Arnold Schwarzenegger Celebrity Pack (Predator, Commando, True Lies)

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Disk 1: TRUE LIES Disk 2: PREDATOR Disk 3: COMMANDO

Customer Reviews:

A nice set.......2007-08-28

I'm really satisfied by this collector set and even though all of the films aren't anamorphic they perfectly fit my brand new widescreen television. Moreover at such a price you can't really expect better unless you buy the tree movies separately costing you at least 30 bucks so for an occasional watch this set is perfect.

Shape Up Fox.......2007-07-09

Lousy. I have a 16x9 television that caters to anamorphic widescreen presentations. Fox advertisers are completely lying with the information given on these films. They are not anamorphic in any way. Just old school widescreen. It is false advertising. Can they be sued for this?

Old Prints, Not Anamorphic.......2007-07-06

It's been said before, but this is so egregious an error it deserves another strike against it.

All films are advertised clearly and individually on the box as well as on each of their individual cases as being "Anamorphic Widescreen", but only one actually is.

- True Lies is the existing 4:3 letterbox print.
- Predator is the grainy old (pre-Collector's Edition) print, but it *is* anamorphic.
- Commando is the existing 4:3 letterbox print.

So, I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know from the other reviews, but just so it's clear, you're getting absolutely nothing new here. Which is entirely fine for the price, and for tube TV'ers, but not for those that have been dying for anamorphic releases of True Lies and Commando for years, and were duped by the idiocy/blatant deception of the packaging. Myself included.

For those that *are* looking for quality prints of these movies, Commando (Director's Cut) is due September 18th, Predator (Collector's Edition) is in print right now, and True Lies used to have a Special Edition in the works until September 11th, at which point it was shelved indefinitely, but I'd expect to see that soon as well.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Celebrity Pack (Predator, Commando, True Lies).......2007-05-25

Guys, this is a must-have pack!

Tony Chibengue
Cabinda city , Angola

Not what you expected..........2007-04-04

As others have noted, all 3 movies are labeled "Anamorphic Widescreen" on the main cover. I found that my experience differs somewhat from the others, as in my version, I get letterbox True Lies, letterbox Commando, and what looks like anamorphic widescreen for Predator. I'm saying this based on opening it in a window on the computer, and the actual movie seems to have the 16:9 ratio (with no additional black bars on top and bottom). My only explanation is that perhaps they got so much criticism for the first batch that had the P&S version, they fixed that. Unfortunately, True Lies and Commando are still simply letterbox.

I also bought the action pack that includes 6th day and last action hero, where last action hero is P&S. For some reason, it seems these collection packs are very unreliable. The covers are misleading, and I also find it interesting how they are mastered. 6th day for instance had p&s menus, but when you start the movie it is actually anamorphic widescreen (relief..). There were similar issues in this celebrity pack. (Menu's etc different format than main title).

However, I still give it 3 stars since it does not look like you could get True Lies and Command in Anamorphic anywhere else either, plus I paid 9.95... True Lies is also in my opinion a real 'classic' in the action adventure category. Hope it gets released on bluray/hddvd... (looks like it exists on d-vhs for those few that have a player of that type..)

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True Lies/Predator
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jamie Lee Curtis , Tom Arnold , Bill Paxton , and Charlton Heston
Director: James Cameron , and John McTiernan
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Action & Adventure | Genres | DVD | Video

( T ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00005NKTD
Release Date: 2001-10-16

Customer Reviews:

Best deal.......2001-09-05

These are defiantly two best movies of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Predator is a very smart, scared, sci-fi movie with unpredictable plot. In my opinion, it is the best Arnold's movie and also is the best movie I have ever seen. True Lies is a second greatest film of Arnold. It is creative and very original action movie with a lot of fighting, flying, and good humor.

In my opinion, Fox would better release "Predator / Predator 2" DVD set with a lot of features, behind the screen pictures, interviews and documentary. That would be a great product!!!

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