The Blu-Ray Upcoming, News & Info Thread

[KitFisto]

I'm not stirring the pot or anything, but honestly when you have a collection that big do you really LIKE all the movies you buy or do you just want a huge collection? At one point I was buying movies and CD's just to buy them and finally cut back because some would sit on my shelf for 5 years without even taking the plastic wrap off them.....and I'm still only around 500 BR and DVD combined. I just can't imagine 1500+

 

[jye4ever]

I'll admit that some purchases sit on my shelf for nostalgia comfort reasons only, as in "I know Meatballs doesn't hold up but I need it because it was part of my childhood" reason.

 

[KitFisto]

I've got films like that too

 

[jye4ever]

Ownership for me truly brings me comfort, as in I own something that can't be taken away from me and they're at my immediate disposal.

 

[Gates70]

I'm not stirring the pot or anything, but honestly when you have a collection that big do you really LIKE all the movies you buy or do you just want a huge collection? At one point I was buying movies and CD's just to buy them and finally cut back because some would sit on my shelf for 5 years without even taking the plastic wrap off them.....and I'm still only around 500 BR and DVD combined. I just can't imagine 1500+

It's a mix of movies from my childhood, and also being a completest on certain actors. Bogart, Stewart, Hanks, Eastwood, to name a few really can't do no wrong in my eyes, so I need all their movies.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

It's a mix of movies from my childhood, and also being a completest on certain actors. Bogart, Stewart, Hanks, Eastwood, to name a few really can't do no wrong in my eyes, so I need all their movies.

QUestion is, how often do you grab those movies and watch them?

 

[jye4ever]

Well that's the thing even if you rarely watch it it's comforting knowing it's there on your shelf when you do decide to watch it.

Ownership = Comfort = Happiness.

 

[Gates70]

QUestion is, how often do you grab those movies and watch them?

For me it's not really about that. It's about owning it and watching whenever I want. I have a big expensive theatre setup, so when people come over or I get the urge to watch a certain movie, it's there. With this streaming crap always threatening to replace my media, I want to make sure I have all that I want. Most of the old movies I buy, you don't really get on streaming....plus I want them in the best PQ and AQ possible, which streaming doesn't give.

 

[Gates70]

Well that's the thing even if you rarely watch it it's comforting knowing it's there on your shelf when you do decide to watch it.

Ownership = Comfort = Happiness.

This^^^

 

[jye4ever]

For me it's not really about that. It's about owning it and watching whenever I want. I have a big expensive theatre setup, so when people come over or I get the urge to watch a certain movie, it's there. With this streaming crap always threatening to replace my media, I want to make sure I have all that I want. Most of the old movies I buy, you don't really get on streaming....plus I want them in the best PQ and AQ possible, which streaming doesn't give.

Yup well said.

Streaming is good for a rental here and there or for a quick animated fix for a kid BUT for the movies I care about, the movies that matter, they have to be on a disc manufactured by the studio.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

For me it's not really about that. It's about owning it and watching whenever I want. I have a big expensive theatre setup, so when people come over or I get the urge to watch a certain movie, it's there. With this streaming crap always threatening to replace my media, I want to make sure I have all that I want. Most of the old movies I buy, you don't really get on streaming....plus I want them in the best PQ and AQ possible, which streaming doesn't give.

I am with you all the way here. I love new blockbusters but have a weakness for nostalgia and just old hollwywood in general.

Have you found most of what you want on Blu?

 

[rushmore223]

I use Vudu a lot, maybe I just have a fast connection or something because the hub is literally right behind my house, but I get excellent picture quality on my TV. I've noticed that there is even an option to watch 4k streams, though I can't remember if it's through vudu or Comcast.

 

[Gates70]

I am with you all the way here. I love new blockbusters but have a weakness for nostalgia and just old hollwywood in general.

Have you found most of what you want on Blu?

It's getting there. Since I collect so much I usually wait for price drops and sometimes it takes a while, but it's getting there. My oldest movie is A Trip to the Moon and I have a lot of silents as well (Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and others). So my range is not just Blockbusters like a lot of other people (which is fine). There's still plenty that I'm waiting for especially when it comes to actors like Cagney and Spencer Tracy, which are criminally under represented on Blu. The gorgeous Veronica Lake is another.

