So, you and hundreds of thousands of others picked up your Blu-ray copy of The Dark Knight today, huh? We know you haven't had time to fiddle with the BD-Live extras just yet, but one Joe Lynch from G4 TV has. One of the most intriguing aspects of the flick's interactive feature set is the fan commentary; put simply, users hook up a USB webcam to their player (PS3 included) and then commentate as the film progresses. From there, you can upload your take(s) to the BD-Live servers for others to enjoy. Granted, we aren't too sure how you'll actually find someone bored enough to listen to you jabber on about a film they purchased, but we reckon that's beside the point. Vid's waiting after the break.
Interesting... He was one of the oldest Engadget posters I knew of! If clak, letstakeawalk, and flashpoint all change their names too, that would just make me sad.
Ugh, I cringe just hearing the name rifftrax. It's nothing like MST3K. They aren't any good without the writers they used to have. My worst problem, they aren't legit. They sold out. Check their crunchbase. I bought a couple commentaries, they weren't that good. Then I found out they were given $5M venture. They were all like "hey support us, buy our stuff and donate". I loved MST3K and was completely in support of rifftrax, thinking they just needed to get back into it. I thought they were being cool doing this solo, they just want the money.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should is exactly what I was going to say too.
Who wants to waste their bandwidth on random ravings of idiots; ironically he says posting on a blog with public contributions. But still, I can honestly say I would never, ever, use this feature ... it's bad enough when this people are at the movie theatre, now we can bring them home with us.
It's not necessarily a bad idea. Sure there's gonna be even more junk on youtube, but then every once in a while you might stumble on a gem of a commentary by a big fan who talks about all the stuff you wish the director did in his commentary. I do think they should have a mode where you don't record the video, just the sound - I don't need to see some dude's face while I'm watching the movie... now, I wanna see what happens when the porn industry starts doing that with their movies! :D
I could see this working out like xbox live has special gaming nights..."game with the pros" or whatever they call it...how about instead of the regular recorded and saved to disk commentaries you watch the dark knight with one of the stars or director and watch it live and see and hear what they say right when they say it...? maybe? Then for those that miss it live, the commentary is still there to watch...
Theres a good chance that if Im not watching the movie with you, I dont want your commentary. Hell, theres a good chance that even if Im watching the movie with you, I still dont want your commentary.
I've broken off semi-successful relationships because of girls talking through movies, not to mention threatened to destroy groups of teenagers chatting away in the theaters. Listening to some idiot jab away about Christopher Nolan in my own house would make me throw my remote through my damn TV.
Do not talk through movies, people. That's what diners and pie are for afterwards.
I really don't get it. The reason that movie commentaries are interesting is that you get to hear from people who worked on the movie, and the most interesting ones talk about the experiences they had making the movie, and how various scens came about.
Why would anyone want to watch some random guy watching a movie.
"Hey this bits cool. Oh yeah That was funny. BTW did I mention the big twist is that..." etc etc.
I can see not only kids watching unintentional porn/vulgarity, I can also see someone spoiling the plot moments ahead of the scene, like "Gordon didn't die, he comes back in about 30 minutes to arrest the Joker" or "Rachel dies,OMG!".
Seriously, who wants this?
Give me something worthwhile on BD-live or give me even higher video/audio encodes.
BTW - The Dark Knight looked and sounded fabulous on bluray.
So you guys wanna watch me sitting in my undies yelling at my wife that I cant do the dishes because im watching the Dark Knight. Then my kid will come in and mess with the camera so for the rest of the movie you will see the wall and not me?
this is going to work until lil johny finds someone who's banging his GF for commentary.. I can't imagine the porn industry will sit this one out... moderation of all that crap will overwhelm..
that and I hope there's no exploit that allows someone to turn on the camera.. see inside your living room..
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Yes, this is exactly what I want, to invite the Youtube idiots into other parts of my home.
(excluding AVGN)
OwlExterminator, NICE you've changed your name from iEye... Apple Fanboy.
no shite, sherlock!
Knew it, comments are similar.
Interesting... He was one of the oldest Engadget posters I knew of! If clak, letstakeawalk, and flashpoint all change their names too, that would just make me sad.
The.Dark.Knight.BluRay.x264.1080p
awww yeah onelove... thats my blu ray...
FUGLY clown
Professional
Fusion Fuzo
Let's all buy him a thesaurus for Christmas... he needs it.
"Fugly" or not, that was the best damn 'clown' performance I have EVER seen.
+internets for you, heath.
haha, do you just comment to see how quickly you'll get voted to "lowest"?
CROOOOW!
Holy Batman!
Mom?
That's exactly what I thought after seeing your pic
creepy.
Could be an interesting way to do Riff Trax type commentaries.
For those who don't know what Riff Trax are, check out http://www.rifftrax.com/
Ugh, I cringe just hearing the name rifftrax. It's nothing like MST3K. They aren't any good without the writers they used to have. My worst problem, they aren't legit. They sold out. Check their crunchbase. I bought a couple commentaries, they weren't that good. Then I found out they were given $5M venture. They were all like "hey support us, buy our stuff and donate". I loved MST3K and was completely in support of rifftrax, thinking they just needed to get back into it. I thought they were being cool doing this solo, they just want the money.
Well at least BD is going somewhere.
can anyone say Mystery Science Theater 3000?
