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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director's Cut Blu-ray

Paramount Home Media Distribution has announced that it will release on Blu-ray Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director's Cut. The release will be available for purchase on June 7.
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Special Features:

Director's Edition in high-definition
Theatrical Version in high-definition
Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer (Director's Edition & Theatrical Version)
Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto (Theatrical Version)
Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda (Director's Edition)
Library Computer (Theatrical Version)
The Genesis Effect: Engineering The Wrath of Khan (NEW)
Production:
Captain's Log
Designing Khan
Original interviews with DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Ricardo Montalban
Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Visual Effects of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
James Horner: Composing Genesis
The Star Trek Universe
Collecting Star Trek's Movie Relics
A Novel Approach
Starfleet Academy: The Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI
Farewell: A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban
Storyboards
Theatrical Trailer
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jerseydevil said:
So far, WB?s Marketing of Legend of Tarzan is Far More Frugal Than Disney?s John Carter Rollout
http://thetarzanfiles.com/2016/05/0...more-frugal-than-disneys-john-carter-rollout/
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This headline made me laugh. (I just re-read that, and it sounds flippant, but I mean laugh in a very good way).

I think the article is well thought and written, but I don't think it's entirely possible to clock online follow-though as a direct comparison, even for something as recent as 4 years ago. Not only that, but prior to any advertising of either movie, it would seem like the Q of Tarzan would probably be many many times higher than John Carter.

Those things aside, it's interesting to compare two Edgar Rice Burroughs properties, because they both are potentially old-fashioned properties. John Carter was a bit of that, I thought, and wonderfully so; but clearly did not strike a chord with the public at large. John Carter was not helped by having some of its innovations copied by so many other science fiction stories over the years that they have become well-trod sci-fi clich?s, and neither will Tarzan be. However, there are probably many more such sci-fi examples than there are "jungle man" examples.

The Legend of Tarzan, having the example of John Carter before it for both content and marketing, should do better, hopefully; but there are no guarantees in any direction when it comes to movies, as the author points out?

The number one piece of wisdom in the movie business is ? ?nobody knows nuthin'? ? and the WB Tarzan promotional rollout is an example. If it works, WB will be considered a genius. If it doesn?t work, they?ll be criticized. My sense of it is that they have generally been pretty shrewd thus far. They?ve turned around a negative situation that existed before the first trailer came out, and they?ve almost (not quite) gotten the film into territory where it is considered to be cool and promising, rather than dumb and destined to flop. Just avoiding that ?massive flop? narrative is an accomplishment.
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If the opening box-office predicted in the article is right: $23.5M opening weekend for Tarzan, that would be worse even in real dollars than John Carter's opening weekend. Beyond the opening weekend will likely have more to do with the film's substance than marketing, so I think it's hard to compare beyond that. I think the author, might possibly argue that a solid picture and strong word of mouth is what they're going for, so the numbers beyond could matter; and I think that's a fair argument as well.

Based on the trailer, I'm personally taking a wait and see attitude with Tarzan. I wonder if this is the desired effect?
 
I am just glad a new Tarzan movie is coming out. I will be attending opening night wearing a loincloth! mhihi: :manybeers:
 
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Casts Japanese ‘Wolverine’ Star Rila Fukushima
http://collider.com/ghost-in-the-shell-rila-fukushima/

Just...not in the lead. For those that care(I have no horse in this race...not being rude)...would them casting ScarJo as the lead, and having a, let's say 87% Asian cast be worse than ScarJo + a predominately caucasian cast? Can they do no right here? I mean...you get why they would want to go high profile with the lead. This isn't exactly a guaranteed money maker...and casting an Asian as the lead, well that might doom this to the niche audience who are into the manga/anime', with the casual fan taking a flyer. We all keep railing about casting and race/gender/orientation...but at some point it really is about what puts asses in the seats. And special interest groups can only buy so many tickets. No studio wants to be boycotted, but press is press. And I think it's going to take one big consolation that goes awry to make the studios overcorrect and just go back to what works. So, be careful what you complain about.
 


Looks cute...harmless, if a little silly. Nice to see Holt McCallany getting high profile work again. If Lights Out is still on Netflix, check it out.
 
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