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Old 02-04-09 | 11:34 AM
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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?
Old 02-04-09 | 12:04 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

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

Originally Posted by BillWatkins
Yes it does, but Hard Target is more important.
Personally, I'd appreciate a Sudden Death upgrade before any other JCVD film.
Old 02-04-09 | 12:12 PM
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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
Old 02-04-09 | 01:26 PM
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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.
Old 02-04-09 | 01:26 PM
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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!!!!
Old 02-04-09 | 02:25 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

No double sided for me. Single release please.
Old 02-04-09 | 03:04 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Damn, Lionheart gets the shaft again
Old 02-04-09 | 03:18 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by Mark Waters
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.
Old 02-04-09 | 03:37 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by BillWatkins
Hard Target is more important.
Very true,I want to see this unrated director's cut!!!!
Old 02-04-09 | 07:05 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Nice little guilty pleasure of mine, so i'm glad to see a widescreen release at last.
Old 02-04-09 | 07:22 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by MrSmearkase
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.
Old 02-04-09 | 07:34 PM
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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.
Old 02-04-09 | 11:28 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

What about Timecop?!
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by Fok
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
Old 02-05-09 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by droidguy1119
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?
Old 02-05-09 | 01:15 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by Mark Waters
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.
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by droidguy1119
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.

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Old 02-06-09 | 07:45 AM
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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.
Old 02-06-09 | 02:20 PM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by Mark Waters
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.
Old 02-09-09 | 11:41 PM
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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?
Old 02-10-09 | 12:11 AM
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Re: Sudden Death needs an upgrade now!

Originally Posted by ScissorPuppy
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.
Old 02-10-09 | 03:30 AM
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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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