I got the movie DVD today, a day early. (Thanks, CDNow)
It's got three theatrical trailers besides the movie, but I was a little disappointed that there ins't any extra footage. I've heard that the movie wasn't exactly "uncut" at all, that certain things had to be trimmed out in order to get an R rating. I thought that stuff might show up on the DVd, but... apparently not.
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:48:25 -0800, Ted Bell wrote:
I dont buy dvds unless they have a crap load of stuff. Hopefully theyll release an improved version like they did with Evil Dead and Rushmore
no "spirit of christmas"??
amy holden: "you've got a weird thing for canadian melodrama." banky: "i've got a weird thing for girls who say aboot."
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Well, Paramount tends to not put many extras on their DVDs, which is pretty stupid considering that other studios (particularly WB/New Line) pack their discs to the gills with goodies.
Of course, maybe there's an easter egg waiting to be unleashed...
Michael Rittenberry wrote:
I had some friends that got The Matrix on DVD and were tormenting me (no dvd player) with the fact that it had alot of extras. I was in Suncoast the other day and was talking to the cashier, and he was saying that the VHS release is gonna have more than the DVD, it's gonna be, basically, a director's cut. So, finally, I can get a movie that's better than DVD. Woohoo!!!
Of course, still want the player... =)
Lesley
"Every turkey dies, not every turkey truly lives." - Chef
Sure, and Cartman's just "big-boned".
For the Uninitiated: Here's part of an E! Online review that talks about the re-editing of the movie:
Sure the big-screen spin on Comedy Central's potty-mouthed 'toon might be bigger and longer than the tube version, but it's not quite as unexpurgated as the South Park braintrust, cocreators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, intended.
The duo had to re-edit the film at least three times to avoid a box-office killing NC-17 rating from the prudes at the Motion Picture Association of America. Parker and Stone purportedly snipped some two minutes of footage from Bigger, Longer and Uncut to secure the more audience-friendly R-rating.
But to hear Parker and Stone spin it, the plot was secondary to the film's true purpose--vendetta. Seems the pair still harbors a grudge against the MPAA; they believe the ratings board unfairly dissed Parker's Orgazmo with an NC-17, a commercial kiss-of-death. Their revenge: Be as crude as possible, from the double entendre of the subtitle to the reputed love scenes between Satan and Saddam Hussein.
When the MPAA slapped an NC-17 on Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Paramount, the film's studio, which had been promised a more viable rating by Stone and Parker, was reportedly none too pleased. The cartoonists in turn were forced to relent a bit, cutting the most offensive gags and a subplot featuring the oft-killed Kenny to secure the R. (We're guessing the South Park faithful are busy cranking out the fake IDs at this moment.)
In the end (no pun intended), though, the South Park tandem thinks they got the last laugh. Says Parker: "This film is really nothing more than getting our own satisfaction in knowing that the MPAA has to sit and watch this."
Read the whole review at: http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,4940,00.html
I say we start a petition to get the uncut version released ASAP!
Ted Bell wrote in message news:[email]...
OK, but the ultimate question is:
Is the DVD copy protected (macrovision or otherwise)???
Could someone attempt to copy it and let me know. I would love to get a Widescreen VHS version since I don't plan on buying a DVD player for at least 6 months. In case you feel the need to say something about how bootlegs are wrong or "just buy the DVD", don't bother. I will buy this film when I own the media to play it on.
Thanks,
Whats cool about the DVD though is that you can choose to watch the film dubbed in French. Just imagine it, it's really funny to hear Unlce Fucka in French.
You can also zoom straight to that part without having to fast-forward and rewind a tape, trying to find it.
And, best of all, you can buy the thing dirt cheap. I paid $13.20 or so for mine by using a coupon from www.bargainflix.com. I have 60 or so DVDs, and thanks to all the coupons and pre-order deals out there, I've never paid as much as $20 for any of them.
I'm actually looking for that. I was going to put it on totalsouthpark.com, apparently it's REALLY funny.
Best Wishes,
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