Moniker's Blu-Ray Wishlist Thread

[Moniker]

While I won't have time to post more than a film or two before I have to go back to work, I wanted to create a thread where I can add some films that I...

A) want on Blu-Ray
B) think both deserve and demand the Blu-Ray treatment

Since my students are about to show up for 8th period, I'll just post two of my primary choices:

[robertc88]

Master & Commander and Gladiator!

[SquidPuppet]

OZ smoked The Wire

[SquidPuppet]

A. V for Vendetta
B. The Wizard of OZ, Gone With The Wind, Ben Hur, All Disney Animation

[Moniker]

I purposefully have not bought this film yet because I'm waiting for the Blu-Ray release. I'm usually too impatient or impulsive to wait these things out. It should be added that this isn't exactly one of my top 20 films of all time or anything, though I do really like it. But I think the visuals alone demand the hi-def treatment.

[Moniker]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Disney Animation

I'm not very tech-savvy, so I don't know how much of an improvement Blu-Ray would have on old Disney films. That being said, I still don't own my favorite of the Disney classics on DVD, and so I sincerely hope it's given a BD release in the near future...

[Moniker]

Easily the best in the series, and one of the (if not THE) best adventure films ever made:

[Moniker]

I first saw this film in the summer of 1982, just before I turned 4 years old. Seeing it in the theaters is literally my earliest memory of anything from my nearly-30-year existence. I freaked out during an early scene when Elliot spots E.T. in the cornfield using a flashlight. The creature's eyes grew wide and he began screaming, as did I. My father had to take me out into the lobby due to my loud sobbing and I couldn't return safely until the science class/frog liberation sequence. Later that day I developed hives brought on by the fear I had experienced. Two years later the film was re-released, I saw it without difficulty, and it quickly became one of my favorites. Four years later, in 1988, I walked into Top Video at the tender age of 10 with my Mickey Mouse bank in tow. I opened it and poured all my change on the counter, adding it up and handing it to the annoyed cashier so that I could purchase the long-anticipated pre-viewed VHS copy of E.T.

[Moniker]

and for something more recent and less expected...

a film that made a big splash nearly 12 years ago, sparking a cult following in college campuses across the globe. those fans who grew out of it months later didn't see the film for what it truly was, which was something far more brilliant and respectable than all the posters and soundtrack sales could possibly express.

[OokieSpookie]

Originally Posted by Moniker

While I won't have time to post more than a film or two before I have to go back to work, I wanted to create a thread where I can add some films that I...

A) want on Blu-Ray
B) think both deserve and demand the Blu-Ray treatment

Since my students are about to show up for 8th period, I'll just post two of my primary choices:

We definitely appreciate you going out of your way, the board would not have been the same without this.

[Moniker]

While I would probably buy all but two of the Coen Brothers films on Blu-Ray (guess which 2 I'm excluding), there's a special place in my heart for one of their most overlooked and underrated features. Released in 1990 around the time of Goodfellas and The Godfather Part III, this gangster picture found itself lost in the shuffle. That's a shame, since it tends to improve with multiple viewings and holds up well today. And, as is expected in a Coens flick, the cinematography is first-rate.

[Moniker]

Originally Posted by OokieSpookie

We definitely appreciate you going out of your way, the board would not have been the same without this.

I figured as much. My only regret is that I wasn't able to start the thread sooner. My apologies, Ookie.

[Moniker]

[Moviemaniack1993]

Uh, Pinocchio is getting Blu-ray March '09. It is confirmed in the booklet with 101 Dalmatians DVD release.

[Eternalnow]

Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars Trilogies
War of the Worlds (Spielburg version)
The Island (with a better video transfer than that garbage HD-DVD version)
A.I
Waking Life
Mallrats
Three Kings
Grindhouse
Pulp Fiction
Batman Begins
The Matrix Trilogy
Willow
Lost Seasons 1 & 2
Dexter Seasons 1 & 2
Family Guy Seasons 1 - 5
Matchstick Men
Rise: Blood Hunter
Dead Like Me Seasons 1 & 2
Blow
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc.
Aladdin
Lion King
Mulan
Robots
Madagascar
The Incredibles
X-Men and X2
Team America World Police
13th Warrior
Blade Trilogy
Interview with a Vampire
Escape From New York

[Moniker]

Originally Posted by Eternalnow

Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars Trilogies
Three Kings
Pulp Fiction
Batman Begins
The Matrix
Lost: Seasons 1 & 2
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc.
The Incredibles

I'd definitely pick these up.

[SilverIce]

I'm gonna be going Blu-Ray soon, but I think it still has a LONG way to go before all of the movies I want to see on it are replicated.


Abyss, The
Aliens
Amadeus
Apocalypse Now
Atonement
Beavis & Butt-Head Do America
Beavis & Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection
Big Lebowski, The
Black Sheep (Farley)
Blade
Braveheart
Breakfast Club, The
Carlito's Way
Casino
Children of Men
Count of Monte Cristo, The
Das Boot
Dumb & Dumber
Empire of the Sun
Enemy At the Gates
Escape From New York
Event Horizon
Family Guy (all seasons)
Forever Young
Get Carter (Stallone version)
Gladiator
Goldeneye
Halloween 2
Halloween 4
Halloween 5
Hard Boiled
Harsh Times
Hunt For Red October, The
Jurassic Park
King Kong (2005 version)
Last Boy Scout, The
Lionheart (Van Damme)
Living Daylights, The
Lost World, The: Jurassic Park 2
Man Without a Face
Night of the Living Dead (1990 version)
Ninja Scroll
Office Space
Perfume: Story of a Murderer
Pianist, The
Professional, The
Pulp Fiction
Romancing the Stone
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Schindler's List
Simpsons, The (all seasons)
Thin Red Line, The
Tommy Boy
True Lies
What About Bob?




My particular favorites:
Amadeus
Das Boot
Escape From New York
Goldeneye
Living Daylights, The
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Schindler's List
Thin Red Line, The

[Moniker]

after being hounded to update my thread, i've decided to give the readers what they want (i.e. stop PMing me death threats)

[Moniker]

of course i'm anxious, as we all are, for The Lord of the Rings trilogy

however, i've always been partial to the film that really made me a fan of Peter Jackson. it's also the film that made me confident he could pull off the LOTR trilogy when all these other geeks on webboards were angry that "the guy who did The Frighteners" had been hired by New Line to butcher their beloved series


if you haven't seen this film, which was based on a chilling true story, you really need to do so immediately. it's also visually stunning, making it even more deserving of a BD release.