Canceled Ultimate Uncut cover art

Hero 004 · Post by **Hero 004** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:33 pm

Hey everyone. Back in this thread of Tanooki Kuribo's: http://db.schuby.org/daizex/viewtopic.p ... 91&start=0, he posted the cover art for the last three Ultimate Uncut DVD's that never saw a release. When viewing that thread, the images were no longer there. I was wondering if anyone has those images or knows of any site that does. It would be much apprecated if someone could help me out with this quest, I've done multiple searches with no sucess.

I'd like to maybe make my own custom DVD covers for the widescreen discs (should I ever get them) like some members of the forum have done and fill up my Vegeta Saga II box.

Yes, this is me not letting go of the past.

Lavender Saiyan · Post by **Lavender Saiyan** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:48 pm

I did a bit of Googling. I'm not sure if this one was released or not. I didn't keep up with the UUSE's.

Edit: Found another

http://mfgforums.com/photos/mfg_news/I'm ... ginal.aspx

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:58 pm

If they actually consistantly release the Latin-American DVDs, we may just see what could of been of the US UUE.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:01 pm

TT_TT I loved the UUE's so much....its so depressing that they were cancelled for those orange boxes.

The UUE's style was so delightfully Weekday Toonami too.

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:12 pm

Chuquita wrote:TT_TT I loved the UUE's so much....its so depressing that they were cancelled for those orange boxes.

The UUE's style was so delightfully Weekday Toonami too.

Only thing I absolutely hated about the UUE is how they were just adding on to the tremendous amount of DVD volumes there already were. 90+ DVDs for an entire series? Jesus Christ.

Hero 004 · Post by **Hero 004** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:22 pm

Lavender Saiyan wrote:I did a bit of Googling. I'm not sure if this one was released or not. I didn't keep up with the UUSE's.

Edit: Found another

http://mfgforums.com/photos/mfg_news/I'm ... ginal.aspx

Thanks a ton! That helps a lot. Now I've seen the art and I'm refreshed on the names so that I can beter search for DVD case friendly versions.

Any help with this would still be great.

Kula · Post by **Kula** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:30 pm

If FUNI would just release the rest of the UUE, I wouldn't give a shit about the big orange bricks. I assume they still have their 4:3 masters that they aired on TV? Couldn't they just release those? I mean, if they can release a Mexico only version (albeit with 16:9 footage), surely they could do a limited run of just 13 more volumes.

At the very least it would get us off their back. Do you think they'd be willing to do a limited release, based on pre-orders only? Maybe if enough people ask...

Hero 004 · Post by **Hero 004** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:44 pm

Maybe, hopefully they'll catch on to a damand for them. Really, all I want is the last three Vegeta saga ones, just so they can finish what they started and we can fill up our boxes. Three volumes isn't a big deal, it was such a stupid cancelation. It would indeed get us off their backs.

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:59 pm

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:02 pm

Kunzait_83 wrote:Which brings me to this question; apart from the fact that they're free from the widescreen/color "correction" BS, what was so special about the UUE that makes everyone fawn over those sets so much? I never bought them so I'm curious.

Well, first off, the very fact they were not cropped and being rid of detail through the "remastering" process; so we were at least getting a close approximation to how the episodes were meant to be seen. Also, the releases had real extras that make the VP&T featurete and tech trailers in the season set seem tacky in comparison (the Goku/Vegeta featurette, the fun trivia segments, the SPANISH-MEXICAN dub, potential commentary tracks, etc.). And plus, they were consistent releases within themselves; when FUNi discontinued them, we were suddenly forced to buy the first 27 episodes all over again in a completely different format just to get the remaining 12 "Season 1" episodes. Have I mentioned the very kick-ass art work that could be done on these volumes? Quite a few were original and pretty damn good work, the best I'd seen for R1 DVDs since the Pioneer releases.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:57 pm

Conan the SSJ wrote:
Kunzait_83 wrote:Which brings me to this question; apart from the fact that they're free from the widescreen/color "correction" BS, what was so special about the UUE that makes everyone fawn over those sets so much? I never bought them so I'm curious.
Well, first off, the very fact they were not cropped and being rid of detail through the "remastering" process; so we were at least getting a close approximation to how the episodes were meant to be seen. Also, the releases had real extras that make the VP&T featurete and tech trailers in the season set seem tacky in comparison (the Goku/Vegeta featurette, the fun trivia segments, the SPANISN-MEXICAN dub, potential commentary tracks, etc.). And plus, they were consistent releases within themselves; when FUNi discontinued them, we were suddenly forced to buy the first 27 episodes all over again in a completely different format just to get the remaining 12 "Season 1" episodes. Have I mentioned the very kick-ass art work that could be done on these volumes? Quite a few were original and pretty damn good work, the best I'd seen for R1 DVDs since the Pioneer releases.

