Ask questions to The Digital Bits team (Bill Hunt, Jeff Kleist et.al.)

[disneyboi81]

Maybe they decided we demanded Incredibles more? =)

[Living Near Shamu]

Jeff,

How is Bill doing? Is he still super busy? Will he ever come back to say hello?

[Jeff Kleist]

Bill has never been much for forums, and he's always super busy. I'm sure he'll check in at some point, I know he does read through on occasion just to make sure I'm behaving myself

[Bill Hunt]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Bill has never been much for forums, and he's always super busy. I'm sure he'll check in at some point, I know he does read through on occasion just to make sure I'm behaving myself

Yeah, sorry guys. I'm really going to try to check in more often. Jeff is right, I'm REALLY busy. And when I do start posting, I end up spending a LOT of time answering questions.

By the way, all the DNS issues have been resolved, so everyone should be able to see the site again.

[Living Near Shamu]

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

Yeah, sorry guys. I'm really going to try to check in more often. Jeff is right, I'm REALLY busy. And when I do start posting, I end up spending a LOT of time answering questions.

By the way, all the DNS issues have been resolved, so everyone should be able to see the site again.

Yeeeeeeesssss! Welcome back Bill!

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

Yeah, sorry guys. I'm really going to try to check in more often. Jeff is right, I'm REALLY busy. And when I do start posting, I end up spending a LOT of time answering questions.

By the way, all the DNS issues have been resolved, so everyone should be able to see the site again.

Hi Bill. Nice to see you here.

[Bill Hunt]

Originally Posted by NoQuestion

There must have been a legitimate reason why Monsters Inc was delayed and you have to assume that Finding Nemo has been done for some time now. Unless there is a major issue that comes up between now and this fall, we should see all three release.

There's no production reason. BVHE just feels that it's better to spread out the two Pixar titles a little more. I would guess given the economy, they figure sales will be a little better overall by moving one closer to the holidays.

[Bill Hunt]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Hi Bill. Nice to see you here.

Glad to be here! I'll peek in every couple of hours to check for questions today...

[AKORIS]

Bill, just wanted to tell you-- the Bits is the BEST blu-ray/dvd site
on the web--- it's truly the one I enjoy the most--
keep up the great work!

(and please tell me that Hammer and Universal horror movies will be released
on blu-ray sometime soon..)

[NoQuestion]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

Bill, just wanted to tell you-- the Bits is the BEST blu-ray/dvd site
on the web--- it's truly the one I enjoy the most--
keep up the great work!

(and please tell me that Hammer and Universal horror movies will be released
on blu-ray sometime soon..)

Bill/Jeff,

on thebits today you mention that Monster's Inc was delayed not because of production issues but that Disney wanted to spread out the pixar releases. Does this mean that Nemo is now off the 09 release list? I know I asked only a couple days ago and at that time Nemo was still suppose to be on the list, but this comment from Disney makes it seem like it is no longer coming in 09.

Also, Bill has word been passed on to WB sources to possibly release the notebook and others separately? I know you make a comment about it on your post today, but I wasn't sure if this was the first time this has been brought up or if you have been hitting your sources over there about this.

Glad to see you back Bill

[JonBidinger]

Hey Bill, nice to see you. I was wondering if you had any information or could do a rumor mill type post about Universal's upcoming plans. I know you have covered alot of the other studios but Universal seems to be rather absent lately, specially with many announcements of (big) titles by other studios. A bunch of Universal titles did just recently gain Blu-ray options on Netflix (The Big Lebowski, Children of Men, Inside Man, Seabiscuit, Cinderella Man, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, In Bruges, Assault on Precinct 13, Unleashed, Waist Deep, Red Dragon, Van Helsing, Alpha Dog, 12 Monkeys, Notting Hill, Fletch, and Bruce Almighty), and a number of those have been rumored in different places. It's just kind of frustrating that Universal is sitting on so many former HDDVD titles let alone all their other catalog films they have to tap into. Universal is putting out really good quality releases, but they are moving rather slow.

