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[Turn]

I really look forward to OHMSS and YOLT as they stand out in the cinematography department. TSWLM should look good as well.

Of the current crop, I like TB the best.

[DamnCoffee]

Can anyone inform me on the quality of The Man with the Golden Gun and Licence to Kill? I haven't heard much from anyone regarding that.


And yes, I really am looking forward to seeing You Only Live Twice on Blu Ray, too!

[DLibrasnow]

Encouraging news on the Blu-ray front.

It has been announced that, with the entry of Blu-ray manufacturers from China, that a $99 Blu-ray player will soon become a reality:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2595

[DamnCoffee]

BRILLIANT!

[dee-bee-five]

Can anyone inform me on the quality of The Man with the Golden Gun and Licence to Kill? I haven't heard much from anyone regarding that.

When are they released in the UK? Any ideas?

And, yes, YOLT and OHMSS should look terrific on Blu Ray. I watched FYEO on Blu Ray yesterday and while it doesn't blow your mind in terms of picture quality like Moonraker, it still looks pretty damned good. Even if Melina's moustache makes it look as though she's auditioning for the Village People...

Encouraging news on the Blu-ray front.

It has been announced that, with the entry of Blu-ray manufacturers from China, that a $99 Blu-ray player will soon become a reality:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2595

Interesting stuff. Shame the discs aren't a bit cheaper in the UK - but I guess they will be, unless Gordon Brown screws us into the ground before the year's out.

[Qwerty]

Can anyone inform me on the quality of The Man with the Golden Gun and Licence to Kill? I haven't heard much from anyone regarding that.

When are they released in the UK? Any ideas?

Oddly, there's been no indication of a UK release for these two so far.

[Shaun Forever]

I'm quite surprised as well, I know as Brits are usually behind, but not this far.


Shame really, as I consider LTK to be a real gem, an epic Bond film.

[DamnCoffee]

I'm quite surprised as well, I know as Brits are usually behind, but not this far.


Shame really, as I consider LTK to be a real gem, an epic Bond film.

Aparrently the quality is supposed to look stunning. Someone one another forum said that he ranks it as one of the best looking 'old Bond films' on Blu Ray.

[Qwerty]

Two Latest James Bond Blu-ray Discs Reviewed

The verdict on 'The Man with the Golden Gun' and 'Licence To Kill'

[sharpshooter]

Licence To Kill looks amazing. Pretty hard to beat that in terms of picture quality.

[singleentendre]

I wonder what the breakdown for the next box set(s) will be. I realize the movies could just be completely random, but I'm one of those people who just has to look for a pattern in things, so bear with me!

The box sets so far have been:

TWINE, Goldfinger, Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Thunderball
Die Another Day, Live and Let Die, Dr. No
Quantum of Solace, Licence to Kill, The Man With The Golden Gun

Things I've noticed in these sets are:

• Each set has one "ringer". Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, Dr. No and Quantum of Solace. These are the "must-buy" movies that make each set more appealing to both hardcore and casual fans alike. Of course, it's a matter of personal taste and one could certainly argue for different movies being ringers or there being more than one ringer in one of the box sets, but I think generally speaking these four are the most popular and recognizable today.
• In three of the box sets, each movie stars a different Bond. The exception is the FYEO, FRWL, TB set which has two Connery movies. Assuming it's not just a random set, I think the reason for this may be to either ramp up public interest by releasing more Connery movies sooner or simply because Connery has done 6 movies and it was just a choice to package 2 together so that the other 4 could be released individually in box sets.
• Playing off of the above, Roger Moore has done 7 movies, 3 of which have not been released. These 3 could fit nicely into the last 3 boxsets, but Connery's movies could have done the same thing. Therefore, I think it's possible that two of Moore's movies may get packaged together in the future.
• There doesn't seem to be a pattern of quality aside from the ringers. Older movies have been favored so far, mainly because most of Connery's have been released.
• Never have movies that have come out back-to-back been released together. The closest they have come to that is From Russia With Love and Thunderball, which have only one movie separating them.

