{"id":616,"date":"2008-07-28T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T09:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2010-02-12T09:10:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T22:10:43","slug":"warner-blu-ray-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"Warner Blu-ray releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some reason I fell out of contact with Warner Bros for a while, but have now reestablished contact. This evening they sent me a few press releases. First, they’ve got a two-for-$50 promotion on Blu-ray going from Wednesday until early September. This includes the five Harry Potter movies plus 25 others including several classics from the 60s and 70s (eg. Bullitt<\/em>, The Dirty Dozen<\/em>, Blazing Saddles<\/em>, A Clockwork Orange<\/em>, 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>).<\/p>\n

There are also several new releases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Batman Begins<\/em> Blu-ray Gift Set<\/td>\n$49.95<\/td>\n13 August 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnum Force<\/em><\/td>\n$34.95<\/td>\n13 August 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Enforcer<\/em><\/td>\n$34.95<\/td>\n13 August 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sudden Impact<\/em><\/td>\n$34.95<\/td>\n13 August 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fool’s Gold<\/em><\/td>\n$34.95<\/td>\n10 September 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,000B.C.<\/em><\/td>\n$49.95<\/td>\n10 September 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One Missed Call<\/em><\/td>\n$49.95<\/td>\n10 September 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0The Clint Eastwood fans amongst you might notice something a little odd here. Magnum Force<\/em>, The Enforcer<\/em> and Sudden Impact<\/em> might be equally well titled, respectively, Dirty Harry II<\/em>, Dirty Harry III<\/em> and Dirty Harry IV<\/em>. So where’s the original Dirty Harry<\/a><\/em>? This is one of the defining movies of the 1970s. This is the one with:<\/p>\n

I know what you’re thinking. ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This movie has been released on Blu-ray in the US. Why not here?<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong> (Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 11:10 am)<\/span>: Just had a phone call from the PR people at Warner Bros Australia. First, I’ve added the last two titles to the list above that I previously overlooked. Actually, now that I think about it, it all comes back to me. I didn’t overlook them. I decided that they weren’t titles that I wanted to make a fuss over. No matter, they are there now. I certainly don’t intend this blog to become some kind of listing for Blu-ray releases. Having said that, perhaps I should think about maintaining such a list for Australian Blu-ray releases. Thoughts?<\/p>\n

Second, there have been few WB Blu-ray releases in Australia lately simply because of supply issues. Third, they’d love to put out Dirty Harry<\/em> with the rest of them, but securing stock has been difficult.<\/p>\n

This will, I suspect, be an ongoing issue for a year or two. Not just for WB but for the others as well, but perhaps more so for WB. Warner Bros has not yet, I believe, released a Blu-ray title which is region coded. Consequently any WB Blu-ray will play anywhere in the world. I’m hoping to have a formal policy statement from Warner Bros on this within the next day or so. The result, though, is that all WB Blu-ray production has to be shared in all markets, so we may end up losing out from time to time.<\/p>\n

That’s a small price to pay for the great benefit of no region coding. Because in a modern world, except for artificial barriers like region coding, if you really want something you can buy it from overseas. If you can’t wait for Dirty Harry<\/em> to be released here, which it certainly will be eventually, then buy it at Amazon<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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