WB catalog coming soon, Forbidden Planet, Excaliber, Caddyshack, more

[Teabaggins]

Excalibur....

having sex with your armor on in 1080p ftw!

[Moviefan1203]

I'll be adding Mystic River and The Green Mile to my Blu-ray library. Anyone know the release strategy for The West Wing? I'm hoping for a full series set.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

Excalibur....

having sex with your armor on in 1080p ftw!

wasn't there some issue of the framing (incorrect aspect ratio ?) of the film, I assume this will be corrected for the bluray.

[metsfan1545d]

superman is already on blu

[Blu Titan]

Caddyshack, Excalibur, Forbidden Planet, and Mutiny On The Bounty are an absolute must for me!

[broganreynik]

Well if Cruising, The Green Mile and Mystic River were released on Blu they'd be day 1 buys for me.

[Seretur]

I would very much like to have a few of these, but this is Warner. Getting lossless audio from them is apparently a big coup.

Universal have been rooting for Blu-ray to fall up until a year ago, and now they put out optimized encodes and U-control and DTS-HD MA on every title. With Warner, we're lucky to get lossless audio alongside the old HD DVD video encode.

And this is not something I actually want to support, however much I really do want at least 3 or 4 of those movies. I'll either wait for a sale price, or skip them altogether.

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

umm, I don't believe these were ever released on HD-DVD

Contact
Cruising (even though Warner did a full 4K restoration/transfer)
Hamlet (1996) (this was promised for HD-DVD and blu for quite some time now)
North by Northwest
The Green Mile Special Edition
The Maltese Falcon
The Music Man

Somebody went to HighDefDigest.com I see!

Correct! They were rumored to be released on Blu-ray/HD DVD, but never were.

~Alan

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by thecroshow

sounds like you have double dipped before? i don't think there is a dedicated thread, but is there a noticable difference on HD DVD and BD? I know it all depends on the title...but I can't imagine say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will look any better on BD.

WB has used the exact same encodes for their "catch-up" titles, with the exception of "The Perfect Storm", so no, there is no noticeable difference on Blu-ray.

HOWEVER, when you sell your HD DVDs and HD DVD player, the Blu-ray versions look a LOT more interesting!

Also, I'm not sure if I understand Bill right, but is he saying that "Forbidden Planet" (and all the catch-up titles) will get an upgrade from the 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus soundtrack on HD DVD to 5.1 Dolby TrueHD on Blu-ray... or is he just referring to a few of them?

~Alan

[Dave_6]

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

WB has used the exact same encodes for their "catch-up" titles, with the exception of "The Perfect Storm", so no, there is no noticeable difference on Blu-ray.

HOWEVER, when you sell your HD DVDs and HD DVD player, the Blu-ray versions look a LOT more interesting!

Also, I'm not sure if I understand Bill right, but is he saying that "Forbidden Planet" (and all the catch-up titles) will get an upgrade from the 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus soundtrack on HD DVD to 5.1 Dolby TrueHD on Blu-ray... or is he just referring to a few of them?

~Alan

Sounds like they will all be lossless from now on.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by goodluckchuck

I would like Willy Wonka with lossless audio... I still have the HDDVD which is a so-so release very grainy at parts and regular Dolby Digital 5.1 sound...

I would too. However, I watched Willy Wonka on HD DVD a couple of years back and wasn't that impressed with it. I wish Warner would give this title important treatment, but I suspect it will just be a port.

[monkeyjb1988]

I want both Chocolate Factory movies (only ones I've seen), CaddyShack, and Forbidden Planet. Kudos for Warner hearing us and giving loseless audio.

[fdm]

Grand Prix is a pretty entertaining film. If I didn't have the HD-DVD version, for sure on that one (haven't cracked the HD-DVD open, yet, but the DVD was excellent).

Excalibur might be worthwhile, never got around to that one on HD-DVD (it apparently had a problem or two, as I vaguely recall).

So, maybe/probably Excalibur.

Haven't done too much in the way of HD double dipping all told. (A lot of it having to do with identical video, and HD-DVD usually having better audio; or getting them much more cheaply when they were fire-sale-ing them, and the audio might have been the same.)

Always interested in old titles done well, so a couple of the others mentioned that haven't been HD-ed will also be welcome. Maybe Contact, North by Northwest, Maltese Falcon. [If they put them in super-duper deluxe packaging and charge 40 bucks a pop though, ferget it.]

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by fdm

Grand Prix is a pretty entertaining film. If I didn't have the HD-DVD version, for sure on that one (haven't cracked the HD-DVD open, yet, but the DVD was excellent).

Excalibur might be worthwhile, never got around to that one on HD-DVD (it apparently had a problem or two, as I vaguely recall).

So, maybe/probably Excalibur.

Haven't done too much in the way of HD double dipping all told. (A lot of it having to do with identical video, and HD-DVD usually having better audio; or getting them much more cheaply when they were fire-sale-ing them, and the audio might have been the same.)

Always interested in old titles done well, so a couple of the others mentioned that haven't been HD-ed will also be welcome. Maybe Contact, North by Northwest, Maltese Falcon. [If they put them in super-duper deluxe packaging and charge 40 bucks a pop though, ferget it.]

and for a 65mm to video transfer - it was a reference hidef release. Along side 'Mutiny on the Bounty' and "Hamlet' (1996) - films like these were meant to be experienced in the best possible way.

[djluis2k6]

Great news. I was just about to buy the HD-DVD adapter for my XBOX 360 for a couple of those titles. Now I will wait!

[Plasmachick]

First Post here. Love your forum. Lots of fun reading.

I think I'll pass on this crop of new releases. I would love to see the original Poseidon Adventure on Blu Ray. I love that movie and I was just thinking about it. The remake had some nice FX but the acting was

[Meeklo]

Originally Posted by metsfan1545d

superman is already on blu

Not the Ultimate Collector's Set in the nice metal case. It's only on DVD right now but I guarantee this will be a day one pick up for me and probably a lot of people on here. There's a lot in this set that would have to be transferred though.

Superman (already on BD)
Superman 2
Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut (already on BD)
Superman 3
Superman 4
Superman Returns (hopefully it will be the second BD release)
Look Up Into the Sky

[Beta Man]

Willy Wonka and Caddyshack DAY ONE!!!!!!!

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Plasmachick

First Post here. Love your forum. Lots of fun reading.

I think I'll pass on this crop of new releases. I would love to see the original Poseidon Adventure on Blu Ray. I love that movie and I was just thinking about it. The remake had some nice FX but the acting was

which would be a release from Fox, not Warners.

[Pirate King]

The Forbidden Planet & Mutiny on the Bounty (I am assuming this is the version with Marlon Brando). Gotta have them!