Mark my words: The Dark Knight will be the movie that'll bring BD to mainstream!

[Petra]

Originally Posted by Hassoon

Oh you're better off using the one HERE

You're welcome .

yup that's what I used, as soon as I saw that image, I googled it

[Manco]

Originally Posted by Hassoon

Make sense, now ?

AHHH... I see.
The black goop that got on Spider-man somehow gets on Batman.

Man, if these superheros would just wear clean underwear non of this would happen.

Got it!

[horseflesh]

Isn't it obvious??

It'll be Wall-E

[USF Bull]

Originally Posted by Hassoon

HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!!!




Actually, it's probably the sequel that will be out on Blu in 2009/2010 that has a much better chance at passing the million mark .

I agree, Transformers 2 should it.

[psx3man]

what about iron man that movie looks awesome i think it will do good probably not near as good as TF or Batman

[Maaz]

you haven't even seen the movie yet, you have no idea

[The Don]

Originally Posted by mystiksuicide

Batman will be a huge release without a doubt but as to being a game changer, I wouldn't go that far.
I still prefer The Matrix trilogy any day.

that is crazy talk...

the 1st 2 and then Begins are all on par with the 1st Matrix and the other two were snoozers...

Originally Posted by gandley

So if starwars comes in HD it wont sell well. there are certain catalog titles that will always sell big numbers SW is one and i reckon LOTR will be another.
Put it this way, when people know you can buy LOTR or SW on Blu Ray they will know its the format to choose.

In truth perhaps LOTR and DK would be a combo that would ahem 'turn the tide'.

I dont think DK on its own is enough.

DK and BB together can do some serious damage...

but just the older star wars movies alone are enough to trump everything..

Originally Posted by MFS3Kiryu

I would much rather have the 89 Batman then Begins or Dark Knight.

I don't think Dark Knight is going to be that big or that huge. Nolan fails as an action director and it isn't going to make a fraction of what Spider-Man 3 and Transformers have, and neither of those crappy movies made HD mainstream, neither will this crappy movie

carazy talk...

Nolan is a serious director..

he put together a strong storyline and everything in the action sequences except for the fighting in the narrows was shot well...

[Cobalt]

Factoring in that DK won't be out until 2010 (please correct me if I am wrong) - if that - and well what you "think" is good, just might not correlate to someone else's level of "good".

Just like everyone that says LOTR, SW, Jones, Matrix so on so forth would end the format war and what not. Then you have people recommending movies that have not even begun filming or scripting.

Fact of the matter is, adoption of a new format en-mass is always a waiting game. The more studios, the better. The cheaper the hardware, the better. The cheaper the media - even BETTER!

It's a waiting game As many people here that there are - we are a small minority in a much bigger world. Remember DVD is still the format of choice for MILLIONS of people. MILLIONS of people are not going to drop everything and go Blu when LOTR, SW or any other flic hits the shelves in high def. Sad, but true.

[The Don]

Originally Posted by Cobalt

Factoring in that DK won't be out until 2010 (please correct me if I am wrong) - if that - and well what you "think" is good, just might not correlate to someone else's level of "good".

Just like everyone that says LOTR, SW, Jones, Matrix so on so forth would end the format war and what not. Then you have people recommending movies that have not even begun filming or scripting.

Fact of the matter is, adoption of a new format en-mass is always a waiting game. The more studios, the better. The cheaper the hardware, the better. The cheaper the media - even BETTER!

It's a waiting game As many people here that there are - we are a small minority in a much bigger world. Remember DVD is still the format of choice for MILLIONS of people. MILLIONS of people are not going to drop everything and go Blu when LOTR, SW or any other flic hits the shelves in high def. Sad, but true.

I would think they release it before 2009...

maybe after 3 months?...I usually see a 3 month or 6 month window...

[Cobalt]

Originally Posted by The Don

I would think they release it before 2009...

maybe after 3 months?...I usually see a 3 month or 6 month window...

