Lionsgate to put two films on a dual-layer Blu-ray disc

Sure, manufacturers have been cramming vanilla DVD content onto high-definition discs for some time, but aside from a few nifty features, they haven't gone out of their way to truly take advantage of all that space. Lionsgate and Marvel Enterprises are looking to change all that, as the duo plans to loose Ultimate Avengers: The Movie and Ultimate Avengers 2 on a single 50GB Blu-ray disc. Each film will reside on its own separate side, but neither will purportedly include DVD versions for use in standard players. Additionally, the flick will contain "two featurettes, a gag reel, a trivia track, and a first look at upcoming movie Dr. Strange," and should hit store shelves on April 24th for $39.99. Now, how long before we start seeing full-fledged trilogies on a single disc?

[Via TGDaily]

[wryker Posted Mar 19th 2007 2:02PM]

Hmmm - I just viewed the Dr. Strange movie - trailer on the Iron Man DVD just released.

[simbadogg Posted Mar 19th 2007 1:52PM]

This is definetly a step in the right direction. I was kind of dissapointed when i saw the Mission Impossible pack on 3 seperate discs, and the Sopranos season on something like 6 or 8 discs. In all reality the MI pack could have fit on 1 if not 2 discs, and the Sopranos could have easily fit on 2-3. Hopefully future sequels, triologies and series of movies/tv shows will follow suit on minimizing disks and space wasted.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 19th 2007 2:23PM]

Personally, I prefer multiple single-sided discs over dual-sided.

In the future, those dual-sided discs will be a pain to deal with in multi-disc changers or jukeboxes. I also hate the small center ring labels. They are difficult to read in a darkened home theater. Just use two discs I say.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 20th 2007 9:06AM]

This is a feature? Two low-cost non-HD animated features on a single BD isn't exactly revolutionary (and I believe it's in 4:3). Nice, I suppose...but they could have done the same thing on a regular DVD. The video itself is probably no more than 3 hours worth of video, not including the extras...and none of it in HD, afaik, nor any of it particularly detailed work (hence very easy to condense).

I don't know about anyone else, but if I'm going to shell out big bucks for a BD or HD DVD then I expect to see a HD quality picture....not just a DVD picture that isn't pixelated. I can get that now from a regular DVD. I want actual HD content on a next-gen format, not just 480p content on a more compact format. I'm not saying it's a bad move...but it's not anything special, is it?