Despite owning all 3 Spidey films on DVD, I took the plunge and bought this set to try out my new Blu-Ray player. I am certainly not dissapointed! Spiderman 3 is, obviously, the best in terms of picture quality (being the newest), and there are some grainy traces in certain scenes on the first two, unfortunately. However, I compared a scene from SM2 on my DVD and Blu-Ray – what an improvement!! I am very glad I bought this, the greatest superhero trilogy ever, and would recommend it to anyone!
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This review is from: Spider-Man Trilogy [Blu-ray][Region Free] (Blu-ray)
I’m not going to do a traditional review for this set: it looks great, it sounds great, it’s dirt-cheap, and that’s pretty much all you need to know. Other reviews will go into more detail about these things.
What I AM going to do here is clear up a bit of confustion regarding the special features and whatnot. While the backs of the individual Blu-ray cases seem to list all of the extras, they are NOT complete and do not mention several of the extras that are actually on the discs. The reviews on here listing the features are just taken from the backs of the boxes, so hopefully this will make everything clear. So, without further ado, here’s the full list. (All special features are from the original 2-disc DVDs unless stated otherwise.)
SPIDER-MAN
Spider Sense Trivia Challenge (Blu-ray exclusive) Spider-Man Cutting Room (Blu-ray exclusive) Commentary by Filmmakers and Cast Commentary by Visual Effects Designer and Crew Commentary by Tobey Maguire and J.K. Simmons (previously only available on the Region 1 “Superbit” DVD release, making it the first time this commentary has been released in Europe) Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century documentary HBO Making of Spider-Man “Spider-Mania” – an E! Entertainment Special Director & Composer Profiles Behind the Scenes of Spider-Man (7 featurettes previously only available on the 3-disc Deluxe Edition DVD from 2004) Webisodes (previously only available via multi-angle branching on the original DVD; they are presented here as separate features) Screen Tests Gags & Outtakes Music Videos TV Spots Original Theatrical Trailer
SPIDER-MAN 2 / SPIDER-MAN 2.1 (original availability of extras in parenthesis)
Commentary by Cast & Crew (2) Technical Commentary (2) Commentary by Laura Ziskin & Alvin Sargent (2.1) Blooper Reels (2) Hero in Crisis featurette (2) Ock-Umentary – 8 Arms to Hold You featurette (2) Making the Amazing – A 12 Part Documentary (2) VFX Breakdowns (2.1)
SPIDER-MAN 3
Commentary with Director & Cast Filmmakers’ Commentary Bloopers Photo Galleries Music Video “Signal Fire” by Snow Patrol Trailers
SO WHAT’S MISSING?
Even though this set contains more extras than at first glance, it still doesn’t contain everything from the DVDs, so you may want to hang on to those if you already have them.
SPIDER-MAN
The first film by far fares the best in terms of retention of extras, and both of the features it loses are pretty disposeable:
“Weaving the Web” Trivia Track Peter Parker’s Darkroom: Photo Gallery
SPIDER-MAN 2 / SPIDER-MAN 2.1
Spider-Man 2.1 takes a big hit in the extras department, with most of its features MIA, plus a few strange omissions from the original Spider-Man 2 release:
Interwoven: The Women of Spider-Man featurette (2) [considering the other two featurettes from SM2 were included, this is a particularly glaring omission] Spidey Sense 2 Trivia Track (2 and 2.1) Webisodes (2) “Enter the Web” multi-angle feature (2) Theatrical Trailer (2) Photo Gallery (2) Inside 2.1 documentary (2.1) With Great Effort Comes Great Recognition featurette (2.1) Villains of Spider-Man 3 Featurette (2.1) Multi-Angle Score (2.1) Spider-Man 3 Sneak Peek featurette (2.1)
SPIDER-MAN 3
The biggest loss from the DVDs and the previous Blu-ray trilogy set from 2007 is the bonus disc of Spider-Man 3, which contains the majority of that film’s extras, which leaves the one in this set pretty sparse in the bonuses department (though this is sort-of made up for by the inclusion of extras on the other 2 films unlike the 2007 trilogy). I’m not going to list all of the features that aren’t on here, since I’d just be listing the contents of the second disc; suffice to say it’s a lot. The first disc even says “Feature Disc” when you boot it up, and the disc itself reads “Feature Film”; obviously Disc 1 of the 2-disc set has just been stuck in a new case without its other half.
However, if you’re desperate to have all of the special features on Blu-ray, you can now get the original release of SM3 for around 2 quid used, so it’s really not a big deal. You can even physically place the “hinge” from the old case in the new one so that your shiny new Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray is a complete 2-disc set once again and give the spare movie disc/case to a friend, like I did.
