Films that bypassed DVD, that became available on blu?

[AgentOrange]

Obviously there are huge gaps in the blu-ray catalog that will never be filled, especially compared to DVD. But I'm kind of curious about what films somehow never saw a DVD release, yet have found their way onto blu-ray.

Of the blu-rays I own, I'm aware of The Egyptian and Rapture.

What other "forgotten" films never made it to DVD, but have somehow made it onto blu-ray?

[d2cheer]

Not really a forgotten film but a didn't Stallones directors cut of Rambo only see a blu release?

[BluBonnet]

The "new" edition of Star Wars TPM, the one with the CG Yoda, is only available on blu-ray.

[tilallr1]

From what I know "The Perfect Weapon" was never released on DVD until its blu-ray release, just a month ago. I own the Laserdisc and VHS copy. So trust me I waited for a while to upgrade this title, and it finally came out on blu-ray.

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[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by tilallr1

From what I know "The Perfect Weapon" was never released on DVD until its blu-ray release, just a month ago. I own the Laserdisc and VHS copy. So trust me I waited for a while to upgrade this title, and it finally came out on blu-ray.

I think a number of the Olive Films titles are like that, since they got access to the deep catalog (aka obscure) Paramount titles. BOEING BOEING, for example, had only ever been released on VHS before.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

I think a number of the Olive Films titles are like that, since they got access to the deep catalog (aka obscure) Paramount titles. BOEING BOEING, for example, had only ever been released on VHS before.

Hmm. Seems you are right.

I was looking at getting Assault on a Queen and The Buccaneer and I don't see a U.S. release on amazon for either of those. That seems to be the case with almost all of the recent Olive films. I guess that is probably not a coincidence.

[HD Goofnut]

This technically qualifies: The Shadow (1994) was released as a 1.33:1 DVD that used the same transfer from the VHS. It has been released in Germany, but is the master used for the region 2 DVD (correct AR) and is loaded with enough halos from EE that you would think Alec Baldwin is an angel.

So as I said this qualifies because the released DVD was simply a VHS port in 1.33:1 instead of 1.85:1.

[ROclockCK]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

Obviously there are huge gaps in the blu-ray catalog that will never be filled, especially compared to DVD. But I'm kind of curious about what films somehow never saw a DVD release, yet have found their way onto blu-ray.

Of the blu-rays I own, I'm aware of The Egyptian and Rapture.

What other "forgotten" films never made it to DVD, but have somehow made it onto blu-ray?

You're probably sick of hearing about Twilight Time AgentOrange, but off the top, and strictly from memory, I can't think of any other label* releasing Blu's that bypassed DVD entirely...at least in R1:

• The Roots of Heaven (Fox, previously unavailable in R1)
  
• The Wayward Bus (Fox, previously witheld from DVD over rights, coming in June)
• Swamp Water (Fox, previously unavailable in R1)
• Désirée (Fox, previously unavailable in R1)

DVD MIAs on Blu-ray from other studios are only starting to be announced/rumoured, such as Paramount's Samson and Delilah.

* I didn't count Olive releases such as The Hellstrom Chronicle and The Buccaneer, because they do have DVD editions - they just didn't get released in SD until Olive did an HD version. Ditto for MGM/WB's Quo Vadis.

[klauswhereareyou]

Looks like Nicholas Ray's Run for Cover is coming out. That was never on DVD.

[arcadeforest]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

You're probably sick of hearing about Twilight Time AgentOrange, but off the top, and strictly from memory, I can't think of any other label* releasing Blu's that bypassed DVD entirely...at least in R1:

• The Roots of Heaven (Fox, previously unavailable in R1)
  
• The Wayward Bus (Fox, previously witheld from DVD over rights, coming in June)
• Swamp Water (Fox, previously unavailable in R1)
• Désirée (Fox, previously unavailable in R1)

DVD MIAs on Blu-ray from other studios are only starting to be announced/rumoured, such as Paramount's Samson and Delilah.

* I didn't count Olive releases such as The Hellstrom Chronicle and The Buccaneer, because they do have DVD editions - they just didn't get released in SD until Olive did an HD version. Ditto for MGM/WB's Quo Vadis.

Maybe I'm wrong but I do not think "The Egyptian" had a R1 DVD release prior to last summer's release by Twilight Time.