thelonelyisland

I got the Mirmax Psycho Killer Series, included Halloween 6/H20/8/Mother's Boy, and I bought it at Target for $8.99 so yeah. But so many typos all over this DVD. On the back, Michael Myers is spelled Meyers in the description. And the DVD Menu claims Halloween 6's title is: "Halloween VI: the Curse of Mike Myers", I don't know if they did that to save Title room, but they should of just put "Halloween VI" not Mike Myers. It bothers me for some reason.

DVD Snapshots:

IGotsNewShoes

So Mothers Boys is anamorphic?

Boba Fett

I would say so. I've never seen a non-anamorphic 1.78/1.85:1 screenshot that didn't have hard matting.

themadbutcher

Can you tell me if H20 is presented in its OAR of 2.35:1? Or has it been cropped to 1.78 like the Blu-Ray release?

tylergfoster

Well, hopefully Echo Bridge will milk the titles for all they're worth and then license them back to LGF or Anchor Bay.

Boba Fett

That screenshot looks like it's been cropped.

dvdmrp

So it's seeming that any film that was 1:85 is OAR anamorphic Widescreen, but the films that are 2:35 are being cropped to 1:78?
I was hoping to get the Prophecy with Christopher Walken as the old dvd was non anamorphic 2:35. I will only buy this if it is anamorphic 2:35.
Can anyone confirm what the aspect ratio is?
Please don't say it looks wide. That really doesn't help anything as I need to know what the ratio actually is. If you can't see any bars on the tv then it is not 2:35. Even on a widescreen tv, 2:35 will have small bars on the top and bottom of the tv.
-thanks
-Mark

G2KMaster

I finaly got my hands on the triple feature DVD. Personaly, except for the front of the DVD case and all the press releases, there is nothing here on this flimsey cheaply made package which would have made me think that this was anything but a bootleg. A very badly made bootleg.

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thelonelyisland

Comparisons between Echo & Dimension Releases:


There's also a 2 second difference.

Boba Fett

Looks to me like it's 1.78:1, but open matte, meaning there's more image than with the original 2.35:1

ScissorPuppy

Strange, I guess that means H20 was filmed in super 35 right?

thelonelyisland

I watched Halloween 6: the Curse of Mike Myers and the transfer wasn't horrible. It didn't looks so bad on my blu-ray player. so idk. but imm gonna watch mother's boy tonight.

Boba Fett

Indeed it was.

kd5

Just picked up the Echo Bridge/Miramax Hellraiser Series with Hellraiser III, IV, V, & VI (1 flipper, 2 movies per side) on sale at Target for $8.99. Haven't watched any of them yet, I'll probably want to watch from the first Hellraiser when I do.

Looks like Hellraiser III is fullscreen on this edition (even though it doesn't actually say), 93 min., IV, V, & VI are WS (as stated on the case). -kd5-

Giles

I missed the memo that the 'From Dusk Til Dawn' only features 2.0 sound - okay, I'm livid. what a fucking joke, my laserdisc copy had a killer 5.1 DTS track....

TRC

Does anyone know which, if either, company has the rights to City of God, Echo Bridge or Lionsgate?

tylergfoster

I would guess Lionsgate. The prestige titles seem to have gone to them; I doubt Echo Bridge wants to deal with anything that needs English language subtitles because they can't sell it to morons at Wal-Mart for $3.

abintra

Sadly, Echo Bridge seems to have the following titles (based on them re-releasing the DVDs). So not all schlock and action, horror and sci-fi genre films.

Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007)
Dead Man (1995): Jim Jarmusch
Dirty Pretty Things (2002): Stephen Frears
Grifters, The (1990): Stephen Frears
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Fresh (1994)
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997): Michael Winterbottom
Heaven (2002): Tom Tykwer/Krzysztof Kieslowski
Renaissance (2006)
Smoke Signals (1998)
Human Stain, The (2003): Robert Benton
Proof (2005)
Blindness (2008): Fernando Meirelles
Two Hands (1999)
Nameless, The (1999) (Los sin nombre)
Shipping News, The (2001): Lasse Hallström
Gerry (2002): Gus Van Sant
eXistenZ (1999): David Cronenberg
Hole, The (2001)
Little Buddha (1993): Bernardo Bertolucci
Marvin's Room (1996)
I Inside, The (2004)
Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The (1995)
Into the West (1992): Mike Newell
Crossing Guard, The (1995): Sean Penn/Jack Nicholson
Albino Alligator (1996)
Two Bits (1995)
Music of the Heart (1999)
Jersey Girl (2004)
Restoration (1995)
O (2001)
Sirens (1993)
People I Know (2002)
She's So Lovely (1997)
Sarafina! (1992)

davidh777

After watching a con-themed episode of Chuck, I was just wondering who would have the Blu rights to The Grifters.

Boba Fett

DEAD MAN and eXistenZ are the only two movies on that list that really make me despise EchoBridge.

mooovies

i did buy marvins room,looks fine on dvd and its enhanced.........the original dvd when it was released years ago wasn't enhanced

cdmac2007

Echo Bridge offered Miramax more money that we (Shout) did.... and you can see that Miramax was more concerned about cash than having someone take care of their libary.

cdmac2007

Very true... but if Echo Bridge cared about what they were doing and knew, like I did, that Paramount had a nice transfer, they would have contacted Paramount to get access to the master.
I was able to borrow several Corman prints from them to do film transfers with no problem (Paramount had some TV rights).

thelonelyisland

Does anyone know if my boss's daughter/duplex looks good on blu-ray? i'm thinking about it but i dont think $15 is worth getting upgraded.

abintra

Probably not saying anything you don't already know but it is more than likely 2 features on a BD-25 (don't know that for certain, just speculating based on their other releases and known shoddy quality), missing the DVD extras, probably has downgraded 2.0 audio when the DVD was the native 5.1 mix, and 'My Boss's Daughter' appears to be the PG-13 cut.

Any upgrade is likely to be in terms of picture quality only and even then probably below even an average catalog release. I can't imagine you wouldn't be able to find the release cheaper in the near future (as the Echo Bridge releases seem dramatically overpriced for their shoddy quality in comparison to tons of other decent to quality releases around the same price points) so that there is no harm in waiting even if the above specs interest you.

Given their public domain like company standards, it is even possible they will release the titles individually in the future with slightly improved encodes if both features do indeed share a BD-25 (they make sense like that.. do it wrong multiple times in different ways).