If you were on the fence, what film...?

[Damnationdoormat]

If you were on the fence about purchasing a Blu-ray player (like I), what film(s) would get you to convert in a heartbeat if released (or announced) on the format?

I know this may sound ridiculous, but if the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead was announced, I'd be making sure I have my credit card in my wallet while driving to the store the next day.

The film was actually the catalyst for me initially jumping into the LD and DVD formats many moons ago. :D

[paintit77]

Bond, James Bond.
I want to see Halle Berry's peach fuzz in the bathing suit from the last Bond Film. Also, Swordfish, Excalibur (whoops, I think that is Universal), The Entire Pink Panther films (including Return of the PP that was left out of the DVD box Set, I am still pissed about that)
Battle of the Bulge, Where Eagles Dare, The Longest Day, Star Trek DS9 Box Set, Force 10 from Navarone, Bladerunner, owe and Star Wars.

For HD-DVD I would like to see LOTR, Battlestar Galactica (new version) and Matrix.

I think the Bond Films that were restored at Lowry Studios are going to be incredible.
I am going to buy a BR player and the entire box set of the Films the day they are announced and launched.
Here is a link about the restoration.

http://commanderbond.net/Public/Stories/2878-1.shtml

[Cain]

Probably Master and Commander, and LOTR Extended versions...

[Mattman]

King Kong or Braveheart

[Grubert]

Blade Runner (1982 theatrical cut)

[PatsFan12]

Ishtar

[MrZoid]

It's pretty easy for me. Before I go with either format, they have to have at least two of the movie sets, and at least two of the TV sets.
Movies: Star Wars (all six of course), The Lord of the Ring, Star Trek (all 10 titles).
TV: Law & Order (the original), ER, HouseMD.

Mr Zoid

[Gai]

No one film. I need studio support from all the studios.

[Q of BanditZ]

[QUOTE=Gai]No one film. I need studio support from all the studios.[/QUOTE]

That's really all there is to it. ANy split jobs or incomplete circles is unacceptable to me.

That's just the sofware side. ;)


The obvious flux and instability on the hardware side, for both brands, is a completely different matter altogether.

Bottom line: It's your all too typical first generation/early adopter/pay-premium-dollars-to-be-glorified-beta-testers situation all the way, to a tee.

[dialog_gvf]

It's the movies you haven't seen yet which will decide things. New releases are the killer apps. As people are fond of pointing out, few are primarily interested in replacing their DVDs.

Will "Superman" or "The Da Vinci Code" be THE must haves of 2006?

Gary

[dugpa]

Any film by David Lynch.

[plissken99]

Well, I'm with Blu Ray already. So Universal would have to release something exclusive. Can't think of anything they have off hand(Serenity and King Kong for new stuff) that would pull me away from Blu Ray. It's a moot point anyway, since they'll have to cave to Blu Ray eventually.

Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Nightmare on Elm Street collection, Star Wars, Star Trek movies, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon etc, are all stuff I'd pick a format for, and Blu Ray will have all of those.

[NetGod]

These are the top movies i'm looking for to replace: The Alien Quadrilogy, The Matrix Movies, The Star Wars movies, all Star Trek movies, The Lord of the Rings set, The Harry Potter collection, The Jurrassic Park Movies, and the new War of the Worlds.

[bferr1]

Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, the four-hour version, came out to theaters in 1996. To this day, it still hasn't come out on DVD. I haven't seen this in nearly 10 years! Some of the obvious movies like Star Wars and LOTR are practically a given for HD discs, but if I heard that either format had an obscure title like this one, it would really make my day.

[moore]

Somehow bigger and sharper CGI doesn't do it for me. It's great, but not the motivating factor. What impresses me the most in HD are landscapes, groups of people, crazy good costuming and artwork, and outstanding head shot/performances that would normally be muted in 480. No one title would sway me, but things like Seven Years in Tibet, 25th Hour, Gangs of New York, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Zhivago, the Untouchables, etc come to mind.

[TwinTurboZX]

Once Upon A Time In The West

[Damnationdoormat]

[QUOTE=TwinTurboZX]Once Upon A Time In The West[/QUOTE]

Excellent choice!

It will be nice to merely get passed the edge enhancement of the DVD. :)

[zgraen]

Plan 9 from outer space

[shugazer9]

Lawrence Of Arabia and another David Lean film that has yet to be released on DVD, Ryan's Daughter

[Kram Sacul]

[QUOTE=Gai]No one film. I need studio support from all the studios.[/QUOTE]

This is pretty much the bottom line for me too. I don't want to buy a HD-DVD drive just to play Universal titles, however tempting it may be.

