Transformers: The Movie 30th Anniversay Edition

[Trent]

I dig the cover art. Kinda reminds me of the Big Looker G1 storybooks.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Nope. It was originally produced in normal (TV) format, and then had the top and bottom cropped for theatre release. Some video/dvd versions had the restored original format, but others cropped the sides of the cropped theatre release, giving even less of the screen. It means that it is hard to know when a new release is the original "full" version until you see it for yourself... so at least on this occasion, they are giving a preview first, to let us know.

The cover MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!! posted shows it's got two aspect ratios on the disc.

Looking at the back of the cover, it looks like you might be able to select the ratio you want. I much prefer this over being forced with the wrong ration. As it has cinema "widescreen" as well as "full frame" listed. That gives this release a bit more merit in my mind.

For those interested, this release finally got me to finish a post on cinema and TV screen ratios that I started when the first Avengers movie came out. It just managed to sit in my draft section for a long long time. On the plus side, I also got motivated to make up some better pictures for the post.

Cinema Ratios , an explanation

[griffin]

Related to the 30th anniversary release of the Movie, is a new release of the Instruments of Destruction song from the 1986 soundtrack... sometime in mid-September.

[millhouse]

My copies (steelbook and regular BD) have shipped!

Fingers crossed my amplifier is repaired in the next two weeks and I'll be enjoying this sucker.

[philby]

Did anyone who got this already have the previous blu-ray? Is there much difference? Is it improved enough over the existing blu-ray to double dip?

[Bumblebee2000]

Haven't watched the two side by side, or even in close proximity to each other but the one thing I know for a fact is that Hot Rod's colour is a lot more like I picture movie Hot Rod (pretty much Magenta).

I realise this isn't a great selling point, I've looked for comparisons myself up until the point it was a few dollars on Amazon and just decided to chance it. I feel like it is better, but maybe that's placebo + Hot Rod.