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'Big Trouble in Little China' Gets Blu-ray Release
Thursday, May 7, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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The boys over at Blu-ray.com report some exciting news as they write that 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is brining John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China to Blu-ray on August 4th. The only issue is that Fox is known for releasing bullcrap (up-converted DVDs), piece of sh*t Blu-rays (Predator, Donnie Darko, Commando, Die Hard and the list goes on), and I'm sure this will be the same. Directed by thrill master John Carpenter, this edgo-of-your seat adventrue stars Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, a tough-talking, wisecracking truck driver whose hum-drum life on the road takes a sudden supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancee is kidnapped. Speeding to the rescue, Jack finds himself deep beneath San Francisco's Chinatown, in a murky, creature-filled world ruled by Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who mercilessly presides over an empire of spirits.



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Jason2009
2:27pm, May 7, 2009

this is one of John Carpenters worst movies and proof that even Master Carpenter can fail big time.


droidguy1119
4:28pm, May 7, 2009

There is nothing wrong with the Donnie Darko or Die Hard Blu-Rays. Die Hard just looks great and it has almost all of the extras (aside from some bios and photo galleries), so I don't know what your complaint is there. Donnie Darko also sounds great and I thought it looked phenomenal, but the reason it might not have looked as good is because they shot it on film designed for low-light scenes, which gives it an unusual look. But the colors were amazing and detail was great, so I don't know what the complaint is. It also included both cuts of the film and the majority of the extras from the DVD versions (if you keep the old single-disc DVD, then you've got everything). Commando and Predator did suck though.


WalkingDeadGuy
6:05pm, May 7, 2009

This movie is a childhood classic for me. I have it on DVD but don't know if I want to spend big bucks on a crappy blue ray.


KingOfHorror
7:40pm, May 7, 2009

Waiting on Escape From L.A.


NVK
8:33pm, May 7, 2009

Big Trouble In Little China is one of the greatest movies ever made.


Z ...
11:10pm, May 7, 2009

Hey Mr. Disgusting, do you have a list of Blu-rays that look like up-converted DVDs? If so I would love to see it.


Rollstuhlwolf
11:38pm, May 7, 2009

The Donnie Darko Director's cut dvd looks EXACTLY the same using an upconverting Samsung DVD player on a 120hz, 1080P, Touch of Color, 42 inch Samsung HDTV as the Donnie Darko Bluray that was given to me and played on my Samsung Bluray player or PS3. There is virtually no improvement in their transfer if you have good equipment and a good tv. So Mr.Disgusting is right about that one. Predator does look *marginally* better on Bluray thanks to some nice color tweaking. So FOX is in fact a little inconsistent with their Bluray releases.


CJ_01976
11:53pm, May 7, 2009

Anyone who does not like "Big Trouble In Little China" should be punched in the face with a baseball bat. I already have the Louisvilkle slugger waiting for Leonard Maltin. >:(


gorebath
8:30am, May 8, 2009

CJ...you hit the that one outta the ballpark. Truly one of the greats!


herbert west austin
11:50am, May 8, 2009

this movie is a classic in my book. whoever thinks otherwise must be a tool. (cough cough, Jason 2009)


Angus Macready
5:34pm, May 15, 2009

Great hope Fox does justice to the transfer.


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