Which BRFC DVD Edition will you buy?

Hmmm Good Question we appear to be getting the briefcase at an inflated price-this is odd as frankly Australia gets screwed in the nice version of dvd/dvd sets.

The powers that be seem to think we aussies care little for extras or nice cases no we get basic barebone maybe a trailer versions with this ugly certification sticker warning moronic parents that a vampire movie has "Vampiric concepts" etc its this ugly white and blue thing from the office of film classification which appeared on the cases.

remember it was good old australian company ezydvd that put up the briefcase ahead of time on its website and got slapped by warners-perhaps this meant we got to keep the briefcase set when we normally get something like the europeans got.

yes i'm bitter on the way dvds for sale get handled here.


I ordered my briefcase (s) from amazon-why? cheaper even with postage-thats wrong to begin with.

The 4 disc for me. The only versions I care about are the original 1982 version and the Final Cut. Unfortunately, those aren't in their own special set. I could really care less about the workprint (although I'm sure it's interesting), and the Director's Cut is obsolete at this point (to me anyways) since RS finished what was intended. And I don't have the space for a briefcase anyways.

I could really care less about the workprint [...] and the Director's Cut is obsolete...

guys, we've VK'ed one! we must retire it!

The 4 disc for me. The only versions I care about are the original 1982 version and the Final Cut. Unfortunately, those aren't in their own special set. I could really care less about the workprint (although I'm sure it's interesting), and the Director's Cut is obsolete at this point (to me anyways) since RS finished what was intended. And I don't have the space for a briefcase anyways.

You mean, you couldn't.

And I can't claim to understand your reasoning. ALL of the cuts are obsolete except the Final Cut, technically.

The 4 disc for me. The only versions I care about are the original 1982 version and the Final Cut. Unfortunately, those aren't in their own special set. I could really care less about the workprint (although I'm sure it's interesting), and the Director's Cut is obsolete at this point (to me anyways) since RS finished what was intended. And I don't have the space for a briefcase anyways.

You mean, you couldn't.

And I can't claim to understand your reasoning. ALL of the cuts are obsolete except the Final Cut, technically.

True, but if you're gonna do a FINAL cut of a film, the original that started it has some historical value. Then, again, I guess that would mean the other versions have historical value also. Eh, well, what I'm saying is that I want the original AND the final cut only, and I can't get that, so I'll take what I can get.

The 4 disc for me. The only versions I care about are the original 1982 version and the Final Cut. Unfortunately, those aren't in their own special set. I could really care less about the workprint (although I'm sure it's interesting), and the Director's Cut is obsolete at this point (to me anyways) since RS finished what was intended. And I don't have the space for a briefcase anyways.

You mean, you couldn't.

And I can't claim to understand your reasoning. ALL of the cuts are obsolete except the Final Cut, technically.

True, but if you're gonna do a FINAL cut of a film, the original that started it has some historical value. Then, again, I guess that would mean the other versions have historical value also. Eh, well, what I'm saying is that I want the original AND the final cut only, and I can't get that, so I'll take what I can get.

This is why I'm still pissed that the transfer George Lucas made of the original theatrical versions of the Original Star Wars Trilogy was so half-assed. Sure, they are OK. The letterbox laserdisc transfer was the best it could be for its time. But time has marched on. The excuse Lucas gives for not doing a digital 16:9 transfer is that the elements are lost. Considering that the first Star Wars movie is on the Library of Congress preservation list, there's GOT to be a full print of that one somewhere. I'm fairly sure it's only stubbornness on Lucas' part which got in the way. It's his view the Special Editions are now the True Editions of the Original Trilogy, and it kills him to admit anything else.

I ordered my briefcase (s) from amazon-why? cheaper even with postage-thats wrong to begin with.

Lucky chap, you can order from US Amazon, right? Because we Euros can't and British Amazon offers (according to the picture) the stripped down non-briefcase R2 UCE.

Any Euro folks in here? Where you have ordered your UCEs from?


