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GRINDHOUSE TO SPLIT IN DVDs

April 3rd 2007 22:16
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Different sources came over different information, and through an examination there's some final conclusions that can be made. Some sad ones if you ask me.

First of all, there are gonna be two different DVDs with the two movies in Grindhouse, Death Proof and Planet Terror. Why in the world would they want to split a movie with two parts that are supposed to be connected to each other? Oh, money.


Secondly, the initial versions won't have anything amazing. Planet Terror will contain only the film itself from beginning until the end of that film's credits and Death Proof from that point, through the half-time trailers and to the end.

Then several months later the special editions will be released, containing the missing reels, no flicker effects and "correct" color. In other words no Grindhouse-style anymore. Why in the world would they want to do that? Oh, money.

Finally Machete might also come out as a feature straight to DVD. Its trailer is included in Grindhouse. Why? Oh, more money.

Anyway, I guess I don't REALLY care, just a bit. I don't have high expectations. After all, Quentin did the same with Kill Bill. Volume 1 & 2? C'mon!

What are your thoughts?

//filmpeeker
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Comment by yoda76

April 4th 2007 12:45
Um... more money?


Comment by Filmpeeker

April 4th 2007 12:51
Hi yoda,

I don't really understand what you mean by your comment, but I suppose why more money. Or?

Anyway, Grindhouse with both movies: $20. Two different DVDs with the movies: $20 & $20=$40.

Another special release later on? $40 & $40=$80 for a movie that should be bought for at least half the price.

//filmpeeker

Comment by yoda76

April 4th 2007 13:01
Sorry filmpeeker,

it's my sorry attempt at being a smartarse. I'll hang it up.

Yes it sucks. Especially from these guys - it's just silly. I can't handle the new trend of re-hashing the same content in a different sleeve... what's worse is people buy it!!

Star Wars is classic case - First it was the original remastered VHS tapes (pre Episode 1), then the Special Editions, then the prequel trilogy that went though the single releases and subsequently a boxed set with extra stuff in it (grrr..) and then the re-release of the original trilogy on DVD.

Yep. Definitely about more money.


Comment by Filmpeeker

April 4th 2007 13:12
Hey yoda, exactly!

I had Star Wars in mind too, but also Kill Bill (that I mention). Same movie, cut in half and released individually. More money

Cheers,

filmpeeker

Comment by Anonymous

April 10th 2007 22:04
I want the GRINDHOUSE DVD as it is. All 3 and a half wonderful hours of it. I can't understand why all the speculation about the movie being split into 2 dvds. Its just word of mouth if you ask me. I think they are going to put out the original movie first, all 3 and a half hours. Then put out planet terror and death proof on 2 different dvds. Then they will put out the speacial edition with all extra goodies, but still keep it 3 and a half hours. Why would they put out 2 different dvds when it first comes out on dvd. People are not going to buy 2 dvds to see one full double feature movie. I hate this so much. Now I have to lose sleep at night untill i hear a official announcment of the dvd. I am worried but come on. I pray that they will put out the dvd as is 3 and a half hours.

Comment by Filmpeeker

April 10th 2007 22:15
Well, Anon, actually this is as close to the truth possible. Nothing is official of course, but it's pretty much what will most certainly happen. So be prepared to get disappointed.

It's not word of mouth, it's a collection from different interviews and announcements made.

In matter of fact, the movie will probably be re-released separately to the cinemas in a couple of weeks in order to make more profit.

That's Hollywood.

Cheers,

filmpeeker

Comment by JohnDoe

April 11th 2007 00:20
Im still waiting for the directors cut edition of Kill Bill which Tarantino was supposedly putting together last year. Its meant to contain the Japanese edit which doesnt go B&W at the end and run about 15 minutes longer all up.

As for Grindhouse, I will wait till teh all in one set ala teh superb Sin City SE with full length versions of each story.

Comment by Filmpeeker

April 11th 2007 00:38
JD, I'm with you on this one. What you're saying must be the smartest thing to do, if you want to get the best for less money.

Comment by Anonymous

June 20th 2007 12:36
Well all you guys in the States should at least happy with the fact you got to see it in the complete form. Here is Australia we still have not the cinema release which is surposed to be split. The only hope we were hanging onto was that we could buy the DVD direct from the US, so much for that idea.

Comment by Twisted352

June 26th 2007 04:10
That sucks big time!

I was hoping they come out together, and now i'm just gonna hate the world a little bit more!

Thanx for the info though.

