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Matrix Special Edition Cancelled
An anonymous reader writes "According to The Digital Bits, the recently announced Matrix Special Edition has been cancelled. Rumor is that it was cancelled by the Wachowski brothers in hopes of coming out with a Super Collectors Special Edition later."
From the article: "There's no official reason given as to why this SE was cancelled."
From the studio article in the same article: "Warner Home Video will not be releasing the previously announced The Matrix Special Edition double-disc DVD. In a shift in strategy to broaden The Matrix fan base prior to the May 15 theatrical release of the highly anticipated sequel The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Home Video will reprice The Matrix DVD to $19.99 SRP on April 29."
There's your official reason right there, and it's reasonable. If Warner released an expensive special edition now, it would push the standard Matrix DVD farther back on the shelves. The special edition would sell well, undoubtedly, but only already-dedicated fans would be willing to pay a steep price. With Warner's new strategy, stores will promote the newly-discounted standard DVD, and newbies will be that much more encouraged to get into the film -- and subsequently more likely to head to theaters for the sequel. Makes good sense from a marketing point of view.
Also, the article doesn't say that the SE has been killed forever -- indeed, it implies that a special edition of some kind will come out when Warner thinks the time is right.
How can they hope to keep up with the X-Men franchise?
but George Lucas has that idea patented already.
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It was cancelled because it is the most overrated film ever, and they realised that those outside slashdot wouldn't touch it with a shitty stick.
no one can be told what the speciali edition is... ;)
The real reason is that the machines from the Matrix and the machines from Skynet are in different unions, and refuse to work together in the same world, just to entertain us humans.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
If they indeed cancelled it because they'd rather do the whole thing later on, and do it better, then you have to give them credit. How pi$$ed would fans be if they came out with the SE, and then another version of the same stuff later on?
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.. there is no Special Edition.
I wonder to what extent the expeience of the movie itself becomes diluted with such marketing iterations.
No need to worry, the Super Ultra Deluxe Megaton Special Edition DX Matrix will be coming out soon.
I am a filthy pirate.
Will this one have all guns replaced by walkie-talkies? Or is that Super Extended Collectors Special Edition?
Dammit. Could have been so much cooler.
You are not the customer.
Super Mega Ultra Special Edition of the Matrix trilogy. That will include enough code to actually create your own Matrix, enslave, at the very least, members of your own family AND do wire work with the best of them (assuming the best of them can't do the kung fu moves without being attached to a wire rig). And it will be reasonably priced for the holiday season.
Given that most DVD's now contain special features, it seems like the prudent thing to do is wait until the entire series (LOTR, Star Wars, Matrix, etc.) is released together. Why would I want to pony up the bucks for one special edition DVD when I can wait and get the ultra-super-extra-even specialer Box collection? Further, if you don't know if they are going to release the ultra-super-extra-even specialer Box collection, would you wait until all the DVD's were out just in case? I guess I am going to wait a while before investing in DVD's of any of these series until I see if they will release a whole series of DVD's.
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The correct link for the article, since the article was moved off the home page into the archives.
There is no Matrix Special Edition.
Woah.
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on if there will be along the way a Super Matrix: Champion Edition? Maybe the viewer could go through the movie from the perspective of an agent...
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That's not necessarily because they "couldn't get it right". A lot of actors have realized that folks really like the bonus features, like deleted scenes. So, what do they do? When they're not pretending to know about world politics, they're demanding that they be paid extra for anything used as bonus features on a DVD.
They're already getting paid to shoot scenese. Then they want MORE money if some of those scenes are used in the bonus features. My, isn't that an interesting economical perspective.
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...Matrix star Keanu Reeves replied: "Whoa."
The "Special Edition" DVD was going to be 90% recycled material from the original Matrix and Matrix Revisited DVDs, with only a bit more added. Perhaps someone realized that no one was going to buy it. (casual fans would just buy the movie, hardcore fans already have 'Revisited') Kudos to the Wachowskis for NOT trying to gouge their fans!
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Well I guess we can't have everything.
At least we'll have the Platinum Edition, Superbit Edition, Limited Edition, Full Screen Edition, Widescreen Edition, Platinum Series Exteneded Edition, Collector's Edition, Boomstick Edition, Box Set, Unrated Edition, Criterion Edition, Ultimate Edition, 20th Anniversary Edition (in 20 years), Director's Cut, Deluxe Edition and of course this Super Collectors Special Edition to buy and enjoy!
