The beginning of 2008 will be an annihilation for Blu-ray!

[PS34EVER]

I present you the following:

January 1st:
Blu-ray releases:
Shoot 'Em Up (New Line)
War (Lionsgate)
Resident Evil (Sony)
Resident Evil Trilogy (Sony)
Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony)

HD-DVD Releases:
None!

January 8th
Blu-ray releases:
3:10 to Yuma (2007) (Lionsgate)
Con Air (Buena Vista)
Dragon Wars (Sony)
The Invasion (Warner)
Killing Machine / Shogun's Ninja (Double Feature) (BCI)
Man on Fire (Fox)
Night of the Werewolf / Vengeance of the Zombies (Deimos)
The Rock (Buena Vista)
Sister Street Fighter / Sister Street Fighter 2 (Double Feature) (BCI)
Sunshine (Fox)

HD-DVD Releases:
Galaxina (BCI)
The Invasion (Warner)
Mobsters (Universal)
The Pianist (Universal)
The Road to Bali / The Road to Rio (Double Feature) (BCI)
White Noise (Universal)
White Noise 2: The Light (Universal)
Zodiac: Director's Cut (Paramount)

January 15th
Blu-ray releases:
Breaker Morant (Image)
Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate)
Mr. Woodcock (New Line)
Suburban Girl (Image)
Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God... Be Back By Five (Starz)

HD-DVD Releases:
None!

January 22nd
Blu-ray releases:
The Game Plan (Walt Disney)
Initial D (Tai Seng)
Saw IV (Lionsgate)

HD-DVD Releases:
Channels (Vanguard Cinema)
Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip (Music Distribution)

January 29th
Blu-ray releases:
Daddy Day Camp (Sony)
Damages: The Complete First Season (Sony)
Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden (Warner Music Group)
King of California (First Look)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (Sony)

HD-DVD Releases:
Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden (Warner Music Group)
King of California (First Look)

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This is just the first month of '08. If I were HD-DVD, I would be crapping my pants. Two weeks in January with no releases?!? lol!

And then you look at their final two weeks in January:
-Channels
-Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip
-Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden
-King of California

How many combined carries are those going to sell? 20? Wow. HD-DVD is going to get smoked in January.

And then look at what they have exclusively. Their biggest Exclusive title will be White Noise or Zodiac. Quite impressive, eh?

This is going to be AWESOME.

[Jokerboy649]

Dang I got excited then realized shoot I'm gonna be broke!! I plan on picking 4 Blu-ray's up on the same day!!

[richard lichtenfelt]

Some jackass actually started a thread yesterday about how there are no good movies coming out on blu-ray at the beginning of next year.
It was such a stupid statement that I didn't even respond.

[PS34EVER]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Some jackass actually started a thread yesterday about how there are no good movies coming out on blu-ray at the beginning of next year.
It was such a stupid statement that I didn't even check him on it.

Yeah, well I myself will be buying the following:

Shoot 'Em Up (New Line)
War (Lionsgate)
Resident Evil (Sony)
Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony)
Con Air (Buena Vista)
The Invasion (Warner)
Man on Fire (Fox)
Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate)
Mr. Woodcock (New Line)
The Game Plan (Walt Disney)
Saw IV (Lionsgate)
Damages: The Complete First Season (Sony)

Hmmm. Yeah, no titles! lol

[ESUNintel]

It'll be a sad month for HD-DVD. That's a good thing

[aphex]

holy ass! well the ytd numbers are gona be crazy high for a while anyways!

[mystiksuicide]

Damn I am still pissed they're getting Zodiac. But your right January is pretty bleak for them and very bleak to our bank accounts too.

[Jokerboy649]

I will actually be picking up the Zodiac Director's cut along with some other Blu-rays.

[PS34EVER]

Hell yes. I see some 80:20 or even 85:15 coming up. Seriously think about it.

Shoot 'Em Up, War, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Trilogy, & Resident Evil: Extinction vs no HD-DVD releases in the first week!

