#rogue one featurette

[jeronandor]

"I am very glad I had the chance to go through this journey with [Felicity] because it's something new for both of us. The size of this film can be very scary and I was very lucky to have her next to me, always there to grab my hand and go 'Oh my god. Here we are. Let's make sure we stick together.'" Diego Luna on working with Felicity Jones during Rogue One (2016)

[staticwaffles]

She dominated his thinking nonetheless. Cassian believed neither pity nor pragmatism explained it.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization by Alexander Freed

[sydneyadmu]

JYN APPRECIATION WEEK

Day 4 ➥ Favorite quotes about Jyn

Rogue One Featurette | Jyn - The Rebel

[star-wars-forever]

Rogue One - A Star Wars Story: K2SO - The Droid Featurette

[batmannotes]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 4K Ultra HD Review

Jason Momoa reprises his role as the King of the Seven Seas in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which comes 5 years after the original film was released. Once again Aquaman’s most notable rogue, Black Manta, is back seeking revenge for his deceased father. This time, Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and sinister force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman makes an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction. 

I must admit, even though I consider myself a superhero aficionado, it has been 5 years since the first solo Aquaman flick hit the theaters and remembering certain details regarding the movie were hazy for me at best. Fortunately, there are flashbacks to some of the pertinent moments from the first outing. As in the original movie, there is a healthy dose of action and adventure sprinkled with some hit and miss humor. I enjoyed the unlikely bond between the brothers, and it is hard to argue that Black Manta is one of the most iconic super villains to hit the silver screen in a comic book flick in recent memory. Unfortunately, Manta is paired with a far less interesting character named Dr. Shin (Randall Park) and a collection of henchmen and women with little to no depth in this underwater adventure.  

The visuals of this film are the real treat, and with the 4K format they really shine. The underwater computer-generated sequences are particularly aesthetically pleasing, but I really wish this movie stuck to scenes beneath the sea. There are tons of incredibly interesting creatures in the ocean that an Aquaman movie has yet to tap into. A number of times the movie gets caught trying to copy other films, particularly Star Wars, however, this movie lacks the interesting intertwining plot points and character development of the sci-fi classic. Even with the beautiful 4K eye candy most of its visuals project, there are the occasional, (Joss Whedon) Justice League-esque CGI that leaves you wondering, “where did that come from?”. I also did not care for Aquaman being out of his classic orange and green costume for most of the movie, as I felt that it robbed me of that superhero feel.

VIDEO QUALITY 📽️ :  A 

The 2160p transfer looks glorious, even with the aforementioned lackluster CGI in a few limited sequences. This liquid beauty really carry the visual end of this film. 

AUDIO QUALITY 🔈 : A 

The Dolby Atmos English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit) really is a treat for the listener at home. The dialogue is clear, and the action sequences are bombastic as you are immersed deep into the sea of this film. 

EXTRAS 📀 :  B 

Included with this single disc release is a Digital Copy and several video extras listed below: 

Finding the Lost Kingdom (21:22) - Jason Momoa, director James Wan, DC honcho Jim Lee, production design Bill Brzeski, and other key members of the cast and crew are your guides at this usually scenic behind-the-scenes featurette, which includes bits and pieces of on-set footage and others supportive clips. 

Aquaman: Worlds Above and Below (9:39) - A like-minded look at various locales on both sides of the surface that covers special effects, location shoots, and Aquaman lore by way of a few vintage comics. 

Atlantean Blood is Thicker than Water (4:17) - A short but sweet look at the history of Arthur and his half-brother Orm, again with some comics history and short interviews with Momoa and Patrick Wilson. 

It's a Manta World (10:08) - Another character-focused featurette, this short piece sits down with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and others to speak about David Kane, Black Manta, the power suit, and more. 

Necrus, the Lost Black City (5:51) - James Wan, producer Peter Safran, Bill Brzeski, and others chat briefly about the titular lost kingdom, its visual creation, and its history in the franchise. 

