The Wizard of Oz (1939) (70th + 75th Anniversary Editions) - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

andy86i · 03-02-2009, 01:07 PM

they might fill the pillar boxes with a "border" like on pinnochio. ive seen it and it though it sounds bad it actually looks amazing.

toneloctr · 03-02-2009, 01:33 PM

Flying monkeys in HD ftw.

brettallica · 03-02-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by UPSandy

if they take the time and do it right i think the wizard of oz could definitely make blu-ray mainstream

I agree. If any movie will get my mom to go Blu, this one will. It's too bad that we're still waiting for Oz on Blu, though. This should have been one of the movies ready to go when Blu was looking like it was going to be the format war winner last year. Hopefully it's not a case of too little, too late. It probably won't be, though.

I personally don't love the movie or anything, but I'll own it "just because" of its legendary-ness. Plus, if they restore the color scenes to something that looks good on my HDTV, then I'd be totally down. I could imagine some of those Munchkin City scenes looking pretty awesome on Blu (think Speed Racer).

P@t_Mtl · 03-02-2009, 03:11 PM

I will be buying this again for sure

A VHS, A DVD copy and now a BD

bageleaterkkjji · 03-02-2009, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by toneloctr

Flying monkeys in HD ftw.

its made by warner so i'd call it ld...another movie i have to skip because warner is worse then enron

Sushisake · 03-02-2009, 03:44 PM

I think it should come in a special emerald green case - rather than the traditional blue case

fredbalsodn · 03-02-2009, 03:46 PM

Great news i will be buying it day 1 cant wait.

brettallica · 03-02-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sushisake

I think it should come in a special emerald green case - rather than the traditional blue case

Now that is a great idea! A shimmering green case would be awesome.

They should do that with Ghostbusters, too. Well not emerald, but green (for Slimer).

nerdboyrockstar · 03-02-2009, 04:10 PM

I will buy this for sure. I think I bought two DVD versions of it..

SquidPuppet · 03-02-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by toneloctr

Flying monkeys in HD ftw.

+1

Grew up watching it on a black and white TV. Then when I was 12 I saw it in the theater and there was the color explosion when landing in OZ.

Then the flying monkeys on a big screen.

Awesome.

paperthrower2000 · 03-02-2009, 04:27 PM

"I'm off to buy the Wizzard,the wonderful Wizzard of Oz"

SquidPuppet · 03-02-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sushisake

I think it should come in a special emerald green case - rather than the traditional blue case

Perfect.

monkeyjb1988 · 03-02-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I will be buying this again for sure

A VHS, A DVD copy and now a BD

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Originally Posted by nerdboyrockstar

I will buy this for sure. I think I bought two DVD versions of it..

I got you both beat

. I have a VHS and two DVDs (the old one and three disc one) and I'm still planning on getting this puppy. My mom's gonna flip, but she doesn't understand (she never came downstairs to watch one yet).

Yeha-Noha · 03-02-2009, 04:53 PM

Being one of greatest musicals ever made, the BD release will certainly be at home in my BD collection.

The 60th Anniversary DVD release was in 5.1 surround. Hopefully the 70th Anniversary Blu-ray release will have a lossless 5.1 audio soundtrack. Yet again, we are behind the 8-ball (Warner Bros.) on that prospect.

monkeyjb1988 · 03-02-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by rwojtalewicz

Being one of greatest musicals ever made, the BD release will certainly be at home in my BD collection.

The 60th Anniversary DVD release was in 5.1 surround. Hopefully the 70th Anniversary Blu-ray release will have a lossless 5.1 audio soundtrack. Yet again, we are behind the 8-ball (Warner Bros.) on that prospect.

The blu banner on the top of the package says "Hi-Def Sound" so we there's a good chance we'll get a lossless audio option. Granted, the bottom of the picture says "Subject to Change", so your fears maybe well founded. If this gets released without a loseless option, I'll be furious.

Doc Ostrow · 03-02-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by monkeyjb1988

I got you both beat

. I have a VHS and two DVDs (the old one and three disc one) and I'm still planning on getting this puppy.

I own 6 versions of The Wizard of Oz:

Original laserdisc release
Re-mastered laserdisc release
Ultimate Oz laserdisc box set with original script, etc.
Original DVD release
DVD release with many extras
3 disc collector's edition DVD

I'm definitely buying the Blu-ray.

brettallica · 03-02-2009, 05:44 PM

^ Crazy Oz collection!

