The Thing (1982) (Blu-ray Deluxe Editions) (Turbine Media ) [Germany]

[TheHutt]

Release date: March 28, 2019
Purchase links: Mediamarkt.de - Classic Version - Modern Version - Amazon DE - Classic Version - Modern Version
Price: €67.00
Notes: Blu-ray of The Thing 1982 is using Arrow Video 4K scan restoration

Version 1: Classic Design

Version 2: Modern Design

Contents: 4 Dics
- Original
- 2011 Prequel
- Bonus
- Original Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone

 

[tha_lunatic]

much better now and pre-ordered.

 

[Lollard2002]

At this point, it is a really annoying slap in the face when we get blu ray editions touting that they were authored from a new 4K master.
Just give me the 4K master on a 4K disc, please.

100% agree. If you're going to the bother of using a 4k master just give us the 4k disc.

 

[tridon]

Turbine has slightly changed both artworks. Alas, I cannot update the OP.

Classic: has lost the VHS case slipcase, features the red UK theatrical motif instead.
Modern: has lost the red UK theatrical motif, has got a desaturated version of Struzan's poster instead.

So the posters are in English now? I wonder if that means anything for the book?

Honestly, the change kinda sucks. The Christopher Shy artwork + the red digipack looked sharp. I don't really like that it's a desaturated Struzan now.

 

[tha_lunatic]

So the posters are in English now?

the Struzan poster is in English and the other poster in German, that's how it looks like at the moment

 

[Wreck]

I'll wait till live pics to see box quality.

 

[TheHutt]

So the posters are in English now? I wonder if that means anything for the book?

Honestly, the change kinda sucks. The Christopher Shy artwork + the red digipack looked sharp. I don't really like that it's a desaturated Struzan now.

The poster is English on one side and German on the other. Alas, they have hidden the cult-y DAS DING logo now.

As for the change: I welcome it, as I ordered the Classic edition. The sharp red digi slip wandered over to my version now.

 

[paulboland]

Worth it just for this, very funny, if you don't have the Scream Factory release.

Picture quality of TV version is very poor it's SD
I have the shout release
Worse than a bad vhs bootleg release

It's that bad I stopped watching it and I will never view it again

The rest of the extras are worth watching just not the TV cut

 

[paulboland]

100% agree. If you're going to the bother of using a 4k master just give us the 4k disc.

You will have to wait until universal decide on a 4K UHD release that's if they have plans for one.

Universal own the 4K remaster rights not arrow or shout
Shout and Arrow got distribution licence for Blu-ray only

Third party distributors don't have licence to do 4K UHD release from Universal

It's very expensive for independent distributors to do 4K UHD especially when it's a film that they don't own the film rights and they have to licence from a film studio.

 

[paulboland]

I have pre ordered both editions I will decide closer to release date which edition I will go with

I might end up getting both

 

[TheHutt]

Who said there's a crisis in physical media sales?

 

[hatredhorror]

Who said there's a crisis in physical media sales?

One copy sold each compared with zero copied for all other editions would make it #1 as well

 

[jonnybobbytimmy]

Turbine has slightly changed both artworks. Alas, I cannot update the OP.

Classic: has lost the VHS case slipcase, features the red UK theatrical motif instead.
Modern: has lost the red UK theatrical motif, has got a desaturated version of Struzan's poster instead.

Much better. And they changed on both versions:

• front of the booklet
• art on the discs
• artcards
  

 

[C.C. 95]

Picture quality of TV version is very poor it's SD
I have the shout release
Worse than a bad vhs bootleg release

It's that bad I stopped watching it and I will never view it again

The rest of the extras are worth watching just not the TV cut

I think most are buying it for the Ulysses Cut, anyway.

 

[Deleted member 9789]

Picture quality of TV version is very poor it's SD
I have the shout release
Worse than a bad vhs bootleg release

It's that bad I stopped watching it and I will never view it again

The rest of the extras are worth watching just not the TV cut

Yeah but the cuts and the voiceovers are hilariously bad haha!