My god I'm stick of DVD editions.
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...they cancelled it because the special edition was just the original Matrix DVD bundled with "Enter the Matrix", a making-of DVD that was previously only available as a separate purchase. That makes buying the "Special Edition" redundant because every geek worth his salt already has the Matrix DVD, so now they would have TWO identical DVDs and a making-of DVD. With that stupid project cancelled, the Wachowskis+WB can work on a TRUE special edition, possibly with more special features and commentary by cast members other than Carrie-Anne Moss. Of course, I can't wait to be fleeced of $70 for the ultra-mega-super-duper edition 6-disc trilogy set coming out after the release of the "The Matrix: Revolutions."
> Rumor is that it was cancelled by the Wachowski brothers in hopes of coming out with a Super Collectors Special Edition later."
rather than trying to milk us for both the Special Edition and then (surprise!) the Super Collectors Special Edition.
The theater release schedule is terrific as well.
The Wachowski brothers are going to have a huge and satisfied fan base simply by doing the opposite of whatever this guy has done.
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I agree, although I'd like to see a professionally made documentary done for the "making of" feature in movies. Every one I've seen has been nothing more that the supervisors spending 15 minutes talking over some movie footage. Even then they're terribly unprepared, as every other word is "uh".
A lot of actors have realized that folks really like ... deleted scenes."
On the "UHF" DVD, during the deleted scenes section, Al says several times that, basically, there's a reason that the scenes were deleted. In some instances, it might be interesting to know what was going through the director's mind (or at least getting hints about it), but I think in most cases, Al is right - watch the movie, the deleted scenes aren't in it for a reason.
So first we have a 'Special Edition', then a 'Super Collectors Special Edition'.
Is it me, or is this beginning to sound like those soap and vacuum cleaner commercials on TV?
I'll have the 3-in-1 Matrix Super Special Collector's Limited Edition, then! ;-)
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Super Collectors Special Edition. Ok, who hired the guys who name the Street Fighter 2 games?
This is how it works:
Who are the customers? Die hard fans, and relatives who have no idea what to get someone for xmas/birthday but remember that they liked the film when it was on at the cinema. Don't get me wrong, I thought The Matrix was a good film, but it was never a cultural revolution, it was always a franchise.
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There is no Special Edition.
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Beware of what your buying into...
You pay the price to see the movie big-screen and then they can fleece you later on with the same movie on DVD that has *EXTRA FEATURES*
Later on, there's a super-extended *Directors Cut* version.
The bad side of this digital-age is obvious - overpriced, over-sold, over exagerated, redundant.
The good side is not so obvious and rarely seen these days - pure quality and value for money.
This quality is out there, but my god, you have to wade through 90% of crap to find it.
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I think they made a good move by delaying this. They decided not to alientate those potential customers who are not already Matrix loyalists as other movie franchises have, i.e. Star Wars, LOTR. It is tough for a non-franchise fan to get into the all movie hoopla if they haven't seen where the franchise originated, especially if they have to spend $50 for a special edition for a movie they aren't even sure they will like.
Opinions may vary on what franchise is best, or whether or not this was a good move for the current fan base, but in the end it will all work out. The Matrix fanatics who are complaining and freaking out about the announcement will still be the first ones in the line to purchase the special editions next spring.
Al was right on the ball with the reasoning behind the deleted scenes.
:(
If you read the Terminator 2 book, they cut out a lot of footage as well, a lot of it being in the future with the resistance mucking about setting up the Terminator to go back. As for all the footage in T2 that wasn't produced or cut, most if it seems to be the basis of Terminator 3.
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The brothers W. want to release Super Matrix Fighter II Championship Edition Alpha III. With a title like that, it can't possibly suck.
Taco King product tie-in: $6.50 ($4 for lunch, $2.50 for stuffed Frodo)
Movie + popcorn for two: $30
Soundtrack of funky movie music: $15
DVD of movie at Costco: $18
DVD+super special extras ("Lord of the Rings + Two towers + bookends + STING!"): $45
We're up to $115-ish so far, wonder why the industry's so big?
