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Old 08-25-07 | 09:10 AM
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As Fox owns MGM will the MGM releases be region locked or all region??
Fox doesn't own MGM, but they do have a licensing agreement to distribute the MGM catalog.

As for your region coding question, I can't say.
Old 08-25-07 | 09:11 AM
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Too bad their MSRPs suck but I'm still going to get all their day and date releases.
Old 08-25-07 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jezza01
As Fox owns MGM will the MGM releases be region locked or all region??

Fox does not own MGM, they only distribute MGM's catalog releases for Sony.

The press release sounds like they are including, at least, some extras on these discs. So there is hope. Also, I don't think Fox has officially announced an MSRP for the catalog titles, so maybe DVD Empire was just jumping the gun on the pricing. Maybe...
Old 08-28-07 | 05:45 PM
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Looks like the new releases will at least be feature packed, here's specs on 28 Wks Later from the Bits:

"And on the Blu-ray front, Fox has set 28 Weeks Later for release on 10/9. The 50GB disc will feature AVC compression and DTS HD Lossless audio. Extras will include audio commentary by director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and co-writer Rowan Joffe, 2 deleted scenes with optional commentary, the Code Red: The Making of 28 Weeks Later documentary, 3 featurettes (Blood of the Infected, A Bloody Battlefield: Designing and Destroying District One and 28 Days Later: The Aftermath) and the film's teaser and theatrical trailers."
Old 08-28-07 | 05:57 PM
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Now, if only we could get a player that can decode DTS-HD MA
Old 08-28-07 | 08:24 PM
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Looks like the new releases will at least be feature packed, here's specs on 28 Wks Later from the Bits:

"And on the Blu-ray front, Fox has set 28 Weeks Later for release on 10/9. The 50GB disc will feature AVC compression and DTS HD Lossless audio. Extras will include audio commentary by director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and co-writer Rowan Joffe, 2 deleted scenes with optional commentary, the Code Red: The Making of 28 Weeks Later documentary, 3 featurettes (Blood of the Infected, A Bloody Battlefield: Designing and Destroying District One and 28 Days Later: The Aftermath) and the film's teaser and theatrical trailers."
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. I have no problem paying for Fox BRs as long as they make it worthwhile.
Old 08-28-07 | 09:17 PM
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Looks like the new releases will at least be feature packed, here's specs on 28 Wks Later from the Bits:

"And on the Blu-ray front, Fox has set 28 Weeks Later for release on 10/9. The 50GB disc will feature AVC compression and DTS HD Lossless audio. Extras will include audio commentary by director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and co-writer Rowan Joffe, 2 deleted scenes with optional commentary, the Code Red: The Making of 28 Weeks Later documentary, 3 featurettes (Blood of the Infected, A Bloody Battlefield: Designing and Destroying District One and 28 Days Later: The Aftermath) and the film's teaser and theatrical trailers."
I want to see that kind of treatment on their catalog titles.
Old 08-28-07 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Artman
Looks like the new releases will at least be feature packed, here's specs on 28 Wks Later from the Bits:

"And on the Blu-ray front, Fox has set 28 Weeks Later for release on 10/9. The 50GB disc will feature AVC compression and DTS HD Lossless audio. Extras will include audio commentary by director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and co-writer Rowan Joffe, 2 deleted scenes with optional commentary, the Code Red: The Making of 28 Weeks Later documentary, 3 featurettes (Blood of the Infected, A Bloody Battlefield: Designing and Destroying District One and 28 Days Later: The Aftermath) and the film's teaser and theatrical trailers."
Count this one as sold... Now just hope the reviews are good.
Old 08-29-07 | 12:01 AM
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I keep looking at those Moulin Rouge shots on the BR Best-Buy promo and am very upset that this was not one of the announced releases. Will pay up to 60$ for the disc when it arrives without a prob.

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Old 08-29-07 | 12:48 AM
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Count this one as sold... Now just hope the reviews are good.
28 Weeks Later was shot on Super 16, so the video quality probably won't be reference or anything.
Old 08-29-07 | 01:02 AM
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Where's Sunshine? >_
Old 08-29-07 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Artman
Looks like the new releases will at least be feature packed, here's specs on 28 Wks Later from the Bits:

"And on the Blu-ray front, Fox has set 28 Weeks Later for release on 10/9. The 50GB disc will feature AVC compression and DTS HD Lossless audio. Extras will include audio commentary by director/co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and co-writer Rowan Joffe, 2 deleted scenes with optional commentary, the Code Red: The Making of 28 Weeks Later documentary, 3 featurettes (Blood of the Infected, A Bloody Battlefield: Designing and Destroying District One and 28 Days Later: The Aftermath) and the film's teaser and theatrical trailers."
Now THAT'S more like it. I'd actually pay Fox's obscene prices if they could port over all the extras and use AVC compression on every title.
Old 08-29-07 | 08:41 AM
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I keep looking at those Moulin Rouge shots on the BR Best-Buy promo and am very upset that this was not one of the announced releases. Will pay up to 60$ for the disc when it arrives without a prob.

