GHOSTBUSTERS Re-Release & New Blu-Rays

[AndyDursin]

700+ theaters over Labor Day weekend for the original GHOSTBUSTERS -- plus a new 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray and the debut of the sadly disappointing 1989 sequel in HD as well on 9/16:

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/06/05/g ... rerelease/

[Monterey Jack]

I'll definitely be up for both...Ghostbusters II is still underrated in my opinion. Hopefully they'll be able to put a lot of the deleted scenes on the disc.

[AndyDursin]

For me, II is painfully unfunny outside of the first 15 minutes, while the plot is a hackneyed retread of the original. And don't get me started on Peter MacNicol...

Looks like a good set though, I'm in

[AndyDursin]

Specs:

GHOSTBUSTERS™ Blu-ray Special Features:

NEW! Who You Gonna Call: A Ghostbusters Retrospective - Roundtable Discussion with Director Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd (Part 1)

· NEW! Poster Art Gallery – Gallery 1988 artwork

· NEW! “Ghostbusters” Music Video – Ray Parker, Jr.

· Legacy Content:

· Slimer Mode – Picture in Picture and Trivia Track

· Commentary w/ Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis & Joe Medjuck

· 10 Deleted Scenes

· 1984 Featurette

· Cast and Crew Featurette

· SFX Team Featurette

· Multi-Angles

· Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car

· Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery Storyboard Comparisons



GHOSTBUSTERS™ II Blu-ray Special Features:

· NEW! Time Is But A Window: Ghostbusters II and Beyond - Roundtable Discussion with Director Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd (Part 2)

NEW! Deleted Scenes
NEW! “On Our Own” Music Video – Bobby Brown

[Mike Skerritt]

I'm a little gun shy about this GHOSTBUSTERS release. The picture quality of the original Blu was a travesty, but just recently they did a new 4K transfer that supposedly was a big improvement. Can't tell for sure if it's the same transfer for this release but it sounds like it. So I guess the question is, did the 4K transfer really do right by the film?

[AndyDursin]

The 4K disc is much improved. I would highly recommend it -- except for the fact this new BD is supposedly the same master, so I'd just hold off. That weird noise from the 1st disc was corrected in it.