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... And by doing so, canceled whatever interest I may have had in "The Matrix." I have never seen the Matrix, but I heard great things about it. Seeing as how it seems to be gearing up to become a franchise, and seeing how studios are making those "no frills" regular edition DVDs and then releasing the super-duper DVDs with all the fixings a few months to a year later, I decided on holding off buying the original Matrix DVD, and I pre-ordered the Matrix Special Edition DVD so I could watch it and be ready for the new movie. However, since the Special Edition has now been canceled, and I'm not about to buy the regular edition DVD since yet another edition has been promised, there goes any interest I may have had in the Matrix, seeing as how I probably won't be able to understand what is going on in the new movies without watching the first Matrix beforehand.
Oh well, no big loss on my part, and I'm sure no big loss on their part either as they'll make millions without me.
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Anyway, the phrase I'd like to use here is "fuck you WB." They screw us out of our money with their media black hole, AOL Time Warner, and then they deprive us of a kickass DVD. To AOLTW, and anybody who helped kill off this DVD, I give this
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This makes room for a delux Box set later with DTS sound. A SE disc now just waters that option down later.
I wish people would stop bashing on New Line for releasing the extended version of FOTR a few months after releasing the theatrical version. New Line made this perfectly clear right from the start and, unless you were an idiot or had money to burn, you had no reason to buy the initial release if you knew it was the later version that you would secretly lust for.
sweettooth, what more did you expect from New Line? An Uruk-Hai warrior standing at every store bashing you on the head whilst shouting "longer version out in November" if you tried to buy the standard release?
Don't any of your friends who are so DVD-crazy that they buy films as soon as they are released read any film or home video magazines that would have spelt it out for them in big letters? Don't they have a friend (such as yourself) who would tell them to hold their horses until the super-duper version comes out?
In short, sweettooth, what the hell did New Line do wrong except keep their customers well informed and is it their fault that nobody in your inner circle knew what practically everyone else who cared managed to find out?
Yeah, New Line. Real SOBs for telling you just what they're going to do and then actually doing it...
Sheesh. Some people.
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PLEASE don't let the Matrix franchise turn into another Lucasfilm whoring effort. Since the ?remaining? two movies will be released this year, save the Mega Special Edition Gold Boxed Set for the completed trilogy. Please don't give me 20 different remastered and rereleased versions, so that I can't tell what was the original anymore. :(
Why not just borrow the DVD from a friend or rent it from the video store?
Do that and you'll be just as clued up/well-informed as anyone else walking in to see the second movie.
Or, you could stick to your "won't bother watching any of them now" strategy. Which, to be frank, is rather like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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You know, there are places where you can borrow movies for a limited time for a small fee.
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If anything, waiting a little while longer for a box-set or other version would permit the adding in of other featurettes and options that make the purchase of a different disc a little more logical. I, for one, wouldn't mind getting a matrix set with the animatrix reels in there as well (http://www.theanimatrix.com/).
I'm no apologist for the big production houses that screw over hungry consumers like ourselves, but I do like to see REAL content added from version to version.
*SIGH* I didn't buy the theatrical version of FoTR. I also encouraged my friends to not buy it. However even though Newline explicitly said they were releasing an extended version in November it was overshadowed by the massive amount of advertising for the initial release. Most people don't read home video magazines, and most people had no idea that there was going to be a second release later. One of my posts even relates my experience at Suncoast where the sales person wasn't even aware of the second edition coming out later.
I'm not saying that newline was evil, or that they even did anything wrong. However the majority of movie studios don't mention the fact that they have plans on releasing multiple versions of a movie. In the case of newline you had to know where to look to find out that there was a special edition of the movie to be released on in November.
Finally, with FoTR you have to remember that a LOT of people rushed out to buy this movie that wouldn't normally rush out to buy a movie. These types of people aren't going to be aware of all of the home video sources, or care for the most part.
Look, everybody knows there will be several different releases of the special edition. You've got 1st mix through 7th mix, followed by The Matrix Disney Daze, then Matrix 7th Mix MAX and MAX2, followed, of course, by The Matrix 7th Mix MAX300A.
The later versions will change uot the simple DVD scene selection menu for a pentagon system where you can select versions of the movie with varying amounts of action, intrigue, sex, technology, and agents. Also, if you hit certain combos or finish the movie in a certain amount of time, you unlock secret versions.
