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Matrix Reloaded on DVD Before Revolutions

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the preorder-your-copy-mr-anderson dept.

SycloneFX noted that the Matrix Reloaded will be available on DVD on Oct 14, just 3 weeks before the release of Revolutions. This is noteworthy because normally there are large time spans between releases of DVDs and Sequels (although LotR had a special edition released only a few weeks before TTT).

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  1. Think it twice by cniebla · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Why bother to buy this DVD? You could wait a little longer and have the "Ultra-Special Gazillion-DVD Bundle-Bonanza" with all the bells and whistles, for a discount, a little after the release of the final installment of the Matrix saga (or any other saga).

    Its plain stupid to be on a rush and go get the movies in separated DVDs, you'll end with less features, needing to sale them on E-Bay just to buy the final-special-edition.

    A shame...

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    Carlos Niebla

  2. Re:Disgusting by Carbonite · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does this strike anybody as disgusting, or odd.

    No, not really. The Wachowskis came up with a story that would take 4-5 hours of screen time. They had several choices:

    - Make one movie with a running time of 4-5 hours. This would never be accepted by theaters or Warner Bros.

    - Cut half of the script, leaving one standard length film. No artist would want half of their work to be thrown out.

    - Make two films, each of standard length. This obviously was the preferred choice.

    Now, given that two movies were going to be made based on one plot, it made sense to film them together. If you prefer to think of it as one movie with a six month intermission, feel free.

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    ich muß mehr Kuhglocke haben
  3. Re:This is good news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That ended like a soap and resolved NONE of the issues it brought up. It did not advance the story. I was NOT pleased.

    You are NOT very observant, then.

    Here's how it worked. The Whatchamacallit Brothers went to Village Roadshow/WB and said, "Here's our script. It's 300 pages long."

    VR/WB said, "Great. Love it. Cut 180 pages."

    TWB said, "Uh... we'd rather not. How about we make a 5-hour movie instead and release it with an intermission?"

    VR/WB said, "Uh... we'd rather not. How about you make two movies?"

    TWB said, "Uh... we'd rather not. How about we make one 5-hour movie and split it down the middle, release 'em six months apart?"

    VR/WB said, "How much money will this make us?"

    TWB said, "Billions."

    VR/WB said, "Okie-dokie."

    As a result "The Burly Man," the sequel to "The Matrix," is a five-hour movie that's been split right down the middle (not especially at the best place, either) to turn it into two 2-1/2 hour movies.

    You watched the first half, got up, and went home. And here you are, bitching about resolution.