Favorite movie not on Blu-Ray?
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mikekuhlman-415-393642 — 11 years ago(November 03, 2014 01:07 PM)
I've got several:
The Abyss
True Lies
(C'mon, James Cameron and Fox, what's the deal???)
Memphis Belle (Mathew Modine, Eric Stolz, et al, about the bomber in WWII on her 25th and final, dangerous mission)
Hooper (Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, et al, about Hollywood movie stunt-men and the havoc their dangerous exploits wreak on their bodies and their relationships)
Pink Floyd-The Wall (Alan Parker's screen adaptation of Pink Floyd's epic landmark album about Floyd lead singer Roger Waters' screwed up life)
Star Trek-The Motion Picture-The Robert Wise Director's Edition
And last but certainly not least, favorite movie INCORRECTLY TRANSFERRED FOR blu-ray:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
I'm not really worried about physical media becoming obsolete, because I think there will always be a "collector's mentality" that will always create a place for it, but I am concerned about the studios' lackadaisical, lazy attitude toward releasing these titles. They could make a lot of money off them! -
fjhansen — 9 years ago(June 08, 2016 04:16 AM)
Star Trek-The Motion Picture-The Robert Wise Director's Edition
Second. If there's one thing keeping me from replacing my Star Trek movie DVDs with Blu-rays, it's that.
But, my choice would be Flight of the Navigator.
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rishi85 — 11 years ago(November 04, 2014 07:09 AM)
Can I add two?
Both are kinda obscure, I doubt most have even heard of them, let alone seen.
Miracle Mile(1988): A surreal, love story set in the time frame of one night against the backdrop of a nuclear attack, with a grim ending. A treat of a film and it deserves a release.
After Hours(1985): A Martin Scorsese film, hence it is bound to be better known than the aforementioned Miracle Mile. But compared to his other films, hardly mentioned and talked of. Again a surreal, taking place in one night kind of cinema. Well shot, well enacted and fantastically written.
I have a dream: I want more and more people to see such obscure, yet utterly fascinating features. I have a whole list of such films taking place in one night, occurring in sunny, lush sunlight, strange characters, surreal circumstances etc etc. So, if I ever come into a position where I can afford to produce and distribute older films I'd have a 3 in 1 or 5 in 1 discs released with certain similarities. These gems cannot be lost to time. -
kaiserblade — 11 years ago(November 15, 2014 12:12 AM)
To Rishi85
You can add Adventures in Babysitting, Judgement Night and Cohen and Tate as films taking place in one night that deserve a Blu Ray release.
"Some folks call it a sling blade I call it a kaiser blade hmm hmm!" -
Battlejayroyale — 11 years ago(December 09, 2014 01:41 AM)
Chicken run. I love that movie to death. I know there is a French and German version of it but I want a proper release, including the special features from my 2 disc dvd (and a Dutch dub because I grew up with that).
Actually there are more Dreamworks and Aardman movies I still want like Wallace and Gromit, Antz, The prince of Egypt, The road to El Dorado. What's the deal with that?
Oh and The land before time and The Iron Giant. Lot's of animation.- I just didn't want to be a loser anymore. -
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Speed_Daemon — 11 years ago(December 12, 2014 12:12 AM)
I was going to say "Kill Bill", which I had to buy on DVD because there was no Blu-ray edition. But I see that there now is a Blu-ray.
"David Gilmour Live in Gdansk" is still only on DVD, so there's that. -
Nuclear_Exorcist — 11 years ago(December 13, 2014 01:49 PM)
Kill Bill 1 and 2 were among the first films released on BD, all the way back in 2008.
Music titles often seem to take forever to come to new formats. Hell even the Pink Floyd - PULSE DVD was a late entry, and there's still no sign of The Wall film on Blu. -
Nuclear_Exorcist — 10 years ago(December 08, 2015 08:13 PM)
I'd still buy a Blu Ray of PULSE just for the audio upgrade. The DVD only had Dolby Digital, even though it was at 640kbps I still think the audio quality would be noticeably better in lossless form.
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Speed_Daemon — 10 years ago(December 15, 2015 03:45 PM)
That is if they choose to offer a LPCM sound stream, of course. No guarantee that will happen. I'm told that some of the tunes that were edited down for space on DVD would be welcome in their full length. Shame they didn't shoot video for "The Sound of Delicate Thunder"; that was the tour to see IMO. Hopefully the people at Das Boot will have more high quality remasters for us in 2016.
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Nuclear_Exorcist — 10 years ago(December 16, 2015 04:36 PM)
Well, they could easily fit both 24 bit LPCM 5.1 and stereo streams on the disc since the video wouldn't require a high bitrate. Sometimes I prefer the sound of the stereo tracks on music BDs, surround streams oftens sound too airy and thin.
There was actually a VHS of Delicate Sound of Thunder, but it's never seen an official DVD release (there's a shady bootleg version), I have no idea if that will ever be reissued. One can only hope! -
Speed_Daemon — 10 years ago(December 16, 2015 09:15 PM)
There is a big difference between something being possible in theory and an actual product for sale though. Technically "Gdansk" could have been released on Blu-ray too, but it wasn't. And that's a shame, as I would love to add a LPCM version of "Wot's uh the Deal" as performed for the closing credits on "Gdansk" to my music collection. That and "Fat Old Sun" are perhaps the two most underappreciated PF tunes ever. And though I never saw them played by the Floyd in concert, the David Gilmour / Rick Wright versions are must-haves.
So there was an official video of the '86-'87 tour? Maybe that explains why I had always thought that Pulse was the video companion to "The Delicate Sound of Thunder". I knew I saw a video back then (or saw them shooting video at one of the gigs), but since I wasn't collecting videos myself, I had nothing concrete to remind me. Once again I passed up the chance to buy the one thing that became rare and valuable! Story of my life, and my collection of band trinkets. -
mikekuhlman-415-393642 — 11 years ago(January 10, 2015 10:12 PM)
It seems my prayers have been answered by the great Warner in the sky (they must've had a good decade financially):
Burt Reynolds' Hooper is about to be released on blu-ray (April 7, 2015)! Pay Burt those royalty checks! He needs them!
And Memphis Belle is already out! Ordered from Amazon.
Here's one that Warner still hasn't gotten around to:
Innerspace (1987 comedy/action/sci-fi thriller executive produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Gremlins' Joe Dante, a loose remake of Fantastic Voyage, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan, about miniaturization; it won ILM, which ingeniously created the inside of the human body, the Oscar for Best Visual Effects) -
unknown1000 — 11 years ago(March 23, 2015 07:53 PM)
The Boys Club (1997) Complete with audio commentary track with Dominic Zamprogna (Kyle), Stuart Stone (Brad), Devon Sawa, (Eric), Amy Stewart (Megan), Nicholas Campbell (Kyle's Dad), John Fawcett (Director of the film), and Doug Smith (story), Peter Wellington (screenplay). Also it should have deleted scenes and a HD transfer with 16x9 widescreen and English subtitles and behind the scenes making of feature if one was ever made lol.
http://www.imdb.com/board/10118763/?ref_=nv_sr_1