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[Mr. Arlington Beech]

Honestly I don't think loads of extras will help sell the movies. I think the only people who really get into most of the extras are the Bond/movie fans that would buy the movie regardless.

I'm not so sure about that, I mean, is easy to download a movie, but it's not that easy to download it with all the extras. Besides, the person that wants to own the film (and buy it), is usually one that is willing to see the movie over and over again, hence it's a fan; a Bond fan, a Trek fan, a Bourne fan or whatever. And most of the fanatics love the extras.

Edited by Mr. Arlington Beech, 29 July 2009 - 08:56 AM.

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

I guess DVD is good enough for most people. It was easier to see the benefits when going from VHS to DVD and it became accepted faster. Blu-ray is still for film-nerds... or I believe videophiles is the correct term.

Totally agree!!

[dee-bee-five]

Dee Bee Five - Couldn't agree more with your In The Shadow Of The Moon review. I rented it about a year ago on DVD and watched it at least twice. Very cool and highly recommended.

Is it in the UK on blu ray? I don't think it is out here in the US on blu ray yet.

Amazon usually has the best pricing on blu ray. They have been very aggressive with a lot of great blu ray deals lately too.

Yep, In The Shadow Of The Moon is on Blu Ray here. Odd, isn't it?

[scaramunga]

They are prepping a new Quantum of Solace blu ray with new extras. I wonder if this will be released in time for the holidays?

No news on the rest of the films.

Would they tie the new Quantum release with the next wave? Hopefully still this year?

[Turn]

They are prepping a new Quantum of Solace blu ray with new extras. I wonder if this will be released in time for the holidays?

No news on the rest of the films.

Would they tie the new Quantum release with the next wave? Hopefully still this year?

Don't bet on it. QoS has only been out for four months and it was recently on on demand channels. Next it will likely go to pay Showtime or HBO or whatever pay cable service it goes to.

They'll likely wait until either closer to Bond 23 or the holiday season next year after the demand and overload has worn off.

[bond 16.05.72]

I just picked up my first Blu Ray player and have invested in quite a few discs, not paying more than £10 for most Eden Lake was £6. These are other sellers on the Amazon site and I've ordered a few U.S discs I've paid a little more for but generally impressed with the prices I paid so far.

I have found in the past multi buy offers have clogged my collection up with films I'll most likely not bother with again and plan to sell a good percentage of my DVD's and only upgrade the ones I feel worthy of watchability.

It's a good way of streamlining my collection, I should be able to get enough to invest in the titles I really want, Ive got the movie channels on Sky so I can see things before I want to invest, there will be acceptions of course but I plan to increase my shelf space quite considerbaly in the next few months, which will happy news to my wife.

As for Bond, I've got CR Deluxe on it's way and no doubt QOS won't be far off, as for the previous 20, FRWL, OHMSS definites, the rest I'll have to consider, maybe TB, TLD & LTK, I'm not that drawen to the rest to upgrade.

Will hopefully sample The Thing this weekend and I'm informed the Blu Ray is outstanding.

[Solex Agitator]

Dee Bee Five - Couldn't agree more with your In The Shadow Of The Moon review. I rented it about a year ago on DVD and watched it at least twice. Very cool and highly recommended.

Is it in the UK on blu ray? I don't think it is out here in the US on blu ray yet.

Amazon usually has the best pricing on blu ray. They have been very aggressive with a lot of great blu ray deals lately too.

Yep, In The Shadow Of The Moon is on Blu Ray here. Odd, isn't it?

If you liked IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, you should definitely pick up the Criterion Collection edition of FOR ALL MANKIND. A lovely new Blu Ray edition was released by last month by Criterion. Highly recommended.

Now when are we going to get more Blu Ray Bond?

[scaramunga]

I just picked up my first Blu Ray player and have invested in quite a few discs, not paying more than £10 for most Eden Lake was £6. These are other sellers on the Amazon site and I've ordered a few U.S discs I've paid a little more for but generally impressed with the prices I paid so far.

I have found in the past multi buy offers have clogged my collection up with films I'll most likely not bother with again and plan to sell a good percentage of my DVD's and only upgrade the ones I feel worthy of watchability.

It's a good way of streamlining my collection, I should be able to get enough to invest in the titles I really want, Ive got the movie channels on Sky so I can see things before I want to invest, there will be acceptions of course but I plan to increase my shelf space quite considerbaly in the next few months, which will happy news to my wife.