You rag on him for doing crap like that, yet you're probably one of those people who's complaining that he's not putting out MULTIPLE versions of episodes 4-6...
I just picked up a copy of Soldier of Fortune II, since my last shoot-em up was Quake (as in one). Ran in and out of a games store to pick up a copy. Later, when I'm installing it i realize that its the "Gold Edition", which basically means its the core game with all the content you can download from the web as patches. I probably could have gotten the regular edition for $20 less and download the patches myself. Next time I'll pay more attention.
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Later on, the Super Special Collector's Edition will morph up to the Super Special Pekoe Orange Collector's Director's Cut Edition level 5, with Dragonfist powers. Just wait. It's in training.
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But you know what the funniest thing about
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JULES
What?
VINCENT
It's the little differences. A
lotta the same shit we got here,
they got there, but there they're a
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Examples?
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Well, in Amsterdam, you can buy
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They don't call it The Matrix?
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No, they got the metric system
there, they wouldn't know what the
fuck The Matrix is.
JULES
What'd they call it?
VINCENT
Special Effects with Cheese.
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Special Effects with Cheese. Does
Keanu Reeves still say 'Woah'?
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Yeah... sure... we're going to produce a special DVD... got your attention? got you talking to friends? okay... now were not... got your attention again? got you talking to your friends again?
Documentaries are vastly cheaper to make than feature films. Often young (but talented) filmmakers will do them for free, or sometimes the director of a film will get a friend or "apprentice" to do one, paying out of pocket.
Most people don't read home video magazines, and most people had no idea that there was going to be a second release later.
:O)
/. uber-geek audience, or people who can recite the books word-for-word, and have arguments about whether Tom Bombadil could kick Saruman's ass.
Yes, and so these "most" people won't care that they aren't getting 18 extra hours of Frodo doing the hokey-pokey (or whatever the extra stuff is
The "extended" edition isn't for the average person, it's for the
I got sucked in to buying both rereleases of the original Star Wars series on VHS. I know that I'll shell out for the re-re-release when the finally put it on DVD.
I barely avoided buying both releases of LOTR Fellowship, only by 'borrowing' the first two disk set from family and 'forgetting' to return it until the four-disk came out. (come to think of it, I may still have the first set..)
I've worn out the Matrix on VHS, and I 've been waiting to rebuy it on DVD, but I KNEW that a special edition would come out as soon as I bought it.
Now, it's close enough that I can just wait and buy the whole box set. For once, I'll come out ahead in this game.
Neo must be tampering with the Matrix...
LOL, reminds me of Kevin Smith (A Night With said person) telling his story of the time he filmed a documentary for Prince. :) You're right, of course, but when something is done for free, or little money, you still only get what you pay for (i am not saying low-budget films can't be good, of course, just that you shouldn't expect to see lots of polish on them).
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Actually, they did get "a formof fusion" going, according to Morpheus' explaintion. It was suppossedly this combined with the humans as betteries that powered the 'bots. Why you would need human generators if you had fusion is the stupid-bar I cannot seem to jump over to really get into this film.
The real reason to hate the Wachowski's over this (now) series of derivative crap ("computers take over the world" as a plot jumped the shark 2 seconds after the Terminator gave a thumbs up while being dunked in molten metal) is that they bankrupted the spfx company that did the first Matrix, and then picked someone else when it came time to do the sequel instead of unloading a little bit of the megabucks that rolled in from the first one to ressurect the die-hards who starved. So they're not just assholes, but unethical assholes to boot.
I don't think that's entirely true. My copy of the extended edition is making it's rounds through my various non uber geek friends. They all wish they had bought the extended edition and many of them will now. I also have a couple of uber geek friends that wish they had only purchased the extended version as after seeing it they have no desire to see the theatrical version again.
I agree -- Episode II is indeed slightly better than Episode I, but both are essentially alike.
sometimes, though, the deleted scenes were very well done and perfectly acted; but just didn't fit the flow of the movie. good scenes with insightful commentary ( esp. those by M Night Shyamalan -- 6th Sense, Unbreakable ) can give you an interesting deeper perspective into certain characters, that may have been trimmed from the original release simply because of time constraints.
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They could put in some bonus video clips, pics, backgrounds, audio clips, Matrix-themed browser, etc.
