There can be just as much detail in an animated film as a regular film, and it can make a huge difference in HD. Just look at Ghost In The Shell. Released 2 years after Mask of the Phantasm.
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm coming to Blu-ray next month.
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There can be just as much detail in an animated film as a regular film, and it can make a huge difference in HD. Just look at Ghost In The Shell. Released 2 years after Mask of the Phantasm.
Sir_Crocodile
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Yes it is. See : Sleeping Beauty bluray, Castle of Cagliostro discotek bluray release.
FlashbladeGAF
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davidwhangchoi
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You're both wrong and you should feel bad. REAL BAD. lol
is this the one where joker see a knife and picks up a ham instead to start whacking a guy?
Sir_Crocodile
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He doesn't see it (that's part of the joke), but yes, he picks up a salami instead of a knife.
Ban Puncher
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balladofwindfishes
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The movie is canon in the DCAU, so
he must have just been left somewhere, assumed to be dead, and ended up recovering just fine (as he generally did in the DCAU)
metsallica
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Is this print on demand? Will it not be on Amazon?
Also available with an overpriced T-Shirt on wbshop.com.
Nothing wrong with 2.0 audio. The DTS HD 2.0 track is most likely original Dolby Stereo track, so it's a 4 channel surround track.
Yes, manufactured on demand, but the actual disc is properly pressed and no BD-R. Amazon and a few other webshops sell them.
Beer Monkey
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Yeah, we covered this earlier in the thread. It's almost certainly the original theatrical mix, which is most likely the only mix that exists.
Pro Logic (and Pro Logic II, and IIx, and IIz) decoders in modern receivers decode this stuff great (and use bass management to route the lows to your subwoofer if you have one), though you may have to jump through some hoops to get it working (Playstations may need to be set to output 2.0 audio only, temporarily, as if they output this as 5.1 or 7.1 the receiver may get confused and refuse to engage DSP modes).
Pro Logic IIz, the latest incarnation, actually takes these 2.0 Dolby Stereo tracks and outputs them as (up to) 9.1 surround.
It's streaming all over the place in SD (Google Play, iTunes, YouTube, etc), but I'd bet that they release it streaming in HD when the Blu Ray comes out.
There was a 720p version floating around but it looked like an upscale.
SomewhatGroovy
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Not yet but the twitter account said it was in the works.
BoogieWoogie
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Is this the only place to order it? Didn't find anything on Amazon.
I'm not sure what this means...
Does it just replicate the signal to the other speakers in the room? Effectively dividing the speakers in the room into left and right?
Beer Monkey
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No, there is surround information built into Dolby "Stereo". Left, Center, Right, and (mono) Surround. Phase and sum information is used to put that into 2 tracks. Decoders pull it back out into four tracks.
The algorithms in Dolby Pro Logic take all that information and interpolates what it thinks would be in the other speakers if you have more than four.
It's far more convincing than you might think.
If you are really curious it's worth reading the Wikipedia articles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Stereo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Pro_Logic
Blackpuppy
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Dolby 2.0 surround tracks are great!
You get two for the price of one: a nice balanced mix for those using just tv speakers and a surround mix for those with a great receiver.
All that in a normal stereo file.
You get two for the price of one: a nice balanced mix for those using just tv speakers and a surround mix for those with a great receiver.
All that in a normal stereo file.
Beer Monkey
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The Real Napsta
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I had this on vhs
Whoa that's crazy! I just built a theatre room and it dawned on me that Netflix only does 5.1... so when I saw 2.0 I was like no
Pretty interesting little codec.
The_Spaniard
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Oh God! Say it again... but slower.
Amazon page is up, but says unavailable for now.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0731YSYS2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Release date July 25th.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0731YSYS2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Release date July 25th.
Bobby Roberts
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TheRedSnifit
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There's a follow-up comic that handwaves it as
Andrea realizeing that he's totally bonkers and basically a totally different guy from the ruthless mobster who killed her father, so she hesitates before killing him and he escapes.
MaverickHunterX
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I always hear about this. Is there a trade or selection that collects this, by chance?
TheRedSnifit
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The Batman and Robin Adventures - Annual #1.
It's the TAS tie-in comics, so I'm sure there's a trade somewhere. You could probably find a copy floating around online somewhere, too.
SkyMasterson
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Now please do this for the Animated series.
I rarely buy blu-rays anymore, but would happily make an exception for that.
I rarely buy blu-rays anymore, but would happily make an exception for that.
A tremendous amount, especially when properly remastered. The Shout Factory remaster of Transformers: The Movie actually revealed drawn detail in many scenes that was literally unseeable on the big screen at the time due to film transfer processes used then. And continued to be unseeable on home video due to the poor transfers used through the years for VHS and DVD releases. The Blu-ray remaster of Transformers: The Movie released last year is quite literally the best the film has ever looked in any medium, and is the first time the painstaking work of the animators can be seen in full by the viewer.
This is just one example of dozens, of course. A proper remaster of an animated film is glorious.
Ban Puncher
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Hurt and Scared
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FloppyDelux
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sweeet.
TheSkullPrince
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Just pre-ordered it on Amazon, July 25th can't come soon enough!
One of my favourite joker moments
Classic Joker
Hamill is just perfect in Phantasm. This is probably my favorite Joker scene:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MVy9DFwT-4o
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MVy9DFwT-4o
#1 defender
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I haven't come across a WB BD that wasn't region free.
Ah, nice! One pre-order coming up. This beautiful release will set-up nicely that final decisive bout for supremacy against the Nolan's.
crackhead_bob
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Any chance that Batman the Animated Series will make the jump to bluray?
Saw it go up on Amazon and pre ordered immediately. Classic movie.
This is what I'm hoping for.
MooMilk2929
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Too bad I already bought the dvd. This would have been good news.
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