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The 7-Disc Limited Collectorfs Edition Blu-ray Trilogy includes all three films in high definition,Transformers: Dark of the Moon in high definition 3D, more than 10 hours of bonus material,
as well as a plaque of movie images signed by director Michael Bay. Disc specifications are as follows:
"Transformers (2 Disc Special Edition Blu-ray )"
Disc 1:
¡Feature film in high 1080p definition
¡Audio: English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby
¡Digital Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese
¡Commentary by Michael Bay
Disc 2:
Our World
¡The Story Sparks Steven Spielberg discusses his love for the franchise and early concept art for the film. Explores how the writers adapted the cartoon into a live action movie and why Michael Bay is the perfect director for the film.
¡Human Allies A look at how the actors were selected and their experiences on the set.
¡ Fight Giant Robots An exploration of the military training that Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson underwent for their roles and the various stunts that the actors were asked to perform.
¡Battleground A piece on the senior officials from the Department of Defense and Air Force who consulted on the film to give it authenticity and the key locations that the U.S. government provided access to.
Their War
¡Rise of the Robots Explores the interaction between Hasbro designers and Michael Bay to bring the toy line roaring to life.
¡AUTOBOTS Roll Out Michael Bay discusses working with Chevy and its designers and the modifications that were made to the cars seen in the film.
¡DECEPTICONS Strike The film's military advisors discuss the "toys" they allowed the production to borrow: F-22 Raptors, Ospreys and A-10 Warthogs.
¡Inside the AllSpark ILM's digital artists discuss the challenges of bringing the TRANSFORMERS to life.
More Than Meets The Eye
¡From Script to Sand: The SKORPONOK Desert Attack An in-depth look at the making of this particularly epic and challenging scene from initial storyboarding through production and visual effects.
¡Concepts Early sketch concepts of the robots.
¡Trailers
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2 Disc Special Edition Blu-ray)"
Disc 1:
¡Feature film in high 1080p definition
¡Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English
¡Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese
¡Commentary by Michael Bay, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Disc 2:
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen--This multi-chapter documentary
¡chronicles the entire creation of the film and includes interviews with the cast and crew:
¡Seeds of Vengeance Development and Design After the overwhelming success of 2007's Transformers, how do the filmmakers top themselves for the sequel?
¡Domestic Destruction Production: United States Michael Bay believes in going big: Big action and big explosions. Cast and crew are pushed to the limit as they traverse the U.S. from New Mexico to Pennsylvania.
¡Joint Operations Production: Military No other filmmaker in the world enjoys the kind of military access and cooperation Michael Bay has. Here we see just how efficient our armed forces are and the awe and respect shown by the cast.
¡Wonders of the World Production: Middle East You can't really reproduce Egypt anywhere but Egypt so off we go to Giza and Luxor.
¡Start Making Sense Editing In order to turn over the massive amount of film as quickly as possible to VFX, four editors work tirelessly in a unique tag-team approach to shape the film.
¡Under the Gun Visual Effects Revenge of the Fallen features the most complicated VFX in film history. So complicated in fact that the filmmakers were unsure they would make the deadline. The DEVASTATOR VFX alone required 83% of ILM's total render farm capacity.
¡Running the Gauntlet Post-Production and Release Working seven days a week, Michael Bay and company usher the film through sound design, Digital Intermediate color-timing and a globe-trotting whirlwind of premieres.
¡A Day with Bay: Tokyo--An intimate and fun all-access journey with Michael Bay as he travels to Tokyo, Japan for the world premiere of the biggest film of the year.
¡25 Years of TRANSFORMERS--Access an all-new featurette celebrating a monumental milestone for one of Hasbro's most successful and popular franchises.
¡NEST: Transformer Data-Hub--Explore conceptual artwork created by the production for 12 of the most popular AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from the film.
¡Deconstructing Visual Bayhem with Commentary by Pre-Vis Supervisor Steve Yamamoto-A series of multi-angle pre-visualization sequences allowing viewers to learn how some of the film's most spectacular scenes were created with an introduction by Michael Bay.
¡Extended Scenes
¡Music Video: Linkin Park's "New Divide"
¡NEST: Transformer Data-Hub--A database of some of the TRANSFORMERS characters that appear in the new film, offering users access to each robot's confidential file including:
¡Innovative 3D spin galleries of each robot
¡A timeline for each TRANSFORMERS character charting its origins, back story and design evolution from toys to animated series to comics and finally feature films
¡Giant Effing Movie A very personal look at the making of the movie.
¡The Matrix of Marketing--An archive of the film's promotional media including trailers, posters and television spots.
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2 Disc Special Edition Blu-ray)"
Disc 1:
¡Feature film in high 1080p definition
¡Audio: English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, English 5.1 Discrete Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Discrete Surround Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital
¡Subtitles: English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles
¡The English 5.1 and English 2.0 tracks were each individually mastered to ensure optimal sound for the home entertainment experience.
