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RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:is this Livio Ramondelli artwork? it looks....surprisingly ......competent?

I made that comment to a friend of mine. It's a lot cleaner than his art usually is. I really like the cover.

His linework is usually very clean, but it's ill-served by the muddy coloring he usually does. Some of his more recent work has been much brighter, which looks quite a bit better.

I wish someone else would color for him.

yeah but what's the shipping cost?

o.supreme wrote:yeah but what's the shipping cost?

It's prime shipping, but it's actually $36.81 on Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Movie-Blu-Ray-Reg-Australia/dp/B004L5SBTW?ie=UTF8&keywords=transformers%3A%20the%20movie&qid=1465501569&ref_=sr_1_11&sr=8-11

This is long, long, LONG overdue. I am very excited to finally get the last piece of the U.S. G1 cartoon!

ALRIGHT!

Seibertron wrote:Courtesy of Hasbro's Transformers Facebook page, we now have our first look at some new artwork that looks like it's being used for the Blu-Ray and DVD covers for the upcoming Transformers: The Movie 30th Anniversary Edition, which Shout! Factory announced earlier today. The artwork is from Livio Ramondelli of IDW Transformers comic book fame. The artwork features Optimus Prime opening his chest to reveal the Matrix, Hot Rod kneeling in front of Optimus, Megatron and the "original" Decepticons on the left, Galvatron and the "new" Decepticons on the right, and Unicron in the background. Check out the new image below and join our discussion here.

I had check copy I bought I defiantly buy it see what difference is from madman copy I own

Looking forward to this, but can't say I'm a big fan of the cover art. Where are all the Autobots? The classic cover art and the later Sony DVD double covers were great because of how they balanced out the factions, but just sticking Hot Rod and Optimus on the cover with a pile of Decepticons and Unicron in the background feels poorly planned out by comparison. Maybe if it was Rodimus Prime instead of Hot Rod and Optimus was on the same side as the older Decepticons, but as is it just feels like minimal effort.

Now, don't get me wrong, the art itself is good, it's the layout that I'm not happy with. Instead of just having Decepticons flying around why not have respective battles on each side instead, really make it look epic? Covers are supposed to get you excited to watch a movie, but there's no action at all on this one while the old covers made it look like they were all in for the fight of their lives (and were). What's Hot Rod even doing (and isn't he kinda big)?

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I think I prefer almost every previous piece of TFTM cover/poster artwork that we got before over this new artwork.

I'm being cautiously optimistic about this release, as they could very easily mess this up in the transfer over to Blu-Ray, which in turn could result in a version inferior to the UK and Australian Blu-Ray releases.

There's also the matter of which version of the movie this release would have. Would it be the U.S. version that featured the actor credits and the Lion theme song sung aloud? Or the UK version that replaced the actor credits with a text scroll narrated by Victor Caroli, which resulted in the Lion theme sung to be toned down a bit? Or would it be the mixture of both that aired on The Hub, which kept the actor credits but had Victor Caroli's narration played over them (the text scroll itself was absent, but Caroli's voice was present), with the Lion theme song likewise quieted down for Caroli's narration?

And would Caroli's closing narration from the UK and Hub versions be included or no? And what of the cuss words? Will they be kept like in the U.S. version, or muted like in certain foreign versions and the Hub version?

A lot of factors to consider here.

I mentioned this news to my wife today, and she asked if I was going to buy the Blu Ray. When I gave the obvious answer of yes, she said "At least there will be one Transformers movie that I (she) won't be embarrassed to see on the movie shelf."

Thanks to black Friday deals and used cd stores, we have amasses the four live action movies on Blu Ray, for a combined total of $24.....but we'll finally have a good one in September!

I hope that artwork won't be the cover of the Blu-ray. I have the 20th anniversary DVD release and I love it, and the art just makes it that much better. I'm not a fan of this style, and as it has been pointed out, it's not organized well. It should have more Autobots, old and new, and it should have Rodimus Prime in the center holding up the Matrix, with Optimus in the background with the old Autobots. That's what the movie is about.

Sabrblade wrote:I'm being cautiously optimistic about this release, as they could very easily mess this up in the transfer over to Blu-Ray, which in turn could result in a version inferior to the UK and Australian Blu-Ray releases.


A lot of factors to consider here.

Indeed. *If* S!F utilizes the full potential of Blu-Ray correctly, I'd imagine that there would be options for both the original Theatrical versions as well as the UK version with the Opening Crawl & Caroli voice over. No need to omit the cursing that I can comprehend. Also I don't see a need to have a version that includes Caroli's narration over the opening title sequence, but that's just me.

I'm sure in various regions there have been so many differing color & audio mixes, and we've seen the errors such as "pink Hot Rod" on the WS version of Sony's release.

The Optimum situation would be to find the best preserved original video source (since we know it was created in 4:3 format) and convert it to HD. Then the best theatrical film source (though you are losing some of the picture, some want the version we saw in the theater as kids) . I cant believe there are original master copies out there that all have poor coloring. I would *hope* some have been well preserved. Blu Ray offers the potential for tons of extras. I know its not fair really to compare S!F with a company like say...Criterion who knocks it out of the park with most of their Blu Ray releases. But just as reference, the potential is there. Plus the fact that this has a street date of about 3 months away, not sure how long it has been in the works until the announcement yesterday, but *if* it was delayed slightly in an effort to present the best possible release, I wouldn't mind. Of course this is S!F, and while they have a track record of offering great releases, often they come up just short of expectations, often through no fault of their own, but still on the slightly disappointing side.

