Especially after reading the AV reviews of of the UHD releases, really looking forward to upgrading my despecialized with this preservation.
Dr. Dre, you’re our only hope!
The blu-ray.com reviews of the 4K OT really hands the release its ass. Shame. Could’ve been a great source if they hadn’t tinkered so much.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-Wars-Episode-IV-A-New-Hope-4K-Blu-ray/257142/
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-Wars-Episode-V-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-4K-Blu-ray/257141/
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-4K-Blu-ray/257140/#Review
ANH should have been Episode V at minimum so that there could be an additional movie before it about the formation of the Rebel Alliance.
Or they could have simply not made The Phantom Menace
If “piss poor” HDR means subtle, that’s exactly what i want for a classic film. Not something revisionist.
I’d be shocked if there was an 8K physical media format. It’s not even a guarantee that 8K TVs will become commonplace. I for one won’t be sitting 3 feet from a 100” TV so I can tell the difference.
Fail Safe
10/10
Aside from my purism leading me to hate it because it’s an unnecessary change, it’s also just a really, really stupid title.
Could you imagine them successfully selling tickets to “A New Hope” in 1977? I don’t think the movie was ever marketed as such until DVD.
Perhaps because he doesn’t want people to remember him claiming to have a popular YouTube channel and access to lawyers powerful enough to threaten Vudu?
In the Supreme Court!
I’m very interested to see how this plays out.
I can understand swapping out the old for the new on a streaming service. Your kinda just renting all that content. But switching out your purchased content seems sinister.Yes, it sucks. But there’s nothing the consumer can do about it. Sure you pay for it, but the providers own the content and make the rules.
Long live physical media. From my cold, dead hands.
Yes, there is something the consumer can do about it. Take Vudu to arbitration or take them to small claims. I agree, long live physical media. That’s why I have every version of the films released on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. That’s why I have the Ultra HD box set pre-ordered. But I’m enough of a completist that I also wanted every digital version as well, so I don’t like the 2015 digital version being taken away after I already bought it.
You can’t take them to small claims if they haven’t violated the terms, which they haven’t.
The terms just suck.
I’m very interested to see how this plays out.
I can understand swapping out the old for the new on a streaming service. Your kinda just renting all that content. But switching out your purchased content seems sinister.
Yes, it sucks. But there’s nothing the consumer can do about it. Sure you pay for it, but the providers own the content and make the rules.
Long live physical media. From my cold, dead hands.
I agree with you, this sucks. This is one reason I still buy my movies on disc.
Your transaction is with Vudu, yes. It is also conditioned by their terms of service.
Vudu doesn’t dictate what the content is, the distributor/studio does. The first sentence absolves Vudu of any liability at all.
Digital copies are always a license to access the content. That’s it. You don’t own a digital copy. Ever.
The studios can replace the digital copy with an updated version, a censored version, or even revoke the license altogether at any time, without refunding you a dime, and they’re well within their legal rights to do all of those things.
Is it right? Nope. But that’s how it is.
Until dual power structures are erected, anyway.
Yes, in which case we won’t have to worry about these things because there will be no more big budget blockbusters.
Why do you buy signature editions if you have diamond? They’re almost always the same transfer.
Why do you think the studios love digital so much? They could remove your access to the movie entirely without consequences if they wanted. Without a physical disc or non-DRM’d downlaod, you have no rights.
Something can both be promotional and mutually beneficial. Just because Disney benefits, doesn’t mean they’re not also doing good for others.
You could just get the individual SKUs.
I wish Criterion had done the restored Spartacus BD so we could still have that cover.
It’s really baffling that Universal chose a boring photoshop job over that awesome (and iconic) poster art. Anyone who’s going to buy it already knows Kirk Douglas is in it…
I had to exercise restraint. I have a BN card I will spend in July during their sale, and I get an extra 10% off in store with membership too.
Flash sale!
Picked up Fail Safe, Ace in the Hole and Klute.
Would love it if this were true. But these rumor mill websites with their unnamed sources aren’t interested in reporting the truth.
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Encouraged that Disney is willing to acknowledge 20th Century Fox in the billing, especially considering the recent renaming of the studio. Glad that marque won’t be erased from film history.
Though I assume these are now wholly in the “possession” of LF? As in, did Disney move OT distribution rights over to LF division (or solely Buena Vista) after the acquisition, or is Fox still involved in some way?
I’m sure Disney cares
Song of the South, Fantasia, the technical revisionism present on every classic animated film they’ve brought to Blu-Ray. Hiding classic live-action titles behind the Disney Movie Club firewall.
Need I go on?