[rlsmith]

Ryan's Daughter will be out on DVD this February in a special edition.

Another David Lean film, Passage to India (his last) has been playing on HD-Net movies this month. Looked very nice. This is a Columbia picture and we can expect to see it on Blu-Ray (along with The Bridge on the River Kwai, which is already promised for this summer.)

Of course, Lawrence of Arabia has to count as my number one choice for the HD format. But I don't expect it to rival the 70mm presentation.

[cybersoga]

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner, Titanic, The Matrix, Terminator 2...

[mhafner]

[QUOTE=rlsmith]
Of course, Lawrence of Arabia has to count as my number one choice for the HD format. But I don't expect it to rival the 70mm presentation.[/QUOTE]

Not with the current transfer.

[kenliles]

has anyone heard of efforts to re-transfer LofA for HD? I agree the current one is lacking....

ken

[ckenisell]

[list=1]
All five previously released Sopranos seasons.
LOTR Extended Editions
Matrix Trilogy
Gladiator
The Island
Batman Begins
Titanic
Passion of the Christ
Star Wars Eps. I - VI
U-571
Swordfish
The Shawshank Redemption
Spiderman 1 & 2
Back to the Future: The Trilogy (Framed Correctly)
Toy Story 1 & II
Monster's Inc.
Finding Nemo
A Bug's Life
The Incredibles
Pearl Harbor
SE7EN
Fight Club
Robots (The 3D animated one)
Crash
Sin City
Kill Bill Vol. I & II
Shrek 1 & 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Polar Express
Boston Legal (ABC): All Seasons
American Choppers (Discovery HD Theater): All Seasons
Get Out (HDNet): All Episodes
Grey's Anatomy (ABC): Season 1
X-Men 1 & 2
King Kong (The New One)
The Bourne Indentity
The Bourne Supremacy
Ocean's Eleven
Man on Fire
Ice Age
Six Feet Under (All Seasons) (Maybe)
Carnivale Seasons 1 & 2
The Butterfly Effect
[/list]

I'm sure there's more. :D

[hmurchison]

The Devil in Mrs Jones.

[shugazer9]

Thatr's great news about Ryan's Daughter, rlsmith! I wish i still had my projector to best appreciate the sweeping cinematography of that film. It will be nice to hear the score in 5.1 also. Since it is new to DVD, it would be great if an HD transfer was also made at the same time. Speaking of David Lean, how does the HDNET HD presentation of Paths Of Glory look? What aspect ratio is it?

[necrolop]

The Shawshank Redemption

[SC0TLANDF0REVER]

[COLOR=Black]I am planted firmly on the fence.

Looking at some of the announced films to come to both formats (from Digital Bits):[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Red]HD-DVD:
Batman Begins
Constantine
The Last Samurai
The Matrix
Full Metal Jacket
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Charlie & Chocolate Factory
The Green Mile: Special Edition
Troy
The Sopranos
The Bourne Supremacy
expected in '06 Superman Returns[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Blue]Blu-Ray:
Behind Enemy Lines
Ice Age
The Fifth Element
Legends of the Fall
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Desperado
For a Few Dollars More
The Guns of Navarone
Black Hawk Down
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Reservoir Dogs
Total Recall
Frank Herbert's Dune[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Black]Paramount is still on the fence and will release the below in BOTH formats:
Sahara
Aeon Flux
The Italian Job
Four Brothers
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
U2: Rattle and Hum
Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow
We Were Soldiers
The Manchurian Candidate
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible 2
Mission: Impossible 3[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Black]So I'm thinking I'll wait for this to be shaken out a bit.
It would be *awesome* if the two formats merged (hardware wise) so we would only have to buy one player. :crossingfingers:[/COLOR]

[Grubert]

SC0TLANDF0REVER, note that half of the HD DVD titles you want have also been announced for Blu-ray:


Batman Begins
Constantine
The Last Samurai
The Matrix
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Charlie & Chocolate Factory
Troy

See my explanatory list here (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=633259).

[SC0TLANDF0REVER]

[QUOTE=Grubert]SC0TLANDF0REVER, note that half of the HD DVD titles you want have also been announced for Blu-ray:


Batman Begins
Constantine
The Last Samurai
The Matrix
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Charlie & Chocolate Factory
Troy

See my explanatory list here (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=633259).[/QUOTE]

d'oh! I didn't catch your thread...

