A friend of mine works for a large Multi national Computer company that gets access to all BD software well ahead of the herd. He told me last night he has been watching Independance day on BD and it is just phenomenal.

He said that the new Sony & Fox re-releases were astonishing in fact.

I'll ask him if he can take some screen shots for you all.

That would be cool. I always liked this movie despite some of the corny lines. Will Smith plays it good and the aerial scenes were always a treat. This is one that I'll gladly pick up in BD.

"This is Sparta" --- KICK

ripped off...

"Welcome to Earth" --- PUNCH.

I enjoyed this one....i'll pick it up for sure.

I'm definitely looking forward to the ID4 BD as well. My kind of popcorn flick.

"This is Sparta" --- KICK

ripped off...

"Welcome to Earth" --- PUNCH.

It's actually, "Welcome to Earph!"
:D

I am looking forward to ID4 on BD. It would have been much more appropriate for it to have a release in late June than the end of the year. Does it have a DTS-HDMA audio track?

I am looking forward to ID4 on BD. It would have been much more appropriate for it to have a release in late June than the end of the year. Does it have a DTS-HDMA audio track?

Yes,and it's gonna rock!

For some reason I never bought this one on DVD. I loved it. This is great news that its coming to blu-ray in December.

One of my favs on my now debunked DVHS:)

Independence Day (along w/ Jurassic Park) - may have been the best sounding laser disc ever produced! The DVD's sound quality, in a direct comparison to the LD, was flat and anemic. And very disappointing. I have high hopes for the BD. Wonder if we're getting the Director's cut? Or both?

Independence Day (along w/ Jurassic Park) - may have been the best sounding laser disc ever produced! The DVD's sound quality, in a direct comparison to the LD, was flat and anemic. And very disappointing. I have high hopes for the BD. Wonder if we're getting the Director's cut? Or both?

Yeah I was really dissapointed when I got Independence Day on DVD.
The scene when the buildings are being hit by the ray and explodes from top to bottom was insane one the Laserdisc. But the DVD hardly gave ANY rumbles to the subwoofer in comparison.
And the DTS version that came later on didn´t really stand a chance either.
I hope the PQ will deliver on BD since the DVD was too soft and dull, even on the so called "Remastered version". '
Remastered, yeah right, it was the same crappy transfer as the old one ;)

No subsequent release ever had the same oomph as the DTS laserdisc. I have high hopes for the Blu-ray. :D

Independence Day (along w/ Jurassic Park) - may have been the best sounding laser disc ever produced! The DVD's sound quality, in a direct comparison to the LD, was flat and anemic. And very disappointing. I have high hopes for the BD. Wonder if we're getting the Director's cut? Or both?

Phantom Menace Japan LD gets my vote as the best sounding, deepest, dyamic, enveloping soundtrack. With John Williams themes as an added bonus.

It breaks subwoofers you know :)

I'd also love to see this title make it to BD. The white-house-exploding scene alone would be worth the cost of the disc :D

I'd also love to see this title make it to BD. The white-house-exploding scene alone would be worth the cost of the disc :D

+1

For some reason I never bought this one on DVD. I loved it. This is great news that its coming to blu-ray in December.


Its not the format, but the Movies that matter!!!!

Nice one! this somes up how i feel! However i must admit that i am glad that the contact formats i.e. Tapes are no longer with us (main stream that is.)

D-VHS was great quality though! i saw this in action once on a friends system and was seriously impressed with the picture and sound.

The threads are correct about the sound quality of the DTS and Dolby Digital versions on Laserdisc and i am glad that i own them US and Japanese versions. When comparing them with the DVD special editions ''The DTS version on Laserdisc Rock's, but the DVD is mediocre and not the same slam at all.

I shall be buying into HD DVD and Blu-Ray but will never sell my laserdisc's as i love the Laserdisc artwork, handling and the sound of the Players.

Genuine regards

Mark :):D

For some reason I never bought this one on DVD. I loved it. This is great news that its coming to blu-ray in December.

Did I miss something? I thought the release date was 2nd week in October....

Did I miss something? I thought the release date was 2nd week in October....

The release date for ID4 on BD is 12/4.

Nice to see that there are plenty of laserdisc junkies like myself still out there. I could not agree more that DVD killed the audio so I bought very few of them. the HDM I am jumping on board. This will be a nice test movie. Now if we could just get Lucas to do SW in HDM we could really test it out. I can dream can't I?

i defenetly looking forward to ALL new FOX blu-rays since they are using now high quality AVC videocodecs with high bitrates.

