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  1. 10-Apr-2012 #1
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    Jaws is coming on Blu-ray

    At last

    http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...r_Blu-ray/9207

    Watch the video on that page about the restoration process. Fascinating stuff.
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  2. 11-Apr-2012 #2
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    Basically the same here - http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Jaws-...ust-30367.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post
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    I wish I hadn't - http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...ap%20fap%20fap
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    Neil - you didn't know what "fap" meant?! Did you just sign up to Compuserve or AOL?

    Saw this news yesterday - and the restoration featurette (fascinating stuff indeed! ) - totally gonna get this. I've only got Jaws on VHS (and it's pan & scan, naturally), so it'll be quite the upgrade for me. I wonder if all that talk a little while ago about 'Jaws will never be on Blu-Ray' was a way to stoke the fanboy flames to drum up interest for this ahead of time?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post

    Saw this news yesterday - and the restoration featurette (fascinating stuff indeed! ) - totally gonna get this. I've only got Jaws on VHS (and it's pan & scan, naturally), so it'll be quite the upgrade for me.
    I'm sure the higher PQ will be great for you, but you're also going to love the making-of documentary that's being pulled over from the DVD release. I think it's over two hours long and one of the best making-of's i've seen. All the tiny details that nerds like us get excited about.


    I wonder if all that talk a little while ago about 'Jaws will never be on Blu-Ray' was a way to stoke the fanboy flames to drum up interest for this ahead of time?
    I've never heard this? They flat out stated that it would never happen?
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    One of my all time fav films. I love my DvD edition, though...not sure if this will be worth picking up. I guess it will depend on the quality of the re-master.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    I've only got Jaws on VHS (and it's pan & scan, naturally)

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    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    I've only got Jaws on VHS (and it's pan & scan, naturally)...

    We're gonna need a bigger screen!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AcesandEights View Post

    We're gonna need a bigger screen!
    Damn straight.

    Actually I got it on VHS back in 2003 for a practical course I was doing at Uni - Television Studio Production - and we all had to make 15 minute magazine style shows. Anyway, at one point we had a segment about a Jaws fanatic, and we needed a clip, so I nabbed a copy on VHS dirt cheap out of HMV ... and that's the one I've had ever since. Looking forward to the Blu-Ray, mind you.
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    The restoration:-

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWvXaeDzwU
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    Jesus...I can't bloody wait.
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    Anyone picked it up yet?

    Review of the Blu Ray: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jaws-Blu-ray/7547/

    It's damn near a perfect score! I plan on picking it up this weekend, but I just talked to a relative that has it and he says it's probably one of the best restorations he's ever seen. Up there with the early Bond films and the Alien Anthology. If you've seen those restorations, you know that's no small feat....
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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post
    Anyone picked it up yet?

    Review of the Blu Ray: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jaws-Blu-ray/7547/

    It's damn near a perfect score! I plan on picking it up this weekend, but I just talked to a relative that has it and he says it's probably one of the best restorations he's ever seen. Up there with the early Bond films and the Alien Anthology. If you've seen those restorations, you know that's no small feat....
    Got mine pre-ordered. Naturally, being in Britain, we have to wait a few weeks longer (goodness knows why they persist with these staggered releases of archive movies) ... anyway, aye, I've had mine pre-ordered for months now. Comes out here in like 3 weeks.
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    It's about that for us too and I can't wait. Looking forward to 'The Shark is Still Working'.
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