Batman: The Dark Knight - 2008

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Dec 2007, 22:13

Good point that does look nifty.

I'm on the fence whether it will hold up well against a proper PVR (it has stiff competition from the likes of Humax and Topfield) but it is supposed to be Freeview Playback compatible so in theory it should be decent. The PS3 has the danger of being an all-in-one box but master of nothing.

PS3's use 2.5" hard disk? That's unusual.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 20 Dec 2007, 22:27

the ps3 is definitely the only blu-ray player so far that seems to be glitch free for all discs. the newer fox titles were unplayable on samsungs without a firmware upgrade that took a while coming.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Dec 2007, 22:38

Do "all" Fox discs work fine in the PS3?

I guess the PS3 has so much hardware in it it can handle them all. I still find it odd Sony didn't get their standalone BD Players right.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 20 Dec 2007, 23:04

It appears so, and it's so easily updated as well. It's not even possible to update other players to profile 1.1 as far as I'm aware!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Dec 2007, 23:44

Sorry what are you referring to in my post?

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 20 Dec 2007, 23:58

Pretty much all of it

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Dec 2007, 00:17

gasteropod wrote:It appears so, and it's so easily updated as well.

What appears so?

The rest I guess you're saying the PS3 is easy to update to Profile 1.1 but other standalone players it is not, right?

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 21 Dec 2007, 00:53

bradavon wrote:Do "all" Fox discs work fine in the PS3?

It appears so.

bradavon wrote:I guess the PS3 has so much hardware in it it can handle them all.

It appears so.

And yeah, other players can get updates for disc incompatibilities, but I don't THINK they can be updated to 1.1. I'm not sure though.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Dec 2007, 01:30

Correct. It is likely they cannot as they don't have the hardware in them.

Then again the Samsung Combo (which is Profile 1.1 compliant) only has 128Mb of Flash memory (not to be confused with it's RAM) which is below the spec. of Profile 1.1 which negates 256Mb of Flash memory.

In other words the spec it seems can be bent. According to the AVS Forum all this means is stored BD-Java data (such as web stuff) will need to be cleared sooner. It should still work just fine.

p.s - Thanks for the info on Fox discs.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 12 Apr 2008, 21:15

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Heath-Le ... -8461.html

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Apr 2008, 21:24

Thanks Salty.

Phew! -

"I KNOW for a fact that that scene is in the film. I also know that WB has made no such mandate and that Chris [Nolan] is honest when saying that he will not change what was intended with The Joker."

Changing the film would be the wrong thing to do and would disrespect Heath Ledger as an actor

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Apr 2008, 22:14

The Joker pretending to be dead, cool

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 15 Apr 2008, 00:16

New Dark Knight trailer, it's ace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StWZDqqBfJo

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 15 Apr 2008, 00:18

This is supposedly what Two-Face is going to look like:

Source: http://www.movieweb.com/news/24/26724.php

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 15 Apr 2008, 00:29

I dont really like it when they just throw multiple enemies into one story.

I'd rather have 1 big story against 1 foe, instead of the focus shifting between different enemies and crimes etc.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 15 Apr 2008, 00:48

It's not going to be about 2 enemies, it's just the Joker. Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face sometime in the film, possibly the end, and he'd then be the enemy in the third film if they make one.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 15 Apr 2008, 01:06

Aw okay. But why are they already making a figure for his character then!?

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 15 Apr 2008, 01:29

Because you get to see Two-Face in The Dark Knight

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Apr 2008, 02:06

Yi-Long wrote:I'd rather have 1 big story against 1 foe, instead of the focus shifting between different enemies and crimes etc.

Me too. It always works much better that way.

When they have to many villains their is never enough screen time given to them.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 15 Apr 2008, 02:07

That makes sense

Ah well... dont know how I feel about the movie yet.
I doubt we will get honest reviews about Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker. No one's gonna write that he panned it, are they!?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Apr 2008, 02:39

We will

I have a feeling he won't pan though. He was a decent actor and Chris Nolan is a decent director. I'd be very surprised if it turns out, it sucks.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:05

Reportedly Ledger went to some pretty extreme measures with his method acting techniques.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4483081a1860.html

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:08

That's pretty freaky. In the trailer his performance looks amazing anyway so hopefully it wasn't all for nothing.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:54

Maybe playing a psycho when you're mentally ill, wasn't such a good idea.

Still I do hope it's a great performance, it would give him the final justice he deserves.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 16 Apr 2008, 17:41

Heath Ledger was mentally ill!?