Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 3D Blu-ray (2021) [Region Free]

[samuelkhan999]

Hi
Could someone tell me whether the 3D disc is the IMAX ratio or is it 2.39:1 ratio. Thanks

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by samuelkhan999

Hi
Could someone tell me whether the 3D disc is the IMAX ratio or is it 2.39:1 ratio. Thanks

The answer is in post #1 of this thread. No IMAX on any disc, 2D or 3D.

[samuelkhan999]

Originally Posted by the13thman

The answer is in post #1 of this thread. No IMAX on any disc, 2D or 3D.

I did read that but I want someone who actually owns the disc to answer this

[Jlardonio]

Originally Posted by samuelkhan999

I did read that but I want someone who actually owns the disc to answer this

The first post is the confirmation you're looking for because it was given by people who own it.

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by Jlardonio

The first post is the confirmation you're looking for because it was given by people who own it.

That's right. Information that goes into first posts is always confirmed. That's the whole point of putting it there.

[samuelkhan999]

Thanks for the information peeps. It's just the 1st post with the buying links and seemed very generic. Hence I was asking for someone who owned the 4K movienex edit. Thanks for the confirmation

[Jlardonio]

Originally Posted by samuelkhan999

Thanks for the information peeps. It's just the 1st post with the buying links and seemed very generic. Hence I was asking for someone who owned the 4K movienex edit. Thanks for the confirmation

Only the streaming service Disney+ has the IMAX enhanced 2D version of this and other movies to allude people to subscribe it.

[arob]

Watched this last night. Another excellent Marvel film. Thought all the characters were well crafted, good story and some fantastic action (especially the fight on the bus).

Great 3D again. Amazing Marvel masters 3D, and they make it so hard to get these discs. Oh well I'll keep buying them from Japan as long as they keep making them.

I will admit the constantly having to switch to subtitles was distracting, so I am going to rewatch tonight with the subtitles on.

Also received Eternals, so I'll save that one for next weekend.

[swervin]

I agree. Great movie. 3D was very nice indeed. The subtitle thing is a pisser to me. Leaving them on makes watching a 3D movie very distracting.

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by samuelkhan999

Hi
Could someone tell me whether the 3D disc is the IMAX ratio or is it 2.39:1 ratio. Thanks

It doesn't matter anyway because all else being equal (3D setup on point etc) the IMAX version is great, but the 3D version is better.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by cdx47

It doesn't matter anyway because all else being equal (3D setup on point etc) the IMAX version is great, but the 3D version is better.

I think a 3D IMAX version would be perfect, then, right?

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I think a 3D IMAX version would be perfect, then, right?

You got me there

[3dblurayofsunshine]

It’s kind of ironic that nowadays IMAX have a terrible rep with home cinema enthusiasts. They used to be responsible for cool cinema screens and some fun expanded ratios and now they are single handedly locking potentially definitive editions of mammoth movies onto bit starved streaming services. The real irony is that they’ve somehow effectively cornered the market on big budget movies being in 16:9 format because that’s usually what the IMAX versions for home cinema end up being. Completely arbitrary and annoying circumstances really. The IMAX label just irritates me more than not now, like how No Way Home is only available to watch in IMAX if you have a Sony Bravia TV, which is about as horrible of a restriction as the old Avatar 3D Blu-ray exclusivity nonsense.

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by 3dblurayofsunshine

It’s kind of ironic that nowadays IMAX have a terrible rep with home cinema enthusiasts. They used to be responsible for cool cinema screens and some fun expanded ratios and now they are single handedly locking potentially definitive editions of mammoth movies onto bit starved streaming services. The real irony is that they’ve somehow effectively cornered the market on big budget movies being in 16:9 format because that’s usually what the IMAX versions for home cinema end up being. Completely arbitrary and annoying circumstances really. The IMAX label just irritates me more than not now, like how No Way Home is only available to watch in IMAX if you have a Sony Bravia TV, which is about as horrible of a restriction as the old Avatar 3D Blu-ray exclusivity nonsense.

So even with a $20,000 Sony projector, you are out of luck? Unreal...

