Will Spielberg and Lucas be less hesitant now?

[alkalinesi]

now that the blu ray is the winner(ok, not yet, but soon) do you guys think speilburg and lucas will not hesitate so much on releasing their titles on blu ray? im really craving JP!

[Maaz]

i dont see star wars coming for at least late 2008

[Rustyblu]

I expect Speilberg to release one of his Universal movies on BD, like Jaws or Jurassic Park, and when it sells well, Universal will probably start supporting BD.

[cartier]

Originally Posted by Rustyblu

I expect Speilberg to release one of his Universal movies on BD, like Jaws or Jurassic Park, and when it sells well, Universal will probably start supporting BD.

From my understanding Universal has got to want to release them on Blu-ray first. Spielberg has veto power over a proposed release on a medium, and can make recommendations but can not force Universal or Paramount to release his movies on Blu-ray unless they too are a willing party. Hope this helps clarify.

[gvortex7]

I don't think Spielberg is hesitant at all. Look at the release of Close Encounters on Blu-ray. It is hands down the nicest box set available on Blu. Not to mention that it's the greatest presentation of this masterpiece we've ever seen.

[JJ]

I still think we have a bit to go, really - and all these threads with 'Transformers will be out in February!!!111one" are driving me a bit crazy.

[Seretur]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

I don't think Spielberg is hesitant at all. Look at the release of Close Encounters on Blu-ray. It is hands down the nicest box set available on Blu. Not to mention that it's the greatest presentation of this masterpiece we've ever seen.

Exactly, and in a perfect world -- and this world has just gotten a bit more perfect, with the end of the war -- all of his movies would get such royal treatment.

And the smart thing would be to release some of his more personal Warner titles on Blu-ray in similar boxsets -- think Empire of the Sun or A.I. -- to satisfy the craving before unleashing the truly big titles, beginning with Indy this upcoming holiday season.

[crystal_sun]

I have to agree...I saw this in person a couple of days ago....and i bought it. I love the fact that the box is hardcase.

Originally Posted by gvortex7

I don't think Spielberg is hesitant at all. Look at the release of Close Encounters on Blu-ray. It is hands down the nicest box set available on Blu. Not to mention that it's the greatest presentation of this masterpiece we've ever seen.

[seanjohn21276]

Spielberg is definitely going to release more of his movies on Blu-ray. Lucas, who knows. I think he was waiting to see which format was going to win out. Now that it's obvious which side will win, there's no excuse for the two Star Wars trilogies to not see the light of day on Blu-ray. Except if Lucas is really making that definitive version of the trilogies.

[gvortex7]

As much as I want the original Star Wars trilogy to be released on Blu-ray, I want the Indiana Jones quadilogy (including the upcoming 4th installment), Jaws, War of the World, Artificial Intelligence, Jurassic Park I, Saving Private Ryan and Duel released on Blu even more.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

As much as I want the original Star Wars trilogy to be released on Blu-ray, I want the Indiana Jones quadilogy (including the upcoming 4th installment), Jaws, War of the World, Artificial Intelligence, Jurassic Park I, Saving Private Ryan and Duel released on Blu even more.

Fantastic. I would drool over War of the Worlds and Saving Private Ryan on Blu, I actually would prefer those two before Mr. Jones and Mr. Vader - the prospect of lossless sound on both those movies makes me drool on my keyboard - the DTS on Worlds was foundation-shaking as it is!

[jmkahn]

Lucas might be waiting for the eventual release of StarWars in 3D at IMax. The Blu Ray set might help promote the movies. Although I thought that StarWars would start being shown at IMax this year due to StarWars 30th anniversary.

As for Steven Speilberg's Jurassic Park 1-3, he might be waiting till Jurassic Park 4 is released (which he is working on now). This would make sense since the first two Jurassic Parks didn't come to dvd until Jurassic Park III came out. After all three movies were available in a box set and eventually individually.

[jeffthe13th]

Indiana Jones in Blu- this is a MUST! Hopefully Paramount will wake the fu*k up now and put Indy on the definitive format.

[Canada]

I don't think Speilberg was ever hesitant I don't know about Lucas.