I just got off the phone with my Sony rep and he gave me a short list of additional Blu-ray Exclusive movies which should be out in 2007:

The Sound of Music
As Good As It Gets
My Cousin Vinny
Wall Street
The Full Monty
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Requiem for a Dream
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

~Josh



****Update – These should be out in 2007, not necessarily by the end of June as reported earlier****

Oooh Office Space!

Office Space, As good as it gets, and the Full Monty for me. Lets keep the releases coming!! Ive got about 750 SDs left to replace. Well I guess about 650 for now (Damn Universal)

Requiem For a Dream..... IMHO, the most disturbing movie I've ever seen. I love it....

My Cousin Vinny
Office Space
Requiem for a Dream
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

If the list is confirmed, I'll bite on all of these. Mr. Smith would be awesome in HD.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Love the movie.. hope they don't fu** it up with a lame mpeg2 encoding.

Some Like It Hot would look great in HD. All movies on that list is stellar.

I would get:

My Cousin Vinny
Wall Street
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

~Josh

SWEET!

Put me down for:

My Cousin Vinny
Wall Street
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Requiem for a Dream

SOUND OF MUSIC, HOLY GRAIL, SOME LIKE IT HOT and MR. SMITH for me. The rest will make good rentals.

Monthy python , office space and requiem are definite purchases for me!

Sound Of music. Oh God, I owned this on VHS, then, VHS with Hi-Fi audio, then DVD, then THX special edition DVD.

Looks like I am grabbing a PS3 soon. I thought I will wait till Casino Royale as I just recently got HD-DVD player. But I already ended up pre-ordering Open Season! Maybe I will grab PS3 as soon as I find one in our local BB.

I'm in for Sound of Music and Holy Grail, also. Has Sound of Music had a proper restoration/re-master? The master used for the SD DVD wasn't that impressive as I recall.

(Sure wish Fox would announce Moulin Rouge, or the Alien films, well 1&2 anyway...wouldn't mind Last of The Mohicans, as well.)

The Sound of Music
Wall Street
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Wall Street Here

I just got off the phone with my Sony rep and he gave me a short list of additional Blu-ray Exclsuive movies which should be out by the end of June:

The Sound of Music
As Good As It Gets
My Cousin Vinny
Wall Street
The Full Monty
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Requiem for a Dream
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

~Josh
Is he still saying the other two Xmen movies are a "green light" for this summer?

Requiem!

Hallelujah!

:)

Wow that's a great list.

poll:
How long until Lagosian or Plazman come in here to say that these titles are nothing to write home about or something similarly lame....?

By coincidence all of those are in the walmart $5.49 DVD bin. Why pay $30+ for these weak titles. I want blocklbusters like Aliens, Alien, Spiderman, The Abyss, Titanic, The Matrix, Blade Runner, Blade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars I-VI, Sin City, The Incredibles, Robots etc. etc. etc.. Sometimes I wonder if people just get movies because they are in High Def and there is nothing else available. Wake me up when there is some real good stuff out.

Is he still saying the other two Xmen movies are a "green light" for this summer?

I did ask him about those and he said all he has heard is that they will be out sometime in 2007. I personally think they will be released in the Fall with another surprise or two ;)

~Josh

By coincidence all of those are in the walmart $5.49 DVD bin. Why pay $30+ for these weak titles. I want blocklbusters like Aliens, Alien, Spiderman, The Abyss, Titanic, The Matrix, Blade Runner, Blade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars I-VI, Sin City, The Incredibles, Robots etc. etc. etc.. Sometimes I wonder if people just get movies because they are in High Def and there is nothing else available. Wake me up when there is some real good stuff out.

Quality is in the eye of the beholder and you just clearly demonstrated you are blind.

~Josh

By coincidence all of those are in the walmart $5.49 DVD bin. Why pay $30+ for these weak titles. I want blocklbusters like Aliens, Alien, Spiderman, The Abyss, Titanic, The Matrix, Blade Runner, Blade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars I-VI, Sin City, The Incredibles, Robots etc. etc. etc.. Sometimes I wonder if people just get movies because they are in High Def and there is nothing else available. Wake me up when there is some real good stuff out.

Weak would be not to include these titles. Sorry, but some people like The Sound of Music above all the titles on your list. The more titles available the better.

Those are all excellent titles that were nominated for several academy awards btw...

