"Sir Pudgie" <nice@no-spam> wrote in message
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> > > Ok everyone, keep this in the back of your mind when you see the
> > > 'Complete Series Set' with bonus features and never seen before
> > > behind-the-scenes footage.
> > > It _will_ happen, why should LOTR be any different from other
> > > DVD releases.
> > >
> > What else could they possibly put on there??
>
> Two words, "Alien Quadrilogy"! ;-)
Heheh, yeah, but the original Alien discs weren't anything like the LOTR
ones. Even the vanilla LOTR discs out do the Alien ones. And shit, there's
9 discs taken up with just two movies with LOTR Extended; Alien has 4 movies
and only 9...only 9. :)
"Michael" <quadhammerNO@no-spam> wrote in message news:<3ef8205d$0$9666$afc38c87@no-spam>...
> "Sir Pudgie" <nice@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:3ef7ff0c$0$31501$5a62ac22@no-spam
> > > > Ok everyone, keep this in the back of your mind when you see the
> > > > 'Complete Series Set' with bonus features and never seen before
> > > > behind-the-scenes footage.
> > > > It _will_ happen, why should LOTR be any different from other
> > > > DVD releases.
> > > >
> > > What else could they possibly put on there??
> >
> > Two words, "Alien Quadrilogy"! ;-)
>
> Heheh, yeah, but the original Alien discs weren't anything like the LOTR
> ones. Even the vanilla LOTR discs out do the Alien ones. And shit, there's
> 9 discs taken up with just two movies with LOTR Extended; Alien has 4 movies
> and only 9...only 9. :)
So what you are basically saying is that there really should be about
a 20 disk dvd set release of the Alien franchise? That's silly! I
think it's silly that we have 5 dvd's for the first LOTR movie! Come
on! A 9-disc dvd box set for the Alien Quadrilogy is more than
enough.
"Michael" <quadhammerNO@no-spam> wrote in message news:<3ef8205d$0$9666$afc38c87@no-spam>...
> "Sir Pudgie" <nice@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:3ef7ff0c$0$31501$5a62ac22@no-spam
> > > > Ok everyone, keep this in the back of your mind when you see the
> > > > 'Complete Series Set' with bonus features and never seen before
> > > > behind-the-scenes footage.
> > > > It _will_ happen, why should LOTR be any different from other
> > > > DVD releases.
> > > >
> > > What else could they possibly put on there??
> >
> > Two words, "Alien Quadrilogy"! ;-)
>
> Heheh, yeah, but the original Alien discs weren't anything like the LOTR
> ones. Even the vanilla LOTR discs out do the Alien ones. And shit, there's
> 9 discs taken up with just two movies with LOTR Extended; Alien has 4 movies
> and only 9...only 9. :)
So what you are basically saying is that there really should be about
a 20 disk dvd set release of the Alien franchise? That's silly! I
think it's silly that we have 5 dvd's for the first LOTR movie! Come
on! A 9-disc dvd box set for the Alien Quadrilogy is more than
enough.
> What else could they possibly put on there??
The oft-rumoured (by me, just now) hardcore lesbian sex scene with Liv
Tyler, Miranda Otto and Cate Blanchette, which ended up on the cutting room
floor.
LH
"Michael" <quadhammerNO@no-spam> wrote in message
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> Heheh, yeah, but the original Alien discs weren't anything like the LOTR
> ones. Even the vanilla LOTR discs out do the Alien ones. And shit,
there's
> 9 discs taken up with just two movies with LOTR Extended; Alien has 4
movies
> and only 9...only 9. :)
What do you mean by LOTR extended taking up 9 discs? Is that just counting
FOTR and TTT? FOTR has 4 discs, I assumed TTT would too. Does it have 5 or
something?
LH
"Luke Hooft" <luke[underscore]h@no-spam> wrote in message
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> "Michael" <quadhammerNO@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:3ef8205d$0$9666$afc38c87@no-spam
>
> > Heheh, yeah, but the original Alien discs weren't anything like the LOTR
> > ones. Even the vanilla LOTR discs out do the Alien ones. And shit,
> there's
> > 9 discs taken up with just two movies with LOTR Extended; Alien has 4
> movies
> > and only 9...only 9. :)
>
> What do you mean by LOTR extended taking up 9 discs? Is that just counting
> FOTR and TTT? FOTR has 4 discs, I assumed TTT would too. Does it have 5 or
> something?
>
> LH
He's talking about the National Geographic Disc that was included in some
releases of the 4-disc set. Its in a horrible snapper case too, not part of
the FOTR packaging
Memnoch
"Memnoch" <randmtask at optushome . com . au> wrote in message
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> He's talking about the National Geographic Disc that was included in some
> releases of the 4-disc set. Its in a horrible snapper case too, not part
of
> the FOTR packaging
Oh, right. I haven't even watched mine yet (saw it on TV though).
