Good Blu-Rays for showing off system

keeneyrm01
keeneyrm01 Posts: 80
edited February 2010 in Music & Movies
What are some blu-rays people like to use as a demonstration for showing someone your system? Whole movies or just certain scenes. Personally I like:
The opening car chase scene in Quantumn of Solace and the airplane chase scene. Most of the scenes in Transformers 2 (although its a bad movie). Terminator Salvation's first action scene is pretty good. And the first 10 minutes of The Dark Knight even though i only have the regualr dvd.

Post some other good ones.
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited January 2010
    Top Gun will always be a favorite of mine even though it isn't the best pic or sound... just something about the jets... and great directing. The opening scene being my favorite!
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  • bevo
    bevo Posts: 306
    edited January 2010
    The incredible Hulk. Any of the fight scenes. The Bass is super crazy in that movie.

    Master and commander.

    Socom confrontation for the PS3
    Really though, the thing that shows of systems the most are video games. The PS3 shooter socom has the best surround sound I have ever heard. You can pinpoint where someone is by the sound of their gun shots. The grenades and machine guns also have very deep, and pounding bass. The floor shakes with every round fired out of an M60. Another thing that helps is that most PS3 games are in 7.1, and there are not to many movies that really show off 7.1.
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited January 2010
    I always show off 'Kill Bill Volume 1' the scene where the crazy 88's enter. It starts with the ladies making fun of 'Charlie Brown'. That musical buildup to the arm chop is just awesome!
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  • keeneyrm01
    keeneyrm01 Posts: 80
    edited January 2010
    Pycroft wrote: »
    I always show off 'Kill Bill Volume 1' the scene where the crazy 88's enter. It starts with the ladies making fun of 'Charlie Brown'. That musical buildup to the arm chop is just awesome!

    I just recently upgraded my kill bill dvds to blu-rays but haven't watched them yet, i'll have to check that out.
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    Speakers:
    Front- Polk RTi A3
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2010
    Poor Quentin....Kill Bill....Killed him! Some of the most adolescent and unprofessional filmmaking I've ever seen....embarrassing....actually!

    His best work is behind him!

    cnh
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  • dfranks
    dfranks Posts: 207
    edited January 2010
    cnh wrote: »
    Poor Quentin....Kill Bill....Killed him! Some of the most adolescent and unprofessional filmmaking I've ever seen....embarrassing....actually!

    His best work is behind him!

    cnh

    I agree, taking a couple years off and living on your couch watching 70's B movies, smoking the ganja. Doesn't make you a better filmaker. However it gives you a pretty good rep with the teenagers!
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited January 2010
    Any animated movie looks great.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited January 2010
    cnh wrote: »
    Poor Quentin....Kill Bill....Killed him! Some of the most adolescent and unprofessional filmmaking I've ever seen....embarrassing....actually!

    His best work is behind him!

    cnh

    I respectfully disagree. Kill Bill was a perfect homage to the old Shaw Bros. kung-fu flicks, with a touch of spaghetti western thrown in for good measure. He absolutely hit every note of how those old flicks played out, and it was brilliant. Though I have to say... Inglourious **** may well be his finest movie to date.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited January 2010
    I typically throw in UP to show off my rig, but I also recommend The International if you want to show off some razor-sharp looking live action video. The audio won't blow you away, but the video presentation is outstanding.

    And I don't think anyone here would disagree with me when I say Star Trek is a must-have showpiece for audio and video on BD. It's a fantastic disc.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2010
    bevo wrote: »
    The incredible Hulk. Any of the fight scenes. The Bass is super crazy in that movie.

    There is more to a good movie than bass. Any fool can add bass to a soundtrack. Bass is like ketchup. Thrown on when there is either nothing there, or to disguise the taste, in this case to disguise the movie.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited January 2010
    Dark Knight is always on my list when I'm showing off my humble rig.

    -Jeff
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2010
    kuntasensei wrote: »
    I respectfully disagree. Kill Bill was a perfect homage to the old Shaw Bros. kung-fu flicks, with a touch of spaghetti western thrown in for good measure. He absolutely hit every note of how those old flicks played out, and it was brilliant. Though I have to say... Inglourious **** may well be his finest movie to date.

    That's fine....I just think that an homage to Grade B film and pop nonsense isn't real 'art'....the film has that thrown together feeling that does not look like much thought went into it but that Quentin just chose his 'favorite' pop stuff and collaged it all together...then mesmerized mostly a 'younger' crowd that really hasn't seen the great films of the past.

    Inglourious **** has EVERY CLICHE in the book in it...there is nothing 'new' there....ponderous and silly, implausible and totally 'predictable'--and it's not like the **** genre has ever been done before.

    I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree, a good friend of mine who is an Indie film director feels pretty much the same way and he's seen 'everything'.

    My opinion....Inglourious **** is at least better than Kill Bill and thank god for that...but it's not world class by any stretch.

    cnh
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited January 2010
    I am not much of a QT fan either, never really cared for any of his movies myself.

