Today, while wondering about on the internet I found a review at one of my local haunts of Batman (1989) on blu-ray. Reading it I realized, I have it written down that that movie doesn’t come out until March 10th in North America. wtf?

So I continue reading, to find out, it’s the UK release, and its Region Free! Now I would have balked back in the DVD days, because just because you can play it here, doesn’t mean it won’t be crap. No longer must I fear, as the stupidity that is NTSC vs PAL is not over. Turns out that there is only 1, yes 1 kind of HD signal in the world, about freaking time. 1080p/24 is the same 1080p/24 EVERYWHERE.

So much to the dismay of my poor little credit card, $54 CAN just went to the monolithic company that is Amazon.co.uk. But the bright side is, these Blu-ray discs come as individual films, so I can own only Batman and Batman Returns, without having to waste money (again) on Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.

Technological progress can be a good thing once in a while, and I’m glad to be up on it, most of the time.

Below are the pretty new covers.