Then, for the last three weeks of January you have the following EXCLUSIVE to each format:

Blu-ray releases:
Breaker Morant
Good Luck Chuck
Mr. Woodcock
Suburban Girl
Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God... Be Back By Five
The Game Plan
Initial D
Saw IV
Daddy Day Camp
Damages: The Complete First Season
Monty Python's Life of Brian

HD-DVD Releases:
Channels
Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip

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This is just not even going to be close!

[mov9384ie]

it would interesting if black friday marks the beginning of regular 3:1 ratios.

i think except for the week of bourne, blu-ray will have 70's or better from now on

[turboedguy]

Originally Posted by mov9384ie

it would interesting if black friday marks the beginning of regular 3:1 ratios.

i think except for the week of bourne, blu-ray will have 70's or better from now on

judging from their titles, you might be on track.

[sacredchao]

Really wish we had The Pianist though. Roman Polanski may be a serious creap, but he's still an excellent director.

Of course, with 0 titles releasing for 1/2 of January, I'm sure Ill be able to grab it on Blu soon enough

[mov9384ie]

Originally Posted by PS34EVER

Hell yes. I see some 80:20 or even 85:15 coming up. Seriously think about it.

Shoot 'Em Up, War, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Trilogy, & Resident Evil: Extinction vs no HD-DVD releases in the first week!

Then, for the last three weeks of January you have the following EXCLUSIVE to each format:

Blu-ray releases:
Breaker Morant
Good Luck Chuck
Mr. Woodcock
Suburban Girl
Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God... Be Back By Five
The Game Plan
Initial D
Saw IV
Daddy Day Camp
Damages: The Complete First Season
Monty Python's Life of Brian

HD-DVD Releases:
Channels
Method Man: Live from the Sunset Strip

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This is just not even going to be close!

don't forget the xmas ps3 factor.

it's either great luck or great planning that these january titles are geared towards the stereotypical ps3 crowd

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by sacredchao

Really wish we had The Pianist though. Roman Polanski may be a serious creap, but he's still an excellent director.

Agreed. The Pianist is a masterpiece from Polanski. I'd buy it on BD without thinking twice, but Universal lost my business for the foreseeable future.

[ink addict]

I really cannot wait for 3:10 to Yuma, it was easily on my top 3 this year. I expected it to be good, but nowhere near as good as it was.

[richard lichtenfelt]

^+1. 3:10 to Yuma was freakin' sweet.
No Country for Old Men is rumored to be coming in Feb. exclusively to blu and it was my favorite this year.
http://www.hidefpreview.com/HD%20Rumors.html
Here's a review of it: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=31411

[Cartesian]

Originally Posted by mystiksuicide

Damn I am still pissed they're getting Zodiac.

Ditto. Was depressed when I saw that! Zodiac is brilliant, my favourite film of this year...

But still - it just made me realise there's nothing I want badly enough to go neutral!

[Jokerboy649]

Originally Posted by Cartesian

Ditto. Was depressed when I saw that! Zodiac is brilliant, my favourite film of this year...

But still - it just made me realise there's nothing I want badly enough to go neutral!

Yea another reason why I'm happy I'm neutral.

[TheEnd187]

Finally i've been waiting for ConAir since last year, and WTF happened to National Treasure? are they waiting for part 2 to release so they can do a 2 pack? lol no titles for 2 weeks, they will problaly spin it and say they care about consumers and sincce they know we just went holiday shopping they want us to recoupirate our funds, and some BS on how BDA hates consumers. sorry for the rant but can't wait for the spin they put on this

[Kristin Simard]

Yea, The Pianist is perhaps Polanski's best film. I haven't seen all of his work, but a few of 'em. Cul-de-sac. Rosemary's Baby. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Chinatown. Tess. Le Locataire.

Chinatown was good film noir, great script and structure. Cul-de-sac, a creative mixture of the macabre, dark humor and pathos. But The Pianist is really his most serious. I'll miss not having it on Blu. But when HD DVD dies, they'll make it available hopefully in an uncompressed audio transfer.

As for Polanski's personal life, I wouldn't want to go there.