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the mongoose
09-09-2005, 03:38 PM
YES!

Click. (http://davisdvd.com/news/news.html)

:cool:

joethelion
09-09-2005, 04:46 PM
that really really pisses me off!

I mean - come on! why wasn't it just on the original dvd release?


and btw
which one was Tarantino's?

ndrwrld
09-09-2005, 08:03 PM
i just figured out my nvidia video card enough to send my video feed to my television.
it premiered SIN CITY.
wow.

chino
09-09-2005, 09:37 PM
...as well as a new 147-minute extended version presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic,...

hell!:)

anyway, i dunno if it's worth getting it, I mean, I rather preffer to keep in my mind what I saw for the very (and unique) first time.

lukeyd
09-10-2005, 02:21 AM
which one was Tarantino's?qt's scene was the drive in the car with benicio and clive owen while benicio is talking despite having a bit of a gun sticking out his head. the classic dialogue and banter makes it so obvious once you realise.

sanakan
09-10-2005, 02:39 AM
ohhh... me wanna have, me wanna have!

i was nearly buying the dvd over the net from amazon when it came out, but i realized that there would be another release, since the (current) dvd had no extras on it... and i'm glad i did wait :D

monkeyboy
09-11-2005, 07:07 AM
hell yeah!!!

best movie of 2005 imo

Animal Boything
09-11-2005, 08:03 PM
The DVD that was already released was supposedly "to fight piracy" and Rodriguez was not happy about it. He asked that they not put any special features on it. (They slipped a very brief featurette on there anyway.) It was supposed to be VERY CLEAR that this was not the "real" DVD, which has long been planned as the definitive version of the film.

As I remember it, the theatrical cut itself was a compromise of sorts... the movie was filmed with the intent of putting the whole thing on DVD but only parts of it on the big screen. They literally filmed EVERYTHING from the comics, and began by cutting the three main stories seperately... exact duplicates of the source material. Then it was chopped together into something that they could actually release in theaters, with the intent of simply getting the film out there in some form, so people would get the gist, before the whole thing came out on DVD.

The real DVD will have both versions. Those of you who bought the single-disc release... sorry, the joke's on you. You have been suckered in a bad way. I'd advise selling it before other people realize how worthless it is. Seriously.

b.miller
09-12-2005, 01:04 AM
yeah Rodriguez is pretty firm in his current belief that the "real" versions of his movies are not the theatrical cuts but whatever he ends up putting out on DVD, since a theatrical run might last like maybe 2 months but the DVD version is what will stick around forever.


Of course, readers to this site during Sin City's theatrical run shoulda known the recent release was not the last because it wont have my awesome commentary track on it*


*by "my" i mean a commentary track recorded at the Austin premiere of the crowd response which i was a part of... along with 1199 other fans.

bored
09-12-2005, 01:16 AM
I'd be pissed if I had bought the 1st version (which I haven't), but to be honest, how many people actually watch all the bonus stuff? I find after sitting down and watching a 2hour film, I honestly couldn't be bothered watching it again with an extra 17 minutes narrated by the dudes that directed it...I think the only extra's I've ever found worth paying more for was "follow the white rabbit" in the matrix...it essentially plays the movie from the beginning but provides the option to cut to a "how did they make that part" scene; and then it resumes the movie afterwards... now that I think about it, I'm not sure if that was just included in the normal version anyway. :S

Favourite DVD extras anyone??

b.miller
09-12-2005, 01:30 AM
see, i hated the follow the white rabbit thing. I like my extras to be clearly marked and accessible.


For me the extras may not be immediately important, but if I'm buying a DVD i'm essentially saying to myself "i like this enough to see it more than once more in my life" so i may not get to the extras immediately but maybe in 6 months when i'm looking for something to watch or something like that, they are nice to have on there.

That said, I think it was a previous thread where there was lots of going on and on about how most DVD extras suck nowadays, which i still find true. The few really informative and robust packages that they put out are still like gold to someone who's really into film though. The good commentaries can basically be like film schools, the good (and even sometimes bad) deleted scenes can be like editing class (anyone who saw the "extended" cut of Ray can certainly see why they cut the scenes they did i think... they should've kept cutting i think but i guess that's another post), and making-ofs can be like group discussions/dissections of the film when they're done right.

It's all variable of course... and i fully realize that tons of people aren't interested... but i think that DVD continues, for the most part, to be a healthy mix of what was VHS audiences (i.e. casual consumers) and laserdisc audiences (film geek/collectors)... so i think/hope that mix remains.

which is why we get a bare-bones single-disc version of Sin City (no doubt also available in full-screen) and the multi-disc "special" edition later on for those willing to buy it twice if they haven't heard a better version's on the way.

myrrh
09-12-2005, 06:11 AM
but to be honest, how many people actually watch all the bonus stuff?


I am very proud to admit that I have watched every single second of bonus material on every single DVD I own. I purposefully wait until the 'special edition' DVD comes out, just to get the bonus stuff. They pack so much good stuff into the DVD extra's these days, it is great.

But then again, I don't watch TV. So, DVD's are my only form of visual entertainment.

the mongoose
09-12-2005, 12:13 PM
we get a bare-bones single-disc version of Sin City (no doubt also available in full-screen)

nope. they only made the bare-bones one in Widescreen....four different covers though.;)

Just like Matrix and LOTR, I've enjoyed the theatrical cuts and then given them as gifts or sold them to used DVD stores. Then I collect the super (and/or Uncut) versions later.

But yes, sometimes it is NOT worth double dipping because they don't come up with anything worth paying more for....

Gladiator Extended anyone?!?:(:D

Animal Boything
09-12-2005, 06:21 PM
I am very proud to admit that I have watched every single second of bonus material on every single DVD I own. I purposefully wait until the 'special edition' DVD comes out, just to get the bonus stuff. They pack so much good stuff into the DVD extra's these days, it is great.

But then again, I don't watch TV. So, DVD's are my only form of visual entertainment.Yeah, same here. At least, it's very rare that I don't eventually watch everything. There's still a lot of commentary tracks I haven't gotten around to yet, but commentary tracks are my favorite thing, so I know one day I'll sit through them all.

I think the Lord of the Rings DVD's win the prize for best extras ever, at this point, though that has a lot to do with the production itself having been so interesting. It's easy to get tired of hearing about a really typical film shoot, but those ones were made in such a unique way by such interesting people that every second of extra material is riveting.

The best commentary tracks I've heard so far are the author/screenwriter track on Fight Club and pretty much anything with Terry Gilliam.

Back on subject for a moment, ever since I first saw Sin City I've been dying to see how it was made. It's such a groundbreaking movie, the bonus stuff should be a blast. I'm looking forward to that DVD.

bored
09-12-2005, 11:48 PM
ever since I first saw Sin City I've been dying to see how it was made.

second that..