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Any Euro folks in here? Where you have ordered your UCEs from?

Amazon.uk, stripped-down set, but i don't really care about it. i just need to watch all those wonderful discs. i've anxiously waited this moment 25 years, and nothing will keep me from getting into it, no deluxe case sets, no languages, no anything else

Any Euro folks in here? Where you have ordered your UCEs from?

HMV in the UK. It's without the briefcase, but I get a free spinner keyring.

I ordered my briefcase (s) from amazon-why? cheaper even with postage-thats wrong to begin with.

Lucky chap, you can order from US Amazon, right? Because we Euros can't and British Amazon offers (according to the picture) the stripped down non-briefcase R2 UCE.

Any Euro folks in here? Where you have ordered your UCEs from?


msgeek: Lovely avatar !

I am pretty sure you can order the Blu-Ray version of the briefcase version thru Amazon. i tried it myself recently and in the process it offered me 3 kinds of international shipping but i had to cancel it due to the fact my card was maxed out so i am in the process of resolving that atm.

I dont know if a BRDVD version is anygood to you i have a PS3 so i am all good and its region free, but with regular dvds its not RF and plus its illegal to ship outside of the region, no worries with the BR on that thou, i dont know wat the sitution is like with HDDVD.

I will inform whoevers interested on how things go once i have ordered, should be very soon

Roll on 18th December !!

This is why I'm still pissed that the transfer George Lucas made of the original theatrical versions of the Original Star Wars Trilogy was so half-assed. Sure, they are OK. The letterbox laserdisc transfer was the best it could be for its time. But time has marched on. The excuse Lucas gives for not doing a digital 16:9 transfer is that the elements are lost. Considering that the first Star Wars movie is on the Library of Congress preservation list, there's GOT to be a full print of that one somewhere. I'm fairly sure it's only stubbornness on Lucas' part which got in the way. It's his view the Special Editions are now the True Editions of the Original Trilogy, and it kills him to admit anything else.

From what I understand, because George's first wife, Marcia Lucas, worked on the film with him, if he ever releases the film in a preserved version of it's original 1977 state, she gets a HUGE cut.

So, he came up with the SPECIAL EDITIONS...which were technically not the same film. The crappy prints on the most recent DVD releases were the same versions previously released on VHS and Beta videocassettes, and therefore she is not entitled to anything extra because she already got paid.

I don't know if we'll ever see it. I still have my original VHS tape, DVDs ripped from the Letterbox Laserdisc Set, and I'm happy because I can still see Han shoot first, matte lines and no CGI animals farting and grunting through shots that don't need them.

The 4 disc for me. The only versions I care about are the original 1982 version and the Final Cut. Unfortunately, those aren't in their own special set. I could really care less about the workprint (although I'm sure it's interesting), and the Director's Cut is obsolete at this point (to me anyways) since RS finished what was intended. And I don't have the space for a briefcase anyways.

You mean, you couldn't.

And I can't claim to understand your reasoning. ALL of the cuts are obsolete except the Final Cut, technically.

True, but if you're gonna do a FINAL cut of a film, the original that started it has some historical value. Then, again, I guess that would mean the other versions have historical value also. Eh, well, what I'm saying is that I want the original AND the final cut only, and I can't get that, so I'll take what I can get.

Again, to be technical, the workprint IS the original cut of the film. While I understand what you're saying, at the same time, its just difficult for me to grasp why someone wouldn't have an interest in a version of the movie officially available like this.

I guess I'm that out there.

From what I understand, because George's first wife, Marcia Lucas, worked on the film with him, if he ever releases the film in a preserved version of it's original 1977 state, she gets a HUGE cut.

This makes me think that Lucas is even more of a schmuck than he seemed like before.

msgeek: Lovely avatar !

More BR-related LOLs available in this thread here:
http://www.bladezone.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2428

If I see any more pix that could use a BR-related caption, I'll toss 'em on that thread.

Is there a 5-disc DVD without the briefcase?