Batman Begins on Blu this week!

[view-it-purple]

Says the guy who JUST said: "I wholeheartedly think you can +1 yourself. "

Good grief.

If you in your "infinite wisdom" can find any other example of me ever using +1 you would have a leg to stand on, but you can't so you don't. Were as it is a phrase that you turn on a consistent basses.

[Philnerd]

Somebody get this guy a copy of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".

Close Encounters uses the same master elements, with different cuts/edits applied through seemless branching. In the case of Blade Runner though the "Workprint" version was not mastered from the same restored version as the Theatrical/Director's Cut/Final Cut version (all three seemless on disc 1 I believe). Since the "Workprint" version was encoded from an entirely different source it does not share a single frame of content with the other versions of Blade Runner, hence the lack of using seemless branching on that version.

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Corrections to film versions posted below. Branching issues 100% the same of course.
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[Imperius]

I think the BB soundtrack is excellent. So far with my blu-ray experience I haven't seen a movie that looks better than The Matrix (VC-1), Eastern Promises (VC-1), or Hot Fuzz (VC-1). Just listing three off the top of my head.

Have you watched The Pirates Trilogy? They happen to Blow away The Matrix set. I will agree that Eastern Promises looks and sounds outstanding. Look at the Blu for No Country For Old Men, that disc looks better than any HD-DVD I owned.

[BlkM383]

Have you watched The Pirates Trilogy? They happen to Blow away The Matrix set. I will agree that Eastern Promises looks and sounds outstanding. Look at the Blu for No Country For Old Men, that disc looks better than any HD-DVD I owned.

The first two pirates look really good, but the third not so good.

[Jason One]

In the case of Blade Runner though the "Workprint" version was not mastered from the same restored version as the Theatrical/Director's Cut/Final Cut version (all three seemless on disc 1 I believe). Since the "Workprint" version was encoded from an entirely different source it does not share a single frame of content with the other versions of Blade Runner, hence the lack of using seemless branching on that version.

A slight correction. The Final Cut is by itself on disc 1.

Disc 3 uses seamless branching for the US theatrical, international theatrical, and 1992 Director's Cut.

Then there's the workprint by itself on disc 5.

[Rich86]

Have you watched The Pirates Trilogy? They happen to Blow away The Matrix set. I will agree that Eastern Promises looks and sounds outstanding. Look at the Blu for No Country For Old Men, that disc looks better than any HD-DVD I owned.

I don't understand how anyone can compare pq on different movies made from different sources with different equipment, media, artistic intentions and filming techniques - suggesting it is somehow related to whatever consumer level high def medium is being used to present it for viewing. This makes no sense to me.

[crazzeto]

Have you watched The Pirates Trilogy? They happen to Blow away The Matrix set. I will agree that Eastern Promises looks and sounds outstanding. Look at the Blu for No Country For Old Men, that disc looks better than any HD-DVD I owned.

I don't know about that, I own both and happen to think that both do their jobs very well... I honestly can't pick a fav between the two.

[Philnerd]

A slight correction. The Final Cut is by itself on disc 1.

Disc 3 uses seamless branching for the US theatrical, international theatrical, and 1992 Director's Cut.

Then there's the workprint by itself on disc 5.

Right you are, thank you for the correction!

[Son of Odin]

AWE had better PQ and SQ than the COTBP. better detail and very sharp. the grain made this look sooo incredible. tier 0. the maelstrom sequence was the most beautiful thing i have ever seen on film, and blu-ray.

[The BJD]

Have you watched The Pirates Trilogy? They happen to Blow away The Matrix set. I will agree that Eastern Promises looks and sounds outstanding. Look at the Blu for No Country For Old Men, that disc looks better than any HD-DVD I owned.

I disagree about POTC. I only own Dead Man's Chest and it doesn't look better but is a very good disc. Batman Begins blows away Spiderman in every aspect in my opinion. There is no port over argument for Spidey, or was Sony planning on going neutral? I will buy No Country but I really doubt it looks "better" than Eastern Promises.

[Flex Mentallo]

I Batman Begins blows away Spiderman in every aspect in my opinion. There is no port over argument for Spidey, or was Sony planning on going neutral?

I just about busted a gut reading that.

In Spidey's defence Spidey 3 looks really, really good and Spidey 2 is the best of the bunch (I'm still trying to figure out how that happened).