The Format War

[War Party]

High-def week has been very disappointing.

 

[BatMatt]

The 40" Toshiba TV was a good deal on Monday for $599, but I've never been too big a fan of their sets.

 

[War Party]

Ok, personally high-def week has been disappointing. Not one single thing interested me. Shame.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Amazon Gold Box deal of the day.

Spider-Man: The High Definition Trilogy (Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Two-Disc Spider-Man 3), Ghost Rider (Extended Cut), Hellboy (Director's Cut), Underworld (Unrated), Underworld Evolution - $79.95

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

Lol. This Gold Box deal is over but the list price on the site now is $76.99.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Mid-September Catalog Wave from Paramount
Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing seven titles from its catalog on Blu-ray on September 15: '48 Hrs.', 'Deep Impact', 'Escape from L.A.', 'K-19: The Widowmaker', 'The Firm', 'The Score', and 'Varsity Blues'. All titles will include Dolby TrueHD audio tracks. No information regarding video codec is available.

Special features are as follows:

Deep Impact

* Commentary with director Mimi Leder and visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar
* Featurettes:
o Preparing For The End
o Making An Impact
o Creating the Perfect Traffic Jam
o Parting Thoughts
* Photo Gallery
* Teaser Trailer
* Theatrical Trailers

K-19: The Widowmaker

* Commentary by director Kathryn Bigelow and cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth
* Featurettes:
o The Making of K-19: The Widowmaker
o Exploring the Craft: Make-Up Techniques
o Breaching The Hull
o It's In The Details
* Theatrical Trailer

The Firm

* Theatrical Teaser
* Theatrical Trailer

The Score

* Commentary by director Frank Oz and director of photography Rob Hahn
* The Making of The Score
* Additional Footage
* Theatrical Trailer

Varsity Blues

* Commentary with director Brian Robbins and roducers Tova Laiter and Mike Tollin
* Football is a Way of Life: The Making of Varsity Blues
* Two-A-Days the Ellis Way
* QB Game Analysis
* Billy Bob with No Bacon
* Ali Larter Audition
* Deleted Scenes
* Theatrical Trailer

No special features have been listed for '48 Hrs.' or 'Escape from L.A.'

 

[Downhere]

Deep Impact will be a must buy, great movie. Now we need the other comet/meteor movie to come out.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Deep Impact will be a must buy, great movie. Now we need the other comet/meteor movie to come out.

I heard the master was destroyed by a fire.

 

[bullets]

the score

 

[Kable24]

Armageddon would look amazing on Blu and I would buy it. Pretty much any Michael bay movie looks good and sounds good on Blu because of all the loud pretty explosions.

 

[War Party]

I've read the Ghostbusters reviews but I was wondering what people here thought about it. I know about the grain, but I don't see that as an issue since that's probably the intended look of the film. Won't be getting my copy until tomorrow, so I'll let you guys know what I think.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Requiem for a Dream & Crank 2 for September
Lionsgate Home Entertainment have announced that they will bring 'Requiem for a Dream' to Blu-ray on September 8th. On the same day, they will release 'Crank 2: High Voltage', day-and-date with the DVD release. For both releases, video will be presented in 1080p AVC accompanied by 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks.

Extras for these releases includes:

* Requiem for a Dream Audio commentaries with the director and the director of photography
* "Making of" Documentary
* Deleted scenes
* Cast interviews

Crank 2: High Voltage
* Audio commentary with the writers/directors
* BonusView (BD Exclusive)
* Making of" documentary
* Bloopers featurette
* Gag reel (BD Exclusive)
* Wrap party footage (BD Exclusive)
* Bookmarks (BD Exclusive)
* Lionsgate Live (BD Exclusive)
* MoLog (BD Exclusive)
* Digital copy


Lionsgate Live allows users to insert and animate shapes, text, audio and other graphics right into the film.

'Requiem for a Dream was originally announced in 2006 as an upcoming Lionsgate Blu-ray. No word if or when Darren Aronofsky's other film 'Pi' would see Blu-ray release.

 

[War Party]

Crank 2 will most likely look fantastic. Being that it's filmed in HD.

 

[Downhere]

I heard the master was destroyed by a fire.

