The Dark Knight {Spoilers Abound}

[ProjectX2]

I am going into town with my grandparents to buy this DVD! I am willing to spend at least an hour isolated with these two escapees from a mental asylum in order to get this film!

 

[E]

Bah, I am cooler than everyone anyways because I already have this on DVD. Came in the mail early.

Also: Planet-Man is still crazy, but now that i am not in a bad mood, i won't be a ***** about it. :heart:

DVD?! That's sooooo 2005.

 

[moonmaster]

I'm getting it for Christmas.

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

DVD?! That's sooooo 2005.

You *****es with your Blu-Ray players... I'll get one in a little over a year, when I get my own place.

 

[Gemini]

DVD is for chump's, chumps and schmucks.

 

[moonmaster]

You guys are right, those of us with DVD players are living in the past. Why don't you send me $300 so I can buy a Blu-Ray Player and be as cool as you?

 

[Planet-man]

We too are getting the DVD.

We have a big, good-quality TV in our homemade home-theater. It's not worth spending the money on both a new machine AND a big new TV for a slight improvement in picture quality that I can barely even discern any time I've seen it in stores(admittedly Batman Begins was noticibly more detailed, but Iron Man looked virtually identical as did Cars, 300 and Tropic Thunder). People go on and on about how great a difference it is and how it's sooooo worth it. News flash: It's not some bull**** past-grippiness. We can barely afford our current set-up.

The DVD is fine. It's still got all the special features, except for maybe "record your own video commentary". When it becomes economically sensible, then we might do the whole Blu-Ray thing. Or just skip in entirely because I can't see it taking more than a couple years for things to go completely digital.

What's really funny is that when DVD players became mainstream you were paying about $300 for one machine that completely revolutionizes home video, with better picture, hours of content and special features, and the ability to go to anywhere in the movie at any time instantaneously. With Blu-Ray you're paying upwards of $800 for slightly better picture and nothing else. It's not a leap. It's a ploy.

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

keep in mind DVD was introduced in the early nineties... It'll be a while before things switch over to being solely digital.

 

[Planet-man]

keep in mind DVD was introduced in the early nineties... It'll be a while before things switch over to being solely digital.

It took until the end of the 90s for them to become "mainstream" though. Blu-Ray's become mainstream in under a year since it beat out HDDVD. The whole industry's moving faster and most of all, we're practically there anyway with every DVD and Blu-Ray disc coming with a Digital Copy. Can you really see it taking another decade before they realize that people will still pay them the same without them having to press a lasting disc?

Edit: Future spec always runs the risk of looking ridiculous, though. The bottom line is we just can't afford it, won't be able to afford it for what looks like a while, and even if we could barely afford it the change is absolutely ridiculous in proportion to what it costs.

 

[Ice]

UC Store FTW!!!!11

Nothing can beat it!!

Mine is on the way too, although I just got 2 day shipping so I probably won't get it until Wednesday.

I get everything with 2-day but lately have been getting everything on the day-of release dates.

 

[ProjectX2]

By the time I get Blu-Ray, people will be beaming films directing into their brains.

 

[Iceshadow]

keep in mind DVD was introduced in the early nineties... It'll be a while before things switch over to being solely digital.

I give it five years max.

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

It took until the end of the 90s for them to become "mainstream" though. Blu-Ray's become mainstream in under a year since it beat out HDDVD. The whole industry's moving faster and most of all, we're practically there anyway with every DVD and Blu-Ray disc coming with a Digital Copy. Can you really see it taking another decade before they realize that people will still pay them the same without them having to press a lasting disc?

It won't take a decade, but it will take a while... People want something they can hold, they can touch... CDs are slowly becoming irrelevant, but they have been since Napster first came around when I was in Grade School. Blu-Ray is remarkably different than DVD, a great improvement and a triumph for all cinephiles, but its not going to become irrelevant quickly. I'd give it five more strong years, but the shelflife will be longer than that... I mean, once you've got an HDTV and a Blu-Ray player, its not like the discs are just going to crumble to dust when you put your digital doohicky right next to it and the cable-box.