[thebluemax]

Any chance of seeing Martin Scorsese's Masterwork "Age of Innocence" with the gorgeous Michelle Pfeiffer in a superb underrated performance on BD?

Instead, we get the boring "Ghandi" from Sony, not sure if "Age....." would sell any better, but what a beautiful film!

[Bill Hunt]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

Bill, just wanted to tell you-- the Bits is the BEST blu-ray/dvd site
on the web--- it's truly the one I enjoy the most--
keep up the great work!

(and please tell me that Hammer and Universal horror movies will be released
on blu-ray sometime soon..)

Thank you kindly! No word on those titles yet, but I'll put in the good word. My guess is not until next year on the classic monsters titles.

[Bill Hunt]

Originally Posted by NoQuestion

Bill/Jeff,

on thebits today you mention that Monster's Inc was delayed not because of production issues but that Disney wanted to spread out the pixar releases. Does this mean that Nemo is now off the 09 release list? I know I asked only a couple days ago and at that time Nemo was still suppose to be on the list, but this comment from Disney makes it seem like it is no longer coming in 09.

Also, Bill has word been passed on to WB sources to possibly release the notebook and others separately? I know you make a comment about it on your post today, but I wasn't sure if this was the first time this has been brought up or if you have been hitting your sources over there about this.

Glad to see you back Bill

I'm checking on the former, and I've asked about the latter. No word back yet on either.

[Bill Hunt]

I'll try and find out what I can about all of the above...

[NoQuestion]

Originally Posted by JonBidinger

Hey Bill, nice to see you. I was wondering if you had any information or could do a rumor mill type post about Universal's upcoming plans. I know you have covered alot of the other studios but Universal seems to be rather absent lately, specially with many announcements of (big) titles by other studios. A bunch of Universal titles did just recently gain Blu-ray options on Netflix (The Big Lebowski, Children of Men, Inside Man, Seabiscuit, Cinderella Man, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, In Bruges, Assault on Precinct 13, Unleashed, Waist Deep, Red Dragon, Van Helsing, Alpha Dog, 12 Monkeys, Notting Hill, Fletch, and Bruce Almighty), and a number of those have been rumored in different places. It's just kind of frustrating that Universal is sitting on so many former HDDVD titles let alone all their other catalog films they have to tap into. Universal is putting out really good quality releases, but they are moving rather slow.

That would be a very nice set of catalog titles if these are truly ready to go soon.

[NoQuestion]

So I might be missing something here, but Disney is release the latest Grey's season on bluray, but Scrubs most recent season (and last?) isn't seeing a day and date? Is this because they are doing a full boxset or did they think that Scrubs wouldn't sell as well as Grey's?

[Doctorossi]

Wow, Bill. You weren't kidding about ending up answering a bunch of questions every time you make it in here. You're already getting bombarded!

[MerrickG]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Wow, Bill. You weren't kidding about ending up answering a bunch of questions every time you make it in here. You're already getting bombarded!

Jeff has MORE than made up for his absence.

Thanks Jeff!

[Stalker]

Originally Posted by JonBidinger

Hey Bill, nice to see you. I was wondering if you had any information or could do a rumor mill type post about Universal's upcoming plans. I know you have covered alot of the other studios but Universal seems to be rather absent lately, specially with many announcements of (big) titles by other studios. A bunch of Universal titles did just recently gain Blu-ray options on Netflix (The Big Lebowski, Children of Men, Inside Man, Seabiscuit, Cinderella Man, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, In Bruges, Assault on Precinct 13, Unleashed, Waist Deep, Red Dragon, Van Helsing, Alpha Dog, 12 Monkeys, Notting Hill, Fletch, and Bruce Almighty), and a number of those have been rumored in different places. It's just kind of frustrating that Universal is sitting on so many former HDDVD titles let alone all their other catalog films they have to tap into. Universal is putting out really good quality releases, but they are moving rather slow.

I second the idea to address Universal's plans. I've been eagerly awaiting Children of Men and Hot Fuzz since HD DVD's demise. I'd love to hear if there's any new developments or announcements forthcoming.

Thanks!