The Format War

[Sam Fisher]

I believe this was everything covered in the Blu-ray area.

2009:
The Jason movies we have are arriving on BD soon, at least one this year.
CONTACT is coming out on BD this Fall.

2010:
We are DEFINITELY doing a 25th anniversary BD/SD GOONIES special edition next year.
WHERE EAGLES DARE coming to BD next year.
Branagh's HAMLET BD tentatively set for 2010.
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES will be coming to BLU RAY next year.
THX-1138 is likely to land around the same time

2011:
MALTESE FALCON BD is an obvious choice..Coming for its 70th anniversary in 2011...

No date given:
GREMLINS BD is in the cards. Supplements are still being discussed.
NINJA TURTLES are coming on BD very soon.
We are hopeful we can re-address the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS issues for BD, but nothing solid yet.....
EXORCIST is currently being remastered for BD by the director Mr. Friedkin AND the cinematographer Mr. Owen Roizman. No date set yet....But it will make your head spin!
HEAT is currently being remastered for BLU RAY under the supervision of Michael Mann. We hope to have it out shortly!
No Hammer [films] for BD yet...but we have hopes for those to come shortly.

Well, at least we know this is coming out in Augest sometime{rumored for Augest 2nd but that may not be true} according to this.

 

[bullets]

finally some news about Heat , also looking forward to Gremlinsand Goonies

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Well I know a Heat videogame was in production but I don't know what the status of that is right now I always assumed they were delaying for that reason. Also if anyone was interested in The Silence of the Lambs it is already down to $14.99 on Amazon.com. Definitely in my top 100 movies of all-time.

 

[bullets]

Well I did pick up Silence of the lambs , excellent movie. I did go with buying the Matrix collection and enjoyed the sequels alot better this time around . Also the picture quality is fantastic. I saw a clip of Matrix reloaded on tv last nite , so that was a good comparison.

 

[.Rorschach.]

I just picked up 20 Million Miles To Earth,Big Fish,James Bond Volume 1,and Casino Royale.Might pick Up James Bond Volume 2 sometime today.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Buy more save more Buena Vista sale at Amazon.com. Save up to $100.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000356091&plpage=1

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

More Canadian Alliance Blu-ray titles announced for 6/2/09.

Gosford Park
Cop Land
Chocolat
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

[Sam Fisher]

Ghostbusters Blu Ray Trailer

http://protoncharging.com/gb/2009/03/29/blu-ray-trailer-re-appears/

 

[imdaly]

It's Tuesday!

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

Spoiler

April 5, 2009
Bedtime Stories (Disney)

April 7, 2009
2010: The Year We Make Contact (Warner)
Above the Law (Warner)
American History X (Warner)
The Beauty of Snakes (Genius)
Bricktown (Celebrity Distribution)
Collateral Damage (Warner)
The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008] (Fox)
Doubt (Disney)
Final Destination (Warner)
Fly Away Home (Sony)
Gettysburg: The Battle and the Adress (Genius)
Iditarod (Discovery Channel)
The Last Word (Image)
John Q. (Warner)
Mars: The Quest for Life (Genius)
No Country For Old Men: Collector's Edition (Disney)
Not Easily Broken (Sony)
Point of No Return (Warner)
Taking Lives (Warner)
Tango & Cash (Warner)
Vicente Fernandez: Primera Fila (Sony)
The Wedding Singer (Warner)
Winged Migration (Sony)
The World's Biggest and Baddest Bugs (Genius)
Yes Man (Warner)

April 14, 2009
8 Mile (Universal)
Cranford (BBC)
IMAX: Deep Sea/Into the Sea (Warner)
The Last Kiss (Paramount)
Living Landscapes: Earthscapes - Bali (Allegro)
Living Landscapes: Earthscapes - Olympic Rainforest (Allegro)
Living Landscapes: Earthscapes - Wild Africa (Allegro)
Mean Girls (Paramount)
The Seven Year Itch (Fox)
The Spirit (Lionsgate)
Splinter (Magnolia)
Strange Wilderness (Paramount)
The Thirteenth Floor (Sony)
Universal Soldier: The Return (Sony)

