ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK on Blu-ray

The coroner has ruled that Isaac Hayes' death was caused by a stroke. But I think an autopsy would reveal that it was in fact caused by the shittiness of the transfer on the new ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK BD that was released in the UK last week.

As soon as I found out that it was playable on American machines, I eagerly placed my order. Had I waited a few more hours, I would've learned that the "new" 1080p transfer was merely upconverted from 480p. To make matters worse, there is a perfectly good 1080p transfer which has been airing on cable for the past few months that could have easily been used for the BD. The reason it wasn't was because the 480p transfer is what was given to Optimum, the UK distributor, and no one there bothered to see if it was any good. That's some bullshit. Who gave them the shitty transfer, and why didn't they check it? Bitches, man. All of 'em.

On the bright side, I didn't have a copy of the movie anyway, and this one only cost me $27. And even with its flaws, it still looks better than any other available version. On top of that, the sound is as good as it'll ever get, with the new 5.1 remix in lossless DTS. So while I'm disappointed with the disc on the whole, I don't really regret my purchase.

So now where's the ESCAPE FROM L.A. BD?