I did ask him about those and he said all he has heard is that they will be out sometime in 2007. I personally think they will be released in the Fall with another surprise or two ;)

~Josh
Josh, thanks for following up on that.

Quality is in the eye of the beholder and you just clearly demonstrated you are blind.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but - good comment, Beatboy!

BTW, Wall Street is the only title I've seen in the dump bin. Some of the others can be had for $10 or less, but so can many other great titles.

By coincidence all of those are in the walmart $5.49 DVD bin. Why pay $30+ for these weak titles. I want blocklbusters like Aliens, Alien, Spiderman, The Abyss, Titanic, The Matrix, Blade Runner, Blade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars I-VI, Sin City, The Incredibles, Robots etc. etc. etc.. Sometimes I wonder if people just get movies because they are in High Def and there is nothing else available. Wake me up when there is some real good stuff out.

At this rate that is what the price of HDs will be soon. You can get some at 12.88 and 15.99 already. Im sure the neutral studios are gonna love the idea of there Hi Def DVDs ending up in the bargain bin shortly after the launch of their format.

At this rate that is what the price of HDs will be soon. You can get some at 12.88 and 15.99 already. Im sure the neutral studios are gonna love the idea of there Hi Def DVDs ending up in the bargain bin shortly after the launch of their format.

Good point, I never thought of it that way. There is no way Disney or Fox would go with a format that is already slashing its prices in a desperate attempt to get sales.

~Josh

<3 Mr Smith Goes To Washington!!

Just because, say you CAN find the OLD Requiem dvd for cheap now suddenly makes it's worth as a film less..?!?!? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

By coincidence all of those are in the walmart $5.49 DVD bin. Why pay $30+ for these weak titles. I want blocklbusters like Aliens, Alien, Spiderman, The Abyss, Titanic, The Matrix, Blade Runner, Blade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars I-VI, Sin City, The Incredibles, Robots etc. etc. etc.. Sometimes I wonder if people just get movies because they are in High Def and there is nothing else available. Wake me up when there is some real good stuff out.

Most of what you listed is pure trash so next time you decide to call a release list weak make sure you list some better films.

The Full Monty, Office Space, Monty Python, and Wall Street for me. The raping of my bank account continues...

Not trying to spoil the fun, but some of these films are Fox titles, not Sony: Wall Street, Full Monty, My Cousin Vinny, The Sound of Music. Could you please get more intel?

Not trying to spoil the fun, but some of these films are Fox titles, not Sony: Wall Street, Full Monty, My Cousin Vinny, The Sound of Music. Could you please get more intel?

His "Sony rep" has told him about other studios' titles as well as Sony's before.

At this rate that is what the price of HDs will be soon. You can get some at 12.88 and 15.99 already. Im sure the neutral studios are gonna love the idea of there Hi Def DVDs ending up in the bargain bin shortly after the launch of their format.

Possibly a loss leader marketing strategy to get new consumers on board the formats.

I think Sound of Music is possibly the biggest title in that list, perhaps even announced. It could be a very handy wife-tamer for some HT guys! I was talking to a woman recently who had never even seen Star Wars even though hubby had tried to persuade her. As a test I asked her about the sound of music and her reply was "OMG!!! I *love* that movie!!"

There are also a lot of people who'd buy a PS3 for Python alone! Personally I'd get "Office Space" as soon as it's available! I might even get Vinny, loved Tomei in that and Fred Gwynne was excellent

Office Space. Hurrah!

Fantastic news - the real headline being 'classics from golden age hollywood coming to high def from Sony!'

Mr Smith Goes to Washington made in 1939 in 1920 x 1080 res !
Can't wait!


Bravo Sony :)

Not a Frank Capra fan I guess? No, it isn't widescreen, and it is B&W, but the resolution of a 35mm film even then would make use of HD over DVD.

Anyway, that's the only one in that whole list with those "weaknesses". The Sound of Music should look spectacular. I'm much more excited to see that than the rendered CGI of Matrix Revolutions being slightly sharper.

As to something like Office Space, I love that movie, but it doesn't exactly sell the HD format to me.

Fantastic news - the real headline being 'classics from golden age hollywood coming to high def from Sony!'

Mr Smith Goes to Washington made in 1939 in 1920 x 1080 res !
Can't wait!


