Warner Announces Sci-Fi Blu-ray Wave

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John Johnson · #1 Post by **John Johnson** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:36 am

Warner Home Video has announced a wave of science fiction movies for release on Blu-ray on September 7: Forbidden Planet (Fred Wilcox, 1956); Lost in Space (Stephen Hopkins, 1998); Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996); and THX 1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut (George Lucas, 1970). The studio is also releasing The Matrix Reloaded separately and rereleasing A Scanner Darkly.

Special features have been listed only for THX 1138:
Commentary with George Lucas and Walter Murch
Theater of Noise (Sound Effects Only Track)
Master Sessions with Walter Murch
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Artifact from the Future: The Making of THX 1138
Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB
BALD
Theatrical and re-release trailers

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4591

Monterey Jack · #2 Post by **Monterey Jack** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:08 pm

Mars Attacks! will be a title I'll upgrade for, as the ancient 1998-era DVD transfer doesn't do justice to Tim Burton's candy-colored visuals. The movie remains a guilty pleasure.

AndyDursin · #3 Post by **AndyDursin** » Tue May 11, 2010 1:17 am

LOST IN SPACE...why in the world would anyone want to watch that piece of junk again?

The others -- I'm in. Even if I have to pay! (hopefully not. Looks like the new PR people are getting things sorted out).

John Johnson · #4 Post by **John Johnson** » Fri May 14, 2010 2:26 pm

Forbidden Planet - deleted scenes and lost footage, 2 Robby the Robot guest appearances (The Invisible Boy feature film and The Thin Man TV series episode Robot Client), the Watch the Skies! Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us TCM documentary, 2 featurettes (Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet and Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon), excerpts from The MGM Parade TV series, theatrical trailers of Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy

Lost in Space - audio commentary (by Stephen Hopkins and Akiva Goldsman), audio commentary (by Angus Bickerton, Lauren Ritchie, Peter Levy, Ray Lovejoy and Carla Fry), 2 vintage featurettes (Building the Special Effects and The Future of Space Travel), deleted scenes, Apollo Four Forty's music video, theatrical trailer

Mars Attacks! - no extras (movie only, like the previous DVD release)

A Scanner Darkly - (same as currently available BD) audio commentary (by director/screenwriter Richard Linklater, Keanu Reeves, Isa Hackett Dick, producer Tommy Pallotta and Jonathan Lethem), The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales featurette, theatrical trailer

The Matrix Reloaded - will include all the same extras that were on the previous Blu-ray release of the film from The Ultimate Matrix Collection Blu-ray box set.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

AndyDursin · #5 Post by **AndyDursin** » Fri May 14, 2010 4:14 pm

Mars Attacks! - no extras (movie only, like the previous DVD release)

The DVD did have an isolated score track.

FORBIDDEN PLANET is also just a port of the HD-DVD edition. 'Bout time they released it!

John Johnson · #6 Post by **John Johnson** » Fri May 14, 2010 5:51 pm

AndyDursin wrote:
Mars Attacks! - no extras (movie only, like the previous DVD release)
The DVD did have an isolated score track.

FORBIDDEN PLANET is also just a port of the HD-DVD edition. 'Bout time they released it!

Guess Bill Hunt doesn't believe the isolated score is an extra! LOL