The Thing (1982) (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Scream Factory) [USA]

[gigan72]

Release date: November 6, 2018
Purchase link: Shout! Factory - Amazon - Fye
Price: $28.43 - $34.93 (Shout) - $34.93 - $18.67 - $24.92 (Amazon) - $24.99 (Fye)
Notes: NEW 4K remastered disc included, lithograph available exclusively from Shout's website

 

[gigan72]

DISC ONE:

• 2017 4K Scan Of The Feature Film

DISC TWO:

• 2K Scan Of The Interpositive Supervised And Approved By Director Of Photography Dean Cundey
• 4.1 Audio Mix Created From The Original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo Soundtrack (5.1 Audio Mix Also Included)
• Audio Commentary With Director Of Photography Dean Cundey
• Audio Commentary With Co-producer Stuart Cohen
• Audio Commentary By Director John Carpenter And Actor Kurt Russell
• Teaser Trailer
• Theatrical Trailers (U.S. And German)
• TV Spots
• Radio Spots
• Still Gallery (Behind-The-Scenes Photos, Posters And Lobby Cards)

DISC THREE:

• Requiem For A Shape Shifter – An Interview With Director John Carpenter In Conversation With Filmmaker Mick Garris
• The Men Of Outpost 31 – Interviews With Keith David, Wilford Brimley, David Clennon, Thomas Waites, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur And Joel Polis
• Assembling And Assimilation – An Interview With Editor Todd Ramsay
• Behind The Chameleon: The Visual Effects Of THE THING – Interviews With Visual Effects Artists Peter Kuran And Susan Turner, Special Make-up Effects Artist Rob Burman, Brian Wade And Stop Motion Animators Randall William Cook And Jim Aupperle
• Sounds From The Cold – Interviews With Supervising Sound Editor David Lewis Yewdall And Special Sound Effects Designer Alan Howarth
• Between The Lines – An Interview With Novelization Author Alan Dean Foster
• Back Into The Cold: A Return To The Shooting Locations Of THE THING – An Animated Photo Gallery Narrated By Todd Cameron Of Outpost31.com
• The Art Of Mike Ploog Gallery
• John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape – A Documentary On The Making Of THE THING Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Special Effects Make-up Designer Rob Bottin, Legendary Matte Artist Albert Whitlock And More! (SD)
• Network TV Broadcast Version Of THE THING (SD)
• Outtakes (SD)
• Vintage Featurettes From The Electronic Press Kit Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell And Rob Bottin (SD)
• Vintage Featurettes – The Making Of A Chilling Tale And The Making Of THE THING (SD)
• Vintage Product Reel – Contains A Condensed Version Of The Film With Additional Footage Not In The Film (SD)
• Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Footage (SD)
• Annotated Production Archive – Production Art And Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make-up Effects, Post Production (SD)

 

[Norwichlad]

Looks good, matches the rest of the set. I’m not buying tho, already have 3 versions of this movie

 

[somebodys_kid]

Wow, how many steelbook releases of this are there?

 

[Flloydo]

Looks awesome

Will have to pick up at some point

@Noodles

 

[hatredhorror]

uhm looks ok.. prefer mondo, arrow and even playcom tho..

 

[tridon]

Damn, that's hot! Definitely grabbing this!

 

[AlienKing]

The title placement on the spine offends me

 

[Real Steel]

Gosh, this gets worse and worse. Seriously, that cartoonist doodle is The Thing?

 

[paulboland]

Another scream factory steelbook that I will be getting

As soon as Amazon USA listing goes live I will pre order

 

[Noodles]

Looks awesome

Will have to pick up at some point

@Noodles

Oh bloody hell, not another one! Didn't even realise how much I liked this film until rewatching it earlier this year lol.

Love the art on this though, so will probably pick it up. Same goes for the other Shout Factory steels... been wanting them for a while, but just haven't got around to getting any yet.

 

[navydavey]

Will there be a group buy for us UK fans? (AKA me)

 

[paulboland]

Will there be a group buy for us UK fans? (AKA me)

You will be able to order from Amazon USA

The lithograph is exclusive to shout factory website
The steelbook itself will be available to order from various USA/Canada retailers and also from WowHD retailer

All scream factory and Shout Factory and Shout Select releases can be purchased from Amazon USA and Amazon Canada

Lithographs/Posters are exclusive to Shout Factory Website if you want to have these with the steelbooks


Amazon should be listing Scream Factory (Shout Factory) November releases in coming weeks for pre order


Note: As usual this will be Region A locked

 

[Lollard2002]

AS as been said why too many steelbooks on this one. Plus the Arrow pressing is superior. If Arrow do a 4k steelbook I'll bite but that's it.

 

[paulboland]

AS as been said why too many steelbooks on this one. Plus the Arrow pressing is superior. If Arrow do a 4k steelbook I'll bite but that's it.

This scream factory release has a 4K scan restoration that's new to this release
It's 3 discs

Previous scream factory release was 2 discs (2K Scan Of The Interpositive) and these discs are also included in the steelbook

Be interesting to see what differences will be between scream factory and arrow video 4k scan restorations

 

[Deleted member 29108]

Got all excited from a distance, but up close it looks ridiculous, but I realise others will disagree.

 

[goufcustom]

I did post this concern with Predator US steelbook thread, if you order from Amazon US you may have a lot of chance that they ended up shipped steelbook in just A1 yellow mail envelope, it happened to me all the times... this still amazed me, as big as they’re they still don’t know how to do the proper packaging...

 

[paulboland]

I did post this concern with Predator US steelbook thread, if you order from Amazon US you may have a lot of chance that they ended up shipped steelbook in just A1 yellow mail envelope, it happened to me all the times... this still amazed me, as big as they’re they still don’t know how to do the proper packaging...

I not received any steelbooks damaged from Amazon USA yet even though sometimes some when just 1 steelbook was sent in a bubble mailer
Sometimes it's cardboard mailer or box shipped it varies the packaging used

I have had amaray releases or slipcover releases arrive damaged but not steelbooks

When it comes to scream factory steelbook releases with amazon USA I order usually 2-3 different steelbooks in 1 order and packaging is most times good

 

[jaws finatic]

Yeah....um....I like the idea but am wondering where the Dog appendages are? Gotta have the dogs. That doesn't mean that at the right price it will most probably be mine, but not feeling 'compelled'.

 

[paulboland]

Scream Factory have said it's same 4K Scan restoration Universal provided to Arrow Video
Scream Blu-ray releases though usually have different encoding done so might be some slight differences to Arrow Video Blu-ray in terms of picture quality