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July 29, 2008 Releases​

The Band's Visit
Beowulf : Directors Cut (TruHD audio!!! WOOT!)
The Big White
Clear and Present Danger
Dark City
Doomsday (not a bad movie...looks phenomenal!)
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Unrated?)
Harold and Kumar Go To Guantanemo Bay (Unrated)
Human Body : Pushing The Limits
Hunt For Red October
Lost Boys
Lost Boys : The Tribe (Is this a sequel or a prequel? Anyone)
Mortuary
Never back Down
Patriot Games
Perhaps Love
Robin Hood : Season 1
Salvage
Shine A Light
Stargate : Continuum
Sum Of All Fears
Tiger Blade
Top Gun (Wooo!!!)
Vengeance

Itll be updated every week, sorry guys. Ive had a very busy two weeks @_@



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So I had a weird thing happen today. I pre-ordered the Batman Blu rays from Warner months ago. The other day, I had to cancel my credit card due to someone stealing my card info(I wasn't phished, last time someone hacked into buy.com and took our info). Today I got an email stating my order shipped and was charged to my Visa, which is cancelled. Did I just get free movies from Warner? I hope so! Their customer service was horrible and didn't help when I called.
 
[quote name='blk00civicsi']Next Week!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Gotham..._bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1215042630&sr=8-2

BTW - If you're a Batman Fan this is a "MUST OWN" I got my hands on it and my friend is a raging Bat Fan and he's watched it like 7 times already.

"Gotham" BTW ;)[/QUOTE]

I'm a Batman fan and I didn't care for it at all. It just seemed really bland when he wasn't fighting villians and it seemed to have nothing to do with Nolan's films.

Pretty big disappointment actually.
 
[quote name='Kendal']So I had a weird thing happen today. I pre-ordered the Batman Blu rays from Warner months ago. The other day, I had to cancel my credit card due to someone stealing my card info(I wasn't phished, last time someone hacked into buy.com and took our info). Today I got an email stating my order shipped and was charged to my Visa, which is cancelled. Did I just get free movies from Warner? I hope so! Their customer service was horrible and didn't help when I called.[/quote]

It wouldn't be the first time Warner has given free movies... they ship a lot of canceled orders from time to time as well.
 
[quote name='RelentlessRolento']when does Batman: Gothic Knight release on BluRay?[/QUOTE]

Its stupid. 6 really lame "episodes" all with different anime-like styles. I was bored to tears.
 
Just picked up Begins from Blockbuster, regular Blu-Ray edition. They had the gift set too.

Apparently, this is pretty rampant, and when I asked the manager who I know personally (after the purchase was complete lol) why it was out early, they apparently have a deal with Warners to sell it as soon its in.

24.99, not a CAG price, but I saw it on the shelf and couldnt resist.

They had an open gift set behind the counter as the mgr had bought it, it is really crappy from what I saw. Its just the regular edition cramped into that box with all the other junk. The one good thing is the movie cash, the rest is pretty much throwaway junk. Even the comic wasn't particularly interesting.
 
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[quote name='nyprimus4']I'm scared to see the price of that set.
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MSRP = 179.99 :cry:

30 Bucks an f'in disc basically. Amazon will likely have it for 149.99 I'd bet.
 
[quote name='warlock7']yea i saw that earlier. kinda expensive. I hope they have a better price than that before it releases because I really want it.[/quote]


Agreed, expensive, and oh I want it sooooo bad too!!

I wish the 3rd movie wasn't included though, it sucked hard!!
 
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MSRP = 179.99 :cry:

30 Bucks an f'in disc basically. Amazon will likely have it for 149.99 I'd bet.[/quote]That better have sex with me on command for that price.

Also, it better have top-notch PQ.
 
[quote name='archibishopthedoge']Just picked up Begins from Blockbuster, regular Blu-Ray edition. They had the gift set too.

Apparently, this is pretty rampant, and when I asked the manager who I know personally (after the purchase was complete lol) why it was out early, they apparently have a deal with Warners to sell it as soon its in.

24.99, not a CAG price, but I saw it on the shelf and couldnt resist.

They had an open gift set behind the counter as the mgr had bought it, it is really crappy from what I saw. Its just the regular edition cramped into that box with all the other junk. The one good thing is the movie cash, the rest is pretty much throwaway junk. Even the comic wasn't particularly interesting.[/quote]
Never saw the film in theaters. As a 17 year old who loved the early video games, all the cartoons, and that movie with Tommy Lee can you rate the movie? and the disc?
 
[quote name='GizmoGC']Its stupid. 6 really lame "episodes" all with different anime-like styles. I was bored to tears.[/QUOTE]

really? awe, that sucks. it had potential.
 
[quote name='nyprimus4']Never saw the film in theaters. As a 17 year old who loved the early video games, all the cartoons, and that movie with Tommy Lee can you rate the movie? and the disc?[/quote]

Batman Begins basically stands over Batman Forever, squats down, and takes a very huge, smelly shit on it. The Dark Knight is going to be even better.
 
[quote name='archibishopthedoge']Just picked up Begins from Blockbuster, regular Blu-Ray edition.[/quote]

Supposedly it has the opening sequence of the Dark Knight in HD. Give it a watch and let us know? (As if it's going to be anything less than fucking awesome...)

Also that Band of Brothers price is ridiculous. Then again, from what I've seen no one, NO ONE sells BDs at MSRP so I'm hoping from Amazon it'll be $100 or under. I love BoB but I've got every episode in HD to hold me over until this is a decent price.
 
For those interested:

Looks like Universal is loving slip covers as all the movies contain them (aside from Scorpion King). The actual Blu-ray cases are actually a bit square...kinda reminds me of the import HD DVD cases.

