Blu-ray exclusive flicks vs hd-dvd!

[shaka]

This is the list of Blu-ray exclusive titles, straight from CES:

* Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
* Night at the Museum
* Eragon
* Stranger Than Fiction
* Crank
* The Devil Wears Prada
* Casino Royale
* Employee of the Month
* Saw I
* Saw II
* Saw III
* Kingdom of Heaven
* Dodgeball
* House of 1000 Corpes
* Hostel
* Cabin Fever
* Walking Tall
* Running With Scissors
* Cars
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
* Resident Evil: Apocalypse
* The Prestige
* Marie Antoinette
* The Grudge 2
* Gridiron Gang
* The Sentinel
* The Marine
* Open Season
* The Guardian
* Casanova
* Eight Below
* Flightplan
* Scary Movie 4
* Sky High
* The Wild
* I Robot
* Bruce Almighty
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* Alien vs. Predator
* Finding Neverland
* King Arthur: Director's Cut
* Layer Cake
* Man on Fire
* Master & Commander
* From Hell
* Chicago
* Flyboys
* Ice Age
* Ladder 49
* Winged Migration
* Phone Booth
* Hart's War
* Reign of Fire
* Me, Myself & Irene
* Dude, Where's My Car?
* Monster's Ball
* National Lampoon's Van Wilder
* Gone in Sixty Seconds
* Cast Away
* Tristan & Isolde
* Turistas
* Pearl Harbor
* Remember The Titans
* Chicken Little
* G.I. Jane
* The Rock
* The Recruit
* The Tailor of Panama
* Planet of the Apes
* American Psycho
* Men of Honor
* Vertical Limit
* Entrapment
* Hannibal
* Ronin
* Out of Time
* The Siege
* Face/Off
* Starship Troopers
* ConAir
* Crimson Tide
* Enemy of the State
* Courage Under Fire
* Broken Arrow
* Air Force One
* Independence Day
* Dinosaurs
* Wild Hogs
* Jerry McGuire
* A Few Good Men
* Young Guns
* To Live & Die in L.A.
* Ultimate Avengers
* Ultimate Avengers 2
* Waiting
* Requiem for a Dream
* PI
* Belly
* Chain Reaction
* The Usual Suspects
* Reservoir Dogs
* Glory
* The Princess Bride
* Edward Scissorhands
* Bull Durham
* Dances with Wolves
* Predator
* The Fly
* Commando
* First Blood
* Dirty Dancing
* Basic Instinct
* The Silence of the Lambs
* The Thomas Crown Affair
* Platoon
* Hoosiers
* The Graduate
* A Fistful of Dollars
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
* Battle of Britain
* A Bridge Too Far

This is the list of HD-DVD exclusives:

* Children of Men
* The Good Shepherd
* Hollywoodland
* Lucky Number Slevin
* Pulse
* Catch A Fire
* Brokeback Mountain
* The Mummy Returns
* Half Baked
* Back to the Future I
* Back to the Future II
* Back to the Future III
* The Land Before Time
* The Blues Brothers
* The Sting



Blu-ray FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Goodfella]

DAMMIT!!! I wanted to see Back to the Future on BD.

[tommylj]

DAMMIT!!! I wanted to see Back to the Future on BD.

I'm sure it will come eventually. Universal has to support Blu-Ray at some point, given the popularity of the format

[CivicFox]

wow thats much more than titles then i thought. UBER!

[ChildOfIllusions]

yeah im glad blue-ray has such a huge selection but i want alot of those hd-dvd ones well lets hope it wins out

[sweetvar26]

i guess there are many other titles that are exclusively for HD DVD like the Bourne Series, Fast & Furious Series...there are a lot more....just browse through the HD DVD section of the Bestbuy and Blu-ray section. On a whole both have equal number of movies approx. Its gonna take a little more longer for Blu-ray to pull over the lead farther ahead particularly after the million PS3's that are gonna be sold in Europe ....

Blu-ray for the WIN !!!!!

[Shin-Ra]

* Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
* Casino Royale
* Kingdom of Heaven
* Cars
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
* Resident Evil: Apocalypse
* The Grudge 2
* Scary Movie 4
* I Robot
* Alien vs. Predator
* King Arthur: Director's Cut
* Reign of Fire
* Pearl Harbor
* Remember The Titans
* Men of Honor
* Starship Troopers
* Independence Day
* Dinosaurs

Dammit, i must save my money for this movies !!! and no one HD-DVD exclusive can make me interested

[ff81]

I've got 5 of those HD DVD's preordered, they've actually announced more than that, just not at CES.

