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Doctor Manhattan

10-18-2005, 10:35 AM

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TheMojoPin

10-18-2005, 10:42 AM

Love, love, love, LOVE the movie...but both "new" editions are complete wastes of money.  The box set comes with extra items like a towel for your bowling ball, but meh, who gives a shit?  The movie only edition has only ONE new feature...a short "behind the scenes" doc that wasn't on the first version.  And that's it.  What a rip!  I wanted a Coen Borthers commentary!  Or one by Bridges!  Or ANY of the cast!  If you're gonna call it a "special edition," make it special, jerkstores!

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ONYONN

10-18-2005, 10:42 AM

THE DUDE ABIDES.

Doctor Manhattan

10-18-2005, 10:43 AM

Is it re-mastered at least? How can they call it a special edition?

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TheMojoPin

10-18-2005, 10:48 AM

Nope.  Besides, is there really anything to remaster?  It came out less than a decade ago and the Coens have stunning production values in the first place.  It's really just a blatant attempt by the studio to ring up some dollars on a cult classic.Trust me, I was thrilled when I first read this was getting re-released, but we got both editions in my store yesterday and looking them over, NOTHING new of actual content outside of the one short special I mentioned above.

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Tall_James

10-18-2005, 10:48 AM

I was a Little Lebowski Urban Achiever!

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Knowledged_one

10-18-2005, 10:55 AM

John Goodman should have gotten best supporting actor for his role in that movie

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TheMojoPin

10-18-2005, 10:57 AM

That had NOT occured to us, Tall_James.

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Tall_James

10-18-2005, 11:03 AM

I think a drunken Tara Reid commentary would have sealed the deal for me.

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TheGameHHH

10-18-2005, 12:20 PM

I fucking love this flick, but I bought the DVD a long ass time ago and according to Mojo the new one ain't worth it so I'm not buying it.

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Mike Teacher

10-18-2005, 12:40 PM

The re-issues are getting out of hand. There should be two labels1. "This DVD contains shitloads of deleted scenes, commentaries, making of docus, a looking back docu, all the trailers, a couple of videos, and the kitchen sink, none of which were available on DVD ever before"which is the case with some re-issues. Or...2. "This DVD contains shitloads of stuff. But it was all on the DVD before it. The only thing we did was make the 'making of' docu a bit longer, and slapped an Anniversary Edition on instead of the original art, to make it look different, but its not. Enjoy buying this movie for the 14th time."I bought the 30th anniversary Jaws DVD. The difference betwee it and the old one? The making of docu was longer. The re-issue of 'The Deer Hunter' that looks so bad ass. Bought it, and the extras are some deleted footage of the russian roulette scene, but thats it. And were not talking more then, if memory serves, more then 15-20 mins footage, tops.Sorely disappointed with both.=Back to the movies of Ethan and Joel, if you havent seen Fargo, do so now. Closest to Lebowski, IMOIf you havent seen Barton Fink, please please do so now. Anyone remotely involved with the creative process knows why this movie is a stunning look inward into the process, while doing the process. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Masterpiece. Run at a high rate of speed and see this yesterday. The Coen zenith, for moi.You hated it? I understand, and disagree.

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TheMojoPin

10-18-2005, 12:42 PM

Don't leave out Miller's Crossing,  Blood Simple and The Man Who Wasn't There.  There's not a person alive who can make better crime noir flicks.

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Yosammity

10-18-2005, 12:44 PM

"Because...  I am the Jesus."

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Mike Teacher

10-18-2005, 12:47 PM

Mojo, my posts are like the fucking magna carter as it is, but i hear yaAnd noir crime? Dont get me going. What an awesome, not talked enough about genre. 

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TheMojoPin

10-18-2005, 01:11 PM

I just can't miss any chance to prop up the Coens.  Easily my favorite filmmakers working today, and quite possibly the best, too.  The remake of The Ladykillers was a big misstep, but hey, when you've made as many impossibly great films as they have, they're allowed to finally have an off day.  I have no doubt they'll be back on their game in no time.And yes, Intolerable Cruelty was good.  Not one of their greats, but I'll be damned if I see it slammed as being terrible like many want to do just because of the shitty trailers that advertised it.  It had a very different feel and voice, mainly because it wasn't their own story, but overall I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.  They've got two films lined up back to back for 2006 and 2007 (they usually pair up their films back to back)...the first is Hail Ceaser, a comedy about a theater troupe in the 20's performing Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and then a crime noir drama called No Country For Old Men, about a WW2 vet getting tangled up in a plot involving murder, heroin and a ton of cash.<img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=TheMojoPin" border="0" /> Dancing with the women at the bar... << He knows his Claret from his Beaujolais >> "You can tell some lies about the good times we've had, but I've kissed your mother twice...and now I'm working on your dad..."