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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited January 2010
    When testing things or showing off I pop in Iron Man and go to the scene where he flys to the mid east to kill the people who bought the weapons (if that makes sense). Otherwise the Galapagos Blu Ray is a great visual experience (and where I am going on my honeymoon).
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited January 2010
    Cars

    Terminator Salvation

    Inglorious ****

    The Dark Knight

    "future" Avatar
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited January 2010
    Dark Knight and Ratatouille (sp?) are my 2 favorites for showing off BR to the masses. Those more well versed in film will get all of my favorite fight scenes from Ip Man, the best kung fu flick to come out in ages...

    edit: And of course Planet Earth!
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited January 2010
    Master and Commander (any of the battle scenes)

    LOTR 1 Balrog Scene

    Bourne Identity the car chase scene

    Behind Enemy lines the SAM chase scene

    Aliens (just pick one of the many)

    War of the Worlds (flaming rail car or the aliens impact at the beginning of the movie)

    HEAT the bank robbery gone bad
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  • bevo
    bevo Posts: 306
    edited January 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    There is more to a good movie than bass. Any fool can add bass to a soundtrack. Bass is like ketchup. Thrown on when there is either nothing there, or to disguise the taste, in this case to disguise the movie.

    Have you seen the The incredible Hulk. It's bass is the best I have ever heard. Nothing hits as low as the subsonic boom cannon(whatever that thing is)The fight scenes are also awsome, and not just because of the bass. They did a great job making things fly arond your head.

    I doubt, you can find a movie that shows off every aspect of a system as well as the Hulk movie does. I've watched all of the suggested system showcase movies, and the Hulk is either the best or as good as the best. He's not asking what is the best blue ray to watch, he wants to show off his system, and the Incredible Hulk has several scenes that will make people shake their heads when they hear the sound coming from them. Everyone I have shown it to just sets there and smiles, and asks how much my setup cost, and as you can see form my sig, it's not that impressive of a system.
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited January 2010
    +1 on Star Trek and Iron Man.

    I know it's a horrible movie, but the Blu-Ray of "Into the Blue" is great to show off the display.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2010
    Opening sequence (when the credits are rolling) for Independence Day. If that doesn't knock **** off your walls I'm not sure what Blu will.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited January 2010
    Star Trek and Ironman are also good ones as well. I own Ironman and Star Trek is on my short list for future Blu Ray purchases as well.

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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited January 2010
    Had a little more time to really think about this, and here's my list.

    For Audio: Cloverfield, Tears Of The Sun, Terminator: Salvation

    For Video: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The International, Bolt

    For Audio and Video: Band Of Brothers, King Kong, Knowing, Live Free Or Die Hard, Hellboy 2, The Incredible Hulk, I Robot, Iron Man, Up, Monsters Inc., Star Trek
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  • grif32
    grif32 Posts: 267
    edited January 2010
    Monsters Inc. & Up...

    Walle is another Great one.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited January 2010
    These threads have come up quite often the past few years. And it used to be pretty easy to pick out the few stellar releases for blu-ray. What strikes me this time is how much more even the quality of blu-rays has become. With older blu-rays, you used to have compromises as some were great for audio, some were great for video. And only a few stood out with both great video and audio.

    Now, it seems like the full list of 'show off' videos is just too large to put in one list and really depends on what genre people like to watch. Maybe production processes have finally caught up with the technology and it seems almost any major animated or action movie will have a great picture and sound even if the movie is a disaster plotwise etc.

    Good step forward for the format IMHO.
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  • bevo
    bevo Posts: 306
    edited January 2010
    +1 for cloverfield. That movie does have some great sound. Hellboy 2 wass pretty good too, and it's one of the few movies that is actually 7.1.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2010
    I posted this awhile back, really shows how your TV can handle blacks.

    Dark City

    keeneyrm01 wrote: »
    What are some blu-rays people like to use as a demonstration for showing someone your system? Whole movies or just certain scenes. Personally I like:
    The opening car chase scene in Quantumn of Solace and the airplane chase scene. Most of the scenes in Transformers 2 (although its a bad movie). Terminator Salvation's first action scene is pretty good. And the first 10 minutes of The Dark Knight even though i only have the regualr dvd.

    Post some other good ones.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited January 2010
    Fifth Element - Remastered version on BD

    I used this to show off my HT/BD setup to my friends.

    One friend showed up -said she could only stay for 30 minutes.

    She was so taken with the PQ she couldn't leave :D

    Next week she and her BF went out and got their own BD setup. :p

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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited January 2010
    CloverField

    Dark Knight

    Max Payne

    Live Free or Die Hard
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2010
    Best Audio I have heard on BluRay is Hell Boy 2. Best use of 7.1 I have found yet. Nothing has come close to it, IMO.

    I don't have a best Video one yet, though all Blu's have looked fantastic to me!
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited January 2010
    Best video for me is Casino Royale. Sound Transformers 1 and Star Trek.
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