District 9 Blu-ray Discussion Thread - Page 10 - Blu-ray Forum

MorgolKing · 11-16-2009, 04:12 AM

My favorite film of the year.

Noodleman · 11-16-2009, 04:23 AM

awesome movie! can't wait for it to arrive already!

Brandon · 11-17-2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Elvis

Great Film! 100 Times better than Star Trash 2009. Yes worth a buy if you like Sci Fi!

I liked Star Trek but I agree, this film is better. The second half is just ridiculous. Highly recommended.

ivanb06 · 11-17-2009, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Elvis

Great Film! 100 Times better than Star Trash 2009. Yes worth a buy if you like Sci Fi!

nah.

both were good.

Jmobie · 11-17-2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Nope. No film is worth a blind-buy. None. Way too many disappointments, at least for me. I am super excited about this film being a Sci-Fi buff and all but I have an absolute NO blind-buy rule and it has saved me tons of money not to mention hassle. Many of the films I rented from Nutflix with high expectations ended up being underwhelming or decent but only worth a single viewing.

Just saying.... I wouldnt buy it blindly.

You are exactly right about blind buys. Our family has been burned on a number of DVDs that were disappointing- some of which we couldn't even finish watching. Our new rule for BDs: unless it's a concert, at least one person in the family must have seen the movie before it's even considered.

Sorry to get too far off topic, but I was at Borders deciding between John Mayer: Where the Light Is and Sunrise. I have a copy of John Mayer on DVD, and had never seen Sunrise. I went with John Mayer because I knew it was good. I then checked Sunrise out from the library, and no offense to you, s2mikey, and other sci-fi fans, but Sunrise was really bad at the end. First half great, second half not so much.

As much as District 9 rocked IMO, please do yourself a favor and rent it first.

SapGoblin · 11-17-2009, 02:37 PM

Was going to try and get the BB exclusives that come with the pre-order AND the steelbook from Futureshop...but,

Just got off the phone with the "inventory manager" at my local BB...

And he says the District 9 pre-sale exclusives are NOT working the same as the past 2 exclusive steelbook advances (Snow White & Up), but rather- you go in and put $5 down and when the movie comes in, pre-sales will include the litho and dogtag on the day of release!

Anyone else that can confirm these exclusives are NOT available today? Link to what I'm talking about here:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...33&postcount=1

There goes my plan to just buy the exclusives for $5 and not pick up the actual movie through them...but I'm still getting me a FS steelbook (hopefully)!!!

Ray O. Blu · 11-21-2009, 12:19 AM

Is Sunrise an alternate name for Sunshine?

DetroitSportsFan · 11-21-2009, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Nope. No film is worth a blind-buy. None.

Ever go see movies in the theater? If so, you blind buy. The only difference is if you don't like it, you can't sell your ticket stub to get some of your money back.

ivanb06 · 11-21-2009, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Ever go see movies in the theater? If so, you blind buy. The only difference is if you don't like it, you can't sell your ticket stub to get some of your money back.

Very true.

And I would say YES this IS worth a blind buy.

Jmobie · 11-21-2009, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray O. Blu

Is Sunrise an alternate name for Sunshine?

My mistake. I know Sunrise is a classic film, and I had watched it my cinema class a few years ago. I meant Sunshine, of course.

st4evr · 11-28-2009, 09:48 PM

Just got my copy of this one. The AVC transfer looks great in my opinion. The BD gives you two menu options, Human or Alien. Alien is blue and human is the gray one with the MNU logo. Personally for me the alien menu is better.

Pics below:

Minimejer05 · 11-28-2009, 10:30 PM

Some awesome pictures man! Loving the menu idea. Hows the video quality?

H0opman31 · 11-28-2009, 10:33 PM

i can't wait for district 9

bootsy · 11-28-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by st4evr

Just got my copy of this one. The AVC transfer looks great in my opinion. The BD gives you two menu options, Human or Alien. Alien is blue and human is the gray one with the MNU logo. Personally for me the alien menu is better.

