A Bug's Life blu-ray 5/19/2009

[jrboy]

February 20, 2009 - Disney has announced May 19th as the day that Pixar's beloved hits A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. will make their Blu-ray debut. Two discs plus a digital copy ROM, Monsters ($40.99 SRP) will include the all-new ride featurette "Building Monstropolis in Tokyo", a filmmakers' round table, and BD-Live.
One disc plus digital copy, Bug's Life ($39.99 SRP) adds a filmmakers' round table, BD-Live, and the original story treatment. Both slipcovered releases will also contain a movie ticket offer for the studio's 10th film, Up.

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Delayed from 5/19/09 to November

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[magicalwands]

Being a more amateur on knowledge with amount of discs vs. number of bonus features, I have a concern. Are we being cheated because WALL-E got its own separate disc of features while Monsters, Inc. and A Bug's Life do not?

[geniuswalt]

Being a more amateur on knowledge with amount of discs vs. number of bonus features, I have a concern. Are we being cheated because WALL-E got its own separate disc of features while Monsters, Inc. and A Bug's Life do not?

I think so too. I think double-dipping will be just around the corner when more people will have adopted Blu-ray compared to now.

[CampbellzSoup]

Who cares about bonus features?? I want the best sound/audio with Blu Ray.

[Disneykid]

The article says the original DVD features are being ported over, so I'm not worried. I think because A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. had their features produced in standard definition, they'll take up far less space than the HD supplements of WALL-E. So the bonus features will share the same disc as the feature films. Remember that A Bug's Life only had about an hour and half's worth of video features, and Monsters, Inc. about two hours. In SD, they should be fit pretty comfortably on the same disc as an HD movie clocking in around 90 minutes. If in the off chance the old supplements don't get carried over, I'll just save the second discs of my current sets and stick them in the BD cases.

The Digital Bits has small cover art for both here:

http://thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

[MrIncredible]

Yeah, the difference between Wall-E's bonus content and these titles is that for Wall-E, they were for the most part, all in high def, which takes up more room on the disc. Since a good portion of the bonus material on these titles are SD, they take up less space and can easily fit onto a single Blu-ray disc with the films themselves.

So, now we've got all of the Pixar titles on Blu, except for the two Toy Story's, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Who wants to bet that Toy Story will be fall 2010 for the trilogy set and, like the special edition DVDs, the last titles to get the treatment. So, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo should be finding (no pun intended) their way to Blu-ray either this fall- day and date with Up or in early 2010 to help plug Toy Story 3's theatrical run.

[magicalwands]

Thanks everyone, I totally get it now! Sorry for purists who want everything in HD, but I think putting the movie in a higher format is enough.

Disneykid, originally I was thinking "oh my gawd what a waste of money...buying monsters, inc. and a bug's life on dvd" but you have a great idea - they have all the old features for sure so they're good to keep! (I have a feeling they'll drop the trailers...)

And wow! They used the original poster for A Bug's Life!

[ajmrowland]

Being a more amateur on knowledge with amount of discs vs. number of bonus features, I have a concern. Are we being cheated because WALL-E got its own separate disc of features while Monsters, Inc. and A Bug's Life do not?

Monsters' IS getting a 2-disc. It's right in that announcement.

The article says the original DVD features are being ported over, so I'm not worried. I think because A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. had their features produced in standard definition, they'll take up far less space than the HD supplements of WALL-E. So the bonus features will share the same disc as the feature films. Remember that A Bug's Life only had about an hour and half's worth of video features, and Monsters, Inc. about two hours. In SD, they should be fit pretty comfortably on the same disc as an HD movie clocking in around 90 minutes. If in the off chance the old supplements don't get carried over, I'll just save the second discs of my current sets and stick them in the BD cases.

I hope so, cause just an HD download of Matrix Reloaded on my PS3 took more than 8gigs. And that's with just 2-channel audio.

Monsters' might have features that are upconverted, as it is still a 2-disc set, apparently, or maybe even MORE features added. These take me a whole afernoon, usually, to plow through.

[Jake Lipson]

Nice to have these announced. I am surprised they are both coming in the spring though -- I thought for sure they would tie one into the DVD release of Up. Since Nemo was mentionedd for Blu-ray release this eyar too a while back, perhaps that will come with Up...or maybe it was delayed again and Up will arrive solo like WALL-E did.

