New James Bond Ultimate editions - R1 Single Films ANNOUNCED

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Jun 2006, 12:40

Harsh yes but as Eva says who cares, at least they're not 18's now

EvaUnit02 wrote:
bradavon wrote:Ah the penny has dropped, they sub-license.
Huh? So what is your revelation?

I'm surprised you guys don't use that phrase too.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 Jun 2006, 12:46

You still haven't answered the question, what was your epiphany, Brad?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Jun 2006, 12:58

Sorry I thought you worked out the answer yourself.

When you said "it's just like Criterion" the penny dropped that they'll be sub-licensing but MGM (so Sony) will still own the films.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 Jun 2006, 13:01

bradavon wrote:When you said "it's just like Criterion" the penny dropped that they'll be sub-licensing but MGM (so Sony) will still own the films.

I thought that that was what you meant, was just thrown by your foreign colloquialisms.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Jun 2006, 14:25

Fair enough as "most" colloquialisms we use you also do I thought you'd have heard of that one.

It's commonly known and old too over here, so it's weird it hasn't reached NZ.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Jun 2006, 23:20

Is anyone planning to upgrade their?:

* Goldeneye
* Tomorrow Never Dies
* The World is not Enough

The fact two of them are now uncut means little to me when we all own uncut DVDs anyway. For older films it's a no brainer (except for the lack of Mono/Stereo issue) BUT for these 3 they already have decent PQ, decent 5.1 and decent extras.

I was all set to put mine on eBay in the hope I could get a tenner for the lot (as Romero says they really don't sell well) but then having to fork out nearly forty quid (£35.97 to be exact) seems like a lot of money.

I'll wait to see image comparisons I think as it comes down to AV on these ones. The new extras don't look like they add much over what we have already. DTS would be nice but I don't think it's enough reason to warrant spending 36 quid.

If was I only upgrading 1 then fine but 3 it gets pricey. I pidy the fool who picked up "all" the previous Bond DVDs

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 09 Jun 2006, 23:27

I'll be picking up copies of all 3 of those films as well as Die Another Day. I already have uncut copies of all of them but I think I'll wait for the R1 versions of these new "Ultimate Editions" before I upgrade...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 10 Jun 2006, 02:44

Licence to Kill is the only one I'm definately buying straight away.

The others I'm gonna wait until they come down in price. Too expensive for reissues without a BOGOF offer. Damn Sony.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Jun 2006, 19:08

I really don't see the point upgrading DAD unless you must have them all looking the same. The actual DVD will be 95% the same. I can't see it being any better looking.

I'll probably end up picking those three when they're under a tenner, £11.99 is a decent enough price for a new release but when we're talking 3 DVDs to buy it's definitely to expensive.

That is of course unless the new DVDs have been heavily remastered with greatly improved DTS, neither of which I can see happening.

I fancy buying TND straight away as it's my fave Bond film but then the other two will really stand out

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jun 2006, 06:01

bradavon wrote:I really don't see the point upgrading DAD unless you must have them all looking the same. The actual DVD will be 95% the same. I can't see it being any better looking.

Why anyone would want to own DAD (other than for sake of completion) is beyond all intelligent logic.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 11 Jun 2006, 10:11

The invisible car bit was pretty cool...

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jun 2006, 12:09

The bit where Lee Evans turns out to be a North Korean soldier is incredibly lame.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 11 Jun 2006, 12:17

Lee Evans?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2006, 12:30

BiscLimpkit wrote:The invisible car bit was pretty cool...

Is it? The part where Bond manages to skie using a piece of the car is even more impressive/unbelievable (you choose, I know which I would).

It got so over the top I thought they were making Casino Royale 2 at one point.

EvaUnit02 wrote:The bit where Lee Evans turns out to be a North Korean soldier is incredibly lame.

I'm not sure that's the right name but agreed I was shaking my head in disbelief, we're supposed to believe a dark haired Korean is the same person as a white, blonde preppy Brit.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Jun 2006, 12:37

Ah, it was Toby Stephens. Never heard of him.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 11 Jun 2006, 12:53

Yeah, he looks nothing like Lee Evans!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 11 Jun 2006, 16:11

Die Another Day was the worst since Moonraker. A dumb, over-blown comic strip with crappy characters and crappy theme song.

MLAM · Post by **MLAM** » 11 Jun 2006, 18:51

Markgway wrote:Die Another Day was the worst since Moonraker. A dumb, over-blown comic strip with crappy characters and crappy theme song.

I agree! though I don't really mind Moonraker

, I thought it was alright, even though its You Only Live Twice but in space.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2006, 23:16

What was wrong with Moonraker? All the old ones tend to merge into one long film for me.

MLAM · Post by **MLAM** » 11 Jun 2006, 23:26

I didn't find anything majorly wrong with it, thought it starts off rather well actually, i think most people found the whole Bond in space thing to be a bit silly, also Roger Moore was at his all time high with his tongue in cheek comments in this film I think

.

One thing that really helps this film is John Barry's excellent score, such a shame the OST CD is so short and unlikely to be expanded

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2006, 23:52

Bond in space is a bit silly, that said I don't remember having a problem with it.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Jun 2006, 04:14

Moonraker has for me the best 007 theme song. Ironic.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Jun 2006, 06:13

The villain in DAD was very weak (as you said Brad, just ridiculous how he changes from Korean to preppy, upper class English).

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Jun 2006, 17:31

Anyone seen any reviews/screenshots yet?

MLAM · Post by **MLAM** » 16 Jun 2006, 20:09

grim_tales wrote:Anyone seen any reviews/screenshots yet?

No not yet, but apparently it has been confirmed that the R1 release will be when Casino Royale hits the cinema's and the specs WILL BE IDENTCAL to the R2 releases.

Also the Aussie's will be getting 2 sets to pick from! One in the Attache case and a more standard hard case which will retail for 100$ less than the case.

Also the French will get the case too but there Cover for A View To a Kill will be edited to remove the eifel tower which is on our cover, odd but true apparently.

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