April 21, 2009
Arctic Tale (Paramount)
The Arrival [1996] (Lionsgate)
Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin - A Tribute to Phil Lynott (Eagle Rock)
Genghis Khan (FUNimation)
Hellraiser (Anchor Bay)
Hellraiser Puzzle Box (Anchor Bay)
Notorious (Fox)
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy: Unsensored (Fox)
Sin City (Disney)
Styx & The Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland: One with Everything (Eagle Rock)
Wages of Fear (Criterion Collection)
The Wrestler (Fox)
X-Men (Fox)
X-Men: The Last Stand (Fox)
X-Men Trilogy (Fox)
X2: X-Men United (Fox)

April 24, 2009
In the Realm of the Senses (Criterion Collection)

April 28, 2009
Bride Wars (Fox)
Connected (Tai Seng)
The Da Vinci Code (Fox)
Fast Company (Blue Underground)
Hotel For Dogs (DreamWorks)
JCVD (Peace Arch)
The Reader (Weinstein)
S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale (Fox)
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season One (Paramount)
The Uninvited (Paramount)
What Doesn't Kill You (Sony)

May 5, 2009
Big (Fox)
Bleak House (BBC)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount)
Dexter: The Complete Second Season (Paramount)
Dog Soldiers (First Look)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Paramount)
From a Place of Darkness (Celebrity Distribution)
Grease (Paramount)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days: Deluxe Edition (Paramount)
Incendiary (ThinkFilm)
It Could Happen to You (Sony)
Last Chance Harvey (Anchor Bay)
Powder Blue (Image)
Roxanne (Sony)
Saturday Night Fever (Paramount)
There's Something About Mary (Fox)
Twilight (Summit)

May 12, 2009
3 Mo' Divas (Acorn Media)
Best of Europe: France (Questar)
Best of Europe: Italy (Questar)
Best of Europe: London and Beyond (Questar)
Black Sheep (Paramount)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season One (Paramount)
Dodgeball [Rated Version] (Fox)
Fargo (Fox)
Force 10 From Navarone (MGM)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (MGM)
The Grudge [2004] (Sony)
License to Kill (MGM)
Major League (Paramount)
The Man with the Golden Gun (MGM)
Passengers (Sony)
Personal Effects (Universal)
Possession (Image)
Ran (Criterion Collection)
Scenic National Parks: Alaska and Hawaii (Questar)
Scenic National Parks: Great Train Rides (Questar)
Scenic National Parks: The Best of the National Parks (Questar)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Paramount)
Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection (Paramount)
Underworld Blu-ray 3-Pack (Sony)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Sony)
Wayne's World (Paramount)
Wayne's World 2 (Paramount)
Without a Paddle (Paramount)

May 19, 2009
24: Season 7 (Fox)
Army of Darkness (Universal)
Batman: 20th Anniversary Edition [1989] (Warner)
A Bug's Life (Disney)
Changing Lanes (Paramount)
Circle of Iron (Blue Underground)
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn/Wrath of the Dragon (FUNimation)
Dr. Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (Fox)
Driven to Kill (Fox)
Enemy At The Gates (Paramount)
Lions for Lambs (MGM)
The Machinist (Paramount)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Sony)
Paycheck (Paramount)
Spy Game (Universal)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Skynet Edition (Lionsgate)
True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO)
Valkyrie (MGM)

May 26, 2009
Children of Men (Universal)
Cinderella Man (Universal)
Falling Down (Warner)
Field of Dreams (Universal)
Inside Man (Universal)
My Bloody Valentine [2009] (Lionsgate)
New in Town (Lionsgate)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner)
Seabiscuit (Universal)
Sky Crawlers (Sony)
True Romance (?)