Disc 2:
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
¡Rising from the Fallen: Development and Design
¡Ready for Prime Time: Filming Across America
¡Battle in the Heartland: Shooting in Chicago
¡Attack of the Birdmen: Aerial Stunts
¡Shadow of the Sentinel: Post-Production and Release
Uncharted Territory: NASAfs Future Then and Now
Deconstructing Chicago: Multi-Angle Sequences
¡Previsualizations with optional commentary by director Michael Bay and previsualization supervisor Steve Yamamoto
¡Previsualizations/Final Shot Comparison with optional commentary by director Michael Bay and previsualization supervisor Steve Yamamoto
¡Visual Effects with optional commentary by visual effects supervisors Scott Farrar and Matthew Butler
¡Visual Effects/Final Shot Comparison with optional commentary by visual effects supervisors Scott Farrar and Matthew Butler
The Art of CYBERTRON
¡AUTOBOTS
¡DECEPTICONS
¡Environments
¡Weapons and Gear
¡Ships
The Dark of the Moon Archive
¡3D: A Transforming Visual Art
¡Moscow World Premiere
¡Birdmen Featurette
¡Codyfs iPad
¡The Sound of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Matrix of Marketing
¡Trailers
¡Marketing Gallery
"Transformers; Dark of the Moon (Blu-ray 3D)"
¡Feature film in high definition 3D
¡Audio: English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, English 5.1 Discrete Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Discrete Surround Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital
¡Subtitles: English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles
¡The English 5.1 and English 2.0 tracks were each individually mastered to ensure optimal sound for the home entertainment experience.
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It's a nice package, only thing I miss are the 2nd disc of extras of every movie, I thought it came with those.Honest reviews on Transformers Limited Edition Collector's Trilogy (Seven-Disc
Okay, seriously, this has to stop. This "movie set" is ONLY that. The barest of bare releases of all 3 movies. No special features to speak of. Okay, in theory there's a commentary track on disc one and maybe some trailers available after film? But that's about it.Considering I already had the SE DVD versions, I consider this set to be an utter and complete RIPOFF. There, I said it.
BOYCOTT THIS RELEASE until the studio(s) gets the message. We hate it when they half-ass releases and we hate being double dipped. If I'm spending beaucoup $$ to get a COMPLETE set, I want the set to be COMPLETE, not to have to REPURCHASE it again in 6 mos when the get off their handquarters and finally decide to release the ACTUAL complete series set they should have released the first time around. Clearly, SE Blu-Rays exist for Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition + BD Live) & Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Two-Disc Special Edition), though they've also admittedly to-date half-assed Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) by releasing it "bare" w/o special features (in yet another attempt at double dipping 'early adopters' by making them repurchase later if they want all the extras).
As a fan, and as a collector of movies, I find this thoroughly distasteful.
I had precisely the same problem with the release of the Spider-Man: High Definition Trilogy set, where the "upgrade" to Blu-Ray was actually a "downgrade" to zero special features (despite having already bought all the SE DVDs). That the studios DECIDED to include only the bare version of the first two movies and the SE of the 3rd didn't speak well of that set either.
On the other hand, the The Ultimate Matrix Collection, Terminator Anthology, The Resident Evil Collection, Underworld: The Legacy Collection, Riddick Collection and Austin Powers Collection were how "complete collections" SHOULD be released... All were quite good & feature complete!
As fans and collectors, we expect more of studios. That is to say, if a SE has already been put out, the "features" from the SE should make it into the "collection" set(s) rather than being completely left out. Either that or they should be EXTREMELY CLEAR that they are releasing "bare" / "movie-only" editions and will be releasing "ultimate" editions later. Yes, they'll score fewer sales up front by labeling as "movie-only" editions. But, that's AS IT SHOULD BE. Those who WANT FEATURES will be [somewhat] happier knowing exactly what they WON'T be getting so they can avoid sub-par releases and hold out for "complete" releases rather than buying the "set" only to find out upon getting it home that it's completely not even close to what they were expecting.
So, I'll simply say of this set: the picture and sound are great. The features... WHAT FEATURES? Effectively, there are none... If you've already bought the special edition DVDs or Blu, don't both with this set. Avoid it. Wait for the "ultimate edition" that will no doubt come out later. Thus avoid being double and triple dipped... (We're not ice cream cones. We're fans and collectors and we expect better treatment...) So, 3 points for video & sound, docked 2 points for complete lack of features.
All that said, there was apparently once a Transformers Limited Edition Collector's Trilogy. However, the LE packaging looked a bit unwieldy and it appears to now be discontinued w/o a replacement as yet.
I'd suggest waiting for a "repack" of that set (likely in a more standard case, just with the same "SE" discs)...
Until then, caveat emptor. Buyer beware. *This* set is NOT the compact 'ultimate edition' fans are probably hoping for...
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