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so whats the deal with heroes disc 2.. when im connected to live it just stays on the loading screen forever

edit- ok looks like it finally loaded
 
Looks like here are some Blu Ray exclusive movies that are newly announced for HD DVD in other countries:

Kinowelt
- Saw 1
- Saw 2
- Saw 3
- Terminator 2 - Ultimate HD-DVD
- Bobby

Senator
- Pan´s Labyrinth
- Death Proof
- Planet Terror

Universum Film
- Hannibal Rising
- Neues vom Wixxer
- Crank
- CSI-Serie

EMI
- 12 Live - Herbert Gröhnemeyer



I know the Grindhouse movies are Weinstein, so they have a good chance of being released here domesticaly.........
 
Here's my collection so far...





  1. 12 Monkeys
  2. 2 Fast 2 Furious
  3. 300 (not pictured)
  4. 40 Year Old Virgin
  5. Accepted
  6. Anchorman
  7. Assault On Presinct 13
  8. Batman Begins
  9. Beerfest
  10. Black Snake Moan
  11. Blade Runner
  12. Blades of Glory
  13. Bruce Almighty
  14. Casablanca
  15. Casino
  16. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
  17. Constantine
  18. Crank***
  19. Daylight
  20. District B-13
  21. Disturbia
  22. Eastern Promises
  23. Equilibrium***
  24. End Of Days
  25. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
  26. Face/Off
  27. Fantastic Four***
  28. Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer***
  29. Four Brothers
  30. Ghost Rider***
  31. Half Baked
  32. Happy Gilmore
  33. Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone (HP Years 1-5 Giftset)
  34. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (HP Years 1-5 Giftset)
  35. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (HP Years 1-5 Giftset)
  36. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (HP Years 1-5 Giftset)
  37. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (HP Years 1-5 Giftset)
  38. Harsh Times
  39. Heroes [Season 1]
  40. Hot Fuzz
  41. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
  42. King Kong
  43. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  44. Knocked Up
  45. License To Wed
  46. Lucky # S7evin
  47. Meet The Fockers
  48. Meet The Parents
  49. Mission: Impossible (M:I Trilogy)
  50. Mission: Impossible II (M:I Trilogy)
  51. Mission: Imossible III (M:I Trilogy)
  52. Mr. & Mrs. Smith***
  53. Nacho Libre
  54. Oceans Eleven (Oceans Giftset)
  55. Oceans Twelve (Oceans Giftset)
  56. Oceans Thirteen (Oceans Giftset)
  57. Old School
  58. Planet Earth
  59. Resident Evil***
  60. Sahara
  61. Shaun Of The Dead
  62. Shooter
  63. Shrek The Third
  64. Sleepy Hollow
  65. Smokin' Aces
  66. South Park - "Good Time's With Weapons"
  67. Superman Returns
  68. Swordfish
  69. Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines
  70. The Bourne Identity
  71. The Bourne Supremacy
  72. The Bourne Ultimatum
  73. The Chronicles Of Riddick
  74. The Departed
  75. The Dukes of Hazzard
  76. The Fast & The Furious
  77. The Heartbreak Kid
  78. The Italian Job
  79. The Last Samurai
  80. The Matrix (The Matrix Complete Trilogy)
  81. The Matrix: Reloaded (The Matrix Complete Trilogy)
  82. The Matrix: Revolutions (The Matrix Complete Trilogy)
  83. The Mummy
  84. The Mummy Returns
  85. The Perfect Storm
  86. The Prestige***
  87. The Rundown
  88. The Scorpion King
  89. TMNT
  90. Tomb Raider
  91. Top Gun
  92. Transformers
  93. Underwold Evolution***
  94. Underworld - Extended Edition***
  95. Unleashed
  96. V For Vendetta
  97. Van Helsing
  98. Waterworld
***Imports

Waiting for...
Through Toshiba Rebate
**. Aeon Flux
**. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
**. Pitch Black
**. The Frighteners
**. Troy

For Release
**. Beowulf
**. Bee Movie
**. Iron Man

For a Good Deal
**.

For Imports***
**. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
**. Resident Evil: Extinction
 
[quote name='anomynous']

I know the Grindhouse movies are Weinstein, so they have a good chance of being released here domesticaly.........[/QUOTE]

Here's something to consider: With Weinstein being Blockbuster rental exclusive, and BB going predominantly Blu-Ray with rentals, you have to wonder if that will factor into the equation.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']With Fantastic Four on HD DVD and Ghost Rider coming soon to HD DVD...wonder how long until we get the Spider-Man trilogy on HD DVD...[/QUOTE]

Never.

