Paramount reveal their BD schedule (finally)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Apr 2008, 02:21

Paramount have finally unveiled their Blu-ray plans with the launch on 20th May of 5 titles, which are...

'Cloverfield'
'Face/Off'
'Next'
'Bee Movie'
'There Will Be Blood.'

These will be followed on June 24 with 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' a day-and-date release with the standard DVD.

More details here...

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... Plans/1696

I'd wager that the likes of Zodiac, Sweeney Todd and that shitty Michael Bay robot movie will along in time for the 2008 Xmas season, at the latest.

Good news about Face/Off though, we'll see how it stacks up against the uncut Buena Vista Euro/Aus copies - IQ/AQ wise. New encode on a BD50 + lossless audio please.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 30 Apr 2008, 08:45

Is this a UK schedule? If so, I won't bother with Face/Off because it will more than likely be cut.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Apr 2008, 10:30

America, I would presume. Because Face/Off is a Buena Vista release in the UK and they already released it on BD (It was cut. Buena did release Uncut BDs in mainland Europe and Australia.).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 30 Apr 2008, 11:03

What are the odds that those discs will be region-free?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Apr 2008, 11:59

We'll have to wait and see. The same question lingers for the coming Universal BDs too.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Apr 2008, 16:45

Specs + covers for said releases:-
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=67617

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Apr 2008, 16:46

I hear Cloverfield and There will be Blood aren't coming until June and Face/Off is a carbon copy of the existing HD-DVD. I don't know if it will be a new transfer or not though.

The following BDs are getting re-released too:

World Trade Centre
Dreamgirls
Disturbia
Sleepy Hollow
The Untouchables
Aeon Flux
Black Snake Moan
Coming to America
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Babel
The Warriors
We Were Soldiers
Trading Places

The UK & German "There Will Be Blood" is covered by Disney and compares well against the Paramount BD:

Paramount USA BD: http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... blood.html
Disney UK/German BD: http://www.theimportforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=12504

The Disney BD will get English PCM compared with English TrueHD on the Paramount BD. The Paramount BD is likely to have HD extras, the Miramax one may not.

Also:

According to the studio, the titles are identical to the original releases, with the same tech specs and supplement details.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... talog/1697

tom2681 wrote:What are the odds that those discs will be region-free?

High. All the existing Paramount BDs are Region Free.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Apr 2008, 16:54

I'll be picking up:

Babel
Face/Off
There will be Blood - It's likely to be cheaper than the UK BD!

Thanks for the news btw Eva.

Regarding Face/Off: It's a pity Paramount didn't add Lossless to the spec. The Full-rate DD+ has even been replaced with DD5.1. I hear the Full-rate DTS is better than it though.

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I wonder where the MI3 re-release is. I guess it will come.

Grrr none of the BD re-releases have Lossless audio. They all just offer DD5.1 or DD5.1/Full-rate DTS, it's roughly half with DTS half without. At least all of the new BD releases have DD5.1 or Lossless Audio (except for Face/Off).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 May 2008, 03:02

Paramount to Re-Issue Entire Blu-ray Back Catalogue:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... talog/1715

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 May 2008, 20:25

I'd pick up these: The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible, M:I-2

Might take another look at (if it was cheap enuff): Four Brothers

Pity Payback is ONLY the DC. C'mon Paramount give us BOTH versions or at least the TC on its own. (Might have to wait for Warners to release this in Europe).

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 May 2008, 16:34

I'll replace my hd-dvds of warriors,untouchables,sleepy hollow,face/off & m:i:1-3 when the BD are around a fiver each.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 May 2008, 04:23

Are you planning to replace all your HD-DVDs?

Talk on Paramount and Region Coding:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1026578

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 May 2008, 08:59

saltysam wrote:I'll replace my hd-dvds of warriors,untouchables,sleepy hollow,face/off & m:i:1-3 when the BD are around a fiver each.

Personally I wouldn't downgrade to inferior releases.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 14 May 2008, 13:15

bradavon wrote:Are you planning to replace all your HD-DVDs?

No,not at the moment.i figure my money is best spent on stuff i haven't got than replacing perfectly good hd-dvds.if it's an absolute bargain or the BD is better then in certain cases yes.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 May 2008, 17:21

Top Gun is coming in July:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... Entry/1767

I see Eva has posted it too but I'll post it here for completeness sake.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 May 2008, 12:02

Transformers confirmed for early Sept, 2-disc release.
http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=13128

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 May 2008, 16:39

More on Transformers:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... mers5.html

Classic. As I suspected all that talk of the Transformers DD+ being transparent to lossless audio has turned out to be twaddle, everyone saying lossless audio wasn't included as there is no difference has also turned out be utter tosh

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Beowulf: Director's Cut - 29th July:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... s-cut.html

Shrek the Third - 16th September:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... hird5.html

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 May 2008, 16:46

bradavon wrote: Classic. As I suspected all that talk of the Transformers DD+ being transparent to lossless audio has turned out to be twaddle, everyone saying lossless audio wasn't included as there is no difference has also turned out be utter tosh .

Show me your evidence? as the discs not even out yet.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 May 2008, 17:13

Fair point. I'm willing to bet once it is out people and reviewers will prefer the TrueHD or PCM.

Why would Paramount include it if the DD+ sounded identical? As was claimed at the time. Paramount never included lossless on the HD-DVD simply because space was always an issue.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 May 2008, 17:26

Who knows

All I know is the HD DVD version is far cheaper than the Blu Ray will be, so unless its one hell of a better track, your wasting you cash

Still I will bet the Blu Ray Transformers will be the extended Imax cut anyway (surley! as if not double dip in a years time!!) so it will be an upgrade anyway, unless they are fools and milk everyone.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 May 2008, 18:50

i don't get the love for Transformers.it's ok but hardly earth-shattering.i'll be giving the hd-dvd another watch soon but i have a feeling it'll be getting sold on.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 May 2008, 18:57

I still get shudders from the film

but I am easily pleased I guess haha

Saying that Bile like Speed Racer could be comig to Blu Ray, so it could be worse

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 May 2008, 19:11

romerojpg wrote:All I know is the HD DVD version is far cheaper than the Blu Ray will be, so unless its one hell of a better track, your wasting you cash

The HD-DVD does also have Full-rate DD+ and many say the cross over point is 1.5Mbps meaning anything higher you cannot notice it. Then again others love lossless audio, so who knows.

I'll find out sometime next year when I upgrade my Amp but for now Full-rate 1.5Mbps will do me nicely. My Amp is doing me well though, it's still more than capable 7-8 years on.

The HD-DVD is cheaper but long term the BD will be the one to own.

romerojpg wrote:Still I will bet the Blu Ray Transformers will be the extended Imax cut anyway (surley! as if not double dip in a years time!!) so it will be an upgrade anyway, unless they are fools and milk everyone.

How much longer is it? I bet the BD won't be the Imax cut.

saltysam wrote:i don't get the love for Transformers.it's ok but hardly earth-shattering.

Me either. I put it down to Masculine fanboys.

I enjoyed it but it's no keeper and as you know 2007 was a particularly poor year for Summer blockbusters, which makes it better than it otherwise would be.

romerojpg wrote:Saying that Bile like Speed Racer could be comig to Blu Ray, so it could be worse

Did anyone see it? Surely it tanked.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 May 2008, 19:14

If its no keeper why on earth even talk about the sound and shit! what a waste of your time.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 May 2008, 19:20

I'm about it from a technical not film quality point of view

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