After my visit of the Recobanchou Store in Kobe in 2010 and a very interesting discussion with the store owner,
Fumikazu Nakamura, I started thinking of all the unreleased 2000+ movies that I would really like to own on LD.

I really enjoy watching a movie on LD, as long as it meets the following requirements :

- NTSC
- English speaking
- CC or LD-G in english
- Letterboxed
- DS, DD or DTS
- if the disc has a nice strong cover like all the pioneer release, it's even better
- if it's a japanese release, it should have the useless obi with it

So, if someone were ever able to produce some new LD's, matching all theses conditions, I'll be one of the first
to buy them, even at $200 apiece, as long as the quality is here.

My reference for quality would be something at least like the Titan A.E. video transfer for example.

...

So, we all know it's a big fantasy, it will probably never happen again, but still, I would like to know if
I'm the only one having such fantasies and if not, what movies would you like to see on LD if we'd got
the chance to choose 10 movies for the first run ?

My choice would go towards movies after the LD era and before the HD-DVD era, so mostly 2000-2007

My Top 10:

01 - Gladiator (2000)
02 - Sunshine (2007)
03 - Hostage (2005)
04 - Man on Fire (2004)
05 - Spirited Away (2001)
06 - Die Hard 4 (2007) ... to own the quadrilogy on LD, although a new one is coming.
07 - House on Haunted Hill (1999)
08 -Terminator 3 (2003) ... to own the original trilogy on LD
09 -X-Men 2 (2003) ... to own the original trilogy on LD
10 -X-Men 3 (2006) ... and because my X-Men LD feels lonely

They may be a few others, but right now, that's what I can think of.

LDDB's Top 20: (13 May Update)

01 - Gladiator (2000) (x4)
01 - Lord of the Ring (1-2-3) (2001/2003) (x4)
01 - Star Wars (2-3) (2002/2005) (x4)
04 - Avatar (2009) (X3) ... HD on LD ?
04 - X-Men (2-3) (2003/2006) (x3)
04 - Inception (2010) (x3) ... HD on LD ?
05 - Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (x2)
05 - Land of the Dead (2005) (x2)
05 - Hellboy (2004) (x2)
05 - Nolan's Batman Trilogy (2005/2008/2012) (x2) ... HD on LD ?
05 - Inglorious Basterds (2009) (X2)
05 - Grindhouse (2007) (x2)
05 - Indiana Jones 4 (2009) (x2) ... and Indy 5 is coming.
05 - Kill Bill 1 & 2 (2003/2004) (x2) ... and Kill Bill 3 is coming.
05 - Spirited Away (2001) (x2)
05 - The Fall (2006) (x2)
05 - There will be blood (2007) (x2)
05 - Toy Story 2 & 3 (1999/2010) (x2) ... and Toy Story 4 is coming
05 - TV - Band of Brothers (2001) (x2)

So, let me know.

I hate numbering things like this, but I'll give it a whirl. I am going to try to limit the titles to ones actually shot on film, as having a movie shot digitally defeats the purpose of putting it to LD (at least I think so.)

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (maybe a gigantic box set with all 3 Extended editions--how many discs would that be? And in CAV!! )
2. Land of the Dead (so I can have all the Romero "Living Dead" movies on LD--not counting "Diary" or "Survival")
3. Gladiator (DTS please! I still have the first pressing of the DVD and refused the Directors Cut, because the DC didn't have DTS!)
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea (have the entire TV series on LD, so having the movie on LD too would be nice)
6. Shôjo kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku (ditto with the TV series)
7. Blade Runner: The Final Cut (maybe a big box set like that which came out on DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray a few years back that has all four cuts of the film)
8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (I think my friend Krys and I are the only people on the planet who actually enjoyed this installment--but still, to have all four movies on LD would be nice.)
9. The Fall (love the visuals in this movie)
TIE -10. Grindhouse and Kill Bill 1&2 (sure a lot of people hate Quentin Tarantino for various reasons, but I like his throwback/tribute movies. And Grindhouse should be a big ol box set with faux posters and with all the faux trailers thrown in as well!)

Of course, Lord of the rings !
How could I forget this one...

Glad to see Gladiator would already sell twice

I'm curious astray,anyway

Donnie Darko (2001)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
The Dreamers (2003) UNRATED or NC-17
9 Songs (2004)
Tideland (2005)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
The Fall (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth　(2006)
The Illusionist (2006)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

Other languages​​, other ages except.

I'd go for a splurge of horrors!

Ravenous (1999)
Battle Royale (2000)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Cabin Fever (2002)
28 Days Later (2002)
Undead (2003)
Dawn of the Dead remake (2004)
Shaun Of the Dead (2004)
Land Of The Dead (2005)
Dead Set mini series (2008)

I was close to considering Dead Set, Dawn of the Dead 2004 and 28 Days Later, but those were all shot on DVCAM or some digital camera source (not film.) So I didn't really think they'd be worthwhile on the ol' analog LD.

OK...
While we are dreaming.............

