My rant about Blu-ray
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There are things about Blu-ray's that annoys me, for example, I'm disappointed that you can't choose between wide or full screen with Blu ray's. I had a DVD copy of National Security where you can choose between wide or full screen as one of the features, why didn't they give that feature to all the DVDs and Blu rays? I mean it would save a lot of money, resources, manpower and time, it doesn't make sense to release a fullscreen and a widescreen version of the movie on DVD if you can do that.
With Blu-rays you only get widescreen what's up with that? I wouldn't mind this if they set up the format where you don't see those annoying bars, some Blu ray's don't have the bars. The problem I have with Blu-ray's are the same with DVD's as far as double dipping, George Lucas is notorious for doing this with his Star Wars films. (This is also an issue I have with comic books.) Here are some examples when Total Recall first came out on Blu-ray there were no special features on the disc, when the remake of that movie was released they released Total Recall again on Blu-ray with the special features.
Another example I saw a copy of The Terminator on Blu ray then I saw another copy of The Terminator on Blu-ray but with a book inside the case, last year I saw a box set of all the Terminator films. Do you see what I mean by double dipping, there is no reason to keep releasing these movies over and over again regardless if it's the movie's anniversary, the director's cut or another movie in that franchise is coming out. The thing I like about Blu-rays is that it has more features than DVDs like the pop-up menus. However, that's not always the case for example the Spider-Man 2 Blu-ray didn't have all the features as the DVD version. I also appreciate that the cases are smaller. That's another gripe I have with Blu ray's, I mean they advertise that you can watch the special features while watching the movie. You can't do that with all of the Blu ray's, plus the features are on the second disc anyway.
Also, some of the Blu-ray features are the same as DVDs, and not all Blu-rays have an interactive menu. I like that Blu-rays don't sell the single disc and the double disc they just sell double if the features can't fit in one disc, I don't get why they don't do that with DVDs? On a side note since 2009 or 2010 I have noticed that they stopped making double discs for the DVDs why? I also have issues with Blu-ray Live, as far as you have to create all these different accounts to chat with people online and create your own commentary on movies.
I want to comment on the grain, I hear people complain about that saying that some Blu-rays don't have good picture quality because the movie has grain in it. To the people that complain about that, where do you think the grain came from, do you know what the grain is for? Blu-rays are not suppose to take away the grain so that we can get a clear image, they're suppose to transfer the original footage as it was meant to be seen. If you take away the grain you take away the quality of the picture.
This is a problem I have with the Dragon Ball Z orange box set, they took away the grain and it made the colors look bleached, which made my eyes sore. It's the same thing with Blu-rays, you're not adding better picture quality by removing the grain. I can't be mad at people for their ignores because this is something we become accustomed to, just like kids thinking black and white movies are bad because they're not accustom to those films. On a side note whenever I go to Best Buy or Target I notice that the Blu-ray picture quality on the TVs is better than mine's. I only have a 32-inch Digital flat screen that has 720p it can't go up to 1080p, I don't know if it's that or if those are plasma TVs. Blu-rays wouldn't have been the top format if HD DVD got more support from other movie studios. That's all I have to say about Blu-rays what do you think of them?
P.S. I want to correct something I said earlier about the widescreen format. In The Dark Knight Blu-ray, there are scenes in the movie where there are no bars. I guess that has something to do with the IMAX camera, those scenes were shot by that camera. Then again The Avengers Blu-ray didn't have the widescreen bars either, I don't know if that movie was filmed on an I Max camera. I wish Blu ray's would have more director's commentary, I mean why do I have to go on Blu ray live to hear what they have to say about their movie?
With Blu-rays you only get widescreen what's up with that? I wouldn't mind this if they set up the format where you don't see those annoying bars, some Blu ray's don't have the bars. The problem I have with Blu-ray's are the same with DVD's as far as double dipping, George Lucas is notorious for doing this with his Star Wars films. (This is also an issue I have with comic books.) Here are some examples when Total Recall first came out on Blu-ray there were no special features on the disc, when the remake of that movie was released they released Total Recall again on Blu-ray with the special features.
Another example I saw a copy of The Terminator on Blu ray then I saw another copy of The Terminator on Blu-ray but with a book inside the case, last year I saw a box set of all the Terminator films. Do you see what I mean by double dipping, there is no reason to keep releasing these movies over and over again regardless if it's the movie's anniversary, the director's cut or another movie in that franchise is coming out. The thing I like about Blu-rays is that it has more features than DVDs like the pop-up menus. However, that's not always the case for example the Spider-Man 2 Blu-ray didn't have all the features as the DVD version. I also appreciate that the cases are smaller. That's another gripe I have with Blu ray's, I mean they advertise that you can watch the special features while watching the movie. You can't do that with all of the Blu ray's, plus the features are on the second disc anyway.
Also, some of the Blu-ray features are the same as DVDs, and not all Blu-rays have an interactive menu. I like that Blu-rays don't sell the single disc and the double disc they just sell double if the features can't fit in one disc, I don't get why they don't do that with DVDs? On a side note since 2009 or 2010 I have noticed that they stopped making double discs for the DVDs why? I also have issues with Blu-ray Live, as far as you have to create all these different accounts to chat with people online and create your own commentary on movies.
I want to comment on the grain, I hear people complain about that saying that some Blu-rays don't have good picture quality because the movie has grain in it. To the people that complain about that, where do you think the grain came from, do you know what the grain is for? Blu-rays are not suppose to take away the grain so that we can get a clear image, they're suppose to transfer the original footage as it was meant to be seen. If you take away the grain you take away the quality of the picture.
This is a problem I have with the Dragon Ball Z orange box set, they took away the grain and it made the colors look bleached, which made my eyes sore. It's the same thing with Blu-rays, you're not adding better picture quality by removing the grain. I can't be mad at people for their ignores because this is something we become accustomed to, just like kids thinking black and white movies are bad because they're not accustom to those films. On a side note whenever I go to Best Buy or Target I notice that the Blu-ray picture quality on the TVs is better than mine's. I only have a 32-inch Digital flat screen that has 720p it can't go up to 1080p, I don't know if it's that or if those are plasma TVs. Blu-rays wouldn't have been the top format if HD DVD got more support from other movie studios. That's all I have to say about Blu-rays what do you think of them?
P.S. I want to correct something I said earlier about the widescreen format. In The Dark Knight Blu-ray, there are scenes in the movie where there are no bars. I guess that has something to do with the IMAX camera, those scenes were shot by that camera. Then again The Avengers Blu-ray didn't have the widescreen bars either, I don't know if that movie was filmed on an I Max camera. I wish Blu ray's would have more director's commentary, I mean why do I have to go on Blu ray live to hear what they have to say about their movie?
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