300 bypasses main menu? - Blu-ray Forum

krapow skater1 · 08-01-2007, 12:56 AM

just start for you too
like it dosent go to a main menu

grip24 · 08-01-2007, 12:57 AM

I think all warner titles do that....

Petra_Kalbrain · 08-01-2007, 01:02 AM

Not a single Warner Bros. title on either format has a main menu screen. They all start the film right away. I talk from experience. I've reviewed over 70 Blu-ray titles and all of the Warner titles I have only have the menu bar during playback.

Y3k Bug · 08-01-2007, 01:11 AM

My copy of Blazing Saddles definitely has a main menu, it just doesn't start with it. It goes directly to the movie but if I choose "top menu" on my PS3, it will go to the main menu.

I would suspect other titles are similar.

CYMBOL · 08-01-2007, 01:14 AM

Superman Returns has a main menu (movies backgrounds while options are available for selection). But the movie starts when you pop in the disc.

Warner doesn't seem to concentrate much on fancy menus.

The 300 main menu is definately lacking. But this is normal for Warner.

krapow skater1 · 08-01-2007, 01:22 AM

well with the ps3 and when you press top menu it goes to the special features menu
also for you is the talking kinda low and the music kinda high volume wise

Darth-Blu · 08-01-2007, 01:30 AM

I love the lack of "menu" on 300. If you think about it, it could be like Disney where you get, "coming soon", 5+ trailers, an "illegal to copy" promo, and a talking skeleton. Although, I do like the skeleton myself; I just prefer to have the movie start right away. No frills for me, just a good flick with 2 tracks of lossless audio. Woo-Hoo!

Best picture I've ever seen.

krapow skater1 · 08-01-2007, 01:35 AM

lol yea
also with the volume thing

Blu-dock Saint · 08-01-2007, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth-Blu

I love the lack of "menu" on 300. If you think about it, it could be like Disney where you get, "coming soon", 5+ trailers, an "illegal to copy" promo, and a talking skeleton. Although, I do like the skeleton myself; I just prefer to have the movie start right away. No frills for me, just a good flick with 2 tracks of lossless audio. Woo-Hoo!

Best picture I've ever seen.

lol love the picture

Smackos · 08-01-2007, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth-Blu

I love the lack of "menu" on 300. If you think about it, it could be like Disney where you get, "coming soon", 5+ trailers, an "illegal to copy" promo, and a talking skeleton. Although, I do like the skeleton myself; I just prefer to have the movie start right away. No frills for me, just a good flick with 2 tracks of lossless audio. Woo-Hoo!

Best picture I've ever seen.

Exactly.. all I want to be able to do is stick the film in the drive and sit back and watch.. hell we could do that with VHS for god sakes so why must we be made to go thorough a miriad of options all the time just to get the film to play. Warner have the right idea... no doubt about it, even if they do suck for giving us inferior crap ported from HD DVD all the time. Also, I don't mind being forced to watch the Illegal copy warning etc at the end of the film.. but it bugs the hell outta me when you can't skip it at the start. It's things like this that actually get people copying films to start with if they know they can edit out or skip those damn warnings.

Man that picture in your sig is just freaking awesome... Wish I'd come up with that one..

krapow skater1 · 08-01-2007, 03:12 AM

yeah love the pic

MR_DING · 08-01-2007, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Y3k Bug

My copy of Blazing Saddles definitely has a main menu, it just doesn't start with it. It goes directly to the movie but if I choose "top menu" on my PS3, it will go to the main menu.

I would suspect other titles are similar.

They almost exclusivly do not do "Main Menus".That's not a main menu. That's the Special features stand alone menu. The only WHV BD main menu I have seen is The Prestige.

Also no main menu on "Superman Returns" either. Same as above.

miked924 · 08-01-2007, 05:21 AM

Sounds like a complaint up there with the black bars

supersix4 · 08-01-2007, 05:24 AM

I dont mind black bars anymore I used to when I had like a 27'' tube tv lol but no more everything is in the right aspect ratio

krapow skater1 · 08-01-2007, 06:03 AM

well it looks fine to me
its all goood

Goodguy818 · 08-01-2007, 06:11 AM

I actually love the movie going straight to the film, no waiting for 5 minutes sitting through previews.

