Conan the Barbarian (1982) Blu-ray: 8/2/11

[Katatonia]

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6396

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is set to bring John Milius' Conan the Barbarian to Blu-ray on August 2nd, two weeks before Marcus Nispel's adaptation of the same name descends on theaters. Milius' original film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan, a slave who sets out to find the sorcerer (James Earl Jones) that murdered his family and people.

Early reports indicate that, in addition to an extended 136-minute cut of the film, a variety of special features will be included, among them:

• Extended Cut featuring Never Before Seen Footage
• Exclusive U-Control Picture-in-Picture Experience
• Conan Unchained: The Making of Conan
• All New Cast and Crew Interviews
• A Comprehensive Study of Robert E. Howard's Stories
• Deleted and Alternate Scenes
• The Conan Archives & Vault Production Stills
• Exclusive First Look: Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Reports also suggest the film's 1984, Richard Fleischer-helmed sequel, Conan the Destroyer, will earn an August 2nd Blu-ray release as well. Cover art and further details have yet to be revealed.

Sounds great! The old Milius & Schwarzenegger audio commentary isn't listed...which could be a rights issue.

I hope that Conan the Destroyer will indeed get a Blu release on the same date.

[Nailwraps]

How can the commentary be a rights issue when it was on the Universal CE DVD? I also hope we a DVD of this and that the theatrical trailers are included too. Anyway, big news today!

[Steel76]

Hmmm...wonder which transfer will be the best, since FOX is releasing it here in Europe this summer.
Or if it´s they share the same one, with only the company logo at the beginning being the diffrence.

PLEASE no DNR/EE massacre, Uni/Fox!

[Katatonia]

Both are now up for pre-order on Amazon:

Conan the Barbarian [Blu-ray]

Conan the Destroyer [Blu-ray]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

How can the commentary be a rights issue when it was on the Universal CE DVD? I also hope we a DVD of this and that the theatrical trailers are included too. Anyway, big news today!

Rights issue, as in they paid Schwarzenegger a ton of money originally just to do the commentary. That contractual obligation may have just been valid on a single release, or expired after a certain period of time.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

Both are now up for pre-order on Amazon:





Rights issue, as in they paid Schwarzenegger a ton of money originally just to do the commentary. That contractual obligation may have just been valid on a single release, or expired after a certain period of time.

Yep, same reason the commentary for Total Recall isn't on the BD. Arnold was an asshole when it came to things like this, no "hey I had a great time on this film and it launched my career", just "fuck you, pay me". Oh yeah, pay me now, then if you wnat to use this again, you will pay me again. When every other studio is bringing over old laserdisc commentaries, this fucker had the think ahead to make them keep on paying. Had Bruce Campbell done similar with Evil Dead, he'd be the world's richest man by now!

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

"fuck you, pay me"

That makes me imagine Schwarzenegger playing Henry Hill in some warped version of Goodfellas.

"fawk you, pay meh!"

[ronnie21]

Arnold will need this money for his divorce

[Nailwraps]

More info and great news: The commentary is being included!:

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

"Some great catalog news today: Universal has officially revealed the Blu-ray Disc release of Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer on 8/2. Conan the Barbarian will include audio commentary with director John Milius and Arnold Schwarzenegger, 4 featurettes (Conan Unchained: The Making of Conan, Art of Steel: Sword Makers and Masters, Conan: From the Vault and Special Effects), material from The Conan Archives and theatrical trailers. Conan the Destroyer will include a theatrical trailer. You'll also get the usual interactive options. Audio for both will be 5.1 DTS-HD MA. We'll post the final cover art as soon as it's ready (it appears the cover art that's leaked out is temp only)."

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

More info and great news: The commentary is being included!:

and in a related story, Arnold can now afford that divorice he's been itching for the last 25 years.

[Nailwraps]

First review!:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-r...an_blu-ray.htm

[JGrendel]

These are on the wishlist for sure for me.

[SaxCatz]

Looking much better than anticipated...
Officially stoked.

[spawningblue]

Apparently the cut on the Blu Ray is actually a min. shorter then the DVD Collector's Edition that had the Extended Cut on it. It's not the Theatrical Cut either though. Sounds as if it is missing the speech between Arnold and Subotai before the attack scene where they are setting up traps, aka. the "Moby Dick" scene. Weird as this is one of the scenes that the Director wanted back in.

Blu Ray 129 mins.
Extended DVD 130 mins.
Theatrical DVD 126 mins.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

Apparently the cut on the Blu Ray is actually a min. shorter then the DVD Collector's Edition that had the Extended Cut on it. It's not the Theatrical Cut either though. Sounds as if it is missing the speech between Arnold and Subotai before the attack scene where they are setting up traps, aka. the "Moby Dick" scene. Weird as this is one of the scenes that the Director wanted back in.

Blu Ray 129 mins.
Extended DVD 130 mins.
Theatrical DVD 126 mins.

That's weird. I just checked the old DVD, and it is about 1 minute longer than the running time DVDBeaver has listed in their Blu-ray review. I guess the audio commentary is cut a little too...

[Katatonia]

Blu-ray.com review: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Conan-.../23286/#Review