Mike Lowrey

Well, like I said earlier, since I didn't buy these last releases, this new release will definately be a no brainer.

NEUMANN

I own all the Bond films to,and like many who do,will not rebuy these,maybe when they come out in HD,which will probably only be a year after they release this newest set

whoster69

I feel the same way Neumann. It's annoying that they redo it so soon. Why not just get it right the first time?

NEUMANN

well actually the current ones are quite old(great dvd's though)and i have no qualm with them re-doing them after all its been years since they came out(the sets last year where the same dvds that had been sold years earlier).I just feel that with this newest set not coming out for 13 more months that the HD bonds will be out within 12 months after that,so there is no way i am rebuying all 20 non HD bonds lol

Jericho

Well to be fair, the first DVDs of Bond came out way back in 1999. They came out in three waves ending in 2000, but the recent releases were nothing more than the original re-releases. And they did get it pretty right back then. Compared to other releases around that time, the Bond DVDs are pretty nice.

NEUMANN

I Agree,they still hold up great even though they where very early dvd releases,they all have good PQ and tons of extras,am more then happy with them until HD DVD bonds come out

Mike Lowrey

Are you folks sure? I've heard that the early Bond films have some pretty dismal transfers.

NEUMANN

Yes am sure,Dr. No and Goldfinger both have good transfers,while they are not state of the art(think north by northwest)they are still good transfers,and by no means bad transfers

Here is a review of Goldfinger http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=48

QuiGonJosh

yeah...I have no problems at all on the early Bond transfers...I mean they're 40+ years old! And OHMSS looks incredible for a 36 year old movie!

Numanoid

A five-shooter?

NEUMANN

And everyone knows Bond carrys an automatic not a revolver lol

JimRochester

I'm only missing From Russia With Love so I won't be rebuying any big sets. Hopefully that will mean a nice supply of individual discs available to complete my collection.

emhello

Does anyone know whether these will also be available individually??

JoeyOhhhh

They are good, but they deserve better treatment.

Diamonds Are Forever stands out in my mind as a horrible transfer.

critterdvd

Will these be release as Sony Titles or MGM titles? I know Sony owns the rights now, but are they still keeping the MGM (actually united artist) logo's for exsisting movies? Thanks!

darkside

I thought MGM did a great job with the first SE releases, so I don't feel cheated at all if they up the quality a bit on the new versions. There are reasons to upgrade, but you really aren't heavily punished for standing pat and keeping the current SEs.

I'm just wondering like others if the Sony takeover may change the plans or content for the Bond rereleases.

That set would look really cool on my bookcase though.

darkside

I would bet the original logos will be on there, but there may be a newer Sony or Columbia logo before the movie starts.

bluesparrow

He said gun BARREL, as in this:



Try imagining looking down at it in the closed position:

Josh Z

If you'd tried to watch them on a large screen you wouldn't feel that way. Most of the current Bond DVDs have atrocious digital compression quality. MGM overloaded those DVDs with hours and hours of bonus features on the same disc as the movie, when they should have made them each 2-disc sets. On Goldfinger, there isn't a single shot in the movie that doesn't suffer from terrible compression artifacts. It's unwatchable on a large screen. The non-anamorphic laserdisc release looks much cleaner and overall better.

NEUMANN

Well i have a 55 inch mits55313 and i can vouch that goldfinger looks good on that,as far as projectors go i would'nt know since i dont have one,but if you have a 55 inch(would also think 65 inch sets too) or smaller tv the goldfinger dvd is a good transfer,so more or less anything other then a projector

NEUMANN

Thats supposed to look like a gun barrel?????

emhello

So no one knows if these will also be available individually in normal DVD cases?

steebo777

I'm all over this release

rexinnih

I've got my R2 Japanese box set. That's good enough until we can get these on blue ray. And my wife would kill me if I bought them again.

kajs

I'd like the new Thunderball release to have the one hour ABC "Incredible World of James Bond" (or something to that effect) show included. It only had a brief clip in the DVD documentary, but it looks like it was included in its entirety on one of the laserdisc releases.