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Posted by Derek Janssen on 02/15/06 21:40
Mark wrote:
> Under the 2/14/06 and 2/13/06 updates at the rumor mill on
> http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html
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> It says there are rumors of extended editions of both The Chronicles
> of Narnia and King Kong.
>
> I'm surprised the studios allowed these rumors to slip out in the
> first place because now I won't buy either The Chronicles of Narnia or
> King Kong when they are released in March and April. I'll have to wait
> another 6 months to a year to get the extended editions they should've
> released in the first place. It seems like the studios' strategies
> lately are trying to turn people into renters instead of buyers. It's
> very rare that you can buy the first DD release of any movie these
> days without a high probability of a double dip. Just my opinions.
Since these arguments date back to our fond old-school memories of
"Huh?--Two versions of LOTR?...Why don't they put them both out right
away??" and "Hey, why won't George Lucas put out Episode 1?", it's
rather convenient to note that they were *both* answered by the single
response, "Because they haven't FINISHED making the new scenes yet."
In Narnia's case, it's that Adamson is too busy and would rather finish
work on a *new* film before making an old one, and not that Peter
Jackson's plate is particularly empty as we speak, either.
....It may be oversimplifying to say, but "THAT'S why."
Derek Janssen (sometimes, the answers we seek lie in the past)
ejanss@comcast.net
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