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Kill Bill Coming This September
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Posted June 13, 2008 05:43 PM by Josh Dreuth
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 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has revealed via their retailer site that they will be bring 'Kill Bill Part 1' and 'Kill Bill Part 2' to Blu-ray on September 9th. Its way too early to talk about specs or special features - we'll have to wait for the press release for that - but the fact that these highly anticipated films are finally coming to Blu-ray should make many fans smile.
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Source: Blu-ray.com |
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Elandyll
Jun 13, 2008
YES !!!!
Thank you Disney, definite buy for me. |
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Blu-Runner
Jun 13, 2008
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If Disney has their hands in it, you know they'll be quality discs. |
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Moefiz
Jun 13, 2008
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I can't wait......a must buy. |
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Lucy Diamond
Jun 13, 2008
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Guaranteed ssssssssssick transfer!!!! |
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GoBlu08
Jun 13, 2008
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Dude this officially rules. I will have to get these and The omen on this day. |
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X400
Jun 13, 2008
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thats very cool... on another note... why does DISNEY have their hands in the most pornographic tv shows and most gruesome movies? lol |
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neo3979
Jun 13, 2008
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This is a must have. Gota love Disney!!! |
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lannelso
Jun 13, 2008
This is a great addition to the Blu-ray line up and I'm sure I'll probably buy it but what I'd like to know
is what is taking Disney/Buena Vista so long to announce a release date for Sin City. I've been waiting
on this one for over a year now and the only news I've seen about it is in previews on Disney Discs.
Are they having problems making a good transfer because of the black levels of the movie or are they
just enjoying teasing people every couple of months by showing a scene from it in one of their
advertisements. Come on Disney/Buena Vista! A little info towards a release date/time frame wouldn't
kill you would it? |
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aygie
Jun 13, 2008
Sorry don't mean to be an ass but i called this. Go look in the forum  |
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wnicholas76
Jun 13, 2008
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September is going to be a great month for Blu-ray! On Sept. 2, there's the Transformers Blu-ray! And then the next week is Kill Bill! Both of these releases are Blu-ray Gold for every collection! Come on, September! |
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Polyh3dron
Jun 13, 2008
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I have not purchased any iteration of Kill Bill yet because I am STILL waiting for them to restore it to one movie as originally intended. I won't buy these BDs either. |
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The Shrike
Jun 13, 2008
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It won't make me smile if it's yet another copy of the balless american cut. I'm not spending a dime on that version. |
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Marine Mike
Jun 13, 2008
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I've been waiting for this title for a very long time. |
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BrianAgenda
Jun 13, 2008
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I never even purchased Kill Bill on dvd either because I was waiting for the "Whole Bloody Affair." Looks like I may be waiting a little longer. |
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TauHeel05
Jun 13, 2008
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Word! When can I preorder them? |
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nathanp
Jun 13, 2008
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Oh my God, yes. yes yes yes yes yes! |
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SlmShdy1
Jun 13, 2008
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I won't be buying it unless it's The Whole Bloody Affair. It's no fair that Japan gets it in full color. |
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The Archfiend
Jun 13, 2008
HELL YEAH!! I've been coming back here for months on end waiting to see this news.
I'm so happy that I am going to go out in the back yard and play with my Hanzo steel on the neighbors bushes. |
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love4blu
Jun 13, 2008
Yes! 
And hopefully, we will get the usual Disney treatment (PCM, AVC &extras |
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kaliraver
Jun 13, 2008
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Excellent news, finally some movie I can get excited about besides Transformers. |
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Heart&Soul
Jun 13, 2008
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I'll wait for the 'Whole Bloody Affair'. |
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hc666
Jun 13, 2008
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DisneyLuver
Jun 13, 2008
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Another great release. Sept. is going to be expensive for me! HA!!HA!! |
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mystiksuicide
Jun 13, 2008
I could care less about this movie but anything that gets people into blu-ray is still great news.
Come on Disney, LOST Season 1 & 2 need blu releases now!!!!!! |
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trekmaster
Jun 13, 2008
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There's two more for the growing collection. Thanks to this site and forums I only purchase the very best of the transfers and so far I have not been disappointed! |
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Spiza
Jun 13, 2008
It better be the director's cut that they already released in Japan or I won't be buying it.
From wiki:
In the United States Kill Bill: Volume 1 was released as a DVD on April 13, 2004 while Volume 2 was released August 10, 2004. As of May 2008, only the basic DVDs have been released, with almost no special features.
