Comments on: Friday the 13th Deluxe Edition DVD & Blu Ray Reviewed!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:38:30 +0000

The picture being cropped so much, was a deal breaker for me.

By: pampers

pampers — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:41:39 +0000

Some cool new footage is there and kevin gets his buns squeezed twice.Glad he some loving before the big bang.

By: Balooeyezz

Balooeyezz — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:44:09 +0000

Got mine today. The picture looks really beautiful. Wish they would have done 2 & 3 on Blu-ray, too.

One gripe – has anyone else noticed on the cover that knife (or the entire image perhaps) is BACKWARDS? You can tell because the knife is inscribed with the words “COLD STEEL”. So the idiots at Paramount decide to give the DVD art a facelift, and STILL manage to fuck it up. Great attention to detail. Ugh.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:57:58 +0000

Tony,

Thanks for the review.It was comical and really informative!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:53:25 +0000

Thanks for the info, James.

By: James

James — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:19:50 +0000

I meant interested. I always make that typo.

By: James

James — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:19:12 +0000

For those interesting, Deep Discount is already shipping all three of the deluxe editions. Yesterday, someone told me their’s was shipped, and sure enough, I was notified today that mine shipped.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:16:50 +0000

This Dvd looks really good. Why couldn’t Part 2 have been done like this? Anyway… nice review Tony, thanks!

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:42:27 +0000

I meant to say original, sorry about that.

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:41:10 +0000

It looks like Paramount might have done a good job this time. I liked the orginal cover art better but that’s not a big deal, I’ll just switch covers.

By: terry

terry — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:21:39 +0000

that’s more like it! i’ll buy this one. i just wish they’d done this good a job with parts 2 and 3.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:06:02 +0000

Thanks for the review. I am definately more impressed with this release. The annoying thing is that here in the UK they are not releasing the new edition??? doesn’t make sense as they’re releasing all the others. We already have the uncut version over here but not with all the new features.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:50:49 +0000

James, that’s true for alot of movies originally shot in wide screen as well. Most of the older movies released on DVD are done that way. I know this because I’ve compared my old VHS full screen copies to my wide screen DVDs. When compared you can see that there isn’t anymore of the picture on the sides, there’s less at the bottom. If you have any old VHS copies of the old Friday movies or Nightmare on Elm St movies, compare them to your wide screen DVDs. You’ll see what I’m talking about. The only one that had more of the picture on the sides was Friday Part 3 which is 2.35:1 wide, the ones cropped at the bottom are 1.85:1.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:00:04 +0000

Well Kristen that’s true for movies like The Evil Dead and Fright Night 2. Those were originally shot in 1.33:1 full frame but in some DVD versions of those two movies they had black bars put on the bottom and the top. But I was on a website which compared 1.85:1 widescreen and 1.33:1 full frame and I seen more info on both sides of the widescreen version and the full frame version had less info visible on both of the sides. But the full frame version DID have a little more info at the bottom and the top. It all depends on what aspect ratio a particular movie is shot.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:13:35 +0000

I hope this review is correct. Part 3 on DVD (which is 2.35:1) is so much better than the VHS version it’s like a completely different movie. On VHS it was so zoomed in, it was almost unwatchable. With the difference it made with Part 3 there’s no telling how much better the other Fridays would be in 2.35:1.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:47:15 +0000

James, I know for a fact. Most older movies released on DVD in 1.85:1 wide screen are not remastered from the original negative. They’re the full screen versions cropped at the bottom to make a wide screen fit. I know this for a fact because I’ve compared both versions. You can clearly see that there isn’t more of the picture on the sides, there’s less at the bottom. The same thing was also done with the Nightmare On Elm Street DVDs.

By: TCM Hitchhiker

TCM Hitchhiker — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:37:10 +0000

I can’t wait to pick up the Blu-Ray!

By: Doc Michaels

Doc Michaels — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:27:53 +0000

I have both the DVD and the Blu-Ray and this review is incorrect — the aspect ratio is most definitely 1.85, NOT 2.35.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:24:47 +0000

Do you know that for sure Kristen? The aspect ratio of 1.85:1 is not a cropped full screen version. It’s just like full screen with a bit more info on both sides.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:01:25 +0000

I meant “then compare” not “when”. Sorry about the typo.