MEEP! Alan Kayser wrote:

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I believe that the DVD "behind the scenes reveal everything" phenomena (?) has had an effect on CD boxes of this sort. Not much is left to the imagination, just check out any DVD from The Matrix to The Lion King.

Skip Heller wrote...snip

Honestly, outside of the really detail-oriented niche imprints like Elite or Criterion, I haven't seen too many DVDs that actually *did* reveal anything useful about the movie-making process. snip

My point exactly. The DVD extras reveal as much about the process as the JJ box reveals about the process of editing down to the LP. Sum total = nothing. It's ALL here, then ends with the original. It's rather like putting out a DVD with every scrap of film thrown in. But lots of DVD extras are pretty much just that, lots of scraps. You are either gonna dig whatever they throw against the wall or your gonna pass on the whole thing. The big difference is that you can buy The Two Towers and enjoy the film without ever diving into the making of. Nobody's going to buy the JJ box just to hear the remastered original. Many DVD deleted scenes are explained by the director as to why they were cut, but I don't think we are going to hear much from Teo other than he hates this stuff. As a Miles fan, I wouldn't be without it. Alan Kayser, and sorry for the ramblin' _________________________________________________________________ Never get a busy signal because you are always connected with high-speed Internet access. Click here to comparison-shop providers. https://broadband.msn.com