Early Facts/Rumors concerning "The Dark Knight" Blu-ray Master Thread - Page 3  

it was VERY seemless. i didn't catch the wider matte until moments into the scene. IMO it added to the ambience and feel (i won't say what KIND of feel of the scenes that had it. i wish i had the money to see it once more on IMAX, but alas, i shouldn't.

The Digital Bits reported in their Rumor Mill that the street date looks like 12/9 and that the Blu-ray will be a 3 disc set. We may be getting the IMAX version along with a fixed 2.40:1 version and the extras on disc 3. Again, this was not official news.

Early word I've heard is the BD version will have the movie with the shifting aspect ratio only, no fixed 2.35:1 version. Source is pretty reliable but I guess we won't know for sure until the disc streets or Warner says otherwise.

Well hope you are wrong on this, constant aspect ratio is very important for me.

I doubt that, the Layman out there would be up in arms

+1 It will be very painful for me to not own this BD!

With Warner there's no way to know if that's even a 3 disc set of BDs.

Most likely the first disc will be the movie on a 50gb platter with a 16bit TrueHD track(if we are lucky), one feature in HD that has nothing to do with the movie, and SD extras about the film, as well as the IMAX TDK prologue in HD(just because they're like that).

Disc 2 will be DVD game playable only in PCs called 'Find the Bat' where you point and click to try and figure out why Warner short changed you on this one when the movie raked in a Billion Dollars. And a sneak peek at the Ultimate Edition(with no Batarang) coming out 3 months later.

Disc 3 will be a Digital Copy of the movie that only works on PCs. But the good thing is the specs on it will be better than 70% of their BDs.

Why does Warner have so many good properties??
Let Fox release it and make money off if it in exchange for the right to put Watchmen in theaters on time. Everyone wins.

If fox released it, it would have an MSRP of $6474393493836353632.99

3 discs eh? That's 2 discs too many. I can take a 2 disc set if its chock full of extras or something. 3 discs may be an excuse to overcharge (though Warner didn't overcharge on Blade Runner). Digital Copy is useless for me as well.

Details Emerge About The Dark Knight's Audio and Extras
Posted September 19, 2008 03:03 PM by J.C. Ribera

The PlanetaHD site from Spain is reporting the first detailed information about the audio and supplements to be included on Warner's 'The Dark Knight' Blu-ray Disc release. The highly anticipated title will have a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack and will be issued in a two-disc edition.

In addition to the movie itself, the first disc will include the "Gotham Discovered: The Creation of a Scene" extra where Director Christopher Nolan and his collaborators unveil details on the planning of the movie, including stunt double work, how the filming in IMAX was done and information about the new Bat-suit, Bat-pod, etc.

The second disc will include the following documentaries: "Batman Technology: Gadgets and Tools" (in HD), "Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight" and "The World of Batman Seen Through Real Life Psychotherapy" (in HD), 6 clips from the Gotham Cable Premier's newscast: "Tonight in Gotham", plus art galleries on the Joker's letters, conceptual art, posters, production stills, trailers, and TV spots.

We'll keep you posted as more details come out.

So you're opting for pan-n-scan simply because it's constant? What ever happened to ORIGINAL aspect ratio?

Now, I haven't seen TDK cropped down to a constant AR, I saw it only in Imax. And it is less bothersome since the shift to the Imax sequences are an increase in image height, rather than a reduction in image width as it will be in the home (and increase in height a little I assume). But the Imax sequences are very nicely framed in 4:3, and it's something I actually was paying attention to while watching the film, and I wouldn't want to see that cropped ALL the way down to 2.35, or even 16:9.

That all being said, I don't particularly care that much anyway since I didn't really like the TDK.

This should generate some discussion. Looks like we get Dolby TrueHD 5.1. I'm good with it, but many were counting on DTS-HDMA 7.1. Thoughts?

Source:
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1787

I'm happy with that.

I'll take it.

I thought The Dark Knight was a Warner title, so Dolby TrueHD is to be expected. If The Dark Knight was a New Line title, then that's a different story.

That being said, as long as it's lossless, I'm satisfied.

i dont think warner likes dts hd ma. still, lossless is lossless, and lossless is good

Actually, if its Warner, plain old dolby is expected....

I don't think even Warner will even think of using plain old DD 5.1 on a title of this magnitude. If it's anything other than BD-50 with Dolby TrueHD (48kHz/16-bit) I will be genuinely surprised.

Yeah, it's painful to see "Harold and Kumar" get the full DTS-HDMA treatment, while Speed Racer gets DD5.1.

I was really afraid for TDK when I learned of Speed Racer's debacle.

It will be 48kHz/8-bit so they can double-dip two weeks after.

Whoever was counting on DTS-HD is an idiot. Warner has never put anything DTS on any Blu-ray.

You are wrong because Warner has bought New Line and the first title Journey to the Center of the Earth is New Line and only getting the DD 5.1 640KB treatment. It is a disappointment because the New Line BD's are some of the best looking and sounding BD's out there.

Remember guys this was a site from Spain so we may still get 7.1 DTHD in the U.S. I am crossing my fingers.

And I was going to buy that one.
Seriously... what is wrong with Warner?

I was kinda hoping for DTS or PCM but its better than the other alternatives. my only small gripe with dolby truehd is that I always have to turn it up louder to get it to my preferred listening volume. Ahh well, its still going to be a release day purchase for me.

I can't believe what I am reading here. Every single film should be presented as intended by the filmmaker....NO EXCUSES. They should be OAR and nothing else.

They have said that the BD will have a shifting aspect ratio and that is exactly how it should be. If you have some sort of problem with it, I am very sorry. As far as I am concerned the people who have a problem with this belong in the same category as those who complain about letter boxing. Please, for the love of God, return your BD player now. If you are someone who happens to be wealthy enough to own a dedicated home theater with masking and such...I have no sympathy for you. You will survive. The rest of us deserve to see the move...again...as intended by the filmmaker.

OAR is the only way.

Dolby truehd works for me as long as the PQ's up to the point.
Do you think we could expect this one before Christmas?
I just can't wait I've seen it on imax and the PQ was good for an 100 ft. wide screen, but nothing close to my 52" LCD Panel.

I wanted to know about the aspect ratio. If they include the IMAX scenes, they need to seamless branch those, because I want the option to view the entire movie 2.4:1.

Hopefully, the film will be shown as intended by the filmmaker...OAR. They want the shifting aspect ratio and that's how it should be.

They need to do it, IMAX's frame 4:3 it would be anoying to jump format on Blu-Ray with a much smaller screen.