Archived: Ask the Insiders: Judgment Day Edition

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by spicynacho

CC -> Circuit City???

Chris Cookson. Read the previous replies for clarification.

[JasonS]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Yes.
You do know your flicks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-BhW...eature=related

I really hope that movie does release on BR soon as it is one of my favorite movies and Elisha Cuthbert is number 1 on my list. To our Fox Insider, please release this movie!!

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

^
Don’t fall for it folks, as he doesn’t need the money.

[Balian]

Penton-Man or any insider,

My nephew got the Harry Giftset from his ditsy grandma. He is a big Harry Potter fan. The thing is the Giftset was HD DVD, NOT the regular DVD. His family does not own a HD DVD player and of course, his grandma does not any better.

I am sure this is not a unique situation as Christmas bring unfamiliar and uniformed shoppers to malls desperately looking and blindly buying presents for love ones. We have seen it played out with Planet Earth HD DVD and DVD in the past and with Oprah and her Favorite Things of 2007.

I have a hunch many Christmas shoppers were confusing HD DVD with DVD. Is Warner aware of this situation with their titles?

Interestingly enough, Planet Earth BD is slowly but surely gaining ground on the HD DVD version on Amazon. The BD version is raising at #18 while the HD DVD is inching downward at #14. This add credence to the confusion theory as new player owners are replacing uniformed Christmas shoppers/Oprah drones.

[elwaylite]

Ive seen the same mess. My father in law bought 3 combo discs because he thought he could watch them on his hdtv and upconverter. Being combo he does not need to take them back and this helps the HDDVD numbers

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Icemage

That's quite an emphatic answer. Does it relate to your previous comment about "interesting news"?

Yes, if everything falls into place in the proper timeline.

[Penton-Man]

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays!
I’ve got to go now as the relatives are pounding on my front door.

[Pellaeon]

Merry Christmas Penton and all the other insiders!

[TauHeel05]

Merry Christmas everyone!

With all this Jessica Alba talk, is it possible to see an announcement at the CES regarding the blu-ray release of 'Sin City'? Thanks.

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

might I suggest you attend CES where I guarantee you that you will be seeing Men In Black playing on some displays……as it be a done project.

So, this means that it should be shortly becoming available to all film fans of this particular title to enjoy in their home theaters once the marketing gurus decide on a debut date based upon their marketing formulas and what not.

In the meantime, catch it in all its glory at CES.

Given Sony's planned release of "Hancock" on July 2nd, 2008, a June/July timeframe would be most timely, wouldn't you say?

~Alan

[Delta_FX]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Regarding the above ^.............

Some of us here would sure like to see a certain Woman In Black (mystik with Blu-ray jacket, chaps and black panties ala Jessica Alba ); however, if you can’t wait for that photo, might I suggest you attend CES where I guarantee you that you will be seeing Men In Black playing on some displays……as it be a done project.

So, this means that it should be shortly becoming available to all film fans of this particular title to enjoy in their home theaters once the marketing gurus decide on a debut date based upon their marketing formulas and what not.

In the meantime, catch it in all its glory at CES.

Does this include Men in Black II or just the first one?

[richteer]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

You know, the above red ant rhetoric is actually quite humorous because some retailers are getting pretty disgusted now with the duration of the format war and believe that it should be settled….the sooner the better.

Hopefully most or all retailers are also fully aware that they can hasten the end of the war simply by dropping support for HD DVD? I mean, how long would HD DVD last if Best Buy, Fry's, and Circuit City all went Blu-exclusive (regardless of what Warner does/doesn't do at CES)?

Merry Xmas all!

[WickyWoo]

Hopefully most or all retailers are also fully aware that they can hasten the end of the war simply by dropping support for HD DVD? I mean, how long would HD DVD last if Best Buy, Fry's, and Circuit City all went Blu-exclusive (regardless of what Warner does/doesn't do at CES)?

I assure you that they are fully aware of that option, read into that what you will

[makingmusic476]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Yes, if everything falls into place in the proper timeline.

Now that got me really excited. If everything does fall into place in the proper timeline, would we hear about this around CES?

If so, CES is looking to be quite a bit more exciting than usual.

[Zinn]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Yes, if everything falls into place in the proper timeline.

And what's the probability for that to happen?

& Happy Holidays to everyone!

[spicynacho]

To any insider. What should the attach rate be for the mass market? I know the FDA has the little food pyramid that says you should eat 5 servings of fruits, 6 of veggies, etc as part of a 2000 calorie per day diet. Does the MPAA have a similar movie pyramid that says people should buy 3 action movies, rent 4 comedies, etc as part of a 24 BD/DVD per year diet?

I ask because a similar issue was brought up on another forum. I didn't want to ask because I have already recieved an infraction there for questioning a HD DVD fan's weight when he said that he was unable to get down the ailse at wally world to get his HD DVD.

Basiclly, I am wondering if whatever attach rate the HD DVD PG is touting is just flat out unrealistic and unsustainable. Regardless of which format wins, its not like one format or the other will inspire joe six pack to buy movies faster than they already are buying.

[NoQuestion]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Yes.
You do know your flicks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-BhW...eature=related

so wait, is the girl next door coming to blu penton? this movie was awesome, id buy it immediately

[DaViD Boulet]

on avrev the HD DVD shill "630" is commenting with "confidence" that LOTR will be announced on HD DVD at CES. Any info?

Also, Lotus the "insider" for every camp/studio says that he's "seen" 51 GB HD DVD test-discs pressed by Disney. I'd be very curious if anyone other than Lotus has any information about Disney and tri-layer HD DVD authoring... test or otherwise.

[darinp2]

Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

Also, Lotus the "insider" for every camp/studio says that he's "seen" 51 GB HD DVD test-discs pressed by Disney. I'd be very curious if anyone other than Lotus has any information about Disney and tri-layer HD DVD authoring... test or otherwise.

From what I've read Lotus also said that The Bourne Ultimatum sold 200k copies. Many liars/untrustworthy people give themselves away, and people should pay attention to where a person claims one thing where we can find out it isn't true. If Lotus did say that BU sold 200k copies (while Universal has talked about 60k from Nielsen First Alert and has made no claim of beating the 190k Paramount announced for Transformers), then even no reasonable HD DVD fan should put much faith in Lotus' other claims.

As far as 51 GB discs, I wonder if Toshiba will finally answer the question at CES about whether those will work in current players. For any insiders, if Toshiba decides to define "work" as the first 2 layers work but the 3rd layer is unreliable in some player models and Toshiba then claims these will work in all player models with no explanation (to try to fool people), will the Blu-ray side make sure they don't get away with that?

--Darin

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by darinp2

For any insiders, if Toshiba decides to define "work" as the first 2 layers work but the 3rd layer is unreliable in some player models and Toshiba then claims these will work in all player models with no explanation (to try to fool people), will the Blu-ray side make sure they don't get away with that?

--Darin

I am as concerned about the existence of additional capacity HD DVD discs and what machines that could or couldn’t play in (if they were ever even mass produced for consumer use) as I am of a meteor hitting the earth in my lifetime…..and that is no exaggeration.

Those things aren’t even a remote variable in the determination of the outcome of the high-def war as there are no interested parties in any sector. Currently, people are looking at ways to end the war as soon as possible-- not extend it with empty promises or speculation concerning higher capacity discs.

Now, it’s going to pretty much be nose to the grindstone for me folks all the way up and thru CES, so don’t read anything negative into my absence.