Escape from the Deserter World (8:05) - Another like-minded featurette about the location -- or in this case, sequence -- featured in the film, a handful of familiar faces share about its creation and execution while being supported by behind-the-scenes footage, concept art, rehearsals, costume and set design, and more. 

Brawling at Kingfish's Lair (4:07) - A quick look at one of the film's many visually overloaded action scenes and some of the goofier details and supporting characters featured in it. 

Oh, Topo! (2:12) - And speaking of goofy supporting characters, this short and light-hearted tribute acts as an appreciation and highlight reel for everyone's favorite comedy relief cephalopod. 

FINAL GRADE: C- 

The only real emotions drawn from this bloated outing are the reconciliation between two brothers and the love for their mother. Aquaman should have submerged deeper into the sea, instead of trying to mimic the tales of old from the land above. 

Order now from Amazon.

[brokehorrorfan]

The Creator will be released on Digital on November 14 and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 12 via 20th Century Studios. The 2023 sci-fi thriller is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).

Edwards co-wrote with Chris Weitz (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Golden Compass). John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Janney, and Madeleine Yuna Voyles star.

The Creator is presented with Dolby Atmos audio. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

True Love: Making The Creator - 55-minute behind-the-scenes featurette with cast and crew

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (John David Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war — and humankind. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory, only to discover the world-ending weapon he's been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child

Pre-order The Creator.

[bartowskis]

omg tina! can i ask what videos the felicity & diego gifs you just posted are from? i know i’ve seen those rogue one bts features before but now would love to watch again 🥺 love your gifs!!!

ahh thank you so much! 💕 oh absolutely! those gifs are from two videos:

cassian featurette (3:22)

on set with diego (0:04)

for your viewing pleasure i also just want to link these related videos too because i love them all!! 🥹

rogue one featurette

jyn featurette

behind the scenes compilation

rogue one star wars celebration reel

the celebration one is so epic it still gives me chills but also makes me sad because of ALL THE DELETED SCENES WE’LL NEVER GET TO SEE

[sulieykte]

Hi lys!! I don’t think I’ve been in your inbox but I have arrived ‘dramatic stance’

How are you, cause I hope your having the best day and since you asked for distractions I have created a small list of questions that eight year olds would ask each other cause I’m bad at asking adult questions 👀 so get ready

What’s your favorite color cause I’m four and I wanna know

Favorite food

What fictional character do you relate to the most

First fictional crush you ever had

Favorite music artist

Do you prefer cats or dogs

And lastly

If you had to pick just one show to watch for the rest of your life what would it be

I hope these questions aren’t too personal but I love talking to moots and I think your awesome and cute and I wanna just kiss your face

BELLE bb you have no idea how much this made me smile. i'm grinning from ear to ear right now, giggling, kicking my feet and all that jazz.

and i love your questions bc the things i love most in life are attention and talking about myself i'm kidding i swear i'm not conceited

okay so here we go

favourite colour

i go through phases with colours and i end up with everything i own being that colour until i get over the obsession. right now it's lilac but i'm kind of getting dragged back into mint green now summer has arrived.

favourite food

similar to colours, and you'll probably notice a pattern here (neurodivergent crew wassup) i get hyperfixations with food. currently it's spinach, pesto and pine nut pasta but specifically the one that they do at morrisons bc i can't replicate it right at home no matter how hard i try.

fictional character i relate to the most

i kind of hate this, bc i've had years of people telling me i look like her and i wanted to fight it, but alex dunphy. her role in the family was very similar to mine growing up, i was the smart one (which says a lot about my family) and i had a lot of expectations put on me. i could go on and on about how much i relate to her and particularly her relationships with her family but i wont.

first fictional crush

anna paquin as rogue. i had the first x-men on vcr and i think it was concerning to my mum how much i would watch it. i remember it had a featurette and i'd watch the movie then spend forever rewinding all the way back to the featurette to get to see even more of her.

