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Voltron · 11 months ago

So true. Really wish they would've had at t least something about Heath Ledger

Merlin · 11 months ago

Descriptive Narration is for the visually impaired. It's not really a "special" feature so much as an accessibility thing.

d0x · 11 months ago

I'd be willing to bet they did it on purpose so they could release an Ultimate Edition next year or right after it leaves theaters the second time around.

As a side note the IronMan features were amazing. I wish all movies had that much behind the scenes stuff because it was great to watch. Even my non geek girlfriend enjoyed it.

Ronnie_S · 11 months ago

I smell a super special edition coming in a couple years. Popular movies seem to sell barebones at first and then move up from there. It's an easy buck. People will by more than one version of this dvd.

Emancipator · 11 months ago

I also concur that the features were baffling on this dvd.

Joshi · 11 months ago

So I wasn't the only one then. I blasted through the second DVD yesterday and have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed all of it, so much so I didn't realise that it was half five in the morning by the time I'd finished.

But I did find the bits that were missing to be a little odd. The Heath Ledger thing I figured could go either way. I did enjoy the small bit they said about him walking out of the hospital as it exploded and how he never looked back once at the explosion, but obviously that whole thing was more about the exploding building than him. Frankly, I was disappointed, but I didn't think it was wholly unexpected.

But I did expect at least a featurette on Harvey Dents make up and how they achieved that effect on the second half of his face. They talked for hours about how they wanted to keep as much of TDK as practical as possible and use very little CGI, so I thought it'd be interesting to see how they tackled Dent's face, but there wasn't even a mention.

I smell a special edition popping up in the coming months, or probably even one coming out right before the third film, so we'll be waiting a few years for it, but I do find it a shame that with such a huge film they did kind of hold back on the DVD extras. And I would lament over the absence of a commentary, but then I've grown used to it with high profile films like this, the disappointment dulls after a while.

Davebaxter1989 · 11 months ago

It will have a super special edition when they can put winner of X Oscars. And you know what I'll buy it then as well because I'm a complete sucker.

CaptainReg0981 · 11 months ago

I bought it, watched it, complained like some of you guys did for lack of commentary, and I still love it. Period.

Gord · 11 months ago

I really feel bad for Aaron Eckhart. He definitely got the short end of the stick in terms of Two Face. I understand that they wanted to keep Two Face's look a secret, but did it have to be so big a secret that he's not in any TDK media at all? I mean, they don't even have a frickin' toy of him. I'm truly disappointed by this DVD.

Mo-Mo · 11 months ago

the public at large doesn't seem to really care. the Blu-Ray Disc sold 400,000 copies in THE FIRST DAY. that's 100,000 more than Iron Man in it's entire first week. The DVD sold 7 MILLION in its FIRST DAY. now i'm going to assume most of these people are casual movie fans, but the real cine-philes will be pissed when the "holy shit, 8 disc, super awesome edition" comes out in 2012.

Dave · 11 months ago

My guess is to either look for a double-dip Ultimate edition. But I would also guess that we might see some of that stuff pop up on the BD-Live stuff. I'm guessing that Nolan's commentary will get archived there, and who knows what other "archived" stuff might show up in the future.

emonxie · 11 months ago

Good read! I sent it out to my game team peers, even.

This bit, "I’m not saying that we should expect that from every single blockbuster, but it would be nice, wouldn’t it?"

At the inflated price of a blu-ray disc, the amount of hype I had to endure pre and post release, and the herculean effort of all involved with a massive production whom deserve to be celebrated, all those little people generally forgotten in all but the least marketing driven behind the scenes documentaries; so yes, yes I emphatically do believe every blockbuster should be stuffed to the gills on home release, at least in the "deluxe" version, for any fans willing to invest their money into helping ensure every principle contributor gets exotic vacations, rehabs, and / or wakes as case might be.

And there is an incredible 12" version of Two-Face from Hot Toys out of HK available through Sideshow or direct from Hot Toys or EBay. The Mattel toys were only worth openly sneering at while steering your wallets and kids away towards better made items from manufacturers other than Hasbro or Mattel. Like Lego, Medicom, Hot Toys, Kid Robot, or MacFarlane.

Keep fighting the good fight!

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Jeff · 11 months ago

It would be nice to have special features on par with the special features on the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition sets.

Uma · 11 months ago

Gord, on the topic of Aaron Eckhart and Harvey Dent, I totally agree with you. Since he's my favorite actor, I was pretty hyped to see how the whole Two-Face thing was done and I was so disappointed. Not even anything aside from the Gotham Tonight things had anything relevant to Harvey Dent.

I'm really hoping that they don't ignore this matter if they come out with a new release of it. I dunno why but Aaron keeps getting pushed in the background of everyone else when it comes to this movie. He did just as well as everyone else and deserves to have some space on the platter too. Not to be a prude or anything, but without Harvey's character, this movie would have been lacking in some kick ass stuff (not that I don't appreciate Ledger's Joker... I'm just saying).

heath ledger · 9 months ago

what a waste of DVD space. Its sugar coated bullshit and called gold, dont waste your money buying the two disc unless you have already. If I ever run into the director of this film, he will be shot, raped, mamed, and then murdered.