DAS BOOT: UNCUT 5 hour version on June 1st!
03-22-04, 05:07 PM
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DAS BOOT: UNCUT 5 hour version on June 1st!
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Well, I guess this makes the Superbit version basically useless. Because I assume this will be a pristine transfer with about a 8+ mbps transfer rate.
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Das Boot (The Original Uncut Version) for 1st June 2004 with a retail price of $39.95. Director Wolfgang Peterson's Das Boot was originally created as six 50-minute episodes for German TV and can now be seen as was originally intended in its complete 293-minute version (4 hours 53 minutes) for the first time on this two-disc set that offers collectible packaging and the following features...
- Anamorphic Widescreen
- German and English DD5.1 Surround
- Original Extended Version is almost 5 hours long!
- Includes a making-of featurette and the Director's Cut!
- Includes restored original stereo audio and newly created 5.1 audio from the original stereo
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03-22-04, 05:16 PM
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Well, I guess this makes the Superbit version basically useless. Because I assume this will be a pristine transfer with about a 8+ mbps transfer rate.
03-22-04, 05:20 PM
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Don't see the DTS track listed under the specs... Also, the "director's cut" being included has not been confirmed... So... Who knows. At any rate, BlackBeauty92, enjoy the SB for now...
And... http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=352000
And... http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=352000
03-22-04, 05:27 PM
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Why'd they limit it to only 2-discs?! I guess the lazy people would complain about having to swap out a 3rd DVD, but in reality are you going to sit straight through an almost 5-hour long movie?
And there's no doubt 3-discs would have better a/v quality.
And there's no doubt 3-discs would have better a/v quality.
03-22-04, 05:37 PM
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To those of you non-SB believers, I still think the SB is the better way to go. The time difference is 90 minutes, BUT most of what is cut actually makes for a better "movie". Unnecessary character development and extended scenes are cut for better flow. That and a VERY nice DTS track. If you look around the net, many people who have seen both feel the DC takes nothing away from the mini series.
Had this had DTS, I would have upgraded. But I really can't see any real reason now.
Had this had DTS, I would have upgraded. But I really can't see any real reason now.
03-22-04, 06:14 PM
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One thing doesn't exclude the other, gentlemen! Especially, when we are dealing with such a masterpiece.
I'll pick up both of them. Of course, in R2.
I'll pick up both of them. Of course, in R2.
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I don't know... A great DD track is just as good as a DTS, IMHO. The DTS logo doesn't mean I will buy it. The only Superbits I've gotten are the ones where I'm not missing anything from the non-superbit release - titles like Fifth Element, Quick & the Dead, Desperado and Johnny Mnemonic.
I'm more of a total package person myself.
That being said, I'll probably get both the Superbit and the new mini-series release in order to have both cuts of the FILM. That's more important to me anyway - the film itself.
I'm more of a total package person myself.
That being said, I'll probably get both the Superbit and the new mini-series release in order to have both cuts of the FILM. That's more important to me anyway - the film itself.
03-22-04, 06:24 PM
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I'm with Axorr - I'll pick this one up and keep my Superbit. I consider them both separate films - just like my cut and uncut Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.
03-22-04, 06:40 PM
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Originally posted by Pelayu
One thing doesn't exclude the other, gentlemen! Especially, when we are dealing with such a masterpiece.
I'll pick up both of them. Of course, in R2.
One thing doesn't exclude the other, gentlemen! Especially, when we are dealing with such a masterpiece.
I'll pick up both of them. Of course, in R2.
03-22-04, 08:31 PM
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Another place says it's 3 discs. If they're including the Director's Cut, I hope they include the commentary as well, otherwise I'll get the original DVD as well, since I've been putting it off for the ultimate edition...
03-23-04, 09:36 AM
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Originally posted by rossi46
. . . but in reality are you going to sit straight through an almost 5-hour long movie?
. . . but in reality are you going to sit straight through an almost 5-hour long movie?
Woo. As in Hoo.
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03-23-04, 09:58 AM
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the reality is that all three version are essential:
standard version - director's commentary
superbit: killer DTS sound/improved video.
new version - complete 5-hour miniseries cut of film.
standard version - director's commentary
superbit: killer DTS sound/improved video.
new version - complete 5-hour miniseries cut of film.