What Blu-ray announcement surprised you the most in 2018?

[zw94]

Now that we're nearing the end of the year, which films announced for Blu-ray surprised or excited you the most?

I was pretty excited for "Freaky Friday" (2003) from the DMC as well as "In the Heat of the Night" from Criterion, but I have to say I was floored when Severin announced "The Changeling". I thought we'd never see the day.

[dcowboy7]

That another year passed & seinfeld still isnt blu.

[urrutiap]

Kind of disappointed there's still no blu ray release for George Lucas's Strange Magic animated movie

[fitprod]

The Sony/Mill Creek announcements of Community and The Shield.

Behind that? Lion King in 4K

Fitprod

[bsend]

Mausoleum (1983)

[Cremildo]

[dommie]

There were a few releases on Blu this year that I frankly thought might not ever see the light of day on Blu.

Probably the most surprising was, finally, the Blu-ray release of The Thing From Another World. When 2018 started, I don't think anyone thought that we would see this one on Blu by year's end. The fact that Warner kept this one under wraps and then, all of a sudden, it was up for order, was an interesting turn of events for 2018.

I was also pleasantly surprised to see two of my long awaited, and most wanted, releases for Big Wednesday and Never So Few appear in 2018. I thought that these two films were obscure enough that Warner would never spend the dollars to get them out on Blu.

Here's hoping that we get more of these surprises in 2019. Perhaps the biggest surprise ion 2019, although I am not holding my breath, is that we would get a Blu-ray release for The Abyss. Now that WOULD be a surprise.

[octagon]

TTFAW is probably up there, yes.

Kino's Charley Varrick announcement was pretty good too. I wasn't too surprised that somebody was going to finally release it here but the fact that they're planning to do a new 4k scan was a very pleasant surprise.

[filmbuffTX]

For me it would be some of my childhood favorites coming to Blu-ray. Movies that most might think aren’t great.



Also, The Warriors theatrical cut on Blu-ray from Germany.

[Lepidopterous]

Batman: The Animated Series and the Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Criterion Set were the highlights of the year for me.

[RedHarvest]

Dark of the Sun, Critters, and Bright Lights, Big City.

[RedHarvest]

I'll also acknowledge these strange Sony releases: Freejack, the Principal, Night of the Living Dead (1990)...they're very welcome, though.

[NeMo_ET]

I was happy to see Candyman finally get a NA release. Was surprised to see Universal step up with a bunch of releases (The Skulls, etc.).

I'd still really like to see The Beach and Jack (Robin Williams) on blu some day. Along with many others but those are two off the top of my head. I might come back for more later.

One that would REALLY surprise me that I'd like to see is Poolhall Junkies.

[Michael24]

The biggest (and most welcome) surprises for me this year:



I almost put Batman: The Animated Series but I think that was technically first revealed last year.

[horroru]

It's been a GREAT year, for me these were the biggest surprises:

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by fitprod

The Sony/Mill Creek announcements of Community and The Shield.

Behind that? Lion King in 4K

Fitprod

And Disney licensing Gravity Falls to Shout, I'd say that's most surprising of anything.

[Aclea]

[akaun6899]

Gravity Falls
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Fraggle Rock
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Producers

[andyman1970]

The Changeling from Severin.

[Richard Graham]

Maximum Overdrive.