Last time I heard Sony has worldwide rights on all 3.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']With Fantastic Four on HD DVD and Ghost Rider coming soon to HD DVD...wonder how long until we get the Spider-Man trilogy on HD DVD...[/QUOTE]

Yeah Sony would never let that happen. Which is fine. The first one aged badly and they just got worse.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']Yeah Sony would never let that happen. Which is fine. The first one aged badly and they just got worse.[/QUOTE]

Well, it doesn't matter what Sony says if they don't own the rights in another country but like I said, last time I heard they have the international rights all wrapped up.
 
[quote name='anomynous']Looks like here are some Blu Ray exclusive movies that are newly announced for HD DVD in other countries:

- Pan´s Labyrinth

[/QUOTE]

New Line hasn't announced support for either format right? So that title wouldn't be exclusive to Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. This is the first time Pan's will be available in HD w/ subtitles though. (French Ultimate Edition before that)

I'm still thinking if I want to upgrade to HD. The SD transfer for the movie is already gorgeous.
 
I want my A2 to come now, so I can watch 300, Casino, & Batman Begins in HD glory.....................


then build up my library with:

Hot Fuzz
F&F: Tokyo Drift
Lucky Numer Slevin
The Big Lebowski
and more I don't feel like listing..............



But at least Transformers will be coming, and Grindhouse in 1 way or another. Im gonna wait a while to see specs for the foreign HD DVDs, and to se if they announce a domestic release
 
im still waiting to jump on a deal on 2 fast 2 furious and tokyo drift non combo whenever it arrives..

that fantastic four cover looks bad ass.. too bad i already have that and ghost rider on br..

i also had already jumped on the saw trilogy on br since i loved the movies


almost through with dsk 2 of heroes...getting rather interesting
 
[quote name='guyver2077']im still waiting to jump on a deal on 2 fast 2 furious and tokyo drift non combo whenever it arrives.[/quote]Please be soon. I want Tokyo Drift so bad.

almost through with dsk 2 of heroes...getting rather interesting
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Oh hell yeah. I kept myself from watching any of it when it was televised. What a fucking awesome show. The hard part is keeping myself away from season 2 and waiting for the HD set to come out next year. That's gonna be excruciating.

BTW, guyver (I think it was you), I also got that error code in disk 2 today when I tried it on my add-on. What's odd is that I left disc 2 in there a few other times, started it up and it booted right to the menu. This time (I was watching chapter 6), a cookie menu came up and then it tried to download something and failed.
 
yea im dying to get smallville season six. i never have the time or patience to catch any shows on tv. It is soo hard to wait until they are released...

heroes is pretty bad ass.. they have a sneak preview of season 2 in the web features..
 
Shitty quality pic of collection:

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[quote name='asianxcore']New Line hasn't announced support for either format right? So that title wouldn't be exclusive to Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. This is the first time Pan's will be available in HD w/ subtitles though. (French Ultimate Edition before that)

I'm still thinking if I want to upgrade to HD. The SD transfer for the movie is already gorgeous.[/QUOTE]

New Line announced Hairspray for both but eh, how knows when they are going to jump on board.

And you are wrong about the whole first time Pan will be available in HD thing.

It's coming out in the UK in November.

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=14766
 
Based on Hidefdigest.com's amazon tracking release list thing, they are starting to take pre-orders on some of the Warner's downgrades. About $24.50 per movie, which feels a little high for a non-combo disc at this point.

I've got a feeling last week's promo was also a quick way for them to clear out the old Warner combo discs.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']So nobody can beat amazon right now for Heroes hd dvd? I guess I will go ahead and buy it since BSG doesn't come out till like December.[/QUOTE]

I used the fye.com $ 10 rebate deal, which came to about $69 before rebate.
 
Here is my collection...Sorry, the Blu-ray discs are also in the picture, lol. Planet Earth is there to on the far right hand side but I got her cut off.
I still have several movies en-route to my house as well. I REALLY need to stop buying so many damn discs.

 
[quote name='CocheseUGA']Here's something to consider: With Weinstein being Blockbuster rental exclusive, and BB going predominantly Blu-Ray with rentals, you have to wonder if that will factor into the equation.[/QUOTE]

So far it has not meant anything. Clerks II is on HD DVD, along with Pulse and several other Weinstein movies (And I mean several. Weinstein hardly releases anything for HD DVD). Don't forget, Paramount and Dreamworks are now HD DVD only. Studio support for each side is getting around even now, and Blockbuster soon may stock more HD DVD in their stores (I would be shocked if they didn't by Christmas time).
 