favourite musical artist

again, hyperfixations. at the moment i'm in a big taylor swift phase and i don't think it's dying out anytime soon.

cats or dogs

used to be dogs bc i had a huge sibling rivalry with my dads cats growing up and i hated them, but when i moved out and i could only have cats in my first rental, i fell in love with them. i've been fully converted to the kitty side.

and one show to watch for the rest of my life? definitely modern family. i rewatch it at least twice a year anyway.

now c'mere and give me a smooch, this was incredibly sweet and ilysm. i'm gonna be camping out in your inbox soon cutie <3

[jeronandor]

"Felicity... I mean apart from the fact that she's a really great actress, she does make it seem so easy that you forget what she's going through sometimes. And as amazing it is to make Star Wars, it's also very hard. Whenever I was thinking, 'I've got one of the hardest jobs in the world' I'd always stop myself and go 'Actually, Felicity's got the hardest job, carrying a Star Wars movie.'" Director Gareth Edwards on working with Felicity Jones on Rogue One (2016)

[goingroguepod]

Original Rogue One Team

so part of my research was trying to find John Knoll's original pitch for Destroyers of Worlds (which became Rogue One) but tbh I only got a few lines of the pitch but most of the character descriptions so here's the original team's character descriptions, as written by Knoll:

The Rebel Commandoes

Jyn Erso - Team Commander - Female, mid-forties. Smart and tough. Battle worn, a little cynical and jaded from everything she’s been through. Sarcastic, sense of humour. She’s seen it all and maybe that makes her seem a little callous to those who don’t really know her. Still, she’s a true believer in the rebel’s cause. She knows from first hand experience how brutal the Imperials can be. Her entire family was killed in an Imperial action. This is personal for her.

Ria Talla - Team Member - Female, mid twenties. The company’s pilot. Believes the main purpose of the rebellion is to put pressure on the Empire. Cost them money and cause them constant annoyance and they’ll have to negotiate. We’re going to have to reconcile with these folks, so don’t do anything too extreme. Most of all, make sure you survive this time.

Dray Nevis - Second in command, late twenties. As a former Imperial officer, he is the company’s expert on Imperial tactics and protocols. He knows from years of experience how things are done in the Empire, how things are arranged, where to look for specific items. This inside knowledge is important when raiding Imperial facilities. Has a covert romantic relationship with Ria.

K2SO - a matte black C3PO style protocol droid. Not bumbling comic relief, this guy is awesome. Has a true photographic memory. Speaks any necessary languages, can imitate voices as needed, quickly calculates odds of success of different actions. Able to listen to and participate in hundreds of simultaneous communications. Generally acts as co-ordinator and communications hub.

Lunak - very small (cat sized) tarsier-like alien. Can fit into small spaces, moves very fast. Has fantastic hearing and incredible eyesight, unassisted night vision. Much like bats, is able to “see” using sound. This ability allows Lunak to “see” what’s around the corner, or how many people are on the other side of that wall. Acts as scout and infiltrator. Great with mechanisms and electronics. Expert safecracker and lock picker.

Senna - Large robustly built, immensely strong alien. Structural engineering background. Demolitions expert. Designs demolition charge placement. His immense (size? strength?) comes in handy breaking in or out of where-ever they’re going.

*Edge of page, text really falling off*

Jerris - (team) member - male, early twenties. Crack shot. Is the company’s (cut off, presumably sniper or something along those lines?)… good at repairing equipment and knowing how to break….. the group

i'll level with you it got real hard to read the bottom of the page in the one place I've managed to find this treatment (held on scree with a focus rack in a rogue one bts featurette)

[veworfield]

Star wars the force awakens movie theater poster han solo

STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS MOVIE THEATER POSTER HAN SOLO MOVIE