 

[Ultimate Fried]

The complete switch over will be swift and brutal but they probly combined the two to make everyone happy for a while

 

[moonmaster]

We too are getting the DVD.

We have a big, good-quality TV in our homemade home-theater. It's not worth spending the money on both a new machine AND a big new TV for a slight improvement in picture quality that I can barely even discern any time I've seen it in stores(admittedly Batman Begins was noticibly more detailed, but Iron Man looked virtually identical as did Cars, 300 and Tropic Thunder). People go on and on about how great a difference it is and how it's sooooo worth it. News flash: It's not some bull**** past-grippiness. We can barely afford our current set-up.

The DVD is fine. It's still got all the special features, except for maybe "record your own video commentary". When it becomes economically sensible, then we might do the whole Blu-Ray thing. Or just skip in entirely because I can't see it taking more than a couple years for things to go completely digital.

What's really funny is that when DVD players became mainstream you were paying about $300 for one machine that completely revolutionizes home video, with better picture, hours of content and special features, and the ability to go to anywhere in the movie at any time instantaneously. With Blu-Ray you're paying upwards of $800 for slightly better picture and nothing else. It's not a leap. It's a ploy.

Yeah, I agree with just about all of this.

I'm mainly just offended by the notion that everyone is expected to buy a Blu-Ray player or be ridiculed for being behind the times. My family doesn't have that kind of money for something that seems insignificantly better than DVD.

And all the special Blu-Ray only features I've seen - special on-screen stuff during the movie, interactive content, video chat - look insanely stupid. Wouldn't all that just be a really ridiculous distraction while you're actually trying to watch a movie?

 

[Foolsfolly]

Wouldn't all that just be a really ridiculous distraction while you're actually trying to watch a movie?

Please like we have the attention span to watch a movie! I'm watching a movie, a TV show, typing here, answering an e-mail, Twittering, Skyping, IMing on my iPhone, talking on my cell phone, and I think my kid sister's here somewhere but until she logs on I don't know where she is.

Who the **** watches movies anymore?

 

[Ice]

Australia Gives Ledger First Award for 'Dark Knight'


And what a way for people to take a joke and turn into something serious for nothing. :?

 

[E]

You *****es with your Blu-Ray players... I'll get one in a little over a year, when I get my own place.

You don't even need a Blu-Ray player.

You guys are right, those of us with DVD players are living in the past. Why don't you send me $300 so I can buy a Blu-Ray Player and be as cool as you?

In all seriousness, there are a number of Blu-Ray players down to $100-150 this Christmas.

 

[DARKKNIGHT]

I just got the 2 disc special edition of this. is anyone else pretty underwhelmed by the special features? i was a little disappointed.

 

[Planet-man]

In all seriousness, there are a number of Blu-Ray players down to $100-150 this Christmas.

Wow, I could probably find that much just sitting in my couch cushions!

I'd still need hundreds of dollars more for an HDTV, and one big enough that it isn't a downgrade from our current good family one which we already payed a lot for at that, but who cares! Slightly better picture!

 

[SSJmole]

I just got the 2 disc special edition of this. is anyone else pretty underwhelmed by the special features? i was a little disappointed.

I said something similar. I wanted more like Deleted scenes or for the Bluray BD live so we could have downloaded more stuff e.g Heath winning oscar for Joker , Previews to the next film when it comes out. But it doesn't mention it.

Still a great movie to have.

 

[Ice]

Does the first disc just go straight to the movie? No menu?

 

[SSJmole]

Does the first disc just go straight to the movie? No menu?

Yes. But there is a pop-up menu if you want to pause it and then go menu

 

[Langsta]

I just got the 2 disc special edition of this. is anyone else pretty underwhelmed by the special features? i was a little disappointed.

