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Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 11-29-2009, 05:18 PM:

I am very happy with what has been released so far on Blu-Ray but there are many films I want that has not yet been announced . Here are a few I can think of that I want to add to my collection--

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
JURASSIC PARK
JAWS
ET
BEN-HUR
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
DR. ZHIVAGO
VERTIGO
THE BIRDS
REAR WINDOW
PSYCHO
MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
STAR WARS (Episides 4-6)
INDIANA JONES series
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
THE ABYSS
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
SHICHININ NO SAMURA (The Seven Samurai)
RAN
RASHOMON
JIGOKUMON (Gate of Hell)
IKIRU (To Live)
AKAHIGE (Red Beard)
BIRUMA NO TATEGOTO (Harp of Burma)

-Claude

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-29-2009, 05:31 PM:

Back to da Future
Saving Private Ryan
Aladdin
Findin' Nemo
The Incredibles
Toy Story 1&2
Jurassic Park
Star Wars 4-6
Titanic
Aliens
The Abyss
Seven
Transformers The Movie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Beauty and the Beast (maybe)
Lion King (maybe)
Indianda Jones 1-3

Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 11-29-2009, 07:00 PM:

I forgot to include two wonderful Paramount films that were in VistaVision in my list.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
WHITE CHRISTMAS

The DVD I have of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS look awesome when upconverted on my HDTV and so does WHITE CHRISTMAS. If Paramount did some restoration from the original 8 perf VistaVision negatives,, the results should be spectacular in Blu-Ray!

-Claude

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 11-29-2009, 09:29 PM:

Titanic
American Beauty
The Incredibles
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Big Lebowski
Being John Malkovich
Lost in Translation
What's Up Doc
Targets
Cape Fear (Scorsese)
All of David Lynch's films
Pulp Fiction (which WAS announced at one point but hasn't happened, along with...)
Jackie Brown
A single disc release of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (so I don't have to buy the crappy sequels)
A single disc release of Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 (so I don't have to own Spider-Man 3)

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 11-29-2009, 09:40 PM:

I wish they'd stop pricing them low so I'm less tempted to buy more! [Frown]

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 11-29-2009, 10:07 PM:

Oh yeah...

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Stepford Wives (the original)

K. I'm done.

Posted by Joe Tommassello (Member # 4632) on 11-30-2009, 12:24 PM:

Classic horror titles from Universal Studios, Hammer Studios and Roger Corman.

Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 11-30-2009, 04:01 PM:

I'd be happy if they just released the Lord of the Rings Trilogy like they were going to back in November before all the haters moaned about the lack of the Extended Editions not being available right away!

That said, however, I'd take the Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and Back to the Future series happily! Aliens would be an immediate purchase, no question about it.

I would expect Toy Story 1 & 2 to be released as a 3-pack when Toy Story 3 is ready for Blu-ray release. Sadly, Aladdin did not make Disney's 13-movie roster of upcoming Diamond Edition releases.

The fact that White Christmas, Bells of St. Mary's, Going My Way, and Holiday Inn are not available on Blu-ray this season is a huge missed opportunity. I've not seen the job that was done on It's a Wonderful Life yet (it's my least favorite of the Christmas classics), but if skilled people were put to work on high definition releases of those movies, I think they would do well in the marketplace.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 11-30-2009, 05:44 PM:

I'd buy almost everything on Joe's list, except I'd take off The Incredibles and replace it with all the other Pixar movies he left off, except A Bug's Life.

I would also add The Blues Brothers.

Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 11-30-2009, 06:03 PM:

I would love to see more films shot on 65mm, 55mm & 8 perf. Technirama released on Blu-Ray.

In addition to LAWRENCE OF ARABIA AND BEN HUR I had already mentioned, I would love to have--

HELLO DOLLY
STAR
SOUND OF MUSIC
KING & I (CinemaScope 55)
CAROUSEL (CinemaScope 55)
OKLAHOMA
THE AGONY & THE ECTASY
CLEOPATRA
RAINTREE COUNTY
RYAN'S DAUGHTER
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
MY FAIR LADY
SPARTACUS (Technirama)
EL CID (Technirama)
THE KING OF KINGS
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
THE ALAMO
IT's A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
EXODUS
CAN-CAN

There are more but these are the ones I can think of at the moment. I thought Fox did a wonderful job with the Blu RAY of SOUTH PACIFIC. I understand it was scanned at 4K and I hope the studios will make an effort to release most or all of the films I had mentioned in the highest quality possible like that classic R&H musical.

-Claude

Posted by Joe Tommassello (Member # 4632) on 11-30-2009, 06:23 PM:

quote: Mike Blakesley
I would also add The Blues Brothers

Mike - which do you prefer? Theatrical or Extended?

I would like "1941" with branching for both versions.

Claude - ditto for IAMMMMW! It needs a full restoration. I think they found the original "police call" intermission sound a few years back.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 11-30-2009, 09:40 PM:

Joe: Theatrical. I have the most recent special-edition which contains both cuts. Some of the add-ins are OK but not really necessary. I wouldn't mind seeing a cut with even more of the ending concert included.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 11-30-2009, 09:58 PM:

A few of the Blu-ray discs on my wish list:

The Abyss: Special Edition
Alien
Aliens
American Beauty
Apocalypse Now (in 2.39:1 pretty please)
Back to the Future
Beauty and the Beast
Citizen Kane
Days of Heaven
E.T.: The Extraterrestrial
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Nemo
The Fly (1986 Cronenberg remake}
The Game
Insomnia
Jaws
Jurassic Park
The Incredibles
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Lost in Translation
The Lion King
Momento
Millers Crossing
Minority Report
Panic Room
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Road to Perdition
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Seven
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Team America: World Police
Titanic
Tombstone
Toy Story 1-2
Trainspotting
Tron
True Lies
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

There's more I could add, but this is just off the cuff.

The following is a list of titles already on Blu-ray, but ones I would like to see improved (new film scans, new DI masters, un-fucked-up transfers, high bit-rate video on 50GB discs, etc.)

Batman Begins
Dark City
Gangs of New York
Gladiator
Patton
Robocop: Unrated Cut
Silence of the Lambs
Speed

Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 12-21-2009, 07:52 AM:

what worries me is here we go again , i guess we all had these titles we cherish on video then laser then dvd and now we are starting again on blu ray.

Listening to a recent science show , they spoke about work on a laser that will read information reflected from each spectrum color from a single impression on a dvd .The data storage capacity from a single dvd disc would be so high about 2000 movies would fit on one disc.

I will try and find the show and post a link to it. was very interesting , but nothing was said about the format and type of players that would be used . will we toss out the blu ray and buy once more on this new system. [Confused]