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Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on February 25, 2005, 08:08:17 PM
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Best DVD Release: SHORT CUTS (Criterion Collection)

THE NOMINEES

John Cassavetes: Five Films (Criterion Collection)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition)
Short Cuts (Criterion Collection)
Star Wars Trilogy
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: modage on February 25, 2005, 09:16:36 PM
criterion whores.  what are the extras on this?  how can they possibly compare with the ROTK disc or the star wars box?
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: ono on February 25, 2005, 09:46:25 PM
Luck, Trust, and Ketchup, an hour+ documentary on the making of Short Cuts.  It rivals That Moment.  A half-hour sit down conversation between Tim Robbins and Robert Altman about the film.  Lots of great, great music from the film.  A booklet with all the Carver stories from the film.  An Altman commentary.  Should I go on?  The $28 bucks I paid for this was well worth it, needless to say.  This was the only category I wasn't disappointed in.  Buncha fanboys, this site, that.
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: Gold Trumpet on February 25, 2005, 09:54:02 PM
Quote from: themodernage02criterion whores.  what are the extras on this?  how can they possibly compare with the ROTK disc or the star wars box?

The difference is that when Short Cuts and all the Cassavetes films were being made, they were being made to be just films. With LOTR and Star Wars, the mind set of commercializing the films into a million different products was evident from the start. Criterion getting all the special features they got feels miraculous compared to those glossy DVDs.
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: I Don't Believe in Beatles on February 25, 2005, 11:20:18 PM
There's an Altman commentary?  Where?
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: ono on February 25, 2005, 11:23:07 PM
My mistake, I was talking about great Altman commentaries with someone and forgot that this one didn't have one.  Luck, Trust, and Ketchup and the Altman/Robbins conversation both have the impact that it seems he's "commenting," anyway.
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: I Don't Believe in Beatles on February 25, 2005, 11:28:44 PM
Yeah, you're right about that.
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: Kal on February 26, 2005, 12:09:50 AM
bull
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on February 26, 2005, 12:43:36 PM
This thing came jampacked with features, even the script... hells yes.

Isn't Jackson planning an ultimate edition with all the Extended's together and even more features?  It's obvious to me why that lost to Short Cuts.  It had a lot, but the lingering thought of being cheated might be the scarlet letter for LOTR.
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: MacGuffin on February 26, 2005, 02:40:06 PM
Quote from: themodernage02how can they possibly compare with the ROTK disc or the star wars box?

Or The Ultimate Matrix set... Oh, wait, that wasn't nominated.  :yabbse-angry:
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: Myxo on February 26, 2005, 02:40:55 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin
Quote from: themodernage02how can they possibly compare with the ROTK disc or the star wars box?

Or The Ultimate Matrix set... Oh, wait, that wasn't nominated.  :yabbse-angry:

..due in part to that fact that Revolutions sucked ass..

But I agree that it is a great box set with a shitload of extras.
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: life_boy on February 26, 2005, 11:35:31 PM
I was just glad to have this film on DVD.  The extras were...well, extras.
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: xerxes on February 27, 2005, 01:38:27 AM
Quote from: ono mo cuishleLuck, Trust, and Ketchup, an hour+ documentary on the making of Short Cuts.  It rivals That Moment.  A half-hour sit down conversation between Tim Robbins and Robert Altman about the film.  Lots of great, great music from the film.  A booklet with all the Carver stories from the film.  An Altman commentary.  Should I go on?  The $28 bucks I paid for this was well worth it, needless to say.  This was the only category I wasn't disappointed in.  Buncha fanboys, this site, that.

those are great features.  i really want to get this now
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: cine on February 27, 2005, 01:45:01 AM
Quote from: MacGuffinOr The Ultimate Matrix set... Oh, wait, that wasn't nominated.  :yabbse-angry:
if we had a box set category -- oh wait  :yabbse-angry:
Title: Best DVD Release
Post by: RegularKarate on February 27, 2005, 02:17:09 PM
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if we had a box set category -- oh wait  :yabbse-angry:

Dude, two of the nominees were box sets... it wouldn't have changed anything.

Matrix didn't get nominated because not many people bought it... because the first film is the only really good one.
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