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Out of curiosity, how good is the audio for this going to sound, considering the original recording is 70 years old? Was "stereo" even around back then? I know surround wasn't, so I'm curious how and what they're going to do.

Chevypower · 03-02-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by brettallica

^ Crazy Oz collection!

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Out of curiosity, how good is the audio for this going to sound, considering the original recording is 70 years old? Was "stereo" even around back then? I know surround wasn't, so I'm curious how and what they're going to do.

If they have all the sounds individually recorded in the archives - which are usually mono anyway, then they could do whatever they want, a stereo mix, 5.1, 7.1. Of course if they did that, the panning of the foley and background vocal sounds, and remixing of the ADR and music will not be the original work. To be anything like the new Sleeping Beauty release, they would have to have all that, and do that much work to it.

brettallica · 03-02-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Chevypower

If they have all the sounds individually recorded in the archives - which are usually mono anyway, then they could do whatever they want, a stereo mix, 5.1, 7.1. Of course if they did that, the panning of the foley and background vocal sounds, and remixing of the ADR and music will not be the original work. To be anything like the new Sleeping Beauty release, they would have to have all that, and do that much work to it.

Sweet. I'd love to see how they do that, and how they choose to mix certain scenes. There are a lot of scenes in that movie that would do well with some quality audio.

Chevypower · 03-02-2009, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by brettallica

Sweet. I'd love to see how they do that, and how they choose to mix certain scenes. There are a lot of scenes in that movie that would do well with some quality audio.

So many things they could do really. They could pan each "follow the yellow brick road" voice, so that it sounds like it's coming from all around, I can't remember all the sound effects, but the dog barking, they could pan the sounds of the tornado scene. The vocals will never sound as good as a modern recording so I imagine they will try cleaning it up, removing the noise and adjusting the equalizer settings, but they could still do the surround effects if they have the raw audio tapes. They wouldn't have envisioned what today's engineers could do to it, so they may have not seen the need to keep the raw clips. I hope they have what they need to remix the audio. If all they have is the 2 channel master, then there will not be much they can do to it. Being a musical, we just might be in luck.

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03-02-2009, 01:07 PM	#61
andy86i Active Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:England Blu-ray collection:68 Blu-ray reviews: 2	they might fill the pillar boxes with a "border" like on pinnochio. ive seen it and it though it sounds bad it actually looks amazing.

03-02-2009, 01:33 PM	#62
toneloctr Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Michigan 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:636 DVD collection:152 Blu-ray reviews: 4	Flying monkeys in HD ftw.

03-02-2009, 03:11 PM	#64
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	I will be buying this again for sure A VHS, A DVD copy and now a BD

03-02-2009, 03:44 PM	#66
Sushisake Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:1806 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:3	I think it should come in a special emerald green case - rather than the traditional blue case

03-02-2009, 03:46 PM	#67
fredbalsodn Active Member Member since:May 2008 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:217 DVD collection:62 MA collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1	Great news i will be buying it day 1 cant wait.

03-02-2009, 04:10 PM	#69
nerdboyrockstar Senior Member Member since:Aug 2008 Blu-ray collection:24 Trading Score:1	I will buy this for sure. I think I bought two DVD versions of it..

03-02-2009, 04:27 PM	#71
paperthrower2000 Special Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Atlantic Canada Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:1382 Blu-ray reviews:10	"I'm off to buy the Wizzard,the wonderful Wizzard of Oz"

03-02-2009, 04:53 PM	#74
Yeha-Noha Power Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews: 43	Being one of greatest musicals ever made, the BD release will certainly be at home in my BD collection. The 60th Anniversary DVD release was in 5.1 surround. Hopefully the 70th Anniversary Blu-ray release will have a lossless 5.1 audio soundtrack. Yet again, we are behind the 8-ball (Warner Bros.) on that prospect.

03-02-2009, 05:44 PM	#77
brettallica Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Santa Cruz, California Home Theater Gallery:51 Blu-ray collection:79 Trading Score:6	^ Crazy Oz collection! ------- Out of curiosity, how good is the audio for this going to sound, considering the original recording is 70 years old? Was "stereo" even around back then? I know surround wasn't, so I'm curious how and what they're going to do.

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