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Papa_Burgundy

10-18-2005, 03:30 PM

quote: That had NOT occured to us, Tall_James.   themojo pin treats objects like they were women

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Tall_James

10-18-2005, 03:46 PM

I don't understand what you are implying Papa but I appreciate the sentiment.

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TheMojoPin

10-18-2005, 04:24 PM

Anyone ever see this movie edited for TV?They take Goodman's line of "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A MAN IN THE ASS" and dub it over with "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLY A PLANE OVER THE ALPS!!!"Insanity.

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Mike Teacher

10-18-2005, 06:50 PM

Mojo;when i saw it was playing daytime i tivo'ed that very scene and still have the audio rip.Horrific.

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El Mudo

10-18-2005, 08:54 PM

John Goodman should have gotten best supporting actor for his role in that movie I concur...he was effing brilliant in that movie...*DONNIE YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* My favorite scene is still the one at the beach after they have Donnie cremated...The scene with the Dude and the County Sherriff runs a close second...something about the way he just hurls that coffee mug at the Dude...effing hilarious...And I love that scene in the taxi with the huge black guy playing the Eagles....*Man can you turn that down? I hate the fuckin' Eagles!*

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Yerdaddy

10-19-2005, 03:37 AM

quote: I think a drunken Tara Reid commentary would have sealed the deal for me. <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=tall_james" border="0" /> I'm betting that "I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars" was originally an outtake.The fact that the Coens don't do commentaries irritates the shit out of me - like most of the food here. But it's a bit like having a naked Jessica Alba lying next to you snoring - it's not exactly a deal-breaker with the Coens. I think the guy who gives the best commentary is Paul Thomas Anderson - and NOT just on "special release" bullshit DVDs. He comes across as a bit of a pompous ass but he's really generous with his filmmaking insights. In his commentary for Magnolia or Boogie Nights he's just sitting around his house getting drunk and bullshitting with the stars as they drop by and it's entertaining and interesting as hell.WORST commentary is Guy Ritche. I bought Snatch here and the Guy Ritche commentary was like the director's commentary for a Zarqawi "Special Edition" beheading video. Fucking horrible! <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=bonedaddy5" border="0" /> Fuck it from behind.

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fezident

10-19-2005, 05:44 AM

There seems to be a real flood of re-re-released "special edition" DVDs.  Even more than previous years at Xmas time.Every DVD is being promoted as "extreme version" or "unrated" but with little or no noticeable difference in content.  Even the Directors themselves don't really appreciate that these movies are being repackaged.  In a few cases, they seem to be doing the commentary tracks against their will!  "Yeah...I don't really know why we're doing this 10 years after the movie is released" or "there really is no difference between this version and the theatrical cut".  etc etc. Everything from Tommy Boy to Shawshank Redemption is getting the ol' "let's milk it for all it's worth" treatment from the studios.  I mean, that movie SAW just got re-released on special edition DVD!!  And yes, Star Wars is also getting re-re-rereleased again and FOX actually has the balls to advertise "new collectible packaging!"   

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kevcala

10-19-2005, 07:26 AM

quote:Check out <a href="http://www.lebowskifest.com/">http://www.lebowskifest.com/</a>

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JustJon

10-19-2005, 09:18 AM

quote: Everything from
Tommy Boy to Shawshank Redemption is getting the ol' "let's milk it for
all it's worth" treatment from the studios. I mean, that movie SAW just
got re-released on special edition DVD!! And yes, Star Wars is
also getting re-re-rereleased again and FOX actually has the balls to
advertise "new collectible packaging!" 

 
 To be fair, Shawshank
had a movie only version until the 10th Anniversary version.  So
their Special Edition is truly an upgrade. On the other hand, the
Star Wars DVD is identical to last year's (including the audio channels
being backwards on some tracks) with the excpetion of the 4th dvd,
which was all supplemental material. 