I haven't heard anything about that, but anything should be an upgrade over the DVD.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I haven't heard anything about that, but anything should be an upgrade over the DVD.

Yep I am pretty sure the master was destroyed. So it would probably cost them a lot of money to fully remaster it for Blu-ray which is why we might not see it for a long time they might feel its not worth the money to remaster it at this point.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Both X-Files movies for $24.95.

Costco currently has this for 23.99.

 

[BatMatt]

Ian failed to post the Blu-Ray release calendar again, I assume he has developed a drinking problem

 

[imdaly]

Ian failed to post the Blu-Ray release calendar again, I assume he has developed a drinking problem

Hahaha. Actually, it's funny you mention that because my 26th birthday was 2 weeks ago, and that night was the first time I've ever consumed any alcohol in my life. And yesterday I was drinking for the 3rd time.


And I was actually thinking just tonight that I might just drop the whole thing, cause I didn't think anyone paid attention to it...

 

[imdaly]

Just got in:

This brings me to:

Spoiler

Blu-rays Owned
1. Across the Universe
2. Baby Mama
3. Beetlejuice
4. Be Kind Rewind
5. Big
6. Blue Man Group: How to Be a Megastar Live!
7. Body of Lies
8. Bolt
9. A Bug's Life
10. Burn Notice: Season Two
11. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
12. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
13. Chuck - The Complete First Season
14. Cloverfield
15. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
16. Dan in Real Life
17. Daredevil - The Director's Cut
18. The Dark Knight
19. The Da Vinci Code
20. The Day After Tomorrow
21. Deja Vu
22. Dexter: The Complete First Season
23. Dexter: The Complete Second Season
24. Die Another Day
25. Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme
26. Dr. No
27. Elf
28. Enchanted
29. 50 First Dates
30. Firefly - The Complete Series
31. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
32. For Your Eyes Only
33. From Russia With Love
34. Get Smart
35. Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season
36. Ghostbusters
37. Hancock
38. Hellboy
39. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
40. Heroes: Season Two
41. The House Bunny
42. Hulk Vs.
43. Ice Age
44. Ice Age: The Meltdown
45. Identity
46. Incredible Hulk
47. Invincible
48. The Invincible Iron Man
49. Iron Man
50. John Q
51. Juno
52. Kung Fu Panda
53. Little Miss Sunshine
54. Live and Let Die
55. Live Free or Die Hard
56. Lost: The Complete First Season
57. Lost: The Complete Second Season
58. Lost: The Complete Third Season
59. Lost: The Complete Fourth Season
60. The Lost Boys
61. The Machinist
62. Madagascar
63. Man On Fire
64. Memento
65. The Mist
66. Mrs. Doubtfire
67. The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
68. Night at the Museum
69. The Nightmare Before Christmas
70. The One
71. The Orphanage
72. Outbreak
73. Out of Time
74. The Pineapple Express
75. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (3-Movie Collection)
76. Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest (3-Movie Collection)
77. Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End (3-Movie Collection)
78. The Princess Bride
79. Punisher: War Zone
80. Ratatoille
81. Rescue Dawn
82. Role Models
83. Run, Fat Boy, Run
84. The Shining
85. Short Circuit
86. Sin City
87. Spider-Man 3 (Cheapo PS3 Bundled Disc)
88. Spider-Man 3 (Full Retail 2-Disc Set)
89. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Original Motion Picture Collection)
90. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Collection)
91. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Original Motion Picture Collection)
92. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Original Motion Picture Collection)
93. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Original Motion Picture Collection)
94. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Original Motion Picture Collection)
95. Step Brothers
96. Step Up 2: The Streets
97. STOMP Live
98. Superbad
99. Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season
100. Thunderball
101. Transformers
102. Transporter 2
103. Transporter 3
104. Tropic Thunder
105. True Blood: The Complete First Season
106. Ultimate Avengers Collection
107. The Universe: Season One
108. Walking Tall
109. Wall•E
110. Wanted
111. X-Men (X-Men Trilogy)
112. X2: X-Men United (X-Men Trilogy)
113. X-Men: The Last Stand (X-Men Trilogy)

