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'Dark Knight' goes BD-Live
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article published on 30 September, 2008
While we don't normally post simple Blu-ray or DVD releases, it is clear that the blockbuster smash The Dark Knight is going to be the biggest Blu-ray release of the year and possibly the biggest Blu-ray release to date, so we felt it was important to write on Warner Bro's announcement that the film will be the studio's first BD-Live capable release when it hits stores on December 9th.
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30. September 2008 @ 04:16 |
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Meh its a decent flick but the military tech kills it for me..batman uses stylized tech not left over pre military *bleep* material thats so easily tracked its not funny.......
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30. September 2008 @ 04:35 |
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Definitely a Blu-ray I'm planning to buy. I loved Batman Begins on Blu-ray as well and this one, with the additional BD Live features and extras in full 1080p, will most likely not disappoint.
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30. September 2008 @ 04:58 |
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The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
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30. September 2008 @ 05:00 |
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Originally posted by 1bonehead:
Still not buying BD
I'd bu the BD version only so I had the right to down convert it to DVDs and sht...but only if it was about 15$ :P
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30. September 2008 @ 05:26 |
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All the hype surrounding film extras and who actually bothers to look at any of them?
Just package the film, drop the extras, save millions $$$$, and reduce the cost for the end user.
I do agree if there is going to be a smash hit for blu-ray this will be it, even though batman has changed from the original, and very dark marvel take, to a CGI fest cash cow.
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30. September 2008 @ 05:30 |
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Originally posted by 13thHouR:
All the hype surrounding film extras and who actually bothers to look at any of them?
Just package the film, drop the extras, save millions $$$$, and reduce the cost for the end user.
I do agree if there is going to be a smash hit for blu-ray this will be it, even though batman has changed from the original, and very dark marvel take, to a CGI fest cash cow.
Some say remove physical distro all together and sell access to view it at 1-5% of current price.
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30. September 2008 @ 09:11 |
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Batman is DC, not Marvel.
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30. September 2008 @ 09:43 |
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Originally posted by Moomoo2:
Batman is DC, not Marvel.
Quite correct.
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30. September 2008 @ 10:09 |
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Originally posted by Moomoo2:
Batman is DC, not Marvel.
Quite correct.
The only big change in Batman films(besides not sucking hard) is his tech instead of it being sleek futuristic its pseudo real tech....its sad and unrealistic for the fiction.....
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30. September 2008 @ 10:32 |
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Not having a hi-def tv pretty much negates the necessity of purchasing the Blu Ray of this film. Not to mention a bunch of extras I would probably not watch. Standard Def version will be fine by me.
Some assembly required.
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30. September 2008 @ 12:15 |
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For what the film was I'm completely happy with the cam ;)
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30. September 2008 @ 13:42 |
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I only buy Blu's that I know my family will watch several times and is also worthy of a High Def experience. This is defiantly one of them. Just Picked up the Blu-Ray Iron man today. I agree and disagree with some of you. I like some of the extras but don't care about the online "Live".
I like the new Mean Bat Man. Real man with realistic weapons.
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30. September 2008 @ 14:57 |
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Holy isht @ the MSRP.
I didn't think DK was as mind blowing as everyone else, but this will probably be one of the first titles I pick up when I get a BD player.
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30. September 2008 @ 20:22 |
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I can't wait to watch the Dark Knight on blu-ray! It should also be interesting to see what Warners finally does with BD-Live, i've actually been working with them on some projects so I'm especially curious what they've got up their sleeves.
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1. October 2008 @ 00:49 |
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I can't wait to watch the Dark Knight on blu-ray! It should also be interesting to see what Warners finally does with BD-Live, i've actually been working with them on some projects so I'm especially curious what they've got up their sleeves.
Well isn't BD-Live a feature that HD-DVD had? Not the same name obviously, but heard they had that or that they were going to bring it out. Also the more features they bring out would require firmware upgrades or buying newer Blu-Ray players.
The Dark Knight was a long movie and I kinda got bored watching it in theaters. It was the poor choice in female lead which got me, katie holmes is no better, but come on already!
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1. October 2008 @ 01:05 |
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Originally posted by 1bonehead:
Still not buying BD
I'll say it twice, still not buying BD.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
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1. October 2008 @ 01:10 |
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Originally posted by 1bonehead:
Still not buying BD
I'll say it twice, still not buying BD.
Then Don't, My Dual Deck VHS Player Works just fine.^^
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1. October 2008 @ 04:02 |
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thought the movie was great, but my tv is only 32" so yeah.
no way i'm spending all that money for a blu-ray when upconvert looks as good as it does.
really, i'm not spending what the dvd costs on release either.
i tend to wait until a movie is <$10 before making my purchase.
let me know when this version drops that low in price.
really, let me know when any worthwhile blu-ray title does.
i've seen the comparison models in store; a 37" 1080p panel with a blu-ray player running a "demo disc."
there is even a section where it's split into one-half blu-ray picture and one-half "standard dvd via component."
you'll Never see one that shows blu-ray versus standard dvd upconverted over hdmi,
because even at that screen size the average consumer would be instantly swayed back to dvd.
