Are you also tired of waiting for your favorite films to get released on Blu-ray?

[Bluyoda]

It's such a long wait! I want so many movies to be released on Blu-ray, yet it's seemingly taking forever :

The Star Wars Saga (comes first, of course)
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Fun with Dick and Jane
Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Man On The Moon
Bruce Almighty (Remaster!!!!)
Shopgirl (Steve Martin)
Bowfinger
Housesitter (S. Martin, Goldie H.)
Out of Towners (S. Martin, Goldie H.)
American Graffiti
Crossroads (Walter Hill)
E.T.
Ed Wood
Dance of the Vampires
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Fierce creatures
Fish called Wanda, A
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Monty Python- The Meaning of Life
Rajio No Jikan (Welcome back Mr. McDonald)
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring (Korea)
Who’s Harry Crumb? (John Candy)
Wallace and Gromit- The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
What the Bleep? Down the Rabbit Hole (Marlee Martlin)
Zoolander (Ben Stiller)
Jurassic Park

to name but a few of the movies I want very badly on Blu-ray.

How do you handle the long wait?
Are you as frustrated as I am?
When do you think those titels will be released on BD??

I know it's not the most original thread ever. , but hey, I have seen a lot worse too.

[LordCrumb]

It took years for Star Wars to come out on DVD, so I'm not exactly on the edge of my seat anticipating the BDs...

Millions of films are still yet to even come out on DVD!

[Wyndam]

I think I can safely say that the day Jurassic Park is released on Blu-Ray will be one of my happiest days in years. The wait is becoming agonizingly difficult. The same with Star Wars.

[Slim Jim]

I see no reason why it takes studios along time to release any movie on blu.

[blufellas]

Yeah release star wars already!

[Freekman]

I think if all the studios released their big catalog releases at once, we'd have nothing to look forward to in the future. I'm happy with the pace that they are coming at with now. It keeps the anticipation up.

[Belloche]

What fun would collecting Blu-rays be if you never had the anticipation of waiting for your favorites ? Half the fun is getting a really cool movie announced.

[the sordid sentinel]

Originally Posted by Belloche

What fun would collecting Blu-rays be if you never had the anticipation of waiting for your favorites ? Half the fun is getting a really cool movie announced.

Yeah, well said. Plus so much kick ass stuff is getting released right and left that it keeps me patient. In addition prices are a bit more user friendly at this stage of the blu ray cycle (compared to a couple of yrs. ago)..finding deals on older favorites is a nice distraction.

Star Wars, etc. will hit blu ray sooner rather than later. It's all good.

[cmay13]

I get upset sometimes about seeing great titles not on blu-ray yet, but some just arent meant to be on blu-ray in the first place.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by cmay13

I get upset sometimes about seeing great titles not on blu-ray yet, but some just arent meant to be on blu-ray in the first place.

Please expand that thought......... A.K.A...... HUH????

[RampageIceman]

Originally Posted by cmay13

I get upset sometimes about seeing great titles not on blu-ray yet, but some just arent meant to be on blu-ray in the first place.

I get even more upset when I see they double dipping (EG The new Hangover set, I mean its been what 16 months at most... and all it includes is an extra booklet)... but yeah there are tons of films I wand on BD.. some I know I will never get and the DVDs are OOP so I might be screwed :/

[cmay13]

i mean like most comedies and chick flicks shouldnt be on here cause whats the point of watching it in this format? I prefer seeing action and horror movies more in blu-ray, cause thats what they were made for.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by cmay13

i mean like most comedies and chick flicks shouldnt be on here cause whats the point of watching it in this format? I prefer seeing action and horror movies more in blu-ray, cause thats what they were made for.

Blu-Ray was not made with any genre in mind. People have to stop thinking that. Blu-Ray allows a home video release to look as it was originally intended to look like or looked like when they first came out in theatres. A lot of comedies have good soundtracks whoch is also where blu-ray makes for a superior home viewing experience.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by cmay13

i mean like most comedies and chick flicks shouldnt be on here cause whats the point of watching it in this format? I prefer seeing action and horror movies more in blu-ray, cause thats what they were made for.

This is such a short sighted statement.

Romantic films and dramas bring in another market/consumer segment to Blu-ray Disc.

Comedies also benefit greatly from Blu-ray Disc since many sight gags can now be seen much more clearly than ever before.

You also get the incredible audio on many Blu-ray Discs even with 640k Dolby Digital audio.

Coyote Ugly looks and sound incredible on Blu-ray Disc.

Mamma Mia! sounds incredible and really showcases the limitations of many of the actors' singing perfomances.

History of The World Part I and Young Frankenstein have never looked or sounded better. The picture really is fantastic for both of these.

Then there are:

Tropic Thunder - An action comedy.

Kung Fu Hustle - A martial arts comedy.

Zombieland - An action comedy chick flick.

And this is just a short list.

As for waiting...

Eh. Waiting is good because the good stuff becomes the great stuff as technology gets better.

The evolution from MPEG2 to AVC/VC-1.

The evolution from Dolby Digital to Dolby TrueHD.

The evolution from DTS to DTS-High Resolution to DTS-Master Audio.

The evolution from BD-25 to BD-50.

If Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade hit Blu-ray at the same time as ...The Crystal Skull's theatrical release, they would be: BD-25, MPEG2, Dolby Digital 640kbs. Now we will get BD-50, AVC/VC-1, DTS-HD MA for these.

If Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi came out earlier; you would have MPEG2, DTS-HD MA audio with zero extras. Now we can get AVC with DTS-HD MA audio and all the extras.

Hell, with Jurassic Park, you'd have to make due with the poor HD master from over five years ago coupled with a DTS-HD MA track if it were released earlier. With Spielberg controlling it, there will be a new HD master to go with the DTS-HD MA track plus new extras.

[KubrickFan]

The problem is that obviously the studios won't release all of their titles at once, that many people simply want different titles and that if a certain title is released, they immediately want another one. You can check any thread of a newly released Blu, and you're sure to find a 'great, now I just need .... and I'm happy.' It goes on and on.

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by Wyndam

I think I can safely say that the day Jurassic Park is released on Blu-Ray will be one of my happiest days in years. The wait is becoming agonizingly difficult. The same with Star Wars.

I have a bad feeling about what Blu-ray's clarity will do to the FX matting on those dinosaurs...

Hope I'm wrong, because I too am eagerly awaiting that release.

[HelloMoto]

There are a few movies I love that I can't wait for Blu Ray release. In fact, I might have to go buy a couple on regular DVD to keep me sane till they're released on Blu:

The Beach
Willow
Westworld
Pulp Fiction
Jurassic Park
The Village

[HD Goofnut]

My favorites will get here when they get here. Besides the obvious I just want Krull and The Shadow.

[Bradp56]

Star Wars I figured would take a while so I am going to be patient, but I am suprised JAWS is taking as long as it has.

One that is really angering me is the remaining Friday the 13th films. I want them really bad but there is no word.

[snoman_99]

Where is true lies... anxious to see some good PQ & AQ for this blu!!

J & Jen :-P