Indy coming to Blu-Ray this fall

[IndyBlues]

I really want to buy the UK box set with all the goodies, especially if it is region free.

The ONE thing that worries me, is that in previous releases of Temple of Doom in the UK, they removed the heart ripping scene, and when the Thuggee guard are whipping the children. Does anyone know if this still the case for the UK release?

Mike

 

[Treadwell]

I'm not sure the version you ordered is the Steelbook one. That one looks like it comes in the standard packaging, and I don't see anything in the description that states otherwise. I did find this link on the Italian Amazon site, which is definitely the Steelbook edition, and only a few bucks more.

Indiana Jones - La Quadrilogia Steelbook: Amazon.it: Sean Connery; Shia LaBeouf; Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg: Film e TV

whoops. Oh, well, it already shipped. A few bucks is a few bucks anyway.

 

[Apollo]

I scanned through raiders and it looks awesome to me!

 

[JD]

I'm seriously hating the "book" this comes in - just like I hate the "book" the Star Wars set came in. The art and packaging is nice enough - it's that I'd prefer individual cases for each movie, even if they were just slim bluray cases.

I know there are plenty of sites out there that offer 'alternate' cover work and you can buy bluray cases - has anyone ever done this? Is there a good way to print real quality cover art - my home ink jet won't cover it and I really don't think Kinko's would do it.

 

[Jeyl]

I'm seriously hating the "book" this comes in - just like I hate the "book" the Star Wars set came in.

If the Indy packaging was done in the same fashion as the Star Wars packaging, it'd have Mutt Williams in the center of all the characters.

:sick

 

[JD]

If the Indy packaging was done in the same fashion as the Star Wars packaging, it'd have Mutt Williams in the center of all the characters.

:sick

Pointless jab at the Star Wars prequels is pointless.

...and nothing to do with the packaging.

...and off topic.

...and juvenile.

 

[aeonpulse]

Pointless jab at the Star Wars prequels is pointless.

...and nothing to do with the packaging.

...and off topic.

...and juvenile.

Oh c'maaaaaaaannn, it was a harmless joke. Nothing worth getting grumpy over.

ANYWHO, I went ahead and ordered this Steelbook edition of the Italian Amazon website, because yeah, I also hate the sleeve type packaging. If you'd like to hold off for a bit before choosing a set to purchase, I can snap some photos for you, give you an idea of how the Steelbook packaging actually looks, how different the menus are, and all that.

Indiana Jones - La Quadrilogia Steelbook: Amazon.it: Sean Connery; Shia LaBeouf; Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg: Film e TV

 

[JD]

Oh c'maaaaaaaannn, it was a harmless joke. Nothing worth getting grumpy over.

You're entitled to your opinion, even if it's wrong.

I'm just tired of whiner's whining about the Prequels. Some folks just need to change their diapers and move on already.

 

[Jeyl]

Pointless jab at the Star Wars prequels is pointless.

...and nothing to do with the packaging.

...and off topic.

...and juvenile.

If you're going to bring up the word juvenile, you might want to set a better example by not going off topic just to solely berate someone. I bring up another BluRay book packaging that's also associated with Lucas Film (so it has something to do with the Indy packaging) to conclude that the Indy set could have been worse.

Personally I find the packaging to be fine. I would have preferred it if the map on the back of the book had the map of the world, and each movie had it's travel path designated by color. Kind of what Peter Jackson did for his Lord of the Rings extended editions.

 

[JD]

If you're going to bring up the word juvenile, you might want to set a better example by not going off topic just to solely berate someone. I bring up another BluRay book packaging that's also associated with Lucas Film (so it has something to do with the Indy packaging) to conclude that the Indy set could have been worse.

I call it as I see it. This thread was about the Indy Blu Ray set, I made a statement about the Indy Blu Ray and yes, I compared it to the Star Wars Blu Ray set.

Perpaps I didn't spell it out clearly enough for you when I tried to be specific: "...hating the "book" this comes in - just like I hate the "book" the Star Wars set came in. ...it's that I'd prefer individual cases for each movie, even if they were just slim bluray cases."

I wasn't trying to making a statement about the artwork or actual design... if you wish too, that's fine (I like the look - I'd just prefer it in little plastic cases that will protect better and are more portable). Perhaps I misspoke in my initial post and am a little sensitive and just tired of people whining about the SW prequels.

If you want to compare apples to apples - plastering the Mutt character in the Indy set isn't comparable to putting the Prequel characters in the Star Wars set. Mutt appeared in one single movie... the Prequel's (like it or not) made up half of the Star Wars movies. (And yes, I am very aware that I'm whining about the whiners making it somewhat hypocritical).

