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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Rocky Horror Picture Show, The: 25th Anniversary=
    The Region 4 version of this disc misses out on;
  • US Version of the movie.

    • This is 2 minutes shorter because it omits Superheroes.
  • Original mono soundtrack

    • The omission of this from Region 4 is an unforgivable sin as many fans prefer this as the "canonical" version of the soundtrack.
  • "Superheroes" deleted scene

    • In Region 4 we only get the UK version which includes this scene so technically this is no longer a deleted scene.
  • DVD-ROM extras

    • including Participation 101, trivia game, Story Lab, video jukebox, screensaver and more.
    The Region 1 version of this disc misses out on;
  • Nothing of consequence (additional foreign language subtitles)
    It would have been nice to have included the US version of the movie on the Region 4 disc, but I don't think it's a big deal since it doesn't contain any additional scenes but is missing one scene. Omitting the mono soundtrack was a different matter as it would have been nice to be able to hear how it originally sounded when first released. The missing DVD-ROM extras sounds nice but not overly compelling. I am not sure why these extras were omitted since Disc One only has 5-6 Gb of files which is significantly below the maximum capacity of an RSDL disc (just under 9 Gb).

    On balance it's hard to choose between the two versions - the additional extras versus the higher resolution of PAL over NTSC. My inclination would be to go for the Region 1 version because of the extras but I know some who will not agree because of PAL's higher resolution and lack of 3:2 pulldown artefacts.