Welcome back! Just to recap for any new members, each week I will post what is due out that week (or at least most of the main stream releases, as anywhere from 100-300 DVDs are released each week). I'll then spotlight a DVD with a review or news about a new one coming out. Finally, I'll post a DVD easter egg or two each week. Many of you might already know of them, but they are fun things to find "hidden" on your DVDs.
Lot's of Batman this week...for the record, they are re-releasing the first four Batman movies again. Look in the DVD Info section for more on those. Also, for those that collect alternate covers of everything, Best Buy will have an exclusive lenticular cover on their stock of the Deluxe Edition Batman Begins DVDs.
DVD releases due out Tuesday, Oct 18th:
Movies:
TV Seasons/Box Sets:- The Adventures of Superman: The Complete First Season (Box Cover)
- American Movie Musicals Collection (Box Cover)
- Atomic Betty Volume 1: Betty, Set, Go! (Box Cover)
- Atomic Betty Volume 2: Betty to the Rescue! (Box Cover)
- Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997 (Box Cover)
- Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection (Box Cover)
- CSI: NY The First Season (Box Cover)
- Dark Shadows: The Complete Revival Series (Box Cover)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -- Season One, Volume 1 (Box Cover)
- Legend of Zelda: Complete Animated Series (Box Cover)
- Nick JR. Favorites Volume 2 (Box Cover)
- Nick Picks Volume 2 (Box Cover)
- Pet Alien: Atomic Tommy (Box Cover)
- The Sabata Trilogy (Box Cover)
- Strawberry Shortcake: Dress Up Days (Box Cover)
- Unscripted: The Complete First Season (Box Cover)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 3.5: The Final Face-Off (Box Cover)
DVD INFO Note: My usual source for this was down at the time I was doing this, so not all of the usual data is here for these this week. Most everyone already knows the synopsis for the Batman movies anyway.
Batman Anthology
From Amazon.com
Features:
- Commentary by director Tim Burton on Batman and Batman Returns
- Commentary by director Joel Schumacher on Batman Forever and Batman & Robin
- Includes Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman & Robin (1997)
- On the Set with Bob Kane
- Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman – The Batman comic book saga as reinvented and reinterpreted over nearly seven decades
- The Bat, the Cat and the Penguin – Cast and crew members recall the making of the equally spectacular sequel
- Additional Scenes
- Riddle Me This: Why is Batman Forever? – How a new director and cast created a new version of Gotham’s classic good and bad guys
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Parts 1-6: The Road to Gotham City, The Gathering Storm, The Legend Reborn, The Dark Side of the Knight, Reinventing a Hero, Batman Unbound
- Beyond Batman Documentary Gallery:
- Visualizing Gotham: The Production Design of Batman
- Building the Batmobile
- Those Wonderful Toys: The Props and Gadgets of Batman
- Designing the Batsuit
- From Jack to the Joker
- Nocturnal Overtures: The Music of Batman
- Gotham City Revisited: The Production Design of Batman Returns
- Sleek, Sexy and Sinister: The Costumes of Batman Returns
- Making up the Penguin
- Assembling the Arctic Army
- Bats, Mattes and Dark Nights: The Visual Effects of Batman
- Out of the Shadows: The Production Design of Batman Forever
- The Many Faces of Gotham City
- Knight Moves: The Stunts of Batman Forever
- Imaging Forever: The Visual Effects of Batman Forever
- Scoring Forever: The Music of Batman Forever
- Kiss from a Rose Music Video by Seal
- The Heroes and The Villains Profile Galleries
- Bigger, Bolder, Brighter: The Production Design of Batman & Robin
- Maximum Overdrive: The Vehicles of Batman & Robin
- Dressed to Thrill: The Costumes of Batman & Robin
- Frozen Freaks and Femme Fatales: The Makeup of Batman & Robin
- Freeze Frame: The Visual Effects of Batman & Robin
- Music Videos:Batdance, Partyman, and Scandalous by Prince, Face to Face by Siouxsie and the Banshees, The End is the Beginning is the End by the Smashing Pumpkins, Foolish Games by Jewel, Gotham City by R. Kelly, Look into My Eyes by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- Batman: The Complete Robin Storyboard Sequence
- The Heroes and The Villains Profile Galleries
- Theatrical trailers
Video:
Audio:
- ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
- ENGLISH: DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Batman Begins Deluxe Edition
From Amazon
Features:
- MTV's Tankman Begins: a spoof
- Inner Demons comic: Explore the special features through an exclusive interactive comic book
- The Journey Begins: creative concepts, story development and casting
- Shaping Mind and Body: Christian Bale's transformation into Batman
- The Tumbler: reinvention of the Batmobile
- Gotham City Rises: production design of Gotham City, the Batcave, Wayne Manor, and more
- Saving Gotham City: the development of miniatures, CGI, and effects for the monorail chase scene
- Genesis of the Bat: A look at the Dark Knight's incarnation and influences on the film
- Confidential files: Go beyond the movie and discover facts and story points not in the film
- Theatrical trailer
- Cape and Cowl: the new batsuit
- Path to Discovery: filming in Iceland
- Confidential files
- Character/weaponry gallery
- Photo gallery
- DVD-ROM features: Batman Begins mobile game demo & Web links
- Exclusive collectible 72-page comic book containing: Detective Comics #27 (the very first Batman story), Batman: The Man Who Falls (a classic story that inspired Batman Begins), and an excerpt from Batman: The Long Halloween (a chilling story that also inspired the film)
Video:
- Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Audio:
- ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
- ENGLISH: DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
This Week's DVD Easter Egg(s)
Sahara
Source: Eye Crave DVD
From the main menu select 'Special Features.' Once there press UP until a compass appears near the top left corner. Press ENTER for a tour of Steve Zhan's trailer.
That's all folks! Thanks for reading, and see you next week.
