Christmas should be the real indicator

[Blu-dock Saint]

Originally Posted by jubaiweaponx

do your research,look at the format ,the support ,the disc capacity,the company of origin ,how far its come in so little time ,the movies coming ,it`s like a big blu-wave and and trust me no hddvd zealots are surfing this one..........

It's kinda like the laser disc people then eh? or the VHS'r's that wouldnt go dvd

[ArkGuy]

Originally Posted by ikcizokm

Maybe it's just me, but a lot of movies available in both HD-DVD and BD are more "reference" material; action movies and such with lots of big sound and explosions... usually thin on plot. But those only appeal to certain audiences (like me! ). We'll need to see a bit more Academy Award-type material released, including older classics and some Oscar star-power. It looks like many of these are coming down the pipe, so hopefully it'll help more people in different generations and demographics jump on to BD. My dad, for one, is anxious for some of the classic war movies (Stalag 17) and sci-fi (Day the Earth Stood Still, Them!) before investing in Blu.

You're right on both counts. It seems a lot of the movies people on here act excited about are good for showing off the technical benefits of their HT system, or simply look spectacular, but their overall quality from the critical side is ... well ... let's just say they aren't canidates to dislodge anything on the AFI Top 100 list.

The studio releases seem geared to a couple of overlaping demographics: game platform owners (most blu-ray players are PS3's) and early adaptors. I'm guessing that they figure that's where the money is. But if the studios want to expand their audience to a wider group, they have got to offer more to folks like your dad - and me.

Here's an example that might interest your dad. On this site under the "Movies" link, if you click on "war" there are 30 titles listed for Blu-Ray. However, look at 4 on the list that don't even have release dates yet: The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Guns of Navarone, Lawrence of Arabia, and Platoon. There are probably more Oscars there than all the released ones in that group of 30 combined but the studios appear in no hurry to get them out there (though I think I saw that Navarone will be released in Europe on Oct. 1).

[Mr. Joshua]

All it will take to put the final nail in the coffin of HD DVD is to put the following on blu-ray:

Batman Begins
The Fly
Die Hard (the other 3 are crap)
Predator
Alien Quadrilogy
Star Wars (won't happen for another 5 years anyway)
Spiderman 1, 2 & 3
Highlander (the other 3 are crap)
Leon, The Professional
The Matrix Trilogy
X-Men 1 & 2
Daredevil, the director's cut (yes it is a good movie)
Men In Black I & II
The Addams Family
The Addams Family Values
The Tick tv series
War Of The Worlds
Vanilla Sky
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Minority Report
A.I.
Poseidon

I'm sure there are others that I will think of later...

[Mr. Joshua]

I almost forgot add:

The Island to my earlier list....

[zombieking]

By Xmas hd-dvd will be dead and buried. No, actually they'll probably be floating around, like driftwood from a shipwreck. You'll see that it's there, but you just won't give a damn. The Blu Army marches on......

[jubaiweaponx]

Originally Posted by wsciv123

All it will take to put the final nail in the coffin of HD DVD is to put the following on blu-ray:

Batman Begins
The Fly
Die Hard (the other 3 are crap)
Predator
Alien Quadrilogy
Star Wars (won't happen for another 5 years anyway)
Spiderman 1, 2 & 3
Highlander (the other 3 are crap)
Leon, The Professional
The Matrix Trilogy
X-Men 1 & 2
Daredevil, the director's cut (yes it is a good movie)
Men In Black I & II
The Addams Family
The Addams Family Values
The Tick tv series
War Of The Worlds
Vanilla Sky
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Minority Report
A.I.
Poseidon

I'm sure there are others that I will think of later...

I sure hope so adams family ,vanilla sky,the tick,poseidon,daredevil,you`ll probably need highlander 2,predator and the fly,don`t seem like hddvd killers to me ,though I do like alot of them ,when we kill hddvd you can`t just stab it in the heart you have to decapitate it and burn the corpse,lol

[jubaiweaponx]

you didn`t even list 300 which may really be the beginning of the end for hddvd lol

[jubaiweaponx]

I have to give you props you listed the professional,definitely in my all time top 5 movies. so your forgiven

[Blue]

Please remember few of the above mentioned titles have been announced for release by Christmas 2007 and in reality this thread is another one of those "titles I would like released" Blu-ray is clobbering HD-DVD and I would suggest for Blu-ray to blow HD-DVD out of the water it will take Universal to go neutral or the Blu-ray players to under the price of the HD-DVD players and with more features.. All of this is unlikely before Christmas. The other factor would be Microsoft giving up, as it's suspected they are bank rolling HD-DVD and for no other reason than to cause the demise of both optical formats. Sorry Microsoft it ain't going to happen, at least not in the foreseeable future.

