Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
03-31-11, 09:09 AM
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
List price: $129.95. Comes with Green Lantern movie cash.
Warner Home Video has announced a Blu-ray release of Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology for June 7th. The 8-disc release will include Superman The Movie, Superman The Movie: Expanded Edition, Superman II, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Superman Returns - all for the first time with DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio. We've attached the full disc specs below, along with our first look at the package artwork:
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Warner Home Video has announced a Blu-ray release of Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology for June 7th. The 8-disc release will include Superman The Movie, Superman The Movie: Expanded Edition, Superman II, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Superman Returns - all for the first time with DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio. We've attached the full disc specs below, along with our first look at the package artwork:
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Last edited by Mr. Cinema; 06-01-11 at 09:01 AM.
03-31-11, 09:53 AM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
Cannot wai! 
03-31-11, 10:16 AM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
"Special features may not be in high definition." 
I'm happy to see that it will include the Fleischer cartoons, the two cuts of Superman: The Movie, Superman II and even Superman and the Mole-Men. Could have been worse, that's for sure. I just hope the cartoons are in hi-def but I'm doubtful.
I'm happy to see that it will include the Fleischer cartoons, the two cuts of Superman: The Movie, Superman II and even Superman and the Mole-Men. Could have been worse, that's for sure. I just hope the cartoons are in hi-def but I'm doubtful.
03-31-11, 10:33 AM
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03-31-11, 10:49 AM
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03-31-11, 11:14 AM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
A Dolby exec told me that they saw some studios switch to DTS because of issues Dolby had with long encoding times. DTS-HD MA was faster to encode, and time is money in Hollywood. Dolby claims that they've resolved those encoding time issues, and are working with those studios again. In the future, we'll probably see more of an even split between Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA usage.
03-31-11, 11:22 AM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
Unless it's an old disc that has sat on a shelf, the only time I see TrueHD used on new releases is on Dreamworks titles. But I'm sure they'll get used more in the future. They dominated the DVD market, but DTS is definitely the favorite audio codec to use for BD right now.
03-31-11, 11:23 AM
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"Special features may not be in high definition."
I'm happy to see that it will include the Fleischer cartoons, the two cuts of Superman: The Movie, Superman II and even Superman and the Mole-Men. Could have been worse, that's for sure. I just hope the cartoons are in hi-def but I'm doubtful.
I'm happy to see that it will include the Fleischer cartoons, the two cuts of Superman: The Movie, Superman II and even Superman and the Mole-Men. Could have been worse, that's for sure. I just hope the cartoons are in hi-def but I'm doubtful.
It's on the bonus disc and it's HD. "Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman [Hi-Def]"
I'm just glad they are issuing this set now vs waiting until closer to the new film's December 2012 release.
03-31-11, 11:28 AM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
This is a definite upgrade for me, but I'll probably wait for a price drop.
03-31-11, 01:40 PM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
This looks great. But it doesn't mention having the original 2.0 mix of the first movie. I went out of my way to get the correct disc when the original set came out. I really like to have the original sound mixes of films as much as possible.
03-31-11, 02:20 PM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
Whether or not its lossless remains to be seen but if they're going to include a 2.0 track I'm sure the intention is there to release the original soundtrack, and thanks to the reissue program for the DVD they obviously know people want it.
03-31-11, 02:31 PM
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Re: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (DTS-HD MA) 6/7/11
2.0 might have been the way the original was heard in the theater, but the 5.1 soundmix was actually created for the 70mm version of the film - it would have been the first 70mm release to feature split surround but with so few theaters equipped to playback the film as such it was released in the 'baby boom' setup: extra bass channels and mono surround, but it sounds like we have both mixes on the new edition
03-31-11, 02:52 PM
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