So I just got my first Blu-ray player tonight. Nothing special, Sony BDP-S360. No special set-up either, but I want to finally take advantage of the more and more common "Blu-ray Exclusive" extras.

my first purchased BD was The Hurt Locker which doesn't have any exclusives, but I got bc of the BB SteelBook™ some time ago.

my real first BD purchase that i am looking forward to is (500) Days of Summer. just a charming movie that i wanted more of and the DVD didn't offer that at all. the BD adds a host of little featurettes that i know i will like. so got site-to-store for $14.99 from Walmart.

What I am wondering is:
regardless of video and audio presentations, what are some good to great BD's that take full advantage of the "exclusive" content moniker? Online stuff, in-movie stuff, featurettes, etc...

Is there a reason why you are getting a discontinued BD player over a newer model (gift? used? from a friend?)

cheap.

How cheap? New model BD players can be had very cheap to, and you might want a WiFi version or one with Netflix etc. (or one that has an Eject button on the remote )

this will do. thanks though.

Ok, "back of the truck" then

Anyways, I'd urge you to get Avatar and any Disney animated film (Toy Story is a must).

Avatar doesn't have a single extra and a better, extras-laden version is forth coming. Disney's are a safe bet, but I have most of the SE's already that i want and only Toy Story 2 did something for me.

Sell some of those Steelbooks now that you've finally caved into the superiority of the Blu

Minority Report is a must-own Blu-Ray just for the booming sound alone, not to mention what a brilliant film it is. Plus, perhaps for what you are looking for it has over 1 hour of new features all in HD.

Glad you liked 500 Days of Summer, its such a great movie & Blu-Ray.

i dunno. i still love having my SteelBooks, but the fad has defintely worn off on me.

love Minority Report and just checked dvdcompare.net and those Blu-ray exclusive features are exactly the intention of this thread. just wish i didn't have the 2-dsic DVD already. perhaps if i find it cheap it would be a must.

looking forward to the (500) extras. i'm not like this with every movie that i see for the first time, but there are some movies that when they are over you want to see and know more from the cast and director. this was definitely one that left me wanting more after the DVD viewing when it first came out.

Band of Brothers has a very good PiP commentary with the original soldiers providing the commentary. There is also a mode that has popup features, facts, etc while you are watching that is good. Both are a new, enjoyable way to watch the series.

That reminds me that I've yet to watch any of the special features of Band of Brothers.

+ 1. There's way too much stuff.

Star Trek (2009) has great BD exclusive extras.

Well...you get the IMAX version of TDK if you get it on Blu. It does the format change automatically much like it did in Theaters.

Daybreakers
- 2 hour documentary, which was cut down to 40 for the DVD version.
Funny People
- Even more extras than the full DVD, and all worth it if you love the movie.
The Lovely Bones
- Haven't gotten around to watching it yet, but there is a 3 hour documentary exclusive to it.
M - Criterion Collection
- The long lost English Language version with Peter Lorre's first ever English performance. Although the UK DVD has this, so in reality a BD exclusive only for America.
9
- The U-Control Picture-in-Picture plays during the movie, and very good stuff in there. Interviews, cast recording sessions, storyboards, animatics, etc. scene specific.
Sherlock Holmes
- Picture-In-Picture Maximum Movie Mode, which sadly doesn't load on my player...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- The immersive interactive menus and featurettes
Standard Operating Procedure
- The most loaded Errol Morris disc, a lot more extras and very informative, but nothing very "Blu-ray" about them, just more deleted scenes, extended scenes, Q&A, stuff we can easily see on DVD, but wasn't released on it.
Up
Second disc is loaded with featurettes exclusive to the BD.
Valkyrie
- 2 hour documentary and many other bonus features.
Watchmen
- Maximum Movie Mode on the original director's cut disc, not on the Ultimate edition

Every time I watch the documentary I get choked up. this is the same doc from the SD version though.

I did watch the BD set with the pop-up commentary; the commentary is not screen specific however they tried to put them up when the subject was being played.

thanks ms, good suggestions. i was thinking about 9 and Daybreakers, but just saw the latter and liked it, but don't plan on revisiting it anytime soon. loved Funny People, but i sought out the 2-disc not too long ago and only seemed like a few, small exclusives. The Lovely Bones docu would probably be 10x better than the movie, which i do not intend to revisit ever and thus don't care how a bad movie in my eyes was made.

Seriously, if you liked Harold and Kumar.. Escape from Guantanamo Bay has a branching version where you can pick how the movie goes. It is pretty sweet. Like



I thought it was pretty cool to say the least.

No, sir. Hawk your 2-disc DVD and buy the Blu-Ray for the wealth of additional deleted and extended scenes alone. I no longer remember exactly which scenes the Blu-Ray has that the DVD didn't, but there were definitely gems in all of this material. Most of the exclusives on Funny People in general is more material in the same sections that exist on the DVD, so if you liked the stuff on the DVD, there's just more of it on the Blu-Ray

Same is true of Role Models, around 40 minutes of additional deleted scenes they couldn't fit on the DVD.

Yeah, Role Models is definitely worth it if you liked the movie.

Also one of my favorite Blu-exclusives is Justice League Animated movie. The Blu-Ray comes with the unaired pilots of Wonder Woman & Aquaman. Worth buying the Blu-Ray just for this so you can get Linda Carter in HD

Good start on the ordered ones. I love all 5 of those movies & Blu-Rays.

Rented:


Bought PV:


Ordered:


not too bad for my first forays into the medium.

keep the great suggestions comin'!

thanks! looking forward to them. already checked out Crank 2 and loved the Blu only features.

sorry about ur post being out of order, my internets is slow and i deleted, instead of editted.

any others people can think of that have Blu-ray exclusive extras that are worthwhile?

I haven't had a chance to check them out yet, but people seem to love the "Maximum Movie Mode" that some Warner releases like the "300" Digibook, "Terminator Salvation," "Sherlock Holmes," and I think "Watchmen" all have.

If you really want to take advantage of BD-J then check Disney's Blus:

Enchanted - Full immersive and seamless interactive quiz that plays during the film.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Play Liar's Dice with Pintel and Ragetti.

You will also find Cloverfield's Special Investigation Mode pretty interesting.