The Format War

[RedIsNotBlue]

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Or at Amazon.com get a free Sony Blu-ray player with the purchase of a Samsung HDTV.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht..._rd_r=009DH3BPYPS42G4J89YW&tag=blurayforum-20

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

John Landis: American Werewolf "Comes out on Blu-ray This Summer"
'An American Werewolf in London' is being released on Blu-ray this summer. This is what John Landis told horror film site Bloody-Disgusting when they contacted Landis for his reaction on the upcoming remake of the famous 1980s horror movie. In Landis's own words, the negative has been digitally cleaned up and it looks "amazing."

Landis said: "My film comes out on Blu-ray this summer and looks amazing. I was afraid the digital cleaning of the negative would result in too clear a picture and hurt Rick Baker's make-up, when in fact the incredibly crisp detail actually makes Rick stuff look even better!"

B-D also asked Landis if there were any updates on a possible Blu-ray release of "Thriller" and he tells is that, "Despite Michael's tragic death, the Thriller lawsuit continues." Back in January, Landis had sued Michael Jackson, asking for unpaid profits for the "Thriller" video and making-of documentary.

 

[ttotheusher]

John Landis: American Werewolf "Comes out on Blu-ray This Summer"
'An American Werewolf in London' is being released on Blu-ray this summer. This is what John Landis told horror film site Bloody-Disgusting when they contacted Landis for his reaction on the upcoming remake of the famous 1980s horror movie. In Landis's own words, the negative has been digitally cleaned up and it looks "amazing."

Landis said: "My film comes out on Blu-ray this summer and looks amazing. I was afraid the digital cleaning of the negative would result in too clear a picture and hurt Rick Baker's make-up, when in fact the incredibly crisp detail actually makes Rick stuff look even better!"

B-D also asked Landis if there were any updates on a possible Blu-ray release of "Thriller" and he tells is that, "Despite Michael's tragic death, the Thriller lawsuit continues." Back in January, Landis had sued Michael Jackson, asking for unpaid profits for the "Thriller" video and making-of documentary.

Great, been looking forward to this for quite a while. Last I heard, "Beware The Moon", a fan-made documentary that covers pretty much everything will be included as well.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Great, been looking forward to this for quite a while. Last I heard, "Beware The Moon", a fan-made documentary that covers pretty much everything will be included as well.

Yep me too. One of if not the best werewolf movie ever made...which isn't a hard title to achieve though IMO.

 

[ttotheusher]

Yep me too. One of if not the best werewolf movie ever made...which isn't a hard title to achieve though IMO.

Oh, absolutely. I love The Wolfman, kinda like The Howling, but AWIL is the best, bar none. Which makes it all the more of a travesty there remaking it...

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Oh, absolutely. I love The Wolfman, kinda like The Howling, but AWIL is the best, bar none. Which makes it all the more of a travesty there remaking it...

The Wolfman remake looks quite promising I am looking forward to that. Benicio Del Toro was a top notch choice. Werewolf movies usually suck though in my opinion I hate that Underworld crap. The Howling was really good I would prolly pick that up if it were released.

And a remake gets announced every other day so I wouldn't worry yet. Half of them never see the light of day. Even the gentleman in your avatar was supposed to get one but that got put right in development hell. Don't believe it until you see it.

 

[imdaly]

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

Spoiler

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)
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Phase 4 Films)
Obsessed (Sony)
Pulp Fiction (Disney)
Race to Witch Mountain (Disney)
The Soloist (Dreamworks)
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice (MGM)

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)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Collector's Edition Boxset (Warner)

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)
Tyson (Sony)