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Don't give Fox any ideas....!!
Old 08-30-07 | 12:16 PM
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I think this press release is about Die Hard and the Fantastic Four, but it's a whole lot of "Hooray for Blu Ray!" too...


DIE HARD Trilogy Debuts Worldwide On Blu-ray Disc
-- New Releases Feature Fox’s First Multi-Player Strategy Game And The Most Sophisticated BD-Java Games To Date On Any High Def Format --

IFA Berlin, Germany/Los Angeles, CA – August 30, 2007 – Cementing its intention to release at least one state-of-the-art title per month, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) today announced worldwide Blu-ray new release plans for the $267 million global box-office family favorite FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (OCT. 2 North America / OCT. 9 International) and the $348 million global box-office action powerhouse LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (NOV. 20 North America / OCT. 28 International) day-and-date with the BD release of the DIE HARD TRILOGY. The announcement further supports TCFHE’s aggressive global Blu-ray Disc release strategy that includes 29 new release and “must-have” catalog titles from Fox and MGM that runs through the end of the 2007 calendar year. The only high-definition packaged media universally supported by the film, music, gaming and computer industries, BD is the #1 selling high-definition packaged media.

“On a worldwide basis, BD is averaging nearly 70% market-share per week of all high definition titles sold this year and, in the U.S., it is out-performing HD DVD by 2 to 1, in some territories the ratio is 3 to 1,” noted Mike Dunn, President Worldwide, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

“Given the retail landscape this holiday season, we expect the sales gap between Blu-ray and HD DVD to grow significantly wider as the most anticipated films of the year debut exclusively on the Blu-ray format.”

“In fact, once our Blu-ray consumers, and those still on the fence, experience the advanced BD-J interactivity games available on Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer and Live Free Or Die Hard they’ll realize what we’ve been telling them all along – Blu-ray is really the only way,” continued Dunn.

FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
The BD release of the fun and fantastically entertaining sequel to the Blockbuster hit, FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER includes hours of bonus content including deleted scenes, a full length “Making Of” documentary, multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes and commentaries with two exclusive high definition BD-Java bonus features: “Who Dares Defy Galactus?,” Fox’s first multi-player strategy game and a “Saving The World One Question At A Time” trivia game.

“I’m thrilled that both of my Fantastic Four films are available on Blu-ray,” noted Director Tim Story. “You can really see spectacular detail in the CGI visual effects we used to create the Silver Surfer character. Plus, fans of the Fantastic Four will have the added bonus of continuing the battle between Galactus and the Silver Surfer through the really cool interactive games that are only available on the Blu-ray release."

“Who Dares Defy Galactus?” challenges players to an intergalactic battle through a galaxy comprised of 30 planets, 10 of which are colonized and have varying levels of life force. Players compete against each other as either Galactus, who must find the live planets and consumer their energy, or The Silver Surfer, who must find the live planets and defend them against Galactus. If Galactus is victorious, additional solar systems are unlocked and the battle for live planets rages on. If The Silver Surfer defeats Galactus, the power cosmic never dies and will be waiting to consume more planets when players begin the game again.

Fans of “The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine” will be put to the test to compete for Fantastic Four knowledge supremacy in the “Saving The World One Question At A Time” interactive, pop-up trivia game. Contestants must correctly answer a series of trivia questions related to the Fantastic Four film and Marvel comic book franchise in order to defend Earth from Galactus’ ravenous appetite. A chain of illuminated planets are aligned on the bottom of the television screen. If players fail to answer trivia questions correctly to deter Galactus, one-by-one the planets will fall dark until the World as we know it is destroyed.

LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (DIE HARD 4.0 Internationally)
The fourth installment of the established world-renowned Die Hard franchise, explodes onto BD day-and-date with the DIE HARD TRILOGY and features an arsenal of bonus content including a “Die Hard” music video by Guyz Nite, a “Making Of” documentary, actor and director commentaries and the exclusive high definition BD-Java multi-level strategy game “Black Hat Intercept!”.

“Black Hat Intercept!” begins with a warning from ‘The Warlock’ (cult-classic writer, producer and director Kevin Smith) that a computer virus has been placed inside an unwitting Internet companies’ mainframe by the infamous cyber-terrorist, Thomas Gabriel. As the team leader from inside the surveillance van, players must guide an agent into the building, outwit the building’s security systems and personnel without being detected and then wipe the hard drive clean before the virus destroys the U.S.

Additionally, the BD debut of the DIE HARD TRILOGY comes locked and loaded with numerous bonus features including deleted scenes, featurettes, actor and director commentaries, visual effect breakdowns, alternate endings, side-by-side comparisons and much, much more.