Really? I was under the impression it was 2010? Oh well. Sooner rather than later would be better

[quaylie]

dark night will be released in July of 2008 for movie goers..so it will definitely see a release on Blu-Ray right before Holiday shopping season 2008 begins.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Tichols

:O Ive never heard of the black knight :O

dark knight dumb ass.

[zombieking]

Movies IMO that will make blu mainstream are the Star Wars/LOTR series. The world will gobble these up on bluray. Fan base for Rings are millions and for SW probably billions. Even if half the fan base of these films went blu, it would probably set bluray at least 50/50 market share with dvd.

maybe...

[Cobalt]

Originally Posted by zombieking

Movies IMO that will make blu mainstream are the Star Wars/LOTR series. The world will gobble these up on bluray. Fan base for Rings are millions and for SW probably billions. Even if half the fan base of these films went blu, it would probably set bluray at least 50/50 market share with dvd.

maybe...

That's a stretch. On a good day.

[zombieking]

Originally Posted by Cobalt

That's a stretch. On a good day.

We can all dream, can't we?

[Kayne314]

I don't think ANY title can win the public over to a format. Lucas and Spielberg learned that with LaserDisc. They dumped tones of copies of Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Arc into LaserDisc, and the format still failed.

It's a nice thought though, and it definitely wouldn't hurt the industry at all.

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by Kayne314

I don't think ANY title can win the public over to a format.

I completely agree with this statement. Most people aren't going to go out and buy a new format for ANY single title... especially as long as they can get it on an existing format they already own.

Originally Posted by Kayne314

Lucas and Spielberg learned that with LaserDisc. They dumped tones of copies of Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Arc into LaserDisc, and the format still failed.

Now you lost me. LaserDisc failed?

It was the premier home video format for nearly two decades. Sure, it was niche is some places (though very mainstream in Japan) -- but it definitely wasn't a failure. It also spawned the CD, Dolby Digital and DTS sound for home use, made OAR common, and was the first high-def disc (MUZE LD in Japan). They also released something like 15,000 titles... just in the U.S. Blu-ray is still under 500. If LaserDisc was a failure... then we've got a long way to go to get Blu-ray up to the level of "failure."

[Kayne314]

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

Now you lost me. LaserDisc failed?

It was the premier home video format for nearly two decades. Sure, it was niche is some places (though very mainstream in Japan) -- but it definitely wasn't a failure. It also spawned the CD, Dolby Digital and DTS sound for home use, made OAR common, and was the first high-def disc (MUZE LD in Japan). They also released something like 15,000 titles... just in the U.S. Blu-ray is still under 500. If LaserDisc was a failure... then we've got a long way to go to get Blu-ray up to the level of "failure."

Sorry, I mean to say that Lucas and Spielberg lost a lot of money pumping too many copies of their movies into the format in too short a time. Lucas nearly lost his shirt, or maybe it was his distributer. Either way Lucas and Spielberg were embarrassed, and money was lost. They were left with warehouses full of unused LDs and most had to be destroyed.

In fact, Back to the Future 2 had an in-joke about this. When in the yr 2015, the Doc and Marty duck into an alley. There are bundled stacks of Laserdiscs filling the alley. They are all Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars Movies. It is one of the reasons those movies always take so long to come to any new format. The directors want to know there is a sure demand.

I guess I meant to say the Strategy of dumping popular titles into a format failed.

My apologies to all the LaserDisc enthusiast reading this. My mistake.

[darinp2]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

Based on release dates so far, I think the title that'll bring BD to the mainstream is Enchanted. Great story, well acted and it is a crowd favorite for everyone and their fathers (mothers are a given).

Not sure, but I think that title has a good chance of doing better on disc than it theaters.

While this one wouldn't sell the most discs, for titles 40 years old+ I think that The Wizard of Oz could be about the biggest as far as helping make Blu-ray more mainstream. And now it should be exclusive to Blu-ray, since I'm pretty sure it is Warner.

--Darin

[MyXBR3isMygf]

i think you mean the $150 bluray player