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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Sept 7, 2005 18:11:13 GMT -5
Let me know how that is, Adam. I just couldn't get myself to pull the trigger since the first release is such a grand set already.
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Post by Kensterberg on Sept 7, 2005 18:53:50 GMT -5
Weeps -- anything different on that Toy Story reissue? I've got the Toy Story/Toy Story 2/Extras 3 DVD set from a few years back.
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Post by phil on Sept 7, 2005 19:21:27 GMT -5
A "Toy Story" re-reissue ??
How many times will they milk that cash cow ??
This looks like the "Live at Leeds" of movies ...
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Post by Adam on Sept 7, 2005 22:33:31 GMT -5
Weeping, I finished watching the longer version and I was quite satisfied. It seamlessly integrated deleted scenes found on the previous 2-disc set and a few other scenes previously unreleased (I can't remember which) that fleshes out supporting characters, namely Lucia and Commodus. Ridley Scott makes it clear in a video introduction that his preferred cut is the theatrical cut but I think the new version works as well.
I've just started on the Scott and Russell Crowe commentary and it's quite entertaining.
As for the rest of the set, damn, I don't know when I'll ever get through that: a 3 1/2 hour documentary on one disc and a disc full of new supplements. The man who produced the disc produced the gigantic Alien Quadrilogy box set, Spider-Man 2 and many other Ridley Scott DVDs (Black Hawk Down, Legend, Thelma & Louise, Hannibal). He's really good at his job.
The video and audio quality is terrific but I think its the same as the previous disc (which is reference quality; but no DTS track if you care about that sorta thing).
My advice: if you're a fan, this is a must buy but hold on the 2-disc set.
I don't know if this is the case overseas, Phil, but the 3-disc set (that Ken mentioned) is discontinued (and costly on ebay). I've read that the video/audio transfer is so much better and that the supplements are a mix-and-match of old and new. But, I'll let Weeping disclose that info.
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Sept 8, 2005 18:20:24 GMT -5
By the time it came to mind that I didn't own the 2 Toy Story movies the 'Ultimate Toy Box' set was well out of print and highly sought after, creating prices beyond what I wanted to pay. Most of this release is all new and I must say ideal for people who missed out on the stuff that went out of print before.
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Post by Adam on Sept 9, 2005 22:25:59 GMT -5
Thorn, Luke, Strat (and any others), I figure this will interest you. The official specs on the Sin City SE DVD:
From dvdanswers.com:
Dimension has provided us with the first details on Sin City: Recut & Extended which stars Bruce Willis, Clive Owen and Jessica Alba. This new cut of the movie will be available to own from the 13th December, and priced at around $39.99. The set will include both the 124 minute theatrical release, along with the 147 minute extended cut. Both will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with English DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks. Extras will include a commentary with director Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, a second commentary with Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino and a third commentary containing Austin Premiere crowd reaction! Also included will be a 15 minute film school with the director, a Movie in High-Speed Green Screen feature, 17 uninterupted minutes of Tarantino's segment, footage of a Sin City cast/crew party, and a 10 minute cooking school with Robert Rodriquez. Completing the package will be four featurettes on the cars, special effects make-up, costumes and props, a featurette on how they convinced Miller to assist with the film, another featurette on casting, a featurette on Tarantino the guest director, trailers, bloopers, and an interactive game. Topping it all off will be a complete Sin City graphic novel (The Hard Goodbye), worth around $17.
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Post by Thorngrub on Sept 10, 2005 0:40:13 GMT -5
holy shit . . . well I'm still glad I got the initial theatrical release (I could not have waited until mid-December to watch Sin City again). But it doesn't mention anything about the reputed feature of being able to watch each of the story-arcs uninterrupted. I wonder if it will feature that...
*cool!*
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Sept 10, 2005 14:45:14 GMT -5
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Post by Adam on Sept 10, 2005 18:17:09 GMT -5
Good choice, Weeping.
