Universal Studios is NOT critical to my movie collection - Blu-ray Forum

Jim L · 11-06-2006, 02:10 AM

I did a brief inventory of my DVD collection this weekend. I was curious about the impact of Universal and titles that I would probably repurchase in HD.

Out of 200 DVDs in my collection, here are my 23 Universal titles:

Apollo 13
Back to the Future 1
Back to the Future 2
Back to the Future 3
The Birds
End of Days
The Frighteners
Jurassic Park 1
Jurassic Park 2
Jurassic Park 3
King Kong
The Last Starfighter
Meet Joe Black
Mulholland Drive
The Mummy 1
The Mummy 2
Peter Pan
Send Me No Flowers
Thorougly Modern Millie
The Thrill of it All
Torn Curtain
U-571
Vertigo

Of those, I would probably repurchase all but 5. Some titles I don't really care about anymore or would not have replay value to me.

Several months ago I stopped getting DVD releases in anticipation of buying into Blu-ray. I will hold off on buying ANY Universal titles until they support Blu-ray. I can play my current Universal movies on my upscaling BD player and can get new Universal DVDs from Netfilx. I am perfectly happy with this arrangement for the short-term future. This means that Universal won't be making much money off me until they come on board.

I won't buy into both formats. From the beginning I felt that Blu-ray had the best chance for success and the most promise to be a long-lived format. If I were an HD-DVD supporter, I'd almost have to support both formats because I couldn't live with a smaller library of HD movies available to collect.

I'm glad I chose Blu-ray, because ~90% of the movies I want to buy in Hi Def are going to be available for sure.

I think that if enough of us Blu-ray owners do the same thing, we can help force this format war to an end.

Just my thoughts . . .

Jeff® · 11-06-2006, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim L

Indiana Jones 1
Indiana Jones 2
Indiana Jones 3

I think that you can remove those from your list.

Jim L · 11-06-2006, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff®

I think that you can remove those from your list.

Thanks Jeff. Correction made.

Spankey · 11-06-2006, 02:27 AM

Add Jaws for me. The movies from Universal that matter to me...

Jaws
Jurassic Park 1 & 2
Seabiscuit
Blues Brothers
King Kong

That 'bout it...

zombie · 11-06-2006, 03:12 AM

Glad Universal isn't essential for you but they certainly are for me.

For starters the Jurassic Park & Back To The Future trilogies alone make them notable IMO. Not forgetting how many great Hitchcock films they own.

KenThompson · 11-06-2006, 03:23 AM

There a a few tiles I'd like to have but if i can't have them I'll just get dvd copies.

jason · 11-06-2006, 03:35 AM

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I will hold off on buying ANY Universal titles until they support Blu-ray.

now if a hd-dvd supporter were to say that they would be arrogant or..

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I don't want to get personal - but not one HD-DVD supporter has reported a DVD collection that supports their decision. Almost every single consumer alive who has DVDs has MORE DVDs from studios that support Blu-ray. It is only the VERY short sighted individuals who go "But they have more movies right now, this second, that I want to buy." Those are the people who will get burned the most seriously in this format war and I frankly have very little respect for them.

Alex Pallas · 11-06-2006, 03:59 AM

Mulholland Drive is one of my fav movies, but i already have it on dvd

shamus · 11-06-2006, 05:04 AM

Jaws
The Bourne movies
Army of Darkness

These are some of my favorites and all fit in my top 10...

Anybody know which studio owns Evil Dead II?????????????

Neo · 11-06-2006, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by shamus

Jaws
The Bourne movies
Army of Darkness

These are some of my favorites and all fit in my top 10...

Anybody know which studio owns Evil Dead II?????????????

HI, Evil Dead II is own by Anchor Bay . I think Anchor Bay those not support any hd format at this time .

dobyblue · 11-06-2006, 11:59 AM

That's so weird because I did the same thing last night - I'm at work now so I can't post my list, but I did note that I was going "Yes!" to knowing that the movie would be available on Blu-ray 90 times more than I was going "Damn!" seeing a Universal DVD.

Gladiator is one that I'm sad I can't yet look forward to.

I know Red Dragon was Universal, but Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal were both MGM.

shamus · 11-06-2006, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Neo

HI, Evil Dead II is own by Anchor Bay . I think Anchor Bay those not support any hd format at this time .

Thanks...

