The Semi Official Blu Ray thread

[Anderson]

In the Realm of the Senses is amazing on BR. The 400 Blows has a really nice transfer as well.

[Pop Zeus]

Originally Posted by Fafhrd

This Best Buy Blu-Ray sale may well kill me. Just ordered the BSG complete series set (came out to cheaper than Amazon, and it probably won't be this low again.

Knowing that The Plan is strictly a rental, I just bit the bullet on the series set myself and bought it from Half.com for about the same price as BB. It'll be great to revisit the series in HD. Also, perhaps I'm a bit too excited for the Centurion that comes with the set.

[Gabe Powers]

Originally Posted by Anderson

In the Realm of the Senses is amazing on BR. The 400 Blows has a really nice transfer as well.

I know, but I can't see myself watching those more than once every few years tops, and money is way too tight right now. I still need to get Big Trouble in Little China, which I might pick up on this sale. They are on the old netflix queue though.

[Anderson]

Criterion Blu-Ray / DVD 50% off sale starts again at Barnes & Noble on November 10th.

[LeRolls]

Picked up Night of the Creeps and watched it today. Not a particularly good Blu-Ray but definitely a fun little 80's cult flick. Probably could have gotten by on the DVD but whatever.

[Gabe Powers]

Repulsion will be mine.

[Gabe Powers]

Originally Posted by LeRolls

Picked up Night of the Creeps and watched it today. Not a particularly good Blu-Ray but definitely a fun little 80's cult flick. Probably could have gotten by on the DVD but whatever.

I felt terrible saying basically the same thing on my review. They sent me both the DVD and the Blu-ray, and the Blu-ray is better, but not a lot. I think the original material just wasn't up to the task.

[Jakespeare]

Originally Posted by anderson

criterion blu-ray / dvd 50% off sale starts again at barnes & noble on november 10th.

agh.

David Mamet's Homicide, High and Low, Rashomon, Ikiru, Le Cercle Rouge, Slacker, My Dinner with Andre, and that's just off the top of my head. I'm going to have to try to stick to Homicide and My Dinner with Andre. Maybe bring a buddy with who can drag me from the store.

EDIT: Hey Anderson do you know how long the sale lasts? Specifically would it go until Gomorrah comes out on the 24th?

[Fafhrd]

Originally Posted by Pop Zeus

Knowing that The Plan is strictly a rental, I just bit the bullet on the series set myself and bought it from Half.com for about the same price as BB. It'll be great to revisit the series in HD. Also, perhaps I'm a bit too excited for the Centurion that comes with the set.

Be warned that the wallets the discs are packaged in are a bit crap. I'd move them all into slimlines, but I don't think there's enough room in the little box for them for the seasons that have 5 discs.

[mcnooj82]

Damn this thread and all of you in it! Because of your helpful information, I was directed to Best Buy's online blu-ray sale and ended up buying Star Trek, Wrath of Khan, and The Bourne Trilogy! I already have the Bourne Trilogy on DVD aaaaaand HDDVD! Gah! The irrationality of it kills me. Let's not forget the fact that I also ordered The Third Man today.

When I stopped buying DVDs every week, I prided myself on not doing the same with blu-rays. Here's to falling off the wagon again!

Anyone wanna buy some Bourne HDVDs? Hahahaha.

[Justin Clark]

Originally Posted by mcnooj82

Anyone wanna buy some Bourne HDVDs? Hahahaha.

Oh screw you. I just got all three of those off Goozex last week. Would much rather have bought those off a Chewer.

[MrMushnik]

Criterion decided to thank me for my years of loyal patronage by arranging for the best birthday present ever for me:



Out January 26th!

[mcnooj82]

Originally Posted by Justin Clark

Oh screw you. I just got all three of those off Goozex last week. Would much rather have bought those off a Chewer.

Damn! I would've happily given them to you for free too.

[LeRolls]

Originally Posted by Gabe Powers

I felt terrible saying basically the same thing on my review. They sent me both the DVD and the Blu-ray, and the Blu-ray is better, but not a lot. I think the original material just wasn't up to the task.

Yeah, it's too bad really. I hear that the new transfer for the Monster Squad Blu-Ray coming out in November is suppose to be a big step up from last years DVD so at least we have that to look forward to.

