Posted by Mark on 02/15/06 20:48

Under the 2/14/06 and 2/13/06 updates at the rumor mill on
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html

It says there are rumors of extended editions of both The Chronicles
of Narnia and King Kong.

I hate to say it, but this is exactly what I expected. The decent
thing would be for the studios to announce it officially, but I think
many studios do their best to hide their pre-planned double/triple
dips from the public. Tricking people into buying multiple versions of
the same movie seems to be an integral part of the marketing strategy,
and it offends me greatly.

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.

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