I'm not a fan of DVDs getting short-shifted on features as a way of trying to force consumers to upgrade to Blu, although I fully understand why they do it.  If I could afford a Blu-Ray player, or PS3 I'd have one, but I can't.  Sure, I could wait to buy this (and other) release(s) but I don't feel I should have to.

With The Wolf Man, it's the features I'm interested in, the film was pretty poor.  I wouldn't mind so much if the DVD had a few more features, the alternate endings, Rick Baker feature and a couple of the werewolf featurettes, then I probably wouldn't complain.  At least in the UK we get better coverart for this release, even if the BBFC/IRE certificates will totally mess it up.

This movie bites & not in the way the filmmakers intended it to be. Thouroughly dissapointed.

Pixarfan517 wrote: Aww man...FINALLY! Universal is now doing digital copies. Let's just hope Paramount furthers it down with digital copies and then eventually Dreamworks does it with their animated movies plus any of their other new release titles.

What the hell are you talking about? Universal has ALWAYS done digital copies. Hellboy II, The incredible hunk and Mammia Mia! are some examples.

Personally, I also am annoyed by them trying to force Blue Ray down our throats. The players are more expensive, the DVD's are more expensive... it's an enormous amount of money for, in my opinion, not a lot. I've seen the two contrasted and there's not near enough picture improvement to make me want to re-invest a $5,000+ collection in Blue Ray.

Bummer that they are shafting the fans who only have DVD, though -- that's not cool. And it's not going to convince me to buy a more expensive machine.

Anyway -- movie-wise, I look forward to renting this. I guess if I like it, I can live without the extras.

16 minutes longer thats pretty sick

Tis true Nevunder, your point's are well seen and I do agree. I guess I just feel a bit "bullied" into bluray because of the huge imbalance in features anymore. I grew up with VHS, toyed around with Beta tapes for the fun of it, then the shift to DVD, now the shift to Bluray, after that the shift to whatever, I guess I am just a bit worn out on the format shifts so to speak. I know it's bound to happen but in days of standard editions, special editions, super special editions, deluxe editions, limited editions, extended editions, you can only buy so many movies so many times. Now we not only have those and formats but we're adding 3D into the mix with different methods, different "glasses", different modes of compression etc.

I know this isn't the place to rant about it but list of features just got me thinking more into it then I should have, my apologies.

I really liked this movie, and the Wolf Man is my favorite Universal monster. I will buy it the first day.

Regret not seeing this in the theater.  Will be getting this.  I'll gladly take this over the fake, romanticized, teenage were-pups of New Moon, anyday of the week!!

I mainly want to see it for two reasons. First, it's about the Wolfman (one of my fav. horror icons) and second, Emily "wish she was the black widow instead of Scarlett" Blunt is in it.

Whatever keeps Bernicio Del Toro from being Moe in The Three Stooges is fine by me. Do a sequel to this, a prequel, who cares?

Quote:  I'm not buying into any kool-aid, I just think it's a huge waste of money. Physical media will still be around, but is it really worth "buying into" bluray? It's as far as it can go in terms of "HD", it's not getting any better, so why not just drop it now? Maybe I should have just put an IMO in there, because that's what I meant. Its like seeing those people sitting in front of their new 3D TV on a commercial, all with their glasses on. Shame that in a few years their TV will be considered old when a new 3D format becomes more available, eventually without glasses, then we will have "format" wars all over again.

Well, of course over time it'll be replaced. That's the eventual path of everything when you're talking about the business of consumerism, particularly anything in the technology field. I'm just saying it's going to be around for awhile yet and I don't think digital media is going to be it's immediate successor, at least certainly not in the forseeable future. There's still too many issues with accessibilty and quality...Your argument about 3D, however, is a valid one in my opinion. That's why I'm not even planning to get on that bus. Not sold on the hype. I didn't care for Avatar as it was, watching it in 3D will only serve to provide me with a TITANIC-sized migraine, sorry Mr. Cameron...And the 3D gaming "revolution" that's coming? Psshhh. Count me out. That's not how I want to play my games, thank you very much. I will "retire" from videogaming if the day comes in my lifetime that 3D is the ONLY option!....ehh, okay, rant over.

djblack1313 wrote: i'm with Primogen18 (but maybe for a different reason or not). i'm F'ing tired of us regular (and apparently low life, not to be bothered with) DVD'ers who get shafted all the time now regarding bonus features. i admit i don't have the extra $$$ to buy a BR player and a HD TV. so yeah, i'll be downloading this for free. the shame is i actually WOULD have bought this if the important bonus stuff (alt endings, featurettes, whatever) were on the regular DVD.

