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Kick-ass! Bug's Life and The Incredibles were two I was REALLY waiting for, as they should both look stunning. Will definitely order this one.
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Cool. Aything Pixar is an automatic purchase.
Price is already down $1.
The amazon price credit is pretty cool... they automatically credit your account... no action, request, or tracking required by you.
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Where is the Incredibles?!?!?!?
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| kal wrote: | | You might as well pick up Monsters Inc. at the same time - it comes out the same day: |
Whoo hoo! Sweet! That will look amazing in HD, too. I was watching it with the kids a month or so ago on DVD and I was almost drooling thinking about how gorgeous the BD would look. Sully's hair... That will definitely be demo material.
| emdawgz1 wrote: | | Where is the Incredibles?!?!?!? |
They'll probably release Incredibles before a Christmas season. There's the Toy Story movies, too and one of my favorites, Nemo.
Of course, then there's that avatar, John.  Wow.
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$28 AND $40!! You guys are joking right?
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ecrabb
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$28 I can handle for a long-term Keeper like Bug's Life. The $40 price can't be right, as it's not even available for pre-order, yet. No, I wouldn't pay $40 for a BD - even a Pixar movie.
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Not to muck up this thread but I can't stomach paying any more than $20 for a BR. I have a few times up to $25 but it hurt me.
Netflix to the rescue.
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| ecrabb wrote: | | $28 I can handle for a long-term Keeper like Bug's Life. The $40 price can't be right, as it's not even available for pre-order, yet. No, I wouldn't pay $40 for a BD - even a Pixar movie. |
Strange - Bug's life was $29.99 when I pre-ordered it back on Feb 25th and Monsters Inc. was $30.99. Bug's Life has already come down $2 so I'll at least get that lower price and Monsters for some reason today jumped up to $40 and the release date is set to "unknown" instead of May 19th. It'll most certainly come down to mid to low 20's like everything else before it actually ships, which means you just pay that amount in the end.
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At $40 I'm not touching it. It will be the first Blu-ray I may actually attempt to PIRATE. Ahem, I mean borrow. 
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I love pixar but these ar 2 movies i can do without.
Bug's life ran constantly when i worked in HT(along w/ Dragonheart and Driving miss daisy) so i can replay that movie in my mind at will.... and i dont want to.
Monsters inc.... i just dont really like.
TS1 and 2 and of course.. Incredibles!
Cant wait to see incredibles!
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| kal wrote: | Gimme a break. It won't be $40. It's just a placeholder price. Likely high $20's. I pre-ordered it around that price back when there was a actual ship date.
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You underestimate greed even in bad economies. But, if you're right it'll be bought. Well, monster's Inc at least.
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I've watched A Bug's Life now and I have to say, this is by far the best looking image I've seen in my theater is quite some time. It's phenominal.
Watching it makes me think that Pixar animators must have been REALLY pissed off at knowing that a large portion of the population has only seen their content on regular DVD. There's just so much information missing it's not even funny.
If you're at all a fan of Pixar movies this is a must-have.
Seems others agree with me too - a review:
| Quote: | The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
In a word: perfection.
That isn't hyperbole. That's the truth.
The DVD for 'A Bug's Life' was the first direct digital-to-digital transfer, without any analogue in-between, and it was a sight to behold, for sure. But this 1080p AVC-encoded 2.35:1 transfer is just unparalleled (or at least only comparable to other Pixar Blu-ray releases). Literally.
Colors threaten to pop off the screen (and this is one colorful movie - the ants are blue for crying out loud!), detail is unparalleled (although seeing textures in this clarity makes you realize that Pixar's technical level of achievement wasn't what it is now), definition is strong and sharp, and there is nothing (and I mean nothing) in the way of technical blips- no macro-blocking, no artifacts, no edge-enhancement. NOTHING.
This is just a beautiful, beautiful image. Stunning in every way. I'd like to go into more detail, but this image really doesn't require any more. Perfection pretty much sums it up.
It should be noted that the disc is REGION FREE. Also, it has a neat playback feature if you take the disc out of your player and put it back in, it gives you the option of resuming the movie from where you left off. This is helpful and should be included on more discs.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
Again: perfect.
This lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track has everything you could want from a surround track, and more.
Instead of a normal audio track of a comedy release, which would have all the dialogue in the front speakers, this mix judiciously spreads the voices out amongst the different speakers. Part of this has to do with the sheer scale of the movie - there are a ton of speaking characters, and many more extras. What's more - the dialogue is never drowned out or obscured. This may seem like an odd thing to applaud, but the effect is staggering.
The surround sound really gets a workout, too, in scenes of greater action (with the back speakers really worked vigorously) - Hopper's gang of grasshoppers approaching the ant colony at full mast; Flik's arrival at Bug City, in which everything is alive; the attack by the vicious bird; the rain drops that fall like depth charges from a WWII submarine. For my money, this mix blows away most of the overactive sound mixes of big Hollywood action pictures.
So, in short: this is an atmospheric, immersive mix that will leave you breathless. It's just as magnificent as the video presentation.
Also included are Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 and French Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes and subtitles in English SDH, French, Spanish. |
Interested? Pick it up here from Amazon and help support the forum:
A Bug's Life Video: 5 Audio: 5
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Damn you, Kal. I don't like to pay almost $30 for movies, but it sounds like a definite must-have.
I wonder what's with the Amazon Marketplace sellers smoking Amazon on price?!?!? Even having to pay for shipping, the bottom line from a few of the sellers are still $3+ cheaper than Amazon. That's a 7-8% discount off Amazon's price. How could they be making any money?
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