Yes... "RiffTrax"!
http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/dark-knight
Mike, Kevin (Tom Servo) and Bill (Crow v2.0) are ahead of the game on this one. Looking forward to watching this this weekend.
Wow thats guy in the jokers mask is so creepy and realistic that i want to get in a bat suit and puch him in the face to add to the realism
I'd do it without the bat-suit!
Damn, Creepy Clowns!
Cool technology... on paper.
The only film I know of that I would actually enjoy this feature: Repo: The Genetic Opera
Just because you CAN do a thing, does not mean you SHOULD do a thing. This is a horrible idea that will not help sell a single copy.
How about LOWERING THE PRICES?
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should is exactly what I was going to say too.
Who wants to waste their bandwidth on random ravings of idiots; ironically he says posting on a blog with public contributions. But still, I can honestly say I would never, ever, use this feature ... it's bad enough when this people are at the movie theatre, now we can bring them home with us.
LOWER THE PRICES instead.
And the Oscar for the most pointless use of technology in an action related film goes to....
....Batman TDK
Is this supposed to entice me into buying a Blu-ray player? It isn't working.
Just because we can doesn't mean we should.
It's not necessarily a bad idea. Sure there's gonna be even more junk on youtube, but then every once in a while you might stumble on a gem of a commentary by a big fan who talks about all the stuff you wish the director did in his commentary. I do think they should have a mode where you don't record the video, just the sound - I don't need to see some dude's face while I'm watching the movie... now, I wanna see what happens when the porn industry starts doing that with their movies! :D
o you see here now this is my FAVORITE scene, the way he picks her up and plants her on him. just screams success!
"every once in a while you might stumble on a gem of a commentary" assuming anyone actually looks in the first place
Counting down til someone provides a full-length commentary consisting of picture of goatse.
almost makes you wish for tubgirl...
I could see this working out like xbox live has special gaming nights..."game with the pros" or whatever they call it...how about instead of the regular recorded and saved to disk commentaries you watch the dark knight with one of the stars or director and watch it live and see and hear what they say right when they say it...? maybe? Then for those that miss it live, the commentary is still there to watch...
Why does everything have to be so social now?
Theres a good chance that if Im not watching the movie with you, I dont want your commentary. Hell, theres a good chance that even if Im watching the movie with you, I still dont want your commentary.
Watching a movie with other people. What a peculiar idea.
I've broken off semi-successful relationships because of girls talking through movies, not to mention threatened to destroy groups of teenagers chatting away in the theaters. Listening to some idiot jab away about Christopher Nolan in my own house would make me throw my remote through my damn TV.
Do not talk through movies, people. That's what diners and pie are for afterwards.
It's the logo from the Legend of Zelda series.
... such a great movie!
I can't wait to hear some strangers commentary on my porn BDs.
this
is
worthless
who in their fu***** mind would want to watch some overzealous fanboy in a shite mask dancing like barney???
I can't be bothered to spend my time listening to the director's commentary, and he's someone whose opinion I might actually be interested in.
I dunno. Dana Snyder could sell videos he made of commentary on his or other films.
Joe Lynch = director of "Wrong Turn 2" and very cool guy.
what happens when people start abusing it? how long before the commentary IS the porn. not to mention people just yelling shit for the entire movie.
This just reeks of desperation - from all parties involved.
Dumb.
This actually could be a usefull feature if used correctly.
If they had a rating system of the commentaries, then it would make it easier to dig through the crap.
Also, there's a possiblity of other actors or people that worked on the film to make commentaries on their own time.
If you want to know what the "sound guy" thinks about the movie, you could watch his commentary.
I actually think this is a pretty good idea if used correctly.
I really don't get it. The reason that movie commentaries are interesting is that you get to hear from people who worked on the movie, and the most interesting ones talk about the experiences they had making the movie, and how various scens came about.
Why would anyone want to watch some random guy watching a movie.
"Hey this bits cool. Oh yeah That was funny. BTW did I mention the big twist is that..." etc etc.
Worst idea ever.
That guy with the shotgun in the bank came into my work today. He bought a 37" tv for his house or something. I work at Bestbuy.
Oh goodie. PIP morons telling me all about Batman. :D
Also, I'm willing to bet it will be about 3 seconds before someone points that webcam at some naughty naughty things.
AVGN, your new portal to fame
I can see not only kids watching unintentional porn/vulgarity, I can also see someone spoiling the plot moments ahead of the scene, like "Gordon didn't die, he comes back in about 30 minutes to arrest the Joker" or "Rachel dies,OMG!".
Seriously, who wants this?
Give me something worthwhile on BD-live or give me even higher video/audio encodes.
BTW - The Dark Knight looked and sounded fabulous on bluray.
Damn you bw8755, you've totally ruined the film for me now........(runs away sobbing).
So you guys wanna watch me sitting in my undies yelling at my wife that I cant do the dishes because im watching the Dark Knight. Then my kid will come in and mess with the camera so for the rest of the movie you will see the wall and not me?
I doubt it.
this is going to work until lil johny finds someone who's banging his GF for commentary.. I can't imagine the porn industry will sit this one out... moderation of all that crap will overwhelm..
that and I hope there's no exploit that allows someone to turn on the camera.. see inside your living room..
I can't wait for user feedback on porn...