Thank you everyone for introducing me to the legendary Danol. I will be sure not to become like him.

From www.dvdreview.com this release is not anamorphic!!

WTF!!! Start the rants now............

http://www.dvdreview.com/fullreviews..._edition.shtml

Well that's simply money I'll be saving then. Not going to rant and rave, I just won't buy it...

I just don't get it..

I'll keep the old version of Ransom that I have. I'm just praying they didn't do the same thing to Splash.

Are you frigging kidding me? A major studio releasing a "special edition" of a major film from a major director in 2004 ... and it is non-anamorphic?



Disney

Ransom is a great movie. I have the barebones region 1 dvd and will be picking up the special edition too eventually. When I get the SE, I'll have to sell my other one..No need for two copies

This has to be a mistake (on Disney's part, not DVDReview's). That's just crazy.

I have both movies in hand. On it's specs Ransom says it is widescreen, but Splash is enhanced for 16x9.

Thank God Buena Vista got 1 out of 2 right (which is about the going percentage for all of Disney's Catalog releases). I'll be happily buying Splash 20th AE SE & skipping Ransom.

Wow, that's crappy news. Guess I'll pass on the Ransom disc.

I cannot believe that Disney could screw up like this...oh wait, sure I can.

Quote:

Originally posted by majorjoe23
I have both movies in hand. On it's specs Ransom says it is widescreen, but Splash is enhanced for 16x9.

THANK GOD.

I was more concerned with Splash anyways..

[Not that that excuses Ransom's treatment...]

damn it...guess i'll hold off on Ransom as well....but I'm all over Splash!

MATT

Well, guess I just saved $20 on Ransom. I'll just keep my LD of the director's cut since all I was looking for was the anamorphic transfer. Oh well. Good job Disney!

Too bad about Ransom not being anamorphic, at least Spalsh is. I'm still probably gonna pick up Ransom because I really like the movie and apparently it includes two tickets to see The Ladykillers for free (according to the IGN review I just read). When you figure the admission is $16 or so for two people, the actual price of the DVD will be practically free (if, Ransom is on sale for $16 somewhere).

Yeah, if i can find ransom real cheap somewhere i'll probably pick it up just b/c of the 2 free tickets.

There is also a free ticket to The Ladykillers included with the Splash dvd. And there is only supposed to be one ticket included. I think the reviewer just got lucky and got an extra one.

Wow! That is surprising. Guess I'll hold onto my Ransom SE ANAMORPHIC version from Australia.

Here's a review of the new Splash 10th Anniversary DVD:
http://www.thedigitalreview.com/foru...=&threadid=685

And yes, it's anamorphic as has been covered.

IGN DVD is also reviewing the new Ransom, and they reported it not being anamorphic, its the same transfer as the one already available.

This is unimaginable. Especially from a major studio and a major film like this one!

Yeah, so somebody at Buena Vista messed up big time. They lost themselves a sale. When I heard about the Ransom SE, I thought, cool. I liked this flick and some extras would be rather fun to have. Now that it ain't anamorphic, I'm not gonna bother. I mean, you can already get an anamorphic transfer on that movie in Korea. I'll wait for the SE to be released elsewhere, I'm sure it'll have an anamorphic transfer somewhere in the world.

This is incorrect. The Korean SE is NOT anamorphic. It DOES, however, have a DTS track.

Is someone holding the anamorphic version "ransom" or something?

Another lost sale for ransom...

A non-anamorphic widescreen transfer in 2004 is just inexcuseable.

NO SALE