Um... no.
Why would any company release any movie EXCLUSIVELY on blu-ray now, especially a smaller indie film like this, with a cult, not mainstream, following?
That would prevent a good percentage of the film's target demographic from being able to buy the film! I am a college student, the same age as the characters in SubUrbia, and as such I connect to the film (and play) on a personal and emotional level. Yet, as a college student, I cannot begin to afford a blu-ray player. In fact, I don't know a single college student who HAS a blu-ray player, for that very reason! Well, I know two people with PS3s, but that's it. To someone of my age group, especially someone who is a student, and thus does not (and cannot) have a full-time job, blu-ray is still above what we can reasonably afford.
And so what? DVD is still excellent quality. It's more than good enough for me, especially considering that my VHS of SubUrbia is still good enough quality for me (not that I have a choice, of course). It's not like SubUrbia is the kind of movie that needs to be in high-def either- it's hardly a movie based around dazzling visuals. It's not Wall-E or anything. I feel no need to spend money I shouldn't responsibly be spending on a blu-ray player. The difference in quality just isn't big enough to really be worth it to me. I'd rather spend my money on other things that I'll find more rewarding than just some added resolution.
Sorry, Fighting The Frizzies, I just had to respond to that. If, after being unavailable on DVD all this time, SubUrbia was released exclusively on blu-ray, that would just be adding insult to injury. I'm not trying to rant against you or anything; I'm just pointing out why it would be incredibly annoying to many, many people if movies started coming out on blu-ray only. DVD is hardly obsolete, and won't be for quite a while, I'd say.
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Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut
16 years ago
First, I'm in your boat. I can't afford Blu Ray right now either.
Second, this movie came out 13 years ago, and many of its fans are 30 or older, not college age.
Third, nowhere in my post did I suggest they should come out with the Blu Ray right now. I said wait a couple years, when the price of Blu Rays will be much lower, around where DVDs have been for the past few years. At this point if they released a DVD, it would not be worth manufacturing, considering how cheap for which it would have to be sold, and how little profit it would generate.
I just had to point out what a complete and utter Fail it was that we already have a new format, and this movie has never been released on the last format.
Ev'lyone's a ritter bit lacist.
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LiquidDrainerFilms
16 years ago
Yeah, it is a huge failure that they didn't release it before now, but DVDs are still selling, huge.
Think about the people who will still put down $35 for a really nice, special-feature-filled Criterion DVD of a movie. Yeah, Criterion just started putting out Blu-Ray, but DVDs are still the majority of what they've put out in the past year or so.
I'd guess that DVDs are still higher sellers that Blu-ray discs.
And yeah, people who were fans of the movie when it first came out would be around 30 now, but this is definitely a movie that is still relevant, and that people still discover and really connect with. Since it's out of print, the play is more well-known than the movie at this point, but it still has at least an enthusiastic cult following among college-age viewers.
I think it would still be worth their money to put out a DVD now. Or just release it on both, like New Line did with the much-asked-for director's cut of Dark City over the summer.
As long as they think it will sell, they'll do it. Getting them to realize that there are indeed lots of people who would buy this movie seems to be the hard part.
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