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| Luisinan
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|  "Re(4):X-Men 1.5???? WHY"
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It's simple, they love money...And to get they make lots of special feature and then release them later...It's rather an evil way of doing things...(See Lord of the Rings for example...).
On the plus side I don't really care for Special features (Still have a few commentary tracks to watch...) so I find myself resisitant to such things...Even if I did get suckered in by LOTR Special edition...(But not for the second film, I shall just get the special edition for that one...)
Well there are two problems...
1. The two LOTR versions were announced at the same time. So fans knew that two versions would come out. The problem was that Hollywood doesn't make a big deal about these types of announcements. They're relatively hush hush, unless you visit the newsites and stuff. So you can't hate New Line, but you can hate New Line.
2. You can hate who ever is making the X-Men DVDs because isn't this the THIRD x-men dvd to come out!? Yeah, that's a fine piece of @#$@#$! And yeah, it's all about greed.
But maybe Hollywood will learn a lesson from this. If people start to wise up and stop buying the initial DVD that is offered, then Hollywood would be like, ah crap, we made all these DVDs and no one is buying them- we better stop messing with the people. But the likelihood of this happening though, is, not big IMO.
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| Gen 1274th Post
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| "Re(5):X-Men 1.5???? WHY" , posted Sun 9 Feb 22:49:
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It's simple, they love money...And to get they make lots of special feature and then release them later...It's rather an evil way of doing things...(See Lord of the Rings for example...).
On the plus side I don't really care for Special features (Still have a few commentary tracks to watch...) so I find myself resisitant to such things...Even if I did get suckered in by LOTR Special edition...(But not for the second film, I shall just get the special edition for that one...)
Well there are two problems...
1. The two LOTR versions were announced at the same time. So fans knew that two versions would come out. The problem was that Hollywood doesn't make a big deal about these types of announcements. They're relatively hush hush, unless you visit the newsites and stuff. So you can't hate New Line, but you can hate New Line.
2. You can hate who ever is making the X-Men DVDs because isn't this the THIRD x-men dvd to come out!? Yeah, that's a fine piece of @#$@#$! And yeah, it's all about greed.
But maybe Hollywood will learn a lesson from this. If people start to wise up and stop buying the initial DVD that is offered, then Hollywood would be like, ah crap, we made all these DVDs and no one is buying them- we better stop messing with the people. But the likelihood of this happening though, is, not big IMO.
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I'm guessing it's a very small number out of all the people who are LotR fans who would have known there was going to be 2 dvds. Those who have net access and dug for such news I'd assume. I'd be mad at the publisher, but I got both dvds for free. Most of the people who bought the first dvd wouldn't know there was going to be a second one, and they have every right to complain. The publisher whispering that there will be 2 versions doesn't really get them off the hook.
I hope there's no 2nd versions of Alexander Senki.
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| CrazyMax
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| "Re(5):X-Men 1.5???? WHY" , posted Mon 10 Feb 07:35
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It's simple, they love money...And to get they make lots of special feature and then release them later...It's rather an evil way of doing things...
Well there are two problems...
1. The two LOTR versions were announced at the same time. So fans knew that two versions would come out.
2. You can hate who ever is making the X-Men DVDs because isn't this the THIRD x-men dvd to come out!? Yeah, that's a fine piece of @#$@#$! And yeah, it's all about greed.
I believe this is actually only the second version of the X - Men DVD. Word of a second version coming out began when they started making the new movie. The rumor was that they would be filming additional scenes while they made the second one, to compliment the first film. I believe later on that was debunked, but it became clear that the 2nd version's release would be used as a promotional tool for the sequel.
The decision to release it now is to cash in on any hype the Daredevil movie has. A new trailer for X2 is attached to the Daredevil movie, and releasing the second DVD makes for a commercial that last longer than the viewing before DD.
It's become pretty common place now that NOT everything is tossed on the DVD at the time of it's intial release. It's also become pretty common place to call the first DVD a special edition. Odd when you consider there was never a regular edition. Thinking there is that 'smarter' DVD consumers are expecting another release later on to milk some extra cash and are becoming jaded.
Case in point:
Lilo & Stitch: Shortly after the release of the first DVD, Disney announced a second would be on it's way. Not at the time of release like LOTR.
I know first hand that several movies are released as they were in the theater with only one or two deleted scenes tossed in as Easter eggs. We recently saw the movie Bedazzled, there are scenes in the trailer and print ads that are not in the movie or on the DVD.
As the business of DVDs became more lucrative, you had to expect Hollywood would take a short sighted approach to making more money more quickly. With that in mind, I have no idea if the extras are really worth anyone's time. But since the 2nd version is intended for true fans who would've bought the first version the moment it came out & not the casual fan, they know who's going to buy it and why.
If you're curious about the 2nd version check here:Link Here
Ultimately though, as for why?
Because they can.
And for an extra dollar, they always will.
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| Fro Boy11 1343th Post
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| "Re(1):X-Men 1.5???? WHY" , posted Mon 10 Feb 11:41
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I just seen the commercial 2day, and it really pissed me off.....i, hopefully like the rest of you, already have the movie on DVD....now why re-release it with more extra stuff before X-Men 2 come out.....
I don't care, I'm buying it and I'm probably gonna sell my other X-Men DVD. Anyway, I guess that with all the buzz about Spider-Man, Hulk, Daredevil, LOTR, The Matrix sequels, etc. They've gotta shove the X-Men back in your face so you can't forget about them. I mean, they did make superhero movies cool again.
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