What Paramount Universal and DreamWorks titles are you waiting for to go Blu? (1 Viewer)

Bourne trilogy
Zodiac
Transformers
Land of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Top Gun
Heroes S1

It would be nice to see American Gangster done right.

For me, THE BOURNE trilogy.

Here's how it breaks down for me:

Paramount/DreamWorks

Fortunately, I already picked up all of their BD releases I wanted that they released before August '07. Since then they have only released 15 HD-DVD exclusive titles, with 8 more on the current release schedule, though some of those will likely be canceled.

So, here's my wish list:

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy - Unrated
Hot Rod
Into the Wild
The Jack Ryan Collection
Stardust
There Will Be Blood
Top Gun
Zodiac - Director's Cut

All in all, not that many releases.

Universal

Universal will likely be the most difficult studio transition. Not only did they release a ton of titles on HD-DVD, but they did so with subsidiaries from Toshiba, and they are the only major studio to never release on BD. It may be quite a while before we see many of these catalog titles on BD, possibly a few years in some cases. I'm gonna luck out by getting a free HD-DVD player from work, so I may pick up a few HD-DVD catalog titles on clearance.

Here's my list:

Apollo 13
Army of Darkness
Battlestar Galactica - Season 1
Billy Madison
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Breakfast Club
Brokeback Mountain
Casino
Children of Men
Dazed and Confused
The Deer Hunter
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Field of Dreams
Happy Gilmore
Hot Fuzz
Inside Man
King Kong
Land of the Dead
The Last Starfighter
Lost in Translation
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Ray
Serenity
Shaun of the Dead
Spartacus
The Sting
The Thing
Traffic
Tremors
12 Monkeys
The War

Weinstein

There's actually not a single one of their HD-DVD titles I'm interested in. Go figure. It may be a while until they jump back into HDM anyway.

Warner

For good measure, I'll list Warner here as well, as there are still ~20 titles left for them to release on BD that they released on HD-DVD. Most of these will be available by the end of the year.

My list:

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Batman Begins
Casablanca
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Forbidden Planet
The Matrix Trilogy
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

"Bourne"-films and "American Gangster" would be a great start, but I´m very open for several titles. I´ve ordered several Universal-titles (not that many from Paramount/DW AFTER they went for HD DVD) from these sales, so I don´t plan to "triple dip" (DVD => HD DVD => Blu-ray) them for any time soon..

Universal and Paramount, we are waiting for you. Join us! We still love you.

The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum

I think the Bourne titles are a given for BLU; along with probably Serenity, Heroes etc.

What I can think of off hand...

Bourne Trilogy
King Kong
Zodiac (one of the few titles I bought on HD-DVD)
Serenity
Children of Men
Into the Wild

Probably more!

In addition to ones above i.e., Top Gun, Deer Hunter, Lost in Translation etc.

Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator

BSG season 1
BSG season 2 all in one damn set
BSG season 3
BSG Razor

Spartacus

And if uni is really serious about catalog titles, do what WB does with there Ultra Process and do what it is famous for
Monster Sets, P.s. Dont Use the lame moniker Franchise Collection anymore


Paramount one title sd /BD The African Queen
BD set Indiana Jones

Bourne
Jack Ryan
Any Fincher Movie
Pitch Black & Riddick

Probably 6-8 more titles

Any I don't already have on HD-DVD. Until my HD-DVD player dies I don't see any need to replace any unless there is a new edition with really worthwhile extras (i.e. I would re-buy Hot Fuzz if the blu-ray had all the extras from the 3 disc DVD set).

My want list by Studio:

Paramount:
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
Flashdance
Transformers
Indiana Jones Films (1-4)
Star Trek Movies
Airplane!
Zodiac Director's Cut

Universal:

Flash Gordon
Mo Better Blues (with isolated score track)
Lost in Translation
Jaws
E.T.
BTTF Trilogy
HULK
Howard the Duck
Mary Queen of Scots
Play Misty For Me
Pride and Prejudice
30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica (old and new series both)

Dreamworks:
Shrek 1,2, and 3
Blades of Glory

Paramount:

Chinatown
Days of Heaven
The Conversation
Il Conformista
Nashville

Universal:

The Red Violin

Sadly, I don't think I'll be seeing any of those titles on BD anytime soon.

I believe that Transformers will likely to be available on Blu-ray within the next few months, especially since even Michael Bay admitted they already did a digital master specifically designed for the Blu-ray format. I'm hoping the film comes out on Blu-ray disc by June 2008 at latest.

As for the other titles, I want to see the Star Trek movies and the Indiana Jones movies on Blu-ray by the end of 2008.

To be honest they can take their time with the titles already out on HD DVD for all I care. I'm in no rush, plus I'd much rather see new to HDM titles.

Off the top of my head (a lot of these probably don't have a chance but there you have it)

Paramount
Once Upon a Time in the West
Apocalypse Now
Braveheart
Godfather trilogy (or at least I and II)
Indiana Jones trilogy (or soon a quadrology)
Chinatown
Rosemary's Baby
Star Trek films I-IV and VI
War of the World (1953)
The Conversation
Funeral in Berlin
Marathon Man
Stalag 17
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The African Queen
Seven Men From Now
Last Train From Gun Hill


Dreamworks
Saving Private Ryan
War of the Worlds (2005)
Minority Report
A.I.
Gladiator
Collateral
Almost Famous (Bootleg cut)
Road To Perdition

Universal
Jaws
Jurassic Park trilogy
ET
Scarface
Touch of Evil
Double Indemnity
Conan
Psycho
Rear Window
Vertigo
The Birds
Frenzy
Shadow of a Doubt
Schindlers List
Munich
High Plains Drifter
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankensetein
Dracula
Invisible Man
Creature From the Black Lagoon
The Mummy (1932)
The Wolf Man
Brides of Dracula
Curse of the Werewolf
Blood Simple
Cape Fear
Winchester 73
Bend of the River
The Far Counrty
Criss Cross
This Gun For Hire

One word: VERTIGO. Then I can die happy.

Vertigo is also the one I am most looking forward to. After seeing how well it looked in 720p, I can't begin to image how beautiful 1080p will be (can we also get more bonus features on this?).

The only thing that would do it for me is Star Trek in any of it's forms.

That doesn't mean I won't go Blu before that, just that those titles could force me to do it sooner. Shoot, that's what got me to pull the trigger on HD-DVD.