Blu-Ray must-haves & official Blu-Ray thread

Where the Wild Things Are comes out on Blu-Ray on March 2nd, my birthday is March 3rd. I KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING (myself ).

Shit, that is great news regarding the Miyazaki film and the Alien films. I always wanted the first two Aliens on blu-ray, especially the first one. The former news increases the likelihood of seeing other of Gibli films in 1080p.

Further details on Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy BD set, due March 16th exclusively at Best Buy. Starting in June, other retailers will offer it.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4261

If you are in the UK you can buy Kamikaze Girls on blu-Ray for pretty cheap. I can't get it because it didn't get released in Japan, lol.

I'm so gay for that movie. Tempted to get it right now since it actually has some extras. Too bad they didn't include lossless audio only used a BD-25 disc.

The blu-ray.com review says it's region free but Nippon Cinema says Region B and the Amazon UK page says PAL. I wish I knew for sure. I don't wanna buy it then not be able to play it on my American PS3.

edit: I hope Memories of Matsuko hits BD eventually, as well.

http://www.yesasia.com/us/pulp-fiction-blu-ray-hong-kong-version/1022186999-0-0-0-en/info.html

From where?

If anyone wants to try out their sound system, the sound in the Blu-ray of Akira is 192/24. It's really amazing quality to listen to.

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It might be in stores too. I'll pay for half of it if someone uploads a 4gb 720p rip.

I'm planning to order a few blu-rays when I get paid next week, so I might pick it up. Don't think I can rip it though, as I don't have a blu-ray drive on my PC, sowwy.

is it uncensored jav porn, if so do want

Just watching my Bluray of Inglorious Basterds. I'd forgotten how fantastic this film was.

fuck. can't wait for this set to be more widely available.

the www.blu-ray.com review for the exclusive Best Buy release of the Vengeance trilogy says the Oldboy disc is a little disappointing. Not because of lack of content, but because it does not include a lossless audio track. This is very strange because the individual Tartan blu-ray release does have a lossless audio track. I'm gonna wait for this to be repackagaed for all major retailers in June and hope they maybe fix that. Still gonna buy it regardless.

I think I made the best purchase ever. Baraka is a 100% blind purchase tho:

2001: A Space Odyssey [Special Edition] [Blu-ray] £12.44
Baraka [Remastered] [Blu-ray] £13.84

Shipping to Spain included.

Got Benjamin Button, Drag Me To Hell and Persepolis today.

Baraka is absolutely stunning on blu-ray. You'll love it. 2001 is amazing as well.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4461

If they fail yet again to do a proper restoration of the original cuts of episodes 4, 5, and 6, as they did with the DVD releases, I won't be buying.

If those remastered versions become the definitive editions, it will piss me off royally. That fucking Powerpoint screen wipe he uses to change scenes all the time is so awful.

I thought the wipe transitions were in the originals? I know that they're there as a Kurosawa tribute.

Were they really? Fuck me. I guess it's been a long damn time since I've seen the original versions.

Those screenwipes are all over the originals. As Zorbo said, they're homages.

I can't believe that's the first thing that comes to your mind in this case, dev. That bugs you more than the bullshit additions in the special editions?

HELLO MY NAME IS HAYDEN CHRISTIANSEN HERE I AM RUINING THE BEST PART OF RETURN OF THE JEDI. EVEN WHEN COMPLETELY STATIONARY AND SILENT I AM SOMEHOW STILL A HORRID ACTOR

The worst was the retarded fucking Jabba's Palace musical number. JESUS FUCK. Little did we know, that was basically a trailer for the prequels. Urgh.

Ugh, thanks, I had almost scrubbed that scene from my mind.

Yeah, I'd managed to block that damn palace scene from my memory. Thanks a bunch for reminding me. :-P It has been a fair while since I saw the original trilogy, I guess a lot of things have slipped my mind.

Guess what my plan for the rest of the day is?

When I watch the trilogy now, I watch the original cuts of A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, but I go ahead and watch the special edition DVD of Empire since there is barely anything added (and that which is added isn't bad) and the audio and video quality is nicer.

It's also amazing how Lucas managed to completely rape the entire Mos Eisley segment. Like you couldn't go 5 seconds without some stupid CGI bullshit jammed into the frame ("it's so dense, every single frame etc."). Matt Stone and Trey Parker pretty much nailed the ridiculousness of the "remastered" Star Wars in 'Free Hat'.

look at how massive this article is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases

(crosspost)

holy shit

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4563

FUCK I hope those Amazon pages aren't bullshit.

Kamikaze Girls is one of the best looking blu-rays i've seen. The colors are ridiculously lush.

I wish I watched it before I went there because I couldn't remember any of the outdoor shots. Heres a picture matchup of the station at least.

That's pretty awesome.

Also, can you tell me whether it's region free or Region B/PAL? Still seeing conflicting reports.

Ehh I dunno, they don't have it here so I DL'ed a 720p rip.

Terminator 2 for only $10

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It's a great looking/sounding BD.

Damn.

American Beauty and The Exorcist to be released in September and October, respectively.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4769

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4776

Finally got a blu ray player. Getting Batman Begins, The dark KNigth and District 9 soon in the mail.

don't forget jesus christ vampire hunter

My first blu ray buy was Predator. It looked pretty good for a movie that's more than 20 years old.

my first was the dark knight, but i didn't fully appreciate it until i got a 1080p tv.

lol I'm kinda wondering how this would be on blu-ray.

blu-ray.com gave it one of its lowest ratings ever. its existence is unnecessary and obviously a joke. it would be awesome if it were a 50gb disc and they just threw a standard 700mb xvid on it.

Yeah they certainly didn't use 35mm film 20 years ago.

Dark Knight's a pain in the ass if you like watching movies in full screen.

who likes watching movies in full screen?

People who don't mind sacrificing some peripheral picture for enjoyment.

only faggots like full screen.

fullscreen is such a fucking joke

Yeah it is, unless your screen is full under the native resolution of a video.

well, duh.