Blu-Ray Best Of The Best - for discussing releases only

[SuperBeatBoy]

Does anyone know if Sin City is going to be released on Blu-ray/hd-dvd, im betting it would look fantastic on both formats.

[TonyDA]

Most likely to be Blu-Ray, as it's distributed by Dimension, who are part of Disney. And Disney means a Blu-Ray release over here and in the USA. Nothing's been announced yet, but I'd guess any release will tie in with the sequel, which is out next year. Maybe we'll have to wait for a box set of the two next xmas?

[JP]

Got home today to find The Wild, Dracula, Kung-Fu Hustle, Hellboy & Con Air blu-rays on my desk!

Does anybody know what the hell is happening with The Song Remains The Same?

It was due to be released on Monday but on Saturday Warner said that it had been put on hold indefinitely without saying why but obviously by Saturday some shops have had their stock and it's all over the place now but according to Warner it's still on hold indefinitely.

[RLench]

This is the greatest review I've ever seen (for The Simpsons)

http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?p=419

To summarise, the image is so crisp and clean that you can pause the film at any time and you'll never see motion blur What kind of black magic/voodoo trickery could do something like this?

(or, more likely, it's an ANIMATED film hence no cameras to cause motion blur )

[dvdmike]

I managed to get some when pausing

[dvdmike]

Got home today to find The Wild, Dracula, Kung-Fu Hustle, Hellboy & Con Air blu-rays on my desk!

Does anybody know what the hell is happening with The Song Remains The Same?

It was due to be released on Monday but on Saturday Warner said that it had been put on hold indefinitely without saying why but obviously by Saturday some shops have had their stock and it's all over the place now but according to Warner it's still on hold indefinitely.

They have cancelled all HD releases (there is talk of them picking a side in the war at CES this week)

[JP]

Yeah, that rumour has been around for a while now. People keep suggesting it's that but others are suggesting that it's being held up due to the recent Led Zeppelin concert.

It seems unlikely that they would recall the discs for either of those reasons though as they'd already been distributed to shops. To recall and dump an run of HD discs the day before release makes very little sense. It would make more sense before they'd started cutting them but not when they've produced a full run of the discs really.

I thought CES was Jan 7?

[dvdmike]

ok CES in the next few weeks then, Paramount did the same with Blades of glory on BRD and depending on who you talk to Top Gun too

[JP]

Amazon.com are starting a buy one get one free offer with 44 Fox blu-rays today. It lasts 48 hours only and they only have a few of each...

Bear in mind the standard gubbins of import fees if you buy from them.

I don't think any Fox discs are region free.

[TonyDA]

thats why you pay the couple of quid more to get amazon to send each blu ray separately that way you dint get customs(costs about ?1.50 extra on 2 blu rays)

Can I ask how you get them to do this? I can't work out how this is possible - I'm trying to order two BRs, split into two orders, and it won't let me do it.

[mt50]

Can I ask how you get them to do this? I can't work out how this is possible - I'm trying to order two BRs, split into two orders, and it won't let me do it.

it's in the checkout options, i'll get a screen print done now.

edit can't seem to find that option now, unless its the send my items as soon as they are ready(at extra cost) option
which i think it might have been

[JP]

Today at Amazon, you can pick up six Lionsgate Blu-ray releases for the low price of $14 each. Titles include, 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day', 'Stargate', 'Total Recall', 'The Punisher', 'Stir of Echoes', and 'The Devil's Rejects'. This is a limited time offer, so if you were holding off on picking up these films, now is the best time to grab them.

Lionsgate Blu-ray Films $14:00 at Amazon.com

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' to Blu-ray on April 8th. Specs have not yet been announced for this title, but extras include an audio commentary track, two featurettes, two storyboard sequences, and deleted scenes. Exclusive to this Blu-ray release is a "Graphics and Picture Track".

Director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) and an all-star cast including John Neville, Eric Idle, Oliver Reedand Uma Thurman deliver this tale of the enchanting adventures of Baron von Munchausen on his journey to save a town from defeat. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures.

Baron M?nchausen Blu-ray Announced

Many months after the Blu-ray release of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl', an error was discovered in the framing of some scenes. To rectify this issue, Disney is offering a replacement disc with the framing corrected. Simply call their customer service line at 1-800-723-4763 (US) and you will need to provide them with your contact information. Have your copy in front of you as well, if possible.

For Canadian customers, a phone line is being set up at 1-800-877-2843, but it may not be up yet.

USA & Canada PoTC: Black Pearl Replacement Programme Announced

[Lyris]

Thanks for the heads up, I just called them there. You get a message telling you to email [email protected] with your name, address, phone number, and disc UPC (the UPC is the number on the bottom of the bar code strip).

I'll ask if they'll ship replacements to the UK. If not I'll need to go through a friend.

[JP]

I wouldn't really be surprised if we had to wait over here. Let us know how you get on with them though.

[Lyris]

Well, mine are US BDs. So it'd make sense to have Disney themselves replace them rather than their UK subsidiary. Shall do though.