Thanks!

[Greg Black]

Ghostbusters, my favorite film of all time.

Now, seeing that this is a Sony film, and that they just did a new high-def master last year, I'd say that it's a sure thing this will be on Blu-ray within the first year or so.

Okay, now that I think about it, one film isn't worth investing in a whole new format for...

(plus I don't even like the look of the new transfer)

[Q of BanditZ]

[QUOTE=Greg Black]Ghostbusters, my favorite film of all time.

Now, seeing that this is a Sony film, and that they just did a new high-def master last year, I'd say that it's a sure thing this will be on Blu-ray within the first year or so.

Okay, now that I think about it, one film isn't worth investing in a whole new format for...

(plus I don't even like the look of the new transfer)[/QUOTE]


One thing we have to consider, if we use DVD as any kind of precedent and reference point:

Does anyone here really have any illusions that you will once again see studios double dipping, AT LEAST, on a lot of these titles, the same way they did on DVD?

You'll get your barebones, first gen title, then a year or two later, you'll get the Director's Cut, 6 months after that or so, you might get the Ultimate Underground Uncensored Cut, and then maybe another year after that you might get the "Completely different version with comments from everyone and their realitives and acquaintances off the street" version.


You catching my drift? ;)

That sort of thing certainly cools my jets a bit.

[ckenisell]

[QUOTE=Q of BanditZ]One thing we have to consider, if we use DVD as any kind of precedent and reference point:

Does anyone here really have any illusions that you will once again see studios double dipping, AT LEAST, on a lot of these titles, the same way they did on DVD?

You'll get your barebones, first gen title, then a year or two later, you'll get the Director's Cut, 6 months after that or so, you might get the Ultimate Underground Uncensored Cut, and then maybe another year after that you might get the "Completely different version with comments from everyone and their realitives and acquaintances off the street" version.


You catching my drift? ;)

That sort of thing certainly cools my jets a bit.[/QUOTE]

I have absolutely, positively, no doubt that this will happen. :(

[Q of BanditZ]

[QUOTE=ckenisell]I have absolutely, positively, no doubt that this will happen. :([/QUOTE]

I, like many others, have bought more than one copy of more movies than I care to admit.

I will not be doing that cycle again, so if anything, my adoption this next time around will probably be even more slow and gradual than my adoption of DVD was.

I didn't jump on DVD until about third generation.

[steviec]

None of the above:
Its all about pricing and rental availability.

[FoxyMulder]

To be honest whichever format can show 4 hour movies without swapping discs and without a compromise to picture quality. I also want lossless audio even if my equipment isn't capable right now it will eventually be capable thus i want that audio factor. Think long term gain not short term pain.

[Earz]

[QUOTE=FoxyMulder]To be honest whichever format can show 4 hour movies without swapping discs and without a compromise to picture quality. I also want lossless audio even if my equipment isn't capable right now it will eventually be capable thus i want that audio factor. Think long term gain not short term pain.[/QUOTE]


Exactly right.....forward thinkers are going to want a 4 hour movie with 7.1 channels of 192/24 at 1080p on one disc without compression artifacts.

And only B/R is capable.

There is no such thing as too much space :D

[Q of BanditZ]

[QUOTE=Earz]Exactly right.....forward thinkers are going to want a 4 hour movie with 7.1 channels of 192/24 at 1080p on one disc without compression artifacts.

And only B/R is capable.

There is no such thing as too much space :D[/QUOTE]

That's how I feel about it as well, but certainly the point is well made: Things like layer change should be a complete thing of the past, for starters.

[WriteSimple]

[QUOTE=Q of BanditZ]That's how I feel about it as well, but certainly the point is well made: Things like layer change should be a complete thing of the past, for starters.[/QUOTE]

You mean "pause on layer change", yes? :)

Well both HD-DVD and BD players must have enough memory to "make it so" so it will be. But imagine 10 years later, when 8 layer BD comes out and you can watch the entire LOTR in one sitting, without getting up to change discs...

I see a big potential for a home theater chair that massages and keeps your blood flowing. :D:D:D

[Gai]

[QUOTE=Q of BanditZ]One thing we have to consider, if we use DVD as any kind of precedent and reference point:

Does anyone here really have any illusions that you will once again see studios double dipping, AT LEAST, on a lot of these titles, the same way they did on DVD?