Butt... snapper case? You mean the cardboard ones? Maybe the R1 Collector's
Edition had the NG special in a snapper case, but the R4 had it in a normal
clear plastic (amaray) case.
I still can't believe that the US and Canada still use snapper cases for
some titles, actually. All my R1 Batman animated DVDs are in those shitty
things, even titles released a couple of months ago. Why would they possibly
still use them?
LH
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:47:25 GMT, Memnoch wrote in aus.dvd:
> My only gripe with the LOTR set, is that it would have been nice to
> have the theatrical cut available via seamless branching since we're
> paying big $$$ for it.
Would've been tough, as a lot of the cuts from one scene to another are
different in the theatrical vs. extended versions... Especially the
music, it was altered quite a bit for the EE.
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Didn't you notice the smiley? Of course a 9 disc set is huge, I'm just
saying the comparison between Alien & LOTR discs isn't really a good one(it
was only originally said in jest anyway). It isn't a good comparison
because the original Alien discs had far less on them than the original LOTR
ones, let alone the extended edition ones, so there's no need for another
edition of LOTR ala Alien Quadrilogy. Hope that clears it up.
"james" <jamesv23@no-spam> wrote in message
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> So what you are basically saying is that there really should be about
> a 20 disk dvd set release of the Alien franchise? That's silly! I
> think it's silly that we have 5 dvd's for the first LOTR movie! Come
> on! A 9-disc dvd box set for the Alien Quadrilogy is more than
> enough.
On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 01:47:25 +1000, "Memnoch" <randmtask at optushome
. com . au> wrote:
[snip]
>My only gripe with the LOTR set, is that it would have been nice to have the
>theatrical cut available via seamless branching since we're paying big $$$
>for it.
The theatrical cut is available separately, seamless branching is
never seamless, and the 4 disc set wasn't that expensive.
[snip]
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I reckon it's pretty seamless on the R1 Abyss. Terminator 2 too. Can't
complain about the way they did LOTR though.
"Ian Galbraith" <igalbraith@no-spam> wrote in message
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> The theatrical cut is available separately, seamless branching is
> never seamless, and the 4 disc set wasn't that expensive.
In article <r2mhfv0natcm6i7kvhmfl46io7o66jll9a@no-spam>,
Ian Galbraith <igalbraith@no-spam> wrote:
> The theatrical cut is available separately, seamless branching is
> never seamless, and the 4 disc set wasn't that expensive.
You don't think $70 for a movie is expensive?
"John" <rangas@no-spam> wrote:
> What else could they possibly put on there??
You apparently haven't seen as many DVD extras as me :-)
While there's a dollar to be made there will be content
available.
--
Bob
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"h8sh8" <h8sh8@no-spam> wrote:
> How could they possibly have more extras after having the 6 hour making of
> on the extended edition?
Only 6 hours out of a trilogy, a pittance.
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Well what DVD has more content than the extended edition of LOTR? Not too
many DVDs do.
"Bob Byrne" <me@no-spam> wrote in message
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>
> "John" <rangas@no-spam> wrote:
> > What else could they possibly put on there??
>
> You apparently haven't seen as many DVD extras as me :-)
> While there's a dollar to be made there will be content
> available.
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:06:29 +0800
Anyone could have bought a region 4 version for anywhere between $50 and
$60, or a region 1 for anywhere between $30 and $40. And bear in mind
that it was 4 discs, with featurettes and docos comprising one of the
best making-ofs out there.
It's much more than a movie.
Matthew Kirkcaldie wrote:
> In article <r2mhfv0natcm6i7kvhmfl46io7o66jll9a@no-spam>,
> Ian Galbraith <igalbraith@no-spam> wrote:
>
>
>>The theatrical cut is available separately, seamless branching is
>>never seamless, and the 4 disc set wasn't that expensive.
>
>
> You don't think $70 for a movie is expensive?
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:58:20 -0700, "V01TeK" <voitek_x@no-spam>
wrote:
>> You don't think $70 for a movie is expensive?
>If you paid that, you paid too much. And it's not just for a movie - it's an
>essential archival collection for true fans of the Lord of the Rings.
Yup I didn't pay that much, I paid around $50 IIRC, which for 4 disc
set is not that expensive. A 4 disc set with perhaps the best set of
extras seen on a DVD Special Edition.
--
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Email: igalbraith@no-spam
"Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat are in the
hands of the Gods, so let us celebrate the struggle."
Swahili war chant
Quoth "Memnoch" <randmtask at optushome . com . au>:
>My only gripe with the LOTR set, is that it would have been nice to have the
>theatrical cut available via seamless branching since we're paying big $$$
Pardon my ignorance, but what does seamless branching mean?
Gail
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In article <s35jfv8qahiesi113smnuraarccv7dippg@no-spam>,
Gail Pamphilon <gail@no-spam> wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance, but what does seamless branching mean?
