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Title: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: efralope on July 31, 2006, 12:21:08 PM
http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=222

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Sony has recently committed to re-releasing "The Fifth Element" on Blu-ray Disc with the pristine image consumers expected to find when it debuted on BD in June

looks like they got the message after hearing from professional reviewers about how inferior the image looked compared to HD DVD...
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 31, 2006, 12:22:26 PM
Take that whatever the next poster's digital format of choice is!
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 31, 2006, 12:23:28 PM
I wont buy fifth element on DVD, I wont buy it on blu ray. I honestly had enough of stupid martial arts girl in the first movie. Ultraviolet just makes me hate her forever.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: BlueTsunami on July 31, 2006, 12:24:13 PM
lol, BD mulligan shot
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: TheOMan on July 31, 2006, 12:27:59 PM
I wont buy fifth element on DVD, I wont buy it on blu ray. I honestly had enough of stupid martial arts girl in the first movie. Ultraviolet just makes me hate her forever.

Dude, Fifth Element rocks and you know it.  Deep down, you love the movie and you love Milla Jovovich.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 31, 2006, 12:33:52 PM
MULTIPASS LOLZ SO FUNNY
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: TheOMan on July 31, 2006, 12:40:45 PM
Please note that I have not seen Ultraviolet.  Hopefully I never will.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 31, 2006, 12:41:40 PM
Dont, ever.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: BlueTsunami on July 31, 2006, 01:13:15 PM
Ultraviolet is honestly, very horrible. Its not even lol horrible, its burrow your brow and hate yourself for watching it horrible.

Edit: I would have to say my face probably fit the likness of MAFs avatar, after I came out of the theater. Good Times
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Error Macro on July 31, 2006, 01:15:09 PM
efralope is here! w00t!

I was just about to ask Shake to send you a PM on that other board, heh.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Cheebs on July 31, 2006, 01:15:48 PM
I already own it on DVD. The only next-gen format. Am I the only one with a HDTV who really wishes for both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray to both lose?
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Error Macro on July 31, 2006, 01:17:47 PM
I already own it on DVD. The only next-gen format. Am I the only one with a HDTV who really wishes for both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray to both lose?

Yes.

Now get with the program and choose a side. Then we shall draw swords and make clanging sounds with our mouths.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 31, 2006, 01:35:55 PM
I think MOST people arent ready to switch. I mean, we sit here, we buy all these DVDs that do a great job, then BOOM its time for blu ray and HD DVD just cauz a few companies say so. Theyre still making plenty of money off DVDs. And honestly aside from the obnoxious videophiles, there isnt a demand for new formats from NORMAL PEOPLE who make up 90% of the buyers anyway.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: LiveGamer on July 31, 2006, 02:47:51 PM
While we're on the subject of futuristic martial arts chicks. What's the verdict on Aeon Flux? Is it a faithful rendition of the animated series (which fucking ROCKED)?
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Cheebs on July 31, 2006, 05:07:30 PM
I think MOST people arent ready to switch. I mean, we sit here, we buy all these DVDs that do a great job, then BOOM its time for blu ray and HD DVD just cauz a few companies say so. Theyre still making plenty of money off DVDs. And honestly aside from the obnoxious videophiles, there isnt a demand for new formats from NORMAL PEOPLE who make up 90% of the buyers anyway.

Exactly. Who wins the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray battle is the new Laser Disk and no one wants to be that. No one cared about laser disk except people who are criterion whores.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Reki on July 31, 2006, 05:25:45 PM
lol at the 5 people who already bought it 
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 31, 2006, 05:33:59 PM
After UMD I am not trusting Sony to usher me into ANY new media format.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: DarienA on July 31, 2006, 05:55:22 PM
After UMD I am not trusting Sony to usher me into ANY new media format.

I just have one question. Why would you compare a format that was/is only playable on one macine, to a format that's going to be playable on multiple machines from multiple manufacturers?
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Cheebs on July 31, 2006, 06:30:10 PM
After UMD I am not trusting Sony to usher me into ANY new media format.

I just have one question. Why would you compare a format that was/is only playable on one macine, to a format that's going to be playable on multiple machines from multiple manufacturers?
Because Sony's track record other than UMD is also not so hot. Remember Beta-Max?
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Bloodwake on July 31, 2006, 06:32:35 PM
No one will give a fuck for three or four years.

Then, maybe the format war will matter, that is, if it isn't settled by then.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: Cheebs on July 31, 2006, 06:38:20 PM
No one will give a fuck for three or four years.

Then, maybe the format war will matter, that is, if it isn't settled by then.
Even if it is prettier who says they will care even then? Laserdisk was a major improvement over VHS but no one cared about it. "Movie" mediums last a good 20 years unlike gaming which is every 5. I don't see that ever changing.  DVD took off around 1999. 2018-19 is when we should care about changing formats.
Title: Re: Sony re-releasing Fifth Element on Blu-ray
Post by: DarienA on July 31, 2006, 06:50:52 PM
After UMD I am not trusting Sony to usher me into ANY new media format.

I just have one question. Why would you compare a format that was/is only playable on one macine, to a format that's going to be playable on multiple machines from multiple manufacturers?
Because Sony's track record other than UMD is also not so hot. Remember Beta-Max?

Yeah and VHS being capable of 4 Hrs when Betamax wasn't helped to kill BetaMax. Not exactly the same thing here.