The five posters for The Force Awakens feature both new and returning characters. He's usually able to get by on fear and threats alone, but sometimes he has to take physical. Chewbacca is one of the most dangerous heroes in the Star Wars Universe. A deleted scene from The Force Awakens shows Chewbacca following through on a Han Solo threat from A New Hope. The reason that's important is that we witness his death, which carries enormous personal resonance into the next picture. The Force Awakens character posters have been released, highlighting Han Solo, Rey, and other beloved characters. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Almost Made Good on a New Hope Threat. So I thought it would have been more effective, and I still feel this way, though it's just my opinion, that Leia would make it as far as she can, and, right when she is apprehended, maybe even facing death-Ba-boom! I come in and blow the guy away and the two of us go to where Han is facing off with his son, but we're too late. Then we're in the situation where all three of us are together, which is one of my favorite things in the original film, when we were on the Death Star. The posters, which were revealed by the film's Twitter account on Wednesday, are just as intense as you'd imagine. And she won't succeed, and, in frustration, she'll go herself. New character posters were released today, and if I had to choose just one of them I would go for that Han Solo poster. The official character posters for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' are here, getting us even more excited for the film's big release. "So I thought, Carrie will sense that Han is in danger and try to contact me.

STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS MOVIE THEATER POSTER HAN SOLO MOVIE

"Now, remember, one of the plots in the earlier films was the telepathic communication between my sister and me," Hamill tells Vanity Fair. Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be followed on Decemby Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: Episode VIII on May 26, 2017, and the Han Solo anthology movie on May 25, 2018. While the scene was powerfully emotional, Hamill believed at the time that he had a better idea for how Han's final moments should have gone down. The film also featured the first death of one of the original trilogy's core protagonists when Han Solo was killed by his own son Ben, now the dark side Force wielder Kylo Ren, in front of Chewbacca, Rey, and Finn. The film featured both a cast of new heroes and the stars of the original trilogy - Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker and Harrison Ford as Han Solo. Later in August, legendary poster artist Drew Struzan offered his contribution to The Force Awakens with a poster showing Han Solo, Rey, Kylo Ren and a lightsaber-wielding Finn. The 'Behind the Frame' video shows director J. Star Wars: The Force Awakens brought the Star Wars film franchise back to life in 2015. The cast and director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens have shared thoughts on the IMAX presentation in a new featurette.

[audrey-gianelli]

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016) - Making of CGI Featurette

[batmannotes]

The Batman: The Complete Series Review

The fully-remastered The Batman: The Complete Series is now available on Blu-ray for the very first time. All 65-episode are included in this newly released box set.

The series premiered on September 11, 2004 on Kids’ WB before eventually shifting to Cartoon Network for subsequent seasons. The Batman: The Complete Series follows 20-something-year-old Bruce Wayne’s early adventures as he balances his daytime persona as a bachelor billionaire with his nighttime guise as a caped crimefighter.

At first I was a bit hesitant accepting this cartoon; after all it wasn't Batman: The Animated Series, which for me was the definitive Batman. I also wasn't sold on the new look of the villains. But after I let my cape down and gave the series a chance, it started to surprise me. The animation itself had an amazing color palette which was used exquisitely for scenery and backdrops. The stories themself were a little less serious than, Batman: TAS, but that played in its favor through the course of 5 seasons. It also gave us a look at some of Batman's rogues not used in Batman: TAS like Black Mask.

The first couple of seasons of the show were a bit of a departure from the traditional Caped Crusader, no Commissioner Gordon, Robin or Batgirl . Fast forward to season 4 and all of the perviously mentioned characters were in place, making it the strongest season thus far. At the start of season 4 was the episode titled, 'A Matter of Family', which guest starred Kevin Conroy voicing Dick Grayson's father, John. It was exceptional retelling of Robin's origin story.

The 5th and final season push limits of awesomeness even further, as THE BATMAN added guest Justice League appearances by Superman, Green Arrow, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and Martian Manhunter. This season had a spectacular two part episode finale that seemed to set up a new Justice League series. Unfortunately we didn't get that or even a season six of THE BATMAN, as the series was cancelled.

