The General HD Releases Thread!

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 03 Jul 2008, 19:32

I am in shock that the Mighty Anchor Bay would release them 2 films on Blu Ray, as frankly both are below average. Popular, but that means little. They own so many amazing films, yet release them two, classy.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 03 Jul 2008, 19:57

Hellraiser is decent,not seen it in years mind,Children of the Corn is resolutely average and not worth even a rent imo let alone a blu-ray purchase.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 03 Jul 2008, 20:02

Children of the corn must sell better than I think it does, I dont know anyone who thinks its good

but a film that has 14 sequels has to be watched by someone, just like Hellraiser and its 38 sequels

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Jul 2008, 21:09

Hellraiser is a fan favourite, is it not? That reason alone makes lots of "business sense".

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Jul 2008, 00:57

HELLRAISER is alright. Bizarrely it was made in England, but set in the USA. So you've got all these British actors pretending to be American. I think they even dubbed it for the American theatrical release. An expert on the film would know more than me about that though.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Jul 2008, 01:00

I want to punch Clive Barker TBH.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 04 Jul 2008, 16:20

EvaUnit02 wrote:I want to punch Clive Barker TBH.

His voice is insane! the most evil voice in history, try to get thru a commentary with him!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 05 Jul 2008, 00:20

romerojpg wrote:His voice is insane! the most evil voice in history

I thought that was Joe Pasquale?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Jul 2008, 06:54

Salo from BFI.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 from Disney, no specs yet. It'll likely be the boring R-rated version too.

romerojpg wrote:
EvaUnit02 wrote:I want to punch Clive Barker TBH.
His voice is insane! the most evil voice in history, try to get thru a commentary with him!

Try listening to the Lolita audio novel, read by Jeremy Irons.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 09 Jul 2008, 12:47

There Will Be Blood UK Region B-Region Locked

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Jul 2008, 13:07

What!

. Cheers Salty.

Given that the USA effort is Region Free (from Paramount) and I believe identical, I'll be getting that instead.

p.s - What are the English language formats please? I think it's PCM or DD5.1.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 Jul 2008, 14:33

Just like Rambo. UK locked, USA unlocked. Utterly pointless.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 09 Jul 2008, 21:15

bradavon wrote:
p.s - What are the English language formats please? I think it's PCM or DD5.1.

both,& 2.0 according to the packaging

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Jul 2008, 21:23

Thanks Salty.

Markgway wrote:Just like Rambo. UK locked, USA unlocked. Utterly pointless.

When the disc spec in both cases is equal (Rambo is virtually the same) and there is a region free offering I'm not really bothered. I can even play all regions but don't want a region locked disc if I can help it.

In the case of "There will be Blood" it's PCM on the UK Disney disc and Dolby TrueHD on USA Paramount disc but that's the only difference. As both are lossless audio they're audio transparent from each other.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Jul 2008, 12:33

Universal Bringing 'Mongol' to Blu-ray:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/1898

Excellent, bring on the next two parts of the Trilogy.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 14 Jul 2008, 19:41

The Bank Job Region A-Region Locked

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Jul 2008, 17:24

Specs for Nixon DC - region A. It has been remastered according to the article.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Jul 2008, 17:42

Shame the TC has been dumped into oblivion.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Jul 2008, 17:48

Coming from Warner:-
Due to hit stores on September 2, the five titles include Eastwood's 'The Gauntlet' and 'Every Which Way But Loose,' the Schwarzenegger opus 'Eraser,' Seagal in 'Under Siege 2: Dark Territory,' and the sci-fi virus thriller 'Outbreak.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Jul 2008, 18:04

I'd probably get Eraser and Under Siege 2. Solid action films.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Jul 2008, 18:10

Mark, no love for Clint and his orangutan?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 15 Jul 2008, 19:30

Markgway wrote:I'd probably get Eraser and Under Siege 2. Solid action films.

Eraser & Gauntlet for me. Already own the spanish warner blu-ray of Under Siege 2,very good transfer.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 15 Jul 2008, 20:02

I honestly can say it all depends on one thing, how much better than the old dvds they look, as Blu Rays cost way to much to upgrade everything.

Under Seige 2 would be good if its a stonking transfer, but we will have to wait and see.

Still the good thing is the dvds are now so old that they are shocking transfers, so they should in theory be massive upgrades surley

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Jul 2008, 20:16

Don't you ever upgrade BDs even if they look overall better but not excellent?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 15 Jul 2008, 20:24

Depends on price and how much difference there is between the HD and my dvd I have now. And if the films even worth it.

I have upgraded few stunning looking Blu Rays as they cost way to much, but loads of HD DVD's as they are pretty much free.

If I were made of cash I would upgrade them all, but I have too many dvds , Blu Ray just costs far to much still. Esspecially when I can get a HD DVD for under £4 or even under £3.