*mumble* no effects...real colors...it sucks so badly *mumble*

Comment by fw

July 1st 2007 12:46
I have been hanging out for this movie for ages and now I find out that it is gonna take forever to get to Australia........I have been so psyched about seeing this double feature movie, but now...I have died a little inside

I hope they release it soon, I don't want to wait forever.

Come on, release a American DvD version so I can buy it and get it shipped to Australia

Comment by subseeker-FIN

July 21st 2007 15:34
Say no more... These people are sooooo full of them selves and all they want is A BIG bag FULL of money - so those bastards are going to make dozens of these special editions, dir. cuts and so on.

I wish it would be different. It won't be, trust me.

MONEY TALKS (AGAIN) AND BS...

Shame on you Quentin and Rodriguez!!!

Comment by Anonymous

July 30th 2007 20:22
Don't buy this garbage wait for the full dvd release!!!

Comment by Tracy

August 3rd 2007 00:54
I'd say it boils down to them getting more money through people buying two DVDs.....

Comment by Anonymous

August 17th 2007 15:30
In all fairness Kill Bill would have been too long to be one movie.. so it worked... but this whole grindhouse thing just makes me mad!

Comment by Tracy

August 18th 2007 23:39
Hi anon

Yes, Kill Bill as an entire film would've been too long and I wasn't so bothered that it was split up, but I'm not so sure about this one...

Tracy

Comment by Anonymous

August 22nd 2007 04:28
DON'T DESTROY THE GRINDHOUSE!

Sign the petition!

Really Long Link

Comment by Anonymous

September 3rd 2007 14:22
me personally, I'm going to download both of them and wait till they come out with the definitive set which will probably be Christmas. So why am I going to steal it first? Oh, right. Money!

Comment by Anonymous

September 3rd 2007 17:03
I'll probably just see the movies as I can get my hands on them, then hang around and wait for the Deluxe Set containing both movies as they were originally intended, hopefully the Extended Versions too... Worked with Sin City

Comment by Tracy

September 3rd 2007 21:37
Hi Anon

That sounds like a good plan. Like you said, if they did it with in CIty then there's a good chance they'll do it again. It's good to hope anyway,

Tracy

Comment by Daremaster Spoodle

September 20th 2007 00:04
I consider myself a DVDphile and enjoy watching movies whenever I get the chance. But what's going on with the "Grindhouse" release is really putting me off as far as being a consumer is concerned. If the seperate release thing wasn't bad enough, there's none of the fake trailers on there at all.

I mean, ponder over this for a second - no "Werewolf Women of the SS", "Don't", or "Thanksgiving". And I just don't look at this from an entertainment perspective. All of Roth's, Zombie's, and Wright's time and effort to contribute to "Grindhouse" are all left on the cutting room floor and tossed down the tubes. If you really look at it it's quite an insult to the directors and other actors involved, IMHO. If I were them I'd be pissed off to no end.

So until Grindhouse is released intact, on one DVD, with the fake trailers, just as it was in the theater, I absolutely refuse to touch it. I absolutely refuse, and I hope that both DVD's are relegated to bargain bin status. I take that back. Garage sale status. I take that back, too. The Atari release of "E.T.", all chucked in a concrete-filled ditch status.

Comment by Anonymous

September 26th 2007 20:18
Hey, netflix bumped the Rodriquez film, said they can't get enough copies so the cancelled it from my queue. I'll wait for the "improved version". Grindhouse style is one thing, but they went too far on the scratches and botched editing, I'm old enough to remember the drive-in theaters and I've never seen anything that poor of quality. BTW the film only made $25 mil at the box office, probably didn't cover Tarrantino's salary which would explane spliting the setsand I assume Rodriquez' will do better financially than Tarrantino's? They might want the profits to go to the appropriate films.

Comment by Anonymous

October 12th 2007 09:36
This is NOT a marketing ploy, you fucking retard. Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez never intended PLANET TERROR and DEATH PROOF to be released as two films on DVD. They only intended the films to be seen as a double feature theatrically. Why do you want to give out stupid advice like "ignore the DVDs"? The DVDs will be BETTER than what was presented theatrically. Not only will you be getting the shortened theatrical versions of each film, you will get the FULL VERSIONS that they had to edit down in order to fit into a double feature. I've got news for you, buddy. They're never releasing the double feature on DVD. You snooze, you lose. I'm sorry that you missed out on the greatest theatrical experience of the 20th Century, but why are you complaining that they are not releasing TWO INDIVIDUAL FILMS as A SINGLE FILM? Just buy the fucking DVDs and SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Comment by Anonymous

October 12th 2007 09:38
Fuck, my text was clipped. That should have read "They never intended PT and DP to be released as ANYTHING OTHER THAN TWO FILMS on DVD." But you get my drift. Stop your fucking whining. Just buy the individual DVDs and watch the fake trailers on YouTube.

