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New James Bond Boxset

Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
edited July 2006 in Chit chat
A brand new James Bond boxset is being released this month. Each film has been remastered and now contains two discs, making a total of 40. The whole thing comes in a silver attache case and it looks seriously cool. It's a pity that I already own all the films on DVD but I might buy this set for all the extra features and apparently a few of them are slightly longer than the versions previously released.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000FI9OUY/202-1070929-8008662?v=glance&n=283926

Necros.
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  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    Necros wrote:
    A brand new James Bond boxset is being released this month. Each film has been remastered and now contains two discs, making a total of 40. The whole thing comes in a silver attache case and it looks seriously cool. It's a pity that I already own all the films on DVD but I might buy this set for all the extra features and apparently a few of them are slightly longer than the versions previously released.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000FI9OUY/202-1070929-8008662?v=glance&n=283926

    Necros.

    again myles triumphs over his mates who go out and buy dvd's straight away. now i get to buy the new editions and get the damn respect i deserve.
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    just to note, i wont be buying it. i will be waiting till they break it up, and MVC start selling 2 for 1. I did that with the alien box set. good things come to those who wait.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited July 2006
    Some of the 1/5 reviews of this on amazon are very true !

    To me it just stinks of another cash in. No doubt after they sell this in another years time they'll announce another amazing super dvd version which everyone then has to buy again
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    your right, i should save my money and tape them off the telly.
  • NickHNickH
    edited July 2006
    The telly versions are highly edited.
  • festershinetopfestershinetop
    edited July 2006
    mile wrote:
    your right, i should save my money and tape them off the telly.

    Just dont keep the tapes in a plastic box or they could get sunny delight spilt on them.
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    festershinetop wrote:
    Just dont keep the tapes in a plastic box or they could get sunny delight spilt on them.

    ha ha ha.

    "the name's Jones, Jones the Bond."
  • chop983chop983
    edited July 2006
    You should get this set while you can because next year they'll be another set with the new film and so on and so forth, really there's no need to watch bond movies they're all the same

    Someone pisses of either the British gov. or Bond
    Q (or P) is it now gives Bond some gadgets
    Bond drives a car really fast, kills the bad guy shags the girl but this won't be his first shag
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    chop983 wrote:
    You should get this set while you can because next year they'll be another set with the new film and so on and so forth, really there's no need to watch bond movies they're all the same

    Someone pisses of either the British gov. or Bond
    Q (or P) is it now gives Bond some gadgets
    Bond drives a car really fast, kills the bad guy shags the girl but this won't be his first shag

    don't forget all the advertising he does, for various companies.
  • chop983chop983
    edited July 2006
    mile wrote:
    don't forget all the advertising he does, for various companies.

    of course that's how they stretch it out to two hours with ads
  • DarenDaren
    edited July 2006
    Just do what I did with the Bond movies; Rent, Rip and Return 'em
  • liamenikufesinliamenikufesin
    edited July 2006
    seems a bit of a rip-off seeing as it wasn't long ago they released t'other box set (which i bought for less than half of what they are selling this one for)

    besides, how long is it going to take them to release HD versions? within 2 years i reckon, i'll wait for that
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    Daren wrote:
    Just do what I did with the Bond movies; Rent, Rip and Return 'em

    thats what a bond vilian would do.
  • monty.molemonty.mole
    edited July 2006
    mile wrote:
    thats what a bond vilian would do.
    No, that just smacks of too much effort. Just download someone else's ripped version from the internet...
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    or just use your imagination, its a boys best friend.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited July 2006
    liamenikufesin wrote:
    besides, how long is it going to take them to release HD versions? within 2 years i reckon, i'll wait for that

    Sigh ! Thats a really good point ! At some time in the future we'll get HD versions of every film out ! Then making our old 'crappy' dvd versions useless !

    Come on be honest. Apart from maybe a few favourite films has anyone ever bothered to watch the directors commentary, alternative commentary, deleted scenes (half the time theyre deleted as theyre rubbish) or extended version with an extra 2 hours plonked on top of tosh and you think 'no wonder they cut it' ?

