[Animal Boything]

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.