Walking Dead Season 2 Special Edition Blu Ray

[shootemindehead]

I bought a Toshiba BDX1200 and a BDX3200KB from Amazon and zapped with this Australian Firmware https://rapidshare.com/#!download|28....iso|32536|0|0 Now I have region free DVD and can switch between blu-ray regions with a few clicks. I've no idea why the R2 version of disks are so different to the R1 releases. It drives me round the twist too. I suppose it could be a rights issue. Perhaps there's just some content that the producers can't release in the R2 market. But that doesn't cover commentaries surely? I don't know. I'm looking forward to the 'Jaws' Blu-ray at the end of the month and if there's stuff missing from the R2 release, I'll flip.

[kidgloves]

I bought a Toshiba BDX1200 and a BDX3200KB from Amazon and zapped with this Australian Firmware https://rapidshare.com/#!download|28....iso|32536|0|0 Now I have region free DVD and can switch between blu-ray regions with a few clicks. I've no idea why the R2 version of disks are so different to the R1 releases. It drives me round the twist too. I suppose it could be a rights issue. Perhaps there's just some content that the producers can't release in the R2 market. But that doesn't cover commentaries surely? I don't know. I'm looking forward to the 'Jaws' Blu-ray at the end of the month and if there's stuff missing from the R2 release, I'll flip. Glad to see someone actually took my advice and went the BDX1200 route. I use this guy to avoid custom charges http://www.bluraysforeveryone.com/

[shootemindehead]

Aye, it probably was you Kidgloves. I wasn't sure if I'd heard it myself on this site or on AVForums. How does Bluraysforeveryone avoid the charges? I thought the charge was at point of entry into the country?

[bassman]

A special feature on the burning of the barn: http://tvline.com/2012/08/10/walking...ason-2-finale/

[kidgloves]

Aye, it probably was you Kidgloves. I wasn't sure if I'd heard it myself on this site or on AVForums. How does Bluraysforeveryone avoid the charges? I thought the charge was at point of entry into the country? It was AVforums I got it from. I can't remember but I think Bluraysforeveryone label it as a gift. I emailed the guy before I bought the special edition last time and he said it wouldn't be a problem getting it through. He adds a few dollars to the price and with shipping it raises the price quite a but nothing too ridiculous

[shootemindehead]

Aye, labelling as a gift will get it past customs. Not sure how much of a grey area, legally, it is though. I've had some sites refuse to do that for me. Oddly enough, I recieved 2 discs in the mail yesterday from Amazon...and no import charge, so I haven't a clue how these things are accounted for over here.

[MinionZombie]

Here's a review of the US edition of the Blu-Ray: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Wa.../33168/#Review

[bassman]

Bah....I hate to beat a dead horse but I still think it blows that we're not getting another feature length documentary. The longest doc is eight minutes?? I guess Constantine(doc director on first season and The Mist) left with Darabont....

[MinionZombie]

Bah....I hate to beat a dead horse but I still think it blows that we're not getting another feature length documentary. The longest doc is eight minutes?? I guess Constantine(doc director on first season and The Mist) left with Darabont.... Aye, I'd love to see that doc on season one, but well - I've been over that issue a few times already, hehe. Yeah - I wouldn't call any of those featurettes "in depth". 5.5 mins for gore isn't "in-depth" ... still wanna see them, but considering that, plus no episode commentaries, means I ain't splashing out thirty quid for the Blu-Ray. £18 max and we'll talk.

[shootemindehead]

MZ Just as a matter of information, if you are considering getting one of the Toshiba models I mentioned earlier, get the BDX3200KB and zap it with the firmware from here. https://rapidshare.com/#!download|56....ISO|30908|0|0 To me it's a better machine and hasn't had any trouble with the any file types either. I used to have issues with MKV's on the 1200. But the 3200 plays them just fine. MKV's that would not play of the 1200, play perfectly on the 3200.

[MinionZombie]

Thanks for the tip, but I'm not in the market for a new player at the moment. The BD player I've had for a couple of years now is still great (the only downside is that it isn't region free for BR - but is for DVD after I handset hacked it, and some file types aren't recognised by the DivX player portion of it) ... and my DVD player is still going strong after nearly ten years. If it were to conk out sometime though, I'd certainly take your recommendation and get one of those to replace it - if it were to die on me sometime.

[bassman]

Another deleted scene: Looks like Darabont may have been trying to introduce the human threat sooner....

[MinionZombie]

Another deleted scene: Looks like Darabont may have been trying to introduce the human threat sooner.... A nice bit of foreshadowing there - shame it couldn't have been worked into the show, but I suppose it's inevitable that you'll lose something cool like that when making large changes to two episodes.

[kidgloves]

Looks like us UK folks are getting a bundled release of seasons 1 & 2. Still the barebones though. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walking-Dead...5810866&sr=1-5

[MinionZombie]

Looks like us UK folks are getting a bundled release of seasons 1 & 2. Still the barebones though. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walking-Dead...5810866&sr=1-5 Bloody typical. You'd have thought they could have at least bothered to put out the special edition of Season 1, but no... It's amazing really, because there's all these people in other territories who'd want to buy it, but can't import it. Indeed it still boggles my mind that territories so culturally close as the USA and UK can still get such drastically different treatment when it comes to DVD/BR releases. Not always, but often enough to be a real bug bear for we British nerds.