Oh, awesome! I just got a T-shirt, not gonna drop $25 on a blu just yet, much less one Iāve got already on dvd, but Iām happy to support them!
[quote=āGritz, post:1240, topic:660ā]So Day of Anger will be the first release from Arrow Videoās new stateside projectā¦Iām sure there will be a UK release too so it looks like we will have region A and B covered. New Restoration done by Arrow as wellā¦so looking forward to this 
[url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/arrow-video-usa[/url][/quote]I think itās disgusting that they are doing a kickstarter project. Things like this should be for fledgling and smaller companies.
Well, I really just see it as a way to tell if thereās a support base here in the States. Really all the perks boil down to is just preorders and merchendise.
I think most of the time Kickstarter and Indiegogo stuff is kinda sillyā¦ but in this case, at least the price for a blu ray is basically the same as what youād pay retail for itā¦ a lot of times these kinds of projects want a $50 donation for a blu ray or dvd.
Postman just knocked, didnāt even realise it was despatched yet. Wild Eastās first Blu, letās hope for many more.
Love to see how it looks!
Me too! Iām eager to know how their first blu looks.
Well dip me in shit and sprinkle breadcrumbs over me. Arrow is expanding to the US and their first release on Blu will be DAY OF FUCKING ANGER!!!
Yeah I saw, thereās an Indiegogo campaign to raise $100,000 to start up a US line. Last I checked they were at about $15,000!
I just hope all their Bava and Argento releases get the US treatment. Would love to see Kino Lorber get bent over and fucked.
Haha! Have not yet gotten a Kino blu, passed on Sabata since it wasnāt really worth the money, now Iām thinking of holding back on the Kidnapped blu. How is that release?
BUās Companeros Blu is reviewed here CompaƱeros
Thereās barely any HD detail left in the caps. Maybe itās just another LVR disaster and BU decided it was better to DNR it than to leave all the noise in there.
Or maybe Iām just an idiot.
[quote=āSundance, post:1252, topic:660ā]BUās Companeros Blu is reviewed here CompaƱeros
Thereās barely any HD detail left in the caps. Maybe itās just another LVR disaster and BU decided it was better to DNR it than to leave all the noise in there.
Or maybe Iām just an idiot.[/quote]
Just glancing at the shots and it does look pretty DNRād or somethingā¦ maybe will do a comparison if I can scrape together some patience in the next days
Pretty disappointing
The transfer on the US DVDs of Companeros is around ~11 years old now so it probably does look much worse than the new Blu. Maybe. 
This shot http://mondo-digital.com/companeros4big.jpg from the Blu looks quite bad to me. :\
On another news, based on the Duck You Sucker thread at blu-ray.com, it seems the new US Blu-Ray might use the old (2007?) master that was used for the DVD and not the new (2013?) Italian master.
Blu-ray Forum - View Single Post - Duck, You Sucker (1971)
That might be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you feel about the colors of the Italian BD.
http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=3713&disc2=3714&cap1=34368&cap2=34385&art=full&image=1&hd_multiID=1542&action=1&lossless=#vergleich
Yeah none of those Companeros shots look very impressive, reallyā¦ faces on all look kinda waxy or something, not much detail at all
DYSā¦ hmmmā¦ havenāt looked at all the shots and I donāt know anything about the Italian master, but that one screenshot you linked, the sky looks nice and blue on the MGM compared to the Italian
Iāll wait to see more comparisons before making a final call as to whether Companeros will be worth picking up, but there is a worrying lack of fine detail, especially in this cap: http://mondo-digital.com/companeros6big.jpg[/url]. Dissapoiting stuff from BU.
Actually, the Italian release does have blue skies (see here: [url=http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=3713&disc2=3714&cap1=34381&cap2=34391&art=full&image=7&hd_multiID=1542&action=1&lossless=#vergleich]http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=3713&disc2=3714&cap1=34381&cap2=34391&art=full&image=7&hd_multiID=1542&action=1&lossless=#vergleich[url]http://mondo-digital.com/companeros6big.jpg[/url]), and the MGM DVD appears to be cropped in comparison (as were their other Leone DVDs), so it seems like MGM are going for the cheap option yet again when it comes to the BDs (i.e. their poor two Dollars releases).
Well keep in mind that the MGM blu ray, even if it uses the same master as the old DVD, may be cropped differently as the DVD could have been cropped from the master.
The Italian Blu of DYS looks mostly fine to me but it does seem like it has some details blown out (the houses on left, screenshot 7) because of contrast issues. Jesse James on the comments section seems to think it has been perfectly transferred and shows exactly what is on the negativeā¦ but if the details are not on the original negative then how come they are on the shitty DVD? 
And the English soundtrack on the disc is out of sync.
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![http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=3713&disc2=3714&cap1=34381&cap2=34391&art=full&image=7&hd_multiID=1542&action=1&lossless=#vergleich[url]http://mondo-digital.com/companeros6big.jpg[/url]](http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=3713&disc2=3714&cap1=34381&cap2=34391&art=full&image=7&hd_multiID=1542&action=1&lossless=#vergleich%5Burl%5Dhttp://mondo-digital.com/companeros6big.jpg%5B/url%5D){kind=link}
nice artwork. I already pitched in on their Indiegogo campaign. Yāall should to likewise 