I don't think it's that, necessarily. I think part of it's to ease the fact that so many people have multiple DVD players but only one BD deck. Someone might feel more comfortable buying, say, a Disney movie this way so that they can watch it in high-def at home but the kids can still watch it on DVD in the van. It may also just be a value-added thing...since most of the studios doing this are just recycling existing DVDs for it, this makes it look like a more impressive package without really costing them much of anything.

It doesn't look to my eyes to be marketed as "buy the DVD, and as an added bonus, you get this shiny new Blu-ray disc too!". Disney's done that, to be sure, but I don't get that impression from other studios. If that were the case, why put 'em in Blu-ray packaging and segmented off in an area where the DVD-only crowd will be unlikely to see them (aside from prominently featured new releases that'll be off the end caps after a week or two)? If that's the way these things are supposed to be being marketed, they're doing it completely incompetently.

Now this, as I've said probably way too frequently before, I very much agree with.

But why make this big combo push in year 4? If this is to help transition people over, then they should have included the dvd a long time ago.

Hindsight is 20/20.

Wow, surprised no one is taking about Moulin Rouge on 10/19.

Romeo + Juliet (1996) on 10/19 as well.

October will be my most expensive blu-ray month ever and I got an e-mail today from Amazon today about finally having the official cover art for Meet the Parents/Fockers, which is also rumored for October.

So far I've never had to pray for a release to be delayed, but I'm just hoping the two "Meet the" BDs come out in November.

Well, the next sequel comes out in December. Wouldn't the first two be released at the same time?

BTW, I'm really looking forward to Moulin Rouge, but it's one of those movies that people seem to love or hate. With the talk centered on the Alien set and BTTF (and Star Wars next year), it's not going to get too much discussion here.

Looks like Troll 2 is going to have some company! It's a real shame we get this crap on Blu and not the original.

Howling Trilogy - The Marsupials III, The Rebirth V, The Freaks VI - October 19th



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Holy shit....LOL

I'm more excited for Romeo + Juliet and it really depends on the transfer. I hope they cleaned it up.

Was there something wrong with the DVD?

Racing Dreams BluRay/DVD maybe VOD September 28th.

A documentary that had very limited theater run from Marshall Curry director of "Street Fight"

I happened to catch it at theater and really liked it, follows three tweens as they try to live out dream of becoming NASCAR drivers. Very ironic and sad sort of tale, but a great story in the end. Documentary buffs will enjoy it.

White Christmas - 11/2

I would just prefer if it was more than just an upgraded DVD transfer. Some of the films from the 90s are starting to look dated and I don't mean the actual movie.

Fantasia - Nov 30

No thanks

That body is to die for!!!...oh wait :/

Ok then how about:

Lost in Translation - Dec 7



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That girl's got quite a package

Glad to see this back on the release schedule.

Woo-Hoo!!

Now all we need is Out of Sight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Big Lebowski.

And Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Dazed And Confused, Mallrats, Half Baked, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Accepted, Backdraft, Liar Liar, Notting Hill, The Deer Hunter.....etc.etc.....

Universal still has a LONG way to go as far as their previous HD DVD releases are concerned....

Hope you still have a HD DVD Player around if you want to enjoy those movies. Half of those are 'done' and have been 'done' for 2 years. Its up to Universal when they actually want to release them.

That sounds like they're going to slap them on there with the same transfers as before, which would really suck for some of them.

Well yeah... but I want the ones I named the most.