September 13, 2005
Hero DVD Collectors Edition
Look at the gorgeousness of that box set made from wood...yes wood! Not only that, it features the actual signature of the Director!
Authentic "Hero" DVD in DVD-9 Format with DTS, in deluxe Collector's Box, with a Collector's Booklet and Director's Signature (not actual writing; printed signature). Limited to 3,000 sets worldwide. Very limited stock.
For those of you interested, here are some of the specs:
NTSC, DVD-9 DTS 9.4GB single-side double-layer, Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35: 1) - Enhanced for 16:9, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX Surround, DTS ES, Theatrical cut 98 Mins 23 seccons, plus a 23-minute extra "Hero Defined" featurette
The sound looks fabulous, disappointing it's in NTSC so we loose all those lovely extra lines that PAL offers, still it's an amazing boxset with a unique signature. I want it! Feel free to buy it as a pressie for me, I'd be most happy. Only $39.99 from Moviesville!
What do you think? Gorgeous? Check out the inside too over the page...I'm seriously thinking about it.
Posted by Richard Brunton at September 13, 2005 01:32 PM
Comments
Posted by: Zo at September 13, 2005 02:33 PM
Wait a second. That collector box was out a few years ago but there wasn't the dvd9 disc. I've seen many international versions of HERO and it looks like its the "EDKO" dts-es version they're talking about. Though the Edko version had two discs which kept the extras on a second disc and the high pq/sq on the other. The book that comes with it is also what I have but that came with the extended version I bought. Its only a few pages and you need to read Chinese to understand it.
Best bet is to get the Edko versoin or the Japanese one as its a Pal transfer with no ghosting.
Oh yeah ....and HERO rocks!
Posted by: boothbrave at September 13, 2005 08:06 PM
Moviesville tend to be pretty spot on with their disc specs, and they seem to have loads of seriously unique items. I would check with them first about what you think the content might or might not be.
Posted by: Richard Brunton at September 14, 2005 03:42 AM
I'm a po' uni student. :(
But my birthday's coming up...!
Posted by: Arethusa at September 14, 2005 11:22 AM
Looking at the description and the cover within, I believe I have that very same DVD. It's a R3 2-DVD set. But it's without the box, booklet and signature.
Good film, but Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers is better. Still, both sacrifice plot and character development for cinematography, choreography and eye-candy in general. It's just that he did a better job with his second wuxia imo.
Posted by: arnold at September 19, 2005 08:34 PM
It just baffles me that people thought this was a good movie. Yeah, it was pretty in parts, but everything else was just inane.