 

[TheHutt]

Specs:

The Thing (1982)
Audio:
- English - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, 4.1 & 2.0
- German - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 (surround)

Subtitles:
- English, German

The Thing (2011):
Audio:
- English - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- German - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles:
- English, German


Exclusive Content of this Special Edition:

• Soundtrack on CD in a Digisleeve
• 128-page booklet on the history of the movie
• 76-page booklet with the story "Who goes there?“
• 5 Artcards (A5)
• Movie Poster (A2) with US and German posters on both sides
• Jacket patch "Outpost 31"

Bonus Materials

The Thing (1982) Movie Disc:

• 5 Theatrical Trailers
• TV- und Radiospots
• 4 Audio Commentaries with John Carpenter & Kurt Russell, Dean Cundey (Director of Photography), Stuart Cohen (Producer), Todd Cameron (Outpost31.com)

The Thing (2011) Movie Disc:

• „Terror Takes Shape“ (86 Min.)
• „The Men from Outpost 31“ (51 Min.)
• Making Of F/X (25 Min.)
• Interview with John Carpenter (29 Min.)
• Interview with Todd Ramsay, Editor (11 Min.)
• Interview with Alan Dean Foster, Novelist (16 Min.)
• Interview with Daniel Lewis Yewdall & Alan Howarth, Sound Designer (15 Min.)

Bonus Disc:

• "Fear on Film" - Talk with John Carpenter, John Landis & David Cronenberg (ca. 26 Min.)
• Storyboard-Movie-Comparison (ca. 8 Min.),
• Deleted Scenes (ca. 6 Min.)
• Trailers from Hell (2x ca. 3 Min.)
• Promo-Clip-Tape (ca. 13 Min.)
• US-TV-Version (ca. 94 Min., 4:3)
• The Making of The Thing (ca. 9 Min.)
• The Making of a Chilling Tale (ca. 5 Min.)
• Behind the Scenes (ca. 2 Min.)
• The Flying Saucer (ca. 2 Min.)
• Promo-Scene-Tape (ca. 20 Min.)
• Large Text and Image Archive (in English)

Comparison to other editions

Exclusive on this edition:

• "Fear on Film" - Gespräch mit John Carpenter, John Landis & David Cronenberg

Missing from Arrow Edition:

• Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing (77:47 Min.; HD)
• 1982: One Amazing Summer (27:20 Min.; HD)
• NoThing Left Unsaid: Texas Frightmare Panel (55:08 Min.; HD)
• The Thing: 27,000 Hours (with optional commentary) (6:01 Min.; HD)

Missing from Shout Factory Edition:

• The Art of Mike Ploog (12:21 Min.)
• Back Into the Cold (11:16 Min.)

 

[paulboland]

Note the thing 1982 Blu-ray disc in these box sets is the universal 2008 vc-1 transfer

It's not the arrow 4k scan remaster or scream factory 2k scan remaster

 

[paulboland]

Terror Takes Shape“ (86 Min.) Is the 1982 Blu-ray extra this has nothing to do with 2011 film

That extra is usually on the thing 1982 Blu-ray disc

 

[TheHutt]

Nope, it's the Arrow 4K transfer.

As for the bonus materials: I suppose Turbine decided to max out the bitrate for the main feature, so they put some of the bonus on the 2011 disc. Which actually works if you consider the 2011 prequel part of the bonus.

 

[paulboland]

Nope, it's the Arrow 4K transfer.

As for the bonus materials: I suppose Turbine decided to max out the bitrate for the main feature, so they put some of the bonus on the 2011 disc. Which actually works if you consider the 2011 prequel part of the bonus.

Where does it say the arrow 4K scan transfer is been used.
Source link to show officially

BD site has this release as vc1 transfer

 

[TheHutt]

I asked the label.