Dec 1, 2008 by Brian Gallagher

The Dark Knight to Be Warner Bros. First BD Live Title

The Dark KnightThis year's must-own movie, the critically-acclaimed blockbuster The Dark Knight, hits the street on December 9th as Warner Bros.' first home entertainment release to include Internet-enabled interactive features exclusive to the Blu-ray format. The Dark Knight Blu-ray takes advantage of next-generation technology through BD-Live, which is accessible through internet-connected Blu-ray players (including PlayStation 3).

Warner Bros. BD-Live allows users to experience a variety of exclusive interactive features. The Dark Knight Blu-ray owners can host their own Live Community Screenings with friends, record and post user-generated commentaries over the film using My WB Commentary, access more The Dark Knight content exclusive to Warner Bros. BD-Live, get sneak peeks and trailers of upcoming Warner Bros. films, create an online library of Blu-ray movies, manage a wish list for upcoming releases and connect to the WB store.

Users will be able to host their own Live Community Screening with their buddy list or the entire Warner Bros. BD-Live community. Fans and friends across the country can send invitations for screenings at a specified time and chat with each other as the movie plays.

The "My WB Commentary" feature of BD-Live will allow fans to post user-generated Picture-in-Picture commentary right over the film then share it with friends or the entire Warner Bros. BD-Live Community. Using a web-camera, users can record their own comments and play them back as a Picture-in-Picture feature over the film scene they have chosen. Users can then post the commentary on BD-Live, share it with whom they select and receive a rating on their videos.

More Warner Bros. BD-Live initiatives will be announced in the coming weeks, including the opportunity for fans to interact with director Christopher Nolan during a special Live Community Screening.

BD-Live is only accessible through a Blu-ray Disc played on an Internet-connected or Blu-ray player (including PlayStation 3) with BD-Live capabilities and sufficient data storage.

"Blu-ray's BD-Live technology offers consumers the ability to integrate social networking and user- generated content with the best possible picture and sound of movies at home," said Ron Sanders, President of Warner Home Video. "We are committed to helping this new technology grow and helping to connect people who love movies."

Warner Bros. BD-Live will have exciting new content both specific to The Dark Knight and other WB films exclusive only to BD-Live registered users. Content includes, but is not limited to, two motion comics, one created as a bridge between the story of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and one created about The Joker, and an exclusive look a the premiere of The Dark Knight in New York City.


Sources: Warner Home Video

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Comments (8)

  1. CBF

    To partially answer your question, Sly, Amazon lists the SE DVD as a "Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy", which to me, suggests 3 discs total. Yet, here are the features listed:

    Gotham Uncovered: How Christopher Nolan and his team developed the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod and composer Hans Zimmer musically characterized the Joker's reign of chaos.
    The Dark Knight IMAX&#174 Scenes: View these 6 action-packed sequences--shot on the largest format possible--in their original IMAX framing, just as they were intended
    Gotham Tonight: 6 episodes of Gotham Cable's premier news program
    The Galleries: Poster art and production stills
    Digital Copy of the feature film

    So I'm not entirely sure and I'm a little skeptical as to why these following features are NOT listed for this version:

    - Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene - Director Christopher Nolan and creative collaborators unmask the incredible detail and planning behind the film, including stunt staging, filming in IMAX?, and the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod.

    - Batman Tech - The incredible gadgets and tools.

    - Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight - Delve into the psyche of Bruce Wayne and the world of Batman through real-world psychotherapy.

    So, in other words, I missed the special on History Channel, and now because these meatheads decided to NOT put it on the DVD, I'm screwed out of watching it at all?!? Why is it that we couldn't have it on the Two-Disc DVD? It's not like only the Blu-Ray's could handle having an extra doc*mentary or two. What some meatpies, those execs who decide what goes on which DVD versions.

    Anyways, back to the Steelbook: Steelbooks ALWAYS include the special editions of any DVD, the best editions, most likely Two-Discs. So I am completely positive that the TDK Steelbook will be either 1.) the Two-Disc Special Edition WITHOUT the Digital Copy disc (I hope), or 2.) the Two-Disc Special Edition + the Digital Copy disc - a Three-Disc Special Edition. I expect the latter but hope for the former. And am seriously pissed that they didn't include the best features on it, only on the Blu-Ray. So what are we really getting? The movie with ONLY TWO FEATURES? And Digital Copy, which nobody cares about or wants to pay for - most likely we will be paying $25 - 30 for it. And like I said, ONLY TWO FEATURES.

    3 years agoby @comicbookfanFlag

  2. slysnide

    Since TDK dvds/blu-ray are the subject matter here, then I'm gonna throw this out here. Does the 2 Disc FYE Steelbook edition just include the regular single disc and a digital copy on the second disc? Or are all the features on Disc 1 and the digital copy being disc 2? Cuz I hate digital copies. They're just a scam to make fans pay for an extra disc they don't want. And for that matter, if the latter question of mine is true, then is Disc 1 of the regular special edition feature bonus stuff, and the second being the digital copy once again? Cuz none are called 3-disc sets, (Which it technically would be with 2 dvds and a digital copy) yet the blu-ray has a 3rd disc which is the digital copy.

    I know this sounds confusing, but FYE's webpage on it doesn't show any special features under the 2-Disc steelbook dvd edition, yet it does on the other 2 disc editions. And therefore I'm just seeking out clarifications before I add a specific version to my list. It's seriously the only thing I'd want for X-Mas...that and a laptop. lol!

    3 years agoby @slysnideFlag

  3. The Narrator: The Better Man

    I don't either. Lucky bastards!!!

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  4. Diaigma

    I am an optimist. Thanks for pointing that out Zany.

    3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag

  5. ZanyZap

    Your optimismshines through your words D.
    To bad I don't own a bluray player or a PS3.

    3 years agoby @zanyzapFlag

  6. The Dark Knight

    NOW this is the start of something new!

    3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  7. Diaigma

    Just what we need, another method of starting virtual fights with people. :P

    3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag

  8. CelluloidDreams

    OHHHHHHHHHHHH! NIICE!

    3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

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