Lost in Translation and Dawn of the Dead: UE on Blu-Ray?

After reading some less than stellar reviews on the HD-DVD version of Lost in Translation, I have decided to hold out for a BR release of the film. I am also wanting to pick up an HD copy of Dawn of the Dead (1978), but I was wondering if anyone knows if we will ever see a re-release of the Ultimate Edition (4 discs, 3 versions of the movie, and documentary or two and a comic book) on BR as well?



EDIT: Sorry about the title. I tried to edit it, but it's not showing up for some reason.

[Post edited by Fumbled_Revolution on Apr 25, 2008]

the "lost in translation" hd dvd is a great presentation of the movie. the video is a huge improvement over the sd dvd, which had a very noisy picture.

I want to see Lost in Translation on HD DVD as I heard it looked good also. I'm putting it in my rental queue so I'll let you know when I see it.

By the way if Posters says it looks good than it probably is. The only thing he's ever been wrong about is...

Star Trek > Star Wars. Nobodys perfect I guess.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Apr 25, 2008]

falcon,

lemme tell you something. lucas has said on several occassions that, if there had not been "star trek" on tv, then "star wars" wouldn't have been greenlighted at all.

"star trek" = (Y)

"star wars" =

eddie

I like Star Trek as some of it was good. Star Wars is on another level though but hey I respect your opinions. Besides I still love Kirk and Spock.

I certainly agree with Eddie (posters5) on LIT - outstanding quality on the HD-DVD, and some excellent bonus 'behind the scenes' video segments, featuring Murray, director Sofia Coppola, and crew etc. Also I loved the extended (bonus) scene segment when Murray appears on that Japanese TV show - great! While this movie has a leisurely pace, it's got a nice 'coolness' factor, and along with FATF: Tokyo Drift, might lure you into taking a Japanese area vacation.



Director Soffia Coppola (daughter of Francis)


-JIMI LOVE (the Voodoo Child)

I'm a little surprised to hear that the PQ is really good on Lost in Translation. I've read quite a few reviews and posts on other boards about the HD-DVD version and have read almost nothing but complaints. I think I probably will pick up a copy. Hell, I may even get a Blu-Ray copy too, if we ever get one. You can never have too many different versions of one of your favorite movies.

Just a little FYI, the HD-DVD version of LiT has all of the same features as the S-DVD version. The only exception might be Bill Murray on that TV show. It's been a while since I've checked out my standard copy. Also, all the extras are only 480p, but that's probably at least a slight improvement over the DVD release.

Eddie (posters5) said -

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"lemme tell you something. lucas has said on several occassions that, if there had not been "star trek" on tv, then "star wars" wouldn't have been greenlighted at all."

Well, that's one take on it.

But executives also were very weary of Lucas earlier efforts (young untested director at the time), with only two smaller films to his credit, THX 1138 and American Graffiti, and thought even a mid-budget project like Star Wars might be a risky investment ($8 million budget, which increased by another $3 million for SpFx).

As for any ease in getting it 'greenlighted', it's well known that Lucas spent a few years asking & getting rejected from every major Hollywood studio, and finally Fox decided to take the chance. When finally ready for theaters (by summer 1977), so few theater owners wanted to even book the film(!) that Fox had to threaten them...

"When 20th Century Fox attempted to distribute the film in the U.S., fewer than 40 theatres agreed to show it. As a solution, Fox threatened that any cinema that refused to show Star Wars would not be given the rights to screen the potential blockbuster The Other Side of Midnight (1977) (which ended up grossing less than 10% of what Star Wars did)." - from IMDB.com

-JIMI LOVE (the Voodoo Child)

I've been to Japan half a dozen times and was "lost in translation" in real life, but not in the way these sleazy characters were. I must be missing something with this movie.

Skyhawk, we must have seen two different movies, how did you get sleaze from any of the characters in the movie?