Hennessey had an interview with Three Speech where he discusses what the future holds for Blu-ray on the film and television side of things. A lot was discussed; specifically, that innovative features like Blu-wizard (as seen in Resident Evil: Extinction and Black Hawk Down) will continue to grow and improve. Companies like Disney will bring their back-catalogs to Blu-ray, taking advantage of Blu-ray's interactive abilities. Example given: Disney plans for a Sleeping Beauty release that "features a virtual castle to explore and an interactive game currently known as Maleficent's challenge."
Now, how does the ability to "sit down with friends around the world and watch a movie together" sound to you? Or how about "an on-demand trivia quiz for the film you're watching" that might even allow you to use Buzz! controllers? It's all rather interesting, so why not read the whole interview over at Three Speech.
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4-15-2008 @ 2:43PM
HarryPS3 said...
I'm still waiting for large quantity of movies to get released on Blu-ray Disc, those are my only real complains.
Transformers, Hitman etc when¿! :(
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4-15-2008 @ 2:43PM
eam122 said...
i dont really care about most extra features or games, if i wanted to play i would put in a game on the ps3, just foucs on visuals and sound
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4-15-2008 @ 2:52PM
bluefrog said...
Hitman has already been released on Blu-ray (same day as DVD).
As for the older movies... those take time. The studio can't flood the market with old movies because people wouldn't be able to afford them all (and replicators wouldn't be able to produce them all either).
I'm still waiting on Paramount to announce their return to Blu-ray with some movies, and the first titles from Universal.
Gord
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4-15-2008 @ 2:57PM
never$$hort said...
That's what I was going to mention... Where the hell are you Universal and Paramount?!?! It would be nice if they could give us a vague future release list or plans of some sort, but so far not even a peep. Makes them just look like sore losers because they sure aren't trying to show any Blu support at all.
4-15-2008 @ 4:02PM
alienclays said...
that's part of the problem. because they were backing hd-dvd, they didn't have any orders with the few BD disc replicator companys (sony being one of, if not the biggest). all the other games and movie studios have had their orders lined up and authored for months. even if paramount, and universal finish authoring quickly, 9which i doubt in univerals case.) they have to wait in line behind others who already had orders in.
maybe paramount should use a little of that 150mil they got from toshiba to ask fox or warner to cut in line. or maybe not, the money lost for not launching a movie like transformers on BD with the dvd version is already gone, and those who would pick it up today likely will do so tommrow too.
4-15-2008 @ 5:40PM
never$$hort said...
I understand that alienclays but they could still give us a hint on future releases or plans without posting release dates at least. Or at least explain what's going on just like what you just tried to do except an official update from the studios.
4-15-2008 @ 9:31PM
Johnny Kielbasa said...
@ alienclays:
How soon a Blu-ray comes out probably will matter if it is a new release. I would assume that the movie studios would want to build off the initial hype of the movie itself before it wanes from memory. Still I think some of the profit lost could be regained by being at the bottom of the list.
Still, I don't get to catch every movie, and I look for those I miss in Tuesday's new releases. If I can't buy Blu-Ray, I'll probably buy DVD, but I certainly won't buy both - except for sci-fi movies that look glorious on HD.
4-15-2008 @ 3:10PM
Keith said...
Hitman came out same day as DVD although Blockbuster didn't have the bluray available to rent for at least two weeks. I eventually bought it on bluray and it looks good.
as for stuff from HD-DVD migrating to Bluray ... I noticed on dvdempire that Batman Begins will be available in July. No signs of Transformers yet.
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4-15-2008 @ 3:21PM
Jove said...
ha. and i think ive read somewhere that after microsoft threw in the towel there would be no more blu ray news. guess they were lying.
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4-15-2008 @ 3:25PM
emaxximus said...
Sleeping Beauty on blu-ray? Shewww! FINALLY! no sarcasm whatsoever. No sir-ee no sarcasm here at all.
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4-15-2008 @ 3:55PM
SabishiiBushi said...
Sleeping Beauty was animated on 70mm film. It can stand up to a Blu-Ray transfer.
4-15-2008 @ 4:07PM
emaxximus said...
So it CAN stand up to blu-ray transfer? THANK GOD! I cant wait.
Still no sarcasm here.
pfffffffffffffffffffffffffttttttt.
4-15-2008 @ 3:51PM
Eric E said...
Typo: Missing 'good' in 'sound to you?'
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4-15-2008 @ 4:07PM
Robin said...
mayor fail dude, it was a quote that said "Now, how does the ability to ..." at the start of the sentence and ended with "sound to you"
owned by your own crappy reading skills
4-15-2008 @ 4:07PM
G-MAN74 said...
I want the Star Wars movies on Blu-ray please...
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4-15-2008 @ 4:43PM
jq71586 said...
Settle in for the long haul, buddy. Lol.
4-15-2008 @ 4:40PM
Groundskeeper Willie said...
I'm a big fan of HD and Blu-ray, but BD-LIVE is just a solution in desperate need of a problem. Nobody wants to watch movies wearing a headset, or download a trailer when you've got the whole movie on the disc. Ringtones? No thanks.
The only reason the studios want Blu-ray players to be connected to the internet is so they can update the DRM if it gets hacked. At the moment there is nothing here that is the slightest bit useful or interesting for the average end user.
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4-15-2008 @ 10:18PM
Fordi said...
I'd love to see a delicious library clone for my PS3. I can decide what to watch.
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