Bravo Sony :)

Actually, it would be 1440x1080 resolution (as it should be), but who's counting? :p

I'm glad to see some older titles coming. There is room for them as well as the recent titles. However, I will find it funny if anybody who mocked Universal for releasing "Animal House" or Warner for releasing "Caddyshack" is going to turn around and praise Sony for releasing "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." :)

FWIW, if true that's a very good list. Also, when did I say the BD list was ever lame?

FWIW, if true that's a very good list. Also, when did I say the BD list was ever lame?
You might not have said that, but you gotta admit Plaz, it definitely has that "Plazman ring" to it. :p ;) :D

Office Space!

That movie will bring in a lot of support.

Beatboy77,

If you are getting so tight with Sony, why don't you ask them about the BDP-S1 update on advanced audio.

Beatboy77,

If you are getting so tight with Sony, why don't you ask them about the BDP-S1 update on advanced audio.

Sure, no problem, next time I talk to my Sony Rep, I will ask.

~Josh

Could you also tell him that the addition of DTS HDMA to the BDP-S1 would help "solidify Sony's Blu Ray player in the market".

Just trying to put some pressure on them!!!! Couldn't hurt anything.

What can we expect to see?

Most Hitchcock is owned by Universal. I'm in for Office Space, Full Monty and Sound of Music. Interested in Python (depending on PQ) and My Cousin Vinny; especially since the wifey has watched it EVERY DAY this week, while working in the kitchen!

Sound of Music for sure will be a huge BD title I have to get. It is a perfect candidate for Blu-Ray and its 50GB discs :)

Um, If they can cram Dances w/ Wolves onto 25GB, I'm sure Sound of Music would fit just fine :rolleyes:

Is DwW going to be 25gb? MPEG2?! I guess it's quite a slow paced film so it might be okay.

You might not have said that, but you gotta admit Plaz, it definitely has that "Plazman ring" to it. :p ;) :D


When this list is up for pre-order I am most definitely getting Sound of Music, Mr Smith and Wall Street. In fact, I have posted a couple of times now that my pre-order list at Amazon includes over 3x as many BD titles as HD DVD. This is AFTER I just added Bullitt, The Game and Payback to my HD DVD pre-order list.

I am not morally opposed to BD in any way, and just like you am expressing my preference. In the end, we're better off because of either or both formats. Both get the job done (from what I have seen so far).

However, I do admit that emotionally I do have a soft corner for HD DVD for a couple of reasons. First they started of as the huge underdog and have made a mighty fight to be where they are. In the office (or with clients), I bring this up all the time :) and Second, is supporting US intellectual property. A small payback for the Japanese who will not touch a US product that is competitive with their own industry!

Clearly, I don't go to their extent since I buy Japanese hardware all the time, but intellectual property (IP) seems to be the last bastion of competitive advantage that the US has. Living in DC, you gotta support the home team :D

I'll be a little sad if HD DVD loses, but it's not like I will not buy BD. I already have!

Requiem for a Dream for me.

Wall Street :
Greed is, for lack of a better word, Good. A classic line in a classy movie. Wall Street I thought was the first movie that really exercised Mike Douglas' talents. Who remembers him from the Streets of San Francisco days?

Sound of Music :
I have been disappointed with the various transfers I've seen of this movie so far. The colors are usually muted and the music just didn't come out strong enough as they do on CDs. I wonder if this will be a careful digital remaster this time? I don't want the colors here to look like Transporter 2 or CSI:Miami, but I am hoping they try to make the colors just a little bit more vivid.

My Cousin Vinny:
Many talk about Joe Pesci performance . This movie for me is about Marisa Tomei. Did she get a stronger role than this? I can't remember any. This is the best comedy courtroom drama I can think of. Based on this movie alone, Ms Tomei is a Goddess. :) I can't recall seeing her in any role of substance after this.

Office Space:
This movie is too close to reality to be funny. I can recognize so many characters when I used to live in cubicles that it is downright scary.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
A good enough piece of british comedy. For me, the pinnacle of British comedy is still Life of Brian. There is nothing created so far that achieves that level of high comedy. The holy hand grenade of antioch is a classic item that even gets references in the unix games like ultrarogue, hack, omega. We just know there is a cult following for the Holy Grail. I'll take it, but I also want Life of Brian.

Second, is supporting US intellectual property. A small payback for the Japanese who will not touch a US product that is competitive with their own industry!



Toshiba is an american company?

Looks like some good rentals.

