I have the R4 True Lies and it's got a very decent anamorphic transfer but, I'd really like to see a full-blown SE of this as well as an anamorphic Abyss SE. Sucks, that we'll have to wait til after the Titanic SE for any word one way or another though.

Guys, do Korean versions play on R1 players???

They should not.
Well, three of the Korean DVDs I brought back after I lived there didn't work.

"Korean" discs or any discs that are Region 0 will play in your region 1 player. If they are hard coded for any region other than #1 (2-6) they will not play in your unit unless it has been modded region-free. It's been my experience though that region 0 discs tend to be rather "bootish" if you get my meaning. Not saying all 0 discs are boots, but I am saying all the ones I have seen have been.

Is there a Region 0 True Lies?

No. The Korean disc is Region 3. The Japanese disc is Region 2. Neither will play on an unmodified US DVD player.

No, they will not work.

That's what I just said.

So is there still no anamorphic True Lies DVD? I rented one from Blockbuster online and the copy I received is not anamorphic. Without a case, I can't tell what version of the disc it is. Has there only been one release? This one at amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...v=glance&s=dvd
says that it was released in 2003. Is that true? Does it have anamorphic widescreen?

Is the only anamorphic version of it a different region than region 1?

Thanks.

I believe there has only been 1 release of True Lies in Reg 1 and it is non-anamorphic.

Then I guess they'll have to yank movies like Black Sunday, Executive Decision and The Siege from the shelves then too. I mean, seriously, I know Hollywood can be idiotically PC, but they're not that ridiculous. There's no anti-Arab theme in the film - in fact one of the good guys on Arnie's team is an Arab - the bad guys happen to be Arab terrorists, that's all. The film casts no aspersions against Arabs in general...and it's not like there isn't a precedent for Arab terrorist groups plotting to kill Americans.

As has been said before, if Fox would just reissue this with a nice anamorphic picture and great sound and possibly the trailer, I'd be satisfied. The current version is pretty much unwatchable.

As much as I'd love a full-blown two disc special edition, I accept the fact that it seems like James Cameron and Fox have decided to forget this movie exists.

Hey I was going by what the people behind the film said and the Director, producers etc.. they are the ones who said that and thats why they say Part 2 will not happen and to a lesser degree why the dvd wont be re-visited, so if they say so, then its up to you and me to beleve them.
I do I guess :) as we all know they will make cash from a re-release, so they wont throw cash away for no reason.

Still if people need Anamorphic get out of america and shop elsewhere :D I do.

The UK R2 (I have it) is anamorphic I'm sure.

If that's true then it's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I'm Irish, but I don't see Hollywood running to cover up copies of Patriot Games just to avoid offending me. There really is an I.R.A. They really do commit terrorist acts. But simply having some Irish terrorists in a film is not the equivalent of saying ALL Irish people the world over are terrorists or terrorist sympathizers. This PC mania has gotten so ridiculous. Unless they make every bad guy into an alien or robot then there's the risk of offending some overly-sensitive person or group. There's nothing remotely offensive about True Lies that should warrant its ugly stepchild status, if in fact that is the case.

Actually, they are. Hollywood is like a different planet. They're morons, and they actually think that people really think they are important. The worst of it is, some other morons actually DO think they are important. I think Jane Fonda is the only one who ever learned anything from her stupidity.

Thw Austrailian version is anamorphic. I've got it.

Hey, I know some robots who would take quite a bit of offense at that comment!

I agree with you there. But I think part of the double standard is that the terrorsist in Patriot Games (very underrated film BTW) are all white. whereas the Arab villains in True Lies... Well, you get where I'm going with this. Stupid reasoning? Hell, yes. And, like another poster mentioned, it's not as if the film portraid all Arabs as terrorsits. That's like saying that Black Hawk Down portrays all black people as vicious genocidal maniacs.

Honestly, I wish Cameron and Fox would get the stick out of their asses and just re-release a barebones version of the film with a nice new anamorphic transfer and a DTS track (as was done with some of the early Fox re-releases).

Is this why there are no special editions of The Terminator or Terminator 2: Judgement Day? :(

Oh wait.... ;)

OT I heard that a Carribean people consisting of about 3,000 people are protesting the sequel to Pirates of the Carribean because it portrays their people as cannibals. Which, according to some historians, they are.

I remember back when Assassins was being filmed here in Puerto Rico, many complained that the movie would give people the wrong impression that there are killers and other such criminals in Puerto Rico. Guess what? There are. But not all of them. Anyway, the film never even acknowledged that the finale even took place in Puerto Rico (heck, the celebration toward the end isn't even remotely Puerto Rican.)

In Indonesia, True lies had made such a controversy, sparked by overzealous fanatic groups who actually (sigh) haven't watched the movie at all. They created fierce protests that somewhat shook every newspaper deadline. The censorship board was very confused because they couldn't find the alleged controversial scenes at all (it was said that there was some kind of massacre scene of people praying - oh my God, where did this b.s come from). This movie only showed maybe one week after that it's banned, to "stop controversy among society" (hahaha). But cinemas made a helluva cash - days before it's banned, because it's been announced True lies was going to be banned within several days, and people were very curious to watch. Full house almost every day before its banishment! Ha, if they want to point a truly Arab-insulting movies, why this movie? Funny, nobody protested Chuck Norris' Delta Force!

But it's quite funny that maybe in 2002 or 2003 the original VCD was released, and nothing happened. The non-anamorphic DVD was imported here too but not available anymore.

Remakes are offensive, therefore it's still an ugly stepchild. :p

Try japan. Barebones, 16x9 and DTS :)