Paramount Blu-ray Movies

[Vonscoot]

Originally Posted by BluCrusader

basically...thats how it was at my local Circuit City.
get em' while you can sprint! ...some people got scratched.

I agree completely. While it is tempting to avoid them given their decision, I'd rather have the movies now then wait a year plus to hopefully have them re-release some of their current titles.

Keep in mind that continuing to buy their BD's will show them that the consumer still wants BD. Besides, wouldn't it be the ultimate show of consumer decision when Paramount's BD titles outsell their HD-DVD counterparts 2 months AFTER they stop manufacturing them?

[BluCrusader]

Originally Posted by Vonscoot

I agree completely. While it is tempting to avoid them given their decision, I'd rather have the movies now then wait a year plus to hopefully have them re-release some of their current titles.

Keep in mind that continuing to buy their BD's will show them that the consumer still wants BD. Besides, wouldn't it be the ultimate show of consumer decision when Paramount's BD titles outsell their HD-DVD counterparts 2 months AFTER they stop manufacturing them?

i like the way you think

[Vonscoot]

Originally Posted by BluCrusader

i like the way you think

Just ordered We Were Soldiers (Paramount) and Fifth Element Remastered from Amazon.

[WickyWoo]

Like stated in thread posts above this one, why wouldnt you want to show paramount that you still want blu? Why wouldnt you purchase them from retailers so you could prove to them their mistake? So what if they get royalties from it? That part doesnt mean shit. Isnt it the sales of BD that show the way the market is heading? Wouldnt it only hurt nielsen if we bought used

Paramount's HD media sales are...horrible. They have about half a dozen titles that have sold less than 1000 copies(Failure to Launch has sold 300 copies or so)

They know we want Blu, this is all about making an obscene amount of money in the short term.

[Vonscoot]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Paramount's HD media sales are...horrible. They have about half a dozen titles that have sold less than 1000 copies(Failure to Launch has sold 300 copies or so)

They know we want Blu, this is all about making an obscene amount of money in the short term.

I agree with you the decision was almost entirely based on short-term financial gain. If everything plays out the way we would like it to, though, then there is no need to not enjoy those movies that they do have available at this time. I believe Paramount will come back around and while there are only a few movies out now that I want (We Were Soldiers, World Trade Center, Payback: Straight Up) I will still purchase them. No need to punish myself for the mistake of the studio.

As can be said of most companies, Paramount seems to respond to one thing: money. The only way to get through to them is to show them the money through your purchases of their BD titles.

[pro-bassoonist]

My local Best Buy just got a new shipment of ex-Blu Paramount titles (a ton of Babel, Black Rain, Snake Moan..., We Were Soldiers, etc).

The Best Buy is on Golf Rd. and Milwaukee Ave. in Niles.

Pro-B