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Author Topic: T2-Extreme Defective Cases Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-10-2003 02:00 PM                     T2 Extreme Edition DVD defective cases. The metal case it comes in has many DVD buyer finding that the fancy metal case will quickly terminate the plastic amary case inside. Artisan has been quick to acknowledge the problem and they've setup an e-mailaddress to e-mail for a replacment case cs@artisanent.com (send e-mails to them at that address) Since the metal cases are limitedthey are only going to replace the plastic inside case. Our advise is to not put the new case back in the metal sleeve as it WILL tear it. This came from DVD Empire.com  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-10-2003 06:07 PM                        T2 is simply waaay 2 ExTrEmE for the case and that is why it ends up defective. You may just want to wait for T2 Excessive/Insane Edition. It will not have defective cases, as it is not as ExTrEmE as the current T2 edition. But you will need a dolly and a tractor trailer to get it home since it is so excessive. They have video of Edward Furlong taking a dump in his trailer dude! Talk about extreme! They have so many extras it is insane. Rumor has it that the movie itself is even included on 1 of the discs!!!!1!!!111!!1!!!@ No way!!!!!  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-14-2003 03:10 PM                        I agree that the case for the new "T2" release sucks but the picture and sound quality of the new release is the best it has ever been because I have owned and watched every previous versions on Super 8mm video, VHS, laserdisc and the last two DVD. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-14-2003 07:45 PM                     Claude, did they re-do the sound again for this new release?  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-14-2003 11:19 PM                        Ron, It does appear they did some additional work with the soundtrack because the mix is now in Dolby Digital EX. Because Artisan strived for the best picture quality and added a Dolby Headphone track, A DTS track was not included this time. The Dolby track is just as good and very aggressive. The rear tract has a lot of energy and if your home system is equipped for EX and you have rear speaker(s), you will be in for a treat! -Claude [ 06-15-2003, 01:00 AM: Message edited by: Claude S. Ayakawa ]  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 06-15-2003 12:03 AM                     The previous release (Ultimate Edition) was also Dolby Digital Surround EX.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-15-2003 02:21 PM                        Claude, Super 8mm video? What is that? Super 8mm is a film format. Video has 8mm and Hi8, but neither are "super" and neither are formats in which movies are released (both are camcorder formats). What is this mystery format of which you speak?  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-15-2003 04:52 PM                        Joe, What was I thinking? You are right. I used to shoot a lot of Super 8 movie films both silent and sound for my personal use years ago before video cams became affordable and when I typed 8mm, The word super came to mind and I typed it in by mistake. Sorry! The 8mm video format was very good and I had a special Sony deck to play back the movies I had on that format. In my opinion, it was much better than VHS. The "TERMINATOR II" tape was in full screen but the composition of the picture did not look too bad because James Cameron had specially worked with the people who created the full screen master from the original Super 35 film source and did a great job recomposing the picture for full screen. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-15-2003 05:24 PM                     No EX here. I bought my receiver just before EX came out in home equipment. Too bad about no DTS track, the one on the ultimate edition shakes the house, especially the Van Ling T2 THX snipe.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-15-2003 05:32 PM                        So which is best... Ultimate or Extreme? From what Claude has said, the Extreme has the best picture quality. But it sounds like the DTS track on Ultimate might be the best sound. For the Excessive/Insane Edition maybe it will be Discrete DTS 6.1? Also, I really don't care about extras. And the less motion menus you are forced to sit through before selecting "play" the better.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-16-2003 08:41 AM                     I would say Ultimate Edition, the extra footage in the Extreme edition isn't worth " double dipping " again to see. Hearing James Cameron's feature length commentary would be interesting to hear. The Extreme edition does have a clearer picture without Edge Enhancement. I'd say Ultimate Edition for the best sound simply for the DTS track. The Servo 15 takes a beating in the opening sequence of the movie.  |  IP: Logged Steve Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 168 From: Nashville, TN Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-06-2003 09:26 AM                        What a pice of crap the metal case is! I have emailed for my replacement plastic case. Will have to wait for months that....  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-06-2003 04:02 PM                     Play it double system. Listen to the "Ultimate" disc while you watch the video from the "Extreme" disc, thus making a "Phanatical" presentation! It seems Artisan is so excited about having a good mainstream movie that they can't get enough of re-releasing this one. Supposedly there is a Windows Media Player 9 high definition version and there is also a D-VHS version in high def. No DVD can compare to those two...or better yet a 70mm print!  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-06-2003 04:48 PM                     Brad, There is a version that you need Windows Media Player, it's 1080p and requires a pretty fast computer.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-09-2003 03:02 PM                        What is "X-Treme" about this T2 edition? Does the disc pop out of the case and do back flips and land in the DVD player tray on its own? Does a midget run out and bust your kneecaps with a mallet at random while you watch it? Does the case grab your mountain bike and do crazy tricks? If nothing like this happens, it is not extreme. It is simply just another copy of T2.  |  IP: Logged

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