DVDs and blu rays, oh my!
Dec. 20th, 2008 12:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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nqdonne, pitchblackrose and dora_the_nymph!
As a rabid film collector I own several editions of quite a few films. And most of them are pretty much similar except for the features that made me buy the various editions in the first place (usually extra bonus material). However, my recent conversation with_backpages_ about the difference between the special features on the US and UK versions of B13 has made me research the matter further, and upon discovering that the French edition has "Un Monde Meilleur" and "Mukiai" (no interview with Stephane Vigroux, though, heh heh, losers) I bought it. So now I have the UK DVD, UK blu ray and French blu ray. And the weird thing is, they're all different. The main menus, the covers, and even the chapters vary. The French chapter placement, for example, is completely idiotic - they cut scenes in half, and don't have any chapters at all in the hour-long Making Of featurette. The main menu on the UK DVD displays an awesome loop of some of the best stunts from the film. I've been known to just sit and stare at the menu for minutes at a time, it's that good. The UK blu ray is far less cool as it has a black and white loop of random scenes, but it always starts with Leito taking off his tank top, splashing water on his face and looking in the mirror, which is nice :-) The French blu ray has a loop of completely useless scenes, which mostly seem to feature Taha and random extras. The graphics on all three menus are different as well, which I really don't get at all. Why would anyone go to the trouble of designing three different graphic schemes for the same film?! Or more, since heaven knows what the US menu, or the regular French DVD menu, or the French THX DVD menu look like...
And speaking of things I don't understand, in episode 16 of B13U filming diary Cyril seems to be giving a tutorial on how to jump into a car feet first through a window. If only I spoke French...
nqdonne, pitchblackrose and dora_the_nymph!As a rabid film collector I own several editions of quite a few films. And most of them are pretty much similar except for the features that made me buy the various editions in the first place (usually extra bonus material). However, my recent conversation with
_backpages_ about the difference between the special features on the US and UK versions of B13 has made me research the matter further, and upon discovering that the French edition has "Un Monde Meilleur" and "Mukiai" (no interview with Stephane Vigroux, though, heh heh, losers) I bought it. So now I have the UK DVD, UK blu ray and French blu ray. And the weird thing is, they're all different. The main menus, the covers, and even the chapters vary. The French chapter placement, for example, is completely idiotic - they cut scenes in half, and don't have any chapters at all in the hour-long Making Of featurette. The main menu on the UK DVD displays an awesome loop of some of the best stunts from the film. I've been known to just sit and stare at the menu for minutes at a time, it's that good. The UK blu ray is far less cool as it has a black and white loop of random scenes, but it always starts with Leito taking off his tank top, splashing water on his face and looking in the mirror, which is nice :-) The French blu ray has a loop of completely useless scenes, which mostly seem to feature Taha and random extras. The graphics on all three menus are different as well, which I really don't get at all. Why would anyone go to the trouble of designing three different graphic schemes for the same film?! Or more, since heaven knows what the US menu, or the regular French DVD menu, or the French THX DVD menu look like...And speaking of things I don't understand, in episode 16 of B13U filming diary Cyril seems to be giving a tutorial on how to jump into a car feet first through a window. If only I spoke French...