Freis968 · 08-01-2007, 06:56 AM

Yes, my copy started the movie as soon as I put it in, no menu popped up or anything.

krapow skater1 · 08-01-2007, 08:23 PM

i also like the grain
it gives it that movie theatre feel

CptGreedle · 08-01-2007, 08:26 PM

I do like how it goes to the movie, but I like the menu in Hellboy. The menus are not like the ones on DVDs where they animate and make noise and then stop..... reset.. and start over. No, they are smooth and have an unbroken transition.
But it is nice to not see all those ads first.

CptGreedle · 08-01-2007, 08:26 PM

btw.. is Blazing Saddles PQ any good? It's an older film so I was just wondering how it looks.

08-01-2007, 12:56 AM	#1
krapow skater1 Member Member since:Apr 2007	300 bypasses main menu? just start for you too like it dosent go to a main menu

08-01-2007, 01:11 AM	#4
Y3k Bug Senior Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Arizona Blu-ray collection:666	Main Menu My copy of Blazing Saddles definitely has a main menu, it just doesn't start with it. It goes directly to the movie but if I choose "top menu" on my PS3, it will go to the main menu. I would suspect other titles are similar.

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08-01-2007, 12:57 AM	#2
grip24 Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Coral Springs, Fl 4K collection:390 Blu-ray collection:971 DVD collection:6	I think all warner titles do that....

08-01-2007, 01:02 AM	#3
Petra_Kalbrain Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Vancouver, BC 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:561 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:20	Not a single Warner Bros. title on either format has a main menu screen. They all start the film right away. I talk from experience. I've reviewed over 70 Blu-ray titles and all of the Warner titles I have only have the menu bar during playback.

08-01-2007, 01:14 AM	#5
CYMBOL Blu-ray Knight Member since:May 2007 Location:I move around a lot. Blu-ray collection:8	Superman Returns has a main menu (movies backgrounds while options are available for selection). But the movie starts when you pop in the disc. Warner doesn't seem to concentrate much on fancy menus. The 300 main menu is definately lacking. But this is normal for Warner.

08-01-2007, 01:22 AM	#6
krapow skater1 Member Member since:Apr 2007	well with the ps3 and when you press top menu it goes to the special features menu also for you is the talking kinda low and the music kinda high volume wise

08-01-2007, 01:30 AM	#7
Darth-Blu Member Member since:Jan 2007	I love the lack of "menu" on 300. If you think about it, it could be like Disney where you get, "coming soon", 5+ trailers, an "illegal to copy" promo, and a talking skeleton. Although, I do like the skeleton myself; I just prefer to have the movie start right away. No frills for me, just a good flick with 2 tracks of lossless audio. Woo-Hoo! Best picture I've ever seen.

08-01-2007, 01:35 AM	#8
krapow skater1 Member Member since:Apr 2007	lol yea also with the volume thing

08-01-2007, 03:12 AM	#11
krapow skater1 Member Member since:Apr 2007	yeah love the pic

08-01-2007, 05:21 AM	#13
miked924 Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Queens, NY Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:295 Blu-ray collection:1038 DVD collection:22 iTunes collection:4 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:2	Sounds like a complaint up there with the black bars

08-01-2007, 05:24 AM	#14
supersix4 Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:572 Blu-ray reviews: 53 Trading Score:3	I dont mind black bars anymore I used to when I had like a 27'' tube tv lol but no more everything is in the right aspect ratio

08-01-2007, 06:03 AM	#15
krapow skater1 Member Member since:Apr 2007	well it looks fine to me its all goood

08-01-2007, 06:11 AM	#16
Goodguy818 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Burbank, CA Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:536 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:59	I actually love the movie going straight to the film, no waiting for 5 minutes sitting through previews.

08-01-2007, 06:56 AM	#17
Freis968 Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Ocoee, FL Blu-ray reviews:26 Trading Score:7	Yes, my copy started the movie as soon as I put it in, no menu popped up or anything.

08-01-2007, 08:23 PM	#18
krapow skater1 Member Member since:Apr 2007	i also like the grain it gives it that movie theatre feel

08-01-2007, 08:26 PM	#19
CptGreedle Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Sworn super-hero now services Atlanta (and suburbs). Blu-ray collection:128 Blu-ray reviews:5	I do like how it goes to the movie, but I like the menu in Hellboy. The menus are not like the ones on DVDs where they animate and make noise and then stop..... reset.. and start over. No, they are smooth and have an unbroken transition. But it is nice to not see all those ads first.

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