Comments on: New Releases, 28 Nov 2006

by: Phil

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:33:34 +0000

Oh, lovely. Maybe I should tell the people who received my Christmas list to not bother with the set just yet, then… Thanks for the heads up, George!

by: GeorgeC

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:14:55 +0000

Here’s the phone number EVERYBODY who bought Superman: The Movie (4-disc set) or Superman III (Deluxed Ed) of any of the boxed sets will get to know VERY well…

“Replacement discs can be obtained by calling: 800-553-6937. The exchange program applies only to purchases of the Superman III Deluxe Edition in the Superman Ultimate Collector’s Edition and to disc one of Superman: The Movie Four Disc Special Edition, available as a single title, as well as in The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection and in the Superman Ultimate Collector’s Edition.”

Info passed on from The Digital Bits. Expect to wait a while for Warner operators to take down your name and phone number…

by: GeorgeC

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:10:09 +0000

Good luck with the Ultimate Superman set, too.

WB’s quality control screwed up YET AGAIN on two discs in the set!

Disc One DOESN’T have the original theatrical audio mix to Superman the Movie that it should.. The right version of Superman III is also not on the set, either.

WB has set up phone lines to deal with the problem and are taking names and addresses, but goodness’ sake we may not set replacement discs until the middle of next year!

Ask the people still waiting on replacement discs for those shorts of Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes that WB screwed up in previous sets…

by: Arune Singh

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:32:44 +0000

Good luck getting that Ultimate set– it’s selling out like crazy around the country from what I’ve seen and heard!

by: Juan

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:05:33 +0000

Thanks, Phil. I didn’t know Donner had shot parts of the second film — or at least I don’t remember hearing that. Now I’m really curious to check out the Donner cut.

by: Phil

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:33:48 +0000

Because Richard Donner filmed a good portion of SUPERMAN II at the same time as I. He was replaced by Richard Lester who reshot a lot of what we now know as SUPERMAN II. The Richard Donner Cut is how Donner would have made the movie had he been allowed to complete it. It’s a different story than what Lester made, and they found most of the cut footage to make this DVD. I think there are a few things that were never found, but this is as close to what Donner envisioned.

For those who want the Lester version, that’s what the Deluxe Edition that came out today is.

by: Juan

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:15:31 +0000

Why is SUPERMAN II a “Richard Donner Cut”? Donner directed the first SUPERMAN, but Richard Lester directed the sequel.

by: Lennon Patton

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:45:48 +0000

Augie,

I enjoyed Clerks II more than any other movie that I saw in the theatre this summer. The bit about Star Wars vs LOTR is classic nerd cinema moment. It has all the classic gross out moments but he did show some signs of maturing in his story and directing. Will this win an Oscar? Of course not, but it ranks up there with Chasing Amy as my favorite Smith film. IMHO

by: Nick

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:30:28 +0000

The people who make Ant Bully work in the same building as I do near Dallas. They were pretty excited when the movie came out… but we haven’t heard much from them since… oh well! I think a bunch of them actually got laid off. However, don’t fret for them…. they’re constantly laying people off, then rehiring them, as they get more work to do. I’ve been in this building about 18 months, and I’ve seen the parking lot fluctuate from full to empty a good dozen times.

by: Jacob

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:19:32 +0000

Clerks 2 is really good and Smith never skimps on the extras so you wont be disapointed.

By the way Augie have you gotten a chance to check out the Geekdrome podcast I recomended a few months back?