"The Dark Knight" Blu-ray (Dec. 9th)
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Yeah, I know....work with me dude. It just sounded better then Indiana Jones is the Winning Raider of the Lost Ark. Now that would just be plain silly.
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Originally Posted by trespoochies
I'm curious to read how they're going to address the IMAX portions on the official press release.
Of course, plans may change, but that is what is Nolan wants to do.
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Originally Posted by RoboDad
I read an interview with Nolan a while back that indicated that they were planning to include the IMAX portions of the movie in their original aspect ratio on the disc (which is, I believe, close to 4:3), with the rest of the film presented at 2.35:1.
Of course, plans may change, but that is what is Nolan wants to do.
Of course, plans may change, but that is what is Nolan wants to do.
Yikes. The aspect ratio changes worked fine in the IMAX environment. But in a home theater -- especially in one with a constant image height display -- the shift from 2.4:1 to IMAX's 1.44:1 would be completely underwhelming. Plus, you'd have the black-bar-haters griping about how distracting it is to have the bars moving around from top and bottom to the sides, and then back again.
I hope they just release it 2.4:1. Or, if it's such a huge deal for Nolan to have the AR shift, go from 2.4:1 to 1.78:1.
Then again, who am I to second guess the director's wishes?
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Originally Posted by applesandrice
Or, if it's such a huge deal for Nolan to have the AR shift, go from 2.4:1 to 1.78:1.
*edit* Here it is:
While speaking with iF Magazine, 'The Dark Knight' director Christopher Nolan mentioned that the inevitable of Blu-ray will feature the IMAX shifted aspect ratio. He commented, "The Blu-ray, in particular, will be able to actually use the shifted aspect ratios as it appears on the IMAX screen because the 16:9 aspect ratio is sufficiently different from the 2:4 that you'll actually see a shift on the Blu-ray."
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^^^That doesn't sound quite as bad, but i hope it isn't too distracting. I'm sure Warner has the sense not to mess up one of the biggest releases of the year.
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Originally Posted by Walker Boh
I thought I read somewhere that this was the plan, but I don't know if that was official or just speculation.
*edit* Here it is:
http://www/news/?id=1488
*edit* Here it is:
http://www/news/?id=1488
I think I'd heard that as a possibility, too. I hope that's what they do.
In IMAX, the shift was so dramatic, I'd want to grab the armrests of my seat. There aren't many home theater setups that are going to even come close to that power.
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I hope Warner also makes a bundle with Batman Begins and/or Gotham Knight available at retail. I've been holding off on those two titles hoping that the release of The Dark Knight in December would mean a price break when buying them all together.
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Originally Posted by applesandrice
In IMAX, the shift was so dramatic, I'd want to grab the armrests of my seat. There aren't many home theater setups that are going to even come close to that power.
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I asked Nolan during a Dark Knight Q&A how he was going to handle the IMAX ratio on home video, and he said on Blu-ray the image would shift from 2.40:1 to 1.78:1. This would fill the screen for the IMAX sequences and he also mentioned that Blu-ray is capable of resolving the differences in film stock from 35mm to IMAX.
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Originally Posted by John Slider
Why can't film makers trim the video? I mean honestly, it doesn't seem like True HD to me when it has black bars.
But, just like 4:3 TVs where people didn't like the black bars, some people won't like them on 16:9 TVs either. I can't stand seeing movies improperly framed, it annoys the piss out of me.
that said... 2.35:1 is enormous on my setup though, so I can't complain .
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
I asked Nolan during a Dark Knight Q&A how he was going to handle the IMAX ratio on home video, and he said on Blu-ray the image would shift from 2.40:1 to 1.78:1. This would fill the screen for the IMAX sequences and he also mentioned that Blu-ray is capable of resolving the differences in film stock from 35mm to IMAX.
As cool as the Prologue was on the Batman Begins BD, I'd much rather have the option of choosing what "version" of the film I am watching even if it means two different BD versions of the film.
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With seamless branching, I'd imagine that the BD could offer both versions. If not, it may be IMAX only, as Nolan seemed pretty keen on the shifting ratios. There's only one instance in the film where I found the transition from full screen to widescreen bothersome, but it may be more noticeable at home.
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Given that the compositions in the 35mm version were painfully cramped to my eyes (this was having seen the IMAX already), I really can't imagine watching the film in a constant aspect ratio, but to each his own.
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How many IMAX sequences are there?
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I saw this in IMAX this past weekend. Although the IMAX footage itself looked good, the 35mm footage looked like complete garbage. It was DNR'ed and edge enhanced to hell during the IMAX "DRM" process.
The novelty of watching selected scenes in IMAX didn't make up for the fact that the rest of the presentation was crap. The fact that the crap was blown up to such large proportions only made it worse. With this movie, I am officially done with the IMAX-ification of 35mm movies, which I suppose is the exact opposite of their intended effect.
The novelty of watching selected scenes in IMAX didn't make up for the fact that the rest of the presentation was crap. The fact that the crap was blown up to such large proportions only made it worse. With this movie, I am officially done with the IMAX-ification of 35mm movies, which I suppose is the exact opposite of their intended effect.
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Looks like the Blu-ray will be 2 discs and we may be getting a steelbook Blu-ray release as well, if the news here is true. I'm torn on steelbooks myself, as the hubs are usually pretty tight, and I love the ease and secureness of the regular Blu-ray case hubs. Plus the whole overlapping disc thing. But we'll see.
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I was also underwhelmed by the IMAX version when I saw it last month.
The shifting ratios are pretty distracting when it's just for the establishing shot.
Also, the non-IMAX stuff seemed to be stretched a bit as well.
I'd much rather have a constant 2.40:1 version.
The shifting ratios are pretty distracting when it's just for the establishing shot.
Also, the non-IMAX stuff seemed to be stretched a bit as well.
I'd much rather have a constant 2.40:1 version.
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On my LCD though, I know that the shifting aspect ratios will bother me a lot more. I too would like a consistent aspect ratio throughout the film's entire run-time. But why not the option, through seamless branching, to have both IMAX and non-IMAX versions on the disc?
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We saw it at the WGV IMAX on opening day - the IMAX sequences were amazing and felt seamless with the 2.4 ratio material. Of course this was in a dark theater where there was no definite border to sort of box in the experience.
I'd say just about every major exterior establishing shot (particularly those with "vertically intensive" content like buildings, etc.) were in the IMAX ratio. So it's a decent amount - according to online resources the consensus seems to be ~28 minutes.
I'd say just about every major exterior establishing shot (particularly those with "vertically intensive" content like buildings, etc.) were in the IMAX ratio. So it's a decent amount - according to online resources the consensus seems to be ~28 minutes.