The Breakfast Club on blu-ray

[thelittleprince]

St. Elmo's Fire, too, please!

[Pondosinatra]

Hmmmm Molly Ringwald's panties in Hi-Def. I know my pause button will be at the ready

[wil_l_0w]

Originally Posted by thelittleprince

St. Elmo's Fire, too, please!

Its been released already


https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/St-El...-Blu-ray/5050/

[thelittleprince]

Originally Posted by wil_l_0w

Its been released already


https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/St-El...-Blu-ray/5050/

Wooah...didn't think it would be out on Blu before Breakfast Club; never saw this at the stores...gotta do the price tracker...$21 for this at amazon?.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by reanimator

Is there any reason to think this won't simply be a port of the HD-DVD? How was the PQ on that version?

It looks as good as any version I've seen. It certainly blew away the beat up print I saw at the Alamo Drafthouse 3 years ago. That being said, it's still a 25 year-old catalog release of a low budget film, so I'd say the transfer is average at best.

The real reason to replace the HD-DVD with the Blu-ray is the lossless audio track(although very few scenes will likely show a noticeable upgrade) and the extras. The HD-DVD was barebones.

[kdo]

Originally Posted by u_nick

Yeah, I too think the poll was something more along the lines of 'here's stuff we're working on, what do you want NEXT?'. And the poll was what, a month ago? And the movie is coming in August? Even for a port, that's a pretty fast turn around time. They must have been already working on it.

Yes, most likely the case I think...

[wil_l_0w]

Originally Posted by thelittleprince

Wooah...didn't think it would be out on Blu before Breakfast Club; never saw this at the stores...gotta do the price tracker...$21 for this at amazon?.

Yeah, I haven't seen it anywhere either.. Except on here and Amazon.

[thelittleprince]

Originally Posted by wil_l_0w

Yeah, I haven't seen it anywhere either.. Except on here and Amazon.

I just looked up amazon and they have St. Elmo's Fire and About Last Night 2-pack Blu available for pre-order for $23.49 (release date June 1, 2010). Good deal than buying each individually ($40+ total for both) if you like both movies.

[RedIsNotBlue]

Originally Posted by Astrakan

I can think of two reasons:

1. By improving the PQ and AQ, and/or including more extras, they give those with the HD DVD version a reason to upgrade.

2. It being the 25th anniversary they may want to come out with something special.

Not saying it won't be a port, just saying those are two reasons to think it might not be.

3. The recent passing of John Hughes.

[Brad1963]

Unless Universal did some major restoration it will probably have the same transfer as the HD DVD. All the studios use whatever elements are available; sometimes it turns out well, and sometimes just awful. Personally, I wish they did not release catalogs with crappy transfers, films like Clash of the Titans, Dumb & Dumber, Bruce Almighty, Tomb Raider, The Italian Job, Patriot Games, The Sum of all Fears, The French Connection are examples of crappy transfers that should have not made it to the shelves in their current condition.

High Def Digest has a pretty accurate account of the HD DVD's PQ on their website. If I remember, it was not an awful transfer. I've seen much worse.

[kdo]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

Unless Universal did some major restoration it will probably have the same transfer as the HD DVD.

High Def Digest has a pretty accurate account of the HD DVD's PQ on their website. If I remember, it was not an awful transfer. I've seen much worse.

I agree...and thankfully "Breakfast Club" isn't a cinematographic masterpiece to begin with (it is, after all, just a bunch of kids sitting around in Saturday school), so this will probably be one instance of where Universal can get away with being lazy, if they choose to be...However, if I recall correctly, the most recent DVD special edition came out after the HD-DVD version, and might have used a new transfer, unfortunately I haven't seen it, so I don't know...whatever the case, we can hope for the best, but expect mediocrity!

[PowellPressburger]

The film was edited by Dede Allen who just passed away this past April. Her credit include Night Moves, Reds, Bonnie and Clyde, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon.

[saprano]

Originally Posted by wil_l_0w

Its been released already


https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/St-El...-Blu-ray/5050/

Is this made by john hughes too?

EDIT- nevermind.

[reanimator]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

High Def Digest has a pretty accurate account of the HD DVD's PQ on their website. If I remember, it was not an awful transfer. I've seen much worse.

I agree that BREAKFAST CLUB, like most John Hughes 80s films, has a naturally soft look -- and a subdued color palette as well. I have the HDTV version of BREAKFAST CLUB, which looks solid but not spectacular.

Basically I'm just hoping the BD isn't a step backwards. Something I thought was impossible until I viewed the comparisons of APOLLO 13 -- where clearly the HD-DVD is better looking than the BD.

You just never know with Universal...

[kdo]

Originally Posted by reanimator

I agree that BREAKFAST CLUB, like most John Hughes 80s films, has a naturally soft look -- and a subdued color palatte as well. I have the HDTV version of BREAKFAST CLUB, which looks solid but not spectacular.

Basically I'm just hoping the BD isn't a step backwards. Something I thought was impossible until I viewed the comparisons of APOLLO 13 -- where clearly the HD-DVD is better looking than the BD.

I hadn't heard this...looks like I'd better go on over to the "Apollo 13" boards and see what's going on???

Originally Posted by reanimator

You just never know with Universal...

Sad but true.

[BigLuvJason]

They better not screw up the cover art!

[Xourque]

lol 25th anniversary....I am 26!! lol lol

On a more serious note, even though that I love this movie, I don't see why one would want to upgrade from the DVD. There isn't much about this movie that I can think of that would lend itself better in HD. Am I missing something??

[Princess Barbie]

You dont think it will look much better in H-D ??? 4 words for you, elm street blu- ray!!!

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

i cannot wait for this to drop on blu

saw this on mpix HD acouple months back and it looked great! hopefully the blu looks better than that!

[crables]

looking forward to this one