The Batman: The Complete Series – Special Features

Blu-ray+Digital

The Dark Dynasty Continues (New Featurette) – Explore the relationship between The Batman and his allies as he evolves from mysterious vigilante to the World’s Greatest Detective.

Joining Forces: The Batman's Legendary Team-Ups (Featurette) – How the series’ producers adapted the DC “Team-Up-Tales” approach from the comic books to the screen.

The Batman Junior Detective Challenge (Quiz) – Alfred tests your detective skills with The Batman: The Complete Series challenge.

The Batman Junior Detective Exam: Level 2 (Quiz) – Pass The Batman test of knowledge with the level 2 exam.

Building Batman (Featurette) – Detective Ellen Yin investigates The Batman's true identity.

Gotham PD Case Files (Featurette) – Highly confidential profiles of The Batman's most dastardly foes.

New Look, New Direction, New Knight (Featurette) – Go behind the scenes to explore the development of The Batman television series.

The Batman: Season 3 Unmasked (Featurette) – Supervising Producer Duane Capizzi talks about the animated series.

The Batman: Season 4 Unmasked (Featurette) – A behind the scenes look into the making of Season 4.

VERDICT:

If you've never check the series out, you should definitely give it a chance, it's one of the hidden gems in the DC Universe. In my opinion THE BATMAN is far superior to most of the latest offerings from Warner Bros. Animation. The newly released HD transfer to Blu-ray makes the box set that much more appealing and with 65 episodes to enjoy, you can binge watch for quite a long time. There's a lot to love about this series once you get used to the irregular designs of Batman rogues. Seasons 4 and 5 are exceptional and left me with an appetite for more of this animated fun. It's a series that doesn't take itself overly serious, but that's one of its many alluring features.

Available now at Amazon. Direct link here.

Warner Bros. provided a copy of The Batman: The Complete Series for review which did not affect this reviewer's analysis of the product.

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Back to the Future – Glass talks to Swedish actor Rebecca Ferguson about her roles in Dune, Mission: Impossible and the lessons we can learn from spaghetti

Rebecca Ferguson is on location in Budapest, possibly dressed up as a sci-fi high priestess with glowing blue eyes and a three-pronged bouffant. Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s 2020 reinterpretation of David Lynch’s 1984 Frank Herbert adaptation, needs reshoots of its own, so Ferguson is talking to me over the phone in between takes from what sounds like a galaxy far, far away …

In accordance with “soon-to-be-released-Sci-Fi-epic” law, Dune is shrouded in secrecy. As yet there are no behind the scenes featurettes, and no leaked stills to give an insight into Villeneuve’s vision for Ferguson’s character, Lady Jessica, the age-agnostic mother of Timothée Chalamet’s cosmic hero, Paul Atreides.

So, I do the only thing you can do when imagining the new cast of a reboot and attach Ferguson’s disembodied head to the beheaded body of her Lady Jessica predecessor. Et voilà, Rebecca Ferguson: live from Budapest, possibly looking like a futuristic, blue eyed, heavily bouffanted, Lynchian high priestess.

She’s called back from a location with better phone coverage and we’re discussing cities, from the “incredible” (Budapest), to the inhabitable (London, Ferguson’s second home), via LA, which, putting it mildly, fits neither criteria in the 37-year-old’s glowing blue eyes. “The idea of moving to LA has never, ever, ever been on my agenda,” she declares.

The first thing that strikes you about Ferguson is that she’s passionate talking about practically everything. “Look, there are people I love, who love it there … and I get it. When people there look at you and smile, there is a joy,” she pauses, reliving early encounters with LA, and smiles … “And a happiness which is so lovely and endearing and light – but I can’t take it too long. I just want to smoke a cigarette and kind of blow it in someone’s face.” An apology seems on the tip of her tongue, but she decides it would ruin the joke, and merely says, “I don’t actually smoke, by the way.”

