Zulu (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Play Exclusive) [United Kingdom]

[Squall]

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/33734420/0/Zulu-Paramount-Centenary-Edition/ListingDetails.html
Release date: September 10th, 2012

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Actual pics: (tx lgans316 to & zesty)

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[Sir Hilary Bray]

Loving the artwork.

 

[cprodrigues]

Is this art official? I like it.

 

[Flip]

italian job next please

 

[Sir Hilary Bray]

italian job next please

Yep, and Get Carter, that would be immense!

 

[dirtyoak]

Two Lieutenants, Chard of Engineers and Bromhead find that their 140 man contingent in Natal has been isolated by the destruction of the main British Army column and that 4,000 Zulu warriors will descend on them in hours. Each has a different military background in tactics and they are immediatly in conflict on how to prepare for the attack. Nearly a third of the men are in the infirmary, as the welsh company tries to somehow survive with no help in sight. Based on a true story.

Sounds pretty good. Might have to give this a watch.
Thanks for the info.

 

[wyatt03]

Speaking of Michael Caine, Wyatt; imagine if they did a 'Get Carter' steelbook!

It would be awesome, Get Carter is such a ****ing great gritty British crime movie. Then they go and make one of the shitiest remakes in history DOH :0)

 

[townterrier]

Speaking of Michael Caine, Wyatt; imagine if they did a 'Get Carter' steelbook!

I wish they would!!! Just a plain old blu-ray version would be nice.....sorry off topic

 

[kootezafra]

Buff the artwork is beautiful.

 

[PS3_Kiwi]

The biggest problem is the picture quality which is DNR-ed heavily.

DNR-ed or not. The Amaray release looks awesome.

 

[Scholer]

Complete rubbish. DNR or not it's considered to one of the best blu ray transfers to date. I have the amaray and it makes the DVD look like a pirate VHS copy.

Which dvd are you talking about?
The R1 release by MGM looks like a pirate VHS copy. But the transfer issued by Paramount in the UK on the 2 Disc Set, not the 1 Disc CE, was stunning and one of the best looking dvds I had. I thought the Blu-ray would look better with the stunning detail, grain structure and film densities shown more precisely. But it just looks like an upscale of the dvd with the EE and DNR more apparent than the dvd itself. The dvd, low res or not, does'nt atleast look digitally manipulated on a huge screen. But the Bluray does. So how on Earth can you say that the bluray looks better.

I think Paramount just took the lossy 1080i Scan they did for the 2 Disc DVD, DNR'ed it, Sharpened it, upscaled it to 1080p and put it on blu-ray. This is nowhere near the treatment a movie like this should get. I love steelbooks, but I'd buy an amaray with a better transfer over a steelbook with a bad transfer anyday, even if I have to pay extra.

 

[Ashcroft]

How can I say it looks better? I think you mean, how can I, and every single review of the blu ray, say it looks not just better, but is in fact one of the best blu ray transfers to date? Look if you want to be contrary for the sake of it, go ahead, I'm not interested.

 

[chanfm]

I have never seen this movie but the red artwork looks gorgeous. A blind buy. Pre ordered.

 

[Skillednutter]

WOW how can this Art work be so right but others so wrong! This is perfect.

 

[Blu-devil]

Which dvd are you talking about?
The R1 release by MGM looks like a pirate VHS copy. But the transfer issued by Paramount in the UK on the 2 Disc Set, not the 1 Disc CE, was stunning and one of the best looking dvds I had. I thought the Blu-ray would look better with the stunning detail, grain structure and film densities shown more precisely. But it just looks like an upscale of the dvd with the EE and DNR more apparent than the dvd itself. The dvd, low res or not, does'nt atleast look digitally manipulated on a huge screen. But the Bluray does. So how on Earth can you say that the bluray looks better.

I think Paramount just took the lossy 1080i Scan they did for the 2 Disc DVD, DNR'ed it, Sharpened it, upscaled it to 1080p and put it on blu-ray. This is nowhere near the treatment a movie like this should get. I love steelbooks, but I'd buy an amaray with a better transfer over a steelbook with a bad transfer anyday, even if I have to pay extra.

As you are new to this site we are gonna cut you some slack, but that only goes so far. Show some respect and decorum.

 

[Exciter3780]

Ok, NOW I'm excited. Love this film. My house is going to look like a steelbook warehouse the way I'm ordering these.

Mine already does..

 

[snooloui]

Release date moved to September 10th.

 

[kootezafra]

Processing in warehouse

 

[LFletcher]

Just got a shipping notice on this.

 

[townterrier]

On it's way......

 

[Scary Hair]

I Gave in and prossesing in wherehouse. Was determined not to but did it I am a bad bad person.