"Mallrats" BD somewhat disappointing
The seamless branching feature isn't as seamless as it looks (there's a hiccup between scenes); not all the easter eggs are there, and screen-within-a-screen commentary from the 2000 release is not there.
That said, it has a lot of good stuff. I'm still glad I got it. |
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I never understood the appeal of the extended cut. I remember seeing the deleted scenes on the 98' DVD and thinking they weren't anything special.
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The EE cut is horrible. Glad I kept the HD-DVD.
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Originally Posted by PatD
(Post 12082605)
That said, it has a lot of good stuff. I'm still glad I got it.
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It kind of bothered me that I couldn't get to the menu without starting the film first and going to the pop up menu. Also I watched the extended cut for the first time and thought it was okay but didn't flow quite as well as the theatrical.
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Originally Posted by Mike86
(Post 12082668)
It kind of bothered me that I couldn't get to the menu without starting the film first and going to the pop up menu.
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When there are two different cuts of a movie on a DVD or Blu-ray, I prefer that they put each cut in its entirety on its own layer. Seamless branching may result in a higher bitrate, but that seamless branching tends to be not so seamless. It annoys and distracts every time.
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This is the missing easter egg from the 2000 DVD:
<iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/W1APXxlEIpw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Grrrr..... |
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Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12082637)
Any new content?
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Originally Posted by PatD
(Post 12082605)
The seamless branching feature isn't as seamless as it looks (there's a hiccup between scenes)
Sorry, just saw you said you didn't have the EE. |
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Looks like the only extra missing from the Blu-ray is the production photographs (from the Anniversary DVD).
According to dvdcompare, the easter eggs are on the blu-ray, as is the full 1 hour of deleted scenes (from the original DVD, and was not on the Anniversary DVD) |
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Originally Posted by manicsounds
(Post 12082934)
According to dvdcompare, the easter eggs are on the blu-ray, as is the full 1 hour of deleted scenes (from the original DVD, and was not on the Anniversary DVD)
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Originally Posted by PatD
(Post 12082605)
The seamless branching feature isn't as seamless as it looks (there's a hiccup between scenes); not all the easter eggs are there, and screen-within-a-screen commentary from the 2000 release is not there.
That said, it has a lot of good stuff. I'm still glad I got it. I was surprised to see that they included the giant block of deleted scenes from the original DVD, since that wasn't ported over to the 10th Anniversary DVD. Overall, I was happy with the extras on the set. I was more disappointed about the noticeable amount of filtering used on the PQ (although it's not nearly as bad as, say, Weird Science).
Originally Posted by manicsounds
(Post 12082934)
Looks like the only extra missing from the Blu-ray is the production photographs (from the Anniversary DVD).
According to dvdcompare, the easter eggs are on the blu-ray, as is the full 1 hour of deleted scenes (from the original DVD, and was not on the Anniversary DVD) *shrug* Admittedly, I would ideally like everything from previous releases to be ported over to the newest one, but I see why some of it was ultimately lost. I still plan on keeping my original DVD (since I got Michael Rooker to autograph it), so at least I can still watch it with the PIP commentary if I so choose. |
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Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468
(Post 12083031)
The hiccup between scenes, if I recall correctly, isn't due to the seamless branching. It was like that on the DVD; it's due to how they edited the cut together
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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner
(Post 12082676)
I think that's Universal's new thing now. It could just be for catalog titles, but a lot of the stuff I've watched from them over the past few months has been that way.
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Re: "Mallrats" BD somewhat disappointing
Originally Posted by PatD
(Post 12082605)
The seamless branching feature isn't as seamless as it looks (there's a hiccup between scenes); not all the easter eggs are there, and screen-within-a-screen commentary from the 2000 release is not there.
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Originally Posted by PatD
(Post 12082605)
The seamless branching feature isn't as seamless as it looks (there's a hiccup between scenes); .
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Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
(Post 12082633)
The EE cut is horrible. Glad I kept the HD-DVD.
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I think there are more easter eggs missing. According to DVD Compare, these easter eggs were on the 10th Anniversary DVD:
Spoiler:
The Blu-ray only has these: Archival Easter Eggs: -"Kevin's Make-up" featurette (0:45) -"Pearls of Wisdom with Stan Lee" featurette (2:39) -"Do It" featurette (1:00) -"Jason Mewes Dance" featurette (0:39) -"Jason Lee" featurette (1:10) -"Lee & Mewes" featurette (2:09, SD) Still, good to have all the View Askewniverse films on BD. |
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Well I just bought Mallrats for the 5th time:
VHS - DVD - Anniversary DVD - HD DVD - Blu-ray I think that's the record for me...no, wait. Star Wars. VHS - Widescreen VHS - DVD - DVD with original versions - Blu-ray. Cheesy slipcover though. |
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https://bleedingcool.com/movies/mall...ith-september/
Mallrats, Kevin Smith's beloved second film, is getting an epic release on Blu-ray this September by Arrow. The release will include three different versions of the film: theatrical, extended, and a tv cut of the film. Arrow has restored all in association with Smith himself. The real treats here are the exhaustive list of special features. The release features commentaries, interviews with pretty much anyone involved in the making of the film, deleted scenes, featurettes, outtakes, q&a, and lots more. Basically, if you enjoy Mallrats, this is going to be the version to own. Check out the new cover for the release below, and the full list of features as well. This will release on September 29th. https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/...eo-Release.jpg Special Features and Technical Specs: LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
DISC ONE – THEATRICAL AND EXTENDED CUTS
DISC TWO – TV CUT
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/mall...ith-september/ |
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Nice. I've been wanting to grab Mallrats on blu for awhile now but never pulled the trigger. It's clearly been awhile since I watched it, so I was itching to buy it. I guess I wait a little longer.
pre-order is $40 which is absurd. |
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My favorite Kevin Smith film. Day one purchase for me. Arrow and Kevin are a great pairing. They both love going the full 9 yards to add everything humanly possible to a physical media release. One could only hope this is a success and Chasing Amy comes next, followed by Dogma.
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I'll definitely be picking it up, but unfortunately it looks like it's missing a couple old features. There's the "View Askew's Look at Mallrats" feature from the original DVD and the "Mallrats: The Runion: Tenth Anniversary Q&A" from the Anniversary DVD, both of which were on the Universal Blu-ray. There's also the video commentary, which isn't surprising since it hasn't been seen since the original DVD.
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