She spends much of the year in a Swedish fishing village – “a different world”, she says, possessing all the things she loves: row boats, the ocean, her friends, grilling fish and just the right amount of smiling and joy. Ferguson’s open and only slightly sardonic disdain for the folly of wanton joy suggests, to me, two things. One: that while she clearly loves Sweden, the place of her birth and homeland of her father, the English side of her mother is potent.

And two: the ability to “get in and get out”, as she puts it, remains a priority. As a teen, Ferguson was unknown to the world but famous in Sweden as the star of soap opera Nya Tider. When the show ended and she was 15, she got out. “I studied, had a beautiful child, worked in restaurants, shops, God … in hotels – I did everything.” Everything but act, other than a couple of minor, un-recurring TV roles and student films in exchange for free lunch.

“I never wanted to go to drama school, mainly because I didn’t want to be like every other Swede in film. Not to criticise Lars Norén or … Ingrid Bergman, but all I could think was ‘I don’t want to be a drama student with a fucking purple beret on my head, I don’t want to be like them’. I think, now, looking back, I was just terrified I wasn’t going to get in.”

Eleven years after Nya Tider, Ferguson starred in Swedish language film, A One-Way Trip to Antibes. “And that was the gateway for me.” Soon after she was cast as Queen Elizabeth in BBC period drama The White Queen, which was less a conveyer belt towards ‘the big time’ as it was a treadmill cranked to 11. But playing Queen Elizabeth on the BBC isn’t without its drawbacks – play the role well enough and the whole world will think you’re English.

Being called Rebecca Ferguson probably doesn’t help, and her English is too perfect to be considered a second language. Most of all, though, it’s to do with the version of Englishness that lives so prominently in Ferguson: her mother’s version. “My mother is quintessentially English,” she says. “When she came over to Sweden, words and expressions like ‘whoops-a-daisy, ‘holy moly’ and ‘kerfuffle’ still existed – it’s how she spoke and it became the natural way of speaking for me, too.”

It made Ferguson a convincing Brit, laying the groundwork for the most seamless England/Sweden switcheroo since Ferguson’s own mother integrated so adeptly into her adopted home that, in 1975, she was awarded the ultimate endorsement: appearing on the sleeve of an Abba album. And yet, beyond the whimsical lingo, Ferguson is neither stiff, stoical nor repressed – three fundamentals of Britishness.

On chat-shows, she’s gregarious and tactile and warm, and this confuses people who go by the “if it looks like a Brit and sounds like a Brit …” metric. It’s a little like painting a cat with black and white stripes and saying, “what’s wrong with that zebra and why is it such an outrageous flirt?” “I’ve seen those bloody comments! It’s so weird. It makes me think I should stop touching people altogether, which is sad because, you know … we’re here, we’re together, we’re human beings.”

The problem is, when your wagon’s hitched to a vehicle like Mission: Impossible, where each instalment is an event, and every instalment ends with the promise of another instalment (Episodes 7 and 8 are in the works), chat show appearances are unending. Rumour is that number seven will be filmed in space, which is a worthwhile trade for the talk-show couch merry-go-round, depending on where you stand on heights. “In space? That’s news to me, but with TC nothing surprises me.”

TC is, of course, Mr Mission Impossible: Tom Cruise. “So,” I ask her, would she do it? “I would probably say ‘fuck off’ to that. Heights are my greatest fear and I’m not doing cognitive therapy acting … then again, I never thought I would jump 40 metres off that house in Vienna (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation). That was bloody terrifying. But I did it … and got to do something that I never thought I would do, so maybe it is all just therapy?”

He’s a force of nature,” Ferguson says. “I’ve never met anyone like him.” There’s a unique fascination around Cruise, due to his personal life and the idea that the line separating him from his Mission Impossible character, Ethan Hunt, has become almost non-existent; that the actor has permanently morphed into the character, who now spends his days playing the role of the actor he once was. Which is a crazy suggestion, obviously, but Cruise is so intensely fascinating that I can’t help such ideas whirl through my head whenever I see him interviewed “out of character”.