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)
Duplicity (Universal)
Fighting (Universal)
Fire and Ice (Blue Underground)
The Informers (Sony)
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)
Gladiator (Paramount)
Heroes: Season Three (Universal)
High Crimes (Fox)
Labyrinth (Sony)
M*A*S*H (Fox)
Monster (First Look)
Sugar (Sony)
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)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (Miramax)
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)
Hero (Miramax)
Iron Monkey (Miramax)
K-19: The Widowmaker (Paramount)
Legend of Drunken Master (Miramax)
Misery (MGM)
My Name Is Earl: Season Four (Fox)
Punch-Drunk Love (Sony)
The Score (Paramount)
Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC)
The Ultimate Force of Four [The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Hero, Iron Monkey, Legend of Drunken Master] (Miramax)
Varsity Blues (Paramount)
Wrong Turn (Fox)
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End(Fox)

September 22, 2009
The Battle for Terra (Lionsgate)
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (Criterion Collection)
Gojira [Godzilla: King of Monsters] (Classic Media)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (Anchor Bay)
Hot Fuzz (Universal)
Pierrot le fou (Criterion Collection)
Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins (Warner)
Shaun of the Dead (Universal)
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2 (Warner)

September 29, 2009
Book of Blood (Lightning Media)
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (FUNimation)
Hardware (Severin)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Dark Sky)
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)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (Warner)
The Unit: Season Four (Fox)
The Universe Megaset (A&E)
The Wizard of Oz (Warner)
Yellowstone: Battle for Life (BBC)

October 6, 2009
Audition (Ventura)
Bones: Season Four (Fox)
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)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Warner)

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

November 3, 2009
A Christmas Carol [1951] (VCI)
Forrest Gump (Paramount)
Godzilla [1998] (Sony)
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy [Theatrical] (New Line)

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

November 24, 2009
Santa Buddies (Disney)

November 30, 2009
Gone With the Wind (Warner)

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

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

 

[hippie_hunter]

Is there any word on Ghostbusters 2 coming out soon?

 

[Downhere]

No word yet on the Ghostbusters 2 front, maybe they are waiting for when the new movie they are planning comes out.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Damn, I just bought Ghostbusters yesterday as a blind buy, never watching it before and I ended up loving it. I demand to have the sequel

 

[Havok83]

No word yet on the Ghostbusters 2 front, maybe they are waiting for when the new movie they are planning comes out.

would they wait that long? I can see it being released when the new film comes out on BR

 

[Downhere]

Damn, I just bought Ghostbusters yesterday as a blind buy, never watching it before and I ended up loving it. I demand to have the sequel

You never have seen Ghostbuster's till you blind bought it on Blu-ray! I thought everyone has seen it. lol. That's cool that you liked it, but the sequel is definitely not as good as the first.

would they wait that long? I can see it being released when the new film comes out on BR

Who knows, these studio's do odd things. I mean, I'm surprised they didn't release the second one before the first. lol.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I thought that this would be interesting to you guys:

Viacom's Paramount Pictures studio wants to merge its home entertainment division with a rival and is in advanced talks to do so with Sony Pictures and News Corp's Fox, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

The move, which could herald a wave of consolidation in Hollywood, comes as major studios try to cut back on expenses while grappling with a DVD sales slump and the emergence of Internet media rivals.

Paramount, which backed summer blockbuster 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen', initiated the merger discussions, the newspaper cited several people familiar with the situation as saying.

Discussions have centered on combining DVD production, distribution and back-office functions, the Financial Times reported.

The Financial Times reported it was unclear which of the two studios will end up striking a deal with Paramount.

Paramount, Viacom ( VIA - news - people ), and Sony ( SNE - news - people ) were not immediately available for comment. A News Corp spokeswoman declined to comment.

Shares in Viacom held steady in after-hours trade after closing the regular session down 3 percent at $22.70. News Corp stock was also flat in extended trade, after it ended the regular session down 1.7 percent at $9.11.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/06/30/afx6605081.html

 

[hippie_hunter]

You never have seen Ghostbuster's till you blind bought it on Blu-ray! I thought everyone has seen it. lol. That's cool that you liked it, but the sequel is definitely not as good as the first.