[Anderson]

Originally Posted by Jakespeare

agh.

David Mamet's Homicide, High and Low, Rashomon, Ikiru, Le Cercle Rouge, Slacker, My Dinner with Andre, and that's just off the top of my head. I'm going to have to try to stick to Homicide and My Dinner with Andre. Maybe bring a buddy with who can drag me from the store.

EDIT: Hey Anderson do you know how long the sale lasts? Specifically would it go until Gomorrah comes out on the 24th?

The sale will go until the 24th.

[Alan "Nordling" Cerny]

Anyone picking up the Ultimate WATCHMEN box? I haven't seen a whole lot of reviews for it.

[Barkatthemoon]

Well, it was first advertised as a 5-disc set, now it appears to be only 4 discs.

1. The Ultimate Cut.
2. The Phenomenon: The Comic that Changed Comics.
3. Digital Copy of the Theatrical Cut.
4. The Complete Motion Comics.

Hopefully I can rent the Ultimate Cut, just to see it*, and to hear the commentary. I'm not dropping 40+ bucks on one disc of footage I already own spliced together, one disc of making-of stuff I've probably already seen, and two discs I absolutely do not want.

*At 3hrs and 25 min, I doubt I would watch it more than once anyway.

[Pop Zeus]

The idea of this feels like a movie that is desperately trying to be the book. That said, curiosity has me itching to see it just so that I can see if Snyder can pull it off.

[halofan1]

Up looks amazing on Blu-ray.

[SAIRUS]

http://www.amazon.com/Inglourious-Ba...7048746&sr=1-1

$20 and an awesome cover to boot (or bat), its reserved now.

[mcnooj82]

Nice! Though the practice of using the Digital Copy disc to call the set a 2-disc set really annoys me. There are some features, but nothing that sparks my interest TOO much. But the film is so damned fantastic on its own that I don't care.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3571

I wonder if the Amazon cover is an exclusive. I checked Buy.com and the image for the cover is:


Either that, one image will be for the cardboard sleeve while the other is the actual case.

[mcnooj82]

Also, I just ordered UP and Monsters Inc. through Amazon. Ugh... the money! Good deal though!

Once again, they're really pushing it with the labeling of these sets as 4-disc sets when the 2 discs are simply a digital copy and a DVD of the movie. Blarg!

[SAIRUS]

Harry Potter dropped to 18 on amazon, ugh I know I gotta most hold out till all the films are released for that box set which we all know is coming.

[mcnooj82]

Don't fall for it! Remember the fact that each of the Potter movies will be getting new editions with less kiddie special features. If those matter to you.

[Nexus-7]

Originally Posted by mcnooj82

Also, I just ordered UP and Monsters Inc. through Amazon. Ugh... the money! Good deal though!

Once again, they're really pushing it with the labeling of these sets as 4-disc sets when the 2 discs are simply a digital copy and a DVD of the movie. Blarg!

The Disney digital copies are bullshit too, unless they've changed their practices. The digital copy for Wall-E(from the Wall-E 3 disc DVD) actually has an expiration date for the file! To quote Chow Yun Fat in Hard Boiled... "Bullshit!"

So yay, free coaster!

[LeRolls]

Went ahead and Pre-Ordered G.I. Joe and Terminator: Salvation from Amazon. Wasn't going the get these movies but the prices were too tempting and I'm sure they will look and sound great.

[JohnnyZ]

Just watched Gran Torino, it was the first Blu ray I have watched that wasnt DTS.

[Anderson]

Warner Brothers loves to skimp on the High-Def audio when they can. That's what made it more surprising to see that Orphan got a TrueHD 5.1 track.

[SAIRUS]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=12177574

really decent deal on Up

[Martianman]

Geez, within the next 5-6 weeks we have:

GI Joe
Harry Potter 6
Inglourious Basterds
Up
The Hangover
Monsters, Inc. on BR

And just after Christmas...District 9. Holy crap, I hope I get some $$ from Santa.

[Waaaaaaaalt]

Originally Posted by Anderson

Warner Brothers loves to skimp on the High-Def audio when they can. That's what made it more surprising to see that Orphan got a TrueHD 5.1 track.

