The beginning of 2008 will be an annihilation for Blu-ray! - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

househead · 12-03-2007, 07:06 PM

barely any releases for HD DVD, and a bunch of crappy movies for Blu-ray.

Looks like I'll be saving $ in January - which is probably a good thing!

Come on, Good Luck Chuck? Who buys that trash?

Mobsters? ZZZZZZZZZ

3:10 To Yuma and the Pianist are great films though.

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by househead

Come on, Good Luck Chuck? Who buys that trash?

NEVER underestimate Jessica Alba in HD!!

~Alan<~~~~~~~~~~~Who will be buying quite A LOT the first two weeks of January, but slacking off the last two weeks...

zipbags · 12-03-2007, 07:12 PM

3:10 To Yuma -Must buy!

Iron Man · 12-03-2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by PS34EVER

January 1st:
Blu-ray releases:
Shoot 'Em Up (New Line)
War (Lionsgate)
Resident Evil (Sony)
Resident Evil Trilogy (Sony)
Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony)

HD-DVD Releases:
None!

This is going to be the first 80:20 week

IvanDrago · 12-03-2007, 07:16 PM

In for the Rock. Anyone know if it will have PCM or TruHD and not DTS-MA?

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by IvanDrago

In for the Rock. Anyone know if it will have PCM or TruHD and not DTS-MA?

PCM!

Disney (to my knowledge) has never used TrueHD or DTS-HD MA.

~Alan

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Iron Man

This is going to be the first 80:20 week

If this week is less, I agree!

~Alan

BluOgre · 12-03-2007, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by PS34EVER

I present you the following:

January 1st:
Blu-ray releases:
Shoot 'Em Up (New Line)
War (Lionsgate)
Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony)

HD-DVD Releases:
None!

January 8th
Blu-ray releases:
3:10 to Yuma (2007) (Lionsgate)
Dragon Wars (Sony)
The Invasion (Warner)
Sunshine (Fox)

HD-DVD Releases:
The Invasion (Warner)

January 15th
Blu-ray releases:
Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate)
Mr. Woodcock (New Line)

HD-DVD Releases:
None!

January 22nd
Blu-ray releases:
The Game Plan (Walt Disney)
Saw IV (Lionsgate)

HD-DVD Releases:

January 29th
Blu-ray releases:
Daddy Day Camp (Sony)

HD-DVD Releases:

---

The important ones are listed above. I've been saying this for a while, January will see almost every single day/date boxoffice title exclusive to Blu-ray.

by the way, The Invasion from Warner has been redated to come out 1/29/2007. My guess is Daddy Day Camp is much easier to out perform than 3:10 To Yuma.

EvanX · 12-03-2007, 07:30 PM

Damn Paramount! I was looking forward to Zodiac director's cut. I didn't realize who released it until now!!!

Iron Man · 12-03-2007, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by EvanX

Damn Paramount! I was looking forward to Zodiac director's cut. I didn't realize who released it until now!!!

Warner is the distributor in many european countries

SamInNorthCakalakey · 12-03-2007, 07:48 PM

You're right about the first few months but they have some blockbusters coming their way later on in the year. Iron-Man, Cloverfield, I am Legend, Dark Knight.

Not sure if we'll get some of those but odds are they will. If anyone has info on that, I'm sure we'd all like to know.

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

You're right about the first few months but they have some blockbusters coming their way later on in the year. Iron-Man, Cloverfield, I am Legend, Dark Knight.

Not sure if we'll get some of those but odds are they will. If anyone has info on that, I'm sure we'd all like to know.

"I Am Legend" and "The Dark Knight" are Warner Bros., so we should get those, and there's always the possibility they won't get them... but yeah, there are some big titles coming this year that will be big sellers for the red side.

~Alan

atomik kinder · 12-03-2007, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

You're right about the first few months but they have some blockbusters coming their way later on in the year. Iron-Man, Cloverfield, I am Legend, Dark Knight.

Not sure if we'll get some of those but odds are they will. If anyone has info on that, I'm sure we'd all like to know.