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2 words for ya... Wesley Crusher. Just think of all the people that will buy Star Trek:Nemesis when it comes out for him!
I'm putting those Wachowski brothers on double secret probation.
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Editing and cutting is the hardest bit of the creative process, imo. Making movies must be one of the most arduous versions of it- so many people are involved with so many interests...
But probably due to me ver deterioating attention span, i think more movies could deal with deletions. I like the time/money ratio working out, but i swear, i feel every movie I go into is over two hours for no good reason.
Even good movies suffer from this- I loved Magnolia. The showing I went to was so late it didn't start till midnite, and I was still entranced and itnerested and not the least bit tired, but you know what? That movie is too long.
I watched Boogie Nights (which suffers the same way) a while ago on dvd, and saw PT Anderson's "illuminating" commentary on his deleted scenes...I know you have to be ballsy to do take on some of the scenes he did, but man, you cut it cause it was crap, not because you ran out of time. He's a great director, but he's my best example of a man who refuses to cut material, that while good, add nothing to the whole.
A good editor cuts to get rid of the bad material, a great editor cuts material for the whole work.
Rumor is that it was cancelled by the Wachowski brothers in hopes of coming out with a Super Collectors Special Edition later
Sheesh, first the Animatrix, now this!
Super Collectors Special Edition? Why not just call it "Supa Mega Nova Haipa Pawa Burasto DVD"??
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Let us all be happy that they deleted the make out scene. No one needs/needed to see that.
Woh...
The "extended" edition isn't for the average person, it's for the /. uber-geek audience, or people who can recite the books word-for-word, and have arguments about whether Tom Bombadil could kick Saruman's ass.
Hell, we'd never even consider arguing over this one. Tom Bombadil would kick Saruman's ass all over the Old Forest and down the Barrow ...
Err...
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You can put the shades on the Keanu, but you can't take the Ted out of 'im.
Documentaries are just cheaper to make than films. No special effects, no actors, no catering, no location fees, etc. The Matrix probably has a crew of several hundred people (if not a thousand). A "Making of the Matrix" documentary would probably have a crew 5 or 6 people. That's a big price difference.
Also, you can shoot a documentary on DV and it's fine - this also lowers the price, big-time.
...will it have bookends?
Right enough, there's really no one to complain to if the dvd is bare and no material is on it- as a consumer you can either buy it or wait and see if another version is going to come out. But what if there's no way to get it in the US (or wherever) in general?
I'm a big fan of kung-fu and asian cinema in general, and I swear at every corner I turn I see miramax screwing me. A large number of older films are bought by them, and when released on dvd only have the dub- regardless of the job on it, i want the option of the original language track. Now, personally, this is irksome enough, since usually, Asian dvd editions exist with both of them on them- but by rights miramax blocks their sale in the us as well. I can't get a good region 1 version, and I have to pay a premium for an import.
All this is compounded by cuts in the film made by miramax, whose nature or logic has not yet been revealed to me. Sometimes cited for cultural reasons, sometimes for time (these movies clock in typically around 100 minutes in the first place) --always supposedly "to make it a better movie". Who do they think is going to watch Iron Monkey anyway? We're all pretty die-hard already. And what ten second buddhist temple scene is going to upset anyone?
There's also the ongoing "Hero" saga. Hero is a film by Zhang Yi Mo (sp), a martial-arts epic out of the crouching tiger mold. It has an all-star cast/crew- and is definately meant to try to recreate the latter's success. Whether or not it would, i think the director is good, and his style is significant;y different , and would make a worthwhile addition to the genre anyway. So the theatrical cut (rumor mill blaming miramax for it) is only 98 minutes, w/ 20 minutes missing. Now its an emptier movie, a wannabe Cthd w/ less plot and character development- say 20 minures worth.
Its been released in China, but not in the US- until Nov. this year. This from a date pushed from last year (Mx had pinocchio to promote, i would say City of God, but it didn't do much for that one) and spring of this year. Assuming a dvd release is coming out, of the theatrical (out in asia now), it wouldn't be till spring '04 in the us. The extended one, well, thats all speculation right now- since it would steal the thunder when mx deigns to actually show the film.
All of this is to say, if big american made titles get too many versions and too much attention, then its the smaller or foreign movies that get short shrift. My problem isn't waiting for a version with more extras to come out, my problem is getting to see the intended version in the first place.
