Now, for most of you, this week's Batman releases are what you are more accustomed to. You can bet Warner Bros. will churn out as much Batman as possible before
Dark Knight. Really, we just saw a
Dark Knight tie-in with Comcast cable service. That's right, cable service. Here are the rest of this week's Blu-ray releases:
First up, we've got
Batman Begins on Blu-ray. Unfortunately there aren't any new extras except for a Dark Knight prologue in HD. The limited edition includes Hollywood Movie Money which takes $7.50 off your movie ticket for
Dark Knight and some art/comic books.
Batman: Gotham Knight is the
Animatrix-esque prelude for the current Batman franchise. Featuring five directors, five stories and voicework by Kevin Conroy, this is a must-have if you are a Batman fan. The Blu-ray release even includes 4 episodes from
Batman: The Animated Series.
The Ruins is actually not a terrible movie, as it follows in the footsteps of recent horror flicks like
Cabin Fever, but we would wait till the price goes down a bit.
{ Jul 6th 2008 at 8:10PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ChodalBerryWagon @ Jul 6th 2008 8:28PM
Cool. I'm just about to try and get me some Myspace Black Curtain tickets for the advanced screening in Sydney for the Dark Knight!
wish me luck lol
hahaha, 10.5 and Category 7, I remember those movies. They were only meant to be TV movies, right? because they were terrible lol
I mean come on, 'Category 7: End of the world' - they have to be freakin kidding. How the hell can a storm destroy the whole world...
Kira @ Jul 6th 2008 8:34PM
I've been waiting on Dark Knight for months now. I just can't decide if it's worth the twenty extra dollars for blu ray on a standard TV.
Side note: Last night I dreamt my wife and I went swimming in the community pool with the Justice League. I talked underwater to see if Superman could hear me and we had fun with that. It was a good time.
Kira @ Jul 6th 2008 8:35PM
*Sorry, I meant Gotham Knight.
motorer @ Jul 6th 2008 8:51PM
Baman: The Animated Series on Blu Ray. make it happen warner bros!!!!!!!
motorer @ Jul 6th 2008 8:52PM
*batman* (whoops)
rbanke @ Jul 6th 2008 8:56PM
Thank you blurayfanboy.com
browntown @ Jul 6th 2008 9:30PM
Batman Begins will be mine
klexam @ Jul 6th 2008 10:30PM
Just ordered the Batman Begins Limited Edition at Amazon. Thanks for the heads up PS3fanboy.
Metoo @ Jul 6th 2008 11:33PM
I will be renting Gotham Knight and The Ruins. I'm not sure I want Batman Begins. It was a way better Batman movie than the last few, but I want the first two Burton films on Blu-ray.
CuSztOm16 @ Jul 7th 2008 1:37AM
Damn, i def saw the trailer for Batman: Gotham Knight a couple months back and after seening this i was like "im definately getting this when it come out". The animation looks absoulty gorgeous and great. I'm definately a batman fan (i got all the bat mobiles and basically a shrine of batman collectibles on my dresser, lol) and gettin this movie blu-ray is manditory, lol. Wow these two movies comming out, lego batman coming in the fall and well as MK vs DC. Doesn't get better than this....sigh.... :D
sicklesdawg @ Jul 7th 2008 1:50AM
I'll be buying Batman thanks for the update!
Dave @ Jul 7th 2008 6:05AM
Get alerted when the prices (inevitably) drop on these Blu-rays:
http://us.pricealerter.co.uk/
Carney @ Jul 7th 2008 12:12PM
Notice how this animated version, as shown in the Blu-ray box cover, correctly shows Batman as having white eyes with no irises or pupils. Most animated showings and comics also get this right. It's an essential element of his image, remaining consitent throughout drastic changes in costume, tone, and plot. It also helps make him expressive, since he usually remains stoically square jawed and outwardly expressionless, but the dramatically white eyes can convey a great deal of emotion on their own with the help of a skilled artist (or, theoretically, a skilled live actor).
However, none of the live-action version of Batman that I'm aware of (the 40s serials, the 60s campfest TV show and movie, the 80s/90s Burton/Schumacher film franchise, or the current Christian Bale film franchise) do this.
As a result, none of the live action Batmans looks like Batman. Instead they all look like some goofball wearing a Batman costume, sometimes cheap, sometimes expensive, but no more.
The really maddening part is that lately they've often shown Batman's eyelids and the rest of his face as shown inside his cowl's eyeholes as being darkened with makeup to be the same color as the cowl. That's corect, but why not go the next route and give him white contacts? You could even show a scene with him taking them off or putting them on, perhaps with expositionary dialogue explaining that this makes him look more frightening to superstitious criminals, or that the lenses protect him from blinding flares and chemicals, etc.
But no. Every time, all the time, producers and directors refuse to make him look right, and the result is just some loser in a Batman costume, NOT Batman.
Shahryar @ Jul 7th 2008 12:33PM
My Gotham Knight on Blu-ray is en route and will be arriving tomorrow, right on time. I bought direct from Warners and I went with a deal I found on slickdeals.net using a 30% discount and free shipping. I pre-bought my Gotham Knight w/ Justice League season 1 on blu-ray (released in August).
Final prices:
QTY Item
1 Justice League of America: Season 1
Blu-Ray
Price $33.57 (Savings $14.38)
1 Batman Anime (BD)
Blu-Ray
Price $18.86 (Savings $8.09)
Sub Total: $ 52.43
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ORDER BALANCE: $ 52.43