[jubaiweaponx]

this holiday will be a chance for people to see affordable players and more movie selections and get more people on board ,advertisement ,heavy adds ,radio,whatever it takes ,its all about marketing ,the look and the sound of perfect will be when hddvd is next to the laserdisc at the smithsonian.

[cigar350]

Originally Posted by Blu-dock Saint

I think once Boondock Saints 1 hits blu-ray that it could actually sell a few blu-ray players, especially once boondock saints 2 starts to film, it's 2 nails in hd dvd coffin.

When is Boondock Saints 2 supposed to be released? And do you have a link to it?

[PaulDubya]

Originally Posted by gamer4eva

this is how it should go
Die Hard 1,2,3,4 Fox
Oceans, Matrix, Harry Potter Warner
Sergio Leone Anthology, James Bond movies MGM
Spiderman Movies Sony
Pirates 1,2,3 Finding Nemo, Cars, Ratatouille Disney
Jurassic Park Universal (best they can do)
Most of these movies has been hinted by the studios within next 12 months max so christmas i think will be a good time

I think the choice would be obvious for anyone

Thats a big leap with the Universal releases seeing that they havent even looked blu-rays way. lol But I hope that your dreams come true. I would love to see Jurassic Park in stunning 1080p

[gamer4eva]

Originally Posted by Blu-dock Saint

What gets me is what are all these hd dvd fanboy's going to say when they were wrong the whole time?

i know what they'll say who cares about spiderman or pirates or any disney movie or fox movie we've got planet earth thats all we're gonna watch for the rest of our lives and don't forget evan almighty(haha)

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by wsciv123

I almost forgot add:

The Island to my earlier list....

The Island is already on Blu-ray, Import Blu-ray. Some of our members already have it.

[jubaiweaponx]

Originally Posted by PaulDubya

Thats a big leap with the Universal releases seeing that they havent even looked blu-rays way. lol But I hope that your dreams come true. I would love to see Jurassic Park in stunning 1080p

because then the hddvd version would be jer ass has had it park!!!!!!! oh yeah,I said it lol

[Canada]

Transformers Rock-ed just a little Michael Bay humor for you. Paramount has to realize that uncompressed audio is the only thing that will cut it in the era of Blu Ray/HD-DVD. This will sell like gangbusters when it comes out.

[Canada]

1.Matrix (Blu Ray)
2.Spiderman Trilogy
3.Sin City
4.The Rock? do a lot of people want this I DO
5.Platoon
6.Das Boot (One of the best WWII films ever)
7.Raging Bull
8.Lawrence of Arabia
9.The Graduate
10.Die Hard Quadrillogy
11.Alien Quadrillogy
12.Any Miyazaki
13.Fargo (won't kill HD-DVD but it could do some damage Blu only)
14.Leaving Las Vegas (some people would pick it up and it's Blu only)
15 Batman Begins on Blu Ray

[WickyWoo]

The Rock is coming in October
Matrix not till next year
Sin City not till the sequel
Das Boot and Lawrence have not showed up, but Lawrence is being worked on.
Die Hard is coming
Platoon almost certainly
Alien next year
No Ghibli stuff at least till Miyazaki's next film

[Longshot]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

The Rock is coming in October
Matrix not till next year
Sin City not till the sequel
Das Boot and Lawrence have not showed up, but Lawrence is being worked on.
Die Hard is coming
Platoon almost certainly
Alien next year
No Ghibli stuff at least till Miyazaki's next film

I think Sin City 2 was cancelled. Even if this is incorrect Disney owns Sin City not the Weinstiens. No reason to believe Sin City won't be available this year.

[yeslek]

Originally Posted by Dadds

Finding nemo is the best animated movie to date.

am i the only one who thinks this mediocre movie is over rated?

dont get me wrong, i mean i did enjoy it but it wasnt all that.

Originally Posted by jubaiweaponx

you didn`t even list 300 which may really be the beginning of the end for hddvd lol

not really, its being released on both (though i've already pre-ordered it on blu-ray...obv )

Originally Posted by Longshot

I think Sin City 2 was cancelled. Even if this is incorrect Disney owns Sin City not the Weinstiens. No reason to believe Sin City won't be available this year.

its still in the works form what i've heard, its just hitting set back after set back

it wouldnt surprise me if it gets cancelled though...i sure hope not.