good lord thats gonna be an expensive day! Ill get all of them most likely.

so has WB issued an explanation as to why 'Barry Lyndon' is not part of the Kubrick box set - are new extras being culled for it's eventual release?

I am very glad that the Kubrick films will be available individually.

Kubrick news is the news of the Summer for me! Very excited!

This thread claims that Starship Troopers and Hollow Man: Director's Cut are headed to Blu-ray on 10/16.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...8&page=2&pp=30

Should make for good eye candy.

oh now wait, regarding Starship Troopers- they couldn't restore the few seconds of grue that got clipped for it's R-rating!

Yeah....as many know, 2001 looked AWESOME on hdnet....I HOPE that it looks as good with a VC-1 encode....Im optimistic, but literally 2001 is probably the best looking thing Ive seen on broadcast hd. It will be cool to do a compare.

If 2001 is being taken from the recent 70mm remaster, then it should be one of the best looking HD discs available on either format.

oh I agree completely - some of the model work and outer space sequences were IN-credible - it almost seemed like the spaceships were too drift off from the screen - I literally wanted to reach out and touch the imagery.

My guess is they deemed it not popular enough to release at this time. They had to spend the money to go back and remaster these titles again, and perhaps they felt the cost was only justified for the more popular titles for now.

That's too bad. I'm not a big Barry Lyndon fan, but damn some of that imagery would look incredible in HD.

Ah, just noticed the EWS is the rated version...ill keep my unrated DVD and possibly import an unrated HD-DVD if available. I wont buy the rated version.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies...ci-fi-dvd_N.htm

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Nov. 13


Aaahhh hell yeaaahhh! First Spielberg directed title goes to Blu! Man, every day brings more and more goodness to hi-def.... keep em coming!

Blech. That's one I won't be buying on any format.

...but this is important. This <b><i>means</i></b> something.

a HiDef has been mastered and was shown as such on HDNet Movies - I unfortunately missed it when my DVR didnt' record it for some damn reason.

Not a fan of the movie, but this is BIG news for the formats. Keep the big name directors and movies coming boys!!

Amazon has

- Gods and Generals BluRay / HD-DVD (9-25)
- The Wild Bunch BluRay / HD-DVD (9-25)
- Wyatt Earp BluRay / HD-DVD (9-25)

for preorder.

Tartan's first U.S. release, <b>Oldboy</b> is coming on 10/23 to Blu-ray (AVC, DTS-MA)

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...ith_Oldboy/803

Yeah, Im not a fan of this movie....seen it a few times and will not be buying it. BUT, if Speilberg has approved this on Bluray it could mean a couple things.

A. He thinks Bluray is going to win and will not approve Universal to release on hd-dvd.

B. He has decided to support hi-def releases and we will see Universal releasing some of his films also.

Either way, its a good thing.

Or, I guess it could just be a fluke and he is only releasing this due to the remastering and will take his films on a case by case basis.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...s_Features/808

Paramount Postpones 'Zodiac' Blu-ray, HD DVD to Prep Additional Bonus Features

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced it is postponing the September Blu-ray and HD DVD release of 'Zodiac' to prepare a more feature-packed special edition.

The David Fincher serial killer drama was originally announced for a day-and-date debut with the standard-def DVD version (which just hit stores this past Tuesday, July 24), but the studio later postponed the next-gen versions, giving them a new date of September 18.

Now, Paramount has informed us that although the title has been pulled from its Blu-ray and HD DVD release schedule, the studio is currently beginning work on a far more robust, feature-laden special edition of 'Zodiac.' This retooled set will include the extensive involvement of Fincher himself, and given the well-received DVD special editions of his past work including 'Fight Club' and 'Panic Room,' it should be worth the wait.

Why are you quoting UHF?;)

POTC: At World's End - Dec 4

If all the extras are in HD (as they should be), I'm all for the wait. :up: