I feel like a fool for believing Warner Brothers was going to make the Harry Potter dvds better. Maybe I'm being a bit impatient but I really don't want to wait till all 7 movies are out for a rerelease! By then I just won't see the fun in listening to Alfonso Cuaron talking about Prisoner of Azkaban.
I too thought that the gray frame border around the cover is a sign that it's the Deluxe Edition. Alas, it isn't. I really hope that we're only going to be double dipping on 1-4 because I want the Deluxe Edition dvds to come out now when I'm still young rather than when I'm 25 or something.Disneykid wrote:I always throught it strange that since we'll be getting SEs of the first three, they'll probably be extended cuts, and that if that's the case, then WB would release a GoF director's cut simultaneously with the theatrical so that fans only have to double dip on the first three. Apparently WB has decided to turn into Fox and will make us double dip on GoF the way they're going to make us double dip on movies 1-3. What confuses me, though, is that the packaging for the GoF SE doesn't match the first three films. I figured this was because it was meant to match the upcoming SEs of 1-3 in advance, but with the lack of a GoF commentary/director's cut, that theory has been shot down.
I'm pretty sure J K Rowling insists on no commentaries. It is well known she doesn't want to 'spoil' the magic of the books and the films with too much behind the scenes information being included on the discs.Lucylover1986 wrote:Ok. I guess we'll have to wait for the big Harry Potter film collection in 2012 for all the special features and commentaries possible.
In the commentary, she could just give her voice on whether or not she liked a certain scene or how she liked this and that. Even if Alfonso Cuaron talked about making Buckbeak in a commentary, it wouldn't be the same as the 'behind-the-scenes' because they won't be able to show any pictures of Harry on a machine Buckbeak so the magic is still there. Thus I don't see why JK is against commentaries so much, she could just voice her opinion.2099net wrote:I'm pretty sure J K Rowling insists on no commentaries. It is well known she doesn't want to 'spoil' the magic of the books and the films with too much behind the scenes information being included on the discs.Lucylover1986 wrote:Ok. I guess we'll have to wait for the big Harry Potter film collection in 2012 for all the special features and commentaries possible.
That said, I was amazed at the CGI feature on the PoA disc, as this seems to go against Rowling's stated intent.
Actually, she doesn't care at all. Not only has she never said "no" to meaty features and commentaries for the films, but she's actually revealed a lot of "behind the scenes" tidbits for both the books and films via her site and in various interviews. WB execs are the ones who feel that too much substance on the DVDs would kill the magic (but considering how much more substantial each release gets, we know that's a load of bull to excuse them from making quality DVDs the first time around). J.K. is actually very indifferent towards the films. She enjoys them quite a bit, but couldn't care less about what's revealed about the filmmaking process since she's only involved in the script process with Steve Kloves. That said, I think it'd take a lot to convince J.K. to do a commentary herself simply because she's very self-conscious. She's said that she hates the sound of her own voice, which is why she turned down the chance to do the audio books. I think she may be persuaded to do one (or several) if WB can get several other people to join her, especially Steve Kloves.2099net wrote:I'm pretty sure J K Rowling insists on no commentaries. It is well known she doesn't want to 'spoil' the magic of the books and the films with too much behind the scenes information being included on the discs.Lucylover1986 wrote:Ok. I guess we'll have to wait for the big Harry Potter film collection in 2012 for all the special features and commentaries possible.
That said, I was amazed at the CGI feature on the PoA disc, as this seems to go against Rowling's stated intent.
That's an unfortunate viewpoint; it probably eliminates a fair number of potential DVD-buyers. If the first 2 movies hadn't been crap, and the 3rd mediocre at best, I probably still wouldn't have bought them based on the poor bonus features.I'm pretty sure J K Rowling insists on no commentaries. It is well known she doesn't want to 'spoil' the magic of the books and the films with too much behind the scenes information being included on the discs.
That was me who found out about the English 2.0 track. I think maybe Lizo reviewed the UK version of GOF, because there are no menu screens posted from his review (he posted up a couple of menu screens from his DVD review of POA, which turned out to be the R1 version).Disneykid wrote:Exactly. Mike Newell said he was doing one, and DavisDVD received a tip from someone at WB that the first three were being re-released with meaty features, including commentaries. What adds confusion to this whole thing is the fact that someone (I forget who at the moment), did some clever searching on WB's DVD site and discovered that Goblet of Fire not only had an English 5.1 soundtrack on the DVD, but an English 2.0, as well. With some more searching, this person figured out that all WB DVDs with commentaries had an English 2.0 track listed in their specs from that site. So this could mean several things:
1. The 2.0 track is some sort of descriptive track for the blind (has WB ever even put these on DVDs?).
2. A commentary was recorded/planned but removed from the DVD at the last minute.
3. The U.S. one will have a commentary while the UK one won't (doubtful).
I think #2 is probably what happened. I always throught it strange that since we'll be getting SEs of the first three, they'll probably be extended cuts, and that if that's the case, then WB would release a GoF director's cut simultaneously with the theatrical so that fans only have to double dip on the first three. Apparently WB has decided to turn into Fox and will make us double dip on GoF the way they're going to make us double dip on movies 1-3. What confuses me, though, is that the packaging for the GoF SE doesn't match the first three films. I figured this was because it was meant to match the upcoming SEs of 1-3 in advance, but with the lack of a GoF commentary/director's cut, that theory has been shot down.
No, it won't be. Warners always put their copyright information on a screen off-set from the Languages menu.magicalwands wrote:Note: It has a button labeled "Next"! Maybe that's the page to the commentary?
I hate those! They always ruin the movie right before you watch it.azul017 wrote:But I suppose Warner will open the disc with a lengthy montage of clips from the film set to "Hedwig's Theme" (or a section of Patrick Doyle's score from the film), just like the previous films.
Well, if the commentary is there on the 2-disc edition, it probably won't be mentioned on the menu itself. The only way to access the commentary would toggle between the audio options with the "audio" button during the movie and see if it's there. (I think Fox did something similar with The Simpsons season 4 box set - one episode had an additional commentary, but you had to use the audio button in order to get to it because it wasn't mentioned on the menu itself.)magicalwands wrote:
As for the menus being for one-disc, are the Charlie ATCF dvd menus different for single and double discs? Maybe commentary is only included on the TWO-disc? That said, when they advertise the dvd in this trailer it says "8 Behind the Scenes Documentary" then later it says "Film Maker Commentary"! In conclusion, I think commentary IS on the dvd but only for the two-disc (and that makes sense.) It will make more people buy the 2-disc so WB will get more money.
Here's the trailer on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/?v=Fr5HFWBPnHA
