Batman Brave and the Bold (Warner Archive) Dec 5 - Blu-ray Forum

GeoffOliver · 02-18-2017, 04:20 AM

Better late than never. It's good they're finishing up the show. It's kind of underrated and it's too bad it only lasted 3 seasons. It was fun and it did a good job distancing itself from the earlier Batman cartoons, while still paying tribute.

Count me in the group of people that wants to see Batman TAS, Superman TAS, and Batman Beyond on Blu-ray. It's not going to happen though, because they would all need to be restored, and there's no way Warner's going to do that. It would be incredibly expensive and require extensive work. They were all animated on film of course (except the last couple seasons of Beyond), but the original elements may or may not even be around anymore, and it's likely they were edited on SD tape (I'm not 100% sure). If so, they would all need to be re-scanned AND reassembled too. It would just not be worth it. Justice League looks excellent on Blu-ray (it was animated digitally in HD), but I don't think it sold very well in the format. It's too bad, because cel animation looks amazing on Blu-ray when it's done right, and I have no doubt Batman TAS would look spectacular.

At the very least, I'd like to see Mask of the Phantasm on Blu-ray. The current DVD is an ancient one from 1999, and looks like garbage. Since it was a theatrical film, it would just need a new scan.

02-18-2017, 04:20 AM	#34
GeoffOliver Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Atlanta GA 4K collection:259 Blu-ray collection:1505 DVD collection:332	Better late than never. It's good they're finishing up the show. It's kind of underrated and it's too bad it only lasted 3 seasons. It was fun and it did a good job distancing itself from the earlier Batman cartoons, while still paying tribute. Count me in the group of people that wants to see Batman TAS, Superman TAS, and Batman Beyond on Blu-ray. It's not going to happen though, because they would all need to be restored, and there's no way Warner's going to do that. It would be incredibly expensive and require extensive work. They were all animated on film of course (except the last couple seasons of Beyond), but the original elements may or may not even be around anymore, and it's likely they were edited on SD tape (I'm not 100% sure). If so, they would all need to be re-scanned AND reassembled too. It would just not be worth it. Justice League looks excellent on Blu-ray (it was animated digitally in HD), but I don't think it sold very well in the format. It's too bad, because cel animation looks amazing on Blu-ray when it's done right, and I have no doubt Batman TAS would look spectacular. At the very least, I'd like to see Mask of the Phantasm on Blu-ray. The current DVD is an ancient one from 1999, and looks like garbage. Since it was a theatrical film, it would just need a new scan.

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