I am getting really frustrated with studios announcing titles and then postponing them indefinitely and without giving a reason.

Flashdance Cancelled (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Paramount/Street_Date_Delays/Paramount_Drops_Curtain_on_Flashdance_Blu-ray,_HD_DVD/798)

I don't remember so many titles getting postponed or cancelled a year after dvd rolled out. It is almost becoming the norm with hi-def. You start looking forward to titles that are coming out only to have them yanked and without reason.

What gives?

According to Hi-Def Digest here is a list of postponed titles:

Release Dates Postponed
The following titles were originally given release dates but have since been postponed with no new dates announced. Watch this space for the latest street date updates as soon as they are made official.
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (Warner)
Bug (Lionsgate)
Commando (Fox)
Con Air (Buena Vista)
Crimson Tide (Buena Vista)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Sony)
The Da Vinci Code (Sony)
Dances with Wolves (MGM)
Dodgeball (Fox)
Dude, Where's My Car? (MGM)
Flashdance (Paramount)
The Fly (1986) (Fox)
From Hell (Fox)
Gattaca (Sony)
Ghost (Paramount)
Glory (Sony)
Hannibal (MGM)
The Hoax (Buena Vista)
Ice Age (Fox)
Legends of the Fall (Sony)
Marie Antoinette (Sony)
Me, Myself & Irene (Fox)
Meatballs (Sony)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
An Officer and a Gentleman (Paramount)
The Princess Bride (MGM)
The Professionals (Sony)
RoboCop (MGM)
The Rock (Buena Vista)
Sense and Sensibility (Sony)
The Silence of the Lambs (MGM)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) (MGM)
Tristan & Isolde (Fox)
Turistas (Fox)
Winged Migration (Sony)

I can't say I'm too surprised - a number of the postponed titles are either catalog discs that can easily be found in bargain bins on DVD (I recall Fox pricing their Dude Wheres My Car disc at $39.99 on Blu Ray) or just plain bad movies (some of them a combination of the two).

A lot of these "older" titles don't seem to be getting too much effort put into bringing them into High Def - I hear a number of them are from the previous transfers from the DVD releases (some from the earlier days).

Hearing how poor these titles sell (I haven't heard any real numbers though), I can't say I'm too surprised. I don't see them putting too much effort into these titles, and personally I don't see much use in releasing them as mediocre discs.

I was sure Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would not be released anytime soon and was suppressed to see it on Curse of the Golden Flower as an upcoming release. No date given.

Fingers are crossed

Oh drat, Bug got added to the list. I was really looking forward to this after missing it in theatres. Oh well, Lionsgate and Starz! got enough coming out over the next couple of months to satisfy my bizarre/horror movie needs.

Oh drat, Bug got added to the list. I was really looking forward to this after missing it in theatres. Oh well, Lionsgate and Starz! got enough coming out over the next couple of months to satisfy my bizarre/horror movie needs.

Bug was never announced to begin with. Any news posted announcing it was pure speculation.

I was sure Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would not be released anytime soon and was suppressed to see it on Curse of the Golden Flower as an upcoming release. No date given.

Fingers are crossed

one other thing on that is the trailer for CTHD looked almost as bad as HoFD, and paidgeek had said Sony is working on CTHD but not to expect 5th Element kind of transfer.

I can't say I'm too surprised - a number of the postponed titles are either catalog discs that can easily be found in bargain bins on DVD (I recall Fox pricing their Dude Wheres My Car disc at $39.99 on Blu Ray) or just plain bad movies (some of them a combination of the two).
There is a market for catalog titles in hi-def. And they do benefit from 1080p and lossless audio as well. So I don't buy that argument.

I don't see them putting too much effort into these titles, and personally I don't see much use in releasing them as mediocre discs.

My biggest complaint is why announce them in the first place just to turn around and postpone it.

Me personally, I was really looking forward to Mr & Mrs Smith and hope they will release that soon.

Everything else on the list is not a big deal for now, although I would still like to see them all released.

what about Reign Over Me, i saw it was supposed to be released today and then was taken off the list and i never heard anything about it.

what about Reign Over Me, i saw it was supposed to be released today and then was taken off the list and i never heard anything about it.

Just announced for October. Here: Reign Over Me (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Announcements/Sony_to_Bring_Reign_Over_Me_to_Blu-ray_this_October/797)