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[bone crusher]

Good god these movies would kick abslolute ass on BD. I will have to make myself hold out for the extended cuts though. Not gonna double dip on the theatricals again.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

Good god these movies would kick abslolute ass on BD. I will have to make myself hold out for the extended cuts though. Not gonna double dip on the theatricals again.

LOL...sorry, double dip, triple dip, whatever...I have several versions on DVD for these movies, I might as well get them all on Blu as well. Still, I'm not holding my breath until it is announced by New Line officially.

[pro-bassoonist]

I don't typically post rumors until they are actually unofficial "facts" (I follow European/Arthouse releases and post announcements at DVDTALK's international forum). Yet, during the last 45 days or so most important announcements have actually been hinted from across the Atlantic:

-about a month ago the Spanish Zona-site posted that Warner are set to release The Matrix Trilogy on Blu. About two weeks ago they posted a screen cap from a promo issued by WB where the Blu-Ray logo is seen. A few days later the French DVDRAMA editor posts an official, yet preliminary, list of over 60 WB planned for release in 2008 titles and indeed The Matrix Trilogy on Blu is a reality. It is on the list.

MovieZoo had the dates for The Legend of Zorro and Once Upon a Time in Mexico announced, second half of December, but there were no US dates hinted by Sony. Last week such became a reality.

With other words, there are way too many hints that came out lately which...became a reality.

Pro-B

[Deciazulado]

Don't you mean Once Upon a Time in México?

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Don't you mean Once Upon a Time in México?

Indeed. And I already have it in the initial post on the top...just a typo here.

Thank you for pointing it out.

Pro-B

[richard lichtenfelt]

Not to attack the person who mentioned the extended cuts, but I prefered the theatrical versions. There were no scenes of action, character development, or humor included in the extended versions. I felt that the theatrical ones were perfect and fully expounded the story. Just didn't think that the extra footage, and yes I've seen both versions more than once and compared them thoroughly, added anything at all to the story except for filler which wasn't at all necessary with movies that clocked in at roughly 3 hours apiece.
Just my opinion, I know that it won't be shared by all.
That being said, I want any version they're willing to grace us with and will pre order it on day 1.
Great catch pro-B. Thanks.

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Not to attack the person who mentioned the extended cuts, but I prefered the theatrical versions. There were no scenes of action, character development, or humor included in the extended versions. I felt that the theatrical ones were perfect and fully expounded the story. Just didn't think that the extra footage, and yes I've seen both versions more than once and compared them thoroughly, added anything at all to the story except for filler which wasn't at all necessary with movies that clocked in at roughly 3 hours apiece.
Just my opinion, I know that it won't be shared by all.
That being said, I want any version they're willing to grace us with and will pre order it on day 1.
Great catch pro-B. Thanks.

That's what seamless branching is for.

enjoy
gandalf

[radagast]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Not to attack the person who mentioned the extended cuts, but I prefered the theatrical versions. There were no scenes of action, character development, or humor included in the extended versions. I felt that the theatrical ones were perfect and fully expounded the story. Just didn't think that the extra footage, and yes I've seen both versions more than once and compared them thoroughly, added anything at all to the story except for filler which wasn't at all necessary with movies that clocked in at roughly 3 hours apiece.
Just my opinion, I know that it won't be shared by all.
That being said, I want any version they're willing to grace us with and will pre order it on day 1.
Great catch pro-B. Thanks.

The EX versions were for fans of the books.

[Giyomu]

This is my most "I can't wait to see it on blu ray" trilogy!! just hope that when release date will be confirmed it just won't be fall2009... too too too far away galaxy it is

Did someone speak of Star Wars??
god bless blu, we will get all best movies in HD men could realize

[Rheologuy]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

-about a month ago the Spanish Zona-site posted that Warner are set to release The Matrix Trilogy on Blu. About two weeks ago they posted a screen cap from a promo issued by WB where the Blu-Ray logo is seen. A few days later the French DVDRAMA editor posts an official, yet preliminary, list of over 60 WB planned for release in 2008 titles and indeed The Matrix Trilogy on Blu is a reality. It is on the list.
Pro-B

Could you post the list of planned WB titles, or a link to them, please? Thanks very much.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Rheologuy

Could you post the list of planned WB titles, or a link to them, please? Thanks very much.

Hello,

I am sorry I missed your request earlier. Here it is!

