The Blu-Ray Upcoming, News & Info Thread

[The ill Jedi]

Re: Blu-ray wins format war

Hey Guys, just a heads up...

Target has a ton of titles on sale right now for $19.99, this week I picked up: Commando, Ghost Rider, Unbreakable, I, Robot, Independence Day, The Rock and Con Air for that price.

Other titles they had: Predator, Casino Royale, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 & 3, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven and a bunch more.

 

[zedex9r]

Re: Blu-ray wins format war

Hey Mate

Sounds like you picked up some real nice titles there. Casino Royale was actually the bonus Blu-ray movie with the PAL PS3 launch and it was a very very good looking Blu-ray to show of the high def of the new format.

It would be nice to get a multi region Blu-ray to pick up movies that aren't available here yet, but on the plus side, with the "War" finally over many more Blu-ray movies are getting released quicker over here.

Now you have to find time to watch them all

 

[Darth Cruel]

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I had actually predicted that blue-ray would lose. I guess I just didn't have enough confidence that people in general were smart enough to make the better format win. I figured they would fall into the "good-enough-and-a-lot-cheaper" hole.

My faith in humanity is not wholly restored. But this is a tiny little gesture in the right direction.

Blue Ray is clearly better so I am glad it prevailed.

 

[bagelsncheesey]

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I had actually predicted that blue-ray would lose. I guess I just didn't have enough confidence that people in general were smart enough to make the better format win. I figured they would fall into the "good-enough-and-a-lot-cheaper" hole.

My faith in humanity is not wholly restored. But this is a tiny little gesture in the right direction.

Blue Ray is clearly better so I am glad it prevailed.

Good to have you aboard.

and it's BLU-RAY.

 

[tomandshell]

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Paramount is moving fast--they just announced Blu-ray editions of Bee Movie, Cloverfield, and There Will Be Blood. And they will be released in just three weeks! I will be getting all three on May 20th.

 

[UTtoyfan]

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Cloverfied is a must buy for me. I just watched it on standard DVD last week, and was wishing they'd put out the Blu-ray version soon. Paramount granted my wish!

 

[UTtoyfan]

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Cloverfield atually comes out in June. So we have to wait a little while Tom

May 20th: Bee Movie, Next and Face/Off
Bee Movie: Special features include "Barry's Trivia Track" with pop up trivia, changeable menus, Build-A-Bee avatar creation, lost scenes, alternate endings and more.
Next: Special features include a making of featurette, "Visualizing the Next Move", the Next Grand Idea" and Two Minutes in the Future with Jessica Biel".
Face/Off: Special features include multiple commentaries, deleted scenes, alternate ending, making of and more.

June 3rd: Cloverfield and There Will Be Blood
Cloverfield: Special features include feature-length "Special Investigation Mode" with added details about the film, directory commentary, making of featurettes, deleted scenes, alternate endings with commentary and more.
There Will Be Blood: Special features include a slideshow of vintage photos selected by director Paul Thomas, deleted scenes, a featurette on dailies and more.

June 24th: The Spiderwick Chronicles (first day and date release)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: special features include behind the scenes featurettes, an exploration of the Spiderwick world, and exclusive peek inside Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide and much more.

 

[SSC_Nerd]

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They're getting the ball rolling pretty damn quick. Cloverfiled in 3 weeks. Awesome.

 

[Yippy]

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I haven't seen Cloverfield or There Will Be Blood yet, so I'm very pleased that they are releasing them on blu soon. Thanks for the news, Tom.

 

[tomandshell]

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Cloverfield atually comes out in June. So we have to wait a little while Tom

Dang! The first news flash I read made no mention of special features and said May 20th. Still, that's not too much of a wait.

Universal announced a few weeks ago that their first BR titles will arrive in July/August, I believe. Paramount is making them look bad.