So, the movies yet to be released are:

• You Only Live Twice
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Diamonds Are Forever
• The Spy Who Loved Me
• Octopussy
• A View To A Kill
• The Living Daylights
• Goldeneye
• Tomorrow Never Dies

The possible "ringers" I see are The Spy Who Loved Me and Goldeneye. I don't see any of the other movies being as iconic to the general public, but perhaps You Only Live Twice will be the third ringer, as it's a Connery movie with a generally higher rating than Diamonds are Forever. Or perhaps it will be OHMSS, since it's Lazenby's only movie.

So from that I'm concluding:

• Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies will not be packaged together. Neither will Octopussy and A View To A Kill or OHMSS with You Only Live Twice or Diamonds Are Forever.
• Goldeneye and The Spy Who Loved Me will not be packaged together (two ringers).

My guess for the boxsets are:

GE, DAF, AVTAK
OHMSS, TND, OP
TLD, YOLT, TSWLM




Anyway, may I be horribly wrong so I stop over-analyzing everything! I just have to insist that there IS rhyme and reason to these sets. And really, I LOVE all of these nine (well, maybe not DAF and TND, those are just in the "ok" category for me) so it doesn't really matter when it comes to how the box sets are arranged, just that they come out soon!

[DamnCoffee]

Nice list!

My wishlist...
Boxset 1: The Man with the Golden Gun, Licence to Kill (UK)
Boxset 2: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, GoldenEye
Boxset 3: You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, The Living Daylights
Boxset 4: Octopussy, A View to a Kill, Tomorrow Never Dies

[jaguar007]

I agree with single that TSWLM and GE will be seperate.

I just hope that OHMSS, TSWLM and TLD are in the next wave of releases.

[eddychaput]

I'd simply like for them to have the final wave in time for the holidays. 99$ Blu-Ray player with all the Bonds available? Sounds like heaven to me.

[stamper]

SWLM & Goldeneye needs both to be fixed before being issued.

SWLM as a "ringing" problem on all the movie (ringing halo over all the characters, noticeable when they wear a dark suit on clear background like sky)

GE is zoomed in, making about 30% of the original image data being lost

I'm guessing these will be in the last batch of releases, due to the extensive work needing to be done.

[Professor Dent]

I'd be very happy with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service & The Living Daylights in the next release wave. They can then use that extra time to make sure the issues stamper notes with The Spy Who Loved Me & GoldenEye are corrected.

[Loomis]

Nice list!

My wishlist...
Boxset 1: The Man with the Golden Gun, Licence to Kill (UK)

A two-film box set?

I'm baffled as to why there's been no announcement of a Vol 2 box set for us Brits. Vol 1 was released a few months ago, and since then three more Bonds have been released on Blu-ray over here, plus QUANTUM OF SOLACE, yet the silence on a second UK box set is---- well, I'm being deafened by it.

[scaramunga]

Best Buy here in the US is selling The Man With the Golden Gun and License To Kill in a box set which also includes Quantum of Solace. It is an exclusive set to Best Buy stores.

Is there any news on if there will be steelbook versions of these 2 films released on May 12?

It will be interesting to see if the Best Buy box set is released in other stores after May 12.

[Shaun Forever]

I can't remember where I read it, but I'm sure I heard they were stopping the steel books.


Probably BS from IMDB or something, so please take it with a pinch of salt.

