I finally coughed up the bucks for the Director's Cut DVD.
Awesome. WOK has always been my favorite - but this expanded version was even better - and some of the little 'snippets' made the whole thing make more sense.
On a parallel note - I grabbed the Expanded editions of the first two LOOR movies as well. Far superior to their theatrical release versions.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
With maybe one or two exceptions, I found the additions to be extraneous and poorly carried out by the actors. (I suspect that's why they were cut in the first place.) And the alternate takes of scenes that I'd become so familiar with from the theatrical version were annoying.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Why did they not ust use the extended TV version? The one with Scotty explaining that Preston is is nephew? That's really the only version you neeed to watch, IMHO.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
I think that line is indeed in there.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Because Nick Meyer felt this was the best version. Plus, it does have Scotty explaining Preston is his nephew.
Posted by Nim the Fanciful (Member # 205) on :
I don't remember ever hearing of any nephew.
Treknofile: "LOOR"? From Omicron Persei 8?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, he didn't use the word "nephew". I believe he said something along the lines of "my sister's only child".
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Hmm....I've only seen the SE once at a friend's house. I'd already been burned by Paramount by buying the normal DVD of TWOK wich, of course, has not asingle fucking bit of extras: not even the "my sister's only child" bit. This was back before I was wise to Paramount's ways.
I just cant give them more money for a movie that should've been on the normal DVD.
They sold us videos of episodes for $20 each...and we bought them. They sold us DVD's with nothing extra....and we bought them.... The line must be drawn here! This far and no farther! I wont buy two versions of all those trek movies! (smashes models with rifle)
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Aww, Paramount hurt you, and now you're going to hurt them back? B)
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
If by "hurt them back" you mean watch Enterprise every week and buy the Generations and First Contact DVD SE when they come out, then yes. I'm going to hurt them so bad.
(insert shameful emoticon here)
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
See, people just never know when to quit. B)
Posted by MarianLH (Member # 1102) on :
See, this is why you never buy the theatrical release of anything. I learned that back in 1990 when I found a bootleg video of Aliens at a con, with all the extra footage from the laserdisk version.
The special edition of Star Trek II is the only Star Trek DVD I own. (I do own III, IV, and VI on video, but IV was a gift, III I stole from my brother, and VI was part of a "3 for $2" deal on very used tapes. The other two were Romeo + Juliet and Tank, if anyone's curious.) I remember when the original DVDs came out, with the TV ads trumpeting the "unique special feature" of being able to skip to a partcular scene from a menu. I knew right then these dweps didn't have clue, and that I should wait.
I may buy some seasons of DS9 and TNG someday--if I win the lottery or something--but for now I've spent my limited fundage on the much less insanely overpriced Buffy and Babylon 5 boxed sets.
I still haven't bought The Matrix. Someday there'll be an extended version of that, I'm sure.
Marian
PS: The line was, "my sister's youngest, admiral. Crazy to get to space."
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
quote:Originally posted by MarianLH: I may buy some seasons of DS9 and TNG someday--if I win the lottery or something--but for now I've spent my limited fundage on the much less insanely overpriced Buffy and Babylon 5 boxed sets.
I tell ya, eBay is the way to go on good deals! I've never paid more than $50-60 a box set, Ive even seen a TNG-season5 at Fye in the used section for $50. Now granted I've noticed the prices on eBAy for TNG have increased significantly since 2002, but DS9 can be found in many cases yet, under $70.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Except I gott boned and my season 3 of DS9 is missing the first disk. So I have the series except for The Search PtI-II.
No, I'm not going to blow another $60 for those two episodes: I have them on tape and that's how it'll stay.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
The only extended scene that bothers me is the "Carol readies her troops" one, in which I don't think the actors were as on top of their lines as they were in the originally used take. I don't know, the cadence is just off, and perhaps that's simply a case of familiarity, but there you are.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Talking about extra features, I really do hate the 'easter eggs' on the DS9 DVDs. Why not simply label *all* the items in the Features menu, so I can actually see what's on it!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Why does the first disc only have two episodes on it?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I donk really know but I'm pretty sure those are the only ones I'm missing.
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Except I gott boned and my season 3 of DS9 is missing the first disk. So I have the series except for The Search PtI-II.
No, I'm not going to blow another $60 for those two episodes: I have them on tape and that's how it'll stay.
Might be able to burn you a copy of mine...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
The next episode is "The House Of Quark", if you want to check. And you should have that, since it's a far better episode than "The Search, Part 2".
Oh, it was all a dream! Again!
quote:Originally posted by Harry: Talking about extra features, I really do hate the 'easter eggs' on the DS9 DVDs. Why not simply label *all* the items in the Features menu, so I can actually see what's on it!
You really do want to take all the fun out of life, don't you? I bet you hate it when you get a video game with locked features.
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
Locked features on a video game are one thing, but why lock features on a DVD?
Posted by MrNeutron (Member # 524) on :
I agree, Easter Eggs on DVDs are annoying because the vast majority of people aren't going to see them.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
The vast majority of people don't care about them, either.
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
Well, I was interested in seeing the deleted scenes in the first Harry Potter DVD, but I didn't enjoy having to FIND them first
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Futurama Guy:
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Except I gott boned and my season 3 of DS9 is missing the first disk. So I have the series except for The Search PtI-II.
No, I'm not going to blow another $60 for those two episodes: I have them on tape and that's how it'll stay.
Might be able to burn you a copy of mine...
I'll erect you a Nike in your honor if you do! Or just owe ya bigtime. Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Captain Boh: Well, I was interested in seeing the deleted scenes in the first Harry Potter DVD, but I didn't enjoy having to FIND them first
And how did you know they were on there in the first place?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
He hears voices when the medicine wears off.
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam:
quote:Originally posted by Captain Boh: Well, I was interested in seeing the deleted scenes in the first Harry Potter DVD, but I didn't enjoy having to FIND them first
And how did you know they were on there in the first place?
Can't remember, either the Canadian Edition packaging mentioned them (the version I have now is the US one and doesn't so I don't know if the other does), I saw the feature advertised, or someone told me about it
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I heard about it somewhere, too, but I don't remember where. They are a bitch to get to, anyway. Not really even worth the trouble.
Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
Yeah, I understood why just about all of them were cut. However, X2's scenes were far worse, at least the first five or so. Like 10 seconds long each...
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I learned that back in 1990 when I found a bootleg video of Aliens at a con, with all the extra footage from the laserdisk version. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)