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DVD Tuesday: Planet of the Ape

by Scott Weinberg | March 28, 2006

Summary

Movie geeks love Tuesdays, and here's why: It's DVD Day! With each new Tuesday comes the promise of varying DVD goodness, so I thought it might be fun to do a reminder-piece each week, if only to help my fellow disc junkies to keep their shopping lists in order. And it looks like I picked a pretty good week to get started, because beginning today, Peter Jackson's "King Kong" can be yours! Back to Article

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dracus writes:
on Mar 28 2006 09:43 AM

[b]MORE KONG COMING LATER THIS YEAR.[/b]
If you’re a fan of King Kong, you would have noticed that the beach scene in the previews wasn't in the movies and you would have also realised that a lot of back story had to be missing in the theatrical version. Despite it's length, I always figured that an extended version would be released in an elaborate 3-4 disc set much the way LOTR's was. On the Kong is King Site today, Jackson pretty well confirmed in an interview that will be the case with King Kong later this year. So, if you’re a Kong and Jackson fan like I am, we have something to look forward. You can read the interview at: http://www.kongisking.net/index.shtml

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nogard64 writes:
on Mar 28 2006 10:12 AM

[b]wow[/b]
yeah good day for DVDs I'd like to get just about all those. Even Godzilla, and all those planet of the apes episode? Man days like these you wish you hit the lottery! haha

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Mar 28 2006 11:48 AM

the thing is that the extended cut will be anunced in a couple of weeks when most of the fans of the film have purchase already the standart edition

there's a lot of stuff to extended, I hope to see more beginning on new york

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Mar 28 2006 12:51 PM

[b]Im waiting for Kong.[/b]
Darcus is right. They're will definately be a extended version later this year. Im gonna try to hold out for it like i did for LOTR.

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dracus writes:
on Mar 28 2006 03:35 PM

In reply to this comment (#832880)
Right away I couldn't but feel that there's going to be a different opening scene; one that will explain how Jack and Carl came to be such good friends. Another time I felt a scene was missing was between the times we saw Kong lying in the ocean to being on stage. It just seemed to be too much of a jump in the story for Jackson. I'm looking forward to seeing what was left out. Critics of Jackson will no doubt call this a cash grab, but I don't see it that way. I enjoyed comparing the 2 cuts of the LOTR's movies and for those who have yet to see the extended versions of those movies, you'd be surprised at just how much was missing from the theatrical versions without even knowing it. No one but Jackson could pull that off so seamlessly.

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South_park300 writes:
on Mar 28 2006 04:30 PM

well it's not really Jackson's choice to release the 2 different versions. im sure if it was his choice, he would just release the freakin' huge adition first thing.

although I am sure I will have to wait until November for it, I am going to wait for the extended edition. the movie rocked. screw the naysayers

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dracus writes:
on Mar 28 2006 05:33 PM

In reply to this comment (#832882)
I agree, if it was Jackson's choice, I'm sure he'd go with the full extended versions of all his movies in the theaters, much the same way Tarantino wanted release the Kill Bill movies as one movie

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esmeralda_16 writes:
on Mar 29 2006 10:56 AM

[b]the old kong[/b]
i havent seen the original king kong and dont really feel the need to since this movie rocked. but somebody told me that no matter how old that movie was, it had more feelings and this one was pure action. i dont agree since i cried twice (when they sedated him and when he died).Maybe i will see the old one but i dont think id like it better than this one cause i prefer action.

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