You'll get your barebones, first gen title, then a year or two later, you'll get the Director's Cut, 6 months after that or so, you might get the Ultimate Underground Uncensored Cut, and then maybe another year after that you might get the "Completely different version with comments from everyone and their realitives and acquaintances off the street" version.


You catching my drift? ;)

That sort of thing certainly cools my jets a bit.[/QUOTE]

With double dipping...who says you have to buy a re-release. People act as if they are truly forced to buy it. When movies are re-released in theaters, no one grumbles.

[Earz]

I want
X Men...all 3....B/R
S/W ....B/R at this point
TFE....B/R
Matrix....both
Kill Bill...B/R
Unforgiven....both
T-2....B/R
Batman Begins....both
Seven...both
Ice Age....B/R
T-3...both
Snatch ....B/R
LOTR's....probably both
Resident Evil...B/R
Blackhawk Down...B/R
Underworld...B/R
Constantine...both
Blade 1/2....probably both
Species...B/R
Robo Cop....B/R
House of flying Daggers...B/R

[Clepto]

[QUOTE=Q of BanditZ]That's how I feel about it as well, but certainly the point is well made: Things like layer change should be a complete thing of the past, for starters.[/QUOTE]

Actually, I'm more worried about layer change with HiDef than with DVD, since the amount of data should conceivably be much larger, requiring a much bigger buffer to make an invisible layer change.

[Q of BanditZ]

[QUOTE=Clepto]Actually, I'm more worried about layer change with HiDef than with DVD, since the amount of data should conceivably be much larger, requiring a much bigger buffer to make an invisible layer change.[/QUOTE]

That will be intolerable and unacceptable.

One of the seemingly ever growing list of things that will keep me from NOT being an early adopter, in general, is that I need to see and know that things like layer change have ceased to exist, because for next generation anything? They should not exist at all.


[QUOTE=WriteSimple]You mean "pause on layer change", yes? :) [/quote]

Yes.



Well both HD-DVD and BD players must have enough memory to "make it so" so it will be. But imagine 10 years later, when 8 layer BD comes out and you can watch the entire LOTR in one sitting, without getting up to change discs...

I see a big potential for a home theater chair that massages and keeps your blood flowing. :D:D:D

I'll be there! :D

[Earz]

I keep thinking of movies like S/W and X men 1/2/3 who at this point will be only on B/R = Fox.
SW could be a long ways away and end up on both formats....but who knows.
There are also a bunch of Sony ,MGM, Lions Gate,Disney, and Columbia Tri Star movies announced and otherwise....that are must haves.....and only available on B/R.

90% of any movies I would buy are already going to be on B/R....and I don't believe for a second that Warner is going to limit there releases with B/R as some HD PR people have tried to suggest. at AVS.

[MaliciousBraham]

what format war? there's a format war?

;)

[tronn]

whichever format gets the most vivid (xxx) movies gets my vote

2 fists up!

:p

[darinp2]

I put this movie in a list elsewhere, but I wonder how many here would want Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" if it was released.

--Darin

[Ursa]

[QUOTE=darinp2]I put this movie in a list elsewhere, but I wonder how many here would want Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" if it was released.

--Darin[/QUOTE]
Actually, I think "Life of Brian" would benefit more from the format than "Meaning of Life" would. However, I hate to say it, but I'd probably just use my DVD versions when I wanted to watch them. I don't see much of a push to get these in HD for me.

[trbarry]

I'm sitting out the first year or more due to a dislike for downrezzing and a projector with no HDMI inputs. Meanwhile I probably won't replace the projector until I can get a good deal on one with 1080p/60 inputs and native display.

But if either format released the entire Buffy collection in HD it might come close to kick starting my shopping again.

- Tom

[4K display]

It doesn't look good for Kill Bill on Blu-ray, these titles are apparently now in the hands of the Weenersteens. According to the Rumor Mill at the Bits, the special edition Kill Bill set from Miramax has been delayed/canned because of this.

[ckenisell]

[QUOTE=4K display]It doesn't look good for Kill Bill on Blu-ray, these titles are apparently now in the hands of the Weenersteens. According to the Rumor Mill at the Bits, the special edition Kill Bill set from Miramax has been delayed/canned because of this.[/QUOTE]
Please explain more. "Weenersteens" means nothing to me.

