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Old 07-01-11 | 01:21 PM
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re: Halloween II -- 9/13/11

Originally Posted by NoirFan
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Old 07-01-11 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
I've seen enough to believe the specs are legit. Too bad we aren't getting a commentary.
I KNOW! Especially considering one has been done for years!
Old 07-01-11 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by L Chabert Lover
Because the TV version of Halloween II (unlike the TV version of the 1978 original) is an incoherent, jumbled mess that doesn't make a lot of sense. In the TV version, when Myers enters the Elrod home to get the butcher knife, after Mrs. Elrod notices the blood left behind on the cutting board and begins screaming it cuts to a still frame of Myers (lol!) leaving the viewer to assume that Myers has killed Mrs. Elrod. There are amateurish edits like this the entire way through. We're probably better off just seeing the alternate footage in a special deleted scenes section. Also, many of the deaths of the hospital staff are completely cut from the TV version, so it's as if most of the hospital staff just vanishes mid-way through.

I agree the tv version of part 2 is a hilarious mess that's sloppily edited together and it's fascinating seeing how drastically they had to alter films for the networks at the time. In fact, the insert of Myers shot during the Mrs Elrod scene I think is from the sauna scene or a basement scene later in the film! So the shot doesn't even make any sense at all in the context of it being inserted as a still to cover the blood on the cutting board that Mrs Elrod sees.

However I do find these versions of films interesting, and it would be nice if studios did make them available as an extra feature on their releases. Or it'd be nice if they showed up on tv still,but it's rare. For example AMC did air the original tv version of part 2 a few years ago, but now they're airing the standard edited for tv print of the theatrical version at least from what I saw aired last year.

Speaking of tv versions, I'd love to see the tv version of Two Minute Warning which had about an hour or so of new footage filmed to completely change the plot and it's supposed to be a badly edited together mess as well. The Sleuth channel is said to have aired that version recently, however I don't have that channel anymore
Old 07-01-11 | 05:55 PM
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re: Halloween II -- 9/13/11

At least with the tv version of Halloween 2,the question of what happens to Jimmy is answered while the R-rated version doesn't answer it.
Old 07-01-11 | 06:12 PM
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I actually saw Terror In The Aisles in the theater, back in the '80s. I think there were about 6 people in the theater.
Old 07-01-11 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
I've seen enough to believe the specs are legit. Too bad we aren't getting a commentary.
If this was a response to me, I'm just saying, most of the subsequent updates have not mentioned the deleted scenes, just the alternate ending...
Old 07-01-11 | 07:41 PM
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I've noticed that as well. Universal obviously hasn't finalized everything since the cover I saw the other day had a "30th Anniversary" banner at the top, and the new listing doesn't feature that. I really hope they include them.
Old 07-01-11 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
I've noticed that as well. Universal obviously hasn't finalized everything since the cover I saw the other day had a "30th Anniversary" banner at the top, and the new listing doesn't feature that. I really hope they include them.
This is what I see:

Spoiler:
Old 07-02-11 | 02:18 AM
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I've been reading for years that Rick Rosenthal recorded a commentary that was never released. However, I just heard an interview with him on horrorbid.com and he says it was never done nor was he ever asked to do one..
Old 07-02-11 | 02:39 AM
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KC, you may be seeing the "ad art" designed for Best Buy flyers and whatnot that has the title blown up and none of the other text.

I guess if Rosenthal never recorded his commentary, then that's no big loss...now I'm REALLY hoping this has the deleted scenes, because now that I know there's no commentary, it would be "complete" if it had all the TV edits (in terms of material Universal already has lying around).
Old 07-02-11 | 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bestimitation
I've been reading for years that Rick Rosenthal recorded a commentary that was never released. However, I just heard an interview with him on horrorbid.com and he says it was never done nor was he ever asked to do one..
The DVD of Halloween II that Universal released on September 18, 2001 was going to include a commentary with Rosenthal, among other things, but those features were dropped long before the DVD was released. It was always my understanding that the commentary track was never recorded. I never knew that Rosenthal was never asked to do it though. I had assumed he was asked and couldn't do it or Universal later decided against it.
Old 07-02-11 | 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bestimitation
I've been reading for years that Rick Rosenthal recorded a commentary that was never released. However, I just heard an interview with him on horrorbid.com and he says it was never done nor was he ever asked to do one..
Wish we would have gotten that commentary from Steve minor and Jamie Lee curtis that was advertised on the packaging of H20.

Rosenthal recorded a commentary for Resurection didnt he? maybe peope over the years mixed up the two since he directed both sequals.
Old 07-03-11 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by AmityBoatTours
Wish we would have gotten that commentary from Steve minor and Jamie Lee curtis that was advertised on the packaging of H20.

Rosenthal recorded a commentary for Resurection didnt he? maybe peope over the years mixed up the two since he directed both sequals.
Universal listing one and then changing their mind is probably what happened.
Old 07-04-11 | 05:59 AM
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Does anyone know if there is any news on a Region 2 release for these?
Old 07-04-11 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by L Chabert Lover
The DVD of Halloween II that Universal released on September 18, 2001 was going to include a commentary with Rosenthal, among other things, but those features were dropped long before the DVD was released. It was always my understanding that the commentary track was never recorded. I never knew that Rosenthal was never asked to do it though. I had assumed he was asked and couldn't do it or Universal later decided against it.
I remember one for H20. Even the cover art was printed and shipped to retail with that error.
Old 07-04-11 | 08:05 PM
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I remember the H20 error. I called to complain and they sent me a copy of the From Dusk Till Dawn 2 disc to say they were sorry.

I was satisfied.
Old 07-04-11 | 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
I remember one for H20. Even the cover art was printed and shipped to retail with that error.
The most frustrating thing about that whole mess, was Steve minor and Jamie Lee curtis actually recorded the commentary.
Old 07-05-11 | 04:39 AM
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Why was it dropped?
Old 07-05-11 | 09:28 AM
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Time to finally replace my "Goodtimes Video" DVD versions of these two movies!
Old 07-05-11 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Albert71292
Time to finally replace my "Goodtimes Video" DVD versions of these two movies!
I replaced the Goodtimes versions with the Universal DVDs just because they were anamorphic. Can't wait to finally get them on blu, but would love commentaries.
Old 07-05-11 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Why was it dropped?
Who knows, Disney never responded with a reason as to why it was.
Old 07-06-11 | 11:29 PM
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sweet in blu
Old 07-08-11 | 03:02 PM
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I'm hoping the lack of a Halloween III announcement means an October release, and not a 2012 one.
Old 07-09-11 | 12:53 PM
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I'm hoping the lack of a Halloween III announcement means an October release, and not a 2012 one.
I hope the lack of a Halloween III announcement means it's never being released
Old 07-09-11 | 01:41 PM
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I hope the lack of a Halloween III announcement means it's never being released
Boo this man!


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