MrBrown

dark_jedi said:

MrBrown said:

Is it true that the unrated Director's Cut never made it to US DVD? Well there is a german DVD from Kinowelt containing the unrated Director's Cut. (Be careful in germany the r-rated Cinematic Cut is called 'Director's Cut' amd the unrated only is called "Special Edition"

The german BD sadly just contains the r-rated cinematic Version...

 

The japanese DVD also seems to contain the unrated Version, additionally it contains the r-rated version ... the "Scanbox" (production company) DVDs from norway, finland and danmark also seem to contain the unrated DC...

Which movie are you talking about?

Oops.. I meant "SCREAM" (From Wes Craven)... sorry. Thoght I mentioned it, but seems that I missed this,  'cause I fitst used the search function..

Is it true that the unrated Director's Cut never made it to US DVD? Well there is a german DVD from Kinowelt containing the unrated Director's Cut. (Be careful in germany the r-rated Cinematic Cut is called 'Director's Cut' amd the unrated only is called "Special Edition"

The german BD sadly just contains the r-rated cinematic Version...

The japanese DVD also seems to contain the unrated Version, additionally it contains the r-rated version ... the "Scanbox" (production company) DVDs from norway, finland and danmark also seem to contain the unrated DC...

Edit... after dark_jedi's request:

I talk about Wes Craven's "SCREAM"

The AU and the GB Disc are stated to be on DVD 5 the Dutch Disc is stated to be DVD 9... The NL Version has less subtitles than UK and AU (both the same) but the NL Disc is stated to contain some trailers.

But the ofdb.de might be wrong on this differences. I don't think the NL Version is avaible anywhere... Never saw it in Venlo in one of the stores...

The PAL UK DVD is stated do be anamorphic widescreen. Also the Dutch and the Australian Discs stated do be 1.85:1 anamorph ...

ReverendBeastly said:

Is there any way to verify that this German edition of Time Bandits on Blu-ray is actually Region B and not region free?

http://www.amazon.de/Time-Bandits-Blu-ray-John-Cleese/dp/B0045XQZIY/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1294468057&sr=1-1

On that note, does anyone have the R2 French Studio Canal DVD of Time Bandits? I can't find it on Amazon.fr, but it has an excellent set of features as details here:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=2333#4

The german BD is Region Coded B according to the ofdb.de

accodrding to ofdb.de this is the featured stuff on the german disc. (Sorry not translated, just quoted :D )

dark_jedi said:

MrBrown said:

The upcoming (March 2011) german DVD and BD release of the Grindhouse feature is at the moment stated to contain the Fake Trailer "Hobo with a shotgun" . If it's true this would be damn cool, because neither the US Bd nor the jap. DVD seems to feature that trailer.

 

Yea I am already looking in to getting this, along with The Crow Steelbook, also that Grindhouse is a Steelbook as well I believe.

Yes it is a Steelbook, definitely going to grab this one.

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The Steelbook for The Crow looks GREAT to.

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Also just scored the German Briefcase release of Inception, very cool set.

Yeah, its stated to be a steelbook. But I fear the ugly blue bar at the top.

I am not so a Steelbook buyer. They get scratches really fast. (I have the Steelbook for the DVD release of Leon - The Professional, and I got an ugly scratch right through the color down to the metal... ) I even have a PS3 Game Steelbook with an onprinted rating logo.

The upcoming (March 2011) german DVD and BD release of the Grindhouse feature is at the moment stated to contain the Fake Trailer "Hobo with a shotgun" . If it's true this would be damn cool, because neither the US Bd nor the jap. DVD seems to feature that trailer.

Regarding Face Off:

I won't say that this are compression artifacts. It seems to be the Filmgrain. Or could you specify the Point where you see the artifacts?

It's the only Disc that causes trouble with my PS3.

Its one of the first european PS3 releases with a 60gb HDD (now 600 gb *g*) and the software emulation for PS2 games.

My PC has an old Pioneer BD-Rom (About 2 years old), it reads every disc except the Apocalypse Now Disc. Even the red fox fails to read the disc complete. Stops after 60%, while my Windows not even possible to show how much space the disc uses.

Either the Disc is defect, or the Disc Drives are to old, getting some of the new standards/copy-protections read properly.

Maybe some further update to the red fox will fix this, so I may get the D my Popcorn Hour to Watch it on my TV.

btw:

I have the german DVD of the television cut. Do you think it will be possible to get the german audio onto the BD video stream? What should I try to do? Speeding the PAL sound down to match the video, or speed the video up to match PAL speed? I am complete new to this :)

I have it, but my PS3 and my BD-Rom seem impossible to read he first disc :( hope some further PS3 update will fix this... or maybe some new BD-Rom one day...

The german BD of FACE|OFF is not so DNRed as the US Disc.

Check out still images at caps-a-holic.

(Hope this also counts as "special" content :) )

DarkGryphon2048 said:

MrBrown said:

Additional get the Taiwan DVD of Hard Boiled. The quality may s*** (Hard Boiled at caps-a-holic) but it is the only source (known to me) containing the longer cut of the movie.