Pics below:

That looks good, can't wait.

jamesdevil · 11-29-2009, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by st4evr

*snip*

Thank you so much for sharing. I'm absolutely jealous. December 22nd needs to get here already.

st4evr · 11-29-2009, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Minimejer05

Some awesome pictures man! Loving the menu idea. Hows the video quality?

Pretty good. I haven't watched it all. I just skip along the BD to try it out. I have others i have to get to before watching this one. But at first glance it's not bad at all IMO.

JJ · 11-29-2009, 02:58 AM

Excited to hear it's a great transfer. I'm looking forward to the 22nd to add this to my collection, one of my fav sci-fi movies of the past few years. But the experience at home, to me, is better than the theater, so I might enjoy it even more. Thanks for the screencaps!

Jack Wade · 11-29-2009, 05:26 AM

Awesome caps. Can't wait for this one.

jamesdevil · 11-29-2009, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by st4evr

Pretty good. I haven't watched it all. I just skip along the BD to try it out. I have others i have to get to before watching this one. But at first glance it's not bad at all IMO.

Do you write reviews or something?

LordCrumb · 11-29-2009, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Ever go see movies in the theater? If so, you blind buy. The only difference is if you don't like it, you can't sell your ticket stub to get some of your money back.

Thing is, most times when people go to a movie in a theater, they have seen a trailer, so its not really 'blind buy'.

11-17-2009, 02:37 PM	#186
SapGoblin Power Member Member since:Aug 2008 Location:OH, U.S.A. SteelBooks™:+200 Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:424 Trading Score:47	District 9 exclusives... Was going to try and get the BB exclusives that come with the pre-order AND the steelbook from Futureshop...but, Just got off the phone with the "inventory manager" at my local BB... And he says the District 9 pre-sale exclusives are NOT working the same as the past 2 exclusive steelbook advances (Snow White & Up), but rather- you go in and put $5 down and when the movie comes in, pre-sales will include the litho and dogtag on the day of release! Anyone else that can confirm these exclusives are NOT available today? Link to what I'm talking about here: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...33&postcount=1 There goes my plan to just buy the exclusives for $5 and not pick up the actual movie through them...but I'm still getting me a FS steelbook (hopefully)!!!

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11-16-2009, 04:12 AM	#181
MorgolKing Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Blu-ray collection:130 Trading Score:21	My favorite film of the year.

11-16-2009, 04:23 AM	#182
Noodleman Member Member since:Oct 2009	awesome movie! can't wait for it to arrive already!

11-21-2009, 12:19 AM	#187
Ray O. Blu Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 Location:The £ßÇ 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:50 Trading Score:6	Is Sunrise an alternate name for Sunshine?

11-28-2009, 09:48 PM	#191
st4evr Member Member since:Aug 2009	Just got my copy of this one. The AVC transfer looks great in my opinion. The BD gives you two menu options, Human or Alien. Alien is blue and human is the gray one with the MNU logo. Personally for me the alien menu is better. Pics below:

11-28-2009, 10:30 PM	#192
Minimejer05 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Minnesota Home Theater Gallery:14 4K collection:532 Blu-ray collection:1995 Blu-ray reviews:28 Trading Score:6	Some awesome pictures man! Loving the menu idea. Hows the video quality?

11-28-2009, 10:33 PM	#193
H0opman31 Member Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:25	i can't wait for district 9

11-29-2009, 02:58 AM	#197
JJ Blu-ray Count Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Miami, FL Home Theater Gallery:99 4K collection:619 Blu-ray collection:1293 DVD collection:31 Digital collection:5 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:203	Excited to hear it's a great transfer. I'm looking forward to the 22nd to add this to my collection, one of my fav sci-fi movies of the past few years. But the experience at home, to me, is better than the theater, so I might enjoy it even more. Thanks for the screencaps!

11-29-2009, 05:26 AM	#198
Jack Wade Active Member Member since:Mar 2009 Blu-ray collection:64	Awesome caps. Can't wait for this one.

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