Countless films on DVD have sound that sucks compared to their laserdisc counterparts. Many times AC3/DD5.1 tracks are dialed down for DVD for stupid marketing reasons. Many older films are de-hissed and all the depth is removed in the process. There are a variety of rasons why this happens and all of them are retarded.

ID4 is a dumb movie. But it does have two or three magnificent scenes that are worth watching time and time again, so I will buy the BD if it's done right. It certainly commands a BD50 and TrueHD sound at the minimum.

The theatrical cut is actually the director's true cut. The extended versions was just a money grab.

Wonder if we're getting the Director's cut? Or both?

I read somewhere once that the theatrical cut is the director's cut. I wish I had the source. I think it was on Ain't it Cool.

Did I miss something? I thought the release date was 2nd week in October....

Where did you hear that?

Is it available for pre-order from Amazon? I don't see it anywhere.

Dan

Where did you hear that?

I must have gotten it mixed up with another release. I can't find any info on it at all now.

Sorry, I guess that is how rumors get started....

Did I miss something? I thought the release date was 2nd week in October....

The 8/20 Press Release: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070820005957&newsLang=en

ID4 has always been 12/4

THis is one of the few Will Smith movies that I enjoyed...even with the corny lines.

I have the LD version of ID4, and it is awesome! Never bought the DVD version but I have watched it. As stated many titles on LD were better then their DVD counter part, with sound. Jurrasic Park rocked on LD!

Independence day will be released the day after tomorrow (yeah, that one too!) in France by amazon.fr.... my order will ship soon....:)

Independence day will be released the day after tomorrow (yeah, that one too!) in France by amazon.fr.... my order will ship soon....:)

any chance to get info what is on disk ? wich audtio tracks, extras etc..

Marek

Where did you hear that?

Ok I figured it out. It has been bothering me...

Amazon has "ID4" as the picture for "the Day after Tomorrow". I guess I saw the picture and the date and didn't read anything else.

I'll definitely be picking this up. Yes, lots of cheezy, mainstream lines and humor in it, but still an entertaining movie.

Let us know what you think!

It's actually, "Welcome to Earph!"
:D

Said right before Will Smiph lights up a big stogie. :cool:

Wolfie

This and Die Hard (original) are the two Blu-ray flicks that will be coming to me. Good stuff!

It's Independence Day BTW, OP.....sorry, habit.

Oh yeah, Jeff Goldblum in HD. ID4 is an awesome movie.

But where's Godzilla? And yes I do mean the Broderick one.

Surprisingly enough, there's still no ID4 pre-order link on Amazon. :confused:

People can say what they want about the quality of this movie or about how it is almost ineffective for studios to release catalog titles, but this is the Blu-ray movie I would want over any other. While I will not buy a player, I am a little jealous.

Well I dont know anything about French, but I think I worked out enough to buy the Blu-ray from Amazon.fr. Bring it on! No delays!

Well I dont know anything about French, but I think I worked out enough to buy the Blu-ray from Amazon.fr. Bring it on! No delays!


I hope this is for real.

Singulus
Greetings from Austria

A friend of mine works for a large Multi national Computer company that gets access to all BD software well ahead of the herd. He told me last night he has been watching Independance day on BD and it is just phenomenal.

He said that the new Sony & Fox re-releases were astonishing in fact.

I'll ask him if he can take some screen shots for you all.

Any idea if your freind was watching the upcoming U.S. release version or?

Very fun movie! Randy Quaid is a hoot. Gorgeous 2.35cinematography.

I can't wait

Did anyones ship from Amazon.Fr? I got a shipping delay.

It's all about the Bill Pullman speech.

THis is one of the few Will Smith movies that I enjoyed...even with the corny lines.

Actually, I thought he ruined this movie with his non-original corny lines which are as old as Richard Pyror's standup lines. Bill Pullman's tone in his voice was also as annoying. Vivica A. Fox looked very delicious though.

I hope that Fox releases this must have title on the scheduled date and doesn't postpone to JULY 4 2008.

Independence Day has its charm despite the typecast roles given to Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. This is one of those movies that you put in your player and have a good time with while trying not to think too hard.

Is this where they got the name "Blu-ray" from?

http://www.sullivanboutique.com/Anne/stores/1/images/dvds/Action/independence_day.gif

I'm looking forward to getting this. At first I was thinking of only buying new releases on Blu-Ray since I already have this on DVD, but will make exceptions on titles like this one (as well as Titanic and others) which last almost three hours and look horrible on DVD due to compression or that require discs to be changed or flipped.

another one that will destroy your den when you crank up the volume

Anyone else surprised Amazon doesn't have a preorder available for this yet?

