Animated Batman films get re-released (1 Viewer)

PaulP · Aug 2, 2005

On October 4, WB will re-release the three animated Batman films. Everything seems to be the same, except they're cheaper and in a keepcase now, made to look like the Return of Joker disc:

As well as somthing entitled "Batman vs. Dracula" on October 18 (same day as the 1989-1997 Batman Anothology):

ElijahS · Aug 2, 2005

Why? What's the point of rereleasing these movies unless they have better bonus features?

Jonathan_Clarke · Aug 2, 2005

Is WB finally dumping the snappers?

And hey WB why not release them all on 10/18? C'mon let's see how many bat dvds can be released in one day!:b

ElijahS · Aug 2, 2005

WB has been dumping snappers for keepcases for the last six months to a year. The only thing they're "behind" on now is the switch to slim cases.

FrancisP · Aug 2, 2005

Re-releasing dvds at a lower price is simple economics. There are a certain amount of people who are willing to buy a dvd at a certain price level. Once that's been done, lower
the price and that brings in newer customers who were not willing to buy at the previous price. I see nothing unusual about what they are doing.

Kris_AB · Aug 2, 2005

What would've been a lot more cool is a boxed set for the animated series direct-to-video movies (like what Babylon 5 got). They could've squeezed one more boxed set out of Batman: The Animated Series (which my sister just started buying on DVD with Season 1 last month).

John*D · Aug 2, 2005

I don't have the old releases, so I get these new releases. Yaah!

RyanAn · Aug 2, 2005

Better cases + Better prices = much better sales and a happy customer. When you risk older snappers cracking with one wrong move, these are a godsend.

Ryan

Thomas Newton · Aug 2, 2005

Is Batman vs. Dracula from Batman:TAS? Or from the current Batman series?

Kevin Grey · Aug 2, 2005

Thomas, Batman vs Dracula is from the current series.

todd s · Aug 3, 2005

All for lower prices and new cases. But, instead of retreading old releases. How about releasing more Justice Leagues and Batman Beyond episodes?

PaulP · Aug 3, 2005

Is it true that some of these are pan-and-scan? Like the Catwoman disc?

Prentice Cotham · Aug 3, 2005

No. MotP is anamorphic widescreen. Freeze and Batwoman and RotJ are full frame. Don't know about Dracula, that series isn't my cup of tea.

Will_B · Aug 3, 2005

Notice no Batman Beyond: the Movie.

Best Batman series of them all, IMO - a series that feels like Blade Runner-meets-Batman - and still only sporadic releases.

I want a season set release of Batman Beyond and I want it now! Waah.

Jonathan_Clarke · Aug 3, 2005

Batman Beyond: the Movie was a collection of episodes, much like Last Son of Krypton and World's Finest.

The fact that they haven't rereleased these is a positive sign for box sets. We're supposed to get the last Batman and Superman Vol. 2 by the end of the year. Which, given WBs release pattern would mean we would see Batman Beyond or Justice League (with Superman Vol.3 if Vol. 2 is as small as Vol. 1) next summer.

I'll get all the Bruce Timm shows but i really want JLU. That'll be a wait.

Kevin Grey · Aug 3, 2005

I'm shocked they are holding back on Justice League. With the rest of the shows the staggered release is a bit understandable but they are missing out on huge cross marketing possibilities by not releasing the JL/JLU seasons while JLU is still on the air.

PaulP · Aug 3, 2005

According to a review on Amazon, Batwoman is pan-and-scan, as bonus features feature shots from the film in 1.78:1. This is confirmed by this review: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=7967, and Subzero seems to be unmatted: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=3785

By the way, these are eight bucks apiece on DeepDiscountDVD.

Prentice Cotham · Aug 3, 2005

Never knew that about Batwoman. I didn't explore the supplements on the disc. I used to own the LD of Subzero which I believe was matted so I knew for certain that it was full frame. I assumed they did the same w/ Batwoman. That sucks.

Ruz-El · Aug 3, 2005

I was just thinking about the movies while watching Vol 3 of BTHAS. I wonder if we well see these bannded together in a value set at a cheaper price point?

Is Batman Vs. Dracula an actual movie or a collection of episodes that well most likly be doubled on the eventual box set?

Nick Graham · Aug 3, 2005

Sub-Zero was released straight to video, however the laserdisc release was widescreen (1:85:1)I believe.

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