Universal Studios Home Video have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of three gangster titles on 14th October 2008. Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, Martin Scorsese’s Casino and David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises will be priced at $29.98 SRP each or will be available as part of a three-pack Gangsters set priced at $89.98 SRP.
Universal have so far not used region coding on their Blu-ray Disc titles and we expect this trend to continue, though officially no region coding information has been supplied. Features are detailed below…
American Gangster BD-50 Dual Layer Theatrical (158mins) and Extended (177mins) Cuts 1080P Widescreen English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio French 5.1 DTS Surround (Theatrical Cut only) English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles U-Control Picture in Picture (Unrated Cut) Commentary with Director Ridley Scott and Writer Steven Zaillian (Theatrical Cut) Deleted Scenes Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster Case Files Hip-Hop Infusion Featuring Common and T.I. The BET Special: The Making of American Gangster Dateline NBC: American Gangster First Look "Do You Feel Me (Remix)" performed by Anthony Hamilton featuring Ghostface Killah "Blue Magic" from Jay-Z's Album "American Gangster" Theatrical Trailer
Casino BD-50 Dual Layer 1080P Widescreen English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Spanish 5.1 DTS Surround English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles Feature Audio Commentary - Moments with Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone, Nicholas Pileggi and more U-Control Picture in Picture Deleted Scenes Vegas and the Mob History Alive: True Crime Authors: Casino With Nicholas Pileggi (The History Channel) My Scenes
Eastern Promises 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 Secrets and Stories Marked for Life Two Guys Walk into a Bath House Watts on Wheels
Herligt! American Gangster i både en unrated og theatrical udgave og så med et DTS-HD Master Audio spor. That's a gimme!!!
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Video: 4½ / 5 "...you can just about pick any scene on this disc and you've got great demo material."
"Despite the edgy contrast which results in the usual hot whites, detail ranges from excellent to exceptional, with even the widest, most CGI-crammed vistas finely textured and rich. Colors, while again all over the map, are rendered accurately and without noise or loss of stability. Unfortunately, there is some over-saturation in spots, making the image blur out in areas of solid colors and/or giving fleshtones a bit more of an orange-y wash than actual human skin. The level of sharpness can also be a problem at times -- I was surprised to see noticeable jaggies on slow horizontal pans (such as tracking shots of cityscapes, or chrome on vehicles, etc.), giving the presentation an edgy, digital sheen. All other aspects of the transfer are perfect, though, with rock solid blacks, an absolutely pristine source and not a hint of compression artifacts -- remarkable considering the film's length and intensity of fast action."
Audio: 5 / 5 "With this Blu-ray they've provided a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround track (48kHz/24-bit). It's hard to imagine a home theater mix that could sound better."
To say 'Transformers' is incredibly aggressive is an understatement. Discrete effects are relentless, but it is precisely this lack of subtlety that any fan of the film would want. Directionality, imaging, accuracy of localized effects, and the sheer depth of the soundfield are superb -- the "wall of sound" illusion is utterly transparent. Even the front soundstage is a stunner -- stereo effects are quite pronounced, and the first time you get to hear a Transformer "transform," it's about as cool as the first time you heard a lightsaber unsheathe in 'Star Wars.'
As you would expect, this is also the kind of disc your subwoofer will devour. Even at moderate volume levels I was blown away by the sheer low frequencies that were drummed out. Whether you're talking about the opening attack, the sequence in the desert with that weird "sand Decepticon," or the film's entire last 30 minutes, there's such a sustained low bass presence that it's almost like it's another character in the movie. The realism and texture to every sound -- from the effects to the score to the dialogue -- is reference-quality. Volume issues are also, thankfully, not a problem -- I was truly shocked that I didn't have to reach for my remote once, as dialogue is leveled nicely throughout."
#113 Tjek denne istedet. Peter Bracke har ikke foretaget nogen sammenligning med HD DVD udgaven, sikkert fordi det ville sætte hans tidligere reference titel i relief til lossless lydspors potentiale. Og Pat Wahlquist fra HTF har udstyret "beyond this world" til at sammenligne.
Jeg har sgu bestilt BD udgaven, selvom jeg synes filmen er noget lort. Jeg var ikke imponeret over den gamle udgaves lydspor og slet ikke over, at den kunne vinde priser, så jeg er spændt på at "se/høre", den nye udgave og sammenligne.
Wishlist hos Axelmusic: http://www.axelmusic.com/wishlist.php?uid=11140
#111 filmz-Bruce 16 år siden
Universal Studios Home Video have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of three gangster titles on 14th October 2008. Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, Martin Scorsese’s Casino and David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises will be priced at $29.98 SRP each or will be available as part of a three-pack Gangsters set priced at $89.98 SRP.
