| | |  | Suspence & Thriller | Home » » Predator (Widescreen Collector's Edition) | | | | | | | Description: | | The ultimate hunter meets the ultimate adversary?in the ultimate Collector?s Edition DVD! Arnold Schwarzenegger wages an all-out war against an unseen enemy, a force more powerful and deadly than any on Earth?because the Predator is not of this Earth. Now, you can explore the depths of the Predator jungle with this all-new 2-disc set packed with over 5 hours of out-of-this-world extras, including an in-depth documentary, director?s commentary, never-before-seen bonus footage, revealing featurettes and more! | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke | | Director:
| John McTiernan | | Format:
| Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English, French, Spanish | | Subtitle:
| English, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| 20th Century Fox | | Run Time:
| 107 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 10, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 537 reviews |
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244 of 281 found the following review helpful:
 Shameful Quality Blu-RaySep 07, 2008
By tony95
This is the worst quality Blu-Ray I have come across so far. $26.95 is outrageous for a DVD to Blu-Ray dub. Your probably better off getting the widescreen DVD than the Blu-Ray and playing the movie on upscaling DVD player, you will get the same quality. The movie is classic, just don't buy the Blu-Ray version unless you find it in a bargin bin somewhere.
282 of 326 found the following review helpful:
Fox blows it on Blu-Ray againApr 08, 2008
By Ryan Agadoni
My 1-star review is not for the movie, Predator, which I love. I bought it twice on DVD: the first single-disc release with no extras, and then the excellent 2-disc special edition. I am not going to be buying on Blu-Ray, however, until the chowder-heads over at Fox start including all of the ALREADY PRODUCED extras on their Blu-Ray discs. Case in point: Predator.
Predator on Blu-Ray features a higher definition transfer (though on a single layer disc), but carries over none of the special features from the 2-disc DVD. How hard would this have been? Make it a dual layer Blu-Ray, and just throw them all on there in standard definition. That would have guaranteed and instant buy for me. But this habit of dumping the film bare-bones onto Blu-Ray is reminiscent of the early days of DVD, and I thought we were past that. Other studios are doing a fine job of including all the special features, so why is Fox being dumb? And why are they slapping a $40 MSRP on a bare-bones release?
You would have had me with a good release, Fox. I would gladly plonk down the cash for a true upgrade from my DVD version. But you blew it, and you're not getting my money.
258 of 298 found the following review helpful:
Worst looking print!Sep 23, 2008
By Robert Owsley
WOW what a bad looking print. Who the heck was in charge of this Blu-Ray transfer??? Does the 'Ray' stand for Ray Charles? because it looks as if a blind man choose to use this print! All the fuzzies, dots, lines, and blemishes on this print look ever better in hi-def! Why on earth can't the original negative be used? If I'm gonna pay a higher price, then I should get a much better picture. Shame, shame, shame, on them.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 PredatorOct 13, 2005
By Davy Crockett
I thought that this was a great movie. I recomend anybody that is a arnold fan or a action fan see this movie. I am gonna talk about the stuf about the new collectors dvd.
IMAGE :
This collector's edition has been issued in a rather dissapointing 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen tansfer, one that dosent sppear that all different (if at all) from the previous Predator dvd release, which means its fair to middlin at best. The quality of the print varies dramatically during its run, moving from jarringly awful and grainy Fox searchlight logo opening to edge halos to fequen bouts of specking and other minor detritus. When the transfer is on its game, it looks fairly good, with its solidly reproduced fleshtones offset by often soft background coloring. Its a tolerable tranfer, but this title deserves better treatment, image-wise.
SOUND:
The paring of Dolby Digital and DTS tracks is a nice touch, but it was already done on an earlier release, so we're not getting anything new here. The good news is that the're both pretty active mixes, and though you can dicker and bicker about the subtle differences. you will rumble quotient. The minimal dialogue is presentable, and the rear channels are aggressively mixed, so when the big fight sequences take place the mood is appropriatly frenetic. The real winner, however, is the depth and fullness of the macho posturing of the Alan Silvestri score. A french 2.0 surround and a mono Spanish track are also included.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Full motion menu with music
Scene Acess with 25 cues and remote acess
Subtitles/Captions in English,Spanish with remote acess
2 Trailers featuring Alien vs. Predator, Alien Quadrilogy
1 deleted scenes
1 documentary
12 featurettes
1 feature/Episode commentary by John Mctiernan
Packaging Tri-fold Amaray with slipcase
Picture Disc
2 discs
Layers: Dual
The first disc has a audio commentary and it is pretty interesting
Disc TWO:
If it Bleeds we can kill it" The making of Predator
Classified Action
The Unseen Arnold
Old Painless
The Life Inside : A tribute to Kevin Peter Hall
Camouflage
Welcome to the Jungle
Character Design
Predator Special Fx: This section offers a series of short pre-effects sequences
Predator Red looking down
Predator Red in Jungle
Predator Red Main Walking Layer
Camouglage Moth Test
Camouflage Effect Layers
Fleeing the Predator(This is the only deleted scene)
These are just three scenes that are considered outtakes(dont know why)
Chameleon
Building A Trap
Sliding downhill
This disc also includes a Predator Profile made up of nine screens of text and artwork explaining the dreadlocked alien's specialized weaponry.
Then there is also a Photo Gallery
AND LAST is a trailer of Alien Quadrilogy
THAT IS ALL THAT IS IN THIS DVD!
THANKS FOR READING MY REVIEW!
HOPE YOU ENJOY THE DVD !
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Ultimate Hunter Edition is FANTASTIC!Jan 20, 2012
By Chach
I recently tried to watch my Predator DVD, circa 1997 (or thereabouts) and it looked horrible. It was a fullscreen, widescreen disc with black bars on top, bottom, left, and right (which insluts my HD TV). The film was also not cleaned before transfer so it included wonderful hairs and scratches too. That's not to mention the films always horrible fuzzyness.
Don't believe all the whiners, Predator: The Ultimate Hunter Edition is the best this film has ever looked, and probably ever will look. Some people complained about too much Digital Noise Reduction. They said that it doesn't look like its supposed to anymore...don't listen to them. I almost didn't buy this disc because of all the complaining people were doing, but I'm glad I did.
Yes, there are maybe 3 shots where Carl Weathers' face looks a little too smooth in the beginning of the film, but that comprises about 10 seconds of the film. The rest of it looks great. The film still has film grain, it just isn't as offensive as it was in the original release. Filmmakers on a budget and with location constraints chose a film stock that didn't need a lot of light, that meant super grainy film. They fixed that imperfection (which wasn't a design choice).
Bottom line, if you are a fan of this film BUY The Ultimate Hunter Edition, not the 2008 Blu Ray release.
P.S. Amazon, do you think you can stop cross contaminating your reviews. This movie's reviews are confusing because it includes reviews for every version of the film. Star Wars is even worse. Please fix this.
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