List of DVDs to Keep Even Though the Movies Were Released In Blu

[lkmg]

Even though many movies were alreaty released in blu-rays, all their bonus features in dvds might not have been carried over to blu. Thus, to have the complete collection, we would still need to keep the dvds. So, what are the dvds that we still have to keep even though the blu-rays are out.

One for sure: Star Wars Saga. Seems like many bonus features will be excluded from the Sep release of the 9 discs blu-ray boxset set. What other movies do we have to keep both formats?

[octagon]

I've held onto my Donnie Brasco DVD. The blu-ray release is fine but only includes the (imo inferior) extended cut.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by octagon

I've held onto my Donnie Brasco DVD. The blu-ray release is fine but only includes the (imo inferior) extended cut.

Is it considerably inferior, or just a little? I've only seen the Blu-ray.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

Is it considerably inferior, or just a little? I've only seen the Blu-ray.

Eh, hard to say. A few scenes are extended and some deleted scenes were added.

I think the pace of the dvd cut is a lot tighter but to be honest there are no real 'omg, that's freaking awful' additions and I can't be sure how much of my dislike is due to simple familiarity with the dvd cut.

[Show spoiler]One example where I think it makes a difference though - the BD has Donnie trashing his apt after Sonny shoots somebody in front of him. That scene isn't in the dvd cut. It's not a bad scene and it works okay but it doesn't really add anything at that point but it takes a lot of impact out of the later scene where he's throws his tape recorder against the motel wall while being debriefed.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by octagon

Eh, hard to say. A few scenes are extended and some deleted scenes were added.

I think the pace of the dvd cut is a lot tighter but to be honest there are no real 'omg, that's freaking awful' additions and I can't be sure how much of my dislike is due to simple familiarity with the dvd cut.

[Show spoiler]One example where I think it makes a difference though - the BD has Donnie trashing his apt after Sonny shoots somebody in front of him. That scene isn't in the dvd cut. It's not a bad scene and it works okay but it doesn't really add anything at that point but it takes a lot of impact out of the later scene where he's throws his tape recorder against the motel wall while being debriefed.

Cool. As long as nothing was cut, I can deal with added unnecessary scenes. I hate when extended cuts have alternate scenes that aren't on par with the scenes they replaced. Thanks.

[wickerjay]

Definitely kept my DVD copy of The Thing (Terror Takes Shape is a must have doc) and won't get rid of my From Dusk Till Dawn (can't live without Full Tilt Boogie). There are many others in my collection but these ones always spring to mind when people ask this question.

As for film cuts: I kept my Payback as I prefer the theatrical cut to the director's.

[willbfree]

See "Definitive List of Blu-Rays without all SD extras" over at dvdtalk:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/528...sd-extras.html

This special features listed are the special features that are MISSING from the BluRay.

I found it very informative. Mostly I am just adding the DVD into the BluRay case, but sometimes there are too many discs to do that to -- King Kong for example. So I am slowly coming around to the idea that it may be ok to have a BluRay shelf that has a few DVDs mixed in.

[Al_The_Strange]

Ones I plan on keeping or are thinking about:
"Battle for Algiers" 3-disc Criterion
"BloodRayne" (German BD is Theatrical Cut only, grrrr...)
"Brazil" (considering buying Universal BD and combining it with 3-disc Criterion. Might buy Criterion BD if it comes out too)
"House on Haunted Hill" (my copy has the 1950s original on the backside)
Pixar Short Films collection
"RoboCop 2" and "RoboCop 3"
The complete "Star Wars" series (already in their own binder)

...and probably many more.

These ones here are ones I've already doubled-up on on Blu-Ray (there's probably some I forgot about):

Ones I've already kept for special features, alternate cuts, etc:

