Eraser (Schwarzanegger) - best version?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Dec 2005, 21:14

I've split up the Scart and HD Talk into it's own thread here:

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=1298

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 Dec 2005, 22:39

I watched Eraser the other night! wow I forgot how good it was! I am currently writing a nice favorable review of it, as its bloody great! nice, mindless violence and one liners its classic and its aged perfectly.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Dec 2005, 23:32

How does it compare to True Lies?

I've not seen Eraser for years. I remember it being enjoyable but not a keeper.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Dec 2005, 00:54

I enjoyed True Lies when I saw it at the cinema, but even though I have the DVD, I must admit it's overlong and gets bogged down with misogyny and smugness in the second third. Great action scenes though... and Arnie. 8)

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 29 Dec 2005, 01:15

I own the heavily cut R2 of this film. I quite like it as a typical Arnie action film, but I can't really watch it anymore due to the 3.5 minutes of action cut out of it.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Jan 2006, 22:22

this is dirt cheap at dvdpacific and you get collateral damage thrown in as a bonus!

http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=700232

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 30 Jan 2006, 10:38

Tom, Pitch correction doesn't always mean the sound is OK. Because they DO need to "mess" with the sound... look at The FellowShip of the Ring R2... the soundtrack on it is not good.

As for Resolution, there's 96 more lines of picture on PAL, but honestly on my system NTSC looks better (this is related to my scaler which seems to do 480 upscaling better than 576 upscaling)... and the difference between PAL and NTSC doesn't seem that big with anamorphic video as it does with non-anamorphic video.

of course, this is all depending on your viewing distance, if you are borderline close to your set with PAL, you would notice scanlines when switching to NTSC (on a regular CRT/tube TV).

As for this PAL/NTSC... when going HD they had every chance in the world to make a multisync standard... think how nice it would be to have a 96 or 72 fps HD screen? (Those are multiples of 24 - meaning no conversion needed for film material!)...

One could scream!

As for ERASER... I have the old NTSC LaserDisc... Do I need to upgrade? Let's see... when did I last see this flick...

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 Feb 2006, 13:52

Markgway wrote:I enjoyed True Lies when I saw it at the cinema, but even though I have the DVD, I must admit it's overlong and gets bogged down with misogyny and smugness in the second third. Great action scenes though... and Arnie. 8)

I enjoyed all the comedy stuff with Jamie Lee Curtis and Bill Paxton.

. Great action scenes though... and Arnie. 8)

Couldn't agree more. Cameron sure knows how to craft some fucking fantastic action scenes.

*Arnie in Harrier to head baddy sitting on missile* "You're fired!" *Arnie fires missile, head baddy goes boom*

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 06 Feb 2006, 18:10

Its' very cheap now ($AUS15) at Ezy. R4 Eraser should be about 110 mins long (PAL) right? I'll get the R4 as I dont like silver platter discs.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 06 Feb 2006, 18:38

Are you sure R4 is a amaray? All the old R4 reviews I've read say its a snapper.

Also basically I'm confused as to what the original runtime was - one R4 review says its 109m 52s, but add 3m 22s to 106m 58s (the length of the 15 video) and you get 110m 20s

t also says the "Film" 18 version ran 109m 10s before being submitted to the BBFC - eh?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 07 Feb 2006, 01:48

Some of the BBFC cuts were substitutions; that would affect the run time.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Feb 2006, 08:45

Hmm. If you take away 28s from 3m 22s, you get 2:54, which is the exact difference between the 15 version and the Australian DVD. Maybe the cinema cuts don't apply for the R4?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Feb 2006, 18:35

I'm confused. Whats' annoying is my player doesnt show what the exact runtime of a DVD is when you pop it in the player (my old one did). There are other European versions I could buy though.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 07 Feb 2006, 19:09

Er, I've already explained the time discrepancy Grim. Did you see my last post?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Feb 2006, 19:51

Sorry, didnt realise that. The BBFC site doesn't say that.
All non UK DVDs (and r4) must be uncut then.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Feb 2006, 01:40

grim_tales wrote:Sorry, didnt realise that. The BBFC site doesn't say that.

I checked the BBFC listing and you're right there's no mention to substituted cuts, but having seen the full cuts list, and compared three versions myself (hey, I was bored) I can assure you that only about 2:45 of actual footage has been cut, the rest of the 3:22 cut time is due to the rearrangement of footage to accomodate substantial re-editing. This is most noticeable in the butchered VHS take on the raid on the cabin in the woods. It's incoherent on tape. we're supposed to find out at this point James Caan is the villain, but the removal of his smothering of the witness robs us of this important plot point! It's now a little while later when Caan shoots the kid on the plane we learn what he is. I would assume that every non-UK version is uncut unless you hear otherwise. I have the R1.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 Feb 2006, 08:46

OK, cheers Mark

I'll get the r4

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 Feb 2006, 14:25

Brad do Atlantic DVD charge on order or when they ship?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 06 Apr 2010, 21:44

To update this thread,the best version is now the uncut usa BD.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 07 Apr 2010, 04:58

I have it. Good film, sags a little in the middle, but the first and third acts are top-notch. Was passed uncut by the BBFC, but a BD never came.

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