Posted by MightyJoeYoung at 216.33.67.217 on June 19, 2000 at 14:18:26:
In Reply to: Dogma DVD - cheap trick posted by Andy LB on June 19, 2000 at 14:03:07:
there's been buzz of the special edition dvd for months. You must not read the board (or news askew, or the rest of the website) with any regularity. for a while, questions about that got as tiresome as clerks cartoon and anti-abc messages are today
stripped down version is so fans of the movie that don't care about commentaries and deleted scenes can get a good, reasonably priced dvd.
both dvd's serve a purpose, it's not fair to be upset at Kevin or ask him to "avoid it in future films" like the 2 editions are a mistake and we must reprimand Dr. Smith for his oversight.
pay attention in the future if you want to avoid stuff like this. Didn't you find it odd that the dvds you do have are loaded with commentary and deleted scenes but Dogma had nothing but the movie?
take a moment to think next time before you go blaming someone else for your misfortune.
: I have been a fan of many directors over the years, Spielberg, Scorsese, Fincher, but rarely have I adored the movies of any director as much as Mr Smith. I think the work that we have seen so far has been of an exceptional quality, and I know there's even better to come.
: I baught a DVD player last year and on my christmas wish list were the US versions of Mallrats and Clerks (I'm British you see - crap discs over here and still no sign of a release date for any of Kevins movies in the UK). My dear wife obliged and baught me the aforementioned films, I was even more excited to find out that there was a special edition of Chasing Amy on the way and that Dogma was also due. I couldn't find a cinema near me running Dogma during it's general release and thought that when the DVD came out it would be the real-deal.
: Instead we got the stripped down version and no notices in any magazines that a special edition was even on the horizon, so what does a fan do - he buys it, only to find out a month later that there's a special edition due in October.
: I realise that this is just marketing, getting the bucks back, but for fans it's a bit of a slap in the kisser.
: I have watched the movie and have to say - as usual it's what I expect from Kevin - brilliant, it's just a little tainted now that I know I have to buy another one later in the year just so I can see all the good stuff that got left out and listen to the entertaining commentaries.
: We're not all made of money Kev, please try and avoid this for future films
: All the best
: Andy Llewelyn-Brinsley, Albrighton, West Midlands UK