I like the new artwork for Monsters, Inc., but wish that Boo wa on it somewhere. The old artwork from the DVD is quite good too. I'm not surprised to see that artwork for Bug's Life, as they've used it before for the original 1999 Collector's Edition and Gold Colection versions of the DVDs. It's nice to see a return to it rather than the new artwork created for the 2003 Collector's Edition, which I don't like.

I am also sure they will go ahead and include all the standard DVD bonus features. I wonder, however, why Monsters, Inc. needs two discs when the only new features are the roundtable and ride preview. Even if they are both in HD, they shouldn't take up a lot of space, relative to the film itself. I'm inclined to wonder if Disney is making a press mistake and the second disc just is the digital copy. But if that's the case then why is Monsters retailing for $1 more than Bug's Life?

Good grief, though...May 19 is proving to be an expensive day. I will definately upgrade both of these, but the third season of Friday Night Lights is coming that day as well -- at least it will be a chap $30 SRP, which translats to $20 street price. The three of these together are going to get expensive. At least they will include Up tickets so I don't have to pay for that too. I wonder if those will be useable for the 3-D version?

[DisneyJedi]

Okay, I totally want to get these movies on blu!

[DarthPrime]

Who cares about bonus features?? I want the best sound/audio with Blu Ray.

I honestly thought I was the only one. Its one of the last things I look at when buying a movie.

[zackisthewalrus]

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/index.htm :

February 20, 2009 - Disney has announced May 19th as the day that Pixar's beloved hits A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. will make their Blu-ray debut. Two discs plus a digital copy ROM, Monsters ($40.99 SRP) will include the all-new ride featurette "Building Monstropolis in Tokyo", a filmmakers' round table, and BD-Live.
One disc plus digital copy, Bug's Life ($39.99 SRP) adds a filmmakers' round table, BD-Live, and the original story treatment. Both slipcovered releases will also contain a movie ticket offer for the studio's 10th film, Up.

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I really like the cover art, especially the cover of Monsters Inc.

Is it just me, or is the list price WAY too high? They're both movies that have been out for a few years on DVD, and now Disney brings them to Blu-ray with $40.99 and $39.99 list prices. But they're Disney, whatever. Haha

[MrIncredible]

Monsters' IS getting a 2-disc. It's right in that announcement.

Both are technically 2 discs, as disc 2 for both will simply be a DVD- ROM featuring the digital copy for your ipod.

But both releases are 1 Blu-ray Disc each, that's confirmed. And both will feature all the bonus material from the previous 2 DVD sets, which would easily fit considering that they'll be presented in Standard Def, and wouldn't take up too much info on the disc.

Remember that if you fill a regular DVD to its maximum capacity, then move the files over to a blu-ray, not touching a thing, then you're using less 10% of the blu-ray's capacity. So, everything, including a few new featurettes as per the announcement, will fit perfectly with a flawless version of the film onto a single disc.

Plus, according to my sources (here: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... lu-ray.htm), the Blu-ray version of Wall-E, which I think no one would disagree in saying it's one of the best transfers ever, only took up about 22 GBs, and a Blu-ray can hold 50 GBs. So, there was still plenty amount of room to hold everything here. [/b]

[ajmrowland]

Nice to have these announced. I am surprised they are both coming in the spring though -- I thought for sure they would tie one into the DVD release of Up. Since Nemo was mentionedd for Blu-ray release this eyar too a while back, perhaps that will come with Up...or maybe it was delayed again and Up will arrive solo like WALL-E did.

Nemo was originally announced for last year. I'm guessing they would've coincided it with Wall-E's blu debut. I knew that Bug's Life was coming this spring, and naturally assumed that Monsters' Inc. would coincide with the blu release of UP.

I like the new artwork for Monsters, Inc., but wish that Boo wa on it somewhere. The old artwork from the DVD is quite good too. I'm not surprised to see that artwork for Bug's Life, as they've used it before for the original 1999 Collector's Edition and Gold Colection versions of the DVDs. It's nice to see a return to it rather than the new artwork created for the 2003 Collector's Edition, which I don't like.

I like the Monsters' cover art, too. Bug's Life is perplexing as usually something new would be used, but it's still different from the 2003 cover art on the DVD that I own, so it's cool.

I am also sure they will go ahead and include all the standard DVD bonus features. I wonder, however, why Monsters, Inc. needs two discs when the only new features are the roundtable and ride preview. Even if they are both in HD, they shouldn't take up a lot of space, relative to the film itself. I'm inclined to wonder if Disney is making a press mistake and the second disc just is the digital copy. But if that's the case then why is Monsters retailing for $1 more than Bug's Life?