[quote name='GizmoGC'] several other Weinstein movies (And I mean several. Weinstein hardly releases anything for HD DVD)[/QUOTE]
That's what Im worried about, i really don't want to import Death Proof & Planet Terror if I don't have to
 
[quote name='GizmoGC'] Blockbuster soon may stock more HD DVD in their stores (I would be shocked if they didn't by Christmas time).[/QUOTE]

Where would you get that impression from? If there's anything I know, it's BB. They aren't quick to do anything, and they'll be sticking with this BD decision for awhile.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']
And you are wrong about the whole first time Pan will be available in HD thing.

It's coming out in the UK in November.

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=14766[/QUOTE]

Huh? I'm guessing you read my post wrong. Anomynous' post listed a bunch of HD-DVD's coming out in different countries.

The Optimum UK release was what I was referring to, in regards to his post.

That release will be the first HD release of the movie with English subs. The French Ultimate Edition had HD/SD versions of the movie, an extras disc and the soundtrack. None of the films in that version had English subs.
 
Just got done watching the Dawn of the Dead HD-DVD. I dont know why this movie gets such a bad rep. Yes its a very loose remake, but its really good. I had a question though. Someone on here mentioned that two of the characters from Dawn of the Dead were in Land of the Dead. I looked on IMDB and I didnt see any characters with the same names. Anyone know which two people survived (by the end credits, it didnt look like any of them would've).
 
[quote name='Bezerker']Just got done watching the Dawn of the Dead HD-DVD. I dont know why this movie gets such a bad rep. Yes its a very loose remake, but its really good. I had a question though. Someone on here mentioned that two of the characters from Dawn of the Dead were in Land of the Dead. I looked on IMDB and I didnt see any characters with the same names. Anyone know which two people survived (by the end credits, it didnt look like any of them would've).[/QUOTE]

I wasn't aware it had a bad rep. In fact, most people usually preface the "all remakes suck" statement by adding "with the exception of Dawn of the Dead..." Sure there's gonna be the dissenters but when even rotten tomatoes has it rated at almost 80%, I wouldn't say the movie get's that bad of a rep.
 
[quote name='GizmoGC']So far it has not meant anything. Clerks II is on HD DVD, along with Pulse and several other Weinstein movies (And I mean several. Weinstein hardly releases anything for HD DVD). Don't forget, Paramount and Dreamworks are now HD DVD only. Studio support for each side is getting around even now, and Blockbuster soon may stock more HD DVD in their stores (I would be shocked if they didn't by Christmas time).[/QUOTE]

all these movies came before blockbuster announced their blu ray support

but yea they weren't really releasing anything anyway.

the last two movies they put out were feast and harsh times which came out back on june 12th for HT and april for feast

they released a lot last year around dec/jan (clerks 2, slevin, wolf creek, pulse, derailed, matador, scary movie 4) but thats about it for them
 
[quote name='asianxcore']Huh? I'm guessing you read my post wrong. Anomynous' post listed a bunch of HD-DVD's coming out in different countries.[/QUOTE]

Guess I did.

I thought you were saying the German verison (which Anomynous is talking about) will be the first Pan's Labyrinth with English subs.

[quote name='RedvsBlue']I wasn't aware it had a bad rep. In fact, most people usually preface the "all remakes suck" statement by adding "with the exception of Dawn of the Dead..." Sure there's gonna be the dissenters but when even rotten tomatoes has it rated at almost 80%, I wouldn't say the movie get's that bad of a rep.[/QUOTE]

It usually gets a really bad rep from fans of the original. Mainly because they took all of the social commentary/character development out and turned it into an action flick with zombies.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']


It usually gets a really bad rep from fans of the original. Mainly because they took all of the social commentary/character development out and turned it into an action flick with zombies.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I suppose. There's a lot of people that can't accept that, while based on similar plots, they're entirely different movies that can exist together. I'm a big a fan of both movies not because of any deeper social meaning but just because I like zombie movies and they happen to be 2 of the best.
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']Yeah, I suppose. There's a lot of people that can't accept that, while based on similar plots, they're entirely different movies that can exist together. I'm a big a fan of both movies not because of any deeper social meaning but just because I like zombie movies and they happen to be 2 of the best.[/QUOTE]

I never understood the complaints myself. Hell, most people also shred Land to shit as well. When push comes to shove, I feel that Synder's effort in Dawn was far better than 300.

I guess zombie fans hark back to the golden age and nothing but golden age zombie movies will do. Which is a shame.