IN THE END…
I was tempted to knock a star off of this review for the pointless exclusion of the Spider-Man 3 bonus disc, but for this price, and the host of new-to-Blu extras for the first two films, it’s hard to complain. If you’re an extras nut then it’ll literally cost you pennies to get that disc separately if you so…
Spider-Man 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround English Audio Description Track 5.1 Czech, Hungarian and Russian DD5.1 Surround Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish
Spider-Man 2 – Also includes Spider-Man 2.1 which features 8 minutes of additional footage. 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround English Audio Description Track 2.0 Czech and Polish (VO) DD5.1 Surround Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Turkish
2-Disc Special Edition release of Spider-Man 3 include…
Disc 1: Main Feature 1080P Widescreen English PCM 5.1 (Uncompressed) English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround (Lossless) English Audio Description Track Czech, Hungarian, Russian and Polish DD5.1 Surround Subtitles (Main Feature): English, English HOH, Dutch, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish Subtitles (Extras): English and Dutch (including commentaries), Greek Commentary with Director & Cast Filmmakers Commentary Blooper Reel Photo Gallery: Sketches Photo Gallery: Paintings Photo Gallery: Sculptures Photo Gallery: Special Effects Photo Gallery: Director & Cast Music Video: Snow Patrol – Signal Fire
Disc 2: Extra Features Easter Egg: Scoring the Blooper Reel Easter Egg 2: Grant Curtis ADR Session Featurette: Grains of Sand – Building Sandman Featurette: Re-imagining the Goblin Featurette: Covered in Black – Creating Venom Featurette: Hanging On… Gwen Stacy & the Collapsing Floor Featurette: Fighting, Flying & Driving – The Stunts Featurette: Tangled Web – The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3 Featurette: Wall of Water: The Big Dump Featurette: Inside the Editing Room Featurette: The Science of Sound Featurette: On Location New York – From Rooftops to Backstreets Featurette: On Location Cleveland – The Chase on Euclid Avenue TV Spots Around the World: Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, Chile, Russia, Brazil, UK Spider-Man 3 Trailers
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Great films, great quality!,
Despite owning all 3 Spidey films on DVD, I took the plunge and bought this set to try out my new Blu-Ray player. I am certainly not dissapointed! Spiderman 3 is, obviously, the best in terms of picture quality (being the newest), and there are some grainy traces in certain scenes on the first two, unfortunately. However, I compared a scene from SM2 on my DVD and Blu-Ray – what an improvement!! I am very glad I bought this, the greatest superhero trilogy ever, and would recommend it to anyone!
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|Full list of extras,
I’m not going to do a traditional review for this set: it looks great, it sounds great, it’s dirt-cheap, and that’s pretty much all you need to know. Other reviews will go into more detail about these things.
What I AM going to do here is clear up a bit of confustion regarding the special features and whatnot. While the backs of the individual Blu-ray cases seem to list all of the extras, they are NOT complete and do not mention several of the extras that are actually on the discs. The reviews on here listing the features are just taken from the backs of the boxes, so hopefully this will make everything clear. So, without further ado, here’s the full list. (All special features are from the original 2-disc DVDs unless stated otherwise.)
SPIDER-MAN
Spider Sense Trivia Challenge (Blu-ray exclusive)
Spider-Man Cutting Room (Blu-ray exclusive)
Commentary by Filmmakers and Cast
Commentary by Visual Effects Designer and Crew
Commentary by Tobey Maguire and J.K. Simmons (previously only available on the Region 1 “Superbit” DVD release, making it the first time this commentary has been released in Europe)
Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century documentary
HBO Making of Spider-Man
“Spider-Mania” – an E! Entertainment Special
Director & Composer Profiles
Behind the Scenes of Spider-Man (7 featurettes previously only available on the 3-disc Deluxe Edition DVD from 2004)
Webisodes (previously only available via multi-angle branching on the original DVD; they are presented here as separate features)
Screen Tests
Gags & Outtakes
Music Videos
TV Spots
Original Theatrical Trailer
SPIDER-MAN 2 / SPIDER-MAN 2.1 (original availability of extras in parenthesis)
Commentary by Cast & Crew (2)
Technical Commentary (2)
Commentary by Laura Ziskin & Alvin Sargent (2.1)
Blooper Reels (2)
Hero in Crisis featurette (2)
Ock-Umentary – 8 Arms to Hold You featurette (2)
Making the Amazing – A 12 Part Documentary (2)
VFX Breakdowns (2.1)
SPIDER-MAN 3
Commentary with Director & Cast
Filmmakers’ Commentary
Bloopers
Photo Galleries
Music Video “Signal Fire” by Snow Patrol
Trailers
SO WHAT’S MISSING?
