Universal Blu-ray titles (UK - BD)
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Universal Pictures UK has announced the release of a series of Blu-ray titles for the coming months. So far none of the release dates and prices are confirmed, as no two retailers seem to agree on everything, but full specs and artwork are available. Check back later for concrete release dates and prices.
Land of the Dead (TBC, but either 01/10/2008 or 01/12/2008 £19.99)
Leatherheads (20/10/2008 £24.99)
The Thing (06/10/2008 £19.99)
Step Up 2 the Streets (03/11/2008 £19.99)
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Starring: Various
SRP: £TBC
Further Details:
Universal Pictures UK has announced the release of a series of Blu-ray titles for the coming months. So far none of the release dates and prices are confirmed, as no two retailers seem to agree on everything, but full specs and artwork are available. Check back later for concrete release dates and prices.
Land of the Dead (TBC, but either 01/10/2008 or 01/12/2008 £19.99)
- 2.35:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
- Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 Latin American Spanish
- Subtitles: English SDH, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish
- U-Control Picture in Picture: Cast and Crew Interviews and Behind-the-Scenes Footage
- The Remaining Bits
- When Shaun Met George
- Scenes of Carnage
- Zombie Effects: From Green Screen to Finished Scene
- Bringing the Storyboards to Life
- Scream Tests: The Zombie Casting Call
- Feature Commentary with Director George Romero, Producer Peter Grunwald and Editor Michael Doherty
Leatherheads (20/10/2008 £24.99)
- 1.85:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
- Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 Latin American Spanish, DTS 5.1 Canadian French
- Subtitles: English SDH, Latin American Spanish, Canadian French
- U-Control Picture in Picture: Cast and Crew Interviews and Behind-the-Scenes Footage
- Feature Commentary with Director George Clooney and Producer Grant Heslov
The Thing (06/10/2008 £19.99)
- 2.35:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
- Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 German, Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian, DTS 2.0 Mono Spanish
- Subtitles: English SDH, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Traditional Mandarin
- U-Control Picture in Picture: Cast and Crew Interviews and Behind-the-Scenes Footage
- Feature Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell
- John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
- Production Background Archive
- Cast Production Photographs
- Production Art and Storyboards
- Location Design
- Production Archives
- The Saucer
- The Blairmonster
- Outtakes
- Post Production
- Theatrical Trailer
Step Up 2 the Streets (03/11/2008 £19.99)
- 1.85:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
- Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 French
- Subtitles: English SDH, French
- Deleted Scenes Intros
- Deleted Scenes
- Through the Fresh Eyes: Making of Step Up 2
- Outlaws of Hip Hop – Meet the “410”
- Hoffman Video Prank
- Easter Eggs
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Nice to see The Thing's getting it's full set of extras, unlike the stripped-down US version.
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The Thing: Damn. just ordered the US version! It has the 80 min doc in the pip, now this has it as it should be, uncut. GREAT film.
The Thing is one of the greatest creature flicks of all time! Already pre-ordered.
MrE26 wrote: Nice to see The Thing's getting it's full set of extras, unlike the stripped-down US version.
yeah, i actually went and bought the regular dvd instead of the blu-ray just because of that. yay canada sharing america's releases. lol
i gotta say i just dont understand the appeal of PiP tracks, and when they take an existing normal feature and force it into a PiP, well thats just retarded.
yeah, i actually went and bought the regular dvd instead of the blu-ray just because of that. yay canada sharing america's releases. lol
i gotta say i just dont understand the appeal of PiP tracks, and when they take an existing normal feature and force it into a PiP, well thats just retarded.
Indeed. If they don't bother to do something inventive, they're just boring. I don't mind visual commentaries, but all this sticking featurettes on the screen while the film plays is rubbish.
Yeah, it's like they've forced it into a PIP track just so they can go, "look, next gen extras!" when all we want is to watch the doc as it was intended. It's a great documentary, but i think it'll lose a lot being relegated to the corner of the screen while the movie plays.
Isn't that just an option? I'm sure the features can be watched on their own.
knight d wrote: Isn't that just an option? I'm sure the features can be watched on their own.I don't think so. From what i've read, the US disc only contains the commentary & PIP track, & none of the video features can be viewed independent of the movie.
MrE26 wrote: Nice to see The Thing's getting it's full set of extras, unlike the stripped-down US version.
What do you mean stripped down ? I just read a review, and our version seems to have just about everything the UK Blu-ray has.
What do you mean stripped down ? I just read a review, and our version seems to have just about everything the UK Blu-ray has.
No, it doesn't. The US release only includes the commentary and most part of the Terror Takes Shape documentary as picture-in-picture feature, but it's missing the rest of the extras.
in some ways I agree with dtsHDMA on some few titles and more ways I think DolbyTrue should be on The Thing since the film was released in Dolby stereo optical and 70mm Dolby six-track.
dtsHDMA should say with titles like Apollo 13 that was released in optical dtsStereo and dts digital.
This is the issue that is really starting to tick-me-off-about-Bluray!
Its only the geeks that don’t know sod all about film releases and what dtsHDMA!
Thou Paramount has seen fit to give Top Gun DolbyTrue yes Dolby and a dtsHDMA.
The dtsHDMA is only a few db higher than DolbyTrue but go and figure its just a sly level adjustment to trick geeks into thinking dts is better.
Plus the extras on The Thing are the same as the DVD the same as the signature laserdisc edition. The more things change. The more they stay the same. Now then!
dtsHDMA should say with titles like Apollo 13 that was released in optical dtsStereo and dts digital.
This is the issue that is really starting to tick-me-off-about-Bluray!
Its only the geeks that don’t know sod all about film releases and what dtsHDMA!
Thou Paramount has seen fit to give Top Gun DolbyTrue yes Dolby and a dtsHDMA.
The dtsHDMA is only a few db higher than DolbyTrue but go and figure its just a sly level adjustment to trick geeks into thinking dts is better.
Plus the extras on The Thing are the same as the DVD the same as the signature laserdisc edition. The more things change. The more they stay the same. Now then!
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