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PoTC: Talking 3-d skull is best menu?

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asj2006

Discussion Starter · May 25, 2007

I am amazed at the menu system of PoTC....that talking 3 dimensional pirate skull is really cool.....are there any titles with really cool menu systems?

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darinp2

· #2 · May 25, 2007

Gets my vote. Previously I liked one of the Weinstein menus (on HD DVD), but I can't think of any menus that I like as much as the ones on these Pirates discs. Nice touch by Disney.

--Darin

Favelle

· #3 · May 25, 2007

That'd be a neat wallpaper!!

asj2006

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by Favelle /forum/post/0

That'd be a neat wallpaper!!

It was taken by a 3 megapixel camera, then shrunk to fit the screen at 800 pixels width.....

The original in HD looks a heck of a lot better......

Disney is by far the best studio in terms of creating overall titles.....

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Ktak

· #5 · May 25, 2007

Agreed. This menu is what I used last night to compare and decide between setting the PS3 for 1080i or 720p output after I installed the 1.8 firmware update. The detail on the skull is so good that I could clearly see the difference between the two settings and I decided on 720p for my good old Sanyo Z2.

asj2006

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by Ktak /forum/post/0

Agreed. This menu is what I used last night to compare and decide between setting the PS3 for 1080i or 720p output after I installed the 1.8 firmware update. The detail on the skull is so good that I could clearly see the difference between the two settings and I decided on 720p for my good old Sanyo Z2.

So you mean the 720p is better than 1080i?????

Also, the liar's dice intro has the same skull but using a much larger talking image...

Ktak

· #7 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by asj2006 /forum/post/0

So you mean the 720p is better than 1080i?????

Also, the liar's dice intro has the same skull but using a much larger talking image...

Based on what I could see via the Z2 (which is 720p native rez.), I think it is. At least for this projector. To be honest, 1080i looked great on the Sanyo and I was more than happy with it before the 1.8 upgrade. But once I was able to view the menu in both resolutions, the skull looked a bit clearer in 720p. At the 1080i setting, the skull's texture seemed more "smeared" for lack of a better word.

asj2006

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 25, 2007

A larger skull as it introduces Liar's Dice....the original is obviously much clearer than this....the flickering torches were also a nice touch....

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cjr1

· #9 · May 25, 2007

The menu is definitely well done and a treat to see, maybe once or twice. It's just a bit drawn out when you are actually trying to just get to the movie or change your settings. Especially after having to skip through the 20min of trailers and anti-piracy messages before you can even get to the menu.

asj2006

Discussion Starter · #10 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by cjr1 /forum/post/0

The menu is definitely well done and a treat to see, maybe once or twice. It's just a bit drawn out when you are actually trying to just get to the movie or change your settings. Especially after having to skip through the 20min of trailers and anti-piracy messages before you can even get to the menu.

Just be glad the studios allow you to SKIP the trailers!

As to being drawn out, you CAN press the skip button and head directly to the movie.

In fact, since I've already seen this movie several times, I was more impressed by the packaging AROUND the movie than the movie itself...it's nice to see such care and craftmanship lovingly bestowed on a product, especially when compared to the barebones (e.g. no artwork on the disc face) Sony offerings or the really nasty looking HD-DVD products

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RUR

· #11 · May 25, 2007

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The menu is definitely well done and a treat to see, maybe once or twice. It's just a bit drawn out when you are actually trying to just get to the movie or change your settings.

What you said. Just.....give.....me.....the.....d**ned.....movie.

This multiple-trailer-with-no-escape-option crap is exactly what Disney used to do on DVD. Hopefully, they'll migrate on BD to the same paradigm as they have on DVD i.e. one can simply press the menu button to skip all the annoying trailers.

petmic10

· #12 · May 25, 2007

I must admit the pirate skull on the menu screen was nicely done.

asj2006

Discussion Starter · #13 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by RUR /forum/post/0

This multiple-trailer-with-no-escape-option crap is exactly what Disney used to do on DVD. Hopefully, they'll migrate on BD to the same paradigm as they have on DVD i.e. one can simply press the menu button to skip all the annoying trailers.

