Any word on X Men 1 & 2 comming to Blu-ray ?

Dave Moritz · 04-26-2008, 08:39 PM

Has anyone here heard if X-Men or X-Men 2 will be coming out on Blu-ray anytime soon? I already own X-Men 3 on Blu-ray and own the first two on SD-DVD. But would rather own the first two on Blu-ray. I am hopping that Fox does not make us wait to long to get the first two films in HD.

The X-Men trilogy is high on my list of must haves and while we have the third film. I would be nice to own the first two on Blu-ray with DTS-HD MA tracks.

Bryan Ri · 04-27-2008, 08:39 AM

I'm pretty sure these are two titles that Bill Hunt mentioned Fox was trying to have ready for the holiday season.

Dave Moritz · 04-27-2008, 05:20 PM

Sweeeeeeeeeet

I hope X-Men and X-Men 2 comes out at the end of the year, that would be awsume.

I can not wait to own the complete X-Men trilogy on Blu-ray.

Paul_Scott · 04-27-2008, 06:46 PM

The Wolverine spin off movie is scheduled for next year. I would expect shortly before that release ( or in the fall with it's vid release) is the earliest we'll see the first two X-men films on Bd.

Bryan Ri · 04-27-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul_Scott

The Wolverine spin off movie is scheduled for next year. I would expect shortly before that release ( or in the fall with it's vid release) is the earliest we'll see the first two X-men films on Bd.

Good point, I do hope you're wrong though

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Jesse Blacklow · 04-28-2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan Ri

Good point, I do hope you're wrong though

They're currently planned for this year. From The Digital Bits:

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Meanwhile, what about Fox and MGM? Some of their release plans (through May and June) are already known. However, I'm told that many more catalog titles are in the works for possible release by the end of 2008, including such films as Walk the Line, the classic Batman: The Movie, The French Connection, Super Troopers, Fargo, the X-Men trilogy, the original Planet of the Apes, possibly Young Frankenstein and maybe even MGM musical titles, not to mention the expected new release films

Jim_K · 04-28-2008, 10:33 AM

Yeah, with the "synergy" of the other Marvel titles coming in the fall (Iron-man, Incredible Hulk) I don't see them having to wait for Wolverine to come out.

Shaun · 04-28-2008, 11:18 AM

I'm sure we'll get both X-Men and X2 fairly soon. And, I'm sure they'll be over-priced and feature-less, like all Fox releases.

Dave H · 04-28-2008, 12:44 PM

I watched X-Men 2 recently on an Oppo 983 and was really disappointed with just how soft (even for DVD) it looked. It also had its share of artifacting too. I'm very much looking forward to a Blu-ray release.

Paul_Scott · 05-03-2008, 07:43 PM

The 'Bits has related info in the past on big titles that hasn't panned out. Last year they said the original Alien was likey for the first half of this year. The year before that, there would absolutely be a huge 30th ann set for Star Wars. I'm not accusing Mr Hunt of lying, I realize this is what he hears. But most of us have been around the block here a few times to realize how this works. It is a rarity to see a given property make it out well in advance of synergistic promotion for a related theatrical product or sequel. I suppose there is a chance that Fox could release the first two this year and then offer some kind of discounted (or more feature laden) repackage a year later with the Wolverine vid release, but my gut says spring next year is more likely- unless Fox is missing big summer movies this year. A void there might push the two X films further ahead in the queque sooner. We'll see. Even Mr Hunt usually is sure to add the caveat that 'remember- plans can always change' . I've been meaning to pull out the old dvds and see how they look on my current pj. They had always looked great before on the XGA with just a good prog scan player.