The Road Warrior finally has lossless audio. Watch for a Blu-grade Comparison post today or tomorrow that pits this against the 2007 disc.
Beyond Thunderdome is on Blu-ray for the first time. Watch for a full review of the metal-encased Mad Max Trilogy set soon.
On 4 June, he lives for revenge.
The first movie is the exact same transfer, down to the data bits, as the previous MGM Blu-ray. It just comes with a new label. This is a good disc that I've not been crying over. The contrast isn't very dark, but I've never seen it very dark. To muck with it and artificially boost the blacks would be a bad move, and betray the accuracy of representing the movie's production values and original look.
Posting more of these today, between other articles.
This is the only sequence (a few seconds long) that shows very visible flaws in the scanned print. Doesn't bother me.
I cross-posted this news at AICN.
On June 4th, 2013, all three Mad Max movies are being released in a 3-movie, "limited premium tin" edition package.
The press release leaves out whether any or all of the films are being remastered.
The old MGM master of the first one was not perfect, but far from awful. The Road Warrior, however, is long overdue for a fresh transfer. The 2007 disc lacked lossless audio and the color is undoubtedly off. Nor have they said anything regarding extras: new ones, old ones, anything.
Single-movie editions of all three will be available. Beyond Thunderdome is making its Blu-ray debut.
I hope at the very least that, unlike the MGM disc, the new menu loop video for Mad Max no longer spoils the climax of the movie. When I showed my wife the movie on her first viewing, she said "oh, so [a specific person] dies, huh?"