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Well, it better be lower than $29.99 if they don't want me going to Target.

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If Jaws would have gotten a steelbook in the US, I'd probably take the E.T. steelbook. But I may just get both digibook versions of these films.

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I ponied up extra for the Jaws digibook...I supposed I'll be doing the same for the E.T. one. I got all the digibook versions of the other big remasters from Universal this year, so my collection is going to look goofy without the E.T. one as well.

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I like this artwork, very simplistic.

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The 100th Anniversary banner actually works on that cover.

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Agree. I think it's the matching colors.

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Wow, the with original art (seems like Jaws is the same) - you don't see that often. I'm hoping the regular version is the same. (not a digi-book fan)

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now, i can't make up my mind.

i'm only buying one of the exclusives.
i wanted the Amazon set but for 100 dollars i just don't know.
if it drops down to 60-80, i'll get it. if not, i just don't know.

between the steelbook and the digibook, i'm torn up again.
i think i might get the digibook in the end.

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Since I got the Jaws digi, I think I have to get the ET one now.

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This may be one of those movies like SW to me and Romero Dead TRILOGY. I might get every version that comes out for my collection. I love the move, the re-release came out our first year anni, and my kids cant get enough of the flick themselves. Every release of this movie (home, theater) has been a big event for me.

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I love DigiBooks.

I'll bet the BB Digi will be $24.99 like Jaws, with those $3 Universal coupons still floating around. Better get there early!

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$3 coupon expires 9/11. This come out in 2 months.

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But the Universal 100 promo ends 12/31, so there should still be plenty opportunity to use those $3 coupons.

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The coupon expiration date depends on when you print it out (1 month after you print it out, I believe).

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Digibook @ BB? Well, shit, they'll get my money in that case.

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Don't you mean, "they'll get my money for that case"?

;)

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Let me guess, you'll be here all week.

:rimshot:

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I'll get my coat.

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That's not your coat.

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This may be a dumb question, but I haven't been able to find anything about it anywhere else. Does the E.T. steelbook come with the movie inside it, or is it like Snow White and Beauty And The Beast, where the case is empty when you buy it ?

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^ This is a Target exclusive. I've only seen that "preorder" trick played by BB.

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Does the steelbook have the movie or not ?

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2k answered the question.

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Did not. They just said something about a preorder exclusive.

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The Target exclusive contains the movie.

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Finally......

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The picture shows it comes with BD + DVD + DC + Ultraviolet:
http://www.target.com/p/e-t-steelboo..._page.banner_1

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I just preordered the steelbook. E.T. is one of those strange movies for me. On one hand, I really love the movie. Everything about it just screams early 80s to me. And I LOVE 80s movies. Especially fantasy movies like this. But on the other hand, E.T. is really sad at the end when he says goodbye to everyone. I love the movie, but I don't like to watch it that much because of the ending.

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this will be sold in Target stores, right? says "not sold in stores" but that can't be...

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Haven't had a chance to read through all the posts. Should I keep my 2 disk DVD set? Or has everything been ported over to the Blu Ray?

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Not everything has been ported over.

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The only thing from the Ultimate Collector's Set that I'm going to miss is the live score conducted by John Williams. It was only on the 2002 Walkie-Talkie cut.

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Guess I'll be keeping my DVD set then

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Spielberg drives me crazy with his no-backbone attitude.

First he does the 2002 version, which according to his intro fixes his pet peeves from the past 20 years (at that time) that made him cringe. Then people bitched about it, especially the walkie-talkie thing (which, if they had been in the original version, would have never even been a big deal) so he included both versions on the dvds. It was the right thing to do but it still felt more like he was more worried about negative feedback or impacted sales rather than any artistic integrity.

So then people continued to bitch so now he disowns it?

I personally thought that all of the enhanced E.T. stuff was a vast improvement and will miss it on the blu-ray. And while I thought the bathtub scene was too long, I will miss the extra halloween bit being in the film. Drew's hilariously bad acting is so charming.

I guess we're just supposed to accept that everything he said in the 2002 intro was a lie to sell more copies.

He could have at least let somebody have a limited Digibook with both versions. I'm thinking it's also possible that the CG enhancements weren't stored or kept in HD so they'd have to start from scratch and that's too expensive, but they just don't want to tell us that.

Regardless, Lucas may piss people off, but at least he has the balls to stand by what he says are improvements regardless of what other people say. Spielberg is just spineless.

I bet if Lucas hadn't have been involved we could have bullied Spielberg into making a good Indiana Jones 4.

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The 2002 version of E.T. was a theatrical release, film prints were made. The digital effects were probably done in at least 2k rez, so them not being in HD isn't the issue.

With that said, I don't see the problem with offering the previous special edition as a bonus. He did it with Close Encounters.

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Yes, because people are not capable of ever changing their minds.

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I can bet you they'll use quotes from this in the Digibook (same interview that was cited in the Jaws one), and he talks about his thoughts on alterations:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49921

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It's not that people can't change their minds, it just seems like he either overstated his excitement at the time to sell the product or he backed down now because of popular opinion.

Either way I don't feel like he a very consistant or trustworthy person.

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I'll take Speilberg any day over Lucas. Speilberg tried something, got a lot of criticism about it and recanted. Lucas tries something, gets a lot of criticism and responds by doing more of it.