Sigh...thats my rant.
On the "UHF" DVD, during the deleted scenes section, Al says several times that, basically, there's a reason that the scenes were deleted.
And then, somewhat rudely, he fast-forwards through a bunch of them... (though the extra Kramer-er Michael Richards stuff was pretty good).
For FOTR, the length would have had theaters throwing a fit if the extended version was the one to be shown on the big screen, and the casual movie goers who aren't hard core fans may have been put off. Releasing the special edition after the theatrical and regular release gives a chance for some of those casual movie goers to turn into hard core fans.
What annoys me is that so many of the extra scenes ons dvds aren't from developed film- it's from the video (of a poor quality) the cameras simultaneously shoot so the director can watch the take instantly without having to develop the film. Of course, it takes lots of money to develop and color process film, so for marginal movies with even more marginal 'extra scenes', it's not worth it.
I hear there is a scene where he does Full Frontal Nudity!!
I'm setting my phasers to 'stud'!!!
The "extended" edition isn't for the average person, it's for the /. uber-geek audience, or people who can recite the books word-for-word... Yadda, yadda.
I must whole-heartedly disagree. Most of my friends are non-geeks who, after seeing the extended version, remarked that the additional footage made scenes in TTT more understandable. Particularly the 'gifting' scene where Galadriel hands out many items that just suddenly appear in the second movie or have special properties (the cloaks) that cause the viewer to think the scene makes no sense.
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I'm such a matrix nut, I would have bought both (and everything else in DVD format with the word Matrix on it!) :)
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Neo is revived because when she kisses Neo, she reveals how she is in love with him. The Oracle prophesied that the person Trinity falls in love with would be the One, so she was fulfilling that prophecy.
As for the "form of fusion" thing some people can't get over, I figure the reason they used humans as the batteries is because it was a convenient way to enslave us and reap benefits from it.
I see this guy everywhere on E and MTV cribs.
Think this guy is starved for attention.
Lord of the Rings, with its 5-27 different versions, has completely alienated, at the very least, me. When I watched Lord of the Rings in theaters, I thought "This is it. This is the movie that I will buy a DVD player to see."
After three "special edition"s, I do not intend to ever buy Lord of the Rings on DVD. As for the Animatrix, I'll probably just buy the DVD and download it to watch. Or maybe just download it to watch.
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Yawn!
Batlock...
As several of us pointed out when this "Special Edition" was originally announced, the actual film itself (you know, the bit that you're supposedly interested in) was just going to be yet another copy of the original disc.
I'd really like to think that the real reason this has been postponed is because that disc is crap. Sure, its got lots of features, and was pretty darn impressive when it was originally released, but if you go look at it now and compare it to a top quality transfer from the last year or so you'll see it looks and sounds terrible. Artifacting everywhere in the dark areas and a 5.1 mix that has been compromised in order to ensure that it sounds ok in stereo.
Frankly, you can stuff your "Keanu is just a great actor to work with" extras up your arse Warner, I just want the film to look and sound as close to the way it does in the cinema as it can. Ruining the transfer to add boring extras is really annoying.
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Hmm, I could have sworn that the FOTR Theatrical DVD actually states on it that it contains a preview of the Extended DVD set due for release in November... It did in Europe anyway. So, your friends couldn't read that either??? Jesus, they must be dumb.
I got the original matrix DVD and the bonus DVD (that came a while after) i've been checking what would come in the Special Edition .. and it's exacly the same thing i have in this 2 DVDs .. and i bought this 2 as a pack for the price of one!!
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Is THIS on your dvd?
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There are already at least 3 special editions of the Fellowship by itself. After releasing these 3 of just ONE movie so successfully, why stop? I expect at least 20 seperate releases of LOTR DVD material
-- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
Three special editions? What are you talking about? There are two DVDs - the regular and special. The special comes with four discs, if that's what you mean..
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A manager went to the master programmer and showed him the requirements
document for a new application. The manager asked the master: "How long will
it take to design this system if I assign five programmers to it?"
"It will take one year," said the master promptly.
"But we need this system immediately or even sooner! How long will it
take it I assign ten programmers to it?"
The master programmer frowned. "In that case, it will take two years."
"And what if I assign a hundred programmers to it?"
The master programmer shrugged. "Then the design will never be
completed," he said.
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
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