I'll be picking up quite a few of the BD's as well. I've been ordering on average about 10 movies a month combined on both formats.

[REFLEX]

So far ive averaged about 20 titles a month for both formats. Ill be going down to the stores to hunt for more in a week here...... there are always new titles coming in, and here in Canada we often get a few later than the ones in the states for some crappy distribution reasons. So.... looks like more shopping next week! Plus I still get the 3 free HD DVDs for buying my 2nd player, the XA2. I got my other 3 free from the A1 when I first got that too hehee... awesome.

[mrnagy88]

So far ive averaged about 20 titles a month for both formats. Ill be going down to the stores to hunt for more in a week here...... there are always new titles coming in, and here in Canada we often get a few later than the ones in the states for some crappy distribution reasons. So.... looks like more shopping next week! Plus I still get the 3 free HD DVDs for buying my 2nd player, the XA2. I got my other 3 free from the A1 when I first got that too hehee... awesome.

Wow, are you running a movie rental place or something??? damn...

[StateofMind]

DAMNIT Brokeback Mountain is HD-DVD exclusive!

[ff81]

I refuse to watch a movie about the sexual exploration of two gay cowboys. I've got a Toshiba HD DVD player and I still won't buy that movie.

Let's see, Blu-ray has Crank, and HD DVD has Brokeback Mountain, hahahahahahahahahahaha.

I support and own both formats, but that's frikken hilarious!

[babaostyle2]

right on guys, HD-DVD is for [insert your preferred gay slur here]!

[BluBoi22]

Universal is supposedly releasing over 100 HD-DVD titles this year even though they didn't announce them at CES. But that looks like over 100 Blu-Ray titles just in that CES list, so even with Universal added, Blu-Ray still has the advantage. I think there are still many more Blu-Ray movies to be announced this year, and many more PS3's/Blu-Ray players to be sold. I think the war will be decided by the end of 07. Blu-Ray already passed HD-DVD sales by a little before Christmas, and the BDA expects that difference to grow to 3.5:1 in Blu-Ray's favor by the Q1 07. Blu-Ray sales are growing in a much faster rate than HD-DVD despite its early lead, so the only thing that HD-DVD still has going for it now is that's it's cheaper. But even then, a PS3 is as cheap as a HD-DVD player and the movies are about the same price. So basically, HD-DVD won't last far past this year. I'm interested to see how long Toshiba tries to keep HD-DVD going, as they're like the only major CE company supporting it.

[Brock]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm really looking forward to Casino Royale and The Prestige on blu-ray

[YoungMullah88]

yeah the prestige was a good movie

[mcav]

The number of titles is not nearly as important as the killer titles that are coming out.

James Bond, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman, and Everything Disney related (Yes Pirates is Disney too) are all from studios that are exclusive to Blu Ray.

[Dorfdad]

DAMMIT!!! I wanted to see Back to the Future on BD.


You will once Universal decides it's time to fold...

[ff81]

Or you could just buy a HD DVD player and enjoy it when it comes out.

[Lefein]

I predict that by holiday season next year you will be able to get a BluRay player for about $400 to $500. Once that happens it will be "lights out".

[SomaXD]

im in no wai an expert in the format war, but i do see blu-ray winning.
heres Why:
Sony Pictures/Colombia-Tristar (The fricken inventors of blu-ray, as well as a bigger company over in japan importing really good japanese movies here like House of flying daggers and such, as well a a bigger chance of anime on blu-ray)
Disney/Buena Vista Pictures (Its effing disney people!)
20th Century Fox

HD-DVD has..
Universal (not tied to HD-DVD creator [toshiba?] like sony pictures is tied to their own format blu-ray..) kinda see where im going with this?

[REFLEX]

Wow, are you running a movie rental place or something??? damn...

No.... haha.. but thats the way I was when DVD first came out.... Id go to the store ever week or so and buy a stack of movies. Im the same exact way with HD DVD and Blu-ray.

[spazchicken]

Has anyone seen Open Season? I need a good quality CG movie soon and I think it might be cool

[brettpenn3]

Does anyone know if Blow (movie with Johnny Depp) is coming to Blu-Ray?

[badz_ps3]

it most likely will since warner is backing both formats

[Beemer]

I wonder who's gonna buy brokeback mountain in HD? Seriously, I know HD-DVD got the porn industry on its side........but damn.

Who owns the rights to Jacka** and Jacka** 2? (can I say that word if its a movie?) That would be an awesome movie in HD.

[ff81]

Wannabe movie critics will buy Brokeback simply because it's supposedly a really good movie. I won't watch it or buy it because of my principles, call me a bigot or hate monger if you like, but it's my choice.

