Blu Ray Wish Lists

[lhb412]

Cohen released a trailer for their (fantastic looking) Old Dark House restoration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YglykBEXHO0

(linking because the vide is un-embeddable)

[lhb412]

Shout Factory will release Joe Dante's Matinee on Blu-Ray.

Nice.

[lhb412]

Warner Archive annouced three horror films headed for Blu at their Comic Con panel: The Hidden, Innocent Blood, aaaand *drumroll* THE GREEN SLIME!

[Jinzo Ningen]

GREEN SLIME's already out on Blu thru Warner Archives and it's actually a pretty good one, too. Only enticement for double-dipping would be a TON of bonus content.

[lhb412]

^I believe you mean DVD. Yeah, it was an early title from their made-on-demand line of DVD-Rs. This is the first time it'll be on Blu (and, unlike the DVDs, Warner Archive Blu-Rays are pressed same as a retail release). I'm afraid bonus content is unlikely - the archive simply ports over whatever was on DVD, but they do do a generally terrific job in restoring their films and though I'm not super up with all the technical stuff they usually give better encodes on discs with more storage space then most retail releases!

[klen7]

^ i really thought i had a bluray of Green Slime already. Unfortunately most of my movies are packed at the moment

[O.Supreme]

I don't flippin believe it!

yay!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Simpso ... nced/23486

Now while there is currently no news of a Blu-Ray release, I sincerely hope to hear about it soon, it would be kind of a bonehead move not to release this on Blu Ray. Honestly if what I've heard is true, if they already have the commentaries/Bonus Content for seasons 18-20 on the "Simpsons World" app...then hopefully 19, and a Proper Season 20 release are not far behind. Then I'd be actually willing to wait another 2 years, if they just finished with a season 21-30 giant box set, and be done with it.

[Jinzo Ningen]

I just wish A&E Home Video would get off the collective asses and get around to releasing the Season 2 Blu-ray remasters of SPACE: 1999. S:1 is a fantastic set, looking like it was literally shot yesterday. A ton of extras just sweetens the pot for fans and the curious... but we've been chomping at the bit for over two years and no news still on S:2's release. With Martin Landau's passing, I wonder if that will motivate anyone at A&E push for S:2?

[lhb412]

Criterion may have the ultra-delux, Romero-approved Night of the Living Dead remaster in the pipeline (with some sort of limited theatrical release this Fall?), but that's not stopping Mill Creek from putting out their version first, since the movie is public domain.


http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=21829

Cool cover. Honestly, if the quality is decent enough I may go for it. I'm surprised, seeing as how it is public domain, that no ones done a Blu-Ray before.

[Jinzo Ningen]

Excited beyond words for this one...





I simply ADORE this serial. I've owned it in so many forms & formats. I just hope the transfer is as good as it sounds. Pre-order already in!! Whoop!!!!

[Jinzo Ningen]

Oh, and let's not forget these!

[O.Supreme]

[Jinzo Ningen]

[lhb412]

I remember Kraken saying that a lot of Toho genre films weren't even available for licensing on Blu-Ray because Toho hadn't done HD masters/Blu-Ray releases in Japan.

Well, seems Frankenstein Conquers the World and Matango are getting Japanese Blu-Ray releases later this year. Hopefully this increases likelihood of US releases.

[lhb412]

Biggest Blu-Ray news recently is that not only in Samurai Jack Season 5 coming to Blu-Ray, but also they've remastered all four original seasons in HD for a gargantuan Blu-Ray set!

I'm sure this is also so that the series can comfortably exist in rotation on CN/adult swim. When adult swim was showing classic episodes before the new episodes they looked rather rough in SD form compared to the clear HD of everything else on the channel.

Oh, and other awesome news: British label Indicator is releasing the classic Night of the Demon on Blu, and their releases are known for being region free!

[O.Supreme]

I wanted to post this in the DC Direct to Video thread...but having all kinds of glitches right now so I'll post it here...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075389ZBC/_e ... GRL2NGUKP0

$300.00 big boys! --$10 dollars per film, plus some pretty fancy packaging...I was hoping this might go down towards the holiday...but being a *limited edition* scares me...I don't have that kind of money, but I fear it may do fast...Oh well...I guess I cant have everything right...



Hopefully whatever bonuses there will be will be elaborated on more later as well

[Henry88]

when will Alligator get the blu ray treatment.

[lhb412]

In terms of Halloween Blu-Ray releases it seems this year's a bit paltry. I'm only looking forward to The Old Dark House and (possibly if the reviews are decent) Night of the Living Dead. There's still some time for Warner to announce something neat from the Archive.

I had hoped we'd close out the Legacy Collections by October with Creature and Invisible Man, but no such luck.

[Jinzo Ningen]

One of my faves is finally getting a hi-def release!



It's just a shame it's thru Twilight Time, which means $30 a pop. Ouch! Oh well. Doubtful anyone else will ever bother. Certainly will be better than the awful PD copies I've suffered with in the past. The Fox limited DVD is quite nice, but I'm hoping the Blu-ray format will make things look even better.

[GFan]

[lhb412]

Matinee drops Dec 12!

[O.Supreme]

^ I know its the cigar, but it looks like John Goodman is flipping MANT the bird on that cover...

[canofhumdingers]

^^are you looking at it on a tiny screen (like your phone)? When I zoomed way out, yeah I see what your saying. But at anything close to normal size and it's clearly his cigar. His forefinger curling over the top is plain as day.

[klen7]

Good news. For some reason I never picked it up on DVD when it was reissued

[lhb412]

BTW, Shout Select releases always have the original poster art as a reversible cover.

... heck, generally all Shout releases do.