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Would love to see Intrada give the soundtrack special edition treatment ALA The black hole, around the time the Bluray is released.

A excellent soundtrack Album, but quite a bit of Horners score never made the Soundtrack cd

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"I LIKE it!" :thumbsup:

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I, of course, would love all sorts of extras to be on the blu-ray. But with Rocketeer being one of my favourite movies of all time, if the blu-ray only had the movie in anamorphic widescreen and with a trailer, I'd be happy. Do you think this means that Disney will put out The Three Musketeers anytime soon ? That would look really good on blu-ray.

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Noooooooo!

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very disapointing, but still excited to own the movie and its only going to cost me 2.99 thanks to my amazon promo so i cant really complain.

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DVD Beaver review

Looks like a somewhat underwhelming presentation - a single-layer disc with no extras?

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I have to say it is disappointing.

But I'm honestly surprised that it's getting released at all...

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Did they accidentally leave all the special features on an unreleased standard edition?

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Still, it's better then the non-anamorphic dvd.

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exactly.

Like it was said above...I'm surprised we're getting this at all with how poorly most catalog titles sell.

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I agree but it's really shitty when we're just happy that a quality catalog movie is released on Blu-ray. Really shitty.

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They're giving us the trailer but I can't believe they're leaving off the 23-minute "Rocketeer-Excitement in the Air" feature from 1991. It would have been something for the Blu-ray, at least. It was done by Disney so there shouldn't be any copyright issues. What about deleted scenes, other trailers, a retrospective doc, and the recent anniversary event? Any of these could have went on the Blu-ray. The film does have a strong cult following. At the least, that 23-minute feature should have been on here. Here it is for anyone that hasn't seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0wLR...D422FCFBB88E54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IrXh...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piMxI...eature=related

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That's the problem with most Home Video departments to the big studios. The people that worked there 3,5,15 years ago don't work there anymore.
They don't know/care about vintage promo items, and won't take the time to look for them. They only focus on new features, the funding for new features isn't there for a catalog title like this. All it would take is around a week of work to find the tapes with vintage promos and transfer to digital. Everyone would be happy with that.

Strange that they spent the money for 20th anniversary premiere and didn't bother to document it or anything. Given the potential tie in with Capt. America Disney really fumbled this release. A comic book movie from the director of a recent hit? Put a sticker on the cover that says "From the director of Capt America!".

Yes, it's sure to be better than the shitty 1992 laserdisc port we got on dvd. But with no features and a single layer Blu, I won't pay more than 9.99 for it. Asking $20 for this is too much.

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I totally agree. But then I realize it could have been an MOD. At the very least it's a bluray. The copy I currently own is a German import because it was in widescreen. I get sad when i think of all their full-screen releases. Hey Disney hire me to help run your home video department. At least I truly care about your product.

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That's my view as well. This better drop to $9.99 or less before I even consider getting it.

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When you're working there, please work on getting Heavyweights a proper Blu-ray release.

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and the lossless 5.1 sounds good according to DVDBeaver

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This movie has been virtually unwatchable to me for the last 20 years.
The LD had some odd sepia/golden haze added to the image that I never recalled in the theatrical showings. Rather than evoking nostalgia, this just made everything seem dreary and dingy. With such an unattractive image, this never got any play. Hope came with DVD, but those were dashed when they merely recycled the LD master. By this time, I'd stepped up to much better displays, so the non anamorphic status was a double whammy. From what I heard, the non R1 anamorphic disc still retained the dingy pic and added PAL speed up. No thanks.

This release is going to be the first time I can actually sit back and enjoy the film in 20 years. That's well worth the trade off of a few bonus features I would enjoy but likely only watch once. B&N is having a 40% off sale on Bds just before Christmas, so that with a member discount and possibly a coupon is going to work just fine for me as far as price. Looking forward to finally seeing this again.

That said, the caps do seem to indicate that some of that golden haze is still retained here, though thankfully not as oppressively as in the past. It could be faulty memory, but my impressions of my theatrical viewings were that the blue skies, for one example, were actually a nice bright blue- like they are seen in various trailers and TV spots. The films palate already favored browns, and earth tones in the sets and costumes, so there was no need to artificially lay anything else over that.

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You got it. :)

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I actually don't want this movie all sparkling and clean. The dirt and murkiness, for me anyways, adds to the nostalgic charm of the movie. Like with the Doctor Who dvds. I like that they went to the trouble of cleaning up the episodes. But I wouldn't mind a little "VHS haze", though. It sort of reminds me that I'm watching something old. It's weird, but it makes me enjoy the show/movie a little more. Like I said, it's "nostalgic charm." The Fraggle Rock dvds and the commercials that are included with various tv shows on dvd are perfect examples of this. I hope I explained it well. It's hard to put into words.

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You need to stick to VHS and a 19-inch TV. For those of us that want to see the movie as close to what we saw in the theater, we'll get the blu-ray.

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Movie is lots of fun.

A real throw back to the old movie cliffhanger days.

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Well I really wanted to get this but no extras means I am no longer interested.