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by 3dblurayofsunshine

The IMAX label just irritates me more than not now, like how No Way Home is only available to watch in IMAX if you have a Sony Bravia TV, which is about as horrible of a restriction as the old Avatar 3D Blu-ray exclusivity nonsense.

Probably a Sony decision because it I think it is up to them how they license IMAX, just like Disney with the MCU. In my experience this is a very Sony thing to do.

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

So even with a $20,000 Sony projector, you are out of luck? Unreal...

When I read your post even I was a little surprised that they would do this. But on further checking, they are using this feature to sell their new top tier TVs. I shouldn't have been surprised that Sony does Sony things.

[3dblurayofsunshine]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

So even with a $20,000 Sony projector, you are out of luck? Unreal...

Indeed. Honestly, I can't even make sense of it from a business standpoint. A lot has been discussed on these forums of the profitability of 3D discs for studios and their motivation to bother with them, but are we really supposed to believe that the sales they might get from locking NWH IMAX onto their top tier TVs would be in any way notable? Who is letting a single movie influence their TV buying decisions, in the already fairly small high end TV market? I have a hard time believing it would be enough to be significant, or how you would even measure that, but what it does do is sour the 99% of people who don't have a Bravia TV on your brand.

[Jlardonio]

Originally Posted by 3dblurayofsunshine

Indeed. Honestly, I can't even make sense of it from a business standpoint. A lot has been discussed on these forums of the profitability of 3D discs for studios and their motivation to bother with them, but are we really supposed to believe that the sales they might get from locking NWH IMAX onto their top tier TVs would be in any way notable? Who is letting a single movie influence their TV buying decisions, in the already fairly small high end TV market? I have a hard time believing it would be enough to be significant, or how you would even measure that, but what it does do is sour the 99% of people who don't have a Bravia TV on your brand.

NWH might go to Disney+ in a window of 18 months. There it might get the Imax Enhanced edition, but i'd prefer a 3D disc over the Imax if i had to choose. :/

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by 3dblurayofsunshine

Indeed. Honestly, I can't even make sense of it from a business standpoint. A lot has been discussed on these forums of the profitability of 3D discs for studios and their motivation to bother with them, but are we really supposed to believe that the sales they might get from locking NWH IMAX onto their top tier TVs would be in any way notable? Who is letting a single movie influence their TV buying decisions, in the already fairly small high end TV market? I have a hard time believing it would be enough to be significant, or how you would even measure that, but what it does do is sour the 99% of people who don't have a Bravia TV on your brand.

There are motivations other than just selling a particular item. A company strategy may forgo short term profit for potential longer term goals. More likely influences include department sales projections which leads to Internal politics playing a large part in the decision making process.

[Mobe1969]

Finally got around to watching this. Got to say, I really enjoyed the movie. And gee it was great having Trevor back in the MCU. Got a lot of laughs from him here and his prior showing.

And the 3D was really great, and enhanced a lot of it, especially the scaffolding.

My one complaint on the story was same as Abrams Star Trek. Starting off with someone being a jerk with someone's car... I really wish in Star Trek they'd left that scene in that explained why... But in Shang-Chi it started me off not liking Akwafina's character. I warmed to her, but I thought it's bit of a bad call.

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Finally got around to watching this. Got to say, I really enjoyed the movie. And gee it was great having Trevor back in the MCU. Got a lot of laughs from him here and his prior showing.

And the 3D was really great, and enhanced a lot of it, especially the scaffolding.

My one complaint on the story was same as Abrams Star Trek. Starting off with someone being a jerk with someone's car... I really wish in Star Trek they'd left that scene in that explained why... But in Shang-Chi it started me off not liking Akwafina's character. I warmed to her, but I thought it's bit of a bad call.

Did you get the impression that shots looking down at the street from atop the skyscraper had been dialed down?

I half wonder if the scene of "Shaun" and Katy joyriding in the car actually happened, because there was an impossibly low amount of traffic in San Fran during it. Maybe it was a Walter Mitty-ish daydream?

The overall message of this film reminds me of that brouhaha over Chinese athletes in America deciding to compete for China in the Olympics, because the characters in the film, especially Katy, became happier once they stopped rejecting, and started embracing, their status as Chinese.