[KraZe]

Half Baked in HD would be crisp. Hopefully it comes to bluray.

[Glacia]

Thank god Brokeback Mountain wont be on blu-ray... just what it needs a gay porn movie...

[spazchicken]

I'd watch it but I know my bf wont...Guys are so paranoid sometimes :/

[minnis]

how many people here ar above 21 and buy their own stuff???

[minnis]

bewcause im trying to find a foum that is mostly mid 20s and up that i can talk seriously with im tired of thes snot nose kids arguing how much the 360 im not trying to bash im trying to find out intelligent info about my high def equiptment and conversation

[Grim__Reaper]

they can keep brokeback mountain

[Beemer]

when are they going to start releasing tv seasons on blu-rau? I want entourage on blu-ray!

[darkswordsman]

The way everything is going now, it is clear that Blu-ray will win the format war. [b]I Like![/borat voice]

[REFLEX]

I dont dislike broke back mountain because of its "gayness", I dont like it because its not my kind of movie. I could care less about the gay thing either way, its been around since the dawn of time and it aint going anywhere, its no more right than straight people are and its no more wrong than we are, it is human nature.

It wasnt bad because its gay, it was bad because it was a sappy drama fest.

[Stewie Skywalker]

I was flipping through channels and I end up on HBO HD and what do I see?! TWO COWBOYS KISSING, and what pisses me off is one of them not jake the other guy Heath is STARRING IN THE NEXT BATMAN AS THE JOKER!!! HE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE A DAMN JOKER! Anyways I want my Batman Begins Blu-Ray copy NOW!.

[ozps3]

I predict that by holiday season next year you will be able to get a BluRay player for about $400 to $500. Once that happens it will be "lights out".

You already can, PS3 20 gig for $499 ....


Thank god Brokeback Mountain wont be on blu-ray... just what it needs a gay porn movie...

HAHAHA.....LOL, what more can I say.

[mcav]

I find it odd that people keep asking "what format is such and such film coming to?"

Look at the film studio.

If it's Universal, then it's HD DVD only.

If it's not - it'll be on Blu Ray.

[REFLEX]

Too bad Universal has so many classic titles going for it. Thats why I got HD DVD too.

[ff81]

Reflex, I'm not going to get into an argument about if being a homosexual is right or wrong, but I will share my one simple belief.

I believe that the "meaning of life" and the primary reason we are on this Earth is to reproduce, survival of the species, keep mankind going, you know what I mean. Gay people cannot do that naturally and that's why I think it's wrong.

But yeah, as far as the movie goes, even if it was about a cowboy couple (guy and girl) I still wouldn't want to watch it, not my type of movie.

Mcav: You're forgetting about smaller companies like Weinstein only release on HD DVD too, they've got some great films on there side.

[REFLEX]

Im not here to agrue either. My belief is that it is a part of genetics, it is no more a defect than brown hair or blue eyes. It has existed in animals and human beings as well since recorded history, basically a few thousand years ago.... the Greek civilization had a huge foundation in homosexual activities, many of the worlds gifted people have been gay. Its no body's fault, and even if it was a choice, which it isnt, that would still be fine by me, who am I to tell people how they live is wrong? or who they are?

Im not saying that you are saying that, im just sayin' thats all...

I know a few lesbians (2 of them are actually twin sisters, its basic science there)... its not a show, its not for fun, its for real. Same with the only gay guy I actually know, hes a great person and id never feel right thinking there is something wrong about him.

I think that the purpose of human kind is to reproduce as well, but we do a lot of other things inbetween that do or dont allow us to do so, this is just one of them.

I embrace most people for what they are unless its totally wrong against humanity, like rapists, killers, etc.

Live and let live..

I can accept other peoples opinions on the subject as well as long as they are not hate mongers for no actual reasons except their own ignorance. Which I can see you do not do, so we can continue respecting each other! ;)


PS. I really hate sappy movies like this anyway, boy+boy, girl+boy or girl+girl, it all sucks for 90% of dramas...

[kray]

DAMNIT Brokeback Mountain is HD-DVD exclusive!

HD-DVD can keep that one. Lucky Number Sleven would have been nice on Blu-Ray though.

[DontKnowMe]

I wonder what it would take for Universal to switch over.

[REFLEX]

Time. They will only do it if HD DVD really starts to fail, not like how people think it is now. Regardless of what people actually think, we would have to wait till it actually starts to be a huge deal for Toshiba.

[Skribble]

Resevoir Dogs - **** YEH!!!!

The format war has been won.

