What Titles Would You Like to see on Blu-Ray??? (1 Viewer)

[Jack Gilvey]

Coincidentally, I was at my mom's this afternoon configuring her new HD STB and Samsung 40" 1080p LCD (wow!) and one of the movie stations was running Se7en in 1080i in OAR. Looked fantastic, and truly whet my appetite. One of my favorite films.

 

[Will_B]

On the 6 month anniversary of the last time I answered this question, I am updating my list by crossing out what has been released:

* Kill Bill 1&2
* X-Men 2 - and the first one too.
* The Island - science fiction in high def, mmm.
* Chronicles of Riddick (both films) - less mmm but ditto.
* Moulin Rouge - such a visually rich film.
* Battlestar Galactica (new series)
* Minority Report
* A.I Artificial Intelligence
* Serenity the disappointing sequel to the Firefly tv series is still worth owning.
* Leon (The Professional)
* La Femme Nikita (the movie)
* The Life Aquatic - the best film about middle age, ever. Ever!
* Mulholland Drive
* My Super Ex-Girlfriend - ok so I like Uma, what can I say. It was a funny movie.
* the first two Bourne Identity movies, maybe.

My verdict: Wow, a half a year later and there's still next-to-nothing of what I want on BluRay! I had to make do with some alternate choices.

So I guess my "What Titles Would You Like to see on Blu-Ray?" list for 2009 is the same list as from 2008.

 

[Jim_K]

I'll try to limit my list a bit

12 Monkeys (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The Abyss (Both cuts, the DC is a must though)
Alien Quadrology (keeping all bonus material, alternate versions etc) - Alien (Theatrical cut is a must), Alien3 (DC is a must), Aliens (DC is a must)
Almost Famous (BOTH cuts - DC is a must)
An American Werewolf in London (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
Angels With Dirty Faces
Apocalypse Now (BOTH cuts - Theatrical version is a must and Original scope AR!!!)
Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
The Asphalt Jungle

Batman
Batman Returns
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
Bend of the River
Ben-Hur
A Better Tomorrow
The Big Heat
The Big Sleep
Big Trouble in Little China
The Birds
The Black Cat (1934)
Black Narcissus
Black Sunday (1960)
The Black Swan
Blade
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Braveheart
Brazil
Bride of Frankenstein
The Brides of Dracula
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Extended cut is a must - own the HD DVD import so I can wait a while)

Captain Blood
Carlito's Way (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
The Cat People (1942)
Children of Men (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
Chinatown
Clash of the Titans
Conan the Barbarian
Contact
The Conversation
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Curse of the Werewolf

Dances With Wolves (Both cuts, extended is a must)
Das Boot (Both cuts, extended is a must)
The Deer Hunter (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
Destroy All Monsters (original cut/language - subtitled)
The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Devil Rides Out
Dial M For Murder
Doctor Zhivago
Double Indemnity
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
Dr. Strangelove
Dracula (1931)
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Duck, You Sucker

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
The Empire Strikes Back (BOTH cuts)
Escape From New York
Excalibur (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while - BTW change the godawful coverart for chrissakes!)
The Exorcist (Original cut ONLY!!!)

Fantastic Voyage
The Far Country
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Finding Nemo
First Men in the Moon
A Fish Called Wanda
A Fistful of Dollars
The Fly (1958)
For a Few Dollars More
Forbidden Planet (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
Frankenstein Created Woman
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Freaks
Funeral in Berlin

Get Carter (1971)
Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (original cut/language - subtitled)
Ghost in the Shell
Ghostbusters
Gladiator
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (original cut/language - subtitled)
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) (original cut/language - subtitled)
Godzilla (1954) (original cut/language - subtitled)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Gorgon
Goyokin
The Great Escape
The Great Silence
Gun Crazy
Gunga Din
The Guns of Navarone

Hard-Boiled
The Haunting (1963)
Heat
Hero
The Hidden Fortress
High Noon
High Plains Drifter
Horror of Dracula
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
House of Usher (1960)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
I Walked With a Zombie
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredibles
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Invisible Man
The Iron Giant
Island of Lost Souls

Jackie Brown
Jason and the Argonauts
Jaws
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Jurassic Park - Trilogy

Kelly's Heroes
The Killer (1989)
The Killers (1946)
The Killing
Kind Hearts and Coronets
King Kong (1933)
Kiss of the Vampire
Kwaidan

The Lady Eve
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Last of the Mohicans
Laura
The Lavender Hill Mob
Lawrence of Arabia
The Legend of Hell House
Leon The Professional
Little Caesar
Lone Wolf and Cub (6 film set)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (EXTENDED CUTS ARE A MUST!!!!!!!!!)

M
Mad Max
The Magnificent Seven
Major Dundee
The Maltese Falcon
The Man From Laramie
Man of the West
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man With the Golden Gun
Manhunter
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Masque of Red Death (1964)
A Matter of Life and Death
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Mean Streets
Metropolis (1927)
Midnight Run (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
Miller's Crossing
Minority Report
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1959)
Murder My Sweet
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
My Darling Clementine
Mysterious Island
The Mystery of the Wax Museum

The Naked Spur
The Narrow Margin (1952)
Near Dark
Night and the City
Night of the Demon
Night of the Eagle
Nightmare Alley
North By Northwest
Notorious

The Old Dark House (1932)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in the West
Open Range
Out of the Past
Outland
The Outlaw Josey Wales

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Paths of Glory
Pickup on South Street
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Platoon
Point Blank
Princess Mononoke
Psycho (1960)
The Public Enemy
Pulp Fiction

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raising Arizona
Ran
Rashomon
Rear Window
Rebecca
Red River
Return of the Jedi (BOTH CUTS)
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Ride the High Country
Road to Perdition
The Roaring Twenties
Rob Roy
Rosemary's Baby