It's a technique by which scenes can be optionally included while
playing a movie, without having to put two entirely separate versions of
the film onto the disc. For this particular example, seamless branching
would be used to produce a disc that played the cinema release of the
movie when one option was selected, but incorporated the additional
scenes for the extended edition when another option was chosen. The
"seamless" refers to the fact that you don't notice a break in the
vision or sound when the player plays the extra material and then goes
back to what it was playing before. In practice, it may or may not be
seamless, according to the player.
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 03:44:54 GMT, Gail Pamphilon wrote in aus.dvd:
>>My only gripe with the LOTR set, is that it would have been nice to
>>have the theatrical cut available via seamless branching since we're
>>paying big $$$
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but what does seamless branching mean?
Think of a DVD with deleted scenes available through the menus. Now
think of a DVD with two options: 1) To view the movie with the deleted
scenes "inserted" and 2) To watch the movie without the deleted scenes.
Now, to have two copies of the movie on the DVD would be stupid. So,
what they do is offer "branching", which has all two copies of the
scenes that are different, and one copy of the scenes that are the same.
The "branching" basically picks and chooses the correct scenes in order;
the "seamless" means that ... well ... there's no seam (i.e. you don't
notice it switching).
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"Michael" <quadhammerNO@no-spam> wrote:
> Well what DVD has more content than the extended edition of LOTR? Not too
> many DVDs do.
Precisely my point. There's more to come.
--
Bob
<bbyrne@no-spam>
> You don't think $70 for a movie is expensive?
If you paid that, you paid too much. And it's not just for a movie - it's an
essential archival collection for true fans of the Lord of the Rings.
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Quoth Matthew Kirkcaldie <Matthew.Kirkcaldie@no-spam>:
>It's a technique by which scenes can be optionally included while
>playing a movie, without having to put two entirely separate versions of
>the film onto the disc. For this particular example, seamless branching
>would be used to produce a disc that played the cinema release of the
>movie when one option was selected, but incorporated the additional
>scenes for the extended edition when another option was chosen. The
Thanks. This sounds like the future of DVDs - at least I hope so.
After watching the extended edition of FOTR, I am now completely
hooked on the extra footage being included as part of the DVD movie,
instead of being included as 'deleted scenes'. It would also be fun to
compare the cinema release with the extended release. It might even
have been cheaper for FOTR, as Peter Jackson had to recall actors and
musicians for extra work on the DVD.
Gosford Park especially would have benefited from this technique. That
film was cut to ribbons, and the extra scenes explained so much! I
wanted to watch it again in the light of what I now knew, but it was
only a three-day hire and I had to take it back. I will probably hire
it again one year from anywhere but Video Ezy - what a misnomer. That
mob are nearly crooks.
>"seamless" refers to the fact that you don't notice a break in the
>vision or sound when the player plays the extra material and then goes
>back to what it was playing before. In practice, it may or may not be
>seamless, according to the player.
My normal player is PowerDVD, so hopefully it should be all right.
We'll see what the future holds for DVDs. Can't wait. Counting down
till November. :-)
Gail
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In article <umulfvkdnirebqpj0op5u7cqr61onco9km@no-spam>,
Gail Pamphilon <gail@no-spam> wrote:
> Gosford Park especially would have benefited from this technique. That
> film was cut to ribbons, and the extra scenes explained so much! I
> wanted to watch it again in the light of what I now knew, but it was
> only a three-day hire and I had to take it back. I will probably hire
> it again one year from anywhere but Video Ezy - what a misnomer. That
> mob are nearly crooks.
Actually, I have to say that after listening to Altman talking about his
objectives in the film, I thought virtually all of those scenes were
redundant!
By the way, my local Blockbuster had an ex-rental copy for $12.99 last
time I looked, so have a shop around ...
MK.
"Gail Pamphilon" <gail@no-spam> wrote:
> Quoth Matthew Kirkcaldie <Matthew.Kirkcaldie@no-spam>:
>
> >It's a technique by which scenes can be optionally included while
> >playing a movie, without having to put two entirely separate versions of
> >the film onto the disc. ......
> Thanks. This sounds like the future of DVDs - at least I hope so.
> ....
It's already here. There's nothing difficult about it, the X-Files DVD's
have been doing it since the first season. Certain scenes that were
cut due to time constraints are optionally included, they are just
another chapter. It might go Title 2 chapter 1,2,3,4,10,5,6,7,8,9 where
10 is the extra scene or 10 may replace 5 with a longer version and jump
to 6.
--
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"Michael" <quadhammerNO@no-spam> wrote:
> That makes no sense.
Don't hold me responsible for your intellect.
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I don't, you're not rich enough to share.
"Bob Byrne" <me@no-spam> wrote in message
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> Don't hold me responsible for your intellect.
> Yup I didn't pay that much, I paid around $50 IIRC, which for 4 disc
> set is not that expensive. A 4 disc set with perhaps the best set of
> extras seen on a DVD Special Edition.
Yep ... I paid sixty bucks AND also bought the theatrical release and don't
begrudge a single penny. The extras literally had me going back for months.
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