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Or 39 Steps for that matter... :)

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So if i'm looking at the photos for the Big as fuck UK set...they're like in a sleeve in the page right? The BDs...

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Yeah that looks like that. I'm pretty sure the US set will be the same too. Similar to the Kubrick set.

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Anyone know if the dvd set's bonus disc content will be included in the new blu collection?
I see that the Psycho and The Birds docs are on their respective discs. But what about the AFI tribute or the interview segment? I've looked over the spec list and didn't see them included.

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Amazon.uk has been sending me a ton of promotional mail ever since I ordered both the Universal Classic Monsters standard set and the Hitchcock fancy set. Their latest mail suggested I might be interested in the UCM coffin set and the Hitchcock standard set. I admit they are correct. :)

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I regards to the two UK sets. Would I be right in think the discs themselves are exactly the same but just the paper extras set them apart?

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Yes.

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There is someone in the process of reviewing the UK set posting and there are some troubling concerns
Not sure what his background or equip is

http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/...8356&start=150

https://mobile.twitter.com/shittydeath

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The dude in question is Nick Wrigley who was one of the founders of Masters of Cinema (a.k.a. the Criterion of the UK) and until very recently one of the main guys overseeing their releases. Whatever he has to say about the discs you can be sure the info is legit.

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good to know

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Oh wow, these reviews...

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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma...5pxo1_1280.jpg

:thmbsdwn:-eek-:thmbsdwn:

** not to mention "Fred Cock's" ;)

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Oh no, half the box sounds like a complete disaster. Now we know why Universal sat on the Hitchcock movies so long...

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Wow. That just seems inexcusable. I had been buying all of the AH films on blu but decided to hold off on this set. Glad I did.

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I see Universal is still setting the standard for quality high profile catalog releases. :lol:

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Excuse my ignorance but I wasn't aware that you could change fonts, spellings, etc. from the transfer...

Anyways, it will be a freaking shame if Universal doesn't do anything about those mistakes.

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whoa. whoa whoa whoa whoa motherfucking whoa. My finger is ready to cancel this shit if it's not fixed ASAP.

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yeah pretty much

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uhhhh...what the fuck is going on with this release?

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Would like to say I'm surprised but I could see this coming.

Universal up to their old games.

It's particularly frustrating since they've had some of the 100th anniversary releases that have been decent or better than decent, but others continue to show gross evidence of digital meddling. A shame.

The misspelled names in the credits is a huge embarrassment.

I haven't pre-ordered this or the monsters collection, and am not in a hurry to do so at this point.

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Think I'm gonna cancel for now, and wait.

Cancelled, and just realized it's no longer available (the UK Limited edition)..let's hope I don't regret that decision.

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:brickwl2:

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How the hell do you misspell names!?!

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That Perpee guy on criterionforum.org is a smart cat who really knows his stuff. His eloquent and precise description of all of the problems he is seeing unfortunately confirm by suspicions about this box set since it was announced.

Universal sure loves their DNR software. It's some bad shit. It's different than the type of blur filtering DNR used on Patton but it's almost as bad. It tries to detect "noise" in subsequent frames and average it out and creates this crawling artifact that acts like fuzzy aura that hovers around moving objects and moves when they move. It's bad on The Sting and the new Out of Africa. They even used it on Jaws but it's usually very hard to see. Even if it's hard to see, it's proof that they used it and they fucking should not have.

I shudder to see what it looks like on the grainy optical-fest that is The Birds.

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This really makes me sad. I'd cancel, but when are we going to actually get better releases coming from Universal? Probably never.