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November 12 Double DVD Day!

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Big B, Nov 8, 2002.

  1. Big B Gems: 27/31
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    [​IMG] This coming Tuesday folks, both Star Wars Attack of the Clones and Extended Version of Fellowship of the Ring come out.

    I can't say much about the FOTR except that it will have extra content, so someone else can fill us in on what exactly that is.

    But I can tell you about AOTC. This will rock your DVD player! For the first time a major live action film has been captured and created on its orginal source to DVD. What does this mean? AMAZING Picture quality. Finally you will see the true power of DVD. The sound effects will knock your socks off too. I can't wait to hear those sonic charges go off. 6 hours of bonus features are added. 8 deleted scenes have been added:

    1) The second scene of the movie was supposed to be Padme showing up in the Senate and surpirising everybody after Palpatine had just announced her death. So this first extra scene comes after the the opening scene and before the scene in Palpatine's office where he assigns Obi-Wan and Anakin to protect Padme. It really adds to fact that she is forefronting the opposition to the creation of the Military Act which will give the Republic an army.

    2) During Obi-Wan's investigation of the dart used to kill Zam, he inspects the dart in the Jedi Temple Analysis Room with some new droids, this was referenced in Obi-Wan's conversation with Dexter Jettster, but is now added.

    3) Obi-Wan and Mace Windu shared an additional conversation concerning Anakin and "the Prophecy" in the Jedi Temple Hangar, now this great conversation and awesome set is now available to us.

    4) There's an extended arrival on Naboo, where Anakin and Padme talk more about what's been going on in their lives for the past ten years. This is just after the refugee ship lands and before they go to talk to Queen Jamillia, the new Queen of Naboo.

    5) The visit to Padme's parent's house has been added. The point of this scene if for Anakin to see how Padme has a family who has it all made, when later he goes to Tatooine to find his mother, and well we all know how that goes. This improves the romance because we see why they fall in love with each other so quickly. Anakin has no family now and he needs Padme to fill that spot for him.

    6) Padme's bedroom is added in, now don't get any crazy ideas ;) . This is just a continuation of the previous added scene.

    7) After Anakin and Padme are caught on Geonosis, it went right into the Arena battle. Now, Dooku has some words with Anakin and Padme. I'm all for this as I wanted more Dooku.

    8) A brief scene where Poggle the Lesser (the leader of the insect-like Geonosians) holds Anakin and Padme on trial for spying and sentences them to death in the Arena. And then we go onto the Arena.

    There's some great documentaries and behind the scenes too. It's going to be awesome!

    :bigeyes:
     
    Big B, Nov 8, 2002
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  2. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] For FoTR, there are two special versions:

    The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition)

    DISCS 1-2: The Feature

    Unique version of the epic adventure with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film

    Commentary by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens

    Commentary by the design team

    Commentary by the production/post-production team

    Commentary by 10 actors, including Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen

    DISCS 3-4: The Appendices

    Two discs with hours of original content including multiple documentaries and design/photo galleries with thousands of images to give viewers an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    DISC 3: "From Book to Vision":

    Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film

    Designing and building Middle-earth

    Storyboards to pre-visualization

    Weta Workshop visit: An up-close look at the weapons, armor, creatures, and miniatures from the film

    An interactive map of Middle-earth tracing the journey of the Fellowship

    An interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process

    Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists

    Guided tour of the wardrobe department

    Footage from early meetings, moving storyboards, and pre-visualization reels

    DISC 4: "From Vision to Reality":

    Bringing the characters to life

    A day in the life of a hobbit

    Principal photography: Stories from the set

    Scale: Creating the illusion of size

    Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos

    Editorial and visual effects multi-angle progressions

    Sound design demonstration

    Widescreen anamorphic format

    Number of discs: 4

    This one is even better:

    The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition Collector's Gift Set)

    DVD Features:
    Four-disc Platinum Series Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    New version of National Geographic Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD, with additional featurettes

    Exclusive Argonath bookends sculpted by the film's visual effects artists

    Exclusive Decipher trading cards

    Special edition of the Lord of the Rings Fan Club official movie magazine

    Packaging illustrated by famed artist Alan Lee

    Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Discs 1-2: The Feature:

    Unique version of the epic adventure with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film and new music scored by Academy Award®-winning composer Howard Shore (approx. 208 minutes)

    Commentary by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens

    Commentary by the design team, including production designer Grant Major, costume designer Ngila Dickson, Weta Workshop creative supervisor Richard Taylor, and conceptual designer Alan Lee

    Commentary by the production/post-production team, including producer Barrie Osborne, executive producer Mark Ordesky, director of photography Andrew Lesnie, editor John Gilbert, and composer Howard Shore

