Is Family Guy Coming To Blu Ray

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

You obisouly didn't saw Futurama : Bender's Game DVD vs Blu-ray that i did on my setup to show friend that even super simple animation look awesome on bluray.

But FG is drawn in Computer at 720x480.. I've not buy a dvd in 4 years so..

*sigh* That's not a wise comparison, given that Bender's Whatever is fairly recent. The early seasons of Family Guy were extremely low budget affairs, and I don't want to think how they'd look in HD. They look terrible as it is.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

*sigh* That's not a wise comparison, given that Bender's Whatever is fairly recent. The early seasons of Family Guy were extremely low budget affairs, and I don't want to think how they'd look in HD. They look terrible as it is.

Terrible? How else would you suggest a traditional style animation sitcom look? You want heavy shading? Detailed patterns? A third dimension? Take a look at ANY animated sitcom and you won't see these things, because they conflict with the simple premise. Even Futurama's typical fare isn't heavily detailed, it's only the CG elements and, in the case of the particular film on BD, the fantasy portions.

The only way that Family Guy has "improved" in recent years is more fluid use of rendered CG for vehicles and things. To be honest though, I think I prefer traditionally animated vehicles, because it always jumps out to me when they use a CG model, even if the implementation is as good as it can be. It works well for Futurama, I'd say, but I don't like seeing a CG red station wagon driving down the street as much as I do the CG Planet Express ship taking off through space.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

You obisouly didn't saw Futurama : Bender's Game DVD vs Blu-ray that i did on my setup to show friend that even super simple animation look awesome on bluray.

But FG is drawn in Computer at 720x480.. I've not buy a dvd in 4 years so..

Also, take a look at the Simpson's movie on BD vs SD. Huge improvement in color.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by Chevypower

Because Family Guy animation has so much detail to see and all....

You wouldn't say that if you've seen the Simpsons movie on Blu.

[opterasis]

Give me Simpsons or Futurama seasons on blu before this crap please.

[MusicMan0985]

The standard BD discs are 25 GB to 50 GB right? Why not make an ultimate collection of Family Guy on one disc SD or a few discs HD?

Would this be better?

[OrlandoEastwood]

SD should stay on DVD. Supposedly the new Star Wars spoof is coming to Blu-ray.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

SD should stay on DVD. Supposedly the new Star Wars spoof is coming to Blu-ray.

Not "supposedly". It is coming to BD.

The quality is another question though.

[ryoohki]

FG is only animated in SD 4x3 and still his and mcfarlane have absolutly no plan to go widescreen HD at all!

The carnivale of Cartoon look atroucious on Blu-ray even for basic animation. (Monster ALIASING everywhere)... i'am pretty sure this would look the same.

It's a shame because even simple animation can look awesome in HD. Venture Brothers and Southpark are great example of that...

[EnderEightyFour]

Originally Posted by opterasis

Give me Simpsons or Futurama seasons on blu before this crap please.

I would particularly be interested in Futurama, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen anytime soon. They are releasing the entire series plus the 4 movies (18 discs) on DVD in a couple of weeks for around $120, but no BD.

[doctorsteve]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Line art can gain from higher resolution just the same as everything else.

Take a look at these:
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2992/1080xt4.png
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9134/480sc4.png

Are you really saying that the one is not any better looking than the other?

Agreed, Some of the motion and clarity suffers on my DVD FG episodes. I have to turn the TV Motion Enhancer up to HIGH on my Bravia to make it look clearer.

There is nothing wrong with the idea of a Blu Transfer. As with any Standard Def source, it looks a bit cruddy when seen on a large screen even with upscaling turned on. Period. Unless you're watching that incredible new show called "Blank TV Screen"... then, the quality is about the same.

Cheers,

Doc

[that1guystudios]

This season of family guy is being animated in HD at a 4:3 ratio. The first episode of the season Road to the Multi-verse is available in 720p on the Playstation 3 network for download. The difference is actually bigger than you'd think. Especially during the Disney sequence in the episode. Anyone who says this show doesn't benefit from HD is smoking something.

