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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."
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.
*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.