Samurai Trilogy: Myamoto Musashi
Sanjuro
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface (1983)
Scarface (1932)
Scarlet Street
Scars of Dracula
Schindler's List
Se7en
The Sea Hawk
The Set-Up
Seven Days in May
Seven Men From Now
Seven Samurai
Shadow of a Doubt
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Son of Frankenstein
Spartacus
Spirited Away
The Spy Who Loved Me
Stagecoach
Stalag 17
Star Trek The Original Series Season #1-3 (The only TV show that I'm all that interested in upgrading to BD. own season 1 on HD DVD - the BD's really should have BOTH versions of all the shows, the original FX and the new CGI)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (DC is a MUST)
Star Wars (BOTH CUTS)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Strangers on a Train
Sullivan's Travels
Sword of Doom

Tales From the Crypt (1972)
Tarantula
Taxi Driver
The Testament of Dr Mabuse
THEM!
They Died With Their Boots On
Thief (1981)
The Thing From Another World
This Gun For Hire
This Island Earth
Throne of Blood
Time Bandits
The Time Machine (1960)
T-Men
To Have and Have Not
To Live and Die in LA
Tombstone
Tomorrow Never Dies
Touch of Evil
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Tremors (own the HD DVD so I can wait a while)
True Lies
True Romance

Vera Cruz
Vertigo
The Vikings
The Village of the Damned (1960)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Where Eagles Dare
Where The Sidewalk Ends
White Heat
Winchester '73
The Wind and the Lion
The Wizard of Oz
The Wolf Man

X2
X-Men

Yellow Sky
Yojimbo
You Only Live Twice
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Zatoichi: Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

To be fair, a couple of those titles (X2, BSG, Bourne films) have been announced or leaked for this year, and a couple more (Moulin Rouge, Leon, Riddick films) are likely due to tie-ins.

 

[LCD22]

The titles crossed out indicate a purchase has been made (e.g. The Bourne Trilogy which I placed an order for this morning) or currently own. While Paramount hasn't officially announced the first six "Star Trek" films, it looks very likely the theatrical cuts will be released for "The Motion Picture", "The Wrath of Khan", and "The Undiscovered Country". If there are no problems with both the audio and video on these, I'll make additional updates.

Jericho: Season 1 (especially with the original music restored)
The Freshman (1990): Special Edition
Scrooge (1970): Special Edition
Beautiful Girls
Friday Night Lights: Season 1 (especially with the original music restored)
Friday Night Lights: Season 2 (especially with the original music restored)
Friday Night Lights: Season 3 (especially with the original music intact)
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (especially the original theatrical cut)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (especially the original theatrical cut)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (especially the original theatrical cut)
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
The X-Files: Fight the Future

 

[Ethan Riley]

I hope that 2009 brings us the following epics and musicals:

Addams Family
Addams Family Values
Beauty & The Beast (1991)
Cleopatra (1963)
E.T.
Flower Drum Song
Isadora
Logan's Run
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (also want Extended versions only! I don't want the theatrical cuts!)
Moulin Rouge (2002)
Scrooge (1970)
Star Wars Episodes IV-VI

 

[John Morgan]

Of course, all my favorites I would love to see in BluRay, but I will list the titles in large format or widescreen that I think would benefit the most...both in picture and sound quality.

IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
THE GREAT RACE
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
OLIVER
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
BEN HUR
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
THE KING AND I
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
KING OF KINGS
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
EL CID
HELEN OF TROY
SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
THROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
MARY POPPINS
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959)
VERTIGO
REAR WINDOW
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
to start...

 

[OliverK]

A great list with both visual feasts and timeless classics !
With regard to being visually stunning and large format I would like to add these:

55 Days at Peking
Khartoum

Both are not even out in a competent DVD version and IMO should make a direct jump to a day and date Blu-Ray and DVD-release.

 

[Reagan]

The rest of the Pixar catalog.
The rest of the Disney Platinum collection.
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.
The Maltese Falcon

-R

 

[craig_curtis]

starwars, battlestar galactica (the new series, after all, it was already on HDDVD)...

 

[Jeff Ulmer]

A few off the top of my head:
The Swimmer
Zardoz SE (with all the DVD extras plus the BBC making of)
Sirens
Why Shoot the Teacher
New Waterford Girl

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

Mmmm...Sirens. Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi, and Kate Fischer nude and in hi-def would be quite the spectacle.

 

[Ethan Riley]

 

[Brian Borst]

Apart from a lot of the films already mentioned above, all of P.T. Anderson's films, please

. They would look amazing on Blu.
And also the Qatsi trilogy, although there are rumors Criterion is working on a release.

 

[Jefferson Morris]

LOTR.

They could release nothing else all year, and I'd still be happy.

But I'd also like to see Blue Velvet on blu.

--Jefferson Morris

 

[PattyFraser]

Amen. As long as they were the extended versions. I'll have to be content to netflix the theatricals in blu-ray until the extendeds come out.

 

[UlfKristensson]

1. Heat
2. LOTR Trilogy
3. True Romance
4. The Abyss
5. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
6. Alien Quadrology

 

[T r o y]

We all know how amazing Saving Private Ryan sounds in DTS on standard dvd. But man, how much better can it sound on blu-ray?

My picks are :
Saving Private Ryan
BTTF (first one)
Tombstone
Open Range
The Abyss
Titanic
Smokey and the Bandit
Roadhouse
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink
Some kind of Wonderful
Top Gun
Real Genius
Animal House
Silverado
Heat
Breakfast Club
Pearl Harbor

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

Top Gun and Pearl Harbor are already out on Blu-ray.

 

[Ron-P]

Only the theatrical of Pearl Harbor, not the DC, which is a shame.