In a December 2005 interview, Tarantino addressed the lack of a special edition DVD for Kill Bill by stating "I've been holding off because I've been working on it for so long that I just wanted a year off from Kill Bill and then I'll do the big supplementary DVD package."[18]
The United States does not have a DVD boxed set of Kill Bill, though box sets of the two separate volumes are available in other countries, such as France, Japan and the United Kingdom. Upon the DVD release of Volume 2 in the US, however, Best Buy did offer an exclusive box set slipcase to house the two individual releases together.[19]
Work appears to be continuing on the release of an American special edition with Uma Thurman commenting to MTV in April 2008 that “Right now he’s putting the two films together with an intermission with an added anime sequence he had already written. So additional stories are in there, in animation.” [20]
[edit] Differences in Japanese cut
While the American cut of the movie shows part of the violent battle at the "House of Blue Leaves" in black-and-white, the Japanese cut shows it in color. In addition, the Japanese cut includes a few extra bits of violence distributed throughout the film, most notably during the anime sequence and the showdown at the "House of Blue Leaves". Furthermore, the Japanese cut shows The Bride cutting off Sophie's other arm during her interrogation. Some say there's a continuity error because it appears that Sophie's arm is still attached when she is rolling down the hill, but that is actually the tourniquets unrolling, which The Bride applied to make sure Sophie didn't bleed to death. These cuts were made to the U.S. version in order to avoid an NC-17 rating.
The quotation "Revenge is a dish best served cold" (attributed as being "an old Klingon proverb," in reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) at the beginning of "Volume 1" was replaced by a tribute to Japanese filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku[21]: |
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Robert Siegel
Jun 14, 2008
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No thanks. But for those who are into these 2 films though, enjoy, should be nice transfers from Disney! |
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joker18
Jun 14, 2008
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hell yeah bout time, one of my fav tarentino films |
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Mr. Joshua
Jun 14, 2008
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About time.... The whole Superman/Clark Kent thing in Hi Def is really worth the purchase... |
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X-Man777
Jun 14, 2008
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I can't wait to see the beautiful snowy duel between Liu and Thurman. |
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Eternalnow
Jun 14, 2008
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About time! Finally something to make buying into Blu Ray worth it! |
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MOONPHASE
Jun 14, 2008
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i agree with Heart&Soul i am just going to wait for the whole bloody affair |
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lonewolf8
Jun 14, 2008
Just to clarify a mis-statement: The origin of the saying; "Revenge is a dish best served cold is NOT a Klingon proverb!
Read on:
Revenge is a dish best served cold
"This phrase appeared originally in the 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), written by the French official and army general Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. You might remember the 1988 Stephen Frears movie of the same name that was based on the book."
While we are riding a “movie and media reference” kick, the revenge is a dish best served cold phrase appeared in several additional titles. I’ve never been a Star Trek fan, but evidently in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan the Klingon proverb bortaS bIr jablu’DI’ reH QaQqu’ nay’ translates to “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” Actually, if memory serves, Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies reference the Klingon proverb in their use of “Revenge is a dish best served cold” as a tagline.
Batman’s enemy Mr. Freeze is known to use this expression. I’m hesitant to invoke the 1997 movie Batman & Robin, as this film, in my opinion, was the utter nadir of the Batman movie series, but here is a quote nevertheless:
If revenge is a dish best served cold, then put on your Sunday finest. It’s time to feast!
According to Answers.com, our phrase under consideration appeared in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets as “revenge is a dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.”
Mark Liberman has an excellent write-up on this subject at Language Log in which he references part of a Wikipedia article that seems not to exist anymore:
The saying exists in many cultures, including Sicilian, Spanish and Pashtun, making its ultimate origin difficult to determine. |
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Barion
Jun 14, 2008
Yeah, but the Klingons claim that William Shakespeare was really one of them. How do we know the Klingons didn't invent the phrase thousands of years ago?
You're taking it too seriously. |
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DirtHerder
Jun 14, 2008
I was in Japan when it was shown and I loved the water works in bold striking Technicolor and not so artsy fartse with all that silly black and white when I saw it again on the American DVD release.
Honestly, I thought for a second my disc was corrupted when the color disappeared! It's a damn shame the Blu-ray will probably be that edition and I doubt it'll be a purchase for that reason. |
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bg_nyc
Jun 14, 2008
Yes.. we need full color, with a 'making of' featurette, tarantino/thurman commentary track, Sonny Chiba featurette, 'history of kung-fu films' featurette, ode to 'bride wore black' and 'lady snowblood', full violence in the animated feature, and Yuen-Woo Ping interview and commentary.
