WB: Your latest BDs here

[Teazle]

Following the recent developments re: Warner, show your support by posting your recent (since say Sept. 12) WB Blu-ray purchases here.

I'll start it.

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[GarettP]

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Ordered from WB A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation

[Count Zero]

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Enter the Dragon

[coolmilo]

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Warner, if you are reading this, please give us Batman Begins and The Matrix before the year ends. Please..............................

[Razzy]

Originally Posted by coolmilo

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Warner, if you are reading this, please give us Batman Begins and The Matrix before the year ends. Please..............................

Let us pray to the movie gods.

[tvted]

Perhaps this is the place for my small whine.

Beginning Sept. 18, I've plans to do my bit (since WB *claims* they are leaving it up to the consumer - we'll see because I don't trust their willingness to share and share alike i.e. they just may release some titles to HD DVD only). My "bit" consists of about 45 titles, many of which are Warner.

The hesitation I have is thier encodes - I just don't like what I've seen with VC1, I prefer what I've seen with AVC. Now I have a reasnable grasp of the differences however: they are based on MPEG2 - loop filter, block sizes differences for prediction, so that is not what I am interested in. VC1 just looks too 'pristine' (not really the correct word) for me. The 'texture' is such that it conveys the feeling of video (i.e. fixed raster/pixel) rather than the amorphous organic feel of film. Film by its very nature, being organic, is random, unlike video and I believe this 'nature' is conveyed at the least, on an semi-concious level. It is not simply a 24p/grain thing in my opinion.To me film looks more 'alive'. The AVC encodes (and MPEG2) just seem, to me, to retain this ineffable quality much better.

Airy-fairy stuff I know (and I must confess that is where I shine) but before anyone says "foof" - I used to do film (still have my own darkroom for still work), and have been involved in video/broadcast (mostly live) production in technical and non-techical capacities for more years than most of you whipppersnappers can count in birthdays.

Since we try to be serious herabouts - I am certainly *not* original with my thoughts, many of the aesthetic issues with respect to video vs. film have been explored by the structrualist film makers from the 60's and 70;s avant-garde - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralist_film_theory - and has been explored in detail by people such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Lipton. So I talk through my hat but its been worn by others.

Anyway I guess no need to discuss, likely the only thing that would stop me from supporting the Warner 'buy' effort would be for them to not share equally with both formats (extras don't count). I've a feeing that should BD prevail with WB, that I will be purchasing again for those AVC encodes.

ted

[jediknight182]

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Superman 2: Richard Donner Cut
Last Samurai

[TruBlu2]

We are Marshall

Troy

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Alexander

[u_nick]

Just used the sale code in the deals forum and ordered:

Fugitive
Dirty Dozen
Troy

And Amazon will be shipping out Smallville soon in time for a Teusday arrival.

[patrick99]

Bullitt
Blazing Saddles


ordered:

Return to House on Haunted Hill

[Tru 2 Blu]

Hey everyone I order from warner today

Smallville season 6 (pre-order)

The Polar Express (per-order)

The Fountain (purchased)

Warner bros well be watching all the sells even it its though MGM, Sony, Fox, Disney and so on. Purchase what you can!!!

[kowhite]

In the last month and a half...

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Superman: The Movie
Enter the Dragon

[PrinceLH]

Troy
Gods And Generals
Alexander, The Final Cut

[Intamin]

Troy
Swordfish

[aristotles]

What recent events?