[Show spoiler]"AI: Artificial Intelligence" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Akira" 2-disc SE (3 discs total)
"Alien vs Predator" 2-disc Unrated Edition (3 total)
"Amityville Horror" (2 total, plus bonus documentary disc in separate case)
"Armageddon" 2-disc Criterion (3 total)
"Army of Darkness" 2-disc Boomstick Edition (3 total)
"Black Hawk Down" 3-disc SE (4 discs total)
"A Bridge Too Far" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Carrie" (2 total)
"Cast Away" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"The Cell" (2 total)
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" 4-disc Extended Edition (6 discs total)
"The Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" (2 total)
"Crimson Tide" Unrated (2 total)
"Die Hard" 2-disc SE (3 total for the one movie, different cases)
"Dune" Extended Edition Steelbook (2 total)
"End of Days" (2 total)
"Equilibrium" (2 total)
"Eragon" 2-dis SE (3 total)
"Fantastic 4" Extended Edition (3 total)
"Fear and Loathing in LV" 2-disc Criterion (3 total)
"The Fifth Element" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Flash Point" 2-disc Ultimate Edition (3 total)
"La Haine" 2-disc Criterion (3 discs in two different cases)
"Hard Boiled" (3 total)
"Hellboy" 3-disc Director's Cut (4 total)
"House of Flying Daggers" (2 total)
"Ice Age" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Independence Day" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Invisible Target" 2-disc Ultimate Edition (3 total)
"Kill Zone" 2-disc Ultimate Edition (3 total)
"King Kong" 2005 3-disc Extended Edition (4 total)
"Kingdom of Heaven" 4-disc Director's Cut (5 discs total)
"A Knight's Tale" (2 total)
"Legend of the Black Scorpion" 2-disc Ultimate Edition (3 total)
"Live Free or Die Hard" 2-disc SE (3 total for the one movie, different cases)
"Live of Brian" Criterion (2 total)
"Lord of War" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"The Maltese Falcon" 3-disc SE (4 total)
"Metropolis" (3 total in separate cases)
"Night at the Museum" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Pearl Harbor" 4-disc Director's Cut (5 discs total)
"Predator" 2-disc SE (3 total, original BD only)
"Planet of the Apes" complete collection (20 discs total, separate cases)
"Ran" 2-disc Criterion (3 total)
"Reservoir Dogs" 2-disc 10th Anniversary Edition (3 total)
"RoboCop" 2-disc Steelbook (3 total in Steelbook)
"Ronin" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Silent Hill" (2 total)
"Spartacus" 2-disc Criterion (3 total)
"Speed" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Spiderman" 3-disc Deluxe Edition (4 total)
"Spiderman 2" 2-disc SE and 2-disc 2.1 Edition (5 total)
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (3 discs in two different cases)
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (3 discs in two different cases)
"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (3 discs in two different cases)
"Stealth" 2-disc SE (3 total)
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" 2-disc Extreme Edition and 2-disc Ultimate edition (5 total)
"The Thing" (2 total)
"Thir13en Ghosts" (2 total)
"Transformers" 1986 2-disc SE (3 total)
"The Transporter" (2 total)
"Ultraviolet" Unrated (2 total)
"xXx" theatrical cut and 2-disc unrated cut (4 total)

Ones I've already kept just for kicks:
"Apocalypto" Steelbook (2 total in Steelbook)
"Barry Lyndon" (2 total)
"Blade Runner" 5-disc Ultimate Edition (10 total)
"The Breakfast Club" (2 total)
"Breed" Steelbook (2 total in Steelbook)
"The Bookdock Saints" Steelbook (3 total in Steelbook)
"Charade" Criterion (2 discs in separate cases)
"Charlie's Angels" (2 total)
"The Crazies" (2 total)
"The Crow" (2 total in separate cases)
"Dante's Peak" (2 total)
"Daybreakers" (2 total)
"Daylight" (2 total)
"District B-13" (2 total)
"Death Proof" 3-disc Steelbook (4 total in Steelbook)
"Dirty Harry" Complete series (10 discs in same case, I think)
"Dragon Wars" (2 total)
"FLCL" 3-disc Ultimate collection (4 total I think)
"Gone Baby Gone" (2 total)
"Heavy Metal" (2 total)
"I Am Legend" 2-disc Steelbook (3 total in Steelbook)
"Immortal" Steelbook (2 total in Steelbook)
"Pleseantville" (2 total)
"Pretty Woman" (2 total)
"Legion" (2 total)
"Life is Beautiful" (2 total)
"Logan's Run" (2 total)
"Lolita" (2 total)
"Lord of the Rings" Extended Edition collection (27 discs total in speparate cases)
"Lost in Space" (2 total)
"M" 2-disc Criterion (3 total in separate cases)
"The Manchurian Candidate" (2 total)
"Planet Terror" 3-disc Steelbook (5 total in Steelbook)
"Psycho" (2 total in separate cases)
"Romeo and Juliet" (2 total)
"Salo" 2-disc Criterion (4 discs total in separate cases)
"Shinobi" (2 total)
"The Simpsons Movie" (2 total)
"The Seven Samurai" 3-disc Criterion (5 total in separate cases)
"Superman" Anthology (about 25 discs total in separate cases)
"10 Things I Hate About You" (2 total)
"Thai Chi Master" (2 total)
"The Tournament" (2 total)
"Trainspotting" (3 total)
"Troy" 2-disc Director's Cut (3 total in DC box, soon to be ammended with BD Canadian Steelbook)
"Unleashed" (2 total, in same case as "Fearless")
All the X-Men movies (10 discs in separate cases, not counting "Wolverine")
"Yukikaze" (5 or 6 total I think)

