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Mark Waters 02-04-09 11:34 AM
Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Anamorphic Widescreen with alot of extras.

If Howard the Duck and Street Fighter gets one, so should Sudden Death.

Who Agrees?

BillWatkins 02-04-09 12:04 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Yes it does, but Hard Target is more important.

MrSmearkase 02-04-09 12:09 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by BillWatkins (Post 9244588)
Yes it does, but Hard Target is more important.
Personally, I'd appreciate a Sudden Death upgrade before any other JCVD film.

stingermck 02-04-09 12:12 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Hopefully this relase will have it:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Damme-Four...3771076&sr=1-2

I know it says 1:33, but Universal often sneaks in new transfers into these multi movie sets. The previous release had a Anamorphic Widescreen of Timecop, where I believe the single release was 1:33

Anyway, Im crossing fingers for this and Lionheart

Maxflier 02-04-09 01:26 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
According to Universal's site it will be anamorphic in the new set (but Lionheart will not be). But we all know how reliable stuff like that is.
There was a thread about it the other day.

ericmylad 02-04-09 01:26 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Straight from the Universal Home Entertainment website:

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/detail.php?p=82118

Looks like it will indeed be in Anamorphic Widescreen!!!


EDIT: Maxflier must have beat me by mere seconds!!!!

Mark Waters 02-04-09 02:25 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
No double sided for me. Single release please.

stingermck 02-04-09 03:04 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Damn, Lionheart gets the shaft again

MrSmearkase 02-04-09 03:18 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by Mark Waters (Post 9244960)
No double sided for me. Single release please.
I have to agree. I don't buy into these collections as I'm kind of OCD about alphabetizing, and would much rather prefer to have the titles individually spined.

Torchur317 02-04-09 03:37 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by BillWatkins (Post 9244588)
Hard Target is more important.
Very true,I want to see this unrated director's cut!!!!

DeanoBKN 02-04-09 07:05 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Nice little guilty pleasure of mine, so i'm glad to see a widescreen release at last.

Corey31 02-04-09 07:22 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by MrSmearkase (Post 9245092)
I have to agree. I don't buy into these collections as I'm kind of OCD about alphabetizing, and would much rather prefer to have the titles individually spined.
Although I like to have every movie separate, the collections are just too cheap to ignore for me, especially for movies where I only really want the movie and don't care about special features.

I just keep a separate section for my multi-movie sets. I may have to pick this up as Sudden Death is one of my favourite Van Damme movies.

tylergfoster 02-04-09 07:34 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Universal does this a lot. For those worried about flippers, in this case, I would think it would be single-sided discs with two movies per disc (thus, no extras). That's what it was like on some other recent Universal Quadruple Features. It's this fact that causes them to remaster the titles (or perhaps planning for BD releases) because with two movies a disc, the transfers need to be re-compressed.

Fok 02-04-09 11:28 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
What about Timecop?!

tylergfoster 02-05-09 12:45 AM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by Fok (Post 9246094)
What about Timecop?!
Timecop was also WSed, but unfortunately, it was in a different Van Damme quadruple feature. You'll end up with two copies of Hard Target and The Quest and two non-anamorphic films (Lionheart and Street Fighter).

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/51...llections.html

Mark Waters 02-05-09 10:13 AM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by droidguy1119 (Post 9245626)
Universal does this a lot. For those worried about flippers, in this case, I would think it would be single-sided discs with two movies per disc (thus, no extras). That's what it was like on some other recent Universal Quadruple Features. It's this fact that causes them to remaster the titles (or perhaps planning for BD releases) because with two movies a disc, the transfers need to be re-compressed.
Does anyone have pics to confirm this?

tylergfoster 02-05-09 01:15 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by Mark Waters (Post 9246629)
Does anyone have pics to confirm this?
They reviewed one of the Universal Quadruple Features here on DVDTalk, the one with Trippin', CB4, How High and Half-Baked and they said it was two single-sided discs with two movies on each disc and zero bonuses.

Mark Waters 02-05-09 02:28 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by droidguy1119 (Post 9247131)
They reviewed one of the Universal Quadruple Features here on DVDTalk, the one with Trippin', CB4, How High and Half-Baked and they said it was two single-sided discs with two movies on each disc and zero bonuses.

Let's just hope Sudden Death gets a 2 Disc Special Edition release this year.

stingermck 02-06-09 07:45 AM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
The first Van Damme 4 pack was 2 single sided disc. I picked it up the other day $5 used.

tylergfoster 02-06-09 02:20 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by Mark Waters (Post 9247370)
Let's just hope Sudden Death gets a 2 Disc Special Edition release this year.
I wouldn't hold my breath. If it gets remastered for a Quadruple Feature that so far has been a solid, unbroken indication that the studio doesn't care to release it on its own. Street Fighter, for instance, was in the last Van Damme Quadruple Feature and was NOT remastered, because Universal just put out that new special edition of it all on its own.

ScissorPuppy 02-09-09 11:41 PM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
I don't know what could warrant a 2 disc version of Sudden Death. Anything that needs to be said bonus feature wise could easily fit on one disc. Audio Commentary, Trailers, behind the scenes, How to copy Die Hard 101 etc.

This comes out tomorrow, anyone with the final word on wether it's truly anamorphic widescreen or not?

tylergfoster 02-10-09 12:11 AM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
Originally Posted by ScissorPuppy (Post 9256009)
I don't know what could warrant a 2 disc version of Sudden Death. Anything that needs to be said bonus feature wise could easily fit on one disc. Audio Commentary, Trailers, behind the scenes, How to copy Die Hard 101 etc.

This comes out tomorrow, anyone with the final word on wether it's truly anamorphic widescreen or not?
If Universal's website says it is, it is. I've been chronicling their WS remasters in the double/triple/quadruple features for awhile now, and their website is always accurate, unlike 20th Century Fox.

TheKing 02-10-09 03:30 AM
Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!
 
DVDEmpire has the back cover art up for the four film set. Basically, everything is anamorphic except Lionheart, which is still Full Frame.


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