Are you also tired of waiting for your favorite films to get released on Blu-ray?

[Belloche]

What fun would collecting Blu-rays be if you never had the anticipation of waiting for your favorites ? Half the fun is getting a really cool movie announced.

[the sordid sentinel]

Originally Posted by Belloche

What fun would collecting Blu-rays be if you never had the anticipation of waiting for your favorites ? Half the fun is getting a really cool movie announced.

Yeah, well said. Plus so much kick ass stuff is getting released right and left that it keeps me patient. In addition prices are a bit more user friendly at this stage of the blu ray cycle (compared to a couple of yrs. ago)..finding deals on older favorites is a nice distraction.

Star Wars, etc. will hit blu ray sooner rather than later. It's all good.

[cmay13]

I get upset sometimes about seeing great titles not on blu-ray yet, but some just arent meant to be on blu-ray in the first place.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by cmay13

I get upset sometimes about seeing great titles not on blu-ray yet, but some just arent meant to be on blu-ray in the first place.

Please expand that thought......... A.K.A...... HUH????

[RampageIceman]

Originally Posted by cmay13

I get upset sometimes about seeing great titles not on blu-ray yet, but some just arent meant to be on blu-ray in the first place.

I get even more upset when I see they double dipping (EG The new Hangover set, I mean its been what 16 months at most... and all it includes is an extra booklet)... but yeah there are tons of films I wand on BD.. some I know I will never get and the DVDs are OOP so I might be screwed :/

[cmay13]

i mean like most comedies and chick flicks shouldnt be on here cause whats the point of watching it in this format? I prefer seeing action and horror movies more in blu-ray, cause thats what they were made for.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by cmay13

i mean like most comedies and chick flicks shouldnt be on here cause whats the point of watching it in this format? I prefer seeing action and horror movies more in blu-ray, cause thats what they were made for.

Blu-Ray was not made with any genre in mind. People have to stop thinking that. Blu-Ray allows a home video release to look as it was originally intended to look like or looked like when they first came out in theatres. A lot of comedies have good soundtracks whoch is also where blu-ray makes for a superior home viewing experience.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by cmay13

i mean like most comedies and chick flicks shouldnt be on here cause whats the point of watching it in this format? I prefer seeing action and horror movies more in blu-ray, cause thats what they were made for.

This is such a short sighted statement.

Romantic films and dramas bring in another market/consumer segment to Blu-ray Disc.

Comedies also benefit greatly from Blu-ray Disc since many sight gags can now be seen much more clearly than ever before.

You also get the incredible audio on many Blu-ray Discs even with 640k Dolby Digital audio.

Coyote Ugly looks and sound incredible on Blu-ray Disc.

Mamma Mia! sounds incredible and really showcases the limitations of many of the actors' singing perfomances.

History of The World Part I and Young Frankenstein have never looked or sounded better. The picture really is fantastic for both of these.

Then there are:

Tropic Thunder - An action comedy.

Kung Fu Hustle - A martial arts comedy.

Zombieland - An action comedy chick flick.

And this is just a short list.

As for waiting...

Eh. Waiting is good because the good stuff becomes the great stuff as technology gets better.

The evolution from MPEG2 to AVC/VC-1.

The evolution from Dolby Digital to Dolby TrueHD.

The evolution from DTS to DTS-High Resolution to DTS-Master Audio.

The evolution from BD-25 to BD-50.

If Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade hit Blu-ray at the same time as ...The Crystal Skull's theatrical release, they would be: BD-25, MPEG2, Dolby Digital 640kbs. Now we will get BD-50, AVC/VC-1, DTS-HD MA for these.

If Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi came out earlier; you would have MPEG2, DTS-HD MA audio with zero extras. Now we can get AVC with DTS-HD MA audio and all the extras.

Hell, with Jurassic Park, you'd have to make due with the poor HD master from over five years ago coupled with a DTS-HD MA track if it were released earlier. With Spielberg controlling it, there will be a new HD master to go with the DTS-HD MA track plus new extras.

[KubrickFan]

The problem is that obviously the studios won't release all of their titles at once, that many people simply want different titles and that if a certain title is released, they immediately want another one. You can check any thread of a newly released Blu, and you're sure to find a 'great, now I just need .... and I'm happy.' It goes on and on.