Supermallet

Just placed a pre-order. Thanks!

Solid Snake

Ugh...not again.

Dan

The only listing on bestbuy.com is the DVD version.

gryffinmaster

Weird. The link I included above WAS a pre-order for the Blu-ray.

zombeaner

New specs up on BB.com. Most interesting bits: 3 disc set, all of the extras from Oldboy tin, possibly both versions of Lady Vengeance(?)

3 Disc Set Featuring:
-- SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE
-Audio Commentary with Director Park Chan-wook and Actor /Filmmaker Ryoo Seong-wan
Special Features:
-The Process of Mr. Vengeance, My Boksu Story, Crew Interviews, Jonathan Ross on Park Chan-wook, Soundtrack & Photos, Storyboards, Original Behind the Scenes feature, Trailer

-- OLDBOY
-Audio Commentary with Director Park Chan-wook, Audio Commentary with Director and Cinematographer, Audio Commentary with Director and Cast
Special Features:
-5 Behind The Scenes Documentaries: Making The Film ¿ The Cast Remembers, Production Design, The Music Score, CGI Documentary, Flashback; Cast & Crew Interviews; 10 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary; Featurette: "Le Grand Prix at Cannes"
-"The Autobiography of OLDBOY" - A 3 hour video diary.

-- LADY VENGEANCE
-Director Park Chan-wook and Actress Lee Young-ae Commentary, Director, DoP and Art Director Commentary, Critic Richard Peña Commentary
-- LADY VENGEANCE "Fade To White" version:
-Park Chan-wook introduction to the "Fade To White" version, Director Park Chan-wook and Actress Lee Young-ae Commentary, Director, DoP and Art Director Commentary, Critic Richard Peña Commentary
-- LADY VENGEANCE Special Features:
-Making of Lady Vengeance: Making of Featurette, EPK includes Teaser, Trailer, "Highlight" and a different "Making-of" feature
-Style of Lady Vengeance: Visualization, Production Design, Costume & Makeup, Art, CG
-Deleted Scenes with Commentary
-Park Chan-wook: Interview with Park Chan-wook, Park Chan-wook, "Mr. Vengeance", Photography featurette, "Director's Choice", A short film recommended by Park Chan-wook
-Character Interviews, Lady Vengeance in Venice, Get Together, Trailer, TV Spots, Poster Gallery

zombeaner

Curious about how they fit all the extras on one disc for Oldboy.

Boba Fett

If I remember correctly the third DVD was only a few gigs. I imagine they'll just port discs 2 (the doc) and 3 in SD, with plenty of space left over for the feature in HD.

gryffinmaster

Hmm. I was hoping they were going to be "lazy", make it a four-disc set and just repurpose the DVD pressings of Disc 3 from the Oldboy tin. Here's hoping quality won't be sacrificed.

zombeaner

I'm hoping the number of discs is a mistake. I think squeezing both versions of Lady Vengeance on one disc could be a bad thing.

TheDuke

They will probably use seamless branching.

zombeaner

I can't imagine how you could seamlessly branch an entire film slowly fading to black and white. More likely they'd have to have two completely separate video tracks on the disc. They could share audio tracks, but I don't think they would be able to share video.

zombeaner

Yeah, that makes sense.

Drav3n

Im hoping the price drops before release...Im not looking to drop $60 on this set.

Brent L

I own both the Oldboy DVD tin set and the BD release. Awesome deal since I can pay for this new set just by selling those two releases. I also have Sympathy and Lady Vengeance on DVD that I can sell too.

Dan

It has been quite some time since I've watched this, but isn't it just one (relatively short) sequence that fades to black and white? I don't recall it being a change to the entire film.

gryffinmaster

No, it's a very slow process that starts at roughly the halfway mark. They could, in theory, do a seamless branch at that point, though. It'd be about the same thing as having a three-hour movie on the disc, or something relatively close.

manicsounds

Well, what do you think the "angle" button is for? I think it makes sense.

Matthew Chmiel

Using either VC-1 or AVC codecs, it's entirely possible to put two versions of the disc and not suffer major compression (especially VC-1). It may be easier for the production house to do it that way instead of trying to sync both video tracks with the audio.

doctorthodt

Ok so we're talking nearly 4 hours of 1080p video, multiple audio tracks, and all the special features. You really think that's appropriate for one BD?

Brent L

Why in the world isn't this listed anywhere other than BB so far?

riotinmyskull

possibly an exclusive?

gryffinmaster

Best Buy has a three-month exclusive window, until June.

Brent L

I get that, that's what I told my cousin. I barely see it mentioned anywhere else though on other sites or on DVD tracking sites, and that sort of stuff also. For this to be such a high profile release, and it is to me in a big way, there just doesn't seem to be much talk about it so far.

Matthew Chmiel

112 minutes using the VC-1 codec (+ a lossless audio track, two or three) could be sitting comfortably under 20GB. Add another; we're at 40GB. For shits and giggles, I'll even adjust it to 42GB.

Most of the extras, if not all, will probably be SD based and we're now shy of 50GB right there.

The Canadian Haloween triple-pack fits four and a half hour worth of film on a BD-50 (one film is 1080p, the other two are 1080i); all with DTS-HD MA tracks. All look great and highly superior to their DVD counterparts.

Yavin

Does that mean that after June, this will show up in Canada as well? I would love to upgrade, as I have the DVD versions of all three films, but have been turned off by the $40-$50 Cdn price HMV has been asking for a couple of years for the Oldboy BD import.