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1. October 2008 @ 10:45 |
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Originally posted by 1bonehead:
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I'll say it twice. I'm still gona buy it. There, that negates your negative comment. Now its neutral, no one is going to know if Blu-Ray is worth it or not. You better make another comment. We all know that the Movie is going to look awesome with 1080 lines of information compared to 480 lines of information.
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2. October 2008 @ 05:18 |
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Originally posted by 1bonehead:
Still not buying BD
I'll say it twice, still not buying BD.
Not a big fan of quality and progress? Well, at least you can still enjoy VHS (^_^)
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2. October 2008 @ 06:00 |
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Originally posted by glassd:
I'll say it twice. I'm still gona buy it. There, that negates your negative comment. Now its neutral, no one is going to know if Blu-Ray is worth it or not. You better make another comment. We all know that the Movie is going to look awesome with 1080 lines of information compared to 480 lines of information.
Maybe you need an eye upgrade to actually see all the detail or just a magnifying glass and sit next to the screen.
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2. October 2008 @ 06:10 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by glassd:
I'll say it twice. I'm still gona buy it. There, that negates your negative comment. Now its neutral, no one is going to know if Blu-Ray is worth it or not. You better make another comment. We all know that the Movie is going to look awesome with 1080 lines of information compared to 480 lines of information.
Maybe you need an eye upgrade to actually see all the detail or just a magnifying glass and sit next to the screen.
i said the same thing,
but really you just need a massive (read:40"+) screen to see the difference.
well, at least i would need one to see hundreds upon hundreds of dollars worth of difference.
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2. October 2008 @ 06:22 |
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Quote:
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Originally posted by glassd:
I'll say it twice. I'm still gona buy it. There, that negates your negative comment. Now its neutral, no one is going to know if Blu-Ray is worth it or not. You better make another comment. We all know that the Movie is going to look awesome with 1080 lines of information compared to 480 lines of information.
Maybe you need an eye upgrade to actually see all the detail or just a magnifying glass and sit next to the screen.
i said the same thing,
but really you just need a massive (read:40"+) screen to see the difference.
well, at least i would need one to see hundreds upon hundreds of dollars worth of difference.
I know the benefits as i have a HD screen, freesat and my son has a ps3 and it is clearer, i would admit that, but not anywhere near the hype, and most certainly nowhere near the current price tag, which is just a huge money grab as is all "new" technology, but what else do you expect from sales execs and public relations for a "company" (insert name as it could be most).
HD is nothing new, PC's have used hi-res visuals for many, many, many, many years, and when you first experience it, it's like wow, oooo, aahhhh, but the improvements over dvd are just, so so and not worth bothering with unless you have a completely disposable income.
BTW the quality is only as good as the media you put into it, so maybe "Disaster movie" is the choice for blu-ray players as this is about the level of the MPAA cash cow machine, the sweet spot pg13 rating and all.
Disaster Movie
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Tagline: Not another shallow Hollywood movie
Rated PG-13
1.3/10 14,292 votes
Bottom 100: #1
BTW What rating is Batman Dark Night "Rated PG-13" omg another cash cow designed to hit the sweet spot.
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2. October 2008 @ 08:42 |
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Maybe you need an eye upgrade to actually see all the detail or just a magnifying glass and sit next to the screen.
i said the same thing,
but really you just need a massive (read:40"+) screen to see the difference.
well, at least i would need one to see hundreds upon hundreds of dollars worth of difference.
I assume that both of you are kidding as SD utilizes 408,960 pixels and HDTV utilizes 2,073,600 pixels. That is over 5 times the detail. I most defiantly do not need a magnifying glass to see the difference. SD on my HDTV looks like crap. Up converting just stretches the Crap. Snowlock, my HDTV and Blu-Ray Player did cost @ $1,600 more than a P.O.S. SDTV and DVD player. My screen size is 40+ inches. If I did not have this equipment, I would not be reading this article, much less making useless comments about it.
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2. October 2008 @ 08:46 |
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One thing for sure: Warner had better beef up their BD-Live servers ahead of TDK's release and a do a better job than Paramount.
Tuesday's release of Iron Man apparently overwhelmed Paramount's BD-Live servers - an issue they're working to resolve:
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The following is a statement from Paramount regarding the BD-Live functionality of Iron Man:
"The Iron Man Blu-ray went on sale Tuesday and due to the overwhelming popularity of the release an unprecedented demand was placed on the BD-Live connection. The disc represents a truly state-of-the art Blu-ray presentation with a first of its kind BD-Live application. As such, the heavy amount of traffic strained the servers due to so many people heading to the same destination. The bandwidth capacity was increased in preparation for the release but the demand exceeded all expectations so capacity was expanded dramatically last night and local servers were established worldwide to accommodate all the fans. The issue should be completely resolved but if anyone experiences a brief traffic jam, we have provided consumers with a menu option during disc startup that allows them to go directly to the movie main menu or continue to download the BD-Live features."
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1849
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