Mary will be thrilled.
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Post by stratman19 on Sept 10, 2005 18:39:36 GMT -5
Thorn, Luke, Strat (and any others), I figure this will interest you. The official specs on the Sin City SE DVD: From dvdanswers.com: Dimension has provided us with the first details on Sin City: Recut & Extended which stars Bruce Willis, Clive Owen and Jessica Alba. This new cut of the movie will be available to own from the 13th December, and priced at around $39.99. The set will include both the 124 minute theatrical release, along with the 147 minute extended cut. Both will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with English DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks. Extras will include a commentary with director Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, a second commentary with Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino and a third commentary containing Austin Premiere crowd reaction! Also included will be a 15 minute film school with the director, a Movie in High-Speed Green Screen feature, 17 uninterupted minutes of Tarantino's segment, footage of a Sin City cast/crew party, and a 10 minute cooking school with Robert Rodriquez. Completing the package will be four featurettes on the cars, special effects make-up, costumes and props, a featurette on how they convinced Miller to assist with the film, another featurette on casting, a featurette on Tarantino the guest director, trailers, bloopers, and an interactive game. Topping it all off will be a complete Sin City graphic novel (The Hard Goodbye), worth around $17. Hey Adam, thanks for posting that. I'll probably have to spring for it when it comes out, but I'm kinda with Thorn. I'm glad I bought the initial release, I wouldn't have been able to wait that long. In fact, I watched it last night. |
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Post by Adam on Sept 10, 2005 19:16:14 GMT -5
Patience is very rewarding, if you ask me. Why keep a version that you may never revisit once you've bought an updated one (and what is arguably the intended release)?
I mean, you may, but I don't think I would if I bought the dvd already available.
I've sold original versions or given them to family members in lieu of upcoming or exisiting re-releases (e.g., Batman, Batman Returns, Jaws, Brotherhood of the Wolf).
Only if there's something unique/valuable about them, I still keep them around.
However, the one thing that irks me is, oddly enough, the inclusion of the Hard Goodbye novel. This obviously made the price go up but I already own a copy of this. A gift for a friend, perhaps?
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Post by maarts on Sept 13, 2005 4:08:42 GMT -5
Adam- Happy Birthday!
Purchase for me- in the daggy-department:
Blakes 7 Season 3 box set.
Damn, that Jacqueline Pearce was one hell of a bitch!
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Post by Adam on Sept 15, 2005 5:30:56 GMT -5
 Bought this yesterday morning. I previously had copies of these 2 films but then sold them earlier this year (along with a few other titles) to pay an auto insurance bill. Luckily, I found a brand new copy of them both together for $15. Basically, I love this stuff. After seeing Hard Boiled on cable (dubbed, no less), I was floored by what John Woo and his collaborators accomplished and just had to digest whatever else was available. By this time (that I saw it), he had already made 2 films in America (Hard Target and Broken Arrow), both of which, I would learn, could never stand up to the films he made in Hong Kong. These 2 are quite remarkable but they're really a taste of what was to come (Bullet In The Head, The Killer, Hard Boiled). Terrific performances, creative direction, unabashed sentimentality (which mars some scenes) and the ultimate in slo-mo action scenes, blood squibs and guns which never need reloading (until it becomes convenient or inconvenient). Best of all, these films unleashed Chow Yun-Fat onto the world. " I give you nothing, man! I give you shit!" |
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Sept 19, 2005 19:08:56 GMT -5
I'm really pretty embarrassed about not having this yet:  Film Noir Classic Collection (The Asphalt Jungle/Gun Crazy/Murder My Sweet/Out of the Past/The Set-Up) |
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Post by Rit on Sept 20, 2005 16:49:22 GMT -5
Urethra! or is it Eureka?... in anycase, i have purchased Scorsese's No Direction Home DVD documentary and am about to watch all 3 hours of it. i'm so happy i could cry.   |
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