Warner has I am Legend and Dark Knight, but Dark Knight won't be out for quite some time, probably next Christmas. And as for Cloverfield, there is a reason studios dump films into the middle of January. It is typically because they aren't too good and they don't have to deal with the competition of much better films during the Christmas and Summer seasons. Besides, it is supposed to look like it was shot on home video cameras and cell phones. How great is that going to look in hi def?

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by atomik kinder

And as for Cloverfield, there is a reason studios dump films into the middle of January. It is typically because they aren't too good and they don't have to deal with the competition of much better films during the Christmas and Summer seasons. Besides, it is supposed to look like it was shot on home video cameras and cell phones. How great is that going to look in hi def?

It will still be a big hit for HD DVD though...

As for the bolded part, I remember the same thing being said about "300"...

~Alan

SamInNorthCakalakey · 12-03-2007, 08:01 PM

Quicktime.com has it posted up in HD. Go take a look.

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Originally Posted by atomik kinder

Warner has I am Legend and Dark Knight, but Dark Knight won't be out for quite some time, probably next Christmas. And as for Cloverfield, there is a reason studios dump films into the middle of January. It is typically because they aren't too good and they don't have to deal with the competition of much better films during the Christmas and Summer seasons. Besides, it is supposed to look like it was shot on home video cameras and cell phones. How great is that going to look in hi def?

xtop · 12-03-2007, 08:02 PM

too lazy to read through the whole thread. but hd dvd seriously has no releases all those weeks? wtf

atomik kinder · 12-03-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

It will still be a big hit for HD DVD though...

As for the bolded part, I remember the same thing being said about "300"...

~Alan

But of course none of those movies have even been released into the theaters yet, so they won't be on HD DVD too soon, at least one would think they wouldn't.

atomik kinder · 12-03-2007, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

Quicktime.com has it posted up in HD. Go take a look.

Can't while I am at work...

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by atomik kinder

But of course none of those movies have even been released into the theaters yet, so they won't be on HD DVD too soon, at least one would think they wouldn't.

"Cloverfield" should be on HD DVD during the April/May/June timeframe. Not too far away. "Bee Movie" and "Beowulf" should be sooner than that.

That's why I think these first few weeks of '08 are so important. Convince WB to go exclusive, Universal to go neutral, and problem solved!

~Alan

darinp2 · 12-03-2007, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Iron Man

This is going to be the first 80:20 week

If the first week of the year is 80:20 or over than I would expect some people in the HD DVD camp to use that later to claim that they are doing well because they closed the gap and Blu-ray didn't maintain 4:1 (even if it is 3:1 or 2:1) for YTD. On the other hand, if Warner and New Line go to Blu-ray exclusively at CES the 2nd week of January, then 4:1 or higher could become fairly common.

--Darin

12-03-2007, 07:48 PM	#71
SamInNorthCakalakey Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Raleigh/Durham, NC area Blu-ray reviews:19	What about the second half of the year?! You're right about the first few months but they have some blockbusters coming their way later on in the year. Iron-Man, Cloverfield, I am Legend, Dark Knight. Not sure if we'll get some of those but odds are they will. If anyone has info on that, I'm sure we'd all like to know.

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12-03-2007, 07:06 PM	#61
househead Banned Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:9 Trading Score:4	barely any releases for HD DVD, and a bunch of crappy movies for Blu-ray. Looks like I'll be saving $ in January - which is probably a good thing! Come on, Good Luck Chuck? Who buys that trash? Mobsters? ZZZZZZZZZ 3:10 To Yuma and the Pianist are great films though.

12-03-2007, 07:12 PM	#63
zipbags Active Member Member since:Nov 2007	3:10 To Yuma -Must buy!

12-03-2007, 07:16 PM	#65
IvanDrago Active Member Member since:Nov 2007	In for the Rock. Anyone know if it will have PCM or TruHD and not DTS-MA?

12-03-2007, 07:30 PM	#69
EvanX Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Michigan Blu-ray collection:47	Damn Paramount! I was looking forward to Zodiac director's cut. I didn't realize who released it until now!!!

12-03-2007, 08:02 PM	#76
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	too lazy to read through the whole thread. but hd dvd seriously has no releases all those weeks? wtf

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