Blu-Rays Ordered:
111. Chuck: The Complete Second Season
112. Coraline
113. Dexter: The Complete Third Season
114. Dollhouse: Season One
115. Fringe: The Complete First Season
117. Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season
118. Heroes: Season Three
119. Hot Fuzz
120. Labyrinth
121. Lie To Me: The Complete First Season
122. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Theatrical Edition Trilogy)
123. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Theatrical Edition Trilogy)
124. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Theatrical Edition Trilogy)
127. Lost: The Complete Fifth Season
128. Monsters, Inc.
129. The Office: Season Five
130. Push
131. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT Film Collection)
132. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze (TMNT Film Collection)
133. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (TMNT Film Collection)
134. Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete Second Season
135. TMNT (TMNT Film Collection)
136. The Universe: Season Two
137. The Universe: Season Three
138. Watchmen
139. X-Men Origins: Wolverine


HD DVDs Owned
1. 300
2. Alpha Dog
3. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
4. Ant Bully
5. Batman Begins
6. Billy Madison
7. Blades of Glory
8. Blood Diamond
9. Bourne Identity
10. Bourne Supremacy
11. The Bourne Ultimatum
12. Breach
13. Bridge To Terabithia (Italian Import)
14. Bruce Almighty
15. Casablanca
16. Casino
17. Chicago / Earth Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre
18. Children of Men
19. The Chronicles of Riddick
20. Constantine
21. Corpse Bride
22. Darkman
23. Dawn of the Dead
24. Dead Silence
25. The Departed
26. District B13
27. Distrubia
28. Dreamgirls
29. Dukes of Hazzard
30. Eastern Promises
31. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
32. Evan Almighty
33. Face/Off
34. Fantastic Four (German Import)
35. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (German Import)
36. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
37. Forty-Year Old Virgin
38. The Fountain
39. The Frighteners
40. Ghost Rider (French Import)
41. Good Shepherd
42. Happy Feet
43. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
44. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK Import)
45. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
46. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
47. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
48. Heroes: Season One
49. The Host
50. Hot Fuzz
51. Hot Rod
52. Hulk
53. Inside Man
54. The Island (UK Import)
55. The Kingdom
56. King Kong
57. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
58. Knocked Up
59. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
60. The Last Samurai
61. Liar Liar
62. Lucky Number Slevin
63. Matrix (Ultimate Matrix Trilogy)
64. Matrix Reloaded (Ultimate Matrix Trilogy)
65. Matrix Revolutions (Ultimate Matrix Trilogy)
66. Meet the Fockers
67. Meet the Parents
68. Mission Impossible (Ultimate Missions Collection)
69. Mission Impossible II (Ultimate Missions Collection)
70. Mission Impossible III (Ultimate Missions Collection)
71. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
72. Next
73. Old School
74. Pan's Labyrinth
75. The Perfect Storm
76. Phantom of the Opera
77. Planet Earth: The Complete Series
78. Poseidon
79. The Prestige (UK Import)
80. Pulse
81. The Reaping
82. Return to House on Haunted Hill
83. The Rundown
84. Scanner Darkly
85. Serenity
86. Shaun of the Dead
87. Shooter
88. Shrek the Third
89. Smokin' Aces
90. Superman: The Movie
91. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
92. The Ten
93. Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Ultimate HD Edition (German Import)
94. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
95. The Thing
96. TMNT
97. Training Day
98. Transformers
99. V For Vendetta
100. What Dreams May Come

 

[imdaly]

Here comes your kinda-sorta-Weekly Daly High-Def Release Schedule Update!

Spoiler

June 23, 2009
The Code (First Look)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (Disney)
Inkheart (New Line)
Last Year at Marienberg (Criterion Collection)
Mr. Troop Mom (Warner)
Origin: Spirits of the Past (FUNimation)
The Pink Panther 2 (MGM)
Sky Blue (Tartan)
Waltz With Bashir (Sony)

June 30, 2009
12 Rounds (Fox)
Barbara Streisand: Live in Concert 2006 (Universal)
Do the Right Thing: 20th Anniversary (Universal)
Flawless (Magnolia)
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Friends: The 70th Birthday Concert (Eagle Rock)
Jonas Brothers: 3-D Concert Experience (Disney)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Fox)
Ted Nugent: Motor City Mayhem (Eagle Rock)
Tokyo! (Liberation Entertainment)
Transmorphers: Fall of Man (Asylum)
Two Lovers (Magnolia)

