The Official Bond on Blu-ray Thread
#27
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I'll grab From Russia with Love, Thunderball, Live and Let Die, and For Your Eyes Only.
Am I the only one who ranks Licence to Kill among his/her favorite Bond movies? It's a harder-edged entry tailor-made for the time of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.
Am I the only one who ranks Licence to Kill among his/her favorite Bond movies? It's a harder-edged entry tailor-made for the time of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.
#28
Originally Posted by DthRdrX
I'm not falling for the Bond mix and match release pattern again. They'll eventually have some kickass set of all the films with a cool case.
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Originally Posted by mcfly
I wonder why those chose Die Another Day over what is undoubtedly Brosnan's best, GoldenEye. Tsk tsk.
For my money the best of the lot are (in no order):
GoldenEye
Thunderball
Dr. No
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
It looks to me like FOX is working the same angle as the previous Bond releases by throwing out at least one of each actor playing Bond (save Lazenby and Dalton).
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Maybe Fox won't leave off any of the special features that are on the DVDs. If they do I probably won't bother upgrading any of them to Blu-ray.
And I know it is nitpicking, but I hope they use diffferent artwork that they used on the latest DVDs. That black background and gold letters are so boring.
And I know it is nitpicking, but I hope they use diffferent artwork that they used on the latest DVDs. That black background and gold letters are so boring.
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Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
Am I the only one who ranks Licence to Kill among his/her favorite Bond movies? It's a harder-edged entry tailor-made for the time of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.
I prefer the more realistic, harder-edged Bond flicks, and Licence To Kill is one of the best in that regard. I'm thankful they're taking that approach with the Craig Bond movies.
#34
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Originally Posted by WillardC
And I know it is nitpicking, but I hope they use diffferent artwork that they used on the latest DVDs. That black background and gold letters are so boring.
#35
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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
A 22 BD boxset using Fox's pricing? I'm terrified to even think about it.
#36
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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
Fox Home Entertainment in conjunction with MGM Home Entertainment have announced that they will bring six classic James Bond films to Blu-ray this fall. All six title - 'Dr. No', 'Die Another Day', 'Live and Let Die', 'Four Your Eyes Only', 'From Russia with Love', and 'Thunderball' - are currently planned to hit store shelves on October 21st (October 20th internationally).
Now bring on For Her Majesty's Secret Service, Goldeneye, and The Spy Who Loved Me, and we'll be in business.
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Is this going to be a boxset? If so, expect to see a flurry of Die another Day discs at used video stores and on ebay ala Spider-man 3. I love Bond, but Die another Day is absolutely intolerable.
PS, Goldfinger is the greatest Bond movie ever. I will argue this to my dying day. If only Honor Blackman were hot, there would be no way to contest this.
PS, Goldfinger is the greatest Bond movie ever. I will argue this to my dying day. If only Honor Blackman were hot, there would be no way to contest this.
#38
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Goldfinger is the point where Bond started becoming cheesy. The story isn't especially great and the pacing feels kind of lopsided. It's not the worst Bond film, but it's very much not the best.
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
Goldfinger is the point where Bond started becoming cheesy. The story isn't especially great and the pacing feels kind of lopsided. It's not the worst Bond film, but it's very much not the best.
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No, I'm not saying there were only two good Bond films, but a lot of the elements that would bog down the series later are first introduced in Goldfinger, and I don't think the film holds up very well. I think it gets a lot more praise than it deserves because it was the film that really made Bond a household name, which I give it credit for. It's important, historically, but as far as the filmmaking goes, it's not up there with the best entries in the series.
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Originally Posted by mcfly
I wonder why those chose Die Another Day over what is undoubtedly Brosnan's best, GoldenEye. Tsk tsk.
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Originally Posted by Robert
I'm guessing they will be bare-bones releases with a msrp of $39.99?
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...10&newsLang=en
#46
It's really too bad Sony didn't release these instead of Fox -- Sony has nabbed a couple of Criterion tracks recently, it would be amazing if the Blu-Rays included these commentaries.
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Originally Posted by droidguy1119
It's really too bad Sony didn't release these instead of Fox -- Sony has nabbed a couple of Criterion tracks recently, it would be amazing if the Blu-Rays included these commentaries.
#48
Originally Posted by cultshock
The laserdiscs with those commentary tracks were quickly withdrawn due to threatened legal action from EON Productions, so it would be highly unlikely to see those tracks reappear on a future release anyway.
#49
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I'll be in for Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Moonraker, Tomorrow Never Dies, and From Russia With Love...
#50
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I have bought Bond one time too many. I may grab a title or two, but I will probably wait for the eventual set will all of them or just stick with my DVD sets. At Fox's prices the thought of buying them all on BD is making my wallet hurt.