Sicario (Blu-ray SteelBook) (FilmArena Collection #35) [Czech Republic]

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Oct 22, 2011
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Release date: July 11, 2016 (E1, E2) - September 30, 2016 (E3 Hard Box)
Purchase links: E1 - E2 - E3 - Unnumbered
Price: 799 CZK (E1 & E2 & Unnumbered) - 1799 CZK (E3)
Group buys: hosted by carllenc - Live at 9 PM (CEST) - Check your local time HERE - E1 (Full Slip) - E2 (Lenti) - E3 (Hard Box) - Unnumbered
Notes: E1 (1001 pieces numbered) - E2 (1001 pieces numbered) - E3 (501 pieces numbered)

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Dear Collectors,

we would like to inform you that we have started preparing SteelBook SICARIO. We would love to welcome this great title in FAC series.

Thank you for your feedbacks, messages and option in the poll.

Team FA

MORE INFO SOON

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Not too worried about the subtitles at this point.

I'm willing to bet that filmarena.cz has subtitle information for the regular Blu-ray release (Czech only) at the same level as in online Blu-ray/DVD stores in many countries; they often only specify subtitle tracks that are relevant to their main customer base.

Note that even now filmarena-eng.com (and filmarena.cz) has FAC Sicario subtitles specified as English SDH, English and Czech.

The Blu-ray disc included in the already released Czech Amaray has neither a Dolby Atmos soundtrack nor optional English subtitles, notwithstanding what is stated in the listing for the FAC edition.

On the FA site is an actual review of the Czech disc which details its technical specifications. I've included a link below. Use Google Chrome or similar to translate.

http://www.film-arena.cz/recenze/blu-ray-sicario-najemny-vrah

The above review clearly states that there are only two language tracks available on the disc: DTS-HD MA 5.1 English & Czech with subtitles only in Czech.

Clicking on the tab 'Videa' (Video) gives the option of viewing an unboxing video which includes the disc's actual menus. From 3m05s the menus displayed are those of the disc's audio and subtitle options. These confirm that the only two language tracks available are DTS-HD MA 5.1 English & Czech. There is no Dolby Atmos track. The only two subtitle options shown are Czech & None. There are no optional English subtitles.

The only way that this disc could have English subtitles is if they are hardcoded or burnt-in for those sections where Spanish is spoken. This seems unlikely, however, since there is no mention anywhere in the review of that being the case. Surely, someone must have access to a copy of the Czech disc that they can sample?

At the end of the day, the only way that the audio and subtitle details shown in the listing for the FAC edition can be correct, is if the disc is being re-authored especially for that edition, to include a Dolby Atmos track and either optional or hardcoded English subtitles. This seems a little extravagant given that this is a brand new release and surely, if that was the case, wouldn't it have been announced somewhere?

It would certainly be helpful if those in the know at FA were to throw some light on the subject before the GB commences.
 
@augustus You got me a little worried now :LOL:

Hopefully the situation with respect to the FAC editions will be unambiguously resolved before pre-orders and / or the GBs go live.

The lack of English subtitles would be a big disappointment to many (including me). Regardless of how much or how little there is Spanish dialog, I'd like to be able to follow it all.
 
@augustus You got me a little worried now :LOL:

Hopefully the situation with respect to the FAC editions will be unambiguously resolved before pre-orders and / or the GBs go live.

The lack of English subtitles would be a big disappointment to many (including me). Regardless of how much or how little there is Spanish dialog, I'd like to be able to follow it all.

@Ranavalone I suspect that the local Czech distributor, Magic Box, messed up the disc's authoring.

Hopefully, they'll be able to re-author it, which is what happened with the Czech disc of "Looper" when FA wanted to include it in the FAC.
 
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I really like the green slip, will go with the yellow sabotage nice on my shelf,but the steel itself is a little boring, gonna have to try wait for PA i think, hmmm