Comment by Anonymous

October 12th 2007 12:24
Before anyone says anything, I want to apologize for the "retard" remark. That was going over the edge. I would have used a different word, but this shit frustrates me.

Comment by Anonymous

October 12th 2007 12:45
Anon,

Good thing you understand your retard remark was indeed unnecessary.

Of course they are two movies, but let me tell you, if they were successful on the big screen as one, you would certainly see them together in the DVD as well. Now they simply have to separate them in order to gain the loss.

The point is, it's not fair to do that since they trick the fans that actually want to buy the movies as "Grindhouse" and not PT and DP. It's them who now need to buy two discs and then again when the SE gets released.

Anyway, I think there are two sides to everything...

Comment by Anonymous

October 12th 2007 21:34
Interviews leading up to the double feature's release suggest that it was always the plan to release the invidual films seperately on DVD instead of as a double feature no matter if the double feature version flopped or made more money than "Titanic".

The fact that people are complaining about the double-feature not being released on DVD suggests that more people didn't understand the film's concept than originally thought.

Personally, I think that boycotting the PT/DP DVDs until Weinstein Co. releases the double feature on DVD is like boycotting releases of original 1970s grindhouse flicks that aren't available on DVD as a double feature edited with trailers for other grindhouse movies and period snipes.

I DRINK YOUR BLOOD and I EAT YOUR SKIN aren't out as a double feature... and "Drink Your Blood" was never sold theatrically on its own! Let's boycott whoever owns that film for not releasing the original double feature version

....yeah right

Comment by Anonymous

October 16th 2007 22:54
That's exactly the problem, people don't seem to grasp the concept that it was a double feature in the theaters, but in all reality two seperate films. Grindhouse isn't just some title they cooked up to sound grungy, no no in fact it's a term that had been used to describe theaters that played double feature exploitation films.

Hence why the trailers said "An evening at the Grindhouse". So yes, initially the DVD's are being released to the people who like the movies for what they are. Sort of like how it's done in real life for real grindhouse films of the past, though of course on VHS, if they ever got released.

But don't worry all you unintelligent fans who don't understand concept, though screamed adoration for the shitty Kill Bill Vol. 1 which was heavily concept based and sucked because of it. Rest assured Robert Rodriguez states in the end of the "10 - Minute Film School" on Planet Terror, to look forward to the "10 - Minute Cooking School" on the upcoming 2-Disc "Grindhouse" release. That's right, not DP, or PT special edition. But that double feature everyone keeps bitching for, even though it will never be the same because you won't be in a theater.

Personally I can't wait to get it, then I can own my Grindhouse, DP, and PT. Being able to watch them however I want. Be that a pseudo-grindhouse experience, or the full seperate films. Because we all know it anyways, DP and PT were totally different from each other, and definitely 2 different films without much of a connection at all. Other than maybe a few repeat characters, but hey those repeat characters are also in Kill Bill and From Dusk Till Dawn 1 and 2.

Shit I guess that means they should all be released as a 6-film feature. I mean they're connected right?

Comment by Anonymoose

November 15th 2007 02:39
Being a huge fan of Robert Rodriguez, and having watched Planet Terror, I have to say I like him a lot better when he's trying to make a GOOD movie.

As for Death Proof... Having sat through both halves of the plotless, derivative, repetitive, ugly, boring, self-serving Kill Bill, I have to say that the only way I'll watch Meister QT's latest masterpiece of badness is if he comes over to my house with a very large certified check. My time is limited, and there are just too many directors with bigger talents and smaller egos.

Comment by Anonymous

November 25th 2007 19:21
Look, I apologize if you don't want to dish out an extra 20 bucks to own both of them, but you have to get over it and accept things they way they are. Yes, its a shame, but bitching about it is never going to help. And yes, it is all for money. Thats what the film-making industry is all about, business. Stop your bitching and just deal.

Comment by Anonymous

January 10th 2008 10:26
I don't want to dish out an extra 20 bucks to own both The Hills Have Eyes and The Last House on the Left, but you don't hear me complaining.

Don't give me this "it's all about money" and "it's one film" bullshit. Planet Terror and Death Proof are two seperate movies. If you complain about not wanting to spend money to buy them individually, you don't understand the concept of a grindhouse theater.

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