I've got Amazon pre-orders in for other titles coming out January 2008, so it can't be that...

It's all about the Bill Pullman speech.



+1 :D


It's true....everyone remembers that scene.

Surprisingly enough, there's still no ID4 pre-order link on Amazon. :confused:

Amazon hasn't seemed to put up the december titles for preorder yet. I was looking for "Superbad" earlier.

I hope it's the extended cut of ID4 that's coming out on Blu-Ray, I won't buy it if it's the theatrical cut.

Is this where they got the name "Blu-ray" from?

http://www.sullivanboutique.com/Anne/stores/1/images/dvds/Action/independence_day.gif

In the actual movie "dunno if you seen it", but the ray is actually green. ;)

LoL

we know this to be region-free? either way i think i will wait for the U.S. release, this is one of the very few titles i'd spend $28 on.

The President: Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.

Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.

We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.

We will be united in our common interests.

Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.

We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.

And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:

"We will not go quietly into the night!

We will not vanish without a fight!

We're going to live on!

We're going to survive!"

Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
--------------------

loved the speech

I am EXCITED about this release. I've seen this movie way to many times and it never gets old. Hopefully everything goes according and this gets released as planned.

This is one that I'll gladly pick up in BD.

I saw this opening night and unfortunately got stuck in the front row. What a great movie experience though! Awsome!

I am just hoping for a great transfer but it sounds like Fox is going all out on its releases.

Oh, oohh, my pre order at amazon.fr has delayed.. This goes for Le jour d'après (day after tomorrow) also...

Date d'envoi estimée : 15 octobre 2007 - 22 octobre 2007 :mad:

Does any one know if this is going to be the extended cut?? I hope it is. :D

looks like its cancelled now

looks like its cancelled now

link? source?

Independence day will be released the day after tomorrow (yeah, that one too!) in France by amazon.fr.... my order will ship soon....:)

be good to know if the SQ has improved!!

is this movie coming out on Blu Ray?

is this movie coming out on Blu Ray?

yes it is! DVD pacific shows it on the blu-ray list of coming soon ready to pre-order

If nothing else, I'm quite curious about how the carnage scenes will look...

yea looks like it may be cancelled or delayed at the last minute...my order got delayed until late october as well...very very dissapointing :(

Does any one know if this is going to be the extended cut?? I hope it is. :D
Nope. Not the extended cut.

This is one of those movies that I can pretty much watch from any point in the film at any given sitting. But, there's this one scene that really bugs the hell outta me, so I'm gonna have to complain about it here (per rule number one of AVS). Okay, y'know that part where they're asking the make-shift team of aviators for their piloting background? And Randy Quaid tells 'em he flew in 'Nam and he's been dusting crops ever since, right? Then he adds that, on a personal note, he can't wait to get up there and get revenge on the aliens for abducting him all those years ago. And then The-Guy-Who's-Not-A-Baldwin and the other military guy look at each other and ROLL THEIR EYES! Hahah. What a loon! Abducted by aliens! Hoho! Who's ever heard of such a thing?! Hahah. 'Cept they're standing there, on the eve of the largest, most massive aerial assault ever coordinated.. AGAINST ALIEN INVADERS! I mean, what the hell? Doesn't that constitute a little bit of a paradigm shift at that point? Doesn't everyone who's ever mocked those people who claim aliens are out there gotta eat crow now? I dunno.. Is this just me?

Or how about the computer virus?

Nope. Not the extended cut.

:mad: FOX BLOWS!!!!! I am canceling my order. I will not settle for the theatrical cut when the Director's cut is so much better!

They could have easily done seamless branching with a BD50 disc. They probably wouldn't need any extra space for extras. ;)

Dan

Or how about the computer virus?

Yeah, I agree that it was dumb. (And seriously, a Mac?!) But, I've come to accept egregious portrayals of physics and technologies in movies. What I can't get on board with is when a movie tells you one thing is true, and then forgets they told you 20 minutes later. For instance, you can't devote five to ten minutes of screen time to a stomping T-Rex creating minor tremors from hundreds of feet away.. And then have him silently show up in a building with nary a 30-foot door to surprise predatory animals with (presumably) heightened senses. Having said that, though, I love Jurassic Park.

Also, I was kidding about the Mac thing, please don't set me aflame.

I liked this film much more when I was younger, though revisiting it last year was like pulling teeth. :(