Alex Pallas · 11-06-2006, 08:25 PM

its likely that the new evil dead http://imdb.com/title/tt0434020/ is going to be released by Sony since Sam Raimi owns the rights and he is doing the spiderman thing with sony now. however Raimi wont be directing it

Bullseye · 11-06-2006, 08:51 PM

Guys forgive me ignorance but why are other studios releasing their films on both formats but Universal won't? Also does it make sense for those studios who are supporting BR to be releasing their films on HD-DVD?

hyperdine · 11-06-2006, 11:19 PM

Well, I got to be honest, not having Universal onboard sucks for me. No movie library is complete without some Spielberg films...

E.T.
Jaws
Schindler's List
Jurrasic Park

The other kicker is Dreamworks. I know films like Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan are technically Dreamworks, but doesn't Universal own them or handle their distribution?

Granted, I have all of these on DVD, but it's just not the same. The one thing that gives me comfort, is that their support is inevitable. It's just a matter of when they'll support Blu-Ray, not if.

WriteSimply · 11-06-2006, 11:49 PM

I got three words for you: Borat make glorious!

Just found out that Borat, the weekend's box office hit, is a Fox release. Can we say Ka-ching!?

fuad

vick vega · 11-06-2006, 11:54 PM

I love Ali G that show is f'in hilarious there is a ton on this week

Rogervienna · 11-07-2006, 01:42 PM

40 year old virgin
American Graffiti
American Pie 1-3 (3x)
Back to the Future 1
Back to the Future 2
Back to the Future 3
The Birds
Bruce Allmighty
Conan the barbarian
E.T.
Earthquake
Fletch 1+2
Gladiator
Greedy
Hard way, The
Jaws
Junior
Jurassic Park 1
Jurassic Park 2
(Jurassic Park 3)
Kindergarten Cop
King Kong
Liar Liar
Lonely Guy, The
Out of Africa
Psycho
Rear Window
Running Man, The
Scarface (1938+1983)
Schindler´s List
Secret of my sucess, The
Spartacus
To kill a mockingbird
Tootsie
Towering Inferno
Twins
Vertigo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...table_releases

JTK · 11-07-2006, 01:54 PM

^^ Pretty compelling list of titles.

I suspect by the time we see some of those obvious big ones that this so-called format war will be over with.

partridge · 11-07-2006, 02:15 PM

Let's see how many copies of "X3" Fox sells by the end of the month, I know I've said this elsewhere but surely that movie is going to rewrite HD sales records as an obvious choice for PS3 purchasers.

I bet Universal will be keeping an eye on this too.

11-06-2006, 02:10 AM	#1
Jim L Special Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2006 Location:Myrtle Beach, SC Blu-ray reviews: 12 Trading Score:20	Universal Studios is NOT critical to my movie collection I did a brief inventory of my DVD collection this weekend. I was curious about the impact of Universal and titles that I would probably repurchase in HD. Out of 200 DVDs in my collection, here are my 23 Universal titles: Apollo 13 Back to the Future 1 Back to the Future 2 Back to the Future 3 The Birds End of Days The Frighteners Jurassic Park 1 Jurassic Park 2 Jurassic Park 3 King Kong The Last Starfighter Meet Joe Black Mulholland Drive The Mummy 1 The Mummy 2 Peter Pan Send Me No Flowers Thorougly Modern Millie The Thrill of it All Torn Curtain U-571 Vertigo Of those, I would probably repurchase all but 5. Some titles I don't really care about anymore or would not have replay value to me. Several months ago I stopped getting DVD releases in anticipation of buying into Blu-ray. I will hold off on buying ANY Universal titles until they support Blu-ray. I can play my current Universal movies on my upscaling BD player and can get new Universal DVDs from Netfilx. I am perfectly happy with this arrangement for the short-term future. This means that Universal won't be making much money off me until they come on board. I won't buy into both formats. From the beginning I felt that Blu-ray had the best chance for success and the most promise to be a long-lived format. If I were an HD-DVD supporter, I'd almost have to support both formats because I couldn't live with a smaller library of HD movies available to collect. I'm glad I chose Blu-ray, because ~90% of the movies I want to buy in Hi Def are going to be available for sure. I think that if enough of us Blu-ray owners do the same thing, we can help force this format war to an end. Just my thoughts . . . Last edited by Jim L; 11-06-2006 at 02:24 AM. Reason: movie list corrected