[Lyle_JP]

Seriously, guys, this show is rendered in something akin to Flash animation. Blu-ray? really? What's next, demands for 4k restorations of "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist"?

If the show is ever rendered in High-Def, then it might be worth seeing it that way. Until then, DVD continues to have more resolution than this show is even capable of.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by Lyle_JP

Seriously, guys, this show is rendered in something akin to Flash animation. Blu-ray? really? What's next, demands for 4k restorations of "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist"?

If the show is ever rendered in High-Def, then it might be worth seeing it that way. Until then, DVD continues to have more resolution than this show is even capable of.

lol

If Dr. Katz was shot on film, I wouldn't mind having it rescanned and available on Blu-ray. What's wrong with you people who think that simple line art doesn't look remarkably better at higher resolutions?

[Lyle_JP]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

lol

If Dr. Katz was shot on film, I wouldn't mind having it rescanned and available on Blu-ray. What's wrong with you people who think that simple line art doesn't look remarkably better at higher resolutions?

Actually, Dr. Katz was rendered on a 486 (no BS, I remember the animator being quite proud of that). It is sub-VGA quality. Ipod video bests it.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by Lyle_JP

Actually, Dr. Katz was rendered on a 486 (no BS, I remember the animator being quite proud of that). It is sub-VGA quality. Ipod video bests it.

I kind of figured the style they used was a digital effect, meaning it would have been hard-rendered in SD resolution.

But my point still stands. If Dr. Katz were available in HD it would be markedly better than SD.

[pghilard]

Ok, DVD will be as important as VHS is in about 3 years or so. Bluray will be here for as about as long as DVDs were hot. It's the natural progression. It's the new technology for this particular field. Why is everyone trying to ignore that? Even the Beatles understood this concept which is why their music went from Vinyl to 8 track to tape to CD to now straight digital on iTunes. They weren't like, "Oh, I don't really like the sound it gives off on the newer mtypes of media so we're not going to release any newer versions." People are very particular about thier music, movies and TV shows. If your show is good, really good, i.e. Seinfeld, and Family Guy, people will buy it on BR. It sucks to have an amazing HD plasma or LCD TV and watch one of your favorite shows painfully because FOX is too cheap to give them the money to upconvert. Ya, it's a comedy not an action movie, but still i watch a lot more of these comedy tv shows on a regular basis than anything else. It's like buying the nicest suit you've ever seen and having no event to wear it to. If Seth MacFarlane is as brilliant as we know he is, he will get this pretty quickly and start cranking out BR versions... If it's even his call to make, that is.

[Baughman92]

Why is everyone saying its not coming to blu ray? It hasn't been confirmed yes, but do you all believe once DVD is dead they will keep producing the seasons on an obsolete format? Give it a year or two and I guarantee it will be. Also, if it was pointless to put it on blu ray (which its not) and McFarlane says he doesn't want to then why is Family Guy Darkside on blu ray? Everyone was saying southpark wouldn't be on blu ray but look its newest season is and it looks awesome.

[F13BluRay]

Originally Posted by Baughman92

Why is everyone saying its not coming to blu ray? It hasn't been confirmed yes, but do you all believe once DVD is dead they will keep producing the seasons on an obsolete format? Give it a year or two and I guarantee it will be. Also, if it was pointless to put it on blu ray (which its not) and McFarlane says he doesn't want to then why is Family Guy Darkside on blu ray? Everyone was saying southpark wouldn't be on blu ray but look its newest season is and it looks awesome.

Exactly! How can people possibly think that the Family Guy Seasons won't be coming to Bluray??????? It's obviously going to be eventually. Once DVD is officially dead you think FOX won't ever release one, if not THE, best show they have had on Blu, C'mon people............

[painted_klown]

To answer the question posed by the OP. Yes. http://www.amazon.com/Family-Guy-Pre...0500100&sr=1-3

Enjoy.