You forget what I mentioned in my Post about a 1080p movie taking up an awful lot of space. I'm guessing it would be about 13 gigs for the film alone, God knows what for the BD-Live link/features, and a at most 3-5 gigs for the inevitable pip images that will be on the commentary tracks.

Good grief, though...May 19 is proving to be an expensive day. I will definately upgrade both of these, but the third season of Friday Night Lights is coming that day as well -- at least it will be a chap $30 SRP, which translats to $20 street price. The three of these together are going to get expensive. At least they will include Up tickets so I don't have to pay for that too. I wonder if those will be useable for the 3-D version?

Just a double release day is expensive for me. I'm not sure how my parents will respond when I as for Bolt on Blu and Lilo and Stitch 2-disc edition.

[ajmrowland]

Monsters' IS getting a 2-disc. It's right in that announcement.

Both are technically 2 discs, as disc 2 for both will simply be a DVD- ROM featuring the digital copy for your ipod.

But both releases are 1 Blu-ray Disc each, that's confirmed. And both will feature all the bonus material from the previous 2 DVD sets, which would easily fit considering that they'll be presented in Standard Def, and wouldn't take up too much info on the disc.

Remember that if you fill a regular DVD to its maximum capacity, then move the files over to a blu-ray, not touching a thing, then you're using less 10% of the blu-ray's capacity. So, everything, including a few new featurettes as per the announcement, will fit perfectly with a flawless version of the film onto a single disc.

Plus, according to my sources (here: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... lu-ray.htm), the Blu-ray version of Wall-E, which I think no one would disagree in saying it's one of the best transfers ever, only took up about 22 GBs, and a Blu-ray can hold 50 GBs. So, there was still plenty amount of room to hold everything here.
[/b]

Actually, the announcement says "2-discs PLUS digital copy". In other words, Monsters' is a 3 disc set. It's RIGHT THERE!

As for Wall-E, that's actually more than I anticipated. Gotta love hi-def! and DVDs can hold up to 9 gigabytes, so if you were to port everything on a dual layer DVD onto a dual layer BD, You'd be using less than 20% of the BD's capacity. Don't lecture me on this stuff, I've done my homework. It's the transfer flaws and how to notice them that confuse me.

[magicalwands]

Ajmrowland is right.

Monster's Inc. will be presented on two discs while A Bug's Life will only require one. The difference will be reflected in the suggested retail price: $39.99 for A Bug's Life and $40.99 for Monster's Inc.

The one dollar difference now makes a lot more sense!

WALL-E and Dark Knight's SRPs are only 35.99. It must be the digital copy...

[2099net]

Being a more amateur on knowledge with amount of discs vs. number of bonus features, I have a concern. Are we being cheated because WALL-E got its own separate disc of features while Monsters, Inc. and A Bug's Life do not?

I would say, not really. I think the second disc of Wall-E had a whole 90minute HD film "The Pixar Story" on as well as the normal bonus features (almost all in HD too). These discs are most likely to have the bulk of the extras in SD - much much less space consuming than HD, and you can't expect 90min+ documentaries (plus other featurettes of various sizes) on every release.

I'll just point out Forbidden Planet on HD DVD (only 30GB rather than 50GB) has over 5 hours of SD bonus features, including a whole full length second movie, on the same disc as the HD movie AND all the SD supplements are in the less efficient MPEG2 codec.

I'm sure each BD could contain the movie in HD, another hour or more of HD supplements and 4 or 5 hours of SD stuff.

[geniuswalt]

I think I speak for all Disney/Pixar fans when I say that given the fact
that we all have the previous DVD releases it's kind of lazy on the part of Disney to just port over all 4:3 SD material and just adding an HD roundtable discussion. They could have arranged a proper brand-new HD documentary or something

Especially considering the Suggested Retail Price!

[2099net]

I'm not so sure about that. Personally I get annoyed when existing stuff is dropped from new editions - be they new DVDs or blu-rays. I think Disney are doing the best that they can, with material that they have.

At least Disney are adding something new - most blu-ray re-releases don't - some even drop supplements.

[PixarFan2006]

I think the artwork for both titles is okay at best. It appears that they reused the artwork from the Gold Collection for the A Bugs Life Blu-Ray I will be sure to pick these up when they come out.