Universal Blu-ray horror Inc The Thing dts-HD

[Myersfan73]

Can't wait, the year just gets better.

DVD Times: Universal 'Horror' (US BD) in September

[MarcMorris]

That's a truly lacking The Thing Blu-ray release if you ask me. Where are the extras from the SD release?

The HD-DVD version is way better. Looks to me like some of the extra features may be available via BD Live access only. Pah!

The Thing (HD-DVD) review

Technical Specs
HD DVD
HD-30 Dual-Layer Disc
Video Resolution/Codec
1080p/VC-1
480p/i/MPEG-2 (Supplements Only)

Aspect Ratio(s): 2.35:1

Audio Formats
English Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 Surround
French Dolby Digital-Plus 2.0 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital-Plus 2.0 Surround

Subtitles/Captions
English SDH
French Subtitles
Spanish Subtitles

Supplements
Audio Commentary
Documentary
Behind-the-Scenes Footage
3 Still Galleries
Theatrical Trailer

[Vaughan]

And to think, there were those who were suggesting we might have to wait ages to get The Thing on Blu-Ray.....

[Myersfan73]

Marc, can you move this one? Posted in the wrong section.

[MarcMorris]

It's not, please read the DVD News announcement before posting links to other site's news.

[Myersfan73]

Originally Posted by MarcM

It's not, please read the DVD News announcement before posting links to other site's news.

Read and noted. Can't see The Thing being released without the extra's that the SD-DVD & HD-DVD had. Surely these are just early specs?
Anyhow it's a buy for me, the HD print and dts-HD surround will do it for me.

[Myersfan73]

Will be buying Dawn Of The Dead & Land Of The Dead as well, all 3 for $59.98 should be round abouts £40 of our English pounds.

Dawn of the Dead (Unrated Director’s Cut)
BD-25 Single Layer
1080P Widescreen
English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
French and Spanish 5.1 DTS Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
U-Control Tutorial
U-Control Picture-in-Picture
Feature Commentary with Director Zack Snyder and Producer Eric Newman




Land of the Dead (Unrated Director’s Cut)BD-25 Single Layer
1080P Widescreen
English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Spanish 5.1 DTS Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
U Control Tutorial
U Control Picture in Picture
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: Zombie Casting Call
Feature Commentary with Director George Romero, Producer Peter Grunwald and Editor Michael Doherty

[mrb]

Originally Posted by MarcM

The HD-DVD version is way better.

I notice that you bought into HD-DVD fairly near the end of the format war Marc - do you feel at all bitter?

More to the point, why is it exactly that blu ray has a dearth of extras - is it really because the studios haven't 'blu-rayed' their supplementary material yet, because that sounds a bit odd?

[MarcMorris]

Not at all - the player was free

[Myersfan73]

Originally Posted by mrb

I notice that you bought into HD-DVD fairly near the end of the format war Marc - do you feel at all bitter?

More to the point, why is it exactly that blu ray has a dearth of extras - is it really because the studios haven't 'blu-rayed' their supplementary material yet, because that sounds a bit odd?

All the extra's on the HD-DVD were in SD so I'm thinking early specs myself.

[Myersfan73]

Originally Posted by MarcM

Not at all - the player was free

Marc how you finding HD-DVD displayed from your new projector & have you got around to getting a Blu-ray player yet?

[MarcMorris]

HD-DVD looks astounding, but to be honest I haven't had a great deal of time to actually sit down and relax with a movie of late.

[MarcMorris]

Looks like The Thing is getting an SD re-release too, along with the original.

And check out that price! That's just silly.

Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1, Surround, Stereo, Mono
Sub Titles: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
Dubbed Language(s): French, Italian, Polish, Spanish
Disc Format: DVD 9
Making Of
Feature Commentary With Director
Production Background
Cast Production Photos
Production Art
Storyboards
Location Design
Production Archives
Out Takes
Production And Post Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer

The Thing: amazon.co.uk (70% off pre-order special)

The Thing From Another World: amazon.co.uk

[Vaughan]

Man, I think I'll wait for the sales.

[CJ34]

Originally Posted by Myersfan73

All the extra's on the HD-DVD were in SD so I'm thinking early specs myself.

Yes, but note the specs - it's on a BD-25, which is 5GB smaller than its comparative HD-DVD release. Maybe that would account for the loss of supplementary features?

So whilst a selling point of Blu-Ray over HD-DVD was it's larger capacity, the reality is that many Blu-Ray titles are actually being put out on smaller capacity discs than HD-DVD. Not that I wish to see HD-DVD resurrected - the format war is done and dusted, I'm just pointing out a fact, is all. Former HD-DVD-only titles are now being released on lower capacity discs. Now if Universal had gone the whole hog and remastered these titles and put them on 50GB Blu-Ray discs, that might be something worth celebrating!

[AndyBlade]

£2.98 for The Thing? I remember buying my copy as part of a - wait for it - three for £50 (!!) promotion HMV ran towards the end of 1999 when DVDs were still hiding in dark and dusty corners of shops. I still have the reciept in the box.

[Silent Voice]

Originally Posted by AndyBlade

£2.98 for The Thing? I remember buying my copy as part of a - wait for it - three for £50 (!!) promotion HMV ran towards the end of 1999 when DVDs were still hiding in dark and dusty corners of shops. I still have the reciept in the box.

£2.98 is a great price.:-) only change is the cover pic from the first release but I am not complaining.

[Myersfan73]

I wonder if the UK are finally going to be treated to an anamorphic version? At that price it would be an out and out bargain. Under £3, that's cheaper than a nights rental. How do they make any money?
My 1st UK DVD cost £21.99 from WHSmiths, that was nearly 9 years ago.

[Myersfan73]

The Thing
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1662/thing1982.html

Land Of The Dead
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1663/landofthedead.html

Dawn Of The Dead
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1664...edead2004.html

Triple Pack
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1665...arterpack.html

[Pecker]

Originally Posted by MarcM

HD-DVD looks astounding, but to be honest I haven't had a great deal of time to actually sit down and relax with a movie of late.

HD DVD has been great fun over the past 7 months. The sales are superb, with discs as low as £3.99 at HMV (online).

I bought an EP30 (as a spare) for £50, and the Heroes & Planet Earth boxed-sets for £28 - a total of £78. You'll struggle to find just the discs for that on Blu-ray!

Current totals are 95 HD DVD (with 8 on the way) and 54 BDs (with 10 on the way).

The HD DVD of The Thing is terrific. I think I paid around £5.

Steve W