"La Femme Nikita" Trimark - Region 1 - NTSC vs. MGM (Special Edition) - Region 1

(aka "La Femme Nikita" )

directed by Luc Besson
France 1990

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Theatrical Release: February 21, 1990 (France)

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DVD Comparison:

Trimark - Region 1 - NTSC vs. MGM (Special Edition) - Region 1 - NTSC

Big thanks to Enrico for all the Screen Caps!

(Trimark - Region 1 - NTSC - LEFT vs. MGM (Special Edition) - Region 1 - NTSC - RIGHT)

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Distribution	Trimark Region 1 - NTSC	MGM Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime	1:57:08	1:57:13
Video	2.38:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s	2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: Trimark
Bitrate: MGM (Special Edition)
Audio	French Dolby Digital 4.0, English dubbed Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround	French Dolby Digital 5.1, English dubbed Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles	English, English for the hard of hearing	English, French, Spanish
Features	Release Information: Studio: Trimark Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterboxed - 2.38:1 Edition Details: • Barebones DVD Release Date: September 16, 1997 Amaray Chapters 20	Release Information: Studio: MGM Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1 Edition Details: • The Sound of Nikita • Revealed: The Making OF La Femme Nikita • Programming Nikita • Poster Gallery • Theatrical Trailer • Other Great MGM Releases DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004 Amaray Chapters 32

Comments

While looking at the pictures I must say that MGM did it again. Ones more they cropped a lot information from all sites. Other examples for this behavior are the Special Editions for RoboCop or Species. The Trimark has for my taste a much better color representation over the MGM. But then MGM throws in an anamorphic transfer. I give it a tie.

On the audio site the MGM is the clear winner as it comes with remastered tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 in French and English. Something very odd you can find with the subtitles while listening to the English dub. It seams that on both releases the subs are direct translation for the French language, as the spoken word is mostly different to the written word in the subs.

As for extras the MGM beats the Trimark hands down which wasn't hard anyway, the Trimark has no extras.

- Enrico

I'm afraid that I disagree with Enrico about the image. Frankly, it means nothing to me if it is anamorphic and the colors are of and it has been zoomed as much as it has. I also see some artificially brightening and saturation at times. For image I would definitely take the Trimark.

Gary Tooze

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