[shaka]

Universal is supposedly releasing over 100 HD-DVD titles this year even though they didn't announce them at CES. But that looks like over 100 Blu-Ray titles just in that CES list, so even with Universal added, Blu-Ray still has the advantage. I think there are still many more Blu-Ray movies to be announced this year, and many more PS3's/Blu-Ray players to be sold. I think the war will be decided by the end of 07. Blu-Ray already passed HD-DVD sales by a little before Christmas, and the BDA expects that difference to grow to 3.5:1 in Blu-Ray's favor by the Q1 07. Blu-Ray sales are growing in a much faster rate than HD-DVD despite its early lead, so the only thing that HD-DVD still has going for it now is that's it's cheaper. But even then, a PS3 is as cheap as a HD-DVD player and the movies are about the same price. So basically, HD-DVD won't last far past this year. I'm interested to see how long Toshiba tries to keep HD-DVD going, as they're like the only major CE company supporting it.

Read the BDA press release at this years CES carefully. The Blu-ray exclusive studios want HD DVD to die and are already declaring Blu-ray the winner. They consolidated their support by announcing a large selection of releases some of them are the top grossing movies of last year (Pirates 2, Casino Royale, Cars). The Blu-ray exclusive studios are not going to go neutral. The market cannot and never has been able to support two competing formats. One of them has to die and unfortunately for a lot of users it is going to be HD DVD due to lack of support in hardware, movie studios and IT. It will be a slow death as Universal is prolonging its life but Universal's catalogue of titles while large cannot come close to competing with the recent catalogue titles from Fox, MGM, Sony, Lionsgate & Disney/Buena Vista. I do not know what deal Universal has with the HD DVD group but I think 2008 will see Universal releasing on Blu-ray and the final nail in the coffin of HD DVD. Its departure will be quicker than its rise; HD DVD will die next year as it cannot survive on the back of two companies, Toshiba and Universal.
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[Skribble]

Read the BDA press release at this years CES carefully. The Blu-ray exclusive studios want HD DVD to die and are already declaring Blu-ray the winner. They consolidated their support by announcing a large selection of releases some of them are the top grossing movies of last year (Pirates 2, Casino Royale, Cars). The Blu-ray exclusive studios are not going to go neutral. The market cannot and never has been able to support two competing formats. One of them has to die and unfortunately for a lot of users it is going to be HD DVD due to lack of support in hardware, movie studios and IT. It will be a slow death as Universal is prolonging its life but Universal's catalogue of titles while large cannot come close to competing with the recent catalogue titles from Fox, MGM, Sony, Lionsgate & Disney/Buena Vista. I do not know what deal Universal has with the HD DVD group but I think 2008 will see Universal releasing on Blu-ray and the final nail in the coffin of HD DVD. Its departure will be quicker than its rise; HD DVD will die next year as it cannot survive on the back of two companies, Toshiba and Universal.
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Good points but I think there are still alot of neutral companies that are supporting it. As you say it's going to be a long drawn out death, but it's going to happen. Especially as movie collecters are going to know that Blu-Ray is of higher quality, and with the cult hits and just plain awesome movies that are exclusively to blu-ray, true collectors will only have one way to turn.

[REFLEX]

Good points but I think there are still alot of neutral companies that are supporting it. As you say it's going to be a long drawn out death, but it's going to happen. Especially as movie collecters are going to know that Blu-Ray is of higher quality, and with the cult hits and just plain awesome movies that are exclusively to blu-ray, true collectors will only have one way to turn.

Oh no I disagree, first of all Blu-ray and HD DVD are the same quality. Secondly you should have said "true collectors will already have both HD DVD and Blu-ray", because its true. Early adopters and hardcore collectors already have both kinds of players and both formats.... take myself for example, there are a few of us on these forums.

[admartian]

Whoah. That is quite comprehensive. Is that really all for HD-DVD?

Does anyone know if T.V shows are affected by this format "war"?

[REFLEX]

Whoah. That is quite comprehensive. Is that really all for HD-DVD?

Does anyone know if T.V shows are affected by this format "war"?


T.V shows are effected too, but youll find that a lot of shows will come to both formats, but not all of them, it depends on which studios own what shows. For instance, Sopranos is already here for HD DVD and Blu-ray, and the rest will come. On the other hand Smallville is on HD DVD only. This will continue...

[Cyrann]

how many people here ar above 21 and buy their own stuff???

I buy all my own stuff - TV/PS3/BD/etc.


HD-DVD can keep that one. Lucky Number Sleven would have been nice on Blu-Ray though.

I wanted that one as well...


Resevoir Dogs - **** YEH!!!!

The format war has been won.

