blue-ray con

ethan · 2 Dec 2008 at 21:47

I don't get it unless I have read it all wrong? I picked up a blueray disk of Close Encounters and I am sure it has three different versions of the movie on the disk. What is the point?

Nymins · 2 Dec 2008 at 21:52

Some HD-DVDs gave you the DVD as well as the HD version too. Dunno why though.

lord filbuster · 2 Dec 2008 at 21:53

Theatrical original, special edition, and the director's cut. It's hardly a con, unless the box says "three movies on one disc!" I imagine they just put the extra's on for the sake of it.

ethan · 2 Dec 2008 at 21:56

lord filbuster said:
Theatrical original, special edition, and the director's cut. It's hardly a con, unless the box says "three movies on one disc!" I imagine they just put the extra's on for the sake of it.

I suppose what I really ment was I didn't see the point and thought that what it really amounted to was a waste of space lol

lord filbuster · 2 Dec 2008 at 22:01

They only put one copy of the full movie on the disk, the player is just told to skip certain bits if you select the cut version. Hardly a waste of space, they probably only cut ~15 minutes of useable stuff anyway.

FrankJH · 2 Dec 2008 at 22:14

some people also prefer seeing different versions (the one they actually saw, or the one the Dir actually wanted to show)

The movie company in question wants to cater for everyone - and its cheaper for them to do it this way producing one disc which keeps everyone happy, and makes no significant diff to anyone

(there is enough space on br's for them to do this and not cut any material as with such an old film any extras will probably be in SD anyway)

whitecrook · 2 Dec 2008 at 22:59

Umm , surely the space would only be wasted if there WASN'T a bunch of stuff on the disk 'using' the space up?

PhillyDee · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:14

I dont get how its a con?

Psypher5 · 3 Dec 2008 at 02:00

three films for the price of one?

You've been scammed!

Nanoman · 3 Dec 2008 at 02:45

Old but has to be said...

lolwut?

MikeHunt79 · 3 Dec 2008 at 02:57

Psypher5 said:
three films for the price of one?

You've been scammed!

whitecrook · 3 Dec 2008 at 08:43

Nanoman said:
Old but has to be said...

lolwut?

ITYM:

Raymond Lin · 3 Dec 2008 at 08:54

You should pick up Bladerunner, it has 5 versions !

gt_junkie · 3 Dec 2008 at 08:58

Raymond Lin said:
You should pick up Bladerunner, it has 5 versions !

The horror!!! :eek:

....

gt

gord · 3 Dec 2008 at 12:07

Raymond Lin said:
You should pick up Bladerunner, it has 5 versions !

SCANDELOUS!

-Ad- · 3 Dec 2008 at 13:16

gord said:
SCANDELOUS!

Haven't watched it as I can't choose which one to watch. It's like jeremey clarkson trying to explain the porsche 911 range

ethan · 4 Dec 2008 at 20:04

PhillyDee said:
I dont get how its a con?

Sorry for the late reply. It's a con insofar as the movie wasn't filmed in a blueray format to begin with and is only upscaled. Admittedly the technology wasn't available at the time.

MikeHunt79 · 4 Dec 2008 at 20:14

ethan said:
Sorry for the late reply. It's a con insofar as the movie wasn't filmed in a blueray format to begin with and is only upscaled. Admittedly the technology wasn't available at the time.

lol wut, 35mm beats blu-ray...

james.miller · 4 Dec 2008 at 20:29

i bet Blade runner bluray is a con as well

tom_e · 4 Dec 2008 at 20:38

ethan said:
Sorry for the late reply. It's a con insofar as the movie wasn't filmed in a blueray format to begin with and is only upscaled. Admittedly the technology wasn't available at the time.

I think you will find its been downscaled to blu ray res from 35mm