Quoted for truth.

I love having the spanish-mexican dub available for purchase. X3

I've actually been trying to figure out what I'm doing, redub seasons wise.
At first I was gonna get that big Ocean boxset I saw, but then I watched some of the eps themselves and the edited-ness is overpowering the voices for me. TT_TT

So I've been thinking of trying to track down the remaining 4 or 5 UUE's I don't already own instead.

It still doesn't make any sense as to why they'd recall 'um and start the orange boxes.
The ONLY theory I can come up with is that the UUE's weren't selling well or making enough of a profit to offset what it cost to redub those two seasons.
And they probably only stuck those fake widescreen bars on the re-re-release cuz they thought newbies would think it was "cool".
*sad sigh*

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:23 am

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:56 am

Probably the only two redeeming factors for the UUE DVDs for me were the Mexican dub and the Japanese version with subtitles. Other than that, I didn't like the UUE for making me dish out $16 at Best Buy for 3 episode DVDs. Not to mention, the colors were horribly off compared to, say the Dragon Boxes. The scene where Raditz knees Goku on Roshi's island shows a dark bluish hue whereas the Dragon Box shows it's completely gray. :s

But it did give me access to the Mexican dub on DVD, which I was happy with until they pulled them from the orange bricks and made them seperate DVD releases...in the same "remastered" style as the bricks. *face palm*

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:50 pm

Tsukento wrote:Probably the only two redeeming factors for the UUE DVDs for me were the Mexican dub and the Japanese version with subtitles. Other than that, I didn't like the UUE for making me dish out $16 at Best Buy for 3 episode DVDs.

This is probably due to me being old, but I don't mind that price since I remember when the vhs and dvds to other shows being more than that. But also the first one had the Goku vs. Vegeta featurette which was cool.

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:51 pm

Consider the time those DVDs came out.

They have no business being so damned expensive with so few episodes on them.

xzero · Post by **xzero** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:28 pm

There was a redeeming factor to the UUEs beyond the Spanish dub. I know they were more expensive than they probably should have been, but they were honest releases. What I mean by that is the Season box sets are riddled with half-truths. [I'm not turning this thread into a bash-the-boxset discussion; I merely feel this is a valid point.] The Ultimate Uncut Editions told you what they were up front: Here are the first episodes of DBZ; we put in our own music, redubbed the script to make it somewhat more accurate, and threw in an extra or two. When you bought one of these DVDs, there could be no question of what you were investing $16-20 on. Yes they were flawed (questionable video quality, no Japanese BGM on dub track), but they were flawed in the same manner as the other 80 DBZ DVDs I own. And for the record, though I think it's already been pointed out, the artwork on the covers of the UUEs was awesome.

Contra Deus · Post by **Contra Deus** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:06 pm

Eh, for me, I just feel it's more convenient to own five or six Big Orange Bricks as opposed to hundreds of thin DVD volumes. I still feel like a dupe for spending money on the UUEs when I could've just checked online and found out about the BOBs and held out for those instead of the unfinished UUE.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:48 pm

Kunzait_83 wrote:
However as for the extras; I can only assume the commentary tracks/featurettes must be in the form of FUNimation related peeps providing info from their end and if that's the case... meh. Quite honestly I could give two shits less what these folks have to say regarding DBZ. If it's not Toriyama or people from Toei (as in the people who are actually responsible for creating the show), then it's worthless.

Exactly. The only reason i want the Dragonboxes is because of Toriyama doing the intros.

Anyway, I did manage to tape many of the Ultimate Uncut airings of DBZ from Cartoon Network years ago. I will sell them to anyway that wants them.