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'Pirates' Outsells 'Matrix' in High-Def Showdown

Posted by Zonk on from the i-thought-it-was-supposed-to-be-ninjas-not-kung-fu dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As Slashdot recently reported, last week saw the latest showdown between HD DVD and Blu-ray, with both formats bringing out the big guns in terms of high profile format-exclusive disc releases. In one corner were the Blu-ray exclusive releases of the first two 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films on Blu-ray — in the other, the HD DVD exclusive releases of 'The Matrix' Trilogy. So who won the sales battle? According to preliminary estimates, this one goes to 'Pirates' in a big way. The two 'Pirates' flicks sold an estimated 47,000 units, while the 'Matrix' sets sold just about 13,900 units. Is this an indication of movie quality, or another notch in the belt for the Blu-ray format?"

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  1. To use an old joke by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's kinda like the Special Olympics, no matter who wins, they're both retarded.

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  2. Re:So does that mean by xero314 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Anyway, the first Matrix movie is arguably one of best SciFi movies ever. If you think the first Matrix movie was one of the best SciFi movies ever I'd be happy to argue with you, so I guess you are right. That is unless by best you mean top 2k or so. I mean Plan 9 is arguably one of the best movies ever made, but just because you can argue it doesn't make it true.

    I mean you can sum up the Matrix trilogy as: 2 sucked, 3 sucked less, and 1 sucked least, problem is they all sucked no mater how you look at it.