    I've began to listen to the odd directors commentary which has been boring so i've stopped it, extended versions often had bits you thought 'no wonder they cut it' . The best bits for me are documentaries, eg the Shining has a great 30 minute or so documentary behind the scenes.

    I thought Lord of the Rings was too long before, now to hear theres an extended version with even more ! Blimey it'll be up to 5 hours soon ! ;)
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    the only reason i buy DVD's are for the director commentaries, some are a bit poor. (the one for zulu, has a guy who may have or may not have been there during shooting)

    otherwise i tape a film off the tele.
  • NickHNickH
    edited July 2006
    Best voice-over commentary: Ghostbusters.

    Complete with overlayed silouhettes of the three people who made the movie, actually pointing out various things.
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited July 2006
    Necros wrote:
    ... apparently a few of them are slightly longer than the versions previously released.
    I read this again and it's not very clear. What I meant was some of the films are longer than the previous version, not the extra features. :)

    Necros.
  • chop983chop983
    edited July 2006
    The best commentry i've heard is on Spinal Tap it's done in character and makes it like a whole new film

    as far as Bond HD releases don't they have to be filmed in HD first?
  • liamenikufesinliamenikufesin
    edited July 2006
    chop983 wrote:
    The best commentry i've heard is on Spinal Tap it's done in character and makes it like a whole new film

    yep, and the deleted scenes are over an hours worth of footage, and just as funny as the bits they left in! a class DVD all round, and just about the only one where I watch the "extras" as much as the original film.
    chop983 wrote:
    as far as Bond HD releases don't they have to be filmed in HD first?

    this is probably vastly oversimplified (i.e. i'm not quite sure what i'm talking about), but the original film copy is scanned in at a higher resolution as to what it was for the standard DVD copy, at least that's my understanding
  • chop983chop983
    edited July 2006
    liamenikufesin wrote:
    this is probably vastly oversimplified (i.e. i'm not quite sure what i'm talking about), but the original film copy is scanned in at a higher resolution as to what it was for the standard DVD copy, at least that's my understanding

    So what your basically saying is George Lucas isn't finished with my wallet yet
  • guesserguesser
    edited July 2006
    film is veryveryveryvery high res, i.e. depends on the film, but it is on a scale of the size of molecules, much higher res than any digital system will ever be
    My rubbish website including the redrawn Amstrad schematics and the Sinclair Wiki.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited July 2006
    chop983 wrote:
    So what your basically saying is George Lucas isn't finished with my wallet yet

    Nope ! I heard later this year hes bringing out the original star wars trilogy in their original form on dvd or something like that
  • liamenikufesinliamenikufesin
    edited July 2006
    psj3809 wrote:
    Nope ! I heard later this year hes bringing out the original star wars trilogy in their original form on dvd or something like that

    coming out in September... but it's actually a re-release of the Special Edition Original Trilogy with the original theatrical releases as a bonus DVD. But they are going to be letterboxed, and not anamorphic widescreen, which means they are going to be pretty low res. Frankly I'm unimpressed.

    Lucas has had enough of my money, for over 20 years I've been buying this stuff, but no longer. Again, how long will it be before the HD versions come out?

    Besides, if you look on the web, you can find original trilogy DVDs on any number of torrent sites, laser disc rips, fan edits, that kind of thing. That's what I've got, and they're great! :D
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited July 2006
    Yeah good point. Clone Wars was quite interesting to see, not normally into cartoons one bit but it was a story between episodes 2 and 3, when it ends its basically the beginning of Episode 3.

    I do regret getting rid of my original Star Wars films on VHS ! Would be quite happy to have those on dvd again but yeah Lucas is taking the mick !
  • zeropolis79zeropolis79
    edited July 2006
    It took me 3 - 4 years to get my set of Bond films. I took advantage of car boot sales, Buy 1 Get 1 Free, 3 for ?15, second hand shops...

    (I did sell Living Daylights on eBay when it was rare for a time for ?51!)
  • milemile
    edited July 2006
    no doubt their will be a 30th aniversary edition of star wars too.
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