So its already September, and still no word of a new Karate Kid DVD being released. I pray that the rep at Columbia Tristar Customer Service was right and that a new dvd should be out sometime in October. I would assume that Columbia Tristar would have announced the dvd by now though. Has anybody heard of an anniversary dvd that has come out after the anniversary?

How could the whole cast not get together for that pic? That would have been a classic! And Lewis TRULY hasn't aged

Hmm? Care to clarify?

Someone should call Columbia Tristar and see if they can confirm what my friend and I were told. When you call tell them that you have a defective Karate Kid dvd and need it to be replaced. Hopefuly they will say the same thing that I was told, which is that it should be out in October. The only thing that bothers me is that they might just be talking about the old bare bones Full Frame Crappy version. Has anybody heard of a movie studio making a dvd OOP only to bring it back with the same exact version? I am assuming if they are releasing it again and it is the 20th Anniversary then they would change the release in some way.

Rock N Roll High School comes to mind. Three releases of the same thing. Fox did that with some of it's 2 disc SEs (Fight Club anyone?).

If Columbia Tristar does re-release the same exact version of Karate Kid (which has been a very successful franchise for them) on its 20th Anniversary, then they are completely retarded. They have released versions of KK in other parts of the world that kill the version we have in the US. Those foreign versions aren't even anniversary editions or anything, they are just the regular release for their country. Why does Columbia Tristar think that we want film in full screen, with no extras what so ever?

Because the public buys a lot of bare bones full frame DVDs. The studios don't listen to purists, they listen to the masses.

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Originally posted by lotsofdvds
Because the public buys a lot of bare bones full frame DVDs. The studios don't listen to purists, they listen to the masses.

Ugh. Tell me about it. Last week I was diggin' through the bargain bin at Wal*Mart. As I was digging, I was ranting to my girlfriend about it being the graveyard for "Pan & Scan" and showing her examples [Sheena, And Justice For All, Moscow On the Hudson, etc..]. While we were talking, another customer asked me what I was talking about. I explained it to him and his response was "That's good because that's what I like..."

I think you're right, but then why does the rest of the world get OAR for movies we have in full screen and special features for movies we have bare bones?

Examples being Karate Kid and Happy Gilmore (I know its finally being released widescreen in the us but its been almost four years).

Because our masses are dumber than their masses?

Fatter and Dumber! Go USA!

There was a real phone number displayed in the movie --- Fox just cut the scene on the DVD.

Which FHM is this? The one with Alysaa Milano on the cover or is there a more recent one? Is it FHM US?

In the film, when the house is found, there is a sign in the yard that, apparently, has a real phone number on it. Instead of simply blurring out the number, the DVD completely omits a piece of the film - resulting in a rather abrupt jump in the movie.

It is now mid October and I have yet to hear anything about the Karate Kid DVD. Its the damb 20th Anniversary of a franchise that has made so much money for Columbia Tristar. They release anniversary editions of such crappy movies all the time, but not for a classic. Is there a possibility that the reps at Columbia Tristar were talking about a re-release of the old bare bone Fullscreen dvd? I don't understand what the hell the reps were talking about. It also boggles my mind that there hasn't been any articles in magazines or anything commenting on the Karate Kids anniversary. Fox did all of this press for Revenge of The Nerds and I am assuming that Karate Kid did much better than Revenge of The Nerds (I Love ROTN!) at the box office.

Any insight or news from anyone?

Still no news on the Karate Kid dvd? How much longer can they sit on it?

Please stop bumping this if you have no news... everytime I see this back on page one, my hopes go up (for nothing).

So they are finally re-releasing an SE DVD of Karate Kid. (Columbia did fumble the whole 20th Anniversary thing since its coming out in 05 instead of 04) Now we need Fox to release a SE DVD of Revenge of the Nerds and I will be as happy as Poindexter watching the Pi Delta Pies.

How long is the warranty on DVD's? I understand we were trying to find out information on Karate Kid, but being a jerk by saying you want the same movie when its out of print (When the movie has been outfor years and I'm sure you no longer have a recipt for when it was purchased)?

The Karate Kid DVD was actually bought this past summer. Also, I do keep the receipt of every dvd I buy, besides the fact that the DVD is in perfect aesthetic condition but will not play correctly. Because a movie has been out for years and is currently OOP does not mean it is not available still at some retailers. A lot of the more expensive retailers like Virgin Mega Store or HMV tend to have a lot of dvds that are OOP, most likely because of their high price points.