Why is the Batman (1989 Keaton) DVD so bad?
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Why is the Batman (1989 Keaton) movie so bad?
The dvd looks like a VHS copy.
You can see these white specks or spots that appear occasionally on the screen.
Was dvd technology that bad in 1997?
You can see these white specks or spots that appear occasionally on the screen.
Was dvd technology that bad in 1997?
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Originally posted by corycouger
Was dvd technology that bad in 1997?
Was dvd technology that bad in 1997?
As an example of how things were back then, I always think of Criterion's The Seven Samurai, which was their first or second DVD.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcom...m/7samurai.jpg
This link shows some screen caps of the Criterion vs. the more recent Toho Japanese release. The Criterion shows among other problems compression artifacting that would be unacceptable on a new DVD, but at the time ('97 or '98) it was probably state of the art.
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Oh you mean the DVD itself. Probably an early rush to issue big name titles on DVD without much invested in clean up. Next year we're supposed to see the long awaited special edition of the movie so I imagine it will look fantastic.
As bad as the current one may look I gotta say it beats my VHS which last time I checked was actually bending at the top of the screen and has a white tracking line through the first 30 minutes.
As bad as the current one may look I gotta say it beats my VHS which last time I checked was actually bending at the top of the screen and has a white tracking line through the first 30 minutes.
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chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
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DVD mastering technology has come a log way since the first releases in 1997. Take a look at some of the early reviews praising the picture quality of the `97 release of Blade Runner DC, and compare those reviews with recent complaints of the very same transfer.
BTW, you should make your thread titles more specific; it looks as if you don't like the actual movie as opposed to the transfer.
BTW, you should make your thread titles more specific; it looks as if you don't like the actual movie as opposed to the transfer.
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As a comic book movie fan, I'd like to own the Batman films, but not until they come out in a brand spanky new anamorphic transfers. And yes, I'll even get the 3rd and 4th ones.
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Originally posted by QuiGonJosh
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
Batman is Batman. He has no character arc: only those around him do. Are you going to say next that TAS sucks because there is no arc there, either?
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Originally posted by QuiGonJosh
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
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Nicholson's perfomance is probably the best interpretation of a villain in a film based on a comic book.
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Originally posted by PopcornTreeCt
Batman kills people is a bad thing? Sometimes I just don't understand...
Batman kills people is a bad thing? Sometimes I just don't understand...
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Originally posted by QuiGonJosh
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
Joker is amazing
The suit is money
The movie is very good imo.
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Originally posted by Maxflier
I think he is alluding to the fact that the comic book Batman never kills,so him killing people in the movie is bad.(Although i dont remember him killing anyone).
I think he is alluding to the fact that the comic book Batman never kills,so him killing people in the movie is bad.(Although i dont remember him killing anyone).
He did throw one of Joker's henchmen down the bell tower (when the goon looks down the shaft, Batman grabs him with his feet, and throws him down the bell tower).
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For a second I thought you were dissing my favorite comic film...
Yeah, I haven't seen the DVD, but I heard the quality licks. There's been rumors of a Special Edition soon. And with the new movie out in the summer or whatever, I imagine they will do SE's of all 4 current films, which I'd be even tho Part 4 is total total CRAP.
Yeah, I haven't seen the DVD, but I heard the quality licks. There's been rumors of a Special Edition soon. And with the new movie out in the summer or whatever, I imagine they will do SE's of all 4 current films, which I'd be even tho Part 4 is total total CRAP.
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He did throw one of Joker's henchmen down the bell tower (when the goon looks down the shaft, Batman grabs him with his feet, and throws him down the bell tower).
He did throw one of Joker's henchmen down the bell tower (when the goon looks down the shaft, Batman grabs him with his feet, and throws him down the bell tower).
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Originally posted by Josh Z
The scene where he remote-controls the Batmobile also has a bunch of thugs being machine gunned down, as I recall.
The scene where he remote-controls the Batmobile also has a bunch of thugs being machine gunned down, as I recall.
damn...now i want to watch it again such a great movie.
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Originally posted by digitalfreaknyc
Actually the batmobile drops the bomb that makes axis chemicals blow up, including the henchmen surrounding the car.
Actually the batmobile drops the bomb that makes axis chemicals blow up, including the henchmen surrounding the car.
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Originally posted by QuiGonJosh
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
chubby Joker dancing to Prince songs
complete lack of character arc
kim basinger
Batman kills people
the suit
ohh this is about the DVD...whoops...I had it...it was ok...Elfman's wonderful score (only good thing about the movie) sounded awesomein 5.1
I'd upgrade all 4 DVDs yeah even 3 and 4 are good movies
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Originally posted by evitagen
Very true. The machine guns were used to cut a hole in a door for the Batmobile to escape. While I don't think that it is so outrageous that Batman might kill someone, Batman using a gun as a weapon is something that absolutely warrants complaints.
Very true. The machine guns were used to cut a hole in a door for the Batmobile to escape. While I don't think that it is so outrageous that Batman might kill someone, Batman using a gun as a weapon is something that absolutely warrants complaints.
Here is a pretty good batman site for the comic.
http://www.rasalghul.co.uk/index.php
I was turing to find the cover with him hold a gun across his chest could not find it. It has covers for all batman comics on that site.
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Hopefully I didn't jinx a SE when I traded in my copy today at blockbuster Seriously though I'm fairly certain WB will release a two disc SE to coincide with the new movie next summer.