As an abstract example... I don't know if anyone here has Criterions Blu Ray release of the original 1954 Godzilla (Gojira), but it is virtually perfect. An amazing restoration, and upgrade to HD of both the Japanese & American versions of this film, plus tons of extras, all on one Blu Ray Disc.

--If S!F Blu Ray of TF:TM had complete original Video presentations, and Theatrical presentations with correct colors, and a new (accurate)audio mix. Add in as many variations from different countries of opening/closing credits as extras, Scramble City, original Toy Commercials, Film trailers (foreign & domestic) Interviews with Productions Staff & Voice Actors, *possibly* a Productions staff commentary (though not required), I'd pay $25 for that Blu Ray no problem.

I've been waiting for this on BR as long as I've had a BR player! I only hope they don't have screwed up colors on this like they did on the last DVD release. HOT ROD IS NOT PINK

o.supreme wrote:1. Can we please just get an unaltered Scramble City, without the garbage fan commentary for audio

Not sure which, but pretty sure one of my Transformer's DVD's from Season 1 to 4 or the movie has the Scramble City with just it's proper audio.

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:

o.supreme wrote:1. Can we please just get an unaltered Scramble City, without the garbage fan commentary for audio

Not sure which, but pretty sure one of my Transformer's DVD's from Season 1 to 4 or the movie has the Scramble City with just it's proper audio.

The only DVDs that had Scramble City with its proper audio were the UK Transformers: The Movie — Ultimate Edition from Metrodome and the Australia Transformers: The Movie — Special Edition from Madman, but both of which contained an unofficial bootleg version with fansubs, as the official one that Toei gave to Sony for their American The Transformers: The Movie — 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD was video only with no audio and no subtitles.

Because giving foreign market licensees the short end of the stick like that is just how Toei rolls.

Thus, using the bootleg (and without Toei's involvement) was the only way the UK and Australian DVDs could get a full version of Scramble City with all of its video, audio, and subtitles.

Sabrblade wrote:

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:

o.supreme wrote:1. Can we please just get an unaltered Scramble City, without the garbage fan commentary for audio

Not sure which, but pretty sure one of my Transformer's DVD's from Season 1 to 4 or the movie has the Scramble City with just it's proper audio.

The only DVDs that had Scramble City with its proper audio were the UK Transformers: The Movie — Ultimate Edition from Metrodome and the Australia Transformers: The Movie — Special Edition from Madman, but both of which contained an unofficial bootleg version with fansubs, as the official one that Toei gave to Sony for their American The Transformers: The Movie — 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD was video only with no audio and no subtitles.

Because giving foreign market licensees the short end of the stick like that is just how Toei rolls.

Thus, using the bootleg (and without Toei's involvement) was the only way the UK and Australian DVDs could get a full version of Scramble City with all of its video, audio, and subtitles.

So did it have official video and bootlegged audio or?

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:

o.supreme wrote:1. Can we please just get an unaltered Scramble City, without the garbage fan commentary for audio

Not sure which, but pretty sure one of my Transformer's DVD's from Season 1 to 4 or the movie has the Scramble City with just it's proper audio.

The only DVDs that had Scramble City with its proper audio were the UK Transformers: The Movie — Ultimate Edition from Metrodome and the Australia Transformers: The Movie — Special Edition from Madman, but both of which contained an unofficial bootleg version with fansubs, as the official one that Toei gave to Sony for their American The Transformers: The Movie — 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD was video only with no audio and no subtitles.

Because giving foreign market licensees the short end of the stick like that is just how Toei rolls.

Thus, using the bootleg (and without Toei's involvement) was the only way the UK and Australian DVDs could get a full version of Scramble City with all of its video, audio, and subtitles.

So did it have official video and bootlegged audio or?

I just said the American Sony DVD had an official one with video but no audio or subtitles, while both the UK Metrodome and Australian Madman DVDs had unofficial bootleg ones with video, audio, and subs.

Who likes collectable stuff? Because Shout! Factory is turning the Blu-Ray release of Transformers: The Movie itself into a limited collectible by packaging it as a Steelbook! These flashy cases are usually limited in nature and have a collector following all of their own. It has a pricetag of $34.99 USD and a release date of September 13th, and the pic below will lead you to a pre-order available on Amazon.com for Transformers: The Movie Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray Steelbook. The steelbook version is NOT an Amazon.com exclusive. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

Even without knowing what special features we're getting here this is a no-brainer. For any 80's movie enthusiasts Shout Factory is killing it on their Blu Ray special editions lately.

Got my preorder today

I got about 5 or 6 versions but could always use another.

Blue ray? Pfft. No reason to get that than. Now how about a Dvd version, huh?

So will there be some new features included this time that weren't on previous releases? Or is this just a 1980's movie turned into VHS turned into DVD and now turned into Blu-Ray?

Lucky Logician wrote:So will there be some new features included this time that weren't on previous releases? Or is this just a 1980's movie turned into VHS turned into DVD and now turned into Blu-Ray?

From what I can gather from between the lines; this release will include the special features from the 25th anniversary edition, as well as either new interviews, or an all new documentary.

will this be widescreen? i have never seen the widescreen version. is it actually widescreen or cropped.

shajaki wrote:These flashy cases are usually limited in nature and have a collector following all of their own.

You are all over this aren't you shajaki!!......

I pre-ordered it too...