July 7, 2009
Grumpy Old Men (Warner)
Knowing (Summit)
Mad Men: Season Two (Lionsgate)
Night Train (E1)
Push (Summit)
Torchwood: The Complete Second Season (BBC)
The Unborn (Universal)
The Universe: The Complete Season Two (A&E)

July 14, 2009
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Curse of the Golden Flower / House of the Flying Daggers [Boxed Set] (Sony)
Death Trance (Tokyo Shock)
The Edge of Love (Image)
Explicit Ills (Peace Arch)
For All Mankind (Criterion Collection)
A Haunting in Connecticut (Lionsgate)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (Sony)
NBA Champions 2008-2009 (Warner)
Night Train (National Ent Media)
Shark Week: Great Bites Collection (Discovery Channel)
The Towering Inferno (Fox)

July 21, 2009
300: The Complete Experience (Warner)
Caroline (Universal)
Echelon Conspiracy (Paramount)
Google Me (Cinevolve)
The Great Buck Howard (Magnolia)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Universal)
Midnight Express (Sony)
Prison Break: The Final Break (Fox)
Pushing Daisies: Season Two (Warner)
Watchmen (Warner)

July 25, 2009
Green Lantern: First Flight (Warner)

July 28, 2009
12 Monkeys (Universal)
2 Fast 2 Furious (Universal)
Bad Boy Bubby (Blue Underground)
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 (Universal)
Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series (Universal)
Dollhouse: Season One (Fox)
Dragonball: Evolution (Fox)
Dr. Who: Planet of the Dead (BBC)
The Fast and the Furious (Universal)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Universal)
Fast & Furious (Universal)
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (Kino)
The Inglorious Bastards (Severing)
Miss March (Fox)
Repulsion (Criterion Collection)
Rhino Rescue (National Geographic)
A River Runs Through It (Sony)
Watchmen (Warner)
The Waterboy (Disney)

August 4, 2009
Big Trouble in Little China (Fox)
Jackie Brown (Disney)
Labor Pains (First Look)
The Last Starfighter: 25th Anniversary (Universal)
My Cousin Vinny (Fox)
Obsessed (Sony)
Pulp Fiction (Disney)
Race to Witch Mountain (Disney)
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice (MGM)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Collector's Edition Boxset (Warner)

August 11, 2009
17 Again (Warner)
About Last Night... (Sony)
Alien Trespass (Image)
Blue Thunder (Sony)
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (Universal)
Chaos (Lionsgate)
The Class (Sony)
Cutthroat Island (Lionsgate)
Donkey X (Phase 4 Films)
Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid - Complete Collection (FUNimation)
I Love You, Man (Dreamworks)
National Geographic: Sea Monsters 3-4 (National Geographic)
The Ninth Gate (Lionsgate)
Replicant (Lionsgate)
See No Evil (Lionsgate)
Starman (Sony)
State of Play (Universal)
St. Elmo's Fire (Sony)

August 18, 2009
Dexter: The Complete Third Season (Paramount)
Dexter: Seasons 1-3 (Paramount)
Go (Sony)
Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney)
Kagemusha (Criterion Collection)
The Last House on the Left [2009] (Universal)
Playtime (Criterion Collection)
Sons of Anarchy: Season One (Fox)
Surveillance (Magnolia)

August 25, 2009
Adventureland (Disney)
The Beast (Timeless Media Group)
Billy Jack (Image)
Children of the Corn (Anchor Bay)
Devil May Cry: The Complete Series (FUNimation)
Fire and Ice (Blue Underground)
Lie to Me: Season One (Fox)
A Haunting - Twilight of Evil (Timeless Media Group)
Man on the Moon - 40th Anniversary Edition (Timeless Media Group)
Natural Born Killers (Warner)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Sony)
Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season (Warner)