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by willbueche

I found it very informative. Mostly I am just adding the DVD into the BluRay case, but sometimes there are too many discs to do that to -- King Kong for example. So I am slowly coming around to the idea that it may be ok to have a BluRay shelf that has a few DVDs mixed in.

Yep, it's the same here. I've bought many 3-disc, 4-disc, and 5-disc cases for all the different editions. You can check here if you need some too:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-mo...se-thread.html

[seigneur_rayden]

With all due respect: Why is this thread in the "blu-ray movies" forum???

[Seymour]

xXx - Director's Cut is only on DVD, and it's better than the theatrical cut.

Revenge - Director's Cut is 20 minutes shorter than the theatrical cut. Theatrical version is only available on DVD.

Memento - SE DVD has the chronological version of film, neither BD contains this.

Almost Famous - Theatrical version is only available on DVD.

[willbfree]

Originally Posted by seigneur_rayden

With all due respect: Why is this thread in the "blu-ray movies" forum???

Because it is only important to people who buy BluRays and need to know if it is "safe" to dump their DVD.

[AlexSing]

Originally Posted by Seymour

Memento - SE DVD has the chronological version of film, neither BD contains this.

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Wow really? Sorry to go off-topic but what's that like?

[Toasterlad]

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. The DVD had hours and hours of extras; for some insane reason, the blu-ray just carries over the commentary track.

I learned after buying the Spider-Man trilogy and selling my DVD copies that the only extras on the blu-ray set were for Spider-Man 3. That learned me my lesson real quick: now I always investigate a blu-ray and compare the extras to the DVD before buying.

[pitmosher]

Memento = SE edition is pretty cool
Payback = theatrical cut better
Young Guns = transfer horrible

[joltman]

My custom Blu-ray/DVD special editions thus far:

Army of Darkness with 2-disc DVD
Blade 2 (CAN) with 2-disc DVD
Blade 3 (CAN) with 2-disc DVD
Chasing Amy with 1-disc Criterion DVD
Disney's Dinosaur with 1-disc DVD
Escape from New York with 2-disc DVD
From Dusk Till Dawn (CAN) with 2-disc DVD
Robocop Trilogy with 2-disc Robocop DVD
Spider-Man with 3-disc DE DVD
Spider-Man 2 with 2-disc SE and 2-disc extended

Once I get Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, it will be with disc-2 from DVD

[InMyTree]

I'm not really a big extras guy. If i love the movie then for sure i will check out all of the additional features...but i'd guess that that only happens with about 10% of the films i have on blu-ray and DVD.

That said, i have decided to hang on to a few of my DVD's that i have already upgraded to blu-ray.

1. Almost Famous "Untitled" cut
2. Silence of the Lambs (Criterion)
3. Star Wars (for extras and untouched original trilogy)

Was planning on keeping my Dazed and Confused Criterion DVD but with the news of a blu-ray release in October i'm sure i'll be looking to trade that one in as well as long as the blu-ray duplicates all the extras.

[Zen_Amako]

I would keep the Conan the Barbarian DVD with the Arnold commentary track.

[DavePS3]

The Tears Of The Sun DVD has either theatrical or director's cut available. I prefer the director's cut but it was never made available on Blu'.

[megafan999]

Sillent Hill: Missing special features.
Fantastic Four Extended Cut: Blu-ray only has the theatrical cut and is missing (a lot of) extras.