Me too. I bought a giftset that came with a little Batman head. There was a "Grumpy" Joker one too. Apparently there's also one with a mini Joker figure and one with a mini Batpod replica.

I said something similar. I wanted more like Deleted scenes or for the Bluray BD live so we could have downloaded more stuff e.g Heath winning oscar for Joker , Previews to the next film when it comes out. But it doesn't mention it.

I think you mentioned a documentary about the history of Batman on your disc before....that's not on mine. They might have put it on the American Batman Begins DVD when it came out. The only supplementary features on my Dark Knight DVD are a thing on how they developed the Bat-pod and new Bat-suit, a thing about the Joker's score, 6 IMAX scenes, 6 episodes of Gotham Tonight, and a gallery of poster art, production stills, and trailers.

Does the first disc just go straight to the movie? No menu?

Mine has a menu first....all that's on the first disc is the movie, scene selection, and language settings.

 

[SSJmole]

I think you mentioned a documentary about the history of Batman on your disc before....that's not on mine. They might have put it on the American Batman Begins DVD when it came out. The only supplementary features on my Dark Knight DVD are a thing on how they developed the Bat-pod and new Bat-suit, a thing about the Joker's score, 6 IMAX scenes, 6 episodes of Gotham Tonight, and a gallery of poster art, production stills, and trailers.

Mine has :

Disc 1

• Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene – Director Christopher Nolan and creative collaborators unmask the incredible detail and planning behind the film, including stunt staging, filming in IMAX®, and the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod.

Disc 2

• Batman Tech – The incredible gadgets and tools (in HD)
• Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight – Delve into the psyche of Bruce Wayne and the world of Batman through real-world psychotherapy (in HD)
• Gotham Tonight – 6 episodes of Gotham Cable's premier news program
• The Galleries – The Joker cards, concept art, poster art, production stills, trailers and TV spots

(yes I copied and pasted info from the site I got mine if anyone is wondering as I'm too lazy typing it out from back of box :lol

The Psychology of The Dark Knight was the documentary I mentioned. With mine been Bluray and it saying "in hd" on it maybe it's an exclusive unless there is a 3 dick dvd set

Mine has a menu first....all that's on the first disc is the movie, scene selection, and language settings.

Yeah some Blurays don't have Menus (his is Bluray I'm guessing yours is dvds) they have pop up menus instead.

 

[Planet-man]

By the way, I've been meaning to mention this for a while.

There is no excuse for pretty much any DVD not to have a gag reel. There's got to be dozens of funny takes and flubs out there for any film. This goes double for comedies.

On that note, for the ones that do have the gag reel, it works much better a speedy sort of montage than just a bunch of scenes, and 15 takes in a row of one scene gets tiring.

 

[SSJmole]

By the way, I've been meaning to mention this for a while.

There is no excuse for pretty much any DVD not to have a gag reel. There's got to be dozens of funny takes and flubs out there for any film. This goes double for comedies.

On that note, for the ones that do have the gag reel, it works much better a speedy sort of montage than just a bunch of scenes, and 15 takes in a row of one scene gets tiring.

A agree with comedies but I don't think a film like the dark knight should. It wouldn't be right to see say Christian Bale dressed as batman do something like bump into a door or slip over while running. Funny yes, but It wouldn't feel right.


However comedies that is a must.

 

[ProjectX2]

I just finished watching it again. It's still as good as ever.

 

[Bass]

For once, you and I are in complete agreement.

(Se7en quote!)

I ****ing love that film.

I could watch it right now and it's 2.44am.

I give you all the high fives ever for just quoting it.

 

[ProjectX2]

The special features are pretty lame.

I watched SE7EN before watching this film and saw similarities between John Doe and The Joker. When I watch A CLOCKWORK ORANGE after THE DARK KNIGHT, I will no doubt see even more similarities since The Joker was based on Alex.