Weird Combo of the day, batman, batman begins, blu-ray, dark knight, dvd, japan, warner entertainment

Japan Gets Batman Bust With Batman Begins Blu-Ray Set

On July 23, Japan will get their chance to own Batman Begins on Blu-ray—about two weeks after it's released in the US. But while our gift set edition comes with story boards, script pages and a $7.50 movie credit towars Dark Knight, our friends in the Land of the Rising Sun get a 25-cm-high bust. Where's MY bust, Warner Entertainment? Why can't I get a miniature rendition of Christian Bale's hooded face to stare at me stoically from my mantle? I may not be Japanese, but I like creepy stuff too! The regular Blu-Ray will be around $47, the gift set edition is about $180.[AV Watch]

3:30 PM on Sun May 4 2008
By Elaine Chow
3,448 views
15 comments

Comments

aR-Tard at 03:49 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

$7.50 credit towards Dark Knight? Sounds like a deal.
SidV at 04:04 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

7.50 off the movie and 180 bucks for the bust.
I prefer the female kind at that price.
yablunk at 04:44 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

50 dollars for a blu ray movie? are the prices going up?
soymilk at 04:59 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

@yablunk

50 dollars is the price for the movie in japan. Prices for movies in japan are always higher than prices in the states.
Husher at 05:13 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

batman kun
yablunk at 05:20 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

@soymilk: Ooh, thanks for explaining that. I was really scared for a minute.
superduperm at 06:37 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

So by my calculations, the special edition would cost about $110 if it was sold here (assuming that the US version is 60% of the JAP version like the movie-only).
Hardcore1 at 06:40 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

For $180 I get a plastic bust? For $180 I should be getting Christian Bale in the box...not that I'm gay, he'd probably be cool to hang with..or perhaps an authentic bat belt.
wild homes at 06:45 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

I get that Blu-Ray looks great and all, but even at thirty dollars they're really going to have to drop the prices by at least 30% if they're ever going to wrest market share away from DVD. I know full well how nice Blu looks and it still doesn't seem to have anything like enough value for me to be interested yet.
Chester_Copperpot at 07:15 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

I looooove Blu, but for the time being, I just rent. It takes certain movies to get $30 a pop.
ManekiNeko at 10:50 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

"Where's MY bust, Warner Entertainment?"

You want me to point it out to you, Elaine? :D
ninjatales at 11:24 PM on 05/04/08
Reply by Email
*

I was hoping it would be this one instead.

[www.amazon.com]
Buran at 02:54 AM on 05/05/08
Reply by Email
*
Connectedness Index: 220
Brought to you by Acura TSX

You could buy one on ebay. I'm sure there will be some available. Or order from a store that ships internationally. You DO know that Japan is in the same region for DVDs as the US is?
Atsumi at 10:34 AM on 05/05/08
Reply by Email
*

@Buran: Not DVDs, We're region 1 and Japan is region 2 (I think).

For Blu-Ray we're the same though. But you'd probably need to know Japanese to enjoy it fully.
Guy-Fawkes at 12:55 PM on 05/05/08
Reply by Email
*

Blu-Ray, the gift for the person who hasn't had a rootkit from Sony yet.