As for Bond, I've got CR Deluxe on it's way and no doubt QOS won't be far off, as for the previous 20, FRWL, OHMSS definites, the rest I'll have to consider, maybe TB, TLD & LTK, I'm not that drawen to the rest to upgrade.

Will hopefully sample The Thing this weekend and I'm informed the Blu Ray is outstanding.

After you see and hear From Russia With Love and Licence To Kill on blu ray, I'm sure you will be purchasing several more of the Bond films!! I've been pretty blown away with how much better they look than the dvd UE's and also how much better they sound as well. Especially sound wise if you listen to the DTS-MA tracks. Wow. Even if you are listening to only the Dolby Digital tracks it will sound much richer and fuller than even DTS on a DVD.

I believe Moonraker and The Man With The Golden Gun have been my favorite blu rays sound and picture wise thus far for Roger Moore.

[Solex Agitator]

All I need to make it between now and BOND 23 are Blu Rays of OHMSS and TLD! Powers that be hear my request!

[bond 16.05.72]

I just picked up my first Blu Ray player and have invested in quite a few discs, not paying more than £10 for most Eden Lake was £6. These are other sellers on the Amazon site and I've ordered a few U.S discs I've paid a little more for but generally impressed with the prices I paid so far.

I have found in the past multi buy offers have clogged my collection up with films I'll most likely not bother with again and plan to sell a good percentage of my DVD's and only upgrade the ones I feel worthy of watchability.

It's a good way of streamlining my collection, I should be able to get enough to invest in the titles I really want, Ive got the movie channels on Sky so I can see things before I want to invest, there will be acceptions of course but I plan to increase my shelf space quite considerbaly in the next few months, which will happy news to my wife.

As for Bond, I've got CR Deluxe on it's way and no doubt QOS won't be far off, as for the previous 20, FRWL, OHMSS definites, the rest I'll have to consider, maybe TB, TLD & LTK, I'm not that drawen to the rest to upgrade.

Will hopefully sample The Thing this weekend and I'm informed the Blu Ray is outstanding.

After you see and hear From Russia With Love and Licence To Kill on blu ray, I'm sure you will be purchasing several more of the Bond films!! I've been pretty blown away with how much better they look than the dvd UE's and also how much better they sound as well. Especially sound wise if you listen to the DTS-MA tracks. Wow. Even if you are listening to only the Dolby Digital tracks it will sound much richer and fuller than even DTS on a DVD.

I believe Moonraker and The Man With The Golden Gun have been my favorite blu rays sound and picture wise thus far for Roger Moore.

It's not the quality of the new Blu Ray versions that would draw me to buy them anyway, the ones I mention that I will buy are my preferred entries of the series.

I very much doubt I will be investing in MR or any of the Moore's for sometime if at all. I only bought the PB UE's because they were so cheap on Ebay and Amazon. Some of the entries I have no desire to stomach for sometime.

My view on Bond is not the same as my childhood and just find most of the series quite mediocre, sorry but it is my view, I'd rather up grade to real classics, JFK arrived yesterday and I gave it a spin and it looked better than it ever had. Bond is just not top of my list when it comes to Blu.

Made a good £60 + on about 20 discs so far on Amazon and the Godfather Trilogy on Blu is in the post, now that's something to look forward to.

[Solex Agitator]

I will take MOONRAKER's rampant ridiculousness over JFK's revisionist ridiculousness any day of the week. Especially when viewed on Blu Ray. Sir Roger's tweed jackets rock in Blu Ray. Kevin Costner's not so much.

[bond 16.05.72]

I will take MOONRAKER's rampant ridiculousness over JFK's revisionist ridiculousness any day of the week. Especially when viewed on Blu Ray. Sir Roger's tweed jackets rock in Blu Ray. Kevin Costner's not so much.

Just the kind of ridiculous quote that makes me realise how much I 'm not into these films that much anymore with some exceptions. I'm clearly not die hard Bond fan like some here with their almost obsessiveness towards the series.

Seriously MR is garbage compared to Stones masterpiece, it was never supposed to be a fact based film it's a thriller which uses true events to tell it's story.

[dee-bee-five]

Well, all I will add to the debate is that Blu Ray reveals Moonraker's joys (hidden from some of us for decades) in all their splendid glory. But I have to say, I can't imagine it would add any clarity to Oliver Stone's overheated, hysterical and (now) largely debunked conspiracy theory nonsense. So call me shallow if you will, but I think I'd plump for Sir Roger's liver spots over JFK anyday, too.

