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The Dark Knight: 12-09-08

Old 07-18-08, 11:41 PM
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I've already decided: the day "The Dark Knight" comes out on DVD, I'm throwing away my cell phone, not going to work, and locking myself in a room to watch this movie over and over again until someone breaks the door down.
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Old 07-19-08, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by BullGooseLoony
I've already decided: the day "The Dark Knight" comes out on DVD, I'm throwing away my cell phone, not going to work, and locking myself in a room to watch this movie over and over again until someone breaks the door down.
It was a fantastic movie. I've seen in it twice within 24 hours!
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Old 07-19-08, 10:38 AM
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Excellent movie! Can't wait to get the dvd to get rid of the babies and talkers. I may try to check it out in IMAX, though!
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Old 07-19-08, 08:52 PM
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It was a fantastic movie. I've seen in it twice within 24 hours!
Me too! I'll definitely be seeing it in IMAX within the next couple weeks. I think this might actually end up being the movie I've seen the most times in theatres. Lord knows I can't leave that distinction to Scream 2 (5 times) anymore.

I always find myself revisiting Batman Begins on DVD, so I have no doubts this will get just as much attention come December and beyond. I kinda wish they'd include the deleted scenes and alternate takes, but I'll be pretty happy if they at least include both of the major theatrical trailers.

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Old 07-19-08, 08:54 PM
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I just hope there is a commentary this time around.
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Old 07-19-08, 11:49 PM
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Really hope they have poster concepts for The Dark Knight like they did with Batman Begins.
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Old 07-20-08, 01:16 AM
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I hope they have a section to place all the posters, trailers (TV and movie) and maybe a featurette on the viral marketing.
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I'm kinda surprised there won't be an unrated cut. There were a couple shots that seemed forced because Nolan had to pull away to avoid an R rating. Joker having his knife in the guy's mouth was one I remember.
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Old 07-21-08, 06:03 PM
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I don't think DC/Warner would allow an unrated Batman movie.
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Originally Posted by TheMovieman
I hope they have a section to place all the posters, trailers (TV and movie) and maybe a featurette on the viral marketing.
yeah, it would be cool if they included a DVD-ROM that contained an archive of all of the viral websites as well.
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Old 07-21-08, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I'm kinda surprised there won't be an unrated cut. There were a couple shots that seemed forced because Nolan had to pull away to avoid an R rating. Joker having his knife in the guy's mouth was one I remember.
there's no way to know for sure if it was strictly a ratings thing or an artistic decision (likely it was a combo of both), but i thought the implied violence was even more psychologically effective than more explicit gore would have been.
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Old 08-07-08, 04:03 PM
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if the dark knight has a chance to exceed Titanic in total box office sales would they delay the dvd release and try to milk as much money out of the box office and the theatrical run before releasing it on DVD?
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Old 08-07-08, 04:09 PM
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there's no way to know for sure if it was strictly a ratings thing or an artistic decision (likely it was a combo of both), but i thought the implied violence was even more psychologically effective than more explicit gore would have been.
Exactly. That movie was as hard a PG-13 as you could get, and a testament to the fact that a movie can be very violent without sheding any blood.
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Old 08-07-08, 04:10 PM
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if the dark knight has a chance to exceed Titanic in total box office sales would they delay the dvd release and try to milk as much money out of the box office and the theatrical run before releasing it on DVD?
A part of me wants to agree, but this movie will be THE Christmas gift for 2008, and Warners would probably be more interested in the $200 million or so this could pull in on DVD instead of another $10 million by keeping it in theaters.
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Originally Posted by BullGooseLoony
A part of me wants to agree, but this movie will be THE Christmas gift for 2008, and Warners would probably be more interested in the $200 million or so this could pull in on DVD instead of another $10 million by keeping it in theaters.
I'm pretty sure that Warner Brothers will probably "re-release" the film back into theaters around christmas anyway. The film proved so successful (and honestly good) they'll probably be pushing for Oscars Nominations.
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Anyone know what the store exclusives or freebies for this DVD will be?

it will be better to know now so you can preorder any exclusive gift sets or dvds that come with bonus dvds since they will probably sell out on the first day of release.
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Old 08-07-08, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Anyone know what the store exclusives or freebies for this DVD will be?

it will be better to know now so you can preorder any exclusive gift sets or dvds that come with bonus dvds since they will probably sell out on the first day of release.
Not yet, but I think it's safe to say that xage will end up with 36 copies.
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well all Film buffs like ourselves and the average Blu Ray consumer who may not know (these two can also be the same) will get, as we all know now, the IMAX version of TDK. That alone is damn fine gift with the Blu Ray disc. I'm assuming will get a Tribute to Heath Ledger thing, and around the same amount of material that was presented in the BB 2 disc DVD. Just you know...the TDK edition of the material, comics it was based on *The Killer Joke, The Man that Laughs, more Long Halloween, and of course the first issues with The Joker*, How they came up and made the Bat Pod, etc....
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I like the movie, and have Batman Begins, but don't know if I'll get this one. I saw it last night (my first DLP movie!) and while underwhelmed is putting it a bit strongly, wasn't as blown away as I was with BB. Much better than the usual summer action crap, but far from a perfect movie. Started to drag before the end. Could have used some cuts here and there to speed up the pace. And was I the only one put off by the cop's flippant comment when the helicopter is "closelined"? I'm getting off the subject. I'm not a knee-jerk "everyone loves it so it can't be good" movie goer, either. It just wasn't/couldn't be as good as everyone had said.
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Old 08-20-08, 02:08 AM
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http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/08/14/...tpod-gift-set/

/Film reader Tony F sent us some photos of what could be the inevitable gift sets and box art for The Dark Knight’s DVD / Blu-ray release. We’ve heard that Warner Bros wants to release the film on home video in December (we’ve heard December 8th), to take advantage of gift season.

These have NOT been confirmed by the studio, and very well could be fan creations.

But for now, lets just pretend they are real. The most impressive of the bunch is the 2-Disc BatPod Collector’s Edition, where the two discs are housed in the base of a BatPod display (which looks roughly 1:18 scale).

There is also a 2-Disc BatMask edition, seen below.
The movie will be available in three standard flavors (from left to right): A 2-disc special edition, A 2-disc special edition in a limited Steelbook case, and on Blu-Ray.



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Old 08-20-08, 02:27 AM
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If those are in fact real, I'd probably go with the Steelbook. The batpod and mask don't do much for me. I'd be willing to bet they are fake, though.
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Old 08-20-08, 02:44 AM
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If those are in fact real, I'd probably go with the Steelbook. The batpod and mask don't do much for me. I'd be willing to bet they are fake, though.
ill take that bet for one batpod please
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Assuming they are real, steelbook for me. Looks awesome.
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Old 08-20-08, 11:18 AM
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I usually love the exclusive box set stuff.. but (assuming they're real), these don't excite me at all. The steelbook, though, is very pretty.
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I think that Blu-ray's a Steelbook!
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