That's a whole 'nother argument right there, but suffice to say I actually agree with you completely. It doesn't affect me as much because I was an early Blu adopter so I rarely even buy DVD's anymore, but I know a lot of people - no, MOST people - still do so I sympathize.

i'm with Primogen18 (but maybe for a different reason or not). i'm F'ing tired of us regular (and apparently low life, not to be bothered with) DVD'ers who get shafted all the time now regarding bonus features. i admit i don't have the extra $$$ to buy a BR player and a HD TV. so yeah, i'll be downloading this for free. the shame is i actually WOULD have bought this if the important bonus stuff (alt endings, featurettes, whatever) were on the regular DVD.

Nevunder wrote: Primogen18 wrote: gah, I guess Ill be downloading this for free. Bluray is DVD's last grasp to keep the physical format market, I don't see it sticking around long enough to blow so much money on it.

A little advice: do some homework before you start drinking that flavor of Kool-Aid, dude. Not only is Blu-ray not a "last gasp to keep the physical format market" (this is 2010, not 2007 so don't buy into the fear mongering from teh interwebs), the standard DVD format itself isn't going away anytime soon, either, due to it's decade-plus installed user base. You'd be surprised how many people out there actually prefer physical media to digital media, and when consumers speak (with their money that is), the industry is quick to fall in line or risk losing the bigger profit.

I'm not buying into any kool-aid, I just think it's a huge waste of money. Physical media will still be around, but is it really worth "buying into" bluray? It's as far as it can go in terms of "HD", it's not getting any better, so why not just drop it now? Maybe I should have just put an IMO in there, because that's what I meant. Its like seeing those people sitting in front of their new 3D TV on a commercial, all with their glasses on. Shame that in a few years their TV will be considered old when a new 3D format becomes more available, eventually without glasses, then we will have "format" wars all over again.

I was really looking forward to this, but I didn't really care for it, the CGI made it completely unbelievable. And I don't think an unrated director's cut could really have added a whole lot to this movie. But I could be wrong. I was very disappointed by this movie overall.

Primogen18 wrote: gah, I guess Ill be downloading this for free. Bluray is DVD's last grasp to keep the physical format market, I don't see it sticking around long enough to blow so much money on it.

A little advice: do some homework before you start drinking that flavor of Kool-Aid, dude. Not only is Blu-ray not a "last gasp to keep the physical format market" (this is 2010, not 2007 so don't buy into the fear mongering from teh interwebs), the standard DVD format itself isn't going away anytime soon, either, due to it's decade-plus installed user base. You'd be surprised how many people out there actually prefer physical media to digital media, and when consumers speak (with their money that is), the industry is quick to fall in line or risk losing the bigger profit.

gah, I guess Ill be downloading this for free. Bluray is DVD's last grasp to keep the physical format market, I don't see it sticking around long enough to blow so much money on it.

chris burge wrote: Awful cover. Whats with the blue spine? yuck

That's probably just the slipcover. At least, I hope it is.

I do agree with most of the others here, despite its flaws, the film deserved a better reception than it got. It's definitely not as bad as the stuff shirted professional reviewers thought it was. First day Blu for me.

This film was soooooo terribly predictable.  I predicted plot twists BEFORE I actually saw the film!  This was very paint-by-numbers work, and demonstrated no reason to bother being made in the first place.

-NJM

Not liking the artwork. UK cover is better.

That artwork isn't bad, but the "The" feels very awkwardly placed in there, and unaligned.

The ability to stream the original is a pretty cool idea. Future releases should take note of this.

Well, shut my mouth about the extras. Stream the original? Hell yeah! I'm there.

 I guess it's time to upgrade to Blu-Ray.