As rumored and promised, there will be a Watchmen Ultimate Edition DVD/Blu-ray set coming out in time for the holidays. While this might be mildly aggravating for some, I'm at least glad this news came out before we all bought the Watchmen Director's Cut DVD which will be released on July 21st, or we'd all have been screwed (although hilariously, this is actually a flier that goes in the Director's Cut, which somehow got leaked. Hee-hee!).
So... five discs, huh? Maybe two for the movie, if Black Freighter has been added... one for the motion comic... one for Under the Hood and other extras... and... hmm. What's that other disc? I hope it's not a digital copy; I don't mind digital copies, but it always aggravates me when those are one disc of a "Two-Disc Special Edition!" I bet it is, though. (Via Blu-Ray Blog)
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MattK said:
"Leaked" huh? Does this mean WB will piss and moan, then film and include new ending teasers to be put on the theatrical discs in order to get people to buy them for the "awesome content"?
emerson999 said:
I'm going to feel a bit bad not tossing them money for the director's cut. But there's really just no way I'm buying this more than once, and this one's the way to go.
jestergoblin said:
dear god.
well, at least i can ask for it at christmas.
MDK said:
Thanks to my handy dandy netflix account I will hopefully be able to see the director's cut in the summer without shelling out money for the inferior product. Makes yet another reason to look forward to December.
MattK said:
Still, glad to see this. I don't mind waiting for the best version of Watchmen. Same reason I've not bought Kill Bill yet, for the aforementioned combined-DVD set (or Blu-Ray, at this rate).
demoncat said:
nice to finaly see what the version i planned to get looks like though one of the discs is proably a digital copy and the more wb can make on the film in dvd sales the better for they can get close to paying foxes their share
Stanley Ipkis said:
Finally! About time!
artist1138 said:
This is great, truly. I wish they had filmed all the Prohibition/pre-Five Families/Maranzano Wars stuff to be wittled into The Godfather Saga. If that showed up I'd re-buy my first two Godfathers in a heartbeat. So yes adding Black Frieghter and Two Bernies' perspectives and the psychiatrist stuff...is closer to the book than ever; I'm sure we all can agree the climax-destruction fits easier in the film than Ep 1,2,3 fit with 4,5,6. But that's too much damn movie. It's like watching 1941 with Dumbo and full radio bulletins inserted into the mess.
There is a difference between book and film.
OK, this is a different kind of movie.
The Great A'Tuin said:
Wow...
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If you can't see I'm dumbstruck by this amazing news, you, sir, are a retard.
CTrees said:
The last disc is just two hours of different ideas they had for Dr. Manhattan's penis. Larger, smaller, different shades of blue, copying the shapes of different animals and famous military aircraft, and so on.
wingdarkness said:
So what do you suggest for someone new to the Watchman franchise…I was gonna get it July 21, so should I watch the original first or wait for the $hiznit edition and let that be my introduction?
scortia said:
I've already preordered the Director's Cut... and that's fine because I'd like to own it for the six months in-between and sell it at Christmas time. I'll be getting the ultimate set to get the Motion Comic without having to buy it separately. But, totally won't get this version if Black Freighter HAS to be played during the movie... I hate the style of it and I think it'd actually hurt the movie to have it included during pivotal scenes.
u_nick said:
meh, i hated the black frieghter stuff in the comics. theatrical cut is good enough for me right now. I'll check out the director's cut next week absolutely. but not at the expence of this super set later in the year. i'll need to see a lot more significant changes to get me to cancel my order next week.
Necromancer said:
The seperate motion comic release I have is 2 discs so I'm guessing it'll also be 2 discs in this set which makes up the mysterious 5th disc.
Matt M. said:
I just wonder if they'll use seamless branching to offer all the available cuts with this set. I mean, supposing I discover that I'd rather not see a version of the movie that has the Black Freighter stuff in it, I wouldn't want to be stuck with only that version (unless I actually go back and also buy one of the previous releases).
"Starman" Matt Morrison said:
*sighs*
At least the insert gets you a discount on the Ultimate edition.
ZeroCorpse said:
@MattK
Yeah... I've been waiting on KILL BILL too. They sure are taking their sweet time getting the ultimate version out there, though.
We will probably get it after QT decides to make KILL BILL Vol. 3 in which Nikki comes back for revenge.
NeverPlayedWOW said:
They just can't stop fucking with the fans
Brion said:
This is the Watchmen I've been waiting for. Until then, I'm going to reserve my judgement till then.
Matt said:
5 discs? I'm assuming this is the DVD version then, because they should be able to do better with blu-ray.
Ad said:
Sigh. No date, either. I presume the large number of discs will be because they'll give you the theatrical cut as well.
IisAwesomecakes said:
Holy god, I just came.
wayne said:
* Disc 1:
* Director's cut of the film (186 minutes)
* Disc 2:
* The Phenomenon: The Comic that Changed Comics (30 min.)
* Webisodes (38 min.)
* Music Video: My Chemical Romance Desolation Row (3 min.)
* Digital Copy - Theatrical version
there is also this
and this for blu ray
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFSM2167714&catid=27920
Kevin said:
Ummmm....who buys DVD's anymore anyway? Really? Archaic format.
Sarcastos said:
"Ummmm....who buys DVD's anymore anyway? Really? Archaic format."
Did you have to look up how to spell Archaic? :)
