Lionsgate's history of messing up.
05-21-09, 03:24 PM
#52
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Re: Lionsgate's history of messing up.
Another way in which Fox is WORSE than Lionsgate:
WHen I Netflix movies like My Bloody Valentine and The Spirit they somehow have all the special features of the 2-disk SE's on the disk 1 they send me.
Fox goes out of there way to screw customers in the asshole with that knifed dildo seen in Se7en by excluding all special features on all rental copies.
WHen I Netflix movies like My Bloody Valentine and The Spirit they somehow have all the special features of the 2-disk SE's on the disk 1 they send me.
Fox goes out of there way to screw customers in the asshole with that knifed dildo seen in Se7en by excluding all special features on all rental copies.
05-21-09, 03:44 PM
#53
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05-21-09, 07:04 PM
#54
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Lionsgate's history of messing up.
You said you ordered the special edition from Netflix and they sent you the barebones one. As far as I know, they're in it for just movies, not special features. If you saw and ordered the SE and they sent you the barebones edition, Then Netflix is advertising the wrong product. Let's say you want to watch WB 2-disc of The Searchers. Netflix will send you just disc 1 with the movie on it. Disc 2 is most likely in storage.
05-22-09, 01:08 AM
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Re: Lionsgate's history of messing up.
Though I have the R2 (Uncut) version of Return Of The Living Dead 3, I'd love if Lionsgate released it in OAR and Uncut.
Also in terms of Lionsgate messing up, I even scratched my head with their altering of the OAR of The Broken recently. They kept the film in OAR for the first 10-12 minutes and then modified the rest of the film to 1:78:1.
Also in terms of Lionsgate messing up, I even scratched my head with their altering of the OAR of The Broken recently. They kept the film in OAR for the first 10-12 minutes and then modified the rest of the film to 1:78:1.
05-23-09, 03:35 AM
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05-27-09, 12:53 AM
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Re: Lionsgate's history of messing up.
I thought they did a pretty satisfactory job with Alligator (1980). Anamorphic widescreen, interview with John Sayles, commentary with Lewis Teague & Robert Forster. Crappy cover artwork, but no worse than MGM's catalog covers like From Beyond, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Species.
Now this was a zero effort disc. Especially since Lovecraft fans are still waiting for Dan o'Bannon's director's cut titled 'The Ancestor'. The only place you can view it is at Dan's house; And unless you're writing a book about Lovecraft films (The Lurker In the Lobby), I don't think he's going to let just anyone into his house (unless we let him whine for 3 hours about how they ruined his original Alien script).
Now this was a zero effort disc. Especially since Lovecraft fans are still waiting for Dan o'Bannon's director's cut titled 'The Ancestor'. The only place you can view it is at Dan's house; And unless you're writing a book about Lovecraft films (The Lurker In the Lobby), I don't think he's going to let just anyone into his house (unless we let him whine for 3 hours about how they ruined his original Alien script).
At the time I was in bi-weekly contact with several people at the studio, doing my "ROTLD" style campaign to get the studio to release the film. I would LIKE to think that, at the very least, this pestering of mine brought the title to their attention and as they needed something quick they could throw together, "The Resurrected" came out as it did.
Now, I was told that "The Resurrected" was going to be re-released down the line as part of a Lovecraft collection they were planning on doing. This was a few years ago now and they've stopped responding to my e-mails and phone calls. Maybe plans were scuttled, maybe it's just taking a long time to put it all together, who knows?
I will say that much like many other films, "The Resurrected" has had a troubled history. I interviewed one of the film's producers and was told, flat out, he would oppose O'Bannon making any changes what so ever.
05-27-09, 01:43 AM
#59
Re: Lionsgate's history of messing up.
Fox isn't screwing anyone over. You have a choice, buy the barebones edition or pay about $5 to get special features and a 2nd disc with only a stupid digital copy. It's up to you which you want to buy. Universal does the same thing. Disney is getting more like that too.
You said you ordered the special edition from Netflix and they sent you the barebones one. As far as I know, they're in it for just movies, not special features. If you saw and ordered the SE and they sent you the barebones edition, Then Netflix is advertising the wrong product. Let's say you want to watch WB 2-disc of The Searchers. Netflix will send you just disc 1 with the movie on it. Disc 2 is most likely in storage.
You said you ordered the special edition from Netflix and they sent you the barebones one. As far as I know, they're in it for just movies, not special features. If you saw and ordered the SE and they sent you the barebones edition, Then Netflix is advertising the wrong product. Let's say you want to watch WB 2-disc of The Searchers. Netflix will send you just disc 1 with the movie on it. Disc 2 is most likely in storage.
02-06-14, 03:22 PM
#61
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Re: Lionsgate's history of messing up.
At this point I would happily take an anamorphic widescreen transfer of The Resurrected as part of one of their All Night Horror Marathon DVDs.
