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Finally on Blu-Ray! (better than I remembered)

posted 10 years ago by redjacket1972
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So we finally got The Legend of the Lone Ranger on Blu-Ray (if they could just get the Black Hole out next that would be great). I bought it off amazon.com and watched it. It is a lot better than I remembered (and a lot better than what critics said). Sure is a lot better than the most recent version with Johnny Depp.

Now I'm not saying it is a perfect movie or without flaws (maybe I just watched it with low expectations) but it was actually not that bad.

[–] cyberdynesystems101 9 years ago

It's already on Blu-Ray in Europe.

I an't afraid of no ghosts!

[–] Zach126 9 years ago

Yep, there's one out in Europe now so I assume that we here in the U.S. will get one as well. Hopefully soon too cuz I'm getting kinda tired of watching my old dvd with a network logo (technological equivalent of a fly) on the screen. LoL

[–] Dark_Sithlord 9 years ago

I never get the impression this movie is really high on the studio's priority list to get out on blu-ray, but I hope it comes out soon though. If it does, I doubt the studio will give it the royal treatment, and just release it as a bare-boned disc with a poor transfer. At any rate, it has got to be better than that atrocious DVD release.

[–] benGsboat 9 years ago

Just saw that Shout Factory is releasing it on July 14. Will only have the trailer as an extra, but SF's transfers are usually pretty good.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=16434

[–] zaphod-53 9 years ago

From the comments in some of the other threads, I suspect they wanted to avoid any comparisons between the two films...

Network just released a rather nice Blu-Ray in the UK on February 9 this year. Unfortunately it is region locked. The video has a lot of grain, but picture quality is still much higher than the previous copies that I'd managed to find.

The list of extras is fairly short - just the trailer and two soundtrack-only options.