Paramount Pictures Theatrical Catalog on Blu-ray

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by AnthonyGG

The BD-R decision does kinda suck. I hope if Kino strikes a deal with Paramount, they'll re-release some of those as actual blu's with maybe a commentary or some interviews to entice collectors.

A commentary from a "historian" entices no one. Do they really think anyone listens to those?

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

A commentary from a "historian" entices no one. Do they really think anyone listens to those?

Some of us do.

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

A commentary from a "historian" entices no one. Do they really think anyone listens to those?

Are you being serious?

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

A commentary from a "historian" entices no one. Do they really think anyone listens to those?

You want burned discs instead of pressed releases with remasters just because you don’t listen to commentaries?

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

A commentary from a "historian" entices no one. Do they really think anyone listens to those?

I often find a commentary by a well-informed “historian” more interesting than one by an actor or director working off-the-cuff from 30-40 year-old memories. And yes, I listen to them. Not every one, but I do find a good commentary track enticing.

[slimdude]

Whether a movie is released on a BD-R or a pressed disc, (and not a bootleg) it doesn't matter, when it's the only option you have, to get the movie that you want on Blu-ray. If James Cameron decide to release The Abyss or True Lies on a BD-R, you're not going to buy it? Sure you will, so why not buy other BD-R Blu-ray releases, as long as they're authentic.

[akaun6899]

Did some digging, and The Odd Couple is getting a BD-R reissue (and a DVD-R as well).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1

[BluProofie]

Grease 2: Grease 2 [Blu-ray] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XVYQWN

[Flapperdame16]

With news of the Odd Couple going DVD-r as well as burned blu ray, I think I should stock up on the paramount DVDs- Thank God I got the two disc of Roman Holiday dvd

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

You want burned discs instead of pressed releases with remasters just because you don’t listen to commentaries?

I don't prefer nor WANT burned discs. I just know that burned discs are the only option.

And I listen to and love commentaries. But by a historian?

Originally Posted by belcherman

I often find a commentary by a well-informed “historian” more interesting than one by an actor or director working off-the-cuff from 30-40 year-old memories. And yes, I listen to them. Not every one, but I do find a good commentary track enticing.

Let me get this straight: you'd rather listen to some rando who has compiled info from a variety of sources but is otherwise not remotely attached to the movie than listen to someone who was actually involved in the making of the film?

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by slimdude

Whether a movie is released on a BD-R or a pressed disc, (and not a bootleg) it doesn't matter, when it's the only option you have, to get the movie that you want on Blu-ray. If James Cameron decide to release The Abyss or True Lies on a BD-R, you're not going to buy it? Sure you will, so why not buy other BD-R Blu-ray releases, as long as they're authentic.

Well, no actually, I won’t buy it. As I stated earlier in this thread, there are too many pressed blu rays completing for my not unlimited blu ray dollars. I’d be sad if Roman Holiday or The Shootist (to name just two) were released on BD-R, but I’d get over it. I’ve long ago accepted that I’ll never own every blu Ray that I might want.

In the end it comes down to the consumer’s choice, and that’s my choice.

[GeoffOliver]

Maybe consumers will raise a stink and Paramount will quickly switch to the pressed MOD route like Sony did after everyone complained about their Choice Collection BD-R line.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by slimdude

Whether a movie is released on a BD-R or a pressed disc, (and not a bootleg) it doesn't matter, when it's the only option you have, to get the movie that you want on Blu-ray. If James Cameron decide to release The Abyss or True Lies on a BD-R, you're not going to buy it? Sure you will, so why not buy other BD-R Blu-ray releases, as long as they're authentic.

Because buying a BD is an investment based on the idea that you're going to have a library of titles of the highest quality that you can watch anytime. I can't speak specifically about BD-R's. but I have made a thousand CD-R's on a professional stand-alone device and I have had many fail. So unless it was a title that I couldn't live without, I personally wouldn't buy a BD-R - I'd probably just stream it instead, assuming it's available. But different strokes for different folks.

[GeoffOliver]

I don’t own any BD-Rs, but I have quite a few DVD-Rs from Warner Archive, Nickelodeon, and Universal Vault Series, in addition to several homemade discs, from around 2009-2014. All still play. The only discs that I own that failed on their own were some late-2000s era Warner DVDs (pressed discs) and one Blu-ray (Lionsgate’s T2 Skynet edition from 2009).

[VeronicaSawyer]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Grease 2: Grease 2 [Blu-ray] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XVYQWN

I didn't even realize this was finally getting a solo release! Is it pressed or a BD-R like many of these other recent reissues seem to be?

[20th Century Boy]

BD-Rs? What in the holy-hell are Paramount thinking?

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

BD-Rs? What in the holy-hell are Paramount thinking?

Paramount is thinking they need to save money and satisfy demand.

It worked for Sony.

[Markgway]

I wouldn't buy a BD-R. Why pay for a product I could (ahem) make myself?

[Fat Phil]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Paramount is thinking they need to save money and satisfy demand.

It worked for Sony.

Except it didn't really. Sony abandoned their dogsh*t BD-R 'Choice Collection' when it became apparent that the people still buying physical media hate BD-Rs and weren't buying. So they've gone back to pressing their discs again.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by veronicasawyer

i didn't even realize this was finally getting a solo release! Is it pressed or a bd-r like many of these other recent reissues seem to be?

bd-r