LxG 2-Disc & DTS?
11-12-03 | 08:59 PM
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LxG 2-Disc & DTS?
From Comics Continuum....
LxG Update
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LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN DVD UPDATE
Consumers who purchase the X2 DVD -- due in stores on Nov. 25 -- will receive an in-pack coupon to take $3 off a purchase of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen DVD.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen -- based on the America's Best Comics title by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill -- will arrive on DVD on Dec. 16 with a suggested retail price of $27.98.
The two-disc set showcases English 5.1 DTS, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French Dolby Surround and Spanish Dolby Surround sound and is available in either Widescreen (aspect ratio 2:35:1) or Pan & Scan (aspect ratio 1:33:1), each presented in silver and gold amaray packaging, respectively.
Both versions contain the following bonus features: Actor and Producer commentaries with Trevor Albert, Jason Flemyng and Tony Curran, a Visual Effects commentary by the Production Designer, Costume Designer, Make-up Effects, Visual Effects and the Miniatures Creators, a making of featurette, 12 deleted scenes, and more.
The film was directed by Stephen Norrington, who also directed Blade. The cast includes Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain, Nasseruddin Shah as Captain Nemo, Pete Wilson as Mina Harker, Tony Curran as the Invisible Man, Stuart Townsend as Dorian Gray, Shane West as Tom Sawyer and Jason Flemyng as Dr. Jekyll.
Consumers who purchase the X2 DVD -- due in stores on Nov. 25 -- will receive an in-pack coupon to take $3 off a purchase of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen DVD.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen -- based on the America's Best Comics title by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill -- will arrive on DVD on Dec. 16 with a suggested retail price of $27.98.
The two-disc set showcases English 5.1 DTS, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French Dolby Surround and Spanish Dolby Surround sound and is available in either Widescreen (aspect ratio 2:35:1) or Pan & Scan (aspect ratio 1:33:1), each presented in silver and gold amaray packaging, respectively.
Both versions contain the following bonus features: Actor and Producer commentaries with Trevor Albert, Jason Flemyng and Tony Curran, a Visual Effects commentary by the Production Designer, Costume Designer, Make-up Effects, Visual Effects and the Miniatures Creators, a making of featurette, 12 deleted scenes, and more.
The film was directed by Stephen Norrington, who also directed Blade. The cast includes Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain, Nasseruddin Shah as Captain Nemo, Pete Wilson as Mina Harker, Tony Curran as the Invisible Man, Stuart Townsend as Dorian Gray, Shane West as Tom Sawyer and Jason Flemyng as Dr. Jekyll.
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11-13-03 | 08:44 AM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
"With dts, the MASSIVE SUCKING SOUND will sound clearer and crisper than ever before..."
"With dts, the MASSIVE SUCKING SOUND will sound clearer and crisper than ever before..."
11-13-03 | 01:04 PM
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Shit, I wanted to see this at the movies and thought of buying it blind, but wasnt too sure. Now with a $3 coupon, It'll probably be $12.99! Im ALL over that!
11-18-03 | 03:51 PM
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The director, Stephen Norrington didn't do a commentary for Blade either. I read that he supervised the editing for the first half of the movie or so, maybe even less and then left the project. It shows because when Connery's character is introduced that was the best scene of the movie. Norrington can be a good action director if he gets along well with the cast and crew.
09-06-04 | 12:25 AM
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So.... what ever happened to this 2-disc DTS version?
09-06-04 | 12:48 AM
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Originally posted by RocShemp
So.... what ever happened to this 2-disc DTS version?
So.... what ever happened to this 2-disc DTS version?
The r3 has the dts track, I believe...
09-06-04 | 01:43 AM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
"With dts, the MASSIVE SUCKING SOUND will sound clearer and crisper than ever before..."
"With dts, the MASSIVE SUCKING SOUND will sound clearer and crisper than ever before..."
Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Thanks for adding. -notrolls-
Thanks for adding. -notrolls-
09-06-04 | 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Probably shelved/abandoned after little interest in the first release.
Probably shelved/abandoned after little interest in the first release.
09-06-04 | 06:20 PM
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Well that makes sense I suppose. But that could have been avoided had they kept to their original plan to release it as a 2-disc set.
In any case, I wish this was revisited by Norrington himself sometime in the future. As far as I understand the only thing he wasn't able to shoot was the ending (and the one that exists can be salvaged by the removal of the whole "ressurection" bit at the very end) so I guess he could edit back all the stuff that Fox made him cut. And I don't mean the R-worthy bits. (There's no way he was contractually obligated to deliver a PG-13 film if he actually bother to shoot a scene of a constables head popping open under a tank wheel). I mean the entire plot of the movie. There was a lot of stuff regarding those german scientists in particular the one kidnapped at the beggining (Karl Draper I think was his name), the characters orginally had development beyond just some lines of witty banter and the Fantom actually was meant to appear for more than 5 minutes.
Oh well, the film did so "well" in the box office I guess it'll just remain a pipe dream.
In any case, I wish this was revisited by Norrington himself sometime in the future. As far as I understand the only thing he wasn't able to shoot was the ending (and the one that exists can be salvaged by the removal of the whole "ressurection" bit at the very end) so I guess he could edit back all the stuff that Fox made him cut. And I don't mean the R-worthy bits. (There's no way he was contractually obligated to deliver a PG-13 film if he actually bother to shoot a scene of a constables head popping open under a tank wheel). I mean the entire plot of the movie. There was a lot of stuff regarding those german scientists in particular the one kidnapped at the beggining (Karl Draper I think was his name), the characters orginally had development beyond just some lines of witty banter and the Fantom actually was meant to appear for more than 5 minutes.
Oh well, the film did so "well" in the box office I guess it'll just remain a pipe dream.
09-06-04 | 10:23 PM
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Yeah that would be sweet. Well, just as long as the director's cut isn't mono. 