June 2, 2009
Air Force One (Sony)
Anaconda (Sony)
Bruce Almighty (Universal)
Dark Blue (Fox)
Defiance (Paramount)
Direct Contact (First Look)
Elsewhere (E1)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (Sony)
Fletch (Universal)
Glory (Sony)
The Graduate (Fox)
He's Just Not That Into You (Warner)
Navy Seals (Fox)
NFL: Road to The Super Bowl XLIII (Warner)
Out of Time (Fox)
Revolutionary Road (Paramount)
Road House (Fox)
Rollerball (Fox)
Spring Breakdown (Warner)
To Live and Die in L.A. (Fox)
Walking Tall (Fox)
Weeds: Season Four (Lionsgate)

June 9, 2009
Baby on Board (E1)
Fatal Attraction (Paramount)
Gran Torino (Warner)
Indecent Proposal (Paramount)
Predator 2 (Fox)
The Siege (Fox)
Time Warp (Discovery Channel)
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (Warner)

June 16, 2009
Burn Notice: Season Two (Fox)
The Diary of Anne Frank: 50th Anniversary Edition [1959] (Fox)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Sony)
Fracture (New Line)
Garfield's Pet Force (Fox)
Generation Kill (HBO)
Ghostbusters (Sony)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (Disney)
John Adams (HBO)
Kickboxer (Lionsgate)
LOST: The Complete First Season (Disney)
LOST: The Complete Second Season (Disney)
Miracle (Disney)
Nature's Most Amazing Events (BBC)
The Seventh Seal (Criterion Collection)
Slingblade (Disney)
Spaceballs (MGM)

June 23, 2009
The Code (First Look)
Last Year at Marienberg (Criterion Collection)

June 30, 2009
Do the Right Thing: 20th Anniversary (Universal)
Flawless (Magnolia)

July 7, 2009
Grumpy Old Men (Warner)
Mad Men: Season Two (Lionsgate)
Torchwood: The Complete Second Season (BBC)
The Universe: Season Two (A&E)

July 14, 2009
The Edge of Love (Image)
M*A*S*H (Fox)
NBA Champions 2008-2009 (Warner)
The Towering Inferno (Fox)

July 21, 2009
The Great Buck Howard (Magnolia)
Pushing Daisies: Season Two (Warner)

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

July 28, 2009
Bad Boy Bubby (Blue Underground)
Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series (Universal)
Children of the Corn (Anchor Bay)
Rhino Rescue (National Geographic)

August 4, 2009
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Collector's Edition Boxset (Warner)

September 8, 2009
Terry Factor: Live from the Mirage (Image)

September 15, 2009
Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season

October 6, 2009
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition (Disney)

 

[imdaly]

Netflix Shakes Down Blu-ray Renters... Again!
March 30, 2009

Netflix subscribers got a nastygram in their inboxes today when they received notice that, beginning April 27th, they would be charged anywhere from $1 to $9 extra a month for access to Blu-ray titles. Those who opt for the $4.99/mo plan (1 movie at a time/2 per month max) will pay an extra $1, while those who enjoy the $47.99/mo plan (8 movies at a time/unlimited per month) pay a hefty $9 over their normal monthly fee.

Many readers will recall that this isn't the first time Netflix has charged premiums to their subscribers who prefer Blu-ray. Back in October, the popular web-based movie renter announced that they would charge subscribers an extra $1 per month for access to Blu-ray titles, regardless of plan. Their reasoning then was the same as it is today - Blu-ray titles cost them more to buy, so they are passing that charge to you.

What they fail to mention, however, is Blu-ray discs (with their scratch resistant coating) have a longer shelf life than their DVD counterparts, so any long term additional costs are yet to be determined. That they can announce such changes in the shadow of a down economy and while benefiting from ever increasing profits and membership numbers is, well, astounding to say the least.

