UK: Escape From New York, The Fog & They Live

[X-human]

DVDActive reports UK releases of Escape From New York and The Fog for August 4th plus They Live for September 22nd:Title: They Live
Starring: Roddy Piper
Released: 22nd September 2008
SRP: £19.99

Further Details:
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of They Live for the 4th of August, priced at around £19.99. A list of confirmed specs for the release can be found below, and we'll bring you the artwork ASAP.

* 2.35:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
* Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
* Commentary
* EPK: 8 Min 'Making of' Featurette
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/they-live2.html

Title: Escape from New York
Starring: Kurt Russell
Released: 4th August 2008
SRP: £19.99

Further Details:
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Escape from New York for the 4th of August, priced at around £19.99. A list of confirmed specs for the release can be found below, and we'll bring you the artwork ASAP.

* 2.35:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
* Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
* Commentary
* Return to Escape from New York (23 Mins)
* New and Exclusive John Carpenter Interview (31 Mins)
* 3 x Original Trailers
* Snakes Crime (Deleted Original Intro)
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/escape-from-new-york5.html

Title: The Fog
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau
Released: 4th August 2008
SRP: £19.99

Further Details:
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of The Fog for the 4th of August, priced at around £19.99. A list of confirmed specs for the release can be found below, and we'll bring you the artwork ASAP.

* 2.35:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
* Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
* Commentary
* Tales From The Mist Documentary (30 Mins)
* Teaser Trailer
* Trailer
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-fog4.htmlThe cover art itself for Escape From New York is nice and grainy so I'm hoping they have the same sensibilities for the transfers and not DNR the hell out of them all.

[Grim]

Are blu-ray discs region encoded? If not I think I might have to get these as it'll be years before they get a blu-ray release in the states.

[X-human]

The review discs sent out have been region coded A and B, so it's looking good.

The extras have been dropped from The Fog though.

[Shannafey]

The review discs sent out have been region coded A and B, so it's looking good.

What does that mean? They are region encoded?

[X-human]

What does that mean? They are region encoded?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray#Region_codes

[blu]

The review discs sent out have been region coded A and B, so it's looking good.

That's great news! I'll probably import The Fog and They Live soon then.

[mlock]

Great news for us folks in Region A & B! Any reviews out there since they've been released?

[spawningblue]

Are blu-ray discs region encoded? If not I think I might have to get these as it'll be years before they get a blu-ray release in the states.

In all honestly i really doubt that. I wouldn't be surprised if The Fog came out soon, as well as Escape by the end of the year as well. The Fog was released on HD, so I doubt they will take too much time to throw it out on Blu Ray. And I remember reading a rumour about Escape coming out this year as well.

[broadwayrock]

Great news for us folks in Region A & B! Any reviews out there since they've been released?

Escape from New York (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14433389#post14433389) and They Live (http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd/they-live2.html) are both standard definition upconverts and The Fog (http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=68323) is likely a port of the Studio Canal HD-DVD which was sourced from a PAL master so you get the 4% speed up pitch problem on the audio.

[Grim]

Well screw that then. I'll wait for US releases.

[Dave]

Must get They Live on BD - when they do a proper release...

[mlock]

Thanks for the updates guys, guess I'll have to wait for proper transfers also.:(

[Reverenddave]

Has anyone seen any info comparing the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD versions of The Fog? I know the HD-DVD version has more audio/subtitle options. But I'm wondering if there's any difference in the video.

[KillerCannabis]

I'm going to wait on all 3 of these. I know for a fact that MGM has EFNY on tap for this year. They Live and The Fog might be a bit more off, but they're bound to come out at some point.