Region 4 Winners and Losers

    In a package of this scope, most of the stuff on the Region 1 release would hopefully have made the trans-Pacific hop for the Region 4 release. This is very much the case, although reading a couple of reputable reviews would indicate that there are some differences. We believe the Region 4 release misses out on:

• DVD-ROM content
• Dolby Digital 5.1EX 448 Kb/s soundtrack
• Sneak Peeks (advertisements I guess)

    The comparison is obviously with the two-disc Collector's Edition version available in Region 1. It should be pointed out that there is also a pared-down single disc version that features both a widescreen and pan and scan version of the film, but way less extras. All in all, I would call this one even. It should be noted, though, that DVD File indicate that all supplementary materials on the Region 1 Collector's Edition is 16x9 enhanced. Obviously, this is not so in Region 4 and if proven correct, could be a swayer in favour of Region 1.