The Prisoner: The Complete Series Blu-ray Cover Art and Price

By brenden ⋅ August 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve got good news and bad news for you. The good news - the 5 Disc Blu-ray collection of The Prisoner: The Complete Series is hitting store shelves on October 27th and we’ve got the package art for you! The bad news - it’s more expensive then we had thought it would be. According to the Amazon listing page from earlier in the week, the set is going to retail for $129.95. …Continued…

[VIDEO] A&E’s Pride and Prejudice Blu-ray Restoration Process

By brenden ⋅ July 1, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I just watched the restoration feature on the Godfather Blu-ray. Man, I love this stuff. Robert A. Harris is my hero. This guy goes above and beyond the call of duty to bring films back from the dead. If you’re not reading his regular column Yellow Layer Failure over at the best home video site on the planet, The Digital Bits, you might as well give up your high-def gear and go back to the land of 480i. And watching him in action on the Godfather disc, after reading about his efforts to restore films for so many years was a satisfying experience. And his work speaks for itself. The Godfather films look magnificent.

And A&E’s Pride and Prejudice, while not a project of Mr. Harris, looks to be in good qualified hands, if this little chunk of the Blu-ray’s restoration doc is any indication. I’ve read good things about the quality of this transfer. Seeing as how I’ll probably never see the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies edition of the film that I’ve been longing for, I might have to break down and pick this one up soon. …Continued…

The Prisoner Confirmed for Blu-ray in October

By brenden ⋅ June 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Remember when I was all excited about The Prisoner coming to Blu-ray in the UK? Yeah, well, that didn’t last long. Seems that publisher, Network gave the discs the kibosh pretty damn quickly. I mean, I’m sure they’ll turn up on a release list again in the near future but for now there isn’t a hint of ‘em.

So, imagine my surprise and delight when I discovered that A&E has made an early announcement that The Prisoner will be released on Blu-ray in North America on October 27th! Hot damn! Now, not only won’t I have to worry about import costs but suddenly any region coding will work in my favour. YES! (sorry, peeps across the pond) Sadly, no other information is given but you can bet we’ll see a port of the previously released DVD features and a handful of promotional pieces for AMC’s upcoming remake which should, coincidentally enough, be released around the same time as the Blu-ray disc set. …Continued…