New James Bond Ultimate editions - R1 Single Films ANNOUNCED

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 25 Jun 2006, 18:48

Alright, alright, calm down everybody. Let's try and keep it friendly...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 25 Jun 2006, 22:13

Friendly... friendly??? Why you mother....????

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 Jun 2006, 01:49

"From Russia With Love: Unfortunately, a cut in From Russia With Love has not been fixed. There is a jump-cut at the end of the scene where Bond and Tatiana Romanova are riding in a gondola. Bond examines Grant's blackmail film. There is an awkward cut after Bond says "He's right you know". Bond's position changes (he's no longer obviously holding the film), and there's a jump in the theme song. A subsequent line, "What a performance!" is missing from all known prints. An article about this can be found here." (From Zeta Minor)

Damn. That's the worst cut in the entire series and they haven't fixed it. Stupid buggers. Ultimate, my arse!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 26 Jun 2006, 15:18

bradavon wrote:Which DVDs are you talking about?

The UEs.

The R4 UE's aren't out yet so you couldn't possibly know

Come dude, we know that they'll highly likely to be 100% identical to the R2 UEs. Sony are lazy & highly predictable, they'll probably just dual-encode the R2 & R4 discs like they have in the past.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 03 Jul 2006, 10:12

http://www.zetaminor.com/dvd/dvdreviews ... timate.htm

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Jul 2006, 10:27

Maybe the R1's have the original theatrical burnt in subs.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Jul 2006, 13:36

Dr. No: In the original cut of the film Bond shot the traitorous Professor Dent six times. Director Terence Young decided that this was a little excessive, so trimmed the scene. In all extant versions of the film, including the new Ultimate Edition version, Bond only shoots twice ([56'09"]

That cut was ordered by the BBFC.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Jul 2006, 14:17

Yawn:-

Die Another Day

A substantial amount of the bonus material that was on the original R2 DVD, released in 2003, is missing from this so-called "Ultimate" edition, including the seventy-five minute documentary Inside Die Another Day; several other short featurettes; Madonna's Die Another Day video (and its Making of... featurette); and the theatrical trailers - all gone. The new material: Just Another Day (23m), A British Touch - Bond Returns To London (4m) and Location Scouting With Peter Lamont (14m), don't nearly make up for the omissions.

That movie sucks ass any, who gives a shit?

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 03 Jul 2006, 14:58

LOL. If you couldn't care less about the movie, why bother posting about it?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Jul 2006, 15:03

Exactly. If you don't like the movie, just don't buy it.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Jul 2006, 01:15

IronMonkey wrote:LOL. If you couldn't care less about the movie, why bother posting about it?

For the lulz, duh.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Jul 2006, 01:31

Enough with the 'lulz' already.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Jul 2006, 02:05

Markgway wrote:Enough with the 'lulz' already.

I'll cease once Bisc stops using the text version of his retarded dialect.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Jul 2006, 09:37

Bisc doesnt speak text, he speaks Aberdonian.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jul 2006, 20:22

Agreed and agreed on both counts. Bisc's Aberdonian and Eva's slang both do my head in. Please both stop!

IronMonkey wrote:LOL. If you couldn't care less about the movie, why bother posting about it?

For those who do maybe! More to the point why is Eva posting something I already posted 10 days earlier and in more detail

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Jul 2006, 17:01

Sorry Mark but it sounds like A View To A Kill may still be edited by the BBFC

(though one extra on the DVD makes the DVD a 12). It doesn't say "Previous cuts waived" under any listing for the film.

As for Goldeneye/TND, at Play it says "uncut on DVD for the first time", not "UK DVD", I'll wait for confirmation though.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 11 Jul 2006, 20:18

Yeah, I figure MGM/Sony haven't put in quite as much effort to restore these films are I'd first hoped. Seems none of the films before Licence to Kill have had their cuts restored. What a waste - as we'll never see these redone from the uncut film prints.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jul 2006, 20:46

So it's only the Brosnon Bonds that are likely to be uncut?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 11 Jul 2006, 20:55

Possibly...? We don't know yet. Every knob who has actually seen them hasn't bothered to say so. DVD Times have just stopped coverage after Thunderball. Asses. We'll know by next week though. I'm gonna buy Licence to Kill to be sure.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Jul 2006, 20:59

Soon I'll trade in my old Connery discs.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jul 2006, 21:00

Markgway wrote:Every knob who has actually seen them hasn't bothered to say so.

It really, really, really pisses me off when that happens.

I'm more than likely upgraded the first 3 Brosnan Bonds at some point but I'm no longer in any rush, unless the AV turns out to be a big step up (which I doubt).

I hope we get comparison reviews of all or most of the DVDs. It also really annoys me when it's obvious a DVD needs a comparison but no one bothers.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Jul 2006, 21:03

I asked DVD Compare/Rewind about Goldeneye etc but they havent compared them yet.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Jul 2006, 09:40

Goldeneye review:

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Re ... sp?ID=7089

Tomorrow Never Dies review

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Re ... sp?ID=7094

Sorry to put a dampner on things but it appears the "uncut" versions we're getting in the UK are the "PG-13" US editions (ie probably what most of us already have). For Goldeneye it says:

"This version of the film is uncut, the same that was included in the Special Edition"

and for TND the censorship page only mentions things like Yeoh taking a throwing star from her shoe etc being restored.

Interesting the BBFC thought the extra footage warranted a "15" even today.

Bah. I'll still get LTK though.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Jul 2006, 20:37

grim_tales wrote:Sorry to put a dampner on things but it appears the "uncut" versions we're getting in the UK are the "PG-13" US editions

Only you and Mark ever expected otherwise

. Personally that's all I was expecting so no dampner for me.

Thanks for the review btw but I'll wait for proper comparison reviews. Those reviews only skim the surface.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Jul 2006, 23:30

Re: Goldeneye

It's a bit of a toss up whether or not an upgrade to this new version (from the SE) would be advisable as the video quality seems to have gone backwards in some areas...

The video quality is disappointing considering the excellent reviews given to previous versions

The sharpness, however, was somewhat variable with the occasional scene such as the one around 44:00 featuring M and Bond having an argument being a little soft and showing some grain and even mild macro-blocking in backgrounds.

The main problem I have with this transfer is the introduction of quite noticeable aliasing and jagged edges which occur regularly. Most occurrences are mild, however considering that this was not present on previous versions of this film (based on the previous reviews) this is quite disappointing.

WTF???