Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Skynet Edition Steel Tin Blu-Ray, another great deal from Amazon UK, this edition is in a steel case and the pricing Zavvi sells this for is substantially higher than Amazons.
This item maybe currently out of stock, but is orderable and the free shipping offer is still available for orders over 25 pounds if additional qualifying items are purchased.
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Thanks, post edited.
I thought the free shipping was permanent now.
same
They may make it a permanent thing (and I hope they do) but it has been a limited time offer for us australians.
It's only $15 here but not in s tin
goo deal, if anyone is interested, DSE in Chatswood Chase had them for $5 each in the clearance bin, think it was Terminator 3 though…..
please don't vote positive and then be helpful to other people who might like the Terminator movies and live in Chatswood.
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Cmon sam, you know dry wit is not well received around here…OzB is a slapstick only zone! ;)
yeah I don't understand this place anymore….
$5 blu rays? :O!
I don't know why I am negged. I am telling people what I saw. The cases wre metal but unsure if it is skynet though. If people don't want to know about it that's cool, but what's with the neg?
First of all, T2 >>>>> T3.
Secondly you probably saw the DVD version.
Saying another place 'had them [the item in the OP]' but then adding that 'it might have been T3' is like saying "I think my local Woolies had some gold bars on sale, oh wait… I meant pickled deer foetus."
I LOL'd…my word I LOL'd!!! ;)
Ok cool. Thanks point taken.
I'll stick with my HD-DVD version :P
Is it actually worth buying a high definition version of such an old movie. In 1991 were the cameras good enough to record enough detail for blu-ray?
It depends on the quality of the transfer, look at the fifth element for example, not as old as the Terminator, but the newer releases of the movie on Blu Ray are an example of a very good transfer, and if you look at reviews on Terminator 2 Blu Ray its highly rated for being a good transfer across all the criteria.
The reason why a Blu-Ray picture is superior to DVD, and in turn, VHS is entirely due to the medium you're seeing it on, not the techniques used to shoot the film (which are as timeless as ever).
Traditional film cameras are not digital, hence you won't hear numbers like 1080, 720 etc. They're shot on 35mm film stock and there's no real limit to how much they can be downscaled to a digital transfer.
This does cause problems with certain newer movies like Episode I which were apparently shot purely on digital, meaning the thing will forever be stuck on 1080 resolution decades from now (which is probably a good thing).
TLDR: High-Def versions of oldies will always look great, if the transfer was done well and the original film stock was relatively well preserved.
So what are the benefits of shooting purely digital? Shouldn't film makers just stick to traditional film then? Why the change?
Strand is actually only partially correct, simple explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_grain
That's why when looking for classics on BD you should be sticking to those labelled as "remastered"! ;)
processing cost for film.
processing time for film Vs digital (instant)
ease of editing digital immediately
cinemas are turning digital these days and film is on the way out.
just a few off the top of my head.
It is significantly easier and cheaper to "film" digitally. However, the resulting movie often looks strange to me - and it is just a personal preference. Action sequences tend to look fantastic in digital - feels like you're really there. But low-key dialogue scenes tend to look like a home movie. It's not perfect yet.
@ Stewballs, yeah the film grain is a problem in the industry, but then again this comes down to transfer method and personal taste. People will go to their graves claiming the dirty original Predator cut is superior to the cleaned-up version with no grain because it adds to the camp 80s grittiness, it's all taste.
Great version, awesome price.
Let's see if Amazon is going to delivery it tho.
Last time with Pirates of Caribbean Trilogy, Amazon cancel all orders after a couple of days.
Price has dropped a little more, was approx $A10.85, now comes to $A9.35, save $1.50
just got one….lets just hope they arrive
my parcel shipped today
Price has now gone back up, was going to cancel my order of 5 at $10.85 and re order with the $9.35, but its now changed to $23.
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Another good deal from Amazon UK.
Note: free shipping offer has been extended until August 15.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId…