The Dark Knight Discussion **CONTAINS SPOILERS**

[CaptainZombie]

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Found this on another site:

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Somebody posted that last week. Its probably on the last page.

Still very cool.

FYI, TDK is being re-released on Jan. 23rd to the big-screen for Oscar season.

[Altimus]

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Buying this tomorrow on BR, can't wait.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Though many including HDD give this title a perfect score for picture quality, the reality is Warner didn't do a great job with mixing the IMAX Scenes with the non-IMAX Scenes & chose to add EE & DNR to the process.

For the normal J6P that technique would go un-noticed, but for afficianado's like many here & over @ other sites it's very noticable.

Personally I think Warner did the best they could with the IMAX Scenes. I bet the authoring for this title was a P-I-T-A....

Good points, this is the most anticipated blueray ever in it's short history. So when reveiwers look at the transfer they tend to watch it thru rose colored glasses ignoring it's shortcomings because...well it's TDK. If this transfer had been a run of the mill movie it would definately have lost a few points.

It's like the Planet Earth blueray. It's such an excellent series and you figure bluray goes perfectly with a series about the planet where all this wondrous imagery and nature scenes are blended together that it's gotta be reference material. Well it's not because at least half of the discs are very soft and not very vivid. But this disc gets 10\10 everywhere with a little disclaimer about some images being soft. Just like the little disclaimer on TDK about EE at the bottom. Hell, many images throughout the Planet Earth disc barely look hidef. It's a 8\10 at best, good but not great.

The TDK hype gets to everybody because of the IMAX scenes and how the design of the movie is tailer made for bluray. Happens with those blockbuster movies like the Crystal Skull and the Star Wars prequels which initially get overinflated scores because the critics fall for the hype. It's nothing new. A year from now we'll all be bitching about the disappointing quality of the TDK bluray.

[CaptainZombie]

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Though many including HDD give this title a perfect score for picture quality, the reality is Warner didn't do a great job with mixing the IMAX Scenes with the non-IMAX Scenes & chose to add EE & DNR to the process.

For the normal J6P that technique would go un-noticed, but for afficianado's like many here & over @ other sites it's very noticable.

Personally I think Warner did the best they could with the IMAX Scenes. I bet the authoring for this title was a P-I-T-A....

The problem with Warner is not so much with their PQ, but more with their SQ. I am more disappointed when they can't even offer TrueHD 5.1 mixes on their releases that take advantage of the audio upgrade, but release films in Dolby Digital 5.1 on Blu-ray.

In the last few months, they released movies like Get Smart, Fred Claus, Kitt Kittredge without TrueHD............but they will release films like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 with TrueHD. To me that is much more alarming. Get Smart could have really taken advantage of the TrueHD. Oh well.

[Scott]

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Just watched the blu-ray version of this on my roommates Samsung 52A650 and thought the quality was fantastic. Can't mention sound because he doesn't have surround sound and I didn't feel like hooking mine up.

[callmetaternuts]

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Cant wait to pick this up. Everyone pretty content with how it looks?

[Skyboxer]

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Went this morning before work and picked it up on Blu-ray and DVD (For daughters)

[Blzer]

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Well, it was great to say that I was able to rent it again last night and watch it with a few buddies. However, I still stand by what I said: as beautiful as this baby is (especially the IMAX shots), it can definitely be improved on by lowering that EE. And after watching it again, it's definitely not something that I am just "looking for." It's there, and it's real.

[triplej96]

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Cant wait to pick this up. Everyone pretty content with how it looks?

Looks beautiful on the Blu .

[Skerik]

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Hmmmm.

Thank you for purchasing The Dark Knight from Amazon.com. This purchase entitles you to watch The Dark Knight instantly from the Amazon Video On Demand store for free.

This will be tough to resist at work today.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Hmmmm.



This will be tough to resist at work today.

Ironically, I was watching it earlier on my iPod. LOL

[Skerik]

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Ironically, I was watching it earlier on my iPod. LOL

That is ironic! I think I'll add it to my iPhone, to go along with all four WS wins in their entirety.

[ExtremeGamer]

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That is ironic! I think I'll add it to my iPhone, to go along with all four WS wins in their entirety.

My boss just came by, talking about something, and here I have Batman running on the Ipod Touch on my desk in front of my laptop. Ooops.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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Just got done watching it and WOW! simply fantastic. And for the sound beind "muddled" or whatever, methinks someone needs to calibrate and balance their audio...my walls were shaking and every line was crisp and clear. The blacks were inky, the visuals astounding (in particular the IMAX scenes...the first I've seen them), and with an ISF calibrated display the "extra edge enhancement" hullabaloo talked about here by some is way, way, WAY overblown.

I plan on watching it again tonight as the ambient light in my room was much higher than my ideal viewing environment would allow.

EDIT: Here's my system:

52" Sony XBR5 LCD - ISF Calibrated
Onkyo 7.1 THX Certified Receiver and Speakers
PS3