[bond 16.05.72]

Well, all I will add to the debate is that Blu Ray reveals Moonraker's joys (hidden from some of us for decades) in all their splendid glory. But I have to say, I can't imagine it would add any clarity to Oliver Stone's overheated, hysterical and (now) largely debunked conspiracy theory nonsense. So call me shallow if you will, but I think I'd plump for Sir Roger's liver spots over JFK anyday, too.

I guess I'm just not a Bond fan anymore, I just like a select few entries. I know I'm not on my own and others have expressed they don't have a great deal of time a for a lot of the series.

Your entitled to think MR is better that JFK, I'm not aware it's been completely debunked, a lot of what Stone brings up in the film is still to be answered and no I don't believe for one minute Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK.

I also don't believe Stone has it right but the film raised some points and posed some questions, it just happens to be one of my favourite films but I'll take the so called conspiracy nonsence over MR's ridiculousness.

I guess I'm on a hiding to nothing on a Bond web site trying to suggest JFK is better than MR but there you go.

[Safari Suit]

Ah yes, the eternally raging JFK vs. Moonraker debate...

[dee-bee-five]

Well, all I will add to the debate is that Blu Ray reveals Moonraker's joys (hidden from some of us for decades) in all their splendid glory. But I have to say, I can't imagine it would add any clarity to Oliver Stone's overheated, hysterical and (now) largely debunked conspiracy theory nonsense. So call me shallow if you will, but I think I'd plump for Sir Roger's liver spots over JFK anyday, too.

I guess I'm just not a Bond fan anymore, I just like a select few entries. I know I'm not on my own and others have expressed they don't have a great deal of time a for a lot of the series.

Your entitled to think MR is better that JFK, I'm not aware it's been completely debunked, a lot of what Stone brings up in the film is still to be answered and no I don't believe for one minute Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK.

I also don't believe Stone has it right but the film raised some points and posed some questions, it just happens to be one of my favourite films but I'll take the so called conspiracy nonsence over MR's ridiculousness.

I guess I'm on a hiding to nothing on a Bond web site trying to suggest JFK is better than MR but there you go.

Sorry, I wasn't suggesting Moonraker is a better movie than JFK because such a comparison would be quite absurd. In fact, given that appreciation of film is so subjective, it's actually a nonsense for anyone to say this film is better than that film because no-one is right or wrong. Hell, there may be some people out there who feel Plan 9 From Outer Space is the best film ever made; if so, no-one has the right to tell them otharwise. All I was saying is thst, personally, I should prefer to watch Moonraker than JFK. You take the opposite view, which, of course, I respect.

And it was perhaps unfair of me to suggest Oliver Stone's theories in JFK hsve been "completely debunked". But when it comes to Stone's "factual" stuff, I'm afraid I always find I need a large pinch of salt to go with it...

[Loomis]

I feel sorry for any Bond fan who has a Blu-ray player but chooses to snub MOONRAKER on Blu-ray.

Not only is it a magnificent transfer (making the film look as though it was made yesterday, not in 1979, and really bringing out the epic feel of this, one of the most epic of the Bonds), but it's one of the most stunning Blu-rays I've ever seen in terms of image quality.

Not all Blu-rays are good, in fact some aren't even worthy of the name Blu-ray at all (sadly, it seems film companies are just whacking certain titles onto the format with little or no appreciable upgrading), but all the Bond Blu-rays are truly stunning. And when I say truly stunning I don't say so lightly, because, believe you me, I'm very serious when it comes to picture quality.

Still, I guess some folk just can't or won't accept Roger Moore as Bond. Their loss.

[zencat]

I'm starting to think MGM/Fox is not going to release the rest of the Bonds on Blu-Ray.

[Loomis]

I'm starting to think MGM/Fox is not going to release the rest of the Bonds on Blu-Ray.

Well, if so then I guess it means Blu-ray is dead. I was planning on selling my standard DVDs of the Bonds in order to finance the eventual Blu-ray purchases. I mean, who needs standard DVDs any more? Once you've tried black you never go back, right? Now, though, I think I'll hold off until there's official confirmation that the rest of the series will be coming out on Blu-ray.

From my Brit perspective, Blu-ray is something that may well be facing extinction, and if anything the studios seem to be aiding that process, what with their ludicrously high prices in an economy that's gone down the toilet (I was browsing the miniscule Blu-ray section in HMV Piccadilly the other day, and saw discs with £25 and £30 price tags while a couple of feet away every movie under the sun was being offered at a mouthwatering discount on standard DVD).

