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Matrix Special Edition Cancelled

Posted by Hemos on from the killing-it-offten dept.

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."

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  1. Moved to archive: by DeadSea · · Score: 4, Informative

    The correct link for the article, since the article was moved off the home page into the archives.

  2. Re:Hmmm... by tuffy · · Score: 4, Informative
    no shit. When the first LOTR movie came out on DVD, a friend of mine bought a copy (what was it, 2-disk? 3?). Pre-ordered, even. Boy, was he pissed when I told him I was waiting until November because of the 4-disc set.

    It was 2 discs, and none of the stuff on his disc of extras can be found anywhere on your 4 disc set. So, if one really wants the "ultimate" version of the film, with both cuts and all the extras, both sets are needed. But one has little cause for surprise or complaint, since New Line announced this strategy months before the DVD release and one could find all the versions listed at DVD retailers' web sites for a very long time.

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  3. Re:Hmmm... by ckaminski · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, what pisses me off most about Army of Darkness, is that I cannot seem to get a version with *ALL* of the publicly released footage. For example, the TV version has some extra scenes in the windmall that are present on the Japanese subtitled import, but that video is missing a bunch of other scenes in the castle. And the 3, count em three different DVD versions are still missing the same scenes. It's fucking annoying. One of my favorite movies, and I can't seem to get one whole cohesive piece. ARRGGH!!!!

    Too bad I'll never be able to watch Bruce Campbell in any movie or TV show and not think: "Well maybe I didn't pronounce every exact syllable, but yeah, I said your damn words..." :-)

  4. Re:Hmmm... by Mikeytsi · · Score: 1, Informative

    I trust you've read his book too? For those of you that haven't, it's fucking great. Gives you some real insight on the Raimi brothers in addition to telling you about one of the best known "working stiff" actors.

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