Universal have so far not used region coding on their Blu-ray Disc titles and we expect this trend to continue, though officially no region coding information has been supplied. Features are detailed below…
American Gangster
BD-50 Dual Layer
Theatrical (158mins) and Extended (177mins) Cuts
1080P Widescreen
English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
French 5.1 DTS Surround (Theatrical Cut only)
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
U-Control Picture in Picture (Unrated Cut)
Commentary with Director Ridley Scott and Writer Steven Zaillian (Theatrical Cut)
Deleted Scenes
Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster
Case Files
Hip-Hop Infusion Featuring Common and T.I.
The BET Special: The Making of American Gangster
Dateline NBC: American Gangster First Look
"Do You Feel Me (Remix)" performed by Anthony Hamilton featuring Ghostface Killah
"Blue Magic" from Jay-Z's Album "American Gangster"
Theatrical Trailer
Casino
BD-50 Dual Layer
1080P Widescreen
English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Spanish 5.1 DTS Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
Feature Audio Commentary - Moments with Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone, Nicholas Pileggi and more
U-Control Picture in Picture
Deleted Scenes
Vegas and the Mob
History Alive: True Crime Authors: Casino With Nicholas Pileggi (The History Channel)
My Scenes
Eastern Promises
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
Secrets and Stories
Marked for Life
Two Guys Walk into a Bath House
Watts on Wheels
Herligt! American Gangster i både en unrated og theatrical udgave og så med et DTS-HD Master Audio spor. That's a gimme!!!
#112 McPeter 16 år siden
Har endnu ikke set American Gangster og er ret interesseret i at købe den men der skal minimum være alm. engelske subs.
Ud over det ville Casino heller ikke være dårlig. :-)
#113 McPeter 16 år siden
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1175/transformers2...
Video: 4½ / 5
"...you can just about pick any scene on this disc and you've got great demo material."
"Despite the edgy contrast which results in the usual hot whites, detail ranges from excellent to exceptional, with even the widest, most CGI-crammed vistas finely textured and rich. Colors, while again all over the map, are rendered accurately and without noise or loss of stability. Unfortunately, there is some over-saturation in spots, making the image blur out in areas of solid colors and/or giving fleshtones a bit more of an orange-y wash than actual human skin. The level of sharpness can also be a problem at times -- I was surprised to see noticeable jaggies on slow horizontal pans (such as tracking shots of cityscapes, or chrome on vehicles, etc.), giving the presentation an edgy, digital sheen. All other aspects of the transfer are perfect, though, with rock solid blacks, an absolutely pristine source and not a hint of compression artifacts -- remarkable considering the film's length and intensity of fast action."
Audio: 5 / 5
"With this Blu-ray they've provided a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround track (48kHz/24-bit). It's hard to imagine a home theater mix that could sound better."
To say 'Transformers' is incredibly aggressive is an understatement. Discrete effects are relentless, but it is precisely this lack of subtlety that any fan of the film would want. Directionality, imaging, accuracy of localized effects, and the sheer depth of the soundfield are superb -- the "wall of sound" illusion is utterly transparent. Even the front soundstage is a stunner -- stereo effects are quite pronounced, and the first time you get to hear a Transformer "transform," it's about as cool as the first time you heard a lightsaber unsheathe in 'Star Wars.'
As you would expect, this is also the kind of disc your subwoofer will devour. Even at moderate volume levels I was blown away by the sheer low frequencies that were drummed out. Whether you're talking about the opening attack, the sequence in the desert with that weird "sand Decepticon," or the film's entire last 30 minutes, there's such a sustained low bass presence that it's almost like it's another character in the movie. The realism and texture to every sound -- from the effects to the score to the dialogue -- is reference-quality. Volume issues are also, thankfully, not a problem -- I was truly shocked that I didn't have to reach for my remote once, as dialogue is leveled nicely throughout."
#114 McPeter 16 år siden
http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/3476400/-/Produ...
#115 cansi 16 år siden
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=741&am...
Movie 4/5
Video 5/5
Audio 5/5
Extras 5/5
Overall 5/5
#116 dyg 16 år siden
#117 filmz-Kadann 16 år siden
I heard that!
#118 filmz-Bruce 16 år siden
Jeg har sgu bestilt BD udgaven, selvom jeg synes filmen er noget lort. Jeg var ikke imponeret over den gamle udgaves lydspor og slet ikke over, at den kunne vinde priser, så jeg er spændt på at "se/høre", den nye udgave og sammenligne.
#119 El vez 16 år siden
#120 filmz-Bruce 16 år siden