 

[hoodonit00]

So I don't follow this thread and almost never buy extended versions of any Blue Ray. Always the cheapest version for me. With that said. What box set should I be looking at for Deadpool? I enjoyed it immensely and think I want a box set.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

So I don't follow this thread and almost never buy extended versions of any Blue Ray. Always the cheapest version for me. With that said. What box set should I be looking at for Deadpool? I enjoyed it immensely and think I want a box set.

I don't think there is one for Deadpool

 

[Khev]

For me it's not really about that. It's about owning it and watching whenever I want. I have a big expensive theatre setup, so when people come over or I get the urge to watch a certain movie, it's there. With this streaming crap always threatening to replace my media, I want to make sure I have all that I want. Most of the old movies I buy, you don't really get on streaming....plus I want them in the best PQ and AQ possible, which streaming doesn't give.

Yup well said.

Streaming is good for a rental here and there or for a quick animated fix for a kid BUT for the movies I care about, the movies that matter, they have to be on a disc manufactured by the studio.

I am with you all the way here. I love new blockbusters but have a weakness for nostalgia and just old hollwywood in general.

Well said gentlemen!

I use Vudu a lot

Terribly said.



Then there's karamazov:

I use my flip phone to look at screenshots of my favorite films and that's pretty much it.

 

[CallMeTheDoctor]

I don't mind streaming, but I use it mainly for tv show fixes. I don't really prowl it for movies.

I also do buy multiple copies of a film, so that racks it up. I mainly do it as a collector since a 20 dollar movie does the same for me as a 400 dollar premium format. As for watching em? I do here and there. I would I have somewhere around 50 movies that I haven't seen yet, but I do plan to.

I also link my imdb account to my phone and try to watch movies as they come out, but I also don't get a chance. Since my theatre is 11 bucks per ticket, I just dish out the extra cash and just own the movie. I have everyone on my family linked onto my vudu, so they end up watching it and I feel I got my money's worth.


I have never gotten to see much of oldies, but I do have a few that I collect mainly for nostalgia. My dad always was watching action films, so I pretty much got every single one that we would watch. A few I have for memory sake, like of a buddy or a point in my life.

Lot of reasons to be honest.

 

[hoodonit00]

I don't think there is one for Deadpool

That solves that then, thanks. Guess I'll get the one with the added scenes and gag reel.

 

[Gates70]

Well said gentlemen!



Terribly said.



Then there's karamazov:

Thanks. I have a love of movies that just will never go away. I see value even in some cheesy older movies that most people scoff at because the effects are dated. I call it a product of it's time and it just takes me back.

I don't mind streaming, but I use it mainly for tv show fixes. I don't really prowl it for movies.

I also do buy multiple copies of a film, so that racks it up. I mainly do it as a collector since a 20 dollar movie does the same for me as a 400 dollar premium format. As for watching em? I do here and there. I would I have somewhere around 50 movies that I haven't seen yet, but I do plan to.

I also link my imdb account to my phone and try to watch movies as they come out, but I also don't get a chance. Since my theatre is 11 bucks per ticket, I just dish out the extra cash and just own the movie. I have everyone on my family linked onto my vudu, so they end up watching it and I feel I got my money's worth.


I have never gotten to see much of oldies, but I do have a few that I collect mainly for nostalgia. My dad always was watching action films, so I pretty much got every single one that we would watch. A few I have for memory sake, like of a buddy or a point in my life.

Lot of reasons to be honest.

I have plenty for memories sake from the 70's and 80's. The coolest part is that I turned my son on to a lot of them.

 

[IronFingaz]

It's getting there. Since I collect so much I usually wait for price drops and sometimes it takes a while, but it's getting there. My oldest movie is A Trip to the Moon and I have a lot of silents as well (Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and others). So my range is not just Blockbusters like a lot of other people (which is fine). There's still plenty that I'm waiting for especially when it comes to actors like Cagney and Spencer Tracy, which are criminally under represented on Blu. The gorgeous Veronica Lake is another.

Arrow is doing their part to fix that (at least in the UK) by releasing The Blue Dahlia and The Glass Key on blu-ray