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The inside pamphlet also shows some unannounced movies including Billy Madison, Serenity, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, The Thing, Happy Gilmore, Fearless, Pitch Black, The Good Shepard, Hulk, The Kingdom and Jarhead.

I've been A/Bing between the Blu-ray (PS3) and HD DVD (XA2). And while the Blu-ray looks a bit sharper, its not mind blowing. I have only viewed a few scenes (and the same time stamp) and have yet to really get into it so its just a small impression.

The menu design is actually much nicer then the HD DVD. Cleaner and less clunky. Response is much much much faster.

Disc Sizes...
Doomsday says"BD-25".
The Mummy films both say "BD-50".
The Scorpion King says "BD-25".
 
[quote name='graf1k']Supposedly it has the opening sequence of the Dark Knight in HD. Give it a watch and let us know? (As if it's going to be anything less than fucking awesome...)
.[/quote]

It's got the IMAX prologue for Dark Knight. I haven't watched it yet but it says so on the back. There's reviews of the disc about on places like High Def Digest and Blu-Ray.com and both give the PQ very high marks. Its basically the same source as the HD-DVD disc.
 
[quote name='nyprimus4']Never saw the film in theaters. As a 17 year old who loved the early video games, all the cartoons, and that movie with Tommy Lee can you rate the movie? and the disc?[/quote]

For my money, Batman Begins is the greatest comic book movie ever. The only negative for me is Katie Holmes who is a terrible actress, but she doesn't have a huge role. From all indications, Dark Knight is even better which I tend to believe it will be.
 
[quote name='archibishopthedoge']For my money, Batman Begins is the greatest comic book movie ever. The only negative for me is Katie Holmes who is a terrible actress, but she doesn't have a huge role. From all indications, Dark Knight is even better which I tend to believe it will be.[/QUOTE]
That's completely correct.
Batman Begins is a must buy on any format.

TDK prologue looks fantastic. It is kind of dull though. That's relative to the seconds of footage scene in the trailers though. Which means by normal standards it's really kickass. Sound on that is only DD640 though.

BTW the Kill Vols. 1,2 are $40 shipped at amazon. It's some sort of bundle deal.
 
It's good to know HBO is going to continue their tradition of "the most overpriced movie discs in EXISTANCE" now that they've made the jump to Bluray. I'll certainly be able to sleep better at night now.
 
So apparently Anchorman & Old School are coming out on 9/23

And Indy 4 is coming out on DVD in October, but they're not sure about a :br: release yet
 
[quote name='anomynous']So apparently Anchorman & Old School are coming out on 9/23
[/QUOTE]

If theres no "Ron Burgandy" then i'll pass
 
[quote name='Deadpool']If theres no "Ron Burgandy" then i'll pass[/quote]

2nded. I hope you're joking. "Anchorman" is the Legend of Ron Burgundy.

:applause:Well Played Deadpool!! Well Played:applause:
 
[quote name='nyprimus4']Anchorman, Old School - 9/23
Forgetting Sarah Marshall, 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up - 9/30

Win.[/quote]
Thanks! I love Old School. Looking forward to that now.
 
That "movie" is pretty terrible... but if you wanna see more outakes of Ferrell ad-libbing a bunch of scenes, it's worth a watch... no need for it to be on Blu-Ray though.

I have the HD-DVD anyway... I'll wait to switch to Blu whenever I find it cheap.
 
I probably won't be concerned with upgrading some of those comedies to BR, though they are good movies. If the reviews really credit the transfer though, I might consider.
 
[quote name='Richlough']Where's Cable Guy on Blu-Ray ?[/quote]

Studios for the most part have said that they are more concerned with getting recent movies to blu ray, rather than past releases.

Which is why we havent seen lost season1/2, or greys anatomy (Yes I watch it, hush) season 1-3...

I don't think we will ever see Cable Guy on blu ray. Jim Carrey will probably put a stop to the movie ever coming out lol.
 
if Jim Carrey has a big comedy coming out some of his older movies will show up on blu - maybe even cable guy, that seems to happen a lot.

Batman original (new batman), so i married an axe murder (love guru), lion/witch/wardrobe (new narnia movie), etc.

plus cable guy distribution is from columbia tri star which is part of sony now i think which always puts outs random old titles.
 
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Did anyone else not see Batman Begins at any B&M store besides BB,CC, etc.. I went to wal-mart, meijer and neither had not even a display for the movie.
 
[quote name='js1']Did anyone else not see Batman Begins at any B&M store besides BB,CC, etc.. I went to wal-mart, meijer and neither had not even a display for the movie.[/QUOTE]

WTF?! My Walmart didn't get any in either.... that's SUCH a major release not to be stocking!
 
I just got Deja Vu in and I have never seen the worst placement of a security tag. It was right over top of where the chapter list was :wall:

A knive, goo-gone and 10 minutes later I was able to remove it without scratching the case but boy what a pain in the ass.
 
That's not as bad as over on the HighDefDigest forums, somebody got a security tag on the data side on their Batman Begins disc
 
[quote name='anomynous']That's not as bad as over on the HighDefDigest forums, somebody got a security tag on the data side on their Batman Begins disc[/QUOTE]

Holy shit :lol:

How in the world did Warner do that?
 
warner natural born killers put it on the book instead of the paper on the outside of the book

they're horrible at that

i'm guessing bc batman begins is a catalog most stores won't carry it
 
My copy of BB is backordered from buy.com. I needed to buy it through paypal and DDD's shipping sucks for me. It took almost 2 weeks to receive Cloverfield.
 
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