I think I might get everything but Office Space (assuming the PQ reviews aren't terrible of course)

By coincidence all of those are in the walmart $5.49 DVD bin. Why pay $30+ for these weak titles. I want blocklbusters like Aliens, Alien, Spiderman, The Abyss, Titanic, The Matrix, Blade Runner, Blade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars I-VI, Sin City, The Incredibles, Robots etc. etc. etc.. Sometimes I wonder if people just get movies because they are in High Def and there is nothing else available. Wake me up when there is some real good stuff out.

How ironic, because you find all of the movies you mentioned either in a bargain rack at wally world, or on a blockbuster previously viewed shelf.

Once again, because an older title is now discounted, even heavily, suddenly it's worthless as a film?

I say bring on the classics.

My Cousin Vinny:
Many talk about Joe Pesci performance .

They do? I'm pretty sure most people recognise the scene stealing going on by Marissa Tomei! I thought she was pretty good in "In the Bedroom" but I've only seen that once a few years back.

Second, is supporting US intellectual property

What now? :confused:

I wonder whether Monty Python and the Holy Grail will be 1.85:1 or 1.66:1 like the recent Extraordinarily Special Edition DVD. I'll buy it either way, but it'll be interesting if it's 14:9.

Second, is supporting US intellectual property. A small payback for the Japanese who will not touch a US product that is competitive with their own industry!

Clearly, I don't go to their extent since I buy Japanese hardware all the time, but intellectual property (IP) seems to be the last bastion of competitive advantage that the US has. Living in DC, you gotta support the home team :D


I don't follow that. Where is the big US IP advantage in HD DVD?

The two main SoCs (Broadcom and Sigma Designs) are format neutral. The same audio and video codecs are in both formats.

Toshiba is a huge Japanese CE. Onkyo is a respected Japanese CE. Meridian is British. And the Chinese are Chinese.

Gary

I just got off the phone with my Sony rep and he gave me a short list of additional Blu-ray Exclusive movies which should be out in 2007:

As Good As It Gets
My Cousin Vinny
Wall Street
The Full Monty
Office Space


Argh! I've purchased these already on DVD recently in the $5 range. Oh well. I may double-dip somewhere down the line.

However, I do admit that emotionally I do have a soft corner for HD DVD for a couple of reasons. First they started of as the huge underdog and have made a mighty fight to be where they are. In the office (or with clients), I bring this up all the time :) and Second, is supporting US intellectual property. A small payback for the Japanese who will not touch a US product that is competitive with their own industry!

Plaz,

Thank you for admitting you are biased in favor of HD-DVD. That is perfectly fine. The part I do not understand is where you essentially say you support HD-DVD because you support America. Isn't a large part of HD-DVD's surviveability going to be based on Hardware made by the Chinese, using essentially slave labor? HD-DVD is no more "American" then Blu-ray.

~Josh

If Monty Python and the Holy Grail carries over the mono track, all the extras, and finally fixes that damn missing subtitle in the opening credits, I'll pick it up. Given Sony's track record though, those are all big ifs.

Requiem and Holy Grail for me.

I just watched Requiem a few weeks back but would order it in a heartbeat as soon as it's announced. A phenomenal film.

The Sound of Music
As Good As It Gets
My Cousin Vinny
Wall Street
The Full Monty
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Requiem for a Dream
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)


I expect to get all of these.

/carmi

They do? I'm pretty sure most people recognise the scene stealing going on by Marissa Tomei! I thought she was pretty good in "In the Bedroom" but I've only seen that once a few years back.


They were both great!

/carmi

I LOVE Marisa Tomei!

:)

My Cousin Vinny:
Many talk about Joe Pesci performance . This movie for me is about Marisa Tomei. Did she get a stronger role than this? I can't remember any. This is the best comedy courtroom drama I can think of. Based on this movie alone, Ms Tomei is a Goddess. :) I can't recall seeing her in any role of substance after this.


I thought she was great in Untamed Heart. Drama rather than Comedy. I can't think of anything after that where she had more than a bit role.

was gonna mention that one.

:)

Yes, Marisa Tomei was great in In the Bedroom.

I thought she was good in "Anger Management."

~Josh

And don't forget:

So, tell me, how is it that a man like you, so bald, and so quirky and
funny, how is it you're not taken?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
YES!!!!!


(.......from the HD-DVD forum)....RUN AWAY,,,RUN AWAY!!!! :p


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