[Joe Bond]

I posted this on the "Sean Connery star of the month" thread and I thought I should post it here as well. The U.S. TV channel TCM posted clips of YOLT on their website yesterday since they are playing it on their channel next Friday. Well so far all of the other Bond films they have played were identical to the clips they posted so I wondered what version of YOLT they would play since they actually played the Blu-ray version of TB last night which was reflected in the clips. So I compared the clips to the SE and UE versions when it comes to the colors and like TB the TCM clips were similar to the UE but it was clear it was a new print where the muted or dried out colors that were somewhat problematic on the UE have been fixed and this results in much more colorful presentation that is more faithful to Freddie Young's cinematography. Plus, I don't think the print damage on the UE was present either but I won't no for sure until next Friday but I don't think its a leap to say that the version TCM will be playing next Friday is most likely the version that will be available on Blu-ray in the near future. Plus I have to say that the color changes on the TB Blu-ray are pretty noticeable on the TV broadcast despite the worser resolution plus the audio track they played was a better mono track than the one on the UE DVD.

Here is where the clips can be found.

[Professor Dent]

I can't remember where I read it, but I'm sure I heard they were stopping the steel books.


Probably BS from IMDB or something, so please take it with a pinch of salt.

The Blu-ray forums have nothing on more steelbooks. There is a rumour that they will possibly release them in the next wave so they can do a double dip. Hopefully, they will finish what they started & announce something soon on their fate.

[scaramunga]

It's very strange that LTK and Golden Gun were not listed in any of the bigger retailers ads this week. In addition Amazon did not have a Bond blu ray sale either...

Very strange.

I wonder if they will do sales for the 2 titles after this week.

I know Amazon is currently shipping LTK and Golden Gun blu rays, but the price was $22 each..

Does anyone know why these 2 releases are so low key? I'm pretty confused why they are not at least on ad this week too.

Very odd.

[Qwerty]

James Bond Blu-ray Wave 4 Released In US

'The Man with the Golden Gun' and 'Licence to Kill' available now

[Shaun Forever]

I'm tempted to import Licence To Kill, but I think I am going to hold out a bit longer.

[oatesy]

I'm tempted to import Licence To Kill, but I think I am going to hold out a bit longer.

I would be careful. The US version of all the Bond movies are region locked and not playable on standard UK players

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

[dee-bee-five]

I'm tempted to import Licence To Kill, but I think I am going to hold out a bit longer.

I would be careful. The US version of all the Bond movies are region locked and not playable on standard UK players

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

A good note of caution. I wish we had some news of the UK release, though.

[tonyvenhuizen]

I have been buying the three-movie boxsets. So far I have the first three. Most recently, they have released LTK and TMWTGG, but not in a matching boxset. (I don't count the Best Buy box because it is different from the others).

Have they announced yet when the fourth matching boxset will be released? It is weird to me that on May 12 they release LTK and TMWTGG, but not a corresponding boxset, be it with QOS or another film.

I just hope they haven't discontinued the boxsets!

(I also wonder what they are going to do about the fact that there are 22 official movies. That doesn't divide into 3's. Are they going to exclude QOS? Or may include NSNA and the 1967 CR to make it 24?)

[Qwerty]

Have they announced yet when the fourth matching boxset will be released? It is weird to me that on May 12 they release LTK and TMWTGG, but not a corresponding boxset, be it with QOS or another film.

Oddly, no boxed set for this film either. Although Best Buy did/does have their own exclusive boxed set of The Man with the Golden Gun/Licence to Kill/Quantum of Solace.

At least one thing is consistent: the release of James Bond films on home video format remains mindlessly inept and confusing.

[scaramunga]

I will be picking up the 2 new ones shortly. However, I did not see them in the ads but am hoping they will be on ad next week. I stopped by Target tonight and they did have Golden Gun on blu ray, but not Licence To Kill? Hmm..

Here's hoping they do go on ad sale on Sunday!

[oatesy]

I'm tempted to import Licence To Kill, but I think I am going to hold out a bit longer.

I would be careful. The US version of all the Bond movies are region locked and not playable on standard UK players

http://bluray.liesinc.net/

A good note of caution. I wish we had some news of the UK release, though.

Versions compatible with UK players are available though. Amazon.fr has a boxset containing Quantum Of Solace, Permis de tuer and L'Homme au pistolet d'or for 54 euros