Warner Bros. reps had a huge chat last night.
There’s an incredible amount of information about the
movies and TV series coming to DVD in the next couple
of years available in the chat
transcript. You might want to skip to the
summary at the bottom. Home Theater
Forum hosted the chat, and did a mighty fine job.
Forthcoming reviews
In addition to this
list, I’ll be picking the following titles from above
as soon as the budget allows: the Film Noir box set (which
probably isn’t Bureau 42 stuff), Shawshank Redemption (not
B42 stuff), THX-1138, Tom & Jerry, Batman SE
(preferably all of the films), Bringing Up Baby (not B42
stuff), King Kong 2 DVD set (which I expect to get
finished in time to tie into Peter Jackson’s version),
Blade Runner SE (in addition to the Director’s Cut already
in the pipe), Batman Animated Series, Superman Animated
Series, V: The Series, Wonder Woman: The Series, and (if
they release them) Animaniacs, and possibly the first
season of Lois & Clark, before it all went downhill.
If they can get the 1960s Batman series out, I’ll be
looking at that, too.
Re: Forthcoming reviews
I would actually prefer if they sold ’em 2 by 2. I loved the first and
appreciated the second, so on average I really liked the 2 Burtons. Then I
hated the 3rd (it was entertaining, but SO stupid), and saw one scene of the
4th and decided that was enough.
I don’t need the “oh! lets do
it like the camp 60’s version! With suit-nipples!” movies, so I’m not
buying it as a 4 movie box set.
Re: Forthcoming reviews
The Batman films follow the same pattern as the
Superman films; great start, decent second
outing, very different but not terrible third, and then a
completely and utterly abysmal fourth. That’s half the
fun of watching them. :)
Re: Forthcoming reviews
As much as I enjoyed the first one, I wish there’d been fewer plot holes to go with the stunning look and feel of the film. Despite Michelle Pfeiffer, I thought the second was a disaster, and nearly walked out of the theatre. I agree with you on the third, though Batman should be better-treated. And the fourth is pretty much the superhero Ishtar.
Someone like Burton really should be paired with a decent scriptwriter. Or perhaps Sandy Collora could do an official Bat-project.
Or, after the people who post at Bureau42 have finished fixing Star Trek for Paramount, we could then create a new Batman series.