Batman (1989) (25th Anniversary Edition)

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by geekesmind

i would buy the animated series in a heartbeat if it ever came out on blu. I grew up with that show.

i grew up on kraft dinner

[J.R. Lopez]

Originally Posted by sarah_wentworth

i grew up on kraft dinner

I believe this image make you.......
LOL!

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by J.R. Lopez

I believe this image make you.......
LOL!

actually it makes me hungry....*gulp*

[sarah_wentworth]

i don't know anything about VC-1, MPEG 2, or AVC but is one of them the absolute best and why isn't the best one always used? if a movie is costing millions to make why not use the best one to make sure it looks as good as can be? just curious

[Neomic]

Originally Posted by sarah_wentworth

i don't know anything about VC-1, MPEG 2, or AVC but is one of them the absolute best and why isn't the best one always used? if a movie is costing millions to make why not use the best one to make sure it looks as good as can be? just curious

AVC-MPEG4 is generally the only one used now days since it's far superior, but in the early days of Blu-ray, a lot of releases were just ports of their HD-DVD counterparts, which supported VC-1 and MPEG2, so a lot of movies from those days still use those same encodes ported from release to release.

Most movie studios don't bother re-encoding the master for AVC since most of those encodes fall under their (and sometimes our) "good enough" category.

As cool as it would be to get a new master for this film, I don't see it looking much better since it was made to look pretty drab in the first place. A new master might be a tad sharper, but unless you're watching on a large screen or have your television professionally calibrated, the difference probably wouldn't even be noticeable.

Then again, I could be wrong and a new transfer could be a night-and-day difference.

[SteamPunkCat]

I really like Tim Burton's world of Batman. I just think the characters and visuals deserved better storylines. (Even though there are many parallels to '89 Joker's plans to Heath Ledger's Joker's plan.) Otherwise, I would own both Batman & Batman Returns.

Just of curiosity, did they ever remove the purple paint from Jack Nicholson's neck for the Blu-ray?

[Region_unlocked]

Originally Posted by SteamPunkCat

Just of curiosity, did they ever remove the purple paint from Jack Nicholson's neck for the Blu-ray?

Nope, still there.

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by Neomic

AVC-MPEG4 is generally the only one used now days since it's far superior, but in the early days of Blu-ray, a lot of releases were just ports of their HD-DVD counterparts, which supported VC-1 and MPEG2, so a lot of movies from those days still use those same encodes ported from release to release.

Most movie studios don't bother re-encoding the master for AVC since most of those encodes fall under their (and sometimes our) "good enough" category.

As cool as it would be to get a new master for this film, I don't see it looking much better since it was made to look pretty drab in the first place. A new master might be a tad sharper, but unless you're watching on a large screen or have your television professionally calibrated, the difference probably wouldn't even be noticeable.

Then again, I could be wrong and a new transfer could be a night-and-day difference.

Hey thanks! just for theck of it i'm going to pay attention to different encodes

[Neomic]

Originally Posted by sarah_wentworth

Hey thanks! just for theck of it i'm going to pay attention to different encodes

VC-1 is actually a decent codec and can have great results, but the one most people flip out about (and rightfully so) is MPEG2 since it's a very old codec (1996) and usually is accompanied by a ton of video anomalies that can easily be avoided by using one of the better codecs.

Sadly, some studios still do cheap out. The American Pie trilogy used old MPEG2 masters done for the DVDs, converted to MPEG4. Basically the equivalent of putting a turd in shrink-wrap. lol

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Neomic

Then again, I could be wrong and a new transfer could be a night-and-day difference.

Not a good phrase to use in this case, Batman prefers the night

[GP Legend]

If it's just the same transfer and that new bonus feature isn't significant, I will just get the four-film favourites edition that has all four movies in a nice, single bluray case to save on shelf space. Much better deal, since it is under $30 for all four movies. However, I will hold off on getting it until we know exactly what will be in this release.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by BluRay84

I thought Batman looked fantastic on blu ray personally the best I've ever seen it and Batman: Returns transfers' amazing. I've come to realise though that some films just won't look particularly impressive in HD no matter how well it's worked on I mean Batman on blu ray looks really sharp but often quite dull too. Some films seem to have a really dull look to them (I guess it's the way it was filmed) and in my opinion wouldn't really benefit from being remastered. Like you say we could be wrong though and a 4k remaster could look miles better than the original blu ray release but somehow I doubt it.

Batman could look better with a new 4k scan I'm sure, but yeah, for the most part it looks good. The film is never going to amaze due to how it was shot.

[rockin]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Batman could look better with a new 4k scan I'm sure, but yeah, for the most part it looks good. The film is never going to amaze due to how it was shot.

Yeah I agree - Batman was never one of those benchmark looking films, but a 4K scan could squeeze some more detail into it - look at Ghostbusters for example.

[jayman3]

*Cue sarcasm* I'm going to wait another five years for the 30th Anniversary set

All jokes aside, I already own the 4-pack blu-ray so I don't need to get this edition.

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by jayman3

*Cue sarcasm* I'm going to wait another five years for the 30th Anniversary set

All jokes aside, I already own the 4-pack blu-ray so I don't need to get this edition.

i just bought the 4 pack. if the video quality is the same i'll just keep that one