It was $20 so I was like even if I didn't like it, I would only be out a few bucks.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Paramount is initiating merger talks even with Transformers breaking records? Wow.

 

[Downhere]

It's all about the bottom line Red. Paramount wants to reduce costs considering the home entertainment department isn't was it once was I guess.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

It's all about the bottom line Red. Paramount wants to reduce costs considering the home entertainment department isn't was it once was I guess.

Yeah but still profit is profit. They have a movie that will potentially hit $750 million worldwide. This would be like hearing this with WB right when The Dark Knight is kicking ass at the box office. But I guess it must be really bad if they don't think Transformers will bounce them back.

 

[hippie_hunter]

It's expected that there are going to be a lot of media consolodations in the upcoming months like Time Warner and NBC Universal has been long rumored. Lion's Gate and MGM have been rumored to be going up for sale soon. Although, I am surprised to hear about Paramount doing it at all. I expected Universal to be the first one to go.

 

[imdaly]

Paramount is initiating merger talks even with Transformers breaking records? Wow.

Well, to be honest, that's probably the BEST time to compromise a deal.

"Hey, Sony, want a piece of this cash-in?"

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

It's expected that there are going to be a lot of media consolodations in the upcoming months like Time Warner and NBC Universal has been long rumored. Lion's Gate and MGM have been rumored to be going up for sale soon. Although, I am surprised to hear about Paramount doing it at all. I expected Universal to be the first one to go.

Well Lionsgate isn't surprising. The Spirit and The Punisher were 2 of the biggest bombs last year. Only think thats giving them a pulse is the Saw franchise and that well is beginning to dry up. And those Tyler Perry movies (Which I have no idea how those are so successful.)

 

[Downhere]

The Tyler Perry movies aren't that bad, they target a specific market and are successful in that market so I'd say it's a good business deal for the studio.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

The Tyler Perry movies aren't that bad, they target a specific market and are successful in that market so I'd say it's a good business deal for the studio.

Haha yeah I know I just know that for me personally I pretty much always sit through any movie. 10 minutes into a Tyler Perry movie my mom rented and I just left the room.

 

[Downhere]

Haha yeah I know I just know that for me personally I pretty much always sit through any movie. 10 minutes into a Tyler Perry movie my mom rented and I just left the room.

lol...well, I usually only like the parts where he plays the old lady, but the other stuff tends to be overly dramatic. I usually have only watched his movies if they were on TV and someone else is watching them...but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch them. lol.


So, I'm downsizing my HD DVD collection. I have a sale pending for one of my HD-A2's and 25 movies. lol. I've also replaced some of my HD DVD's with the Blu-ray versions. Luckily, I've been buying from people on Highdefdigest and bluray.com so it's come out pretty cheap. I'll be all Blu-ray soon I guess. lol.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

lol...well, I usually only like the parts where he plays the old lady, but the other stuff tends to be overly dramatic. I usually have only watched his movies if they were on TV and someone else is watching them...but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch them. lol.


So, I'm downsizing my HD DVD collection. I have a sale pending for one of my HD-A2's and 25 movies. lol. I've also replaced some of my HD DVD's with the Blu-ray versions. Luckily, I've been buying from people on Highdefdigest and bluray.com so it's come out pretty cheap. I'll be all Blu-ray soon I guess. lol.

Welcome to the darkside. While you are turning blu I am slowly approaching the 200 Blu-ray's owned mark.

 

[Downhere]

Welcome to the darkside. While you are turning blu I am slowly approaching the 200 Blu-ray's owned mark.

lol...yes the DARKSIDE!!!! I have joined the sith army...noooooooo!

But seriously, how many Blu-ray's do you have so far? I think we will have a race.

But yeah, I was thinking since everything is Blu-ray and will continue to be Blu, I'd just go ahead and switch everything over. I just wish some of the HD DVD's I had would be on Blu-ray so I wouldn't have to wait but what can a guy do.