1- "We Were Soldiers" 2002- First U.S. Vietnam conflict in the La Drang Valley.
based on the book " We Were Soldiers Once..... And Young"

2- "Reign of Fire" 2002-Real weakness for Dragon films.....

3- "Pitch Black" 2000-Actually cancelled for laserdisc production....nearly made it on LD !!!!

4- "The Messenger:The Story of Joan of Arc" 1999. Gotta give Kudos to Milla jovovich for this one !!!

5- "Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon" 2000- Ang Lee Epic......

6- "Hero" 2002- Jet Li epic....a must see if you like throw down Kung FU !

7- "Equilibrium" 2002- Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, & Sean Bean sci fi epic....Total Big Brother thriller!!

8- "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" 2001 One of Stanley Kubrick's back burner Dreams..need not say more!

9- "Hellboy" 2004- A big Ron Pearlman fan so this is on the list !!!!

10- "Resident Evil" 2002- and the rest of the series though shot in digital most likely .....

Film or digital ?......
Guilty of not knowing about this list but still would love these in big Gatefold Jackets with precious platters within......
Thanks for this thread takou !!!
OK ...Time to wake up....LOL

I also enjoyed the film. Although not as good as Raiders or Crusade it is much better than Temple. There is no way that the fridge and monkey swinging scenes of Kingdom are any worse than the raft/parachute/rapids and blatant racism of Temple.

Add my votes for Lord of the Rings and X-Men 2, I would have loved to have seen these on laserdisc.

I would also loved to have seen Spaced, Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), the complete series of Blake's 7 and a better selection of Doctor Who titles released on LD.

My movies of choice to be released?
Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3(with DTS tracks, they'd knock over shelves, I'd have no doubt)
Star Trek(2009)
Chicken Run
Toy Story 2 and 3
Spirited Away
Tangled
The A Team
Inception
Batman Begins & The Dark Knight
Cowboys and Aliens

1 inception (just imagine a gatefold with a screenshot of when that girl used her mind to fold that city in on itself!)
2 englorious b*****ds
3 watchmen
4 the lord of the rings trilogy(of course)
5 star wars ep 2(again a must)
6 star wars episode 3
7 batman begins
8 the dark knight
9 hellboy
10 x men

I'm back from long holidays and I've updated the Top 10 in the first post.
Thanks for your ideas !


Good choice, but both are available on HD-DVD, the Riddick Sequel also.
It would be sad to have Pitchblack on LD and not Riddick's Chronicles, don't you think ?



I'm not sure they would render any good on LD, especially the dark knight, but what the hell, I would also buy them if available

Keep it coming, when we have a good top 10, I'll go the movie company, buy the right to press theses old movies on
a dead format, and organise the production ....

Just watched this one, and since it was surprisingly shot on film, I'd like to see it on LD . . .

Bunraku

. . . even though the reds would bleed like crazy!

I would really like a huge boxset that includes Pirates of the carribean 1- 4 with dts soundtrack pilf-...? some spare place to put the coming sequals...
Imagine the dts logo in the top cover .... savvy
artwork would be so cool and 6.1 dts es would be ....

Kill Bill 1 & 2 squeezed would be collectible titles (maybe even a criterion one)

Gladiator... 6 sides CAV perhaps?

Star Wars episodes 1-6 DD5.1ex THX mastered

The assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford gatefold with 6.1 audio

Avatar squeezed....

Casino royale 6.1 dts

Quantum of Solace 6.1 dts


let's keep dreaming

You just know that if we ever got them they would be the special editions.

I actually did a fun little Photoshop project today that may interest you... I thought it would be fun to imagine what it would be like if the film was made in the 90's and it made it onto LD!

I'll just embed one image and link to the rest, I don't wanna take up too much space



Compared to the Last Crusade LD: http://stayornay.com/ld/indy4/Indy-4-ld-compare-web.jpg

Flat version of the cover: http://stayornay.com/ld/indy4/indy-4-cover-flat.jpg

It was quite fun to do, but tough. I scanned some logos & elements and made vector versions out of them. When I was done with the flat cover I then edited it onto the photo. It's not perfect (the reflection was hell), but it's quite fun!

Hbo,s Band of brothers series, just imagine the boxset

Ok so i thought about it...and i tried to think about what i wanted to see and here is what i would put on LD if i could.

Inception
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Borkeback mountain
Moulin Rouge!
Grindhouse (planet terror/death proof)
Spiderman (1-3)
Gladiator
There will be blood
No country for old men
Dogma (my guilty pleasure)

Last but no least....ALL the Pixar movies!!

Now how about TV (if that is OK?)
Lost
Seinfeld
Battlestar Galactica

Ok those are mine...what do you think?

Recently we had a $280 million lottery, I was thinking if I won (yeah right) I would not only open a retail store devoted to LD but I would start to manufacture new players as well as press new LD's. I got 2 out of 6 numbers. Oh well, maybe next time.
Band of Brothers
LOTR
Star wars 2 & 3
Indy
Avatar
Star Trek Enterprise 1 - 4
Toy Story 2 & 3
Firefly series

Thanks for the new input, first post is updated.