Jabbitt

Time to retire this brilliant McFly Waterworld set. It’s getting an official Blu-ray release later this year.

https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/waterworld-blu-ray/FCD1837

TWO-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

New restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative by Arrow Films, presenting the film in three cuts
Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo audio options
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Six collector’s postcards
Double-sided fold-out poster
Limited edition 60-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the film by David J. Moore and Daniel Griffith, archival articles and original reviews
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
DISC ONE – THE THEATRICAL CUT

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the original theatrical cut
Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld, an all-new, feature-length making-of documentary including extensive cast and crew interviews and behind the scenes footage
Original archival featurette capturing the film’s production
Global Warnings, film critic Glenn Kenny explores the subgenre of ecologically aware Hollywood blockbusters
Production and promotional stills gallery
Visual effects stills gallery
Original trailers and TV spots
DISC TWO – THE EXTENDED CUTS [LIMTED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the extended US TV cut, which runs over 40 minutes longer than the theatrical cut
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the extended European “Ulysses” cut, which includes censored shots and dialogue

iRantanplan said:

I bet 10 bucks that they'll put it in 1.78:1 instead of 1.85:1 on the disc. Those fools almost always crop the image to get rid of the "annoing black bars"... :(

But I hope they won't put the exact same version on the DVD as mcflys as the "ABC version" could use some tweaking pacing wise espeacially in the action sequences. mcfly said it himself actually.

According to DVDactive, the release is in 1.85:1.  There are also two new menu shots that seem to confirm that it's one cut per disc and the only extra is the trailer.

Jaiman Tuckuh said:

Jabbitt said:

I know it's only just started, but I'm not a fan of the bittorent thing. Can someone post to a newsgroup please? :-)

 

I'll post it to the newsgroups, after I get a copy.

Thank you very much.  I've been waiting for this for ages.

I know it's only just started, but I'm not a fan of the bittorent thing.  Can someone post to a newsgroup please? :-)

Not to sound desperate, but whats the current situation with this? :-)

It looks like the extended DVD version with more pod race and other changes as mentioned in that article.

Max_Rebo said:

Jabbitt said:

I've noticed that wookiegroomers Episode 1 & 2 are currently being postes to a.b.hdtv.x264 by an anonymous poster.  I'm hoping that they post episode 3 as well!

 

Does anyone know which cut of Episode 1 it is? i.e. theatrical cut or extended DVD cut.

 

Cheers

I don't know what the differences are.  Give me some examples to look for and I'll check which version it is.

Dunedain said:

I just got the 13GB version of the original trilogy (thanks, Wideload! :) ), and I've had the chance to watch a few seconds of Star Wars so far to see if the file works, and it looks incredible! :) I've never watched Star Wars in HD before, just amazing picture quality, so sharp and detailed! :) Thanks to Wookie Groomer for putting together such a great set! :)

I have a question about the set. I noticed the res of the video is 1920x820, is that the res it was originally broadcast in in Germany? Also, is the .WMV format the video is in the format it was originally recorded on by the DVR in Germany, or did it need to be converted to .WMV, and if so, why? If it was converted to .WMV for whatever reason, how was the bit-rate of the video conversion decided on so as to not lose any of the quality of the original file from the DVR? Thanks for any info. :)

I'd hazzard a guess and say that there in the WMV format so that there playable on the Xbox 360.  The 360 can play these files with no problem if there connected via an external HD and that hard drive is formatted to HFS+ to allow the 12gb file size.  The 360 will only read external drives in HFS+ or FAT32 (this means file sizes are limited to 4gb, which is a bit pointless for HD files).

I've noticed that wookiegroomers Episode 1 & 2 are currently being postes to a.b.hdtv.x264 by an anonymous poster.  I'm hoping that they post episode 3 as well!