 

[Solo4114]

Aaaaand purchased. I'll post my thoughts after I have a chance to watch them, and maybe do comparisons to upscaled DVDs vs. the new blu-rays.

 

[JD]

Watched some of Temple of Doom this afternoon with the nieces and nephew - the youngest of whom (age 5) seemed particularly into the movie. We didn't quite get to the heart out of chest part, though.

We watched the first 5 minutes or first via a DVD rip on the Apple TV and was pleased with the quality. But wow, the switch to the Blu Ray was pretty amazing... just crystal clear, perfect.

 

[MFP 2020]

I really want to buy the UK box set with all the goodies, especially if it is region free.

The ONE thing that worries me, is that in previous releases of Temple of Doom in the UK, they removed the heart ripping scene, and when the Thuggee guard are whipping the children. Does anyone know if this still the case for the UK release?

Mike

I ordered the UK version for the goodies. This is the first I've heard of edits. (I prefer the Info Droid fan edit, which has no heart-ripping, but I'm also a completist, FWIW.) I also bought the UK BD for Aliens and AFAIK it's complete, so fingers crossed. It doesn't ship until next month.

 

[jcoffman99]

So I'm watching Raiders now and it looks so much brighter. It also makes the movie look older. It reminds me of watching movies from the 70s on tv when I was a kid in the 80s.

 

[Timmythekid]

As we just saw the marathon a couple of weeks ago I haven't been all the way through them yet. I did check out the tank chase from LC cranked to 11 on the theater system and compared it side by side with the HDTV broadcast. It is stunning - the audio is so much richer, with fantastic use of the surrounds, and the picture is equally mind-blowingly good. The bits of Raiders I checked are so good it's scary. Gorgeous, grainy 4k scan with meticulous attention to the colour timing and dynamic range captured. No latter-day revision of the pallette, no attempt to make it punchy looking like modern blockbusters. Pay attention Kathleen Kennedy, THIS is how you present a classic series - now go to it with your other property please.

I also checked out the documentaries, specifically the making-ofs. I think I've figured out one of the biggest problems with KotCS: Speilberg didn't play seemingly at all on that film. In each of the three others he's constantly "making it up as he goes" - he's inventive, coming up with gags and moments on the fly as he's working. On CS it looks more like he shot each page as written, then moved on. I think the result is the not bad exactly, but listless stretches of Skull - there's very little inventive going on there.
Then of course, there's also the god-awful photography...my god KS looks terrible compared back to back with the original three:eek. I remember seeing some webisode where the 'Berg is talking about sitting down with Kaminski examining Doug Slocombe's photography for reference. The only way I'd believe that is if he had then added "...then we agreed to make this one look nothing like that. At all. In any way. We thought it would look cool if everything looked as if it had been shot greenscreen instead. Screw Doug Slocombe.".

 

[hansicle]

This looked cool What if Indiana Jones continued his adventures in an animated series?

 

[Michael Bergeron]

What is it with all these franchises having to expand? Indy was great at 3 films. Leave it there and let it remain great.

 

[Apollo]

Money, as in to much to rake in.

Spielberg and Lucas are used car salesman now and nothing more, out to make a fast buck :unsure

What is it with all these franchises having to expand? Indy was great at 3 films. Leave it there and let it remain great.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Oh I know it's about money. I just hate how all of these great characters are killed because now audiences need to know EVERY ASPECT of their entire life. Ugh.

 

[Jeyl]

Re: Indy coming to Bully this fall

What is it with all these franchises having to expand? Indy was great at 3 films. Leave it there and let it remain great.

Probably the same reason why I keep going to my relatives or seeing my friends after all these years. It can be fun and you might get something out of it.

I loved the idea of a new Indy film when Skull was announced. Did it work? No. But my opinion isn't that The problem with Skull wasn't that it was made, but that it had too many bad elements all botched into one script. Indy fathering a bast*** child, Marion not telling him about it, the promise of practical effects but opening with a very CGI gopher, Shia LaBugfudge, the re-use of the Raider's formula that was already re-used in the last crusade, nuking the fridge, the incoherent mess that was Mac's character, John Hurt being totally wasted by playing an imbecile.

Now some of these issues on their own wouldn't necessarily break a movie (though indy's bast*** son would certainly be a taint), but for the film to contain every single one is just too much for a fan like me. I know that sounds hypocritical when I'll take a life raft surviving a fall from a plane and from a canyon over a nuked fridge, but at least Temple of Doom was different from Raiders in how it was structured and it still has the best climax out of all the four films.