I own all of his movies, I just dont' know if I feel like buying most of them for th3 3rd time!

Regular >> Special Editions >> Blu-ray >> Sigh

[ChinoX]

This is great!!! Got into a discussion with a friend over this glad to know that HD-DVD is about to flat line!!!

[REFLEX]

Its not "about to flat line". You need to take a clear look at whats happening with this stuff...

[Behemoko]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Why does "children of Man" have to be hd-dvd only..!!!!!!!!! L A M E, an di didn't even see Apocalypto listed..!?!?!? That will be one of THE BEST LOOKING HI DEF MOVIES EVER!!! Hd-dvd needs to just die already so that Blu-Ray can get all the love it deserves...

[REFLEX]

Hehehe.... get both players and enter HD bliss!

[DMB14]

Ouch. HD-DVD has nothing.

[ff81]

Ouch. HD-DVD has nothing.

My small library of ~40 HD DVD titles disagrees with you. They are all movies that I enjoy too, didn't just buy them for nothing.

[Behemoko]

Hehehe.... get both players and enter HD bliss!

It doesn't make a difference for me, i dont have a hi def tv, i just wish hd-dvd would die off in peace, instead of going out fighting, lol. :-)

[REFLEX]

My small library of ~40 HD DVD titles disagrees with you. They are all movies that I enjoy too, didn't just buy them for nothing.

Hell yeah... HD DVD has a lot to offer, people who say otherwise are the type of people who do 1 of 2 things, they either ignore the good things because they dont like the format or they look past them because they dont actually like them, but be honest here folks.. out of all the movies exclusive to HD DVD.. there has to be a few ANYONE would like.

[Skribble]

Oh no I disagree, first of all Blu-ray and HD DVD are the same quality. Secondly you should have said "true collectors will already have both HD DVD and Blu-ray", because its true. Early adopters and hardcore collectors already have both kinds of players and both formats.... take myself for example, there are a few of us on these forums.

They may be the same quality now, but the cheaper available platform the PS3 with HDMI, is at the moment superior to XboxHDdvd and more expensive HD-DVD players (at least here in aus) And Blu-Ray with more storage space I think will eventually get the advantage, larger disc size means more special features, more episodes of tv shows on less discs etc. (Not to say I won't miss having large amounts of dvds for seasons, boxes are awesome)

I don't think true collectors necesarilly do, there are some who can afford to and others who need to make a choice. It would be better if there was the one format for everyone I think.


I buy all my own stuff - TV/PS3/BD/etc.

I wanted that one as well...

I own all of his movies, I just dont' know if I feel like buying most of them for th3 3rd time!

Regular >> Special Editions >> Blu-ray >> Sigh
HAHAHA, tell me about it. I wouldn't have thought they could make RD better quality I thought with the DVD that would have been the quality of the film they used... not the dvd that gave it that grainy effect. But I'm willing to buy most of his stuff again. Resevoir Dogs definately, if nothing else... but probably more anyway haha.

I have the video, the dvd, the 2 disc dvd, then blu-ray... haha 4 copies. Did you ever play the game?



Hell yeah... HD DVD has a lot to offer, people who say otherwise are the type of people who do 1 of 2 things, they either ignore the good things because they dont like the format or they look past them because they dont actually like them, but be honest here folks.. out of all the movies exclusive to HD DVD.. there has to be a few ANYONE would like.

Agreed, both formats have awesome movies that everyone loves... but I would prefer 1 single format, then I don't have to buy an HD-DVD player aswell. And I hate the idea of exclusives, they're turning movies into the gaming world with console exclusives... it sucks. There should be 1 supreme, why do you think Beta-Max died. All I'm saying is 1 format would be bliss.

[admartian]

T.V shows are effected too, but youll find that a lot of shows will come to both formats, but not all of them, it depends on which studios own what shows. For instance, Sopranos is already here for HD DVD and Blu-ray, and the rest will come. On the other hand Smallville is on HD DVD only. This will continue...

Cool :D

I was worried there that maybe shows like Little Britain, The Office (and any future endeavors) might be restricted.

[REFLEX]

Naw.. not restricted, but controlled. Most shows will go on both formats almost garunteed.

Yeah the 360 add on is alright but it lacks a lot of stuff..... HDMI for *most* 1080p HDTVs and for TrueHD or other LinearPCM high-def sound... it cant do that.. so its lacking big time.

[ferrari_lad]

good news for you all, as i can see your all fans of brokeback mountain i thought you wud all be really excited to know its coming onto blueray in march!!!
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=12;-1;-1;-1&sku=582080
lol, im sure u'll all be rushing to buy it!!!!