 

[UTtoyfan]

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From the Digital Bits website:

"All righty then... we're waiting on additional artwork and details from the studio, but we've learned from our sources in the meantime that all of the newly announced Paramount Blu-ray titles will feature Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio, save for the titles originally authored last year (like Face/Off, Next and Blades of Glory). However, we're told that going forward, Dolby TrueHD audio should become a standard feature on the studio's Blu-ray titles as they're newly authored. Also, most of the new titles will be on BD-50 discs and many of the video extras will be in full HD.

We've also learned that many of Paramount's previously released Blu-ray titles will be officially returning to store shelves in May, including Aeon Flux, Babel, Black Snake Moan, Coming to America, Dreamgirls, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Sleepy Hollow, The Untouchables, Trading Places, We Were Soldiers and World Trade Center (all due on 5/20). You might also recall that the Blades of Glory Blu-ray was yanked right before it was set to be released last year. We'll, it's now finally streeting on 5/20 as well. Here's the cover art we have so far for the new titles - Bee Movie, Face/Off, Next and Blades of Glory..."

 

[Agent23]

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I laugh at those clowns who paid $200 - $400 for the 'Blades of Glory' Blu-ray's that slipped out into circulation a few months back...

 

[hairlesswookiee]

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I laugh at those clowns who paid $200 - $400 for the 'Blades of Glory' Blu-ray's that slipped out into circulation a few months back...

for real?? i can't see myself ever paying that much for a movie. i'd rather download it for free. :emperor

 

[The ill Jedi]

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I laugh at those clowns who paid $200 - $400 for the 'Blades of Glory' Blu-ray's that slipped out into circulation a few months back...

Those are the people that have nothing better to do with their money, they just wanted to have bragging rights about having something that shouldn't exist.

 

[Radagaster]

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So, anyone notice that there haven't been any decent good sales (ie, under $15) ever since BD won the war?? I'm still waiting for the prices to come down, because the list of must-buys is piling. But, at over $20 a pop, I'm willing to play the waiting game.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

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^^exactly. i ran by target and they only had limited movies that were under $20.

 

[Kabukiman]

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So, anyone notice that there haven't been any decent good sales (ie, under $15) ever since BD won the war??

A week or two ago, Target had a bunch of titles at $14.99, Amazon had a buy 2 get 1, and this week Fry's has a number of titles at 14.99.

That's just off the top of my head, but I went searching, I'm sure I'd find more.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

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can someone find me a cheap copy of the first Underworld movie???

 

[Jesseawilson]

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When I looked the cheapest I found was Amazon, $18.95.

I have kept about 20 Blu-ray titles in my cart for the past few months so I would not for get to buy them. What I have noticed is that since the format war ended the prices have gone up and average of $5.00 a title. Not only that but the pricing changes alot, almost daily on some titles. Every time I look in my cart I get a new alert about one of the prices changing yet again. They had even changed Underworld Evolution from $14.99 to $24.99. I see they finally wised up and knocked it back down to $19.99 now as I log into my Amazon cart. Everything in my cart went down by a dollar accept the Rambo box set which came down $2.00 to $32.95.

Among some of the titles dropped were V, Batman Begins, and the two National Treasure movies.

 

[UTtoyfan]

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Saw this in today's Fry's ad:

Fox blu-ray titles $14.99:

I, Robot
Fantastic 4 - Silver Surfer
X-Men 3
Mr Brooks
Die Hard
Independance Day
Pathfinder
Man On Fire
Robocop
Die Hard 2
Rescue Dawn
Kingdom Of Heaven
Alien Vs Predator
Mr and Mrs Smith
Live Free Or Die Hard
Sunshine
The Day After Tomorrow
28 Weeks Later
Me, Myself and Irene
Eragon
The Simpsons Movie
Ice Age 2 - The Melt Down
Night At The Museum
The Hills Have Eyes 2 Unrated
Die Hard 3

And if you don't have a Fry's, the online site also has these for $14.99
www.frys.com