Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles S1 out on BD

Yuri · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 162

The follow-up series to the Terminator movies (or at least the brilliant T2 movie), The Sarah Connor Chronicles season 1 is out on various media including Blu-ray Disc.

There's a great review of the BD at The Digital Bits.

What I don't get is why the BD release in the US got such bland artwork, compared to the original poster, the Japanese BD and even the American DVD.

Compare these two:

and

Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] (2008)

Brandon B · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392

Another marketing mystery.

That image on the right looks rather heavily "inspired" by Ghost in the Shell. If that's a Japanese market cover, they may have been trying to play off that.

Brandon B · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392

Speaking of which, don't suppose you know anyone who's picked up GITS:SAC on BD yet and has an opinion on whether it's worth getting for a somewhat-but-not-hardcore fan over the DVD version?

Yuri · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 162

Brandon B · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392

Thanks. I was actually asking about the TV series which followed up the first movie but the director kind of ignored when he made the second film. I have GITS on DVD and Innocence on BD.

They discuss it here.

Yuri · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 162

Oops, my fault. I overlooked for a second you meant the Stand Alone Complex series.

Thanks for the great link.

Brandon B · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392

Watched the season opener of this show last night. The more I watch, the more I feel its actually a pretty decent series. I watch hardly any TV anymore, occasional Mythbusters with my son and the odd Top Gear. This is about the only thing I bother to sit down and keep up with.

Not sure I like it (or any recent TV show) enough to spring for a BD set though. Be interesting to see if they tie it into the upcoming Christian Bale Terminator flick.

Yuri · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 162

Did you hear about Ghost in the Shell 2.0? Apparently a touched-up reissue of the original, from what I gather.

They're releasing a limited edition soundtrack on SHM-CD (shouldn't that have been Blu-spec CD? ;-) together with a Blu-ray Disc (with the soundtrack in 5.1?) and some other stuff in a deluxe box set.

See http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20081113/bmgj.htm

Brandon B · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392

Yeah, may check it out next time I am over there.

On the Terminator series, the BD first season set is only $30 at Amazon right now, and is part of their current 3-for2 sale. Pretty good deal.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_20890_10717270_as_img_1/?docId=1000304041&tag=pc02-20

Yuri · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 162

After the Chronicles TV series now also Terminator 2 is reissued on BD and the 'Skynet Edition' looks like an interesting showcase title, judging by the trailer shown here.