Very exciting stuff!!! |
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Aussie Blu
Jun 14, 2008
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ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....please be region free...please include The Whole Bloody Affair......PLEASE Disney. |
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Shanester
Jun 14, 2008
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I'm so glad Disney is handling this release. They consistently make the best all around Blu-Rays . Can't wait to hear the PCM track |
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mugupo
Jun 14, 2008
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Will buy for sure the first one, expect to dizzy crazy transfer in blu-ray. |
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gamer4eva
Jun 14, 2008
holy s*** its finally coming to BD gonna get my hands on em DAY 1
Cant wait for The Matrix |
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frank_t
Jun 14, 2008
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rental until. would love to buy, but won't double-dip on this one. |
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CareyD1080p
Jun 14, 2008
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Hooray for the Blu ray release! However, let's forget all this KILL BILL, Part 1 & 2 crap! I want the ORIGINAL version, which was the 3hrs+ edit, with the "Crazy 88" sequence in COLOR (as was seen in the original trailer and in the overseas release) and Michael Jai White's scene (where he and his boys challenge Bill, who killed their master) re-cut back into the film. It should be simply entilted, "KILL BILL" (The 4th fillm by Quentin Tarantino) as was ORIGINALLY presented. We don't even need to call it "THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR", which was what they were gonna call the "restored" version at one time. Man I hate when Hollywood does that $h!t |
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Rustmonsteru
Jun 14, 2008
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As with most of the rest of you: No Color, No Purchase. |
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lildon24
Jun 14, 2008
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I LOVE KILL BILL FILMS.. I GOT IT ON DVDs AND I SEEN A PICTURE OF KILL BILL ALONG WITH BATMAN BEGINS AND OTHER FILMS AT BLURAY WIKI... BUT NOW YESSSSS IT IS TIME!!! KILL BILL VOL. 1 ON BLU-RAY IS A MUST BUY.. IM NOT SURE IF I WILL GET KILL BILL VOL. 2 |
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-diVe-
Jun 14, 2008
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I'd rather have the Whold Bloody Affair on one Blu-ray disc. I think Weinstein has the rights to this edition. |
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surfdude12
Jun 14, 2008
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hell yeah, it was in HD on TNT the other day and even looked great...i love that first scene where Uma goes to that girls house and have the girl-fights of all girl-fights!!! |
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Chris60119
Jun 14, 2008
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Disney doing Kill Bill? That makes me laugh.... |
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Johk
Jun 14, 2008
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Yes! Definite buy for me! |
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Crème Blu-ray
Jun 14, 2008
We've had that Kill Bill picture forever just waiting for this announcement and now you don't use it?
Can't wait for this one! |
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BergerForLife
Jun 14, 2008
Cool I look forward to these because I've only seen the first one. Sort of interesting that Disney is
doing this, the sword fights are a little more graphic than Aladdin! (sarcasm) |
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maxoutkast
Jun 14, 2008
(As at least one other user commented) Please, please release this as one film, or at least offer some
sort of bridging featuring to allow viewers to watch as two separate films, or as one (as it was
originally written, shot and marketed). |
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macevedo187
Jun 15, 2008
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DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN SHOWGIRLS IS COMING TO BLURAY!?!?!?!!??!!? |
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vick vega
Jun 15, 2008
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Each of these had better be a BD-50 w/something other than Mpeg 2. That would be a shame if it's only a BD-25 Mpeg 2. No way not one film that'd be like a 4 hour video on even a BD-50 would look horrible. Pay no attention to that noob. |
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ZMan
Jun 16, 2008
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Can't wait! Definite buy! |
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CptGreedle
Jun 16, 2008
Awesome!! Now lets see Sin City  |
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Foochuck
Jun 16, 2008
Although this is one of my favorite films of all time, I don't think I can double dip yet. I'd recommend everyone to hold out and wait for the Whole Bloody Affair version as previously stated.
I have the original R1 DVD releases and those will have to hold me over until the Whole Bloody Affair Blu-ray version.
C'mon Quentin! Finish it up already!!!! |
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Old Bones
Jun 17, 2008
As I have the Japanese version of Vol.1 on DVD, I am holding out for no less than that on Blu.
No double dipping on a weaker version for me !! |
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ambientcafe
Jun 17, 2008
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Uma in BD goodness? --- Priceless! As echoed by some movie critics, the fact that she was glossed over for a leading actress Oscar nomination was a travesty! |
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vick vega
Jun 20, 2008
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Well look at the movies they pick. Crap like No Country for Old Men wins best picture......that movie was sheet. Cohen bros blow. |
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