The Terminator (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Play Exclusive) [UK] HDN CHOOSES ART

[Wreck]

Release date: October 1st, 2012
Purchase link: The Terminator (Sold-out)
Notes: Region Free, Confirmed to have a NEW Blu-Ray master.

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Embossed / debossed front, inside art, rear art, no logos etc

Original vote: (Closed)

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Also got 4 interior art options for HDN community to vote on which we will use in the final product.

Specs:

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- 1 disc
- Widescreen 16:9 1.85:1
- Sound: English 5.1 DTS HD-MA, Spanish 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DTS, Japanese 5.1 DTS, Portugese 2.0 DD stereo, Thai 2.0 DD Stereo
- Languages: English for the hearing impaired, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, (There may be more languages but the info cut off here!!)
- Spec features -
Creating the Terminator: Visual Effects and Music
Terminator: A Retrospective
Terminated scenes

Actual pictures: (courtesy of Naughtius Maximus)

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[featherhall]

Mine never arrived. Gutted. Looks stunning

 

[altermann]

Don't like the spine, and not a fan of debossed/embossed steelbooks either but the embossing on the title looks amazing....

 

[ash333]

Don't like the spine, and not a fan of debossed/embossed steelbooks either but the embossing on the title looks amazing....

Really? Sorry to hear that . Personally I think this, with the Terminator artwork, has one of the better looking spine. Steelbooks with artwork on their spine are hard to come by.

 

[altermann]

Really? Sorry to hear that . Personally I think this, with the Terminator artwork, has one of the better looking spine. Steelbooks with artwork on their spine are hard to come by.

I just think the spine artwork works better with the Germany version but not with this one.

 

[NagysAudio]

Screen Captures

Latest ones. Enjoy!

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[creasey275]

Watched it last night....on SYFY. The love story is daft, Michael Biehn, "I love you Sarah, I always have". hahahahaha, from a picture!

 

[DK06CTR]

Really!!

 

[Noodles]

Watched it last night....on SYFY. The love story is daft, Michael Biehn, "I love you Sarah, I always have". hahahahaha, from a picture!

I think you might be watching the wrong James Cameron film if it's romance you're after pal.

 

[cooey]

Wow!!

 

[marcls76]

Does anyone know if and when this is likely to be briefly available on play.com again? Tomorrow maybe?

 

[creasey275]

I think you might be watching the wrong James Cameron film if it's romance you're after pal.

The love story between Biehn and Hamilton is a huge part of The Terminator, its just too stupid, the dialogue, the sex scene, the music (love story music, not the actual da da da dun da da soundtrack), all cringe-worthy plop.

Love stories play major parts in almost all of Cameron's films, The Abyss, Avatar, Terminator, and not just heterosexual although not homosexual either in Aliens (Newt and Ripley) and Terminator 2 (T-100 and John).

In The Terminator its sincere until the daft dialogue between Biehn and Hamilton in the motel when he tells her he loves her, dont know what loved up drug he was when he wrote that. Maybe Hamilton.

 

[lgans316]

There is something called learning from mistakes. This was his first in the Terminator franchise and you can see how much was a big improvement was T2.

 

[creasey275]

Really!!

yes. of course.

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There is something called learning from mistakes. This was his first in the Terminator franchise and you can see how much was a big improvement was T2.

Listen, you're criticising criticism. There are aspects of The Terminator which are incredibly significant for film making, especially over the last 25-30 years. I do believe Cameron is a ground breaking director. The casting of Arnie was his greatest achievement, it propelled both of them into super stardom, no one in Hollywood would say "no" to either after The Terminator (although some one should've said "no" before "Junior")

Cameron transformed the action sci/fi genre with this movie, films like The Matrix and Total Recall may not have been made if The Terminator hadnt.

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...but the love story is, like The Terminator, too mechanical and soul less. Maybe Cameron meant it to be.

 

[lgans316]

Sorry mate, to me Terminator is an action film first and I am not a romantic guy.

My ultra mini review

This is a simply superb restoration effort that puts the previous releases to shame. Film grain is present on the most of the scenes except for couple of shots but without sacrificing the details mainly the close ups. I found the facial details on this one to be more detailed and natural than Jaws. The opening scenes are a little bit underwhelming but that's due to the filming style. After the first 7 or 8 minutes, the PQ picks up and shines especially in the daylight scenes which looks colorful with a great degree of depth and dimensionality. As most of the movie is shot in the dark, you may find some parts to be a little bit noisy and less detailed. The new color timing is spot on and I couldn't notice any of those teal hues which appears to be widely prevalent on remastered releases nowadays.

Do not throw away your special edition DVD copy as this release is missing some special features but if you only care about the film then simply bin your copy and grab this release.

You might find the DTS-HD MA SQ to be slightly better than the PQ although the mono track isn't included. Also the track might be missing some original sound effects.

Update: One thing I forgot to mention is the grain could tend to look a tad digital / electronic in few shots but I didn't notice this negatively impacting the PQ.

Video
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: DTS 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 2.0
Thai: Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitles
English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Danish, Icelandic, Korean, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

Discs
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)

 

[darksider]

Wow, great looking steel. So glad to be on GB list for this.

Yikes to spine scratch. Hope I don't get one.

 

[Andy CYP]

Quick video unboxing:
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[sunnyx]

Sorry mate, to me Terminator is an action film first and I am not a romantic guy.

My ultra mini review

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This is a simply superb restoration effort that puts the previous releases to shame. Film grain is present on the most of the scenes except for couple of shots but without sacrificing the details mainly the close ups. I found the facial details on this one to be more detailed and natural than Jaws. The opening scenes are a little bit underwhelming but that's due to the filming style. After the first 7 or 8 minutes, the PQ picks up and shines especially in the daylight scenes which looks colorful with a great degree of depth and dimensionality. As most of the movie is shot in the dark, you may find some parts to be a little bit noisy and less detailed. The new color timing is spot on and I couldn't notice any of those teal hues which appears to be widely prevalent on remastered releases nowadays.

Do not throw away your special edition DVD copy as this release is missing some special features but if you only care about the film then simply bin your copy and grab this release.

You will find the DTS-HD MA SQ to be more better than the PQ although the mono track isn't included.

Video
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: DTS 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 2.0
Thai: Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitles
English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Danish, Icelandic, Korean, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

Discs
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)

When you are talking about the 'previous release' are you referring to the original blu-ray release? So the play.com release PQ and SQ is better than the blu-ray aamray I have now?

 

[lgans316]

Yes, the new release is a big improvement over any of its releases in home video format in terms of PQ / SQ.

 

[creasey275]

Sorry mate, to me Terminator is an action film first and I am not a romantic guy.

[no need to apologise, theres no doubt The Terminator is essentially all about 1 thing, Arnie as The TERMINATOR. Everything else is secondary

 

[Blu-devil]

The love story between Biehn and Hamilton is a huge part of The Terminator, its just too stupid, the dialogue, the sex scene, the music (love story music, not the actual da da da dun da da soundtrack), all cringe-worthy plop.

Love stories play major parts in almost all of Cameron's films, The Abyss, Avatar, Terminator, and not just heterosexual although not homosexual either in Aliens (Newt and Ripley) and Terminator 2 (T-100 and John).

In The Terminator its sincere until the daft dialogue between Biehn and Hamilton in the motel when he tells her he loves her, dont know what loved up drug he was when he wrote that. Maybe Hamilton.

It wasn't just the polaroid was it. it was all the stories John Connor had told him. How much of a fighter she was, her strength. He fell in love with the mythos as much as the face in the foot.