Would you say it's taking off better in the States? No one I know has bought a Blu-ray player (those that have the format have it thanks to their PlayStations), no one I know (who isn't a film geek) gives a about "perfect" picture quality (standard DVD does just fine in their eyes), and most people I know are scared less about losing their jobs (or just getting jobs). No one's gonna pay thirty quid for a goddam movie, or at least not in sufficiently large numbers to make Blu-ray something that's here to stay.

[dinovelvet]

I'm starting to think MGM/Fox is not going to release the rest of the Bonds on Blu-Ray.

I think they will, BUT we may not see the rest of them until right before the release of Bond 23, along with the QOS special edition (which we know from Forster's comments is in the works)

The UK situation sounds bad though. Just last weeks Yanks could wander into a Best Buy and pick up, for $15 each, films like Taken, The Wrestler, Benjamin Button, Slumdog millionaire, and more. The trick is not to run out and buy these films on day one, the deals will eventually come.

BTW Loomis, HEAT has been announced for Blu-ray on November 3! Blu-ray dead? "Don't waste my mutha[censored]in' time!"

[Professor Dent]

At places like Best Buy, a big chain store here, they are running a lot more sales on Blu-ray discs than they ever did. New movies are still being priced at a premium & run $25 or $30 when they are not on sale. By comparison, the DVD racks are loaded with discs that are 3-5 times cheaper than Blu-ray. For a lot of people, it just isn't worth it. One of my main sticking points with Blu-ray is that I need to watch it in my living room because that is where my PS3 is sitting. My laptop & desktop computer won't play it &, even if they did, there is no lossless sound & standard DVD looks fine on those screens. So, why not just get the standard DVD in the first place - it works everywhere & it's cheap. I don't think the format is dead yet but it will continue to be a niche format for quite some time.

I feel sorry for any Bond fan who has a Blu-ray player but chooses to snub MOONRAKER on Blu-ray.

Not only is it a magnificent transfer (making the film look as though it was made yesterday, not in 1979, and really bringing out the epic feel of this, one of the most epic of the Bonds), but it's one of the most stunning Blu-rays I've ever seen in terms of image quality.

Agree 100%.

[scaramunga]

I will take MOONRAKER's rampant ridiculousness over JFK's revisionist ridiculousness any day of the week. Especially when viewed on Blu Ray. Sir Roger's tweed jackets rock in Blu Ray. Kevin Costner's not so much.

here, here! (raises martini glass)

I feel sorry for any Bond fan who has a Blu-ray player but chooses to snub MOONRAKER on Blu-ray.

Not only is it a magnificent transfer (making the film look as though it was made yesterday, not in 1979, and really bringing out the epic feel of this, one of the most epic of the Bonds), but it's one of the most stunning Blu-rays I've ever seen in terms of image quality.

Not all Blu-rays are good, in fact some aren't even worthy of the name Blu-ray at all (sadly, it seems film companies are just whacking certain titles onto the format with little or no appreciable upgrading), but all the Bond Blu-rays are truly stunning. And when I say truly stunning I don't say so lightly, because, believe you me, I'm very serious when it comes to picture quality.

Still, I guess some folk just can't or won't accept Roger Moore as Bond. Their loss.

Excellent post Loomis!

For those posting about pricing, check out Amazon. Great prices on many blu rays there. They've been running some very good deals the last few weeks as I previously mentioned..

Casino Royale 2 disc CE is still $12 or $13...Quantum was down to $15 as well.

I'm just as anxious as many other are about the next wave of Bond blu ray's as well. No news though.

Edited by scaramunga, 05 August 2009 - 02:09 AM.

[DamnCoffee]

I'm starting to think MGM/Fox is not going to release the rest of the Bonds on Blu-Ray.

They bloody better. If not it's just an insult to the fans.

[Bucky]

in addition to wishing they would release the rest of the films on bluray, i also wish they would have a good deal on the man with the golden gun and licence to kill sometime soon.

i have been waiting for there to be a deal similar to the $15 price they had for the other older bond films a while back around when quantum of solace was released.

[Loomis]

BTW Loomis, HEAT has been announced for Blu-ray on November 3! Blu-ray dead? "Don't waste my mutha[censored]in' time!"

I know. I'm very excited about it. It's one of the films I've been gagging for on Blu-ray.

Amazon does indeed have great prices on Blu-rays. I certainly won't be buying HEAT from the likes of HMV.

I'm starting to think MGM/Fox is not going to release the rest of the Bonds on Blu-Ray.

