Tom T(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 9th July 2001, 01:38
The Mummy, Meet Joe Black, Notting Hill and American Pie. Howcome all these films are being re-released on DVD under the title "Ultimate Edition" from Universal?! Two of the above are obviously to co-incide with the release of sequels in the cinema, but are they actually worth it???
Is it a trend that Universal will start over here?? And isnt it a case of "oh, we forgot to add that trailer, we should re-release the whole disc again!" ???
Don`t get me wrong, I`m not complaining, and it`s always good to see what Universal can add to a disc that was different from the last release.
I think it will happen with Jurassic Park and The Lost World when Jurassic Park 3 is released on DVD. And on that note, there`s lots of video footage and making-of thingies on JP3`s website that are so obviously destined to be JP3`s extras!!
A Jurassic Park Ultimate Edition would be good if Spielberg would do a bloody commentary!!!
TT
RE: Ultimate Editions
cw2000(Competent) posted this on Friday, 13th July 2001, 00:21
The main reason behind the Meet Joe Black, Notting Hill and American Pie Ultimate Edition releases is to add a 4:3 version (US has very low widescreen tv usage) and also DTS, extras remain pretty much the same.
Mummy also adds the 4:3 waste of space and DTS + some more extras, the main reason behind this release was to make more money due to the Mummy Returns release.
Jurassic Park and Lost World seem unlikely at this point due to their being so many release, widescreen, 4:3, DD and DTS versions already exist. So they might do a boxset repackaging the current discs for the Jurassic park release.