Netflix's main rival, Blockbuster, does not charge their members for renting Blu-ray titles while maintaining a similar rental scheme. There was a time when the color blue was seen as superior to red. Is history now repeating itself?

Source

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I don't rent Blu-ray's at all anymore but yeah thats lame. Wonder if it was a decision strictly based on how bad the economy is doing.

 

[Kable24]

Yeah, I got this email yesterday from Netflix. Since I get the 4 at a time and pay the 3 at a time price I get dinged $5.00. So now I am paying 21.99 a month for Blu-Ray's. If it goes up again, I will probably go back to standard dvd with renting.

 

[Downhere]

This news about Netflix sucks. I mean, seriously, $4 bucks for Blu-ray's...ugh. If it goes up again, I too, will stick with standard DVD's.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

This news about Netflix sucks. I mean, seriously, $4 bucks for Blu-ray's...ugh. If it goes up again, I too, will stick with standard DVD's.

Just always buy then if you dont like it just head over to the trade/sell forum over at Blu-ray.com. Works for me.

 

[Kable24]

I can't blind buy a DVD anymore and since Blu-Rays are more expensive, I really can't blind buy to much, so renting is the only option for now.

 

[Downhere]

Just always buy then if you dont like it just head over to the trade/sell forum over at Blu-ray.com. Works for me.

That would end up costly in the long run since I usually Netflix movies 3 at a time and turn them over usually once a week so that's 12 movies a month multiplied by an average price of around $23, that would end up costing like a little under $300 bucks. Then the hassle of waiting for someone to trade, etc...just doesn't seem financially sound to me. Netflix is (was) only costing me like $20 a month. Now it will be around $23...not a big difference but a difference nonetheless.

 

[War Party]

Just wondering what the consensus is on LG televisions? Thinking about purchasing this one. Just hit the market last week:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...2LH40&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218067378936

 

[BatMatt]

I find LG to be decent, but always been a Samsung man myself for LCDs. Sony too, but they're rather pricey. You might be able to find a better price on that LG somewhere besides Best Buy

 

[War Party]

I find LG to be decent, but always been a Samsung man myself for LCDs. Sony too, but they're rather pricey. You might be able to find a better price on that LG somewhere besides Best Buy

Well I got my Best Buy store card. No interest for two years. I'm probably going to go with the Samsung I been researching. The LN40A650. But the problem with that TV is the speakers and I don't have the room size for a home theater system right now, so I have to live with the TV speakers until I move out next year. But it shouldn't be bad since the room isn't that big. Medium sized. I was trying to see what people thought of LG.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Yeah. I get 2 at a time with Netflix and 3 dollars extra is ridic..I may just change to regular DVDS right now.

 

[aaron]

never return to regular dvd. never.

 

[ttotheusher]

never return to regular dvd. never.

Even in the face of Armageddon.

 

[aaron]

lol, never.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

That would end up costly in the long run since I usually Netflix movies 3 at a time and turn them over usually once a week so that's 12 movies a month multiplied by an average price of around $23, that would end up costing like a little under $300 bucks. Then the hassle of waiting for someone to trade, etc...just doesn't seem financially sound to me. Netflix is (was) only costing me like $20 a month. Now it will be around $23...not a big difference but a difference nonetheless.

Well I didn't say it would save you money but its about sending a message. If Netflix loses enough subscribers to this they will realize charging more for Blu-ray renters is wrong and have no choice but to go back to what they were charging before.

 

[JTIZZLEVILLE]

Yeah. I get 2 at a time with Netflix and 3 dollars extra is ridic..I may just change to regular DVDS right now.

I got that nice little email yesterday. Needless to say, I'm pretty ticked.

I already didn't like the fact that I had to pay an extra dollar. Now they are wanting me to pay 3 dollars extra for my 2-at-a-time plan.

I refuse to do that. I'm just going back to the standard dvds.