They bloody better. If not it's just an insult to the fans.

Well, like I say, if they don't come out then it means the format is dead. Because if you can't sell Bond you can't sell anything.

[Safari Suit]

I don't know about that. How many more times have the Bond movies been re-released or re-packaged than most other movies? Quite a few I would say.

[dee-bee-five]

I feel sorry for any Bond fan who has a Blu-ray player but chooses to snub MOONRAKER on Blu-ray.

Not only is it a magnificent transfer (making the film look as though it was made yesterday, not in 1979, and really bringing out the epic feel of this, one of the most epic of the Bonds), but it's one of the most stunning Blu-rays I've ever seen in terms of image quality.


I couldn't agree more. It is stunning. Even if one doesn't care much for the film itself - and I'm coming to love it more and more as the years pass - on a purely technical level it is probably the finest Blu Ray transfer I've seen thus far.


Still, I guess some folk just can't or won't accept Roger Moore as Bond. Their loss.

Again, I totally agree. As I wrote elsewhere, old Rog is at least the equal of Connery for me. Very different actors and performances, of course, but both having enormous strengths.

[dee-bee-five]

I'm starting to think MGM/Fox is not going to release the rest of the Bonds on Blu-Ray.

Well, if so then I guess it means Blu-ray is dead. I was planning on selling my standard DVDs of the Bonds in order to finance the eventual Blu-ray purchases. I mean, who needs standard DVDs any more? Once you've tried black you never go back, right? Now, though, I think I'll hold off until there's official confirmation that the rest of the series will be coming out on Blu-ray.

From my Brit perspective, Blu-ray is something that may well be facing extinction, and if anything the studios seem to be aiding that process, what with their ludicrously high prices in an economy that's gone down the toilet (I was browsing the miniscule Blu-ray section in HMV Piccadilly the other day, and saw discs with £25 and £30 price tags while a couple of feet away every movie under the sun was being offered at a mouthwatering discount on standard DVD).

Would you say it's taking off better in the States? No one I know has bought a Blu-ray player (those that have the format have it thanks to their PlayStations), no one I know (who isn't a film geek) gives a about "perfect" picture quality (standard DVD does just fine in their eyes), and most people I know are scared less about losing their jobs (or just getting jobs). No one's gonna pay thirty quid for a goddam movie, or at least not in sufficiently large numbers to make Blu-ray something that's here to stay.

I think you are taking a rather bleak view of the situation. I don't think the format has soared in the UK - for all the reasons you cite (particlarly the absurd prices charged for discs in HMV) - but the news this week that Toshiba will manufacture Blu Ray players is possibly the strongest indication that the format is gaining a solid foothold in the global marketplace.

And I'm not sure that the disappointing sales of the Bond Blu rays - if indeed, they were disappointing - is any indication of the strength of the Blu Ray format, either here or worldwide. The Bonds have been packaged and repackaged countless times on VHS and DVD. The films are shown over and over again on ITV. I would suggests that the Bond series, possibly more than any other, has been milked to saturation point and that the films are possibly not a priority buy for those who may already own them or are over-familiar with them. Much as it would please me to believe the sales of Bond was an indication of the strength of another industry, I remain unconvinced that it's the case here.

[Loomis]

I'm starting to think MGM/Fox is not going to release the rest of the Bonds on Blu-Ray.

Well, if so then I guess it means Blu-ray is dead. I was planning on selling my standard DVDs of the Bonds in order to finance the eventual Blu-ray purchases. I mean, who needs standard DVDs any more? Once you've tried black you never go back, right? Now, though, I think I'll hold off until there's official confirmation that the rest of the series will be coming out on Blu-ray.

From my Brit perspective, Blu-ray is something that may well be facing extinction, and if anything the studios seem to be aiding that process, what with their ludicrously high prices in an economy that's gone down the toilet (I was browsing the miniscule Blu-ray section in HMV Piccadilly the other day, and saw discs with £25 and £30 price tags while a couple of feet away every movie under the sun was being offered at a mouthwatering discount on standard DVD).

Would you say it's taking off better in the States? No one I know has bought a Blu-ray player (those that have the format have it thanks to their PlayStations), no one I know (who isn't a film geek) gives a about "perfect" picture quality (standard DVD does just fine in their eyes), and most people I know are scared less about losing their jobs (or just getting jobs). No one's gonna pay thirty quid for a goddam movie, or at least not in sufficiently large numbers to make Blu-ray something that's here to stay.