Ciao,
Dr. A

Instead of posting this info in the Blu-Ray section only I am going to run it on a separate thread since there are plenty of HDDVD bits as well. Please note that this is a partial, preliminary, statement from WB-France and as the article suggests corrections are likely to occur. Thank you!



The good news, I think we could all agree on that, is that some notable titles such as Natural Born Killers, The Goonies, HEAT amongst others are indeed coming.

I am providing a summation of the article for those who won't be able to benefit from the French text directly:

(First of all in France TAXI 4, Ne le dis a Personne, and The Crimson Rivers will offer English subtitles.)

Next Warner-France will be releasing The Matrix on Blu-Ray in addition to Alfonso Cuaron’s Little Princess which is currently announced as Blu-Ray exclusive. The article also mentions some inconsistencies in the preliminary announcements where such titles as Tim Burton’s Batman, HEAT, Speed Racer are currently rumored only as HDDVD. As Kevin Prin (RAMA’s editor) points out however this isn’t a clear indicator that these titles, total of 12, will be excusive to HDDVD citing the fact that initially Warner announced 300 also as a HDDVD-only release.

I will spare you the rest but here are some of the preliminary announced by Warner 60 titles:

The 12 titles currently without a Blu-Ray “partner”:

• Batman de Tim Burton
• L'Exorciste
• La Ligne verte
• Heat
• The Matrix and The Matrix Online Card Game
• Wu Ji
• Robin des bois, prince des voleurs
• Les Evadés
• Les Révoltés du Bounty (1935)
• Speed Racer (2008)
• Superman II
• A la maison blanche – Saison 7

Blu-Ray Only:

Cauron’s Little Pincess

The rest of the list-dual releases:

• 10,000 BC, de Roland Emmerich (2008)
• Appleseed Ex Machina
• L'Assassinat de Jesse James
• August Rush
• Aviator
• Batman Anime
• Bonnie & Clyde
• The Bucket List
• The Cincinnati Kid
•
• Le Choc des Titans
• Complete Matrix Trilogy (Blu Ray – currently available on HD-DVD)
• Cool Hand Luke
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• L'Inspecteur Harry (toute la saga, vendue séparément)
• Chute Libre
• The Fest Of Love
• Fool's Gold
• Fred Claus
• Friends – Saison 1
• Get Smart
• Les Goonies
• Harry Potter (coffret ou séparés)
• Je suis une légende (2008)
• In The Valley Of Elah
• Invasion
• Justice League : The New Frontier
• L.A. Confidential
• L'Arme Fatale – director's cut
• L'Arme Fatale 2 – director's cut
• The Matrix: Reloaded et Matrix Revolutions (coffret, indisponibles à l'unité)
• The Matrix
• Men
• Michael Clayton
• Tueurs Nés
• Nights In Rodanthe
• No Reservations
• La Mort en ligne (2008)
• Ocean's 13
• Ocean's 11, 12, 13 (coffret, indisponibles à l'unité sauf le 13)
• Poltergeist
• Smallville – Saison 1
• Spring Breakdown
• Superman : Doomsday
• Taking Lives : Destins violés
• That's Entertainment 1,2,& 3
• That's Entertainment Trilogy
• Twister
• White Out
• Le Magicien d'Oz

Article:
http://www.dvdrama.com/news2.php?id=22013&page=1

[kamiller42]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

With other words, there are way too many hints that came out lately which...became a reality.

So, you're saying they have a very good batting average. That's good.

If Warner Bros wants to give HD DVD first dibs on the Matrix Trilogy, and New Line gives Blu-ray Lord of the Rings, I am all for it. Keep The Matrix and give us LoTR! Pretty please.

[nate4241]

That site also shows transformers on blu ray

http://www.moviezoo.dk/Transformers-...BD_mzov2007699

[jamclaur]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

Good god these movies would kick abslolute ass on BD. I will have to make myself hold out for the extended cuts though. Not gonna double dip on the theatricals again.

I agree, I'm going to hold out as well. Could you imagine the amount of information that will be on these BD discs.

I hear Peter Jackson wants to make a doc about the making of the 3 movies and put it on the extras of one of the releases.

[Xboxbydegrees]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

Good god these movies would kick abslolute ass on BD. I will have to make myself hold out for the extended cuts though. Not gonna double dip on the theatricals again.

Definitely need the extended versions. Maybe another box set?