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Have to say...
I watched Batman last night and although it looked better than I thought it would, it definitely wasn't stellar. In fact, if you watch the scene right as the Batwing goes up to the moon, there are cuts in the print. Also, the sound mix is just atrocious. Very little surround activity (was listening to DTS). Also, what's the deal with NOT having the Batman Forever teaser on there? THAT was my favorite Batman trailer. It had all music from the first movie and even had that shot of Bruce and the giant bat in it. Too bad :( Any place to find that on another disc?? |
Originally Posted by Rogue588
Yeah, it was part of the setlist for his "Nude" tour. And I believe that behind the scenes footage was part of a UK documentary. I wouldn't have expected the footage to make it on the disc, but it's disappointing [but not unexpected] that Partyman's edited. Glad I have the full version on a disc somewhere..
Is it available on any commercial release? I have the video hits collection from Warner Bros and PURPLE RAIN, but even those DVDs are woefully incomplete. |
Originally Posted by CertifiedTHX
NEW RULE: Clerks in specialty stores have to be geekier than, or at least as geeky as, their average customer. When someone walks in, and you react with a blank stare because they have more information than you, it's time for a change of job. Because if you, working in a store dedicated to DVDs and home theater systems, are stumped about something as basic as a new DVD release, give me that uniform, and let me make the big (minimum wage) bucks!
I was at Best Buy a couple weeks ago, pondering the new Fog release, and I asked a guy rearranging shelf contents if they were going to have some promotional tie-in with Revenge of the Sith. He said he was sure they would, and that it was coming out soon, but apparently didn't know the date. I offered, "November 1." So I had more information going in. I've even just recently asked a buddy of mine who still works there what was happening with Batman and Revenge of the Sith, and even he didn't know--and I even knew a little bit more than he did, just from what I've read online. Not everything can be blamed on the individual employees--the overall lack of knowlege passed down from corporate to the store level is the main culprit, in my opinion. But I still knew all the important release dates, though. :) |
Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
Also, what's the deal with NOT having the Batman Forever teaser on there? THAT was my favorite Batman trailer. It had all music from the first movie and even had that shot of Bruce and the giant bat in it. Too bad :( Any place to find that on another disc??
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What are the Batman/Batman Returns teasers like? Are they any similar to the ones on the SEs?
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Originally Posted by Doughboy
Actually, I'm pretty sure that is the teaser for Batman Forever. The trailer is the one with the shot of the giant bat. From the looks of it, Batman and Batman Returns have the trailers, but not the teasers. And Batman Forever and Crapman & Robin are vice versa, teasers but no trailers.
Batman Forever had 4 trailers. Not sure about B&R. |
Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
Batman and Batman Returns never had teasers.
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Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
Not sure about B&R.
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Originally Posted by Skoobooz
Um...except Batman had perhaps the most famous teaser of all time.
Then show me. This came up on the HTB. No one could prove there was ever any other trailer besides the one on the DVD. |
The teaser for Batman was raw dailies cut together with no post-production on them. This was done to reassure all the Keaton naysayers.
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Originally Posted by Skoobooz
Um...except Batman had perhaps the most famous teaser of all time.
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The one I posted above you.
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They even discussed it in the documentary.
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the trailer for Batman already seemed very raw, with no music during most of it. So the teaser was even rougher??
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Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
Batman and Batman Returns never had teasers.
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Again, if these teasers exist, then where are they? Nowhere on the net?
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Digi, I don't think they were meant to be widely seen - although it would have been great to see it on the DVD purely for historical context.
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There's a good article at the Tim Burton Collective from USA Today dated 06/19/1989 that mentions the teaser was released in January.
http://www.timburtoncollective.com/articles/bat12.html |
Another quote from another article on the same site:
Even cartoonist Bob Kane, who created the Dark Knight 50 years ago, had early misgivings about Keaton, Peters recalled. And Kane's fears intensified after publication of an article last year in the Wall Street Journal "where they absolutely, completely crucified us. "They went to comic book conventions across the United States, where fans were booing the concept of Michael as Batman, and they really felt we were bastardizing the idea. "So Peter and I went into the editing room in December, cut a brief trailer and took it back to the United States. It had no narrative, no dialogue, no music, no credits--just some dynamic bits of footage. "It was shown in theatres in January and February, and it basically changed the whole direction and perception of the movie, because people realized Batman would be a dark adventure and not a farce." |
Originally Posted by DieselsDen
You do have it on a disc somewhere? Are you at liberty to tell me where? I only have it on lousy VHS tape (from TV broadcasts).
Is it available on any commercial release? I have the video hits collection from Warner Bros and PURPLE RAIN, but even those DVDs are woefully incomplete. |
Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
Again, if these teasers exist, then where are they? Nowhere on the net?
Luckily, I was able to find it here. The quality is awful, but the teaser's great. Warner seems to have completely arbitrary, yet fairly inflexible rules about trailers: They almost never include more than one (Batman Begins for example has the teaser but not the trailer), they never include release dates or "coming soon" at the tail (and some have been choppily reedited to remove such dates - see Lethal Weapon 4), and they are never 5.1 (the only exception being Contact). |
My local Best Buy is now totally out of the Deluxe Edition, and it's no longer anywhere to be found in their system. DDD has it with a release date of 11/08/05 however.
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Originally Posted by BrentLumkin
My local Best Buy is now totally out of the Deluxe Edition, and it's no longer anywhere to be found in their system. DDD has it with a release date of 11/08/05 however.
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Yes, that's exactly right.
In case I missed it, let me ask everyone this. Have they actually said just what exactly is going on with this release? |
Originally Posted by CliffStephenson
Warner seems to have completely arbitrary, yet fairly inflexible rules about trailers: They almost never include more than one (Batman Begins for example has the teaser but not the trailer), they never include release dates or "coming soon" at the tail (and some have been choppily reedited to remove such dates - see Lethal Weapon 4), and they are never 5.1 (the only exception being Contact).
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