I think you are taking a rather bleak view of the situation. I don't think the format has soared in the UK - for all the reasons you cite (particlarly the absurd prices charged for discs in HMV) - but the news this week that Toshiba will manufacture Blu Ray players is possibly the strongest indication that the format is gaining a solid foothold in the global marketplace.

Well, to be blunt, I'm really only concerned with what happens to Blu-ray in Britain. I don't give a stuff how it does overseas (although I do, of course, appreciate that its "global" performance will have an effect on the situation over here). I'm a Brit and I want British Blu-rays for British people!

My fear is that Blu-ray will become the new laserdisc in Britain. Laserdisc was a huge success for many years in the United States, Japan and parts of Europe, but it never took off at all in Britain.

Granted, it would seem that Blu-ray is already more successful in this country than Laserdisc ever was, but why can you get all of the LETHAL WEAPONs on Blu-ray in America but just the first one on Blu-ray over here? Why is DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE available on Blu-ray in the States but not in Britain? How come the Yanks can enjoy the wonders of NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN ( ) on Blu-ray, while us British urchins must go without?

I know, I know, it's all probably the result of complicated "rights issues", or part of some fiendish and impenetrable "marketing strategy" or "rollout", but I do have to say that I don't see Blu-ray thriving in this country. I'd say that, for the moment, it's surviving. Just surviving. (Enough with the stupid fanboyish DIE ANOTHER DAY quotes - Ed.)

[bond 16.05.72]

I've managed to pick up quite a few titles reasonanbly since purchasing my Blu ray player.

CR was about a £10, Close Encounters £7, Eden lake £5.49, 300 (for my wife) £7, The Thing £10, JFK $17 and Godfather Trilogy £24.99 is on it's way. Dark Knight £15.

Regarding some of the transfers and the region coding I've found both these sites handy to give me an idea of what is region free or worth up grading to in regards to comparrison to the current DVD version.

http://bluray.liesinc.net/ Region Coding

http://bluray.highde...om/reviews.html

Reviews of blu ray discs in clude opinions on the films but most importantly a breakdown of whether the sound and picture makes it worth the up grade.

Yes I've noticed like just with DVD and compact disc that companies are happy to stick out any old print/copy just to get it on the format, some of the old DVD flippers were shocking for instance and in regards to CD both Floyd & Zeppelin had some appauling first times on the CD format.

Having said that Close Encounters has never looked better and the option to watch all 3 versions is great. I'll always plump for the Directors Cut as it's the best for me though. The Die Hard Quadrilogy is said to be represented quite poorly on Blu so I'll wait for a comprehensive upgrade until I trade in my DVD set.

Yes I've heard that Bond is well represented on the format, it's not I won't buy MR at all but the last watch for was quite excrutiating, it may look truly stunning but a great print can only get so far if the film your watching isn't something your enjoying. Of course FRWL, OHMSS ( when it's released) will get a purchase and I need to purchase QOS on Blu as I sold my DVD in my recent big sale on Amazon, I've sold about 23 titles and pocketed £90 of late, which will got towards getting all the Blu rays I want for my collection. I will still be keeping a good portion of my collection on DVD still but my fav's will be getting bought as soon as they are made available.

I'm looking forward to The Godfather Trilogy although some people haven't been impressed, it has been said with some films the Directors didn't just want to present crystal clear versions they wanted the films to represented as close to their original intentions and it seems Coppolla as done this but appears to have turned several off with his treatments of his gangster trilogy.

It seems Fox made the mistake of inviting William Friedkin aboard to do the remasterings for Blu Ray for The French Connections and his result has appauled many including his DP on FC & The Exorscist Owen Roizman, read below to see what Friedkin has done to his electrifying cop thriller classic, it's not good reading and Bill intends to do the same with the forthcoming Blu ray of The Exorcist, having said this Friedkin seems totally mad these days and is the former shadow of his 70's high point so hopefully just a one off.

http://bluray.highde...connection.html

I'm really excited by this format because it give me that thrill again waiting for the titles to appear, Jaws, Indy Trilogy, Alien Quadrilogy, Heat, Se7en (special edition), LOTR and of course the original Star Wars trilogy.

The bulid up to this happening with DVD is over as all the big cat titles have come out and been released countless amount of times. With Blu Ray we are going to get to see titles like Jaws like never before in all their HD glory, I can't wait.

The futures look very Blu for me!

Edited by bond 16.05.72, 05 August 2009 - 12:58 PM.