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TheMojoPin

10-19-2005, 09:24 AM

quote: quote: I think a drunken Tara Reid commentary would have sealed the deal for me. <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=tall_james" border="0" /> I'm betting that "I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars" was originally an outtake.The fact that the Coens don't do commentaries irritates the shit out of me - like most of the food here. But it's a bit like having a naked Jessica Alba lying next to you snoring - it's not exactly a deal-breaker with the Coens. I think the guy who gives the best commentary is Paul Thomas Anderson - and NOT just on "special release" bullshit DVDs. He comes across as a bit of a pompous ass but he's really generous with his filmmaking insights. In his commentary for Magnolia or Boogie Nights he's just sitting around his house getting drunk and bullshitting with the stars as they drop by and it's entertaining and interesting as hell.WORST commentary is Guy Ritche. I bought Snatch here and the Guy Ritche commentary was like the director's commentary for a Zarqawi "Special Edition" beheading video. Fucking horrible! <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=bonedaddy5" border="0" /> Fuck it from behind. This message was edited by Yerdaddy on 10-19-05 @ 7:45 AM Tarantino rarely does them, too, and that baffles me, since the guy usually can't shut the fuck up about ANYTHING.  I can't believe he'd turn down chances to babble on over his own flicks like they're the Shroud of Turin.  I think so far, he's only done a full commentary for True Romance...what the funk?!? 

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Doctor Manhattan

10-19-2005, 09:26 AM

quote: quote: And yes, Star Wars is also getting re-re-rereleased again and FOX actually has the balls to advertise "new collectible packaging!" On the other hand, the Star Wars DVD is identical to last year's (including the audio channels being backwards on some tracks) with the excpetion of the 4th dvd, which was all supplemental material.   The new Star Wars DVD is even worse that the old one, The 1st 3 discs are the same and the 4th disc is missing. I bet it will sell for about the same price (I paid $34)And they aren't even bothering putting a 6 disc set with all 6 films (which would be the only "decent" way to re-sell Episodes IV-VI) I guess they don't want to look like they are trying to rip people off when they do release the 6 film set in 2007 (this is just my guess; there is no real word of a 2007 6 Film box set, but it's the 30th Anniversary, I'm sure they'll do it) But since they are already doing it, why not re-release the same crap, but this time as one complete Episode I-Episode VI set, in which case most people who buy it will be the people who already own the DVDs for I, II, IV, V and VI.Tarantino rarely does them, too, and that baffles me, since the guy usually can't shut the fuck up about ANYTHING.  I can't believe he'd turn down chances to babble on over his own flicks like they're the Shroud of Turin.  I think so far, he's only done a full commentary for True Romance...what the funk?!?That was a good commentary, I wish he did one for Natural Born Killers which I think he says he has never seen, I don't believe that. <a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=202" target="_blank"><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=skw" border="0" /></a>

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Papa_Burgundy

10-19-2005, 03:36 PM

quote: Anyone ever see this movie edited for TV?They take Goodman's line of "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A MAN IN THE ASS" and dub it over with "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLY A PLANE OVER THE ALPS!!!"Insanity.  lol, actually that line maybe funnier 

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Batch^Master

10-21-2005, 06:05 PM

Bridges kills me in this flick,gotta get it... 

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fezident

10-22-2005, 08:56 AM

Looks like Tarantino did a (rare) commentary track for the new special edition SIN CITY dvd.They really gave this one the royal treatment.  A true "special edition" if there ever was one.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BCKFWK/103-2154529-2966201?v=glance&n=130&s=dvd&v=glance">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BCKFWK/103-2154529-2966201?v=glance&n=130&s=dvd&v=glance</a>

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klaus_kinski_Jr

10-22-2005, 04:29 PM

Yeah was alittle disspointed when i read reviews for this set online and saw all the really added was some photos jeff bridges took, and 3 minute intro speech kinda like they had for Blood Simple. Nothing but a case of double dipping.

If you love the big lebowski do yourself a favor and rent Robert Altman's version of The Long Goodbye. think of it as a precursor to the The Big Lebowski, and make sure to look for a very early apperance by the governor of California. Elliot Gould was such the man back in the 70's.

Tall_James

10-22-2005, 04:40 PM

Elliot Gould was such the man back in the 70's. That is scary because it is true.  This guy, along with Burt Reynolds, Ryan O'Neal, George Segal and many others were the icons of their generation.  They were doing a LOT of coke back then.  Only reason I can come up with.

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klaus_kinski_Jr

10-22-2005, 05:02 PM

Rent California Split then to see Georg segal and Elliot Gould as two degenrate gamblers great fucking movie. Plus since it really has no plot it would never have been made today. Just guys going to the track and playing poker

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12-07-2005, 05:27 PM

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