What do you mean, I could skip each trailer as they came up by using the scan forward button. Not ideal obviously, but better than having to look at trailers that i am not interested in

In the end, I hope it will be possible to simply download the most recent trailers you want from the net.

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RUR

· #14 · May 25, 2007

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What do you mean, I could skip each trailer as they came up by using the scan forward button. Not ideal obviously, but better than having to look at trailers that i am not interested in

Indeed you can, but a better approach is that used by Disney on their current DVD's i.e. press the menu button and skip all the trailers. This affords maximum flexibility to the consumer: watch no trailers or all trailers or skip thru and watch only those of interest. Menu button is disabled during trailers on their current BD's and I find this annoying as, apparently, do others.

wishman35

· #15 · May 25, 2007

The menu is the best i have ever seen.

It is awesome how when he tells you to choose wisely and you click on Main Menu---he says a little quote like good luck and then it slowly leads into the theme song.

kick --- asss

Fettastic

· #16 · May 25, 2007

The skull is very cool. As for that Lionsgate title with the previous best menu, that would be First Blood.

ckenisell

· #17 · May 25, 2007

Since the PS3 doesn't pick up where you left off when attempting to replay the disc, the trailers, antipiracy video and disclaimer at the beginning are VERY annoying. By the time you get to the menu, you don't want to wait for skull to stop talking before getting access to the menu. I swear, you have to press the "next chapter" button ten to fifteen times before you get to the main menu. And the transitions between menus are not seamless because the talking skull has to reset before it talks during the transition. Pretty lame in my mind.

I'm all for extras and cool menu systems, but this one is actually a hinderance and not something "cool".

Please, Disney, let us press the "main menu" button during those trailers. Don't force it upon us.

MSmith83

· #18 · May 25, 2007

I really like this menu as well. My previous favorite menu was Miami Vice on HD DVD. The Miami Vice HD DVD introduced image resizing, and the music really gets you in the mood to watch the movie.

asj2006

Discussion Starter · #19 · May 25, 2007

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Originally Posted by ckenisell /forum/post/0

Since the PS3 doesn't pick up where you left off when attempting to replay the disc, the trailers, antipiracy video and disclaimer at the beginning are VERY annoying. By the time you get to the menu, you don't want to wait for skull to stop talking before getting access to the menu. I swear, you have to press the "next chapter" button ten to fifteen times before you get to the main menu. And the transitions between menus are not seamless because the talking skull has to reset before it talks during the transition. Pretty lame in my mind.

I'm all for extras and cool menu systems, but this one is actually a hinderance and not something "cool".

Please, Disney, let us press the "main menu" button during those trailers. Don't force it upon us.

You might need a firmware...

1. I can watch the movie, transition over to Liar's Dice, play a game or several games, then go back to the same exact spot in the movie that I left. I did it several times yesterday while trying to take pics of the "loading" key.

2. The transition and loading times for the movie itself and for when you move between liar's dice and the movie are between 2 seconds to 4 seconds....i timed it because i was trying to get a good pic of the "loading" key and it was very hard to get it becaues it occured so fast.

3. Other than that, I agree about too many trailers

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aaroen

· #20 · May 25, 2007

I recieved both curse of the black pearl and dead man's chest yesterday from Amazon. What a joke. I own two blu ray players the SONY and the new Samsung BDP-1200. Curse of the Black Pearl take forever to load on both players and Dead Man's Chest won't load at all on the SONY player, just stops hangs up. On the Samsung it loads after a long delay and plays all the trailers but when the main Flaming Skull logo comes up there is now "Play Movie" selection to start the movie. It just keeps playing the audio. Is anyone else experiencing this. Do I have a defective disk?

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