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post #1 of 778
12/22/11 at 12:50am
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[mod] Here's a link to Robert Harris review in the thread: http://www.avsforum.com/t/1381575/jaws-review-thread-including-robert-harris-review-on-page-10/250_50#post_22266194

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post #2 of 778
12/22/11 at 3:12am
Day 1 buy!
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post #3 of 778
12/22/11 at 3:39am
Same here!
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post #4 of 778
12/22/11 at 5:47am
One of the scareist movies of all time in a real way.Been waiting for this.
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post #5 of 778
12/22/11 at 5:52am
I wonder if we'll be getting a new soundmix ala JP. I just hope they give us the original track in DTS-HD MA.
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post #6 of 778
12/22/11 at 5:56am
"We need a bigger boat..."
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post #7 of 778
12/22/11 at 6:09am
To this day I still have trouble swimming in open water of any kind. Thanks, Spielberg.

Let's hope he puts more effort into this than the JP release. And by "more", I mean "some".
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post #8 of 778
12/22/11 at 6:15am
Finally! I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this movie! Hopefully Spielberg will be involved with the transfer.
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post #9 of 778
12/22/11 at 6:25am
Boy, I really hope that The Shark is Still Working makes it to that release. It's been completed for quite some time now and I can only imagine that rights issues are holding it back.

Interestingly, I was at a Q&A with John Landis talking about the then pending BD release of American Werewolf and he mentioned that the feature length, fan-made doc almost didn't make it to the disc because Universal's legal dept was concerned about rights issues. Landis had to get on the phone and advocate for the doc personally before Universal relented. I believe that there are issues that come up when documentaries over 30min appear on discs (which is why so many clock in around the 28-29min mark) and even after several rounds of editing, Shark is still 2hrs long.
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post #10 of 778
12/22/11 at 6:30am
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Boy, I really hope that The Shark is Still Working makes it to that release. It's been completed for quite some time now and I can only imagine that rights issues are holding it back.

Interestingly, I was at a Q&A with John Landis talking about the then pending BD release of American Werewolf and he mentioned that the feature length, fan-made doc almost didn't make it to the disc because Universal's legal dept was concerned about rights issues. Landis had to get on the phone and advocate for the doc personally before Universal relented. I believe that there are issues that come up when documentaries over 30min appear on discs (which is why so many clock in around the 28-29min mark) and even after several rounds of editing, Shark is still 2hrs long.

I hope so too, that and the full laserdisc doc.
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post #11 of 778
12/22/11 at 7:54am
According to the JAWS news yesterday over @ The Digital Bits, Uni may also be issuing some if not all of the less than stellar sequels on BD, too. JAWS 3D may be getting the 3D BD treatement as well. Now THAT is scary!
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post #12 of 778
12/22/11 at 8:20am
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According to the JAWS news yesterday over @ The Digital Bits, Uni may also be issuing some if not all of the less than stellar sequels on BD, too. JAWS 3D may be getting the 3D BD treatement as well. Now THAT is scary!

As long as I can buy Jaws by itself, they can do whatever they want to do with the sequels.
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post #13 of 778
12/22/11 at 8:26am
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As long as I can buy Jaws by itself, they can do whatever they want to do with the sequels.

+1

Also, I hope SS remains true to his promise not to tinker with any of the old effects. I really hope this disc turns out well!
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post #14 of 778
12/22/11 at 9:07am
My favorite movie. Blu Ray. Finally. How long until August?
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post #15 of 778
12/22/11 at 10:58am
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Originally Posted by jwebb1970 View Post

According to the JAWS news yesterday over @ The Digital Bits, Uni may also be issuing some if not all of the less than stellar sequels on BD, too. JAWS 3D may be getting the 3D BD treatement as well. Now THAT is scary!

Looks like the list in the other thread was on to something
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post #16 of 778
12/22/11 at 12:09pm
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According to the JAWS news yesterday over @ The Digital Bits, Uni may also be issuing some if not all of the less than stellar sequels on BD, too. JAWS 3D may be getting the 3D BD treatement as well. Now THAT is scary!

Modern 3D or red/blue glasses 3D?
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post #17 of 778
12/22/11 at 12:36pm
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Modern 3D or red/blue glasses 3D?

"Modern 3d"; the theatrical release was polarized, and the only prior 3d home video releases were shutterred VHD & Sensio DVD:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jaws-3-D-Blu-ray/35624/

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Discs
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
BD-Live
Blu-ray 3D
Mobile features
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post #18 of 778
12/23/11 at 10:11am
Nothing less than a new 4K scan and the original mono soundtrack will be accepted.
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post #19 of 778
12/23/11 at 11:04am
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Nothing less than a new 4K scan and the original mono soundtrack will be accepted.

Lol
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post #20 of 778
12/23/11 at 11:08am
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Lol

I don't get it.
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post #21 of 778
12/23/11 at 11:13am
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I don't get it.

You expect perfection from Universal? This ain't Sony!
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post #22 of 778
12/23/11 at 12:48pm
Spielberg's best. IMO.
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post #23 of 778
12/23/11 at 3:21pm
Yea lets release a summer movie at the end of summer....hey why not wait until november when im raking leaves.
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post #24 of 778
12/23/11 at 3:30pm
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Yea lets release a summer movie at the end of summer....hey why not wait until november when im raking leaves.

Die hard came out in the summer...
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post #25 of 778
12/23/11 at 3:37pm
Yes a christmas movie (yes it is a christmas movie) before christmas....not after.
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post #26 of 778
12/24/11 at 5:52am
A truly great film and one of my favorites of all time. Great news !

Art
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post #27 of 778
12/26/11 at 8:27am
It's going to be hard waiting for summer.

I feel like a little kid again waiting for the original Jaws to come out!

BTW, on the subject of Spielberg's desire to see things like strings left in for old visual effects: I'm kind of on board with that. I hate big time tinkering with movies.

That said, there have been times I've appreciated a bit of touching up. For the BladeRunner release I was actually relieved to see the ropes holding up the Spinners removed. That had always taken me out of the movie during those shots. I'd know they were coming and it would have a wince factor like I wanted to try and ignore an obvious kludge that happens in the middle of all the other seamless FX. Now I can fully enjoy those spinner shots.
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post #28 of 778
12/27/11 at 2:49am
Is this going to turn out like the terrible JP Trilogy or will this be a director supervised release?
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post #29 of 778
12/27/11 at 3:22am
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Spielberg's best. IMO.

Schindler's List takes that honour, IMO, however Jaws is damn fine, classic entertainment.
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post #30 of 778
12/27/11 at 6:47am
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Is this going to turn out like the terrible JP Trilogy or will this be a director supervised release?

Jaws is Spielberg's most beloved and well known baby, so I'm guessing he will have some involvement but factual news about the Blu-Ray is non-existent at this point beyond the fact that it is planned for release next year.
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