Fo "The Killer" I recommend additionally the french double DVD set. The bonus Disc containing a longer Version of The Killer. The Image Quality could be better, but is not as bad as the Taiwan Hard Boiled release. (The Killer at caps-a-holic)

You also use caps-a-holic? EXCELLENT.

Sometimes I also help there providing additonal versions. Exactly like the HK remastered and french Versions of "The Killer" and the Taiwan Version of "Hard Boiled". Its great to see that some people like the work there. :)

Additional get the Taiwan DVD of Hard Boiled. The quality may s*** (Hard Boiled at caps-a-holic) but it is the only source (known to me) containing the longer cut of the movie.

Fo "The Killer" I recommend additionally the french double DVD set. The bonus Disc containing a longer Version of The Killer. The Image Quality could be better, but is not as bad as the Taiwan Hard Boiled release. (The Killer at caps-a-holic)

I have a similiar thing: The Popcorn Hour. Stocked with 2 TB. It plays mkv and BD ISOs and DVD ISOs and BD folder structures, DVD folder Structures and so on. Poorly the Firmware is not finished, yet, so its sometimes kinda buggy.

The big Popcorn Hour C-200 could contail a 2.5" SATA HD inside, and a 3.5 " SATA in an excange frame. Instead of the exchange frame there could be installed a BD-Rom for watching BDs. I belive its also possible to plug BD-Roms via USB. External HDs and Sticks could be plugged via USB and could be used to play files from. The C-200 can play BD-ISOs with BD Java content.

The small one, the A-200 could only be stocked with one SATA HD, and can play the same formats as the big boy, but It has no license to use BD-Java. So BDs with Java Menues ust play the main movie, and have no possibilities to use the extras. Language Settings can be done by a player menu.

To be honest: at the moment the popcorn hour is quite expensive and there are some important things that don't really work fine with the current firmware.

The Germen DVD of the new robin Hood semms to contain some more blood splats than US DVD, BD and german BD.

A cut review in german is avaible here.

The Howling? Germany had the raw-cut Version on DVD. It was about 99Min 50 Sec in PAL speed.

Poor thing: its not avaible anymore...

The normal cut version is on BluOut in germany, too. But I don't know anything regarding quality...

digitalfreaknyc said:

Does anyone have True Lies from Germany with these?

Trailers:
- German Trailer (1:27)
- English Trailer (2:10)
Teaser [English] (0:59)
TV-Spot [English] (0:30)
Interviews: (15:22)
- True Lies: Arnold Schwarzenegger (5:22)
- True Lies: Jamie Lee Curtis (4:55)
- True Lies: James Cameron (5:04)
"True Lies: Hollywood Premiere" - featurette (5:30)

 

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Yeah. Me! Got it for about € 6 in a second hand shop here in Germany.

Cube is out as BluRay in Netherland. But except for some Trailersits free of bonus features.

It comes in 1080p with English Audio and optional Dutch Subs.

Hell frozen!

JEAH! Okay.. now I don't need the VHS anymore :)

Hopefully this release come to Germany, too.

Hopefully in redux AND Theatrical Version!

I once ordered at an italian site. I don't know any italian, but google language tool helped me out enought, to get the Vincent Price "Last man on earth" from italy :)

Seem that both of the eBay sellers don't ship to USA.

...so.. i just ordered at eBay for € 14.

If I don't like that movie, I may sell it again.

Edit:

I once checked how much it would be shipping from germany to USA (I got the "The Day After" DVD with widescreen presentation.) Shipping was quite expensive. € 13.90 via DHL .. UPS seems somebit higher.

Addidtionally the Movie is quite expensive. (I bought it at ebay for 14 Euro. other listings are 16 and above.. 25 Euro at Amazon.de for a used 40+ for an "new".)

So you could calculate above 30 Euro for the DVD send to from a german member to you. That would be $40 or more for the DVD !

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Be carefull at amazon.de marketplace. US and UK discs may be offered under the german Disc page!

for example the offer for 19.99 € states:

US-DVD mit längerer Fassung als auf deutscher DVD! Region 1-DVD, bitte prüfen Sie, ob Ihr Player die abspielt.

Translated:

"US-DVD with longer Cut than german DVD! RC-1, check if your player is capable of playing it."

Mitch was last online March 20th.

Does anyone know anything?

UK is not anamorphic and has the director's cut, not the thatrical cut.. gemany seems the only country with theatrical cut and anamorphic...

Sorry, I don't know anyone who taped this movie. As a matter of fact I am the only one i know personal who is so obsessed with movie like I am :(

I even imported two Italian DVDs, which stated to have 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Its even printed that way on the Covers. But as a matter of fact they even have just 2.00:1...

Some of the TV airings seem to be in 2.10:1 or 2.15:1, like the Marketing tape i own. But the data on ofdb.de are not allways correct.

Oh jeah.. i meant 1.33:1 => 4:3

The image quality is .. nut just quite bad.. its.. damn bad. Just grab a snap for your vewing unpleasure :D

Just found two german DVDs at eBay for about € 20. Seems to be very rare..

eBay 1

eBay 2

The German VCD has 1:33 Full Screen. I know it, because I own it. :)

Its also from Philips like the UK VCD (as the eBay link some posts above).