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Yes, we need to see this. It was a big mistake to delete this, as it would have provided more closure to that side of Quantum, especially now considering that Skyfall seems to have pulled a Goldfinger and forgotten about Quantum.
No volume 4 and 5 of that edition will be released - MGM is starting a new edition, re-releasing the already available Blu-Ray films and the yet-to-be-released one... so yes the current blu-ray edition will remain unfinished.
Also - do the existing Blu Rays feature the same extras content as the SE or UE DVDs...or is it different again?
The plan was always to launch them in Q4 2012. So anytime from September. It would be nice to have an announcement, mind.
It's the same as the UE DVDs, which is just more than the SE DVDs to begin with. Nothing's missing, in fact, there's never been more extras!
It could be as late as December 2013, just because of making it available just in time for Chrostmas that year.
I heard there was a London street chase that was actually filmed?!? It would be great to see this footage on a new release as bonuse material.
It's lost sadly and no longer exists but stills do survive. If you can hunt for them, they're well worth looking at.
Does anyone know if the version of Casino Royale in this collection: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00307RT86/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
includes the deleted scenes?
I am not as keen on Blue Ray partly because I think standard DVD's look pretty good anyway (I think the general public feels the same as Blue Ray isn't that popular I read) plus they are so clear and sharp that they make the film look a little fake and as a consequence they lose that theatrical quality. I haven't seen any Blue Ray Bond films though. Also, I could buy a blue ray player but my laptop doesn't play blue ray and I'm not going to go out and buy a new laptop just for this. I'm more than happy with my Vaio.
The 13 blu-ray Bonds plus NSNA blu-ray, btw can all be had very cheap. You can get them anywhere for $10.00 each. Even cheaper some places.
I think the decision on whether to go blu-ray or not, is more about whether to invest in the 1080p hi-def TV. Once that decision is made, tossing in a blu-ray machine is a no-brainer because the machines are cheap, and they also play all your dvds too.
So, let me get this straight - you think Blu-Rays "look fake", but you haven't actually seen one?
I'll tell you one thing: The Lowry 4K remasters on 1080p Blu-Ray look far, far superior than the DVD's. Actually most Blu-Rays do.
But you probably won't notice this on a 32" TV-set or your laptop! Get a projector or a well-calibrated 1080p 50" flatscreen.
So timmer, you're saying invest in the 1080p as opposed to the 720 if buying the Blu-Rays? I've got the blu-ray player, now just looking for a tv on a budget (but willing to shell out the cash for the BOND blu-rays). It sounds like though, the Bond DVD's still are sufficient played through this, no?
Again the big investment is really how much do you want to spend on the TV. Both the Bond blu-ray and ultimate-edition dvds are quite cheap.
I've got a one year old LED 40 " Toshiba. Everything looks great, both dvd and blu-ray.
But if I could do it over, I'd go for minimum 50 " . Bigger is best.
Next purchase will be a really big screen. Although 40" does fill any normal size room nicely and you can get really good prices on 40" 1080p now. That's probably the best value now. You start paying more as the screen size increases.
Viewing tip. Make sure the colour is calibrated if that's the right word. I had to fiddle with my colour settings which was a real nuisance, but I eventually got them right where I wanted them. Would have been handy if someone that actually knew what they were doing set the colour though.
Viewing tip 2 re. picture-size options. Watch all movies on full-screen option, while TV dvd/blu-ray, or actual live-tv seems to display truer in theatre wide-one. The theatre wide-one option will clip graphics when watching sports, but I think the action displays better than on full-screen. Full-screen though will give you an unclipped graphics display, if you value all the top-of-screen and bottom-of-screen graphics info that clutters up the screen when watching sports.
No problem with the TV but I want to watch them on my laptop too.
I've seen Blue Ray films but NOT James Bond on Blue Ray.
"Next year around Skyfall's release all the films will be released on DVD again as well as Blu-ray. This could well include packaging with a 50th anniversary theme so Skyfall will fit in when it comes out. Wait for that one, I would. If you've survived this long you can wait for the time left, just under a year."
Oh cool, thanks for that. I'll wait then.
Go blu-ray when you're ready to park yourself in front of your living room hi-def 1080p 40" or better.
But then again, the 2000 SE's that are discontinued are going for around $30--and that's just a Special Edition DVD, not sure why that is. So maybe it's not a bad idea to pick up the current UE versions.
Personally I don't care about the next round of dvd releases.All I want is to get my paws on the remaining 9 blu-rays, but I will wait for them to come down in price. I have budgeted $90.00 plus tax to buy all 9 ( $10.00 each) I will wait for this price, as there is no urgency. I have the SE edition back-ups.
btw Casino Royale (1967) will be released on blu-ray Feb. 7 2012. At least in Canada. Opening price is $14.99. Not bad.
These are the cheapest full set I've seen.
A View To A Kill and GoldenEye are cropped though as well as A View To A Kill's deliberately shakey shot being cleaned up! Some bad errors were made by Lowry Digital.