The General HD Releases Thread!

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 21 Feb 2009, 17:57

Shing, you're spoiling the film pretty effectively for those who haven't seen it.

Certainly one reason why Saw was so well received was that when it came out it was something new. I can't remember if it was the first, but it was at least one of the first new hard R horror films that came out after those 700 pg-13 horror films...

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 21 Feb 2009, 18:37

Edited my post now.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 22 Feb 2009, 15:02

Alien 3 Extended (Workprint) Cut is a quite good film, easily a fine piece of work, very underrated. Mind you, I've never seen the theatrical cut.

Being on a planet with no traditional ballistic weapons and the fast moving bipedal dog-alien make for quite an entertaining scenario.

One change for the better in the TC is the origin of the dog-alien. Xenomorphs take on traits of their host species. In the Workprint it's birthed from a Ox, which doesn't make any sense, because Alien 3's Xenomorph is definitely not bulky nor slow moving. In the TC, the host is well, a dog.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 22 Feb 2009, 15:13

EvaUnit02 wrote:Alien 3 Extended (Workprint) Cut is a quite good film, easily a fine piece of work, very underrated. Mind you, I've never seen the theatrical cut.

Give the theatrical cut a watch, well worth it just so see the large amount of changes. I alternate between the two, as the work print is a bit tatty quality at times and does kind of pull me out of the film once in a while.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Feb 2009, 16:08

Shing you could put SPOILER TEXT HERE like this. Its lucky I scrolled past your post fast

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 22 Feb 2009, 16:45

I forgot we had spoiler tags on these boards, tis done now.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Feb 2009, 16:53

If a mod doesn't know, we're screwed

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HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 22 Feb 2009, 16:59

We just have to work together and combine our knowledge. Grim knows how to use spoiler tags, I know how to use the search engine...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 22 Feb 2009, 18:53

I found the TC of Alien 3 to be a more satisfying, less bloated experience, but I know a lot of fanboys disagree.

And Se7en is definately a better film than Saw.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Mar 2009, 23:17

Downfall: UK BD -

* According to this it sneaked out 12/02/09 - http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDet ... sku=838316
* £11.37: http://www.dvd.co.uk/DVD/Downfall-Blu-R ... roduct.htm

A review: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.ph ... how=review

Oddly it's only DD5.1. Not even DTS from the UK DVD, although taking into account the DVDs DTS is probably half-rate, it likely matches the DD5.1 anyway. It also looks like they've replicated most/all of the 2 Disc SE DVD extras and even fixed the subtitles (HoH on the UK DVD). The USA DVD commentary is still missing but I wasn't expecting that.

I'm definitely interested in this, it's fantastic.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Mar 2009, 20:49

Maria Full Of Grace: UK BD -

£10.49: http://www.blahdvd.com/DVD/Maria-Full-O ... roduct.htm

I cannot find this anywhere except online shops. It looks like it came out last month.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 01 Apr 2009, 18:19

The US release of American History X has been listed as region free, so we don't need to settle for any EiV shite! Rejoice!

http://www.blurayregioncodes.com/

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Apr 2009, 19:10

Still never seen American X yet, always wanted to but for some reason never got round to it (dont think I own it haha). I even looked on Ebay for it the other day, evil EIV discs put me off haha

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Apr 2009, 22:23

gasteropod wrote:The US release of American History X has been listed as region free, so we don't need to settle for any EiV shite! Rejoice!

Since Warners ditched the New Line label their BDs have been Reg Free.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2009, 20:22

'Lord of the Rings' Box Art Revealed, Pre-Orders Up:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/2700

The cheeky fuckers are releasing the theatrical cuts first. I can wait!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 18 Apr 2009, 16:01

I Got the X-Men Trilogy BD set (uk) today and the packaging states coded for A/B/C. Also got Transporter 3 BD (UK) and that is region-free as well.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Apr 2009, 16:10

Do Fox use region coding any more? Clearly they've finally learnt it was just hurting the uptake of BD.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 18 Apr 2009, 16:13

bradavon wrote:Do Fox use region coding claymore? Clearly they've finally learnt it was just hurting the uptake of BD.

Think they still Code for Region A (ie French Connection 1 & 2 Coded A, uk release free) and new releases.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 18 Apr 2009, 16:48

bradavon wrote:Do Fox use region coding claymore?

Is that when a disc explodes in your player if its the wrong region?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 18 Apr 2009, 18:28

Shingster wrote:
bradavon wrote:Do Fox use region coding claymore?
Is that when a disc explodes in your player if its the wrong region?

No, Brad's referring to massive two-handed swords from Scotland.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 Apr 2009, 18:33

EvaUnit02 wrote:
Shingster wrote:
bradavon wrote:Do Fox use region coding claymore?
Is that when a disc explodes in your player if its the wrong region?
No, Brad's referring to massive two-handed swords from Scotland.

What like a King Size Spam Javalin.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Apr 2009, 09:14

Quite how I managed to type claymore is bloody beyond me

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bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 May 2009, 13:25

Sony Bundles Up 'Crouching Tiger' in Blu-ray Box Set:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/2764

About bloody time. It better get a single disc release soon after. I already own Curse and House is cut in the US, plus it's a piss poor BD. I've been waiting for this one for ages.

Curse is Region A btw but House isn't. I hope it Mandarin PCM or TrueHD, some new extras would be nice too. Oh and a proper clean-up this time.

I'd love the original R3 subs were included but I'm not expecting this one.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 06 May 2009, 15:45

bradavon wrote:
About bloody time. It better get a single disc release soon after.

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/1130 ... chsource=0

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 May 2009, 18:13

Fantastic, thanks.