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I'm have mixed feelings about it. I love the package and outer box of that set. But I do prefer the look of the Bond 50 set. And the booklets they come in are really nice. The second one is much more compact though. And though the 2 books in the Bond 50 are really nice. The slots are really tight and card and there is always the fear removing and replacing the discs.
The steelbooks look great (from Zavvi here in the UK) but I just can't justify paying the price for them when the disc inside is exactly the same. And having them already on blu ray and DVD. And I already had a few of the blu ray releases before Bond 50 then I wouldn't pay for the steelbooks just for a duplicate copy. Even though the steelbooks look fantastic.
The artwork on on the Bond 50 was a bit nicer, IMO. There was a phase after that for Bond releases to use simple white cover art. Rather bland. Mine is a white cover art release.
You and I both, absolutely. It's just not worth any price when it'll instantly go on my shelf and will be rarely appreciated as a result. I only double dip anymore for a really, really proper edition of a film, like that Midsommar 4K (the only copy you could get at the time and maybe even still) direct from A24. Worth every penny.
As has been mentioned elsewhere on the thread. The difference in picture quality between DVD's and blu ray is night and day. Seeing the lush picture in full HD is something to behold. When DVD's first became available I purchased them voraciously. And I was kinda sceptical (and a bit bummed) about having to replace them with blu rays. But when I started buying blu ray's they were clearly vastly improved. And a much better viewing experience than a DVD. So while I didn't purchase them at the pace I did DVD's. I slowly built up my collection. But honestly, as has already been said. I don't notice much of a difference between the 4K UHD and blu ray's. Certainly not enough to double dip and/or replace my blu rays. And in fact I only own 2 4K UHD's. If something new comes out then yeah. But I don't think I'll be replacing my blu ray copies. Unless there is something else added to them besides cool cover art.
I don't really have anything else to add to this.
Except to say "spot on". I completely agree 👍
TVs Are Too Good Now Why does Home Alone look better than the latest Marvel fare on the most advanced displays?
https://www.vulture.com/2022/07/4k-tv-cgi-review.html
Thanks for that article, it's an interesting read so far. I love Eggers' comments, how indies shockingly end up looking better than giant blockbusters that utilize a bunch of CGI (including how he was essentially forced to do so for The Northman and wants to close his eyes when those moments appear).
I can clarify this. The Inside docs that were remastered in 1080p were for the titles that were released back in 2008/2009 in four volume packs. The following titles released were:
Oct 2008:
Vol. 1: DN, LALD, DAD
Vol. 2 FRWL, TB, FYEO
Mar 2009:
Vol. 3 GF, MR, TWINE
Vol. 4 TMWTGG, LTK, QOS
By 2009, the US economy was taking a big hit and MGM ran into money trouble with massive debt that lead to them filing for bankruptcy. Any following volume packs, as well as a Collector’s Edition for QOS (which ultimately never saw the light of day) were unfortunately delayed for about three years. This is what also caused the delay of SF by four years.
After MGM was saved, the remaining Bond films (YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD, GE, TND) would finally debut on blu-ray on September 2012. However, because the Inside Docs were not properly remastered for them, we only got the ports from the 1999/2000 Special Edition DVDs. Better than nothing, but it’s still too bad they never got their due.
https://007store.com/collections/james-bond-new-arrivals/products/dr-no-60th-anniversary-special-edition-with-steelbook-blu-ray
This is a question that has always interested me: why CGI from decades ago can look better than some of the CGI you see today. The CGI in Jurassic Park, for instance, looks significantly better than a good deal of CGI in movies from the early 2000s (and even a fair amount of movies from today). The CGI in much of Marvel's Phase 4 looks noticeably shoddier than the CGI in Phases 1-3. Is it the quality of the talent involved? The budget? The amount of time they have?
In Marvel's case, surely they have the budget more than covered at this point. Which makes me wonder if they just aren't allotting the proper amount of time to bring the CGI up to quality with how much content they're producing and how quickly. There were reports that Aquaman 2 was delayed by months for visual effects work. That says something about the amount of time quality CGI requires. I imagine going through a 2 to 3-hour film frame by frame to turn all the CGI blurs you see into finely detailed visuals would be a painstaking process, but I really have no idea how it all works.
@brinkeguthrie, I think most of these special editions, steelbooks and whatnot are typically blu-ray/4K exclusive. I rarely see them for DVD anymore.
I sincerely hope not.
My favorite example of CGI in Bond is at the Skyfall lodge where it’s used to replace backgrounds or details of the lodge like moss. It’s the subtle touches like that which demonstrates what a good tool CGI can be. Contrast that with how they tried using it in DAD where it was in your face and subpar.
Sadly Casino Royale has not, yet.
It’ll just be the settings of your player. When watching the content, open up the options bar/menu and you’ll have some display/aspect ratio settings. Just cycle through the options, ‘Fit to screen’ should be the best one, and should still retain the proper aspect ratio.
This is when CGI is most effective and impressive to me.
And I don't know if I'm the only one but I've always been very, very impressed with the MI6 explosion in SF too. It looks really fantastic and realistic.
They should have done it for real.
Just a liiiittle light explosion at MI6, nothing major.
Thank you @MakeshiftPython this makes some sense. Rather than it being a glitch. It's happened to me before with another box set. This time of the CD variety. But it was The Beatles Capitol Records Vol. 2. And the glitch was on "Rubber Soul". Where all early copies of the box set had fold down mono of the stereo album and not the true mono mixes. Which is of course the one I had. Sometimes it doesn't pay to pre-order and buy things immediately.
I got sidetracked a little there. But thank you for letting me know. The fact that it's only the inside docs means I would be unlikely to buy a newer version just to get the inside docs in better quality. I probably couldn't be bothered with going through the hassle of posting them in for replacement copies if they were going to do that (obviously unlikely. That's the kind of thing they do if there is a glitch and it's spotted immediately. Not something that happens 10 years after the fact.)
There are two UK sets. One without and one with all the extras. The more pricey one has the same extras the bond 50 box set had (possibly more) and has black packaging rather than the cheaper white one.
Well, except Live And Let Die and Die Another Day.
Those steelbooks from Zavvi look fantastic.