Angel Heart (Alan Parker - 1987) and Jacob's Ladder (Adrian Lyne - 1990) new Blu-rays

[Pecker]

Two personal favourites, both being re-issued by Lionsgate this August:

Angel Heart: http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Heart-Bl...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Jacob's Ladder: http://www.amazon.com/Jacobs-Ladder-...AG9DH9S64RV32W

I wonder if either or both are getting 'the treatment'?

Steve W

[Member-222782]

Likely just repackagings with UV codes. Lionsgate doesn't do remasters.

[Pecker]

Probably.

But I live in hope.

Steve W

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by cine74

Likely just repackagings with UV codes. Lionsgate doesn't do remasters.

The newest Terminator 2 release was a re-encode.

[JimDiGriz]

God I hope not, just bought the US Angel Heart!

I cant see it looking much better than it does here though, a noticeable step up from the UK one.

[Ray O. Blu]

If you enjoy Angel Heart, the Korean release is really nice:

http://www.novamnm.com/index.php/blu...pre-order.html

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by cine74

Likely just repackagings with UV codes. Lionsgate doesn't do remasters.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Chicago-Blu-ray/94099/

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dirty...-Blu-ray/9923/

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Total...Blu-ray/42963/

[HeavyHitter]

Both good movies and could use remasters, but at the same time are pretty acceptable - especially Jacob's Ladder.

[travisbickle]

Lionsgate.....lazy *******s.

Why not release something new, like ROTLD 3 uncut?!

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

The newest Terminator 2 release was a re-encode.

Well, that's TERMINATOR 2 and Van Ling had something to do with that disc. We're talking about Angel Heart and Jacob's Ladder. No way these will be new encodes.

More over -- what's wrong with the Blu-Rays that are out there? They were both AVC and fairly recent masters, and both looked pretty good as far as I remember.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

Lionsgate.....lazy *******s.

Why not release something new, like ROTLD 3 uncut?!

Agree! Seems like they only release the same 7 or 8 titles over and over, like Warner. There's literally hundreds of untapped catalog films and they choose these same ones

[lolwut]

I'd be up for a 4K remaster of Jacob's Ladder. One of my favorite films.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

Lionsgate.....lazy *******s.

Why not release something new, like ROTLD 3 uncut?!

Because these discs are already made. Hence, very little cost to re-release.

ROTLD 3 uncut would take money.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by Ray O. Blu

If you enjoy Angel Heart, the Korean release is really nice:

http://www.novamnm.com/index.php/blu...pre-order.html

Very nice set! But is it same transfer as the US disc since that is the best PQ? Interesting to see DTS-HD MA 2.0 on Korean since US disc only have DD for that but both have DTS-HD MA 5.1.

[Fat Phil]

Just watched Angel Heart recently.

It looks/sounds great already. Not exactly a contender for a remaster.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Just watched Angel Heart recently.

It looks/sounds great already. Not exactly a contender for a remaster.

Yep. Watched it the other night. It looks pretty much as good as its ever going to look I think - especially for a film of this age and budget. I was quite surprised at how good it is actually. Sounds about as good as its going to as well. It was on a BD25 so I dont know if giving it some breathing space on a BD50 might make some difference? Probably just a repackage anyway.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

Yep. Watched it the other night. It looks pretty much as good as its ever going to look I think - especially for a film of this age and budget. I was quite surprised at how good it is actually. Sounds about as good as its going to as well. It was on a BD25 so I dont know if giving it some breathing space on a BD50 might make some difference? Probably just a repackage anyway.

The US disc have abnormal low bitrate and on such a old movie with lot of grain I'm sure it could look better (better compression) even without a brand new transfer. Guess I will pick up the US sooner or later since it looks to be the best overall for PQ/AQ. Even the european discs with much higher bitrate looks worse since they use another older? studio canal transfer.

[Ray Jackson]

The "love" scene at the end of Angel Heart is pretty gross when you realize that

[Show spoiler]Mickey Rourke is actually Lisa Bonet's father

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[JohnCarpenterLives]

Ok, so which edition is the one to buy? The Newest reissue with the black cover, the second one that came out in 2014, or the first one from 2009?