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Matthew_B_Harrah wrote: 05 Jul 2025 16:14 Added, thank you.

The comparison says english and german audio. It's english only, like I've posted in the original post above.
https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/ ... ?fid=72390

Title:Elephant
www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0363589/
Country:UK
Region:B
Releasing Optimum Home Entertainment
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Codec:AVC MPEG-4
Picture:1080P
Soundtracks:English LPCM 2.0 & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles (are they optional?y):none
Cuts: No cuts (81:25)
Commentaries ...

The German track is just DTS 5.1. No High Res or Master Audio.

The comparison states the following for the Australian HD-DVD

French DTS-HD High Res 4.0
German Dolby Digital 5.1

Both are wrong!

Correct is

French DTS 2.0
German DTS 5.1

Source: Own Disc

https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=17114#9

The info for the NSM Records release (Austria) states it includes the original trailers.
None of the included trailers are the originals. They are all recuts and missing footage that's available in the original trailers. I've compared them ...

Subtitles: English (optional), German (optional), German (Forced), German Subtitles for the Audio Commentary (optional)
How are there optional and forced subtitles? If there are forced subtitles, then you wouldn't be able to turn any subtitles on or off by remote.


The BD has 4 Subtitles ...

The US BD by Kino Lorber was already in database -> http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=48068

Here is the German BD by NSM Records

Title: Bat-21
Country: Germany
Region: B
Releasing Studio: NSM Records
Case Type: Amaray
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Codec: AVC MPEG-4
Picture: 1080p ...

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=43198

The included trailer on the German Blu-ray by Koch Media is NOT the original US Trailer. This is a re-edit of the trailer. Some scenes are missing in the movie or aren't done correctly in the re-edit and the text is not correct.
The actual ...

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/f ... ?fid=16057

Additional info for the US Blu-ray by Paramount Pictures (2021 release)

The Trailer is in SD and the running time is 2:04, not 2:14

Source: My own copy.

https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/ ... ?fid=14872

The info for the US Blu-ray states the included Theatrical Trailer is in HD. This is wrong. The trailer is in SD

Source: My copy of the Blu-ray

Region A

The Japanese Forced Subtitles are removable. English subs for location, etc, are burned in

Forced Subtitles are shown when you select the Japanese audio. It shows location info and translation of russian language. If you select the english audio they are turned off.

Addition to the the other releases found here

Japanese Blu-ray Distributed by Pony Canyon

Extras: Theatrical Trailer (SD) (2:28)
Subtitles:Japanese, Forced Japanese, English
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC
Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Case type:Keep ...

I have the US Special Edition DVD and German Blu-ray. All Blu-ray releases have the same extras. The original "uncut" trailer can't be found on Blu-ray.

Here is the "censored" teaser trailer (New World Bond) from the Blu-ray
https://youtu.be/iaKn7u7ESdc

When GoldenEye was released on Blu-ray MGM updated the trailers to HD. Unfortunately they also censored the teaser trailer for no apparent reason.

The teaser on the Blu-ray cuts about 12 seconds out: Bond moves into the picture and shots the words on screen to reveal 007 as the remaining letters ...

The comparison says the DVD contains the teaser and the trailer. There are no trailers on the disc. I just checked my DVD.

https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=31755#3

On the 101 Films BD
in the comparison the following is listed:
Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo

on the disc actually is >> LPCM 2.0 Surround in 24bit

Blu-ray B The Cult Movie Collection United Kingdom- 101 Films ...

Here is a full BD-Info scan of the disc

Disc Title: Terminator 3 - Rebellion der Maschinen (2003)
Disc Size: 37.952.481.432 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes

Playlist: 00450.MPLS
Size: 33.401.143.296 bytes
Length: 1:49:06.164
Total Bitrate: 40,82 Mbps

Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 26790 kbps ...

Using this video of the original trailer on Youtube as reference

A shot at 1:05 of Venkman saying to Dana "I'm the chairmen of the largest paranormal removal company in America" in her apartment.
On the Blu-rays trailer the sequence was replaced with a shot of Venkman standing in front of the ...