Watchmen (2009)

[fighthefutureofhd]

Originally Posted by Freekman

Got back from work and am waiting to watch it. Best Buy's exclusive edition was stupid. A freaking glow-in-the dark Doc Manhattan case. What is this, a children's movie? Anyway, FYE turned out to be more expensive than BB and I picked up the regular Director's Cut along with 300: The Complete Experience.

best buy is $24.99 and f.y.e. is $25.19. yeah, f.y.e. is much more than best buy.

[offishall]

Looks likes a player issue

My Samsung BD-P1600 with latest firmware has sync problems and maximum movie mode will not play

My LG Bluray drive in my PC and powerdvd, play no problem.

How much ya wana bet Samsung won't release an updated firmware?

[zeroenna56]

Originally Posted by ranitasus

what scene was it?

It's the, "rape" scene. I played it a few times and it kept skipping.

[TL OWNS U]

One thing I hate is when I have to turn up the movie's volume just to here what everyone has to say and then its too loud when an explosion or something pops up

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by TL OWNS U

One thing I hate is when I have to turn up the movie's volume just to here what everyone has to say and then its too loud when an explosion or something pops up

That's why I gave AQ a 4/5 instead of 5/5. The "rape" scene doesn't skip for me at all?

[TL OWNS U]

If the disk keeps skipping, cant you return it for another copy?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by TL OWNS U

If the disk keeps skipping, cant you return it for another copy?

I would, as long as you have your receipt and the store hasn't sold out already. They can't exactly make you keep a faulty piece of merchandise they sold you.

[rabbit]

so Darth Fredius, did ya get all the versions of Watchmen ha!!! does that mean u gotta watch 'em all as well ha! and Freekman, the phat lady has sang, and the Watchmen cometh. it's 12:45am, gotta pop in the disc! long nite!

[Hep]

Originally Posted by zadkiel

Around 25:45 mins into the Blu-Ray version of the Directors Cut it skips bought my copy at the local Future Shop here in Canada. Is anyone else having this issue?

I checked my Futureshop Steelbook edition and had no issues at or near that time stamp.

Originally Posted by offishall

I am having major sync issues. And my Maximum Movie Mode will not even start, just has a screen with yellow gears turning for ever. Futureshop steelcase.

I haven't watched the movie yet, but I just checked some random scenes throughout the movie and had no sync issues.

However, the one thing that concerns me is that after closely inspecting the disc surface; there is a small scratch about half way between the centre and edge of the disc. I'll have to watch the movie before being certain, but so far this flaw doesn't seem to affect playback. The Maximum Movie Mode also seems to work just fine. I am hoping this is not a wide spread issue with disc handling at the replication facility.

After batting a thousand, this is my first BD with a scratch.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by Monkey

How bad is the banding (Read a few reviews mentioning it)?

Odds of banding will be fixed for the Ultimate version?

I didn't notice it at all.

[rocks off]

Having never seen a 2-disc blu steelbook, I was a little worried the way the case is made might lead to a scratch where the second disc's locking circle is. Which sounds to be at the same place your scratch is located.

Otherwise, my futureshop steel didn't skip during that scene and everything seems to work properly. Loud action/Soft dialogue issue is quite annoying though, which is why I use subtitles most of the time.

[TL OWNS U]

A BLURAY DISK WITH A SCRATCH!?!?!?!?!!?! LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they said BDs wont scratch

[zeroenna56]

Just to let everyone who commented on my post know- I just finished watching the movie and took the disc out to look at it; it has a weird little scratch on it and it has some weird small peppered marks on it as well. I'm off to Best buy first thing in the morning. I'm honestly glad it hasn't happened to anyone else =)

Thanks for the friendly replies.

[BStecke]

Just finished watching it. I didn't really enjoy it much in the theaters, despite loving the book, but I really got into it this time around. The

[Show spoiler]death of Hollis Mason was an awesome scene,

I can't believe they didn't leave that in for the theaters.

[Show spoiler]I wish they would have used the original ending (such an original statement, I know), or at least not made it so Dr. Manhattan takes the heat.

That's the only thing that really bugs me in comparison to the book. PQ/AQ were great, it's hard to get used to Warner titles being so good!

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by BStecke

I didn't notice it at all.

Good to hear. Thanks for the feedback.

[BStecke]

Oh yeah, am I missing it somewhere, or did they NOT include the kick-ass trailer with the Smashing Pumpkins song ANYWHERE on either disc? Watching that on my system was one of the things I was looking forward to the most, I love that trailer.

[sonnyworld85]

Originally Posted by BStecke

Oh yeah, am I missing it somewhere, or did they NOT include the kick-ass trailer with the Smashing Pumpkins song ANYWHERE on either disc? Watching that on my system was one of the things I was looking forward to the most, I love that trailer.

Yeah totally agree, that is a killer song!

[Kartoon]

Originally Posted by BStecke

Just finished watching it. I didn't really enjoy it much in the theaters, despite loving the book, but I really got into it this time around. The

[Show spoiler]death of Hollis Mason was an awesome scene,

I can't believe they didn't leave that in for the theaters.

[Show spoiler]I wish they would have used the original ending (such an original statement, I know), or at least not made it so Dr. Manhattan takes the heat.

That's the only thing that really bugs me in comparison to the book. PQ/AQ were great, it's hard to get used to Warner titles being so good!

Most people wish they would have made that instead, however due to everything they were forced to cut out it simply wouldn't have worked.

[davcole]

Watched it tonight. Have to give it a NO as far as the film is concerned. I sometimes wondered what the heck did I just watch? I admit not being familiar with the graphic novel, then again I was unfamiliar with X-MEN when I saw that and loved it!! I just didn't find the characters or story compelling.

I'm not a fan of the stylized picture. I felt there were moments when we were robbed of the finest detail, however it was a fairly sharp picture, however I think that 300 had more fine detail than this film and that one was intentionally grainy. However i'll accept that the film is suppose to look that way and so no major issues.

I'm glad i'm not the only one who had to keep turning their volume knob up about 5dbs over my standard for DTSMA. I'm betting that Warner actually used the non-default dialnorm setting as i've never had to raise a DTSMA track this high before! However once I got a good level, the soundtrack had lots of punch. While the sounds can be very aggressive at times, i'm suprised by the lack of discrete effects and panning in this film. While well recorded, it didn't display the finest of detail to rank it as reference. However I will say that no one will be disappointed with this track.

[CheapChildren]

Originally Posted by davcole

Watched it tonight. Have to give it a NO as far as the film is concerned. I sometimes wondered what the heck did I just watch? I admit not being familiar with the graphic novel, then again I was unfamiliar with X-MEN when I saw that and loved it!! I just didn't find the characters or story compelling.

The fact that you're comparing this to X-Men might explain a lot.