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thecolorsblend
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Star Wars on Blu in 2011?
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Date created
17-Dec-2009, 2:41 AM

Baronlando said:

Eh, porno outfits have already managed to put out blu-rays. LFL just love to cultivate that image that everything they have is a special golden treasure that they occasionally deign to sell us if we wait long enough.

Actually, the disc budget at the big studios is so tiny these days, the guys doing  catalog 70s titles like Logan's Run would probably kill for the time and money LFL could lavish on a bare bones Star Wars '77 disc. (compare the Young Indiana Jones dvd sets to any big studio release of a failed 90s tv show)

An apples and oranges comparison as most studios have a litany of moderately successful and/or outright failed TV shows from which to choose.

LFL had Young Indy and now Clone Wars.

The porno thing is even worse.  The subject matter rather than the specific title and/or content is what sells discs in that, ahem, genre.  The fact that some porn outfit regularly releases BR discs only serves to prove my point that LFL has to be choosy about how and when they release new material.  People watch porno flicks for utterly different reasons than mainstream Hollywood fare.  It's not title specific in the porn industry, it's subject matter specific.  And in many cases, one porno title is about as good as another.  Again, LFL has only three or four titles to release at any given time.  A certain amount of caution is good business on their part.

And just so we're clear, I'm not defending the hackjob 2004 remaster, releasing GOUT in letterboxed widescreen only, edge halos on TPM, etc.  This isn't about quality control, it's about caution in any new format/business venture.