[4K display]

[QUOTE=ckenisell]Please explain more. "Weenersteens" means nothing to me.[/QUOTE]

Also, our sources in the know are telling us that the reason for the delay of Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited Kill Bill: Special Edition DVDs, is that the release rights to the Kill Bill films have left Miramax with the departure of the Brothers Weinstein. This applies to at least Tarantino's edited-together Whole Bloody Affair version, if not the theatrical versions (which as recently as CES were promoted by Buena Vista/Miramax for release on Blu-ray Disc format later in 2006 - click here and look at the fourth picture down). That would mean that any DVD release is going to be handled directly by The Weinstein Company, through their new DVD distribution partner, Genius Products (Derailed will be the first Weinstein film to be released by Genius on disc, on 3/21). Link (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#020906)

[efranzen]

[QUOTE=Earz]Exactly right.....forward thinkers are going to want a 4 hour movie with 7.1 channels of 192/24 at 1080p on one disc without compression artifacts.

And only B/R is capable.

There is no such thing as too much space :D[/QUOTE]

Just out of curiosity, how many 4 hour movies can you name?

[ckenisell]

[QUOTE=efranzen]Just out of curiosity, how many 4 hour movies can you name?[/QUOTE]
Every HD TV prime-time series that doesn't get cancelled.

[UxiSXRD]

Star Wars Saga (the prequels at least I've read were recorded to 1080p and the Special Editions remastered to 1080p whereas most studio masters are 1080i IIRC).

LOTR

Indiana Jones

Bond movies

Matrix Trilogy

The March of the Penguins (jk)

[tbooth]

I would buy a Blu-Ray player immediately at launch if the following films were available:

Rushmore
Royal Tenenbaums
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Lost in Translation
Amelie
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ghostbusters
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
American Psycho
Harry Potter (all of them)
LOTR
Back to the Future Trilogy

[Earz]

[QUOTE=4K display]It doesn't look good for Kill Bill on Blu-ray, these titles are apparently now in the hands of the Weenersteens. According to the Rumor Mill at the Bits, the special edition Kill Bill set from Miramax has been delayed/canned because of this.[/QUOTE]

Kill Bill will definitely be on Blu Ray....no worries there.

Read this for some of the initial 100+ Blu Ray releases
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/2/emw344604.htm

[Art Sonneborn]

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra


Art

[Ja Phule]

Kill Bill V1 and V2 is still owned by Miramax and seems like it will be released on Blu-Ray. The Weinstein Co, however, owns the new longer cut of the movie.

[KOYKOYRAKIS L.]

Conan the Barbarian
The Beastmaster
Romancing the Stone
The Goonies :eek: :D
Titanic
The Last of the Mohicans
Fifth Element
Raiders of the Lost Arc
Terminator 1-2
Hellboy
Star Wars (all)
I am also willing to buy both formats, just to be sure i have the best quality! :D After all universal players will come out eventualy... ;)

[EnterTheSwamp]

LOTR/Matrix/Star Wars

[SlickVik]

[QUOTE=efranzen]Just out of curiosity, how many 4 hour movies can you name?[/QUOTE]

Almost every Bollywood movie ever :)

[Cain]

[QUOTE=Art Sonneborn]The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra


Art[/QUOTE]

:D

[Dan Hitchman]

No one get their panties in a bunch just yet.

We have ZERO idea of what the quality of either format will be (or can be) for both Audio and Video on consumer grade, pre-recorded discs and won't know until there are pro-grade reviews that pick these discs and players apart on the best equipment available.

I'm dubious about MPEG-2 on a 25 GB disc, for instance. And I'd be concerned they won't be using the 16 Megabits/sec or greater VBR range for VC-1 and MPEG-4 AVC HP in order to eliminate the possible nasty macroblocking and other anomolies of these low bitrate codecs (bare minimum bitrates for practically identical performance of a D-5 tape). They are quite new codecs too with few choices in authoring software available yet, and little time for these video-post companies to learn the tricks to great encoding for both.

Also, how will the bulk of the audio tracks be encoded? If they are mostly lossy DD and DTS as before I'd be pretty PO'd. They have GOT to be top quality, ultra-high resolution bit-for-bit lossless packed or uncompressed LPCM from the best masters for me to buy.

This time around I will be picky... very, very picky. I hope other people will be too. HD, any HD is not acceptable. It must be premium HD audio and video.

[colofan]

Well going back to the film masters I would say the IMAX collection of films to get a feel for what the new format can do.

[Brent Madden]

Star Wars Episodes I-VI.........as soon as they're released in HD I'll buy a next generation player.