Even though this set contains more extras than at first glance, it still doesn’t contain everything from the DVDs, so you may want to hang on to those if you already have them.
SPIDER-MAN
The first film by far fares the best in terms of retention of extras, and both of the features it loses are pretty disposeable:
“Weaving the Web” Trivia Track
Peter Parker’s Darkroom: Photo Gallery
SPIDER-MAN 2 / SPIDER-MAN 2.1
Spider-Man 2.1 takes a big hit in the extras department, with most of its features MIA, plus a few strange omissions from the original Spider-Man 2 release:
Interwoven: The Women of Spider-Man featurette (2) [considering the other two featurettes from SM2 were included, this is a particularly glaring omission]
Spidey Sense 2 Trivia Track (2 and 2.1)
Webisodes (2)
“Enter the Web” multi-angle feature (2)
Theatrical Trailer (2)
Photo Gallery (2)
Inside 2.1 documentary (2.1)
With Great Effort Comes Great Recognition featurette (2.1)
Villains of Spider-Man 3 Featurette (2.1)
Multi-Angle Score (2.1)
Spider-Man 3 Sneak Peek featurette (2.1)
SPIDER-MAN 3
The biggest loss from the DVDs and the previous Blu-ray trilogy set from 2007 is the bonus disc of Spider-Man 3, which contains the majority of that film’s extras, which leaves the one in this set pretty sparse in the bonuses department (though this is sort-of made up for by the inclusion of extras on the other 2 films unlike the 2007 trilogy). I’m not going to list all of the features that aren’t on here, since I’d just be listing the contents of the second disc; suffice to say it’s a lot. The first disc even says “Feature Disc” when you boot it up, and the disc itself reads “Feature Film”; obviously Disc 1 of the 2-disc set has just been stuck in a new case without its other half.
However, if you’re desperate to have all of the special features on Blu-ray, you can now get the original release of SM3 for around 2 quid used, so it’s really not a big deal. You can even physically place the “hinge” from the old case in the new one so that your shiny new Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray is a complete 2-disc set once again and give the spare movie disc/case to a friend, like I did.
IN THE END…
I was tempted to knock a star off of this review for the pointless exclusion of the Spider-Man 3 bonus disc, but for this price, and the host of new-to-Blu extras for the first two films, it’s hard to complain. If you’re an extras nut then it’ll literally cost you pennies to get that disc separately if you so…
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|Full Specs,
Coded for all regions (A, B and C)
Spider-Man
1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround
English Audio Description Track 5.1
Czech, Hungarian and Russian DD5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish
Spider-Man 2 – Also includes Spider-Man 2.1 which features 8 minutes of additional footage.
1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround
English Audio Description Track 2.0
Czech and Polish (VO) DD5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Turkish
2-Disc Special Edition release of Spider-Man 3 include…
Disc 1: Main Feature
1080P Widescreen
English PCM 5.1 (Uncompressed)
English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround (Lossless)
English Audio Description Track
Czech, Hungarian, Russian and Polish DD5.1 Surround
Subtitles (Main Feature): English, English HOH, Dutch, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish
Subtitles (Extras): English and Dutch (including commentaries), Greek
Commentary with Director & Cast
Filmmakers Commentary
Blooper Reel
Photo Gallery: Sketches
Photo Gallery: Paintings
Photo Gallery: Sculptures
Photo Gallery: Special Effects
Photo Gallery: Director & Cast
Music Video: Snow Patrol – Signal Fire
Disc 2: Extra Features
Easter Egg: Scoring the Blooper Reel
Easter Egg 2: Grant Curtis ADR Session
Featurette: Grains of Sand – Building Sandman
Featurette: Re-imagining the Goblin
Featurette: Covered in Black – Creating Venom
Featurette: Hanging On… Gwen Stacy & the Collapsing Floor
Featurette: Fighting, Flying & Driving – The Stunts
Featurette: Tangled Web – The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3
Featurette: Wall of Water: The Big Dump
Featurette: Inside the Editing Room
Featurette: The Science of Sound
Featurette: On Location New York – From Rooftops to Backstreets
Featurette: On Location Cleveland – The Chase on Euclid Avenue
TV Spots Around the World: Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, Chile, Russia, Brazil, UK
Spider-Man 3 Trailers
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