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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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Originally Posted by Spottedfeather
(Post 11349545)
Does the steelbook have the movie or not ?
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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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Originally Posted by Spottedfeather
(Post 11349260)
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 ?
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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Originally Posted by kenbenobi
(Post 11351014)
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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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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Originally Posted by Mister Peepers
(Post 11391387)
Not everything has been ported over.
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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Originally Posted by wahlers
(Post 11393126)
I guess we're just supposed to accept that everything he said in the 2002 intro was a lie to sell more copies.
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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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Originally Posted by wahlers
(Post 11393802)
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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Exactly. I see it more of Speilberg finally seeing the error of his ways and backtracking to make things right. He did the same with Raiders.
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Originally Posted by wahlers
(Post 11393126)
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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Originally Posted by wahlers
(Post 11393802)
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. It maybe would've been nice if Spielberg had included the altered version of E.T. for people who really wanted it but I believe the DVD is still fairly easy to find so while it's not high definition at least it's available if someone really wants it. |
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Spielberg and Lucas both raped my childhood.
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Originally Posted by Mike86
(Post 11394315)
It maybe would've been nice if Spielberg had included the altered version of E.T. for people who really wanted it but I believe the DVD is still fairly easy to find so while it's not high definition at least it's available if someone really wants it.
The funny part is that after years of bitching, when Lucas gave people the dvds of the original versions of Star Wars, the fans immediately starting pestering him about when they would be on blu-ray. And people wonder why he hates his fans. Oh, and for the record, I'm part of the original fan base for all of these films (born in 1974) and was a rabid fan of the films and toys of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and E.T. as a kid, watched them all hundreds and hundreds of times, and am now an artist and film buff, but easily prefer the modified versions of all of them. It happens. |
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