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Posted by Geena Phillips on 01/26/07 13:13
Joshua Zyber wrote:
> <asjbiotek@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1169790536.988052.153950@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> while disney and other blu-ray studios continue to announce release
>> dates for many new Blu-ray titles, the lone hd-dvd studio (universal)
>> continues to remain silent on dates of release...hmmm....methinks
>> hd-dvd's pain will be over soon...
>>
>> http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/25/universal-responds-to-silence/
>> http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/10/universal-no-new-hd-dvd-titles-for-2007-announced/
>
> Universal just announced a whole bunch of titles, actually:
>
> http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents
>
> "I just wanted to jump in here with some late-breaking high-def news.
> Universal, presumably to make up for their relative silence at CES, has
> just announced that they're planning more than 100 exclusive releases on
> the HD-DVD format in 2007... and they've revealed at least a few new
> titles that are on the way (if not specific release dates). The first
> 40-50 of these will be available in the first half of 2007, starting
> with Brokeback Mountain (now available) and Hollywoodland (on 2/6). Also
> on the way to HD-DVD in 2007 according to the studio (90% of the titles
> as DVD/HD-DVD Combo releases) are new films like Children of Men, The
> Good Shepherd and Smokin' Aces, as well as classic catalog titles like
> Scarface, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bruce Almighty, The Bourne Identity,
> Meet the Fockers, American Pie, Inside Man, Pride & Prejudice, The Big
> Lebowski, Liar Liar, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Brazil, Erin
> Brockovich, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Slap Shot and Eternal
> Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The studio also confirmed that the first
> season of Sci-Fi's new Battlestar Galactica will be released on HD-DVD
> this year, as well as additional TV series titles yet to be announced.
> There's definitely some cool titles in that list, and presumably more
> (and more details) will be announced at a later date. It'll be great to
> see Lebowski and Brazil in HD, that's for sure... and the prospect of
> Battlestar has us pretty excited too."
>
>
> You're such a tool, ASJ. What do you get out of spamming these
> newsgroups with Blu-ray propaganda? Do they give you kickbacks for every
> post or something?
feh. I've got that goof killfiled now. It's interesting to note that
announcement contains a LOT more desirable titles than Fox's
announcement at CES, which sported thirty titles, the number of which I
want I could count on the fingers of one hand... if I had a SERIOUS
accident with a band saw. For all of Fox's bluster about how Blu-Ray has
already "won" (they said pretty much the same thing about D-VHS and
DIVX, too) the format war (in which the vast majority of us are
conscientious objectors), they don't seem to match the confidence of
their hype with releases. C'mon, Fox; you've got plenty of great movies
that should be in HiDef... too bad your CES announcement contains
virtually NONE of them.
p.s. No serious movie fan or comic geek is excited by X-Men 3. Howzabout
releasing the first two, FAR SUPERIOR films? Just a suggestion.
p.p.s. That goes double for Alien Vs. Predator. That film successfully
MURDERED two great movie franchises; maybe giving us the GOOD ones first
is in order.
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