I'm picking up my steelbook and Blu Ray tomorrow. Unfortunatly they have to sat under the tree until Christmas day. But at least I know I have them. That steelbook is beautiful.

My plan is getting the Batpod Blu-ray edition from Best Buy, and hopefully grabbing those sweet figures for $9.99 each.

If I fail (I plan on being there at 9am opening, but I'm not a morning person on my day off) so Target's Mask case is my 2nd choice. It would go well with my Iron Man case.

Actually as much as I loved this movie, ALL the promotional art has been horrible. The only one I kind of liked was the "why so serious one" http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/hom...night_ver4.jpg

Compare this: http://www.cinemaverdict.com/wp-cont...ght_poster.jpg

with this: http://www.soundwavescinema.com/Cine...anBegins-B.jpg

and this: http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell...an.begins1.gif

I much prefer the marketing art for Batman Begins.

But I'm still picking up the steelbook tomorrow.

Well, I'll throw up this as another example of a good poster from this campaign (spoilered for size):



But I definitely agree. The <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">marketing</span> poster art for The Dark Knight wasn't nearly as solid as it was for Batman Begins. But, for the discussion at hand -- yeah, the Bat Pod art just doesn't do anything for me. At all.

EDIT: Didn't mean the full campaign, just the poster art.

I can understand if you don't like the images, but to say the marketing for The Dark Knight wasn't as good as, well, pretty much any other film is absurd. This was the most extensive, involved marketing campaign the world has ever seen, in my opinion, and, while the film is incredible, it is probably the number one reason why this is the number two film of all time.

That came as an exclusive lithograph/holograph at Best Buy if you purchased the Batman Begins Gift Set.

WOW! I could not DISagree with you more. As a matter of fact, ever since they started promoting this movie, I've been saying this is some of the best poster art I've seen in YEARS. The "why so serious" one, the burning building, batman at the window, joker from behind on the street,...

I used to collect lots of posters, but absoutely nothing has been worth getting for a LOOONG time.
Kudos to WB and their TDK campaign. Great artwork!

Count me in as another one who thought The Dark Knight had a phenomenal advertising campaign, including everything from the trailers and posters to the extensive viral marketing.

That's what my main gripe is with the "Bat-Pod" artwork. Judged on its own merits I don't think it's that bad, but compared to some of the other excellent artwork it's not nearly as good.

I've ended up going the trade-in route at MovieStop, and I'll try to use a Papa John's coupon for $3 more off. If that works plus the trade-ins on movies I've never watched, I'll get the 2 disc for about $2.

Does anyone know if any stores have The Joker cover for the BluRay disc? I'm having a bit of trouble looking around in the threads and can't find any.

Why not order it online with store pick-up and sleep in?

I got mine this morning from Amazon. A day early...badass.

Just got back from Best Buy... the t-shirt is pretty cool, and the Harvey Dent button was a nice surprise. Cant wait to dive into this one.

Any pictures? There were no midnight releases within a reasonable driving distance of me, and I really wanted to get the swag that was being given away.

:(

I'm sorry, cant do pics tonight. I'm sure they will pop up soon though... keep an eye out.

I got the Blu-ray with Clown Mask bust, as well as the Joker figurine. Passed on the Bat-pod edition, because I'm going to be getting the Mask packaging from Target in the morning.

Best Buy as giving away black t-shirts with the Batman logo made up of Ha Ha Ha's in white lettering. It says on the back: The Madness Begins on DVD & Blu-ray 12-9-08. Best Buy logo on left sleeve.

Also got an I Believe in Harvey Dent button and Joker playing card.

I was looking forward on your statement back in Sept. 23 (from the other thread)

hahahaha (as what the Tshirt said).. Just Jokin.. Nick Crush, thanks for confirming that a Tshirt, Button and Card were the giveaways!

Will get mine later...

Question.. the DC Direct Mini Figures are for FEE and NOT FREE when you buy the special editions?

:lol:

Yea, the truth of the matter is, the Bat-pod BD simply didnt impress me for the dollar amount. Plus, I have reason to believe someone has gotten me the Hot Toys Bat-pod for Christmas.

Tomorrow I will be getting the FYE Steelbook, Target Mask BD, CC Why So Serious Packaging DVD, and Wal-Mart Coin-pack bundle (although I will be giving the DVD itself from the Wal-Mart pack as a gift, assuming it is individually wrapped).

And yes, the DC Direct Mini Figures were $9.99

Good luck tomorrow xage!

I got a chance to have a look at the Australian 2-Disc DVD and you guys got ROYALLY Boned in the extras department.

The Extras on the US version had very little of the Gotham Uncovered, only 2 of the galleries and only the trailers as well as a useless digital copy, the only thing the two releases have in common was the IMAX scenes.

The OZ Version has 5 segments of Gotham Uncovered which calculated together runs 63:33 (which is roughly the same as the 64:10 from the HD version), all 4 galleries and the TV ads.

Again, you guys really got the short end of the stick, and it saddens me to say it too.

TDK w/ 2-in-1 DC Comic Book and a Two-Face Prop Replica Collector Coin (Wal-Mart Canada exclusive)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_002.jpg

TDK w/ Journal and Batman Card (BlockBuster Canada Exclusive)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_004.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_005.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_006.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_008.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_009.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_010.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TDK/th_011.jpg

LOL @ the French Joker Why So Serious cover

Just picturing the Joker in my head taking the time to write Why So Serious in two languages

Best Buy Midnight Release Loot:

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6...1222yh1.th.jpg

Campaign Button:

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7...1223gj5.th.jpg

T-Shirt:

Front
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8...1224ve6.th.jpg

Back
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/6...1225bc3.th.jpg
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/4...1226oj6.th.jpg

Thanks for those pics howwon. That answers my question from the previous thread about whether or not the standard slipcover is included. I'm not too disapointed though. I think it's quite cool that there's a version of the movie with two unique images of the villain, but not one of the hero.

Best Buy Joker Mask DVD set:

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6...1228vw0.th.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9...1227ma5.th.jpg http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/8...1229yh0.th.jpg
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1...1230hw3.th.jpg http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3...1232fe7.th.jpg

Best Buy Batman Cowl DVD Set:

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4...1233tp9.th.jpg http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/5...1234fy4.th.jpg http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1...1235bw1.th.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/1...1236ou0.th.jpg

Batpod BR Set:

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2...1237zp7.th.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9...1239up6.th.jpg http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/6...1240ft6.th.jpg http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2...1241zg4.th.jpg