When will Batman begins get a new uber edition?

[#Darren]

When do you think we will get a re-released uber special edition? Must be due soon?

[styl3s]

Doubt it, TDK might get a new edition this year or next with make some better behind the scenes/makings with heath footage

its been how long since BB came out? we did get the deluxe thing with the USB and cards and stuff but im going with no on a "uber" edition

[Ureh]

Eh. Too bad I already have the standard edition BD for TDK. Unless the bonuses/improvements are considerable, I'm probably not going to make the upgrade.

[fatediesel]

I wouldn't expect a new edition until the next Batman movie is in theaters, which Warner Brothers plans for summer 2011, although that could easily get pushed back. There's no guarantee they will release a new edition either.

[bboisvert]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

I wouldn't expect a new edition until the next Batman movie is in theaters, which Warner Brothers plans for summer 2011, although that could easily get pushed back. There's no guarantee they will release a new edition either.

This.

I'm sure we haven't seen the "final" edition of Batman Begins, but they'll probably weight to cross-promote with the 3rd film.

[Chester Lime]

New Edition?? What was wrong with the "old edition"?
Was it too grainy? Was Liam Neesons voice not loud enough? Did Batman shoot first??

I have both THe DARK NIGHT and BATMAN BEGINS on blu. Aside from the pesky aspect ratio changes in TDK, they both look great.

[KingLeonidas300]

If and when the 3rd film is done, I think we could see a box set of the 3 and new individual releases of BB and TDK.

[progers13]

Originally Posted by Chester Lime

New Edition?? What was wrong with the "old edition"?
Was it too grainy? Was Liam Neesons voice not loud enough? Did Batman shoot first??

I have both THe DARK NIGHT and BATMAN BEGINS on blu. Aside from the pesky aspect ratio changes in TDK, they both look great.

Batman Begins is a great movie, but it suffers from a poor transfer (compliments of being a direct port of the HD-DVD version).

Read the review here. Specifically the audio section:

"Watch the scene where Batman eludes the police in the Batmobile, jumping from rooftop to rooftop. At one point, as the tumbler cruises along a sloped roof, the wheels rip off ceramic tiles in rapid succession, like machine gun fire. When I saw the film in the theater, the wheels made a distinct sound as the Batmobile drove over each of these tiles, but the detail, impact and dynamic punch of this audio sequence was a bit lost on the Blu-ray. The sonics are not badly muddied, but they lack the punch, realism and extension of the best BD content. This is a prime example of how HD DVD held back the HD formats. Hopefully, Warner's days of using low bitrate content on BD are coming to an end."

The Dark Knight fares better in the audio department, and the IMAX scenes are fantastic. But the non-IMAX scenes in The Dark Knight are DNRed to death and hardly look like they belong in the same film. Check out Paramount's handling of Transformers: ROTF to see how similar the IMAX and non-IMAX scenes are supposed to look.

[McGarnigal]

How come Transformers1 blu port of the HD-DVD didnt hold back the transfer? I'd guess cause most of the extras are on disc2?

[progers13]

Originally Posted by McGarnigal

How come Transformers1 blu port of the HD-DVD didnt hold back the transfer? I'd guess cause most of the extras are on disc2?

I may be mistaken, but I don't think Transformers was an exact port of the HD-DVD version.

[sfmarine]

We'll probably get a 2 disk set around when the 3rd installment comes around. Hopefully with movie cash as well!

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by McGarnigal

How come Transformers1 blu port of the HD-DVD didnt hold back the transfer? I'd guess cause most of the extras are on disc2?

The Blu-ray Disc for Transformers '07 used new video and audio encodes.

On HD DVD, the first disc was an HD-30 (30gbs) with a 1080/24f transfer and 1.5mbs Dolby Digital Plus audio. For the Blu-ray, the first disc is now a BD-50 disc with the 1080/24f transfer and Dolby TrueHD & 640kbs Dolby Digital audio tracks.

Paramount and Universal actually spend time and money to produce the Blu-ray Discs with video & audio encodes.

Warner is just lazy and will simply port the HD-DVD to Blu-ray Disc without working on the video or audio. In a lot of cases, if the HD-DVD was on an HD-30, then Warner will use a BD-25 since most of their HD-DVDs rarely went over 23gbs of space.

[GGX]

This movie desperately needs a new encode. More than just the HD DVD port we have on Blu-ray right now.

[42041]

also needs a more detailed transfer. the blu-ray is disappointingly soft for a newer film. I don't think a new encode is going to bring back detail that wasn't digitized in the first place.

[jkcheng122]

I highly doubt a double dip version will have a new transfer, more than likely just added special features with pic-in-pic commentary and bd live.

[Rblu-Dblu]

Next tuesday.

[P@t_Mtl]

What is wrong with the current BD? Just curious cause I find it quite nice.

[kefrank]

Originally Posted by jkcheng122

I highly doubt a double dip version will have a new transfer, more than likely just added special features with pic-in-pic commentary and bd live.

The current disc already has a pic-in-pic feature.

[jkcheng122]

Originally Posted by kefrank

The current disc already has a pic-in-pic feature.

Oh yeah, I forgot it didnt come out when the HD DVD first did but much later. Guess they added that in. No BD-Live though right? I rarely ever bothered with special features on BDs.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

What is wrong with the current BD? Just curious cause I find it quite nice.

The PQ is very soft. Its a low bitrate VC-1 port over of the 2006 HD DVD encode.