September 1, 2009
Braveheart (Paramount)
The Crusades: Crescent & the Cross (A&E)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Ninth Season (Paramount)
The Dark Crystal (Sony)
Earth (Disney)
The Girlfriend Experience (Magnolia)
The Girl Next Door (Fox)
Heroes: Season Three (Universal)
High Crimes (Fox)
Labyrinth (Sony)
M*A*S*H (Fox)
Monster (First Look)
Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season (Warner)

September 8, 2009
Catwoman (Warner)
Crank 2: High Voltage (Lionsgate)
Creepshow(Warner)
Dead Calm (Warner)
Freddy vs. Jason (New Line)
Friday (Warner)
Fringe: The Complete First Season (Warner)
Menace II Society (Warner)
The New World: Extended Cut (New Line)
The Office: Season Five (Universal)
Over the Top (Warner)
The Postman (Warner)
The Quick and the Dead (Sony)
Requiem for a Dream (Lionsgate)
Set It Off (Warner)
Silverado (Sony)
Snakes On a Plane (New Line)
Sphere (Warner)
Terry Fator: Live from the Mirage (Image)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003] (New Line)

September 15, 2009
48 Hrs. (Paramount)
Child's Play (MGM)
Crash: Season One (Anchor Bay)
Deep Impact (Paramount)
Easy Rider (Sony)
Escape From L.A. (Paramount)
The Firm (Paramount)
Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season
Hannibal Lecter Anthology [Manhunter, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal] (MGM)
K-19: The Widowmaker (Paramount)
Misery (MGM)
My Name Is Earl: Season Four (Fox)
Punch-Drunk Love (Sony)
The Score (Paramount)
Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC)
Varsity Blues (Paramount)
Wrong Turn (Fox)
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End(Fox)

September 22, 2009
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (Criterion Collection)
Gojira [Godzilla: King of Monsters] (Classic Media)
Pierrot le fou (Criterion Collection)
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2 (Warner)

September 29, 2009
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (FUNimation)
How I Met Your Mother: Season Four (Fox)
Management (Image)
National Geographic Ultimate High-Definition Collection (National Geographic)
The New York Ripper (Blue Underground)
Rob Thomas - Live at Red Rocks (Koch)
The Unit: Season Four (Fox)
The Universe Megaset (A&E)
The Wizard of Oz (Warner)

October 6, 2009
Contact (Warner)
Ghost Ship (Warner)
The Number 23 (New Line)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition (Disney)

October 13, 2009
The Craft (Sony)
Wolf / Bram Stoker's Dracula / Mary Shelley's Frankenstiein (Sony)

October 20, 2009
Freedomland (Sony)
Snatch (Sony)

October 27, 2009
Expedition: Africa (A&E)
The Prisoner: Complete Series (A&E)
Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure (Disney)

November 17, 2009
Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season (Disney)

November 24, 2009
Santa Buddies (Disney)

December 8, 2009
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (Disney)

February 15, 2010
Highlander: The Series - Season One (Legendary Heroes)

There! Ya HAPPY?!?!?!

 

[Downhere]

So Ian is becoming a boozer now? lol.

Oh, by the way, Happy Birthday! Even though it was 2 weeks ago. So, now your my age, and you just started drinking? lol. I've never been much of a drinker, but I do like a good glass of wine every now and then. But heck, on my 21st, I made sure to drink some kind of alcohol...lol. One or two won't hurt ya.

Oh and thanks for the High-Def update, I see some films that I will need to add to my Netflix list thingy. *See, it is useful and we do pay attention to the update*

 

[BatMatt]

Yea, happy belated, and enjoy the boozing, it certainly made up a good deal of my life the last four years. I used to deny having a problem, but now that I'm no longer a college student, I've ran out of excuses

 

[Symbiotic]

Picked up Ghostbusters on Blu yesterday, though still a bit disappointed that Ghostbusters 2 didn't also come out.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

which is why I just netflixed it

 

[Agent Z]

Holding on...

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Holding on...

Yeah I posted that a long while back on here. While 95% of the movie watching people out there wouldn't even consider buying it it is nice that Panasonic is taking the risk of putting it out there as an option. Because while it is not a large market there are people who still have a lot of home videos on VHS or really rare VHS tapes that believe it or not haven't even seen a DVD release.