And I thought Sony's Ultimate Edition DVD's were rip-offs!

That is AWESOME!!!  Probably my biggest long awaited release.  Hopefully they'll release them in the States around the time of the theatrical release of Casino Royale.  I'd hate to have to wait till the DVD release.  

Love to see Lowry Digital's work on the restoration.  The new DTS tracks to replace some of the old mono tracks should be cool.

But just one question...how does the anamorphic 1.66 transfers work?  Specifically on a 16:9 enhanced 4:3 TV when the 16:9 squeeze automatically squeezes to 1.78?

Lincoln6Echo wrote: But just one question...how does the anamorphic 1.66 transfers work?  Specifically on a 16:9 enhanced 4:3 TV when the 16:9 squeeze automatically squeezes to 1.78?

They're side-curtained.

Tomorrow Never Dies - Uncensored I think you'll find that the British version omits 2 shots from the final sequence.  One being Michelle Yeoh throwing a Shuriken at one of the Stealth Boats crew and the second being Bond kicking a downed guard in the face. These shots are complete in the US version. Here's hoping they do something about those subtitles at the beginning of the film 'Terrorist Arms Bazarr' - Awful fonts!

Carlin wrote: Great! I currently have them all on VHS.

I will certainly be looking to buy Goldeneye, The Spy who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only. The three best IMO.

lol, me to. I own all 20 films on VHS and I am looking to update them on DVD. Its great that they are all getting new anamprohic widescreen frame by frame digital restoration transfers. I also cannot wait to go though all the new bonus material for each film. When is this coming out in R1?

In case anyone is having trouble viewing the end of the news item, it's a Firefox bug that affects our pages when they get too long. To get around it just view the page in Opera or Internet Explorer.

I am a huge 007 fan, I bought them all on VHS and I bought them all on DVD, including Never Say Never Again. I really don't think I'll be spending another couple hundred on these though if they come out in the states no matter how tempting those DTS tracks are. The DTS-ES track on Die Another Day is quite explosive, I would love to hear the older ones restored. But it would cost soooooooooooo much!

Mal wrote: In case anyone is having trouble viewing the end of the news item, it's a Firefox bug that affects our pages when they get too long. To get around it just view the page in Opera or Internet Explorer.

Is it a Firefox bug, or one of yours?

FYI the Region 1 versions are scheduled for November they've been shown on some R1 trailers, sorry I don't know which.

Yes Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies have always been cut up until these DVDs in the UK BUT also "License to Kill" is going to be the uncut version for the first time ever.

It's currently cut on every DVD and Theatrical run in the world.

p.s - For those who it interests you will note the Original Mono has been dropped from all the relevant titles in place of 5.1.

Mal - this web page is too long in my FireFox browser.

It might do, I hardly check old versions of Firefox. Looks like some sort of memory bug to me, like it can't cope with that amount of images or content within the same box. Like I said, both Firefox 2 and 3 are in development, will try them later to see if it's fixed in either of those.

Edit - oh well, just checked, Firefox 2 and 3 have the same problem.

I had no idea that the first three Bonds were filmed in 1.66:1 (and LaLD in 1.85:1). That explains why they didn't look as badly cropped on TV.

I still don't own a single Bond film on DVD, and with the constant re-issues, I sure am glad that I don't! Though with the HD formats on the way, maybe these will be the *final* Bond releases on the format? I sure hope so!

Somewhat OTly speaking, I never understood why people bash Moonraker so much. I know it was done in the shadow of Star Wars, but it's still an entertaining romp. Though most of you would probably use it as a sufficient excuse to ignore me, since my favorite Bond also happens to be Timothy Dalton...

£ukasz D wrote: forgive my fruastration...but
WHY O WHY THE INCLUDE FINISH,DUTCH, DANISH, NORWEGIAN SUBTITLES...AND NOT POLISH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
WHY ALL THE SMALL COUNTRIES GOT THEYR SUBS..AND MY 40 MLN COUNTRY HAS NOT ?????????????????? OOO SCRUE you WARNER !!!!!
Something makes me think that subtitles wouldn't help you much.

To this day it remains Chris' goal to find a way to interject Star Wars into every thread, discussion, or review.

I am hoping they are going to release the full uncut O"n Her Majesty's Secret Service", all versions seem to have at least one cut, and England has three! Didn't see any mention of it on the new packaging.

Bit of a mistake on Die Another Day - 'From Script to Screen' (a fantastic documentary) WAS already released on DVD; it was a Region 2 exclusive, bought from ITV.

Plus 'Just Another Day' was another neat little docco that, also, has been out on DVD. It came as a giveaway from Woolworths when you bought The Sun newspaper.

Anyone wanna call Trade Descriptions? :-)

As to the DVDs - colour me indifferent. I'm sure the restoration's decent, but are these really much of an improvement over the (very good) first editions? Roger Moore commentaries? He's lovely, but interesting to the power of seven two-hour movies? Probably not.

Interactive guides? These should have been retired from DVD years ago. Archive footage? Well, now, aside from old adverts and chat show appearances, this, at least, might have been excellent...

...only, the new deleted scenes only kick in the 80s (Diamonds are Forever aside). Which means the only new stuff that might persuade me to buy again starts half way through the collection.

I'll wait for the reviews - if the deleted scenes are worth a look (and I expect they will be for the Brosnan era, at least; the archive's still warm!) I'll have to consider it. But damn, it's a thin straw for a fan to clutch at.

(Not overly fussed about the 'Uncut' flicks, either - a couple of kicks in one, a headbutt and scuffle in ther other. I'll cope without them - seeing as I forked out for the 007 boxed set the first time around.)