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Whistle Stopper - Batman Gotham Knight (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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List Price: $29.98
Our Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Corey Burton, Kevin Conroy, Gary Dourdan, Jason Marsden, David McCallum
Directed By: Yasuhiro Aoki, Shojiro Nishimi
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929011155
Format: AC-3
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-07-08
Running Time: 76
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2008-07-08
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: very dissapointed
Comment: the only good thing about this dvd is kevin conroy back as batman. why do they continue to take a good thing like TAS, and ruin it with japanimation type cartoons. TAS was the true batman, its characters, their backgrounds, and the art work is so fitting and perfect. the animation to all the super hero dc comics films ahould be what bruce timm and company did with the original series. kevin conroy should be batman, forever. save your money and tell warner bros to stop this fancy type production and to go back to what works.
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Summary: Excellent Animation, Story lines OK
Comment: There are 6 chapters in gotham knight, each one with a different director and writers, and sometimes differnt animation styles. The animation in the last 5 out of 6 chapters was excellent.. The best batman Animation i've ever seen is in batman gotham knight.. On the other hand the chapters should have been longer with more character deveolopment. I didnt get to learn much of anything about the villians in gotham knight, many of the villians i've never seen or heard of in this edition.. My final conclusion, Animation excellent in most of the chapters. But the Story line needs more development
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Summary: Buy it for the extras
Comment: DC's recent spate of direct-to-DVD videos have been somewhat of a mixed bag. I didn't care for Superman - Doomsday (DC Universe Animated Original Movie), but I was very impressed by Justice League - The New Frontier (Two-Disc Special Edition) and greatly recommend it.
Sadly, this film isn't nearly as good as "...New Frontier", and only slightly better than "Superman - Doomsday".
The idea behind this movie, aside from milking out a few bucks before the release of "The Dark Knight" (can't wait to see it tomorrow!), is to do what the people behind The Animatrix did; get some respected Japanese animation studios and have them make some shorts based on the movie(s).
In principle this isn't a bad idea, and for something like The Matrix series, which so clearly draws inspiration from anime, it might work very well. It works less well, however, for a universe like the one shown in Batman Begins (Two-Disc Special Edition), which is much more grounded in as much reality as any super-hero film can be.
The animation in the movie is decent, but nothing to write home about (of course I'm not some big-time otaku, so take that for what it's worth). The storylines are ok. One where Batman gets a device that keeps him safe from bullets works out ok, as does the one with Killer Croc, but overall none of the stories are that great.
There are some good things, though. It's always great to hear Kevin Conroy as the voice of Batman/Bruce Wayne. He really nails it and does a great job with both characters. All the rest of the voice-acting is quite good, too.
But where this set really shines is in the extras. There's a great biography of Bob Kane (and people like me will get a real big laugh out of the "News On Parade" feature at the begining). My favorite extra, however, is the four episodes of the animated Batman series, which includes two of my favorite episodes from the show.
Ultimately I give really only one, maybe two, stars for the movie itself, but with those extras the set gets a boost up to three stars! Still not great, but at least I don't feel ripped-off by it.
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Summary: Refreshing and thrilling
Comment: Some of the stories are hit or miss as some say but it's great to see an anime version of Batman and other peoples vision of the Dark Knight. I hope Warner plans a second volume. I'd like to see what other Japanese animators can do with the characters. I loved the Killer Croc story. I don't think the disc is a rip off or trying to take fanboys money as some say. No one is being forced to buy these discs and you can always just rent them. I'm glad to have bought the Blu-ray and encourage the studio to bring us more innovative releases such as this one.
I also wanted to say that some of the animation was great while others were kind of experimental. Different techniques and styles are used to tell the 6 stories and I welcomed them all. I liked the Batman Animated animation but it doesn't hold up to the animation you will see on this disc. Kawajiri's art in one of the story's was amazing. Don't know what some people are talking about here. Open and expand your minds. I'm sure true comic book fans will appreciated what has been done here.
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Summary: Uninspired, Greed-motivated Junk.
Comment: This has got to be one of the most obvious "let's rip off fan boys and suckers" ploys of recent memory. Slapped together, apparently, in a rush to get it to market before the movie hits theaters.
The writing is bad. Really bad and really obvious. Amazing Goyer let his name remain on this (he has one segment), but he's had his klunkers before. The stories ALL lack for inspiration or invention. The whole time, you're yearning for some snap, some smarts. It never comes. Most of the animation is even worse. The last piece felt a little more evenly constructed and satisfying, only because the segments preceding that one were so jaw-droppingly bad.
The animation character design in a couple of pieces is so utterly lacking in any kind of grace or artistry, it's all the more evident that this thing was farmed out with no central artistic oversight, no vision, in an attempt to squeeze more money out of the BATMAN franchise....as if it were just an after-thought from the marketing department, handed off to Chris Nolan's assistant (who sadly will be stuck with the creative blame for this dreck for years to come) to keep it "in the family".
It's really a shame, as Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT promises to be terrific, deep, a hallmark of modern blockbusters. To even associate "Gotham Knight" with THAT movie is just a crime.
Don't waste your money. This has nothing of the inventiveness or intrigue or artistic integrity of "The Animatrix." This is sheer junk spewed out to suck your money quick. 14-year old fanboys will eat it up. But if you've got any kind of standard for entertainment, this isn't even worth a rental.
Four episodes of the old Bruce Timm BATMAN animated series are on the bonus features. Just BUY that series, and leave this to the junk heap of avaricious studio hacks.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Acclaimed screenwriters including David Goyer (Batman Begins) Josh Olson (A History of Violence) and Alan Burnett (Batman The Animated Series) join forces with revered animation filmmakers on six spellbinding chapters chronicling Batman?s transition from novice crimefighter to Dark Knight. These globe-spanning adventures pit Batman against the fearsome Scarecrow the freakish Killer Croc and the unerring marksman Deadshot. Using an arsenal of high-tech gadgetry from Wayne Industries Batman?s ethical boundaries exist only where he chooses to place them leaving some fearful of his power. The sharp storytelling complemented by stylish art from some of the world?s most visionary animators masterfully depicts the blurred lines of Batman as man myth and legend.Running Time: 75 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 883929011155 Manufacturer No: 1000037297
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