I ask Ferguson what it’s like to have a relationship with someone so divisive, who invokes such strong opinions, and whether she feels strangely protective of Cruise. “I don’t think I can. I feel there’s no need to be protective of him. He’s powerful …  just the way he is. I feel like I’m supported by him all the time.” Nor does she tire of being asked about him. “He’s an interesting person to talk about, and a very interesting person to get to know.

The boyish charm, the need to always be doing fun things for everyone while making sure everyone feels safe … Sometimes we’ll start laughing and unbuckling our seatbelts just to fuck with him,” which weirdly is the only Tom Cruise anecdote I think I’ll ever need. “We’ve had some beautiful moments filming together.”

On which note, with our allotted 30 minutes long expired, I ask Ferguson what ‘together’ means to her, but she seems to have re-entered whatever foreign galaxy she started the interview in, and the question gets chewed up on its way over. She responds, “spaghetti?” which, after some clarification and deliberation, we decide to stick with, despite the kerfuffle. “Because togetherness is the opposite of isolation and segregation,” and nothing represents the importance of togetherness like than the profoundly sad sight of a lone strand of spaghetti.

by Charlie Navin-Holder

[brokehorrorfan]

The Batman: The Complete Series will be released on Blu-ray (with Digital) on February 1 via Warner Bros. The animated TV series aired for five seasons, first on  Kids' WB then Cartoon Network, between 2004 and 2008.

Update: The releases have been pushed back to March 1 “in order to enhance the visibility of the box set in retail outlets.”

It stars Rino Romano as Batman, Evan Sabara as Robin, Danielle Judovits as Batgirl, Kevin Michael Richardson as the Joker, Ming-Na Wen as Ellen Yin, Tom Kenny as The Penguin, Clancy Brown as Mr. Freeze, Alastair Duncan as Alfred, Gina Gershon as Catwoman, Jason Marsden as Firefly, Steve Harris as Ethan Bennett, Mitch Pileggi as Commissioner Gordon, and Adam West as Mayor Grange.

Brandon Vietti, Seung Eun Kim, Christopher Berkeley, Anthony Chun, Sam Liu, Vinton Heuck, Matt Youngberg, and John Fang direct. Michael Goguen and Duane Capizzi developed the show and served as supervising producers. 

The six-disc set contains all 65 episodes remastered in high definition. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

The Dark Dynasty Continues – Explore the relationship between The Batman and his allies as he evolves from mysterious vigilante to the World’s Greatest Detective (new)

Joining Forces: The Batman's Legendary Team-Ups – How the series’ producers adapted the DC “Team-Up-Tales” approach from the comic books to the screen

Building Batman – Detective Ellen Yin investigates The Batman's true identity

New Look, New Direction, New Knight (Featurette) – Go behind the scenes to explore the development of The Batman television series

The Batman: Season 3 Unmasked – Supervising producer Duane Capizzi talks about the making of Season 3

The Batman: Season 4 Unmasked – A behind the scenes look into the making of Season 4

Gotham PD Case Files – Confidential profiles of The Batman's most dastardly foes

The Batman Junior Detective Challenge quiz

The Batman Junior Detective Exam: Level 2 quiz

The Batman follows 20-something-year-old Bruce Wayne’s early adventures as he balances his daytime persona as a bachelor billionaire with his nighttime guise as a caped crimefighter. Along the way, Batman is joined by allies Robin and Batgirl as they combat Gotham City’s Rogues’ Gallery, including updated versions of his familiar foes as well as a bevy of rarely seen villains like Killer Moth and The Everywhere Man. Join one of the most complex and intriguing character in comic book history for action-packed super heroic adventures that test the limits of this legendary character's extraordinary physical prowess and super-sleuthing skills.

Pre-order The Batman: The Complete Series.