All of the BD titles announced today will be authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression and presented on 50 GB dual-layer discs with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio plus English, French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound. In addition to the highest quality audiovisual elements, each BD release will also feature D-Box compatible motion sensor cues to give D-Box chair equipped viewers a more life-like and intense viewing experience. Complete title configurations and market release dates will be announced by individual territories.

Blu-ray Disc is a next generation optical disc format developed for high-definition video and high-capacity software applications. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc holds up to 25 gigabytes of data and a dual-layer Blu-ray Disc holds up to 50 gigabytes of data. This greater storage capacity enables the Blu-ray Disc to store over six times the amount of content than is possible with current DVDs, and is particularly well-suited for high definition feature films with extended levels of additional bonus and interactive material.

Blu-ray also features the most advanced copy protection, player backward compatibility with the current DVD format, connectivity and advanced interactivity. Fox takes advantage of the next generation format’s high definition technology and advanced functionality to present its titles with the highest quality audiovisual elements. Showcasing picture quality with six times the resolution of DVD and theater quality “uncompressed” audio for the purest digital sound, the cutting-edge discs also feature enhanced and integrated menus, games, high-definition bonus materials and Java-encoding for more dynamic and sophisticated interactivity.

The Studio’s commitment to emerging technologies is dedicated to enhancing the consumer experience of its products and providing for backward compatibility with their existing home entertainment libraries while also aggressively protecting its intellectual property from piracy. The Blu-ray companies fully embrace the Studio’s steadfast commitment to the fight against piracy and the preservation of the integrity of its properties. Twentieth Century Fox is a member of the Board of Directors of the Blu- ray Disc Association.

A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) as well as acquisitions and original productions. The company also releases all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets -- from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce - throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.
Old 08-30-07 | 12:32 PM
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I notice they left out the pricing.

what's with all the interactive games on these two? I thought the majority of Blu-ray users were only interested in the movie?
Old 08-30-07 | 01:01 PM
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Which is $5 more than one month of Netflix's 4 out at a time plan. The prices are insane.

I love upgrading to HD, but $20 is my limit.
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I love upgrading to HD, but $20 is my limit.
Same here. Hard to justify seeing a 2 disc loaded version of I, Robot for $15 sitting on the shelf next to a bare bones BD for $40. I don't think so.

Rare exceptions will be made but, Netflix will be making money off me instead of the movie studios.

Originally Posted by tonymontana313
Why is it so hard for Fox to include extras? The stakes have been raised and you would think they would take a hint.
Exactly. Good thing they have 50GB to work with for all those extras.

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Old 08-30-07 | 01:39 PM
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Good news on those extras for the Die Hard films... and the guyz nite music video - ha ha awesome!

I have a sneaking suspicion that DH4 won't be an unrated cut though....
Old 08-30-07 | 02:11 PM
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I have a sneaking suspicion that DH4 won't be an unrated cut though....
It better be! I refused to see it in theater because of the PG-13 rating. I sure as hell won't pay 25 bucks on Amazon for the same crap.
Old 08-30-07 | 02:20 PM
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I take it back, check Fox's website - LFODH is Unrated! Woohoo!
Old 08-30-07 | 02:21 PM
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It better be! I refused to see it in theater because of the PG-13 rating. I sure as hell won't pay 25 bucks on Amazon for the same crap.
funny, after paying full price to see the PG-13 theatrical version, I wanted my money back - don't think I could stomach seeing it again even in a harder cut.
Old 08-30-07 | 02:22 PM
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[QUOTE=bee_01]Where's Sunshine? >_
Old 08-30-07 | 02:33 PM
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Great to see AVC and extras. HD Digest says the list price for the Die Hard Trilogy is $99.98, Die Hard 4 is $39.98.

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Old 08-30-07 | 02:46 PM
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Great to see AVC and extras. HD Digest says the list price for the Die Hard Trilogy is $99.98, Die Hard 4 is $39.98.
Which means I can get all 4 titles on Amazon for just under 100 bucks with all their discounts. Not great, but tolerable by Fox's standards.

I'm just glad the unrated Die Hard 4 is available day-and-date. I was worried Fox would pull another Daredevil-type stunt and make us wait a while.
Old 08-30-07 | 03:25 PM
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I really liked Die Hard 4, shame they're going the exclusive route.
Old 08-30-07 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Doughboy
Which means I can get all 4 titles on Amazon for just under 100 bucks with all their discounts. Not great, but tolerable by Fox's standards.

I'm just glad the unrated Die Hard 4 is available day-and-date. I was worried Fox would pull another Daredevil-type stunt and make us wait a while.
Actually if Amazon prices the quadrilogy at 30% off MSRP, you could pick it up for 69.99 which comes out to 17.50 per movie. That's not bad at all!


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