Yeah but don't all the new ones get it? And by new I don't mean a catalogue release I mean first time on disc since theatres.

[Anderson]

Speed Racer and Gran Torino only got DD 5.1 tracks. 17 Again is another one. Someone had a list of the WB snubs. I'll have to go dig it up.

[Waaaaaaaalt]

Originally Posted by Anderson

Speed Racer and Gran Torino only got DD 5.1 tracks. 17 Again is another one. Someone had a list of the WB snubs. I'll have to go dig it up.

Really? I just read 2 reviews that said Torino got a DolbyTrueHD 5.1 mix.

[Anderson]

I could've swore it was DD5.1 only. Speed and 17 are, but I'd have to check on the others.

[Anderson]

The Wicker Man remake
Wyatt Earp
Speed Racer
17 Again
The Last Samurai
The Fugitive

I'll hunt down more later.

[SAIRUS]

Speed Racer also did shit at the box office, no real incentive for WB to put more money on it.

[Anderson]

Just finished watching Charlie Brown Christmas and Grinch (Chuck Jones version) on Blu-Ray.

The restoration is amazing. Especially, when you consider the rather cheap animation used on the Peanuts special.

[Waaaaaaaalt]

Originally Posted by Anderson

The Wicker Man remake
Wyatt Earp
Speed Racer
17 Again
The Last Samurai
The Fugitive

I'll hunt down more later.

Yeah The Last Samurai really pissed me off. I saw it somewhere pretty cheap and almost scooped it up. Then I read the back of the box where it on had DD 5.1 so I didn't. The standar DVD I got now looks good enough until they can fix the audio. Im simply not going to lay money down if the picture and AUDIO aren't high def, I spent too much money on this fucking sound system.

Ohh and another frustrating one, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Has a super expensive blu-ray but comes with an MPEG-2 transfer and standard DD 5.1 I love that movie dearly but they are going to have to at least give me some DobyTrueHD for me to upgrade from my standard DVD.

Still all but 2 of those titles are catalogue releases. I still think most will get the high def audio treatment.

[Anderson]

Most will. I'm just remembering this weird stretch where WB didn't like doing anything but DD 5.1 tracks.


I really, really, really wish I had that list.

[Parker]

Anyone pick up North by Northwest? I'm trying to decide if its worth the upgrade. Thanks.

[MrMushnik]

Originally Posted by Parker

Anyone pick up North by Northwest? I'm trying to decide if its worth the upgrade. Thanks.

I plan on picking it up, though I haven't yet. The reviews I've read say that it looks amazing, though.

[Barkatthemoon]

Watchmen: UC has been delayed a week I guess.

Saw Near Dark at Walmart for $10. GI JOE was $19.96.

I wanted to wait and read some reviews before picking up JOE. The reviews seem positive, so I'll pick it up tomorrow.

[mcnooj82]

Reviews of the movie? Or the quality of its presentation on disc?

[Barkatthemoon]

Picture quality.

From Blu-ray.com:

"Featuring breathtaking video and audio presentations but lacking a more extensive supplemental section, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra comes recommended to fans, Blu-ray completists, and home theater aficionados looking for another reference-quality technical presentation."

[Waaaaaaaalt]

Originally Posted by Barkatthemoon

Watchmen: UC has been delayed a week I guess.

Saw Near Dark at Walmart for $10. GI JOE was $19.96.
.

Ohhh I hope I run into that at walmart. With my fucking luck they won't have it.

[SAIRUS]

Wal mart is going to be having Star Trek at 19.96.

[Martianman]

Well, guess I know where I'll be Yo Joe'ing today. And in two weeks, I'll be back at Wally World for Star Trek and Up.

[BankytheHack]

Next week Best Buy is offering up a deal that if you buy the Up blu-ray you can pick up the Monsters, Inc. blu-ray for $18.99.

[SAIRUS]

Rented Gi Joe and man was it pretty. Probably won't buy it just because I'm sure I'll hate it a lot more. If it was $10 like I got transformers 2 for then I might reconsider. Heat releases next week!

[Anderson]

Criterion BR sale also starts next week. Now, if they'll just take my Gomorrah Blu-Ray preorder.