Conan the Barbarian (1982) / Conan the Destroyer (1984)

[John Bierly]

My deepest thanks go out to everyone here who reported on the new French version and answered everyone's questions.

Mine just arrived from Amazon France, and it's amazing. This is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, so the missing chorus on Universal's domestic release was pretty devastating (and immediately obvious). It's wonderful to finally have a Blu-ray that not only replaces the missing chorus but also fixes the other audio and video issues.

Thanks again to everyone who kept pushing for the corrections!

[HeavyHitter]

Nagy,

Where did you order the French release?

Agreed, Universal is a disgrace in general having done just a piss poor job with so many Blu-ray catalog titles.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Nagy,

Where did you order the French release?

Agreed, Universal is a disgrace in general having done just a piss poor job with so many Blu-ray catalog titles.

Not sure where he got it, but you can order from Amazon France.

[nagysaudio]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Nagy,

Where did you order the French release?

Agreed, Universal is a disgrace in general having done just a piss poor job with so many Blu-ray catalog titles.

From Amazon France, took about three weeks for delivery to the U.S.: http://www.amazon.fr/Conan-barbare-d...onan+steelbook

[HD Goofnut]

Is the FR steelbook region free? Also, are any of the extras in PAL? Is this the extended international cut like we saw from the U.K. and H.K.?

[nagysaudio]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Is the FR steelbook region free? Also, are any of the extras in PAL? Is this the extended international cut like we saw from the U.K. and H.K.?

Region free. Extended international cut identical to UK and HK. Haven't watched any extras yet.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by nagysaudio

Region free. Extended international cut identical to UK and HK. Haven't watched any extras yet.

Good to know. Wonder if it will ever drop into the 10 Euro range.

[The Fallen Deity]

This is awesome news, the film's fully uncut and the audio's presented properly.

Is the source of the transfer the same as the one released over here in the U.K. or is it a different transfer?

Also does the menu have to be changed to a language other then English for the film to play uncut or can it be played uncut with the English menus?

My BD is the censored one with the fixed audio and the night filter during the wolf chase scene left intact, so I'd love to get my hands on this French Steelbook.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

Is the source of the transfer the same as the one released over here in the U.K. or is it a different transfer?

Good question as I was thinking maybe a different transfer since it's a different cut? The U.S. version looks too "video-like" to me in some scenes where as other scenes are fine.

[nagysaudio]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

This is awesome news, the film's fully uncut and the audio's presented properly.

Is the source of the transfer the same as the one released over here in the U.K. or is it a different transfer?

Also does the menu have to be changed to a language other then English for the film to play uncut or can it be played uncut with the English menus?

My BD is the censored one with the fixed audio and the night filter during the wolf chase scene left intact, so I'd love to get my hands on this French Steelbook.

Same master, different encode. We would need Capsaholic to zoom in and check out which encode is better.

Upon inserting the disc, I was not prompted by a menu to select my region. I use a region A PS4. Everything was default to English.

I'm not sure if changing languages, or playing in a different region player will force the cut version...

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by nagysaudio

Same master, different encode. We would need Capsaholic to zoom in and check out which encode is better.

Upon inserting the disc, I was not prompted by a menu to select my region. I use a region A PS4. Everything was default to English.

I'm not sure if changing languages, or playing in a different region player will force the cut version...

Thanks for the info. The current HD Master looks pretty solid for the most part with the exception of a little bit of Edge Enhancement and noise. It's a huge improvement over the old R2 DVD though.

Yeah it looks like you can play the uncut version whilst keeping everything set to English.

I need to pick this set up, thankfully I haven't picked up The Destroyer on BD yet.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

Thanks for the info. The current HD Master looks pretty solid for the most part with the exception of a little bit of Edge Enhancement and noise. It's a huge improvement over the old R2 DVD though.

Yeah it looks like you can play the uncut version whilst keeping everything set to English.