11-07-2006, 01:42 PM	#18
Rogervienna Junior Member Member since:May 2006	40 year old virgin American Graffiti American Pie 1-3 (3x) Back to the Future 1 Back to the Future 2 Back to the Future 3 The Birds Bruce Allmighty Conan the barbarian E.T. Earthquake Fletch 1+2 Gladiator Greedy Hard way, The Jaws Junior Jurassic Park 1 Jurassic Park 2 (Jurassic Park 3) Kindergarten Cop King Kong Liar Liar Lonely Guy, The Out of Africa Psycho Rear Window Running Man, The Scarface (1938+1983) Schindler´s List Secret of my sucess, The Spartacus To kill a mockingbird Tootsie Towering Inferno Twins Vertigo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...table_releases Last edited by Rogervienna; 11-07-2006 at 01:46 PM.

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11-06-2006, 02:27 AM	#4
Spankey Power Member Member since:Oct 2006	Add Jaws for me. The movies from Universal that matter to me... Jaws Jurassic Park 1 & 2 Seabiscuit Blues Brothers King Kong That 'bout it...

11-06-2006, 03:12 AM	#5
zombie Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2004 Trading Score:866	Glad Universal isn't essential for you but they certainly are for me. For starters the Jurassic Park & Back To The Future trilogies alone make them notable IMO. Not forgetting how many great Hitchcock films they own.

11-06-2006, 03:23 AM	#6
KenThompson Power Member Member since:Sep 2006 Location:B.C. Canada	There a a few tiles I'd like to have but if i can't have them I'll just get dvd copies.

11-06-2006, 03:59 AM	#8
Alex Pallas Active Member Member since:Sep 2005 Location:The Belly Of The Beast (USA)	Mulholland Drive is one of my fav movies, but i already have it on dvd

11-06-2006, 05:04 AM	#9
shamus Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Trading Score:25	Jaws The Bourne movies Army of Darkness These are some of my favorites and all fit in my top 10... Anybody know which studio owns Evil Dead II?????????????

11-06-2006, 11:59 AM	#11
dobyblue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jul 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:655 Blu-ray reviews: 15	That's so weird because I did the same thing last night - I'm at work now so I can't post my list, but I did note that I was going "Yes!" to knowing that the movie would be available on Blu-ray 90 times more than I was going "Damn!" seeing a Universal DVD. Gladiator is one that I'm sad I can't yet look forward to. I know Red Dragon was Universal, but Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal were both MGM.

11-06-2006, 08:25 PM	#13
Alex Pallas Active Member Member since:Sep 2005 Location:The Belly Of The Beast (USA)	its likely that the new evil dead http://imdb.com/title/tt0434020/ is going to be released by Sony since Sam Raimi owns the rights and he is doing the spiderman thing with sony now. however Raimi wont be directing it

11-06-2006, 08:51 PM	#14
Bullseye Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Ireland Home Theater Gallery:24 4K collection:70 Blu-ray collection:760 Blu-ray reviews: 44	Guys forgive me ignorance but why are other studios releasing their films on both formats but Universal won't? Also does it make sense for those studios who are supporting BR to be releasing their films on HD-DVD?

11-06-2006, 11:19 PM	#15
hyperdine Senior Member Member since:Sep 2006	Well, I got to be honest, not having Universal onboard sucks for me. No movie library is complete without some Spielberg films... E.T. Jaws Schindler's List Jurrasic Park The other kicker is Dreamworks. I know films like Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan are technically Dreamworks, but doesn't Universal own them or handle their distribution? Granted, I have all of these on DVD, but it's just not the same. The one thing that gives me comfort, is that their support is inevitable. It's just a matter of when they'll support Blu-Ray, not if.

11-06-2006, 11:49 PM	#16
WriteSimply Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	I got three words for you: Borat make glorious! Just found out that Borat, the weekend's box office hit, is a Fox release. Can we say Ka-ching!? fuad

11-06-2006, 11:54 PM	#17
vick vega Banned Member since:Apr 2006 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	I love Ali G that show is f'in hilarious there is a ton on this week

11-07-2006, 01:54 PM	#19
JTK Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2006 Location:www.blurayoasis.com	^^ Pretty compelling list of titles. I suspect by the time we see some of those obvious big ones that this so-called format war will be over with.

11-07-2006, 02:15 PM	#20
partridge Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2005 Location:England	Let's see how many copies of "X3" Fox sells by the end of the month, I know I've said this elsewhere but surely that movie is going to rewrite HD sales records as an obvious choice for PS3 purchasers. I bet Universal will be keeping an eye on this too.

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