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The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

Old 10-15-11, 07:48 AM
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Maybe #600 will finally be The Game.
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Awesome news about "Traffic." I had imported the Canadian BD/DVD release because it was literally a direct port of the Universal release, but it wasn't a flipper. I'll have to sell that now.
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Originally Posted by Giles
New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
Audio commentary featuring Michael Wood, author of the BFI Film Classics book Belle de jour
New video piece featuring writer and sexual-politics activist Susie Bright and film scholar Linda Williams
New interview with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière
Excerpt from the French television program Cinéma, featuring interviews with Carrière and actress Catherine Deneuve
Original and American release trailers
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Melissa Anderson and a 1970s interview with director Luis Buñuel
Very nice array of extras! This will all for me in January.
Old 10-15-11, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k
Traffic?



Now I have to sell my Universal Blu.
Don't you hate it when they hold a gun to your head and force you to buy a superior edition?
Old 10-15-11, 01:20 PM
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I was hoping that Traffic would get a CC BD. That's why I held back on getting the Universal BD.
Old 10-15-11, 06:15 PM
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I can't wait to check out Beaver's comparison between the Criterion Godzilla caps and that garbage release from Classic Media.
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Originally Posted by Giles
not impressed with the cover art for Gojiro.. oops, I mean Godzilla - it looks cheap
I don't think it looks cheap and I feel it's quality art, but come on, show his front or side not his stinking back. Even a silhouette of his side would have been sharp.
All the same, this is a dream come true release for me. How long have we talked about a Criterion Gojira release?
Old 10-15-11, 06:55 PM
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Godzilla fans are still going to have to keep the old CM 2-disc DVD if they want all the extras. FYI for anyone who was wondering.
Old 10-16-11, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Giles
maybe I'm just making this up, but didn't Criterion release a laserdisc edition of 'Gojira' / 'Godzilla'
It was on the schedule, but their LD program died before they could release it.
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Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
Godzilla fans are still going to have to keep the old CM 2-disc DVD if they want all the extras. FYI for anyone who was wondering.
thanks, ran over to my copy to remind me what was on CM's edition

- Making of the Godzilla Suit featurette
- Godzilla: Story Development featurette
- Audio commentaries by Stele Ryfle and Ed Godziszewki

Originally Posted by Neeb
It was on the schedule, but their LD program died before they could release it.
yeah I thought I was going cukoo's as I recall the LD cover was supposed to be this image:



Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
I was hoping that Traffic would get a CC BD. That's why I held back on getting the Universal BD.
oh now please let there be 2012 Criterion blu-ray editions of Brazil and Spartacus (with new 65mm transfer)

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blu-ray.com on DAZED AND CONFUSED
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I don't know who reviewed that, but 3 stars for the movie? Idiot.
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Originally Posted by jrsl76
I don't know who reviewed that, but 3 stars for the movie? Idiot.
As a fellow reviewer, if the reviewer wants to only give three stars for it, he/she is certainly entitled. It hardly makes them an idiot. I've reviewed plenty of movies and thought poorly of them when others thought it was some grand masterpiece (and vice versa). All personal preference.
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Amazon has the OOP Pierrot le fou for $19.99 in case anyone still needs to pick it up.
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Originally Posted by Neeb
It was on the schedule, but their LD program died before they could release it.
Not exactly. The title was announced for release in 1998, but canceled due to a rights dispute with Toho. Criterion continued to release Laserdiscs until 1999. Armageddon was their final LD title.
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Originally Posted by Kedrix
As a fellow reviewer, if the reviewer wants to only give three stars for it, he/she is certainly entitled. It hardly makes them an idiot. I've reviewed plenty of movies and thought poorly of them when others thought it was some grand masterpiece (and vice versa). All personal preference.
Yes, I do understand this, but their opinion baffles me. Not that it is some grand masterpiece, but still.
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Originally Posted by jrsl76
Not that it is some grand masterpiece, but still.
3 stars out of 5 seems pretty reasonable to me for a movie that isn't "some grand masterpiece".
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
Not exactly. The title was announced for release in 1998, but canceled due to a rights dispute with Toho. Criterion continued to release Laserdiscs until 1999. Armageddon was their final LD title.
I stand corrected.
The wiki-page for Criterion Laser discs says that there was a bunch of Godzilla movies Criterion was going to release. Too bad it never materialized.

And I'll take a moment to hope that someone will figure out a MOD program for Toho a la the Warner Archive. Because I think it would be neat.
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Originally Posted by Neeb
I stand corrected.
The wiki-page for Criterion Laser discs says that there was a bunch of Godzilla movies Criterion was going to release. Too bad it never materialized.

And I'll take a moment to hope that someone will figure out a MOD program for Toho a la the Warner Archive. Because I think it would be neat.
And I'll take a moment to hope that someone will figure out a blu-ray program for Toho.
A lot of titles have already seen DVD release.

3 stars is a low rating for this flick. It's a classic. Sort of reminds me of Leonard Maltin's low score for Alien. It pretty much created the horror/sci-fi trend. (Haven't checked in many years to see if that rating ever changed.)

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3 stars means mediocre. That isn't a mediocre film. It is a good 4 star film. Yes, imho.

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Originally Posted by jrsl76
3 stars is means mediocre. That isn't a mediocre film. It is a good 4 star film. Yes, imho.
Agreed. Dazed & Confused is a great film and one of my favorite films ever. I would rate it 4.5 stars.
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i think it's weird, that people actually read reviews for anything other than content of & on the disc.

i could care less what someone's personal opinion of a film is.
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Originally Posted by kbarkerok
i think it's weird, that people actually read reviews for anything other than content of & on the disc.

i could care less what someone's personal opinion of a film is.
I think its weirder for other people to read said review of the person's personal opinion and then bastardize it because it either doesn't follow popular culture or even worse their own opinion. It is just that, an opinion. I write plenty of reviews and read plenty more. I'll be honest with you, my webmaster and I don't agree on a lot of our scores. But above that we respect each other's opinion and certainly don't bastardize each other over it.

For example, popular culture would say that Titantic is one of the greatest pictures of all time. Technically, I think it was one of the biggest piles of poop I've ever seen. But that's my opinion. Good reviewers don't write reviews to cater to everybody. Good reviewers write what is in their heart and what they believe.

*insert going off soapbox icon here*
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Originally Posted by Kedrix
I think its weirder for other people to read said review of the person's personal opinion and then bastardize it because it either doesn't follow popular culture or even worse their own opinion. It is just that, an opinion. I write plenty of reviews and read plenty more. I'll be honest with you, my webmaster and I don't agree on a lot of our scores. But above that we respect each other's opinion and certainly don't bastardize each other over it.

For example, popular culture would say that Titantic is one of the greatest pictures of all time. Technically, I think it was one of the biggest piles of poop I've ever seen. But that's my opinion. Good reviewers don't write reviews to cater to everybody. Good reviewers write what is in their heart and what they believe.

*insert going off soapbox icon here*
I haven't read all the posts so maybe I missed it, but what do you consider bastardize? I hope it's not someone simply disagreeing with the review, because I like to think good reviews would encourage debate. Now, if someone's just being a jerk about it, that's another story.
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Jeez Louise, I was surprised that the reviewer rated it so low and felt he was way off base and reacted. I've already recognized that it was one reviewer's opinion. I think we can move on.

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