gone”, I realized there was limit even to my 4K affection.

jcs913 · 07-27-2019, 12:48 AM

So...this means the Universal 4k UHD release will be 4 months later.....

travisbickle · 07-27-2019, 12:49 AM

Only thing that sucks about this is that it's being released 2 days before Halloween.

I doubt I'll get it in time...

kamphausd1 · 07-27-2019, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by RCRochester

Not initially, but they likely will somewhere down the road once the LE has been out for a while or gone OOP. That's the usual routine.

Well hopefully that doesn't take too long.

HeavyHitter · 07-27-2019, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jcs913

So...this means the Universal 4k UHD release will be 4 months later.....

Maybe, but we haven't seen 12 Monkeys or The Thing released on UHD BD yet.

PuppetMasterBlu · 07-27-2019, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Seriously. The moment I heard “no Ulysses Cut and all those bonus features gone”, I realized there was limit even to my 4K affection.

Sure but there is only one cut of this classic so the UHD sounds good. Universal has been doing so good transfers lately. This one just has to hit soon.

Filmmaker · 07-27-2019, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by PuppetMasterBlu

Sure but there is only one cut of this classic so the UHD sounds good. Universal has been doing so good transfers lately. This one just has to hit soon.

Oh, I was speaking solely about the advantages of WATERWORLD’s BD over the 4K disc. I’d be all over a 4K disc of AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON even after buying Arrow’s set.

Nosferatu31 · 07-27-2019, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by travisbickle

Only thing that sucks about this is that it's being released 2 days before Halloween.

I doubt I'll get it in time...

Pre order from Diabolik. You'll get it at least a week early.

darkness2918 · 07-27-2019, 06:24 AM

Pre ordered from Diabolik, this Oct is looking to be a great (& expensive) month of horror movie releases for me.

07-26-2019, 09:51 PM	#61
MassiveMovieBuff Blu-ray Count Member since:Apr 2014 4K collection:412 Blu-ray collection:1630 DVD collection:97 Trading Score:3	This just became my most anticipated blu ray release of the rest of the year!

07-26-2019, 10:31 PM	#64
HeavyHitter Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jul 2007 Home Theater Gallery:4 Trading Score:154	The Universal remastered disc was rather disappointing (DNR and odd artifacts). I'm not sure if Arrow's recent releases have the color pushed a bit much (Waterworld and Weird Science come to mind), but surely this will be an improvement over the Uni disc. However, surely this will receive a UHD release at some point as well but likely will not touch this release for extras.

07-26-2019, 10:34 PM	#65
OutOfBoose Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2015 Location:The City Blu-ray collection:1	God yes! This is going to be the definitive release.

07-26-2019, 10:39 PM	#66
Filmmaker Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Tulsa, OK (but don't hold it against me!) Home Theater Gallery:90 4K collection:1162 Blu-ray collection:3145 DVD collection:593 Trading Score:24	Preordered directly from Arrow UK, but is there a simultaneous U.S. release or is it UK only?

07-27-2019, 12:48 AM	#73
jcs913 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:576	So...this means the Universal 4k UHD release will be 4 months later.....

07-27-2019, 12:49 AM	#74
travisbickle Banned Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Florida 4K collection:50 Blu-ray collection:846 DVD collection:105 Trading Score:47	Only thing that sucks about this is that it's being released 2 days before Halloween. I doubt I'll get it in time...

07-27-2019, 06:24 AM	#80
darkness2918 Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Sep 2014 Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:231 Blu-ray collection:2046 DVD collection:493 Trading Score:157	Pre ordered from Diabolik, this Oct is looking to be a great (& expensive) month of horror movie releases for me.

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