[taz291819]

[QUOTE=bferr1]Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, the four-hour version, came out to theaters in 1996. To this day, it still hasn't come out on DVD. I haven't seen this in nearly 10 years! Some of the obvious movies like Star Wars and LOTR are practically a given for HD discs, but if I heard that either format had an obscure title like this one, it would really make my day.[/QUOTE]

Excellent film. I believe it was shot on 70mm also. Would look spectacular in HD.

[HorrorScope]

There isn't a film made yet that would make me make a bad purchasing decision. The formats to me have to be stable and long running. It's not like I don't already have a great picture with my DVD player. So with that there isn't a movie that will do me, it's going to take standarization.

[IndyLions]

Bond Movies - Sean Connery IS Bond
North by Northwest - what a GREAT movie
Rear Window - classic Hitchcock
Vertigo - very haunting
The Excorcist - the most disturbing film ever made
Godfather Part 1 & 2 - I hate mob movies - love these films
Indiana Jones / Lost Crusade - Ford + Connery = Lots of Fun
Glory - awesome period piece
Hoosiers - Best sports movie - bar none
Any Andy Sidaris Film :rolleyes:

[moore]

Blade Runner

[Clepto]

[QUOTE=IndyLions]
Indiana Jones / Lost Crusade - Ford + Connery = Lots of Fun
[/QUOTE]

That'd be the LAST Crusade /:

[JamesChelton]

Blade Runner

The movie that led me to buy my first VCR. I saw the video sitting in the display case - in the then (1983) recently introduced "Beta Hi-Fi Stereo" format. I asked "which unit do I need to play this tape." The salesman pointed to the top of the line $1,500 Betamax. I said "give me that along with your best video monitor (didn't own a TV but had a nice stereo)."

Now, four Laserdisc and two dvd versions later, along with dozens of home theater equipment purchases, I've been impatiently waiting for the HD version.

[tooniverse]

1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
2. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
3. Napoleon Dynamite
4. Ghost World
5. Pi
6. After Hours
7. Ghostbusters I & II
8. A Clockwork Orange
9. The Shining
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Damnationdoormat]

[QUOTE=Damnationdoormat]I know this may sound ridiculous, but if the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead was announced, I'd be making sure I have my credit card in my wallet while driving to the store the next day.[/QUOTE]

Just a dream... :rolleyes: :D

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5088/103757758833690836yg.jpg

[camaj]

I don't think the DTS logo will be in the blue bit, I think that's meant to be the plastic at the top of the case!

[PaulKohler]

I have to echo a few others.....

The one movie would be........

Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet

The movie has been out 10 years and is still not on DVD - A great movie interpretation of the the play. It was shot with 70 MM and would/should look scary good.

It is a true shame that such a strong story and well done movie can't even get released on DVD while so many other lesser movies do.

[-diVe-]

The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Van Helsing
The Empire Strikes Back
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
X-Files : Fight the Future
X-Files Season Sets [One disc per season, including extras. Might have to use a quad-layer BD disc. :)]

[rlhjr34]

Star Wars Saga
LOTR Extended Editions
The Matrix
Indiana Jones
Superman
Titanic
Rocky
Braveheart
Gladiator
Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Se7en
L.A. Confidential
Saving Private Ryan
War of the Worlds (new version)
King Kong (new version)
Harry Potter Films
Soprano's series
Lethal Weapon films
Godfather Trilogy
Goodfellas
Gangs of New York
Platoon
"Man with no name" Trilogy
Dirty Harry
In the Line of Fire

[orogogus]

Braveheart, LOTR, Star Wars... the usuals. =P

[4K display]

Um, this one might... :D
http://content3.i-am-bored.com/games/brokeback2.jpg

[paintit77]

Oh, and Zoolander!

[3no]

[COLOR=Yellow][SIZE=4]Chicago[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Stunning visuals and a dynamite soundtrack that would really benefit from hi rez audio. Owned by Miramax/BVHE so it's a candidate. If you haven't watched this one with the volume cranked up you're missing a real treat.

[Paulidan]

if Sony put out a very high quality edition of Jean De Florette/Manon Of The Spring w/in the next year, i would condsider buying a Bd player at their inflated introductory prices.
odds of that however are about 999999999.9 to 1


closest things to realistic are Superman, Alien, James Bond,

when these are on the shelf it will be hard to resist any longer

[John Ballentine]

Two words:

Blade Runner

[Dan Hitchman]

4k Display...

I might just say "damn it all!" and make a player purchase for that film too!! :D

All 8 girls must also have a honey and whipped cream orgy scene in a tent as well! They can keep their cowboy hats on if they want to! Yeee hawww!!