    Commentary by Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, and Sean Bean

    Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Discs 3-4: The Appendices:

    Two discs with hours of original content including multiple documentaries and design/photo galleries with thousands of images to give viewers an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    DISC 3: "From Book to Vision":

    Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film

    Designing and building Middle-earth

    Storyboards to pre-visualization

    Weta Workshop visit: An up-close look at the weapons, armor, creatures, and miniatures from the film

    An interactive map of Middle-earth tracing the journey of the Fellowship

    An interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process

    Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists

    Guided tour of the wardrobe department

    Footage from early meetings, moving storyboards, and pre-visualization reels

    DISC 4: "From Vision to Reality":

    Bringing the characters to life

    A day in the life of a hobbit

    Principal photography: Stories from the set

    Scale: Creating the illusion of size

    Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos

    Editorial and visual effects multi-angle progressions

    Sound design demonstration

    DVD-ROM Content: Includes access to exclusive online features

    Widescreen anamorphic format

    Number of discs: 5

    [ November 08, 2002, 23:50: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
    Taluntain, Nov 8, 2002
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    Platinum? Collector's Set? Please. Those thugs aren't getting one cent out of this GaNgStA.
     
    The Lawful Xaositect, Nov 9, 2002
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    "Unique version of the epic adventure with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film and new music scored by Academy Award®-winning composer Howard Shore (approx. 208 minutes)"

    Rat bastages.

    It's stuff like this that really gives you a bad impression of companies. Their marketing guys just KNOW we'll all suck this stuff up. They always release a DVD really, really fast. And they sell out on them.

    Then, in 6 month haitus, they have 4 or 5 enginers working on adding all the "extra" scenes. Then they turn right around and double their DVD sales, for a mere $6 million in editing costs.

    And what bugs me even more, is the fact that other companies try this too, to different degrees of success. Remember the Playstation 2 debacle?

    Lawyers, used car salesmen, high school coaches, and MBA's.

    They are the top slots on my list.
     
    ejsmith, Nov 9, 2002
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    But you know what - we are still going to go out and buy them as quickly as we can!!

    Oh well, at least we all have our principles, right???
     
    Falstaff, Nov 9, 2002
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    Stuff the principles, it's LOTR!!

    :p
     
    Yerril, Nov 10, 2002
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    I didn't say I wasn't going to buy it.

    I just said I hate the fact they know how to play me like that.
     
    ejsmith, Nov 10, 2002
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    Now you know they're doing that, you can wait until this time next year to buy the Two Towers DVD, instead of getting it when it first comes out...
     
    Maldir, Nov 11, 2002
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    [​IMG] I got e-mails over the weekend that both "Lord of the Rings" and "Attack of the Clones" have already been shipped to my house!!!! So hopefully, I should have them on the 12th!!!! WhooHoo!
     
    Sir Belisarius, Nov 11, 2002
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    That's interesting, I thought it was well known that two DVD LotR FotR releases were in the works and that the second release would have the extra film footage...
     
    Blackthorne TA, Nov 11, 2002
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  11. Sir Belisarius

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    [​IMG] The "regular" version of FotR came out in September...The added scenes one comes out tomorrow!

    The AotC dvd is the final version IIRc, with the added/deleted scenes.
     
    Sir Belisarius, Nov 11, 2002
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    Oh, sorry. I thought the topic title was "November 12 DVDA Day!"
     
    Shralp, Nov 11, 2002
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    Well, thanks to those Capitalist Nazgul, I am now officially £50 in debt. Ah well, at least I got my precious DVDS... :p
     
    Yerril, Nov 12, 2002
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    [​IMG] I watched the deleted scenes from AotC...I can understand why they were deleted. They didn't add very much to the story, and they were very slow, plodding scenes. They give a little more background, but otherwise, they were good calls by Lucas to leave them out...

    *** Best part of deleted scenese - Padme' at her parents house...She's wearing a hot dress!!! ;) ***

    I can't wait to see LotR on dvd!!! I read Tal's link above - It also comes with a free ticket to the Two Towers for the week it's released!! WhooHoo!!!
     
    Sir Belisarius, Nov 13, 2002
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    Yeah the deleted scenes aren't action at all. But then again AOTC has plenty of action in it already. And I think deleted scenes 1 and 3-7 add a lot to the story. Scenes 2 and 8 seem the most extraneous to me.

    Man this is such a sweet movie, and I can watch it over and over and over :bigeyes: :p :bigeyes:

    [ November 13, 2002, 15:34: Message edited by: Big B ]
     
    Big B, Nov 13, 2002
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