TMNT 1990 Special Edition Blu Ray Oct. 13th?
 

According to Amazon there is going to be:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teenage-Muta...=ninja+turtles

Could this be the Director's Cut version we've been promised?
I was hoping for something to come out with the movie in August. Maybe since the 2014 is coming out in Oct. the UK is getting the Director's cut 1990 movie then, meaning it'll come out sooner in North America.

I would literally be very happy about this. Until further notice; I'll wait a few more months for the full details.

We were never promised a director's cut. Barron and Laird have both mentioned having an early assembly cut of the film on VHS, and the documentary director mentioned working on an extended cut. The material is obviously there, but there's never been any official word on it being released. Fingers crossed, though!

Pretty sure there was an announcement

While this idea would be awesome, the rating is pg and directors cut are useually unrated, plus the films run time is at 87 min wich is how long the normal verion is (actually its 95 min with credits). So it wont be a directors cut but hopefully it will be loaded with speacial features and deleted scenes.......8)

agreed agreed agreed

There was never an official announcement, though I would love to be proven wrong.

Kevin announced they were working on an "alternate cut" at Comikaze last year. It makes sense for it to come out around October in the UK as that is when the reboot will be showing over there. It's what happens with all reboot franchises, the inevitable bluray re release leading up to the reboot release. All the Sami Rami Spider-man films got a bluray re release with ultraviolet just the other week, preemptive of TASM 2. I work in a DVD/Bluray store so I'll look into furture listings ect when I get to work and see what I can come up with.

It was the documentary director, Randall Lobb, that mentioned it at the panel, around 22:30.

http://youtu.be/j-ddDdONkWc

Fingers crossed!

Product Description is confusing:

"In this live action movie-length version of the famous four, The Evil Shredder has returned to cause more mayhem and kidnaps the rat Ninja Master. But the Turtles have been armed with Professor Perry's Anti Mutant antidote and, with the help of a journalist, embark on an adventure to save the Ninja Master."

It sounds like TMNT 1 and 2 mixed together.

First, if it was a special edition, it's a Blu-ray in the UK. So not much use to most people in the US who don't own a region free Blu-ray player (and there are quite a bit of movies that get special edition blu-rays overseas but not here, for example Streets of Fire, People Under the Stairs, Hell Comes to Frogtown, etc.).

And second, the title of the thread is at least a little bit misleading since there is nothing said on that page that would indicate that it was a 'special edition' version at all. It could easily just be the Blu-ray version of what was in Germany (with the alternate ending and director's commentary), or just another barebones release like usual.

That's why I put a question mark in the title...

My second favorite Roddy Piper movie has a BR release?!? :o:o:o SWEET!

My bad. I thought it was Kevin.

Well, hopefully something pops up. I don't see ANY reason why it wouldn't. Paramount, New Line, and Nickelodeon are all owned by the same company--Viacom. Synergy, baby! Wasn't TMNT one of the highest grossing independent films of the 90s? Milk that stuff, Viacom! Let us give you our money!

Yep. Streets of Fire has a feature length documentary. People Under the Stairs has interviews with the director, actors, and such. Hell Comes to Frogtown has features including an interview with Roddy Piper.

But again, the blu-rays are only Region B (aka in the UK).

Yep it's on blu-ray but only overseas in the UK (it's only Region B).

And these are the features:

◾Grappling with Green Gargantuans: Wrestling icon “Rowdy” Roddy Piper speaks about his leading man turn in Hell Comes to Frogtown (22:12 in HD)
◾Amphibian Armageddon: Actor Brian Frank remembers his role as Commander Toty (14:10 in HD)
◾Creature Feature Creator: Effects wizard Steve Wang reveals the secrets behind Hell Comes to Frogtown’s mutant manifestations (15:25 in HD)
◾Extended Scene (02:31 in HD)
◾Original Trailer (01:51 in HD)
◾Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Zornow

This is a low budget company we are speaking of which has released all three movies with craptacular 1080i 50hz HDTV masters and lossy audio. Don't expect anything special.

Get it here: http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/ind...product_id=269

It's out of stock and the next batch will be the final batch they will ever get. Only 1000 are made. The region lock on this disc can be bypassed on some blu-ray players

I haven't heard anything about this release, but just to let you know.... Many studios release their titles Region Free. WB/New Line movies are pretty much all region free, so if it was a UK exclusive you could most certainly import it and it would play fine in any US/Region 1 player. Just an FYI.

Rick

That is not true to be honest. All the Blu-rays I mentioned (Streets of Fire, Hell Comes to Frogtown, People Under the Stairs) are not Region Free. They are strictly Region B aka Region 2. I've had this confirmed (because I enjoy those films, wanted to own them, but unfortunately they will not play in Blu-ray players in the US unless you have a region free Blu-ray player). Even stuff I wanted like the Blu-ray of From Dusk till Dawn overseas (which is in Germany. I wanted it since it has a brand new interview with George Clooney) will not play in a US Blu-ray player (again, unless you have a region free one).

In the info box on that Amazon/UK site, it clearly says "Region B aka Region 2". So it will not play in a US Blu-ray player. Even WB films like the 2-disc special edition of Creepshow are strictly Region 2, so not all of them are (and I understand that you said 'pretty much' and not 'every single one').