I need to pick this set up, thankfully I haven't picked up The Destroyer on BD yet.

If i remember right, if you put it in Region A player, you don't have to do anything to watch the uncut version.
If you put it in Region B player, you must choose a language other than English!

If you search the pages back, someone says about it..

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

If i remember right, if you put it in Region A player, you don't have to do anything to watch the uncut version.
If you put it in Region B player, you must choose a language other than English!

If you search the pages back, someone says about it..

I've just checked and they don't say anything about whether you have to change the language on region B players for the uncut version to play.

It's cool that it works on region A players without any problems though.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Good question as I was thinking maybe a different transfer since it's a different cut? The U.S. version looks too "video-like" to me in some scenes where as other scenes are fine.

This film's a bit of a mess in different countries on BD.

Here's the different editions that I can think of on the top of my head:

The U.S. release by Universal: This has the shorter version of the film. The audio's also faulty on it's 5.1 track and the night filter during the wolf scene is missing. The film's fully uncut though.

The U.K. release by Fox (1st pressing): Has the same issues as the U.S. BD, the only difference is that the film's presented in its extended cut & it's censored. But there's a loophole to watch the uncut version.

The U.K. by Fox (2nd pressing): All the issues from the 1st pressing & the U.S. BD are fixed & the original mono mix was included, also all the international languages were dropped from the disc. Unfortunately it only has the censored version of the film and the loophole was removed.

The French Steelbook by MGM: Overall it's the same as the 2nd pressing of the U.K. disc, the only difference being that the film's uncut now.

I'm also guessing that it has a French language option seeing as it's a French release lol.

All these different editions were sourced from the same HD master.

I hope this info helps.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

I've just checked and they don't say anything about whether you have to change the language on region B players for the uncut version to play.

It's cool that it works on region A players without any problems though.

here you are:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1923

the disc is uncut (uncut Extended International Cut) if played with a region A player or with a region B player set to non English player menus.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

here you are:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1923

Cheers.

I thought as much, it's just like the old Fox BD minus the crappy audio & the colour timing error.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

This film's a bit of a mess in different countries on BD.

Here's the different editions that I can think of on the top of my head:

The U.S. release by Universal: This has the shorter version of the film. The audio's also faulty on it's 5.1 track and the night filter during the wolf scene is missing. The film's fully uncut though.

The U.K. release by Fox (1st pressing): Has the same issues as the U.S. BD, the only difference is that the film's presented in its extended cut & it's censored. But there's a loophole to watch the uncut version.

The U.K. by Fox (2nd pressing): All the issues from the 1st pressing & the U.S. BD are fixed & the original mono mix was included, also all the international languages were dropped from the disc. Unfortunately it only has the censored version of the film and the loophole was removed.

The French Steelbook by MGM: Overall it's the same as the 2nd pressing of the U.K. disc, the only difference being that the film's uncut now.

I'm also guessing that it has a French language option seeing as it's a French release lol.

All these different editions were sourced from the same HD master.

I hope this info helps.

Great summary, thanks!

Let me ask you: although they were all sourced from the same master, was any processing applied differently such as EE or DNR? For example, like what we saw with the different T2 releases.

[Agent Bond]

Love the Moby Dick scene. They've put it in the theatrical version.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Great summary, thanks!

Let me ask you: although they were all sourced from the same master, was any processing applied differently such as EE or DNR? For example, like what we saw with the different T2 releases.

No thankfully, they're all the same. There's EE on all the discs but it's not too bad.

There's no DNR on any of them.

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...?hd_multiID=26

The DE disc is the same as the U.K. version.

[BlueAngel7]

Just received the French Steelbook today but am unable to play the uncut version using PowerDVD 12 on my PC. I've changed the country code to France but it still plays the discs English menus and the cut version. I reside in region B.

I just wondered if anyone has got this working without changing the code to region A.

Edit: Got it working on my LG BD player no problems just doesn't work on the PC.