The remake was an excellent companion to the original film. Its sorta funny in a way, without the remake showing that zombies (and to a degree Romero's name) could still bring in some cash...Romero wouldn't have gotten the funding to create Land.
 
[quote name='terribledeli']I never understood the complaints myself. Hell, most people also shred Land to shit as well. [/QUOTE]

Well, that's because most people never seen Day Of The Dead and their eyes glaze over as soon as they think of zombies that are anything more then death machines.

My beef with Land is that it was never meant to be a Of The Dead movie. It's was originally titled Dead Reckoning which makes alot more sense since most of the movie is focused on that vehicle thing.

[quote name='terribledeli']The remake was an excellent companion to the original film. Its sorta funny in a way, without the remake showing that zombies (and to a degree Romero's name) could still bring in some cash...Romero wouldn't have gotten the funding to create Land.[/QUOTE]

I thought the remake was horrible if you thought of it as a remake but was fairly decent if you thought it as it's own movie.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']Well, that's because most people never seen Day Of The Dead and their eyes glaze over as soon as they think of zombies that are anything more then death machines.[/QUOTE]

As much as Ive grown to love Day, I wish we could have had Romero's original version with Zombies in army suits that are being 'trained' by humans. The original script has been posted online for those interested in reading it.
 
[quote name='GizmoGC']So far it has not meant anything. Clerks II is on HD DVD, along with Pulse and several other Weinstein movies (And I mean several. Weinstein hardly releases anything for HD DVD).[/quote] Don't be too hard on Weinstein, they're a small studio with limited resources. But to be perfectly fair, they, along with Lionsgate, have released the highest percentage of their titles to their chosen format. The last time I counted (which, granted, was a month or two ago), Lionsgate had control of 350 films, and had released 27 on Blu-Ray, for a release percentage of around 8%. At that time, Weinstein had control of 113 titles, and had released 11 on HD DVD, or 10% of their catalog.

To put that into perspective, MGM has control of around 3300 titles, and has only released 11 on Blu-Ray. The exact same number of titles as Weinstein, but a pathetic 0.3% of their available catalog. Seeing as they actually HAVE money (that TWC doesn't), they should be ashamed.

The one thing you really CAN fault Weinstein for is they don't Day & Date anything. If they do decide to grace us with an HD DVD release, it's ALWAYS ~3 months after the DVD hits. That, to me, is unacceptable.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']

I thought the remake was horrible if you thought of it as a remake but was fairly decent if you thought it as it's own movie.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. If you think of the new Dawn of the Dead as a remake its a complete failure as its NOTHING like the original. If you think of it as it's own movie that got a little "inspiration" from the original then its just plain awesome.
 
Ocean's 12 is easily on my top 10 worst movies I've ever seen list. The "gimmick" on how they pull it off at the end makes me want to choke someone.

That said, I'd buy the first one and maybe the most recent one, so I'm glad it's not a box set, even if the newest one is a combo.
 
[quote name='CocheseUGA']You don't watch a lot of movies.[/QUOTE]
Bullshit. "Glitter" was more enjoyable than that piece of crap, at least there was some unintentional entertainment value gained from it.

However, "The Next Karate Kid" remains firmly atop my bad list.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Bullshit. "Glitter" was more enjoyable than that piece of crap, at least there was some unintentional entertainment value gained from it.

However, "The Next Karate Kid" remains firmly atop my bad list.[/QUOTE]

I stand corrected. You have a fucked up sense of entertainment value then.

One minor plot hole ruins the entire movie for you? I didn't think it was what Ocean's 11 was, but that's because of the Julia Roberts expanded role.

It's still more entertaining than ANYTHING Mariah Carey. Except maybe her top falling off.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Ocean's 12 is easily on my top 10 worst movies I've ever seen list. The "gimmick" on how they pull it off at the end makes me want to choke someone.

That said, I'd buy the first one and maybe the most recent one, so I'm glad it's not a box set, even if the newest one is a combo.[/QUOTE]

What was the gimmick again? I only saw the movie once and I chose to forget about everything in it as quickly as possible.
Was it Julia Roberts pretending to be Julia Roberts? I remember that part was pretty groan-inducing
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']What was the gimmick again? I only saw the movie once and I chose to forget about everything in it as quickly as possible.
Was it Julia Roberts pretending to be Julia Roberts? I remember that part was pretty groan-inducing
[/quote]Hahaha!!!! Now I remember. Good stuff. And more specifically, it was
Julia Roberts pretending to be a pregnant Julia Roberts (I think...I can't remember the movie that well)
 
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