Revisionist DVDs

[vmf]

So I stupidly lent my Pitch Black DVD to a moron friend, and he damages it. So the knucklehead buys me a new copy, and it read "The Chronicles of Riddick... " (insert VMF cocking fist) "Pitch Black".

When did Pitch Black (sue me, I like the movie) morph into a fanboy-retconned COR movie? I saw COR (now renamed COR: Dark Fury??) and think it's one of the worst action movies of the last decade, rivaling Van Helsing for pure putridity.

I even went back to the store looking for an original copy, but apparently it's gone out of print and now I'm stuck with this crappy fanboy edition. Lesson learned: Protect my original DVDs with my life.

Anyone else run into other revisionist DVD editions?

[RKBentley]

I'd check eBay. Makes me wish I didn't sell my PB DVD on eBay...

[Kenn Hoekstra]

Does adding "Indiana Jones and the" before "Raiders of the Lost Ark count?

Probably not... They did that on Laserdisc firsrt. Ugh...

--Kenn

www.kennhoekstra.com (http://www.kennhoekstra.com)

[MacG]

First Question:

Why don't you just keep the original case and put the new DVD in it?

Second Question:

Why the f*ck do you even OWN "Pitch Black"?!

[Kenn Hoekstra]

Here you go, VMF:
cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...eName=WDVW (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=617&item=6391697310&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)

--Kenn

www.kennhoekstra.com (http://www.kennhoekstra.com)

[RKBentley]

Why the f*ck do you even OWN "Pitch Black"?!

Going with no expectations and coming out with a "that wasn't so bad" was the reason I saw it in the theater. Claudia Black being in it at the time was reason enough. The first 5mins is pretty good.

It could had been worse, Mac. Like Alien 4/AVP worse.

[vmf]

Why don't you just keep the original case and put the new DVD in it?

Because I have yet to open it, and still have the receipt in case I decide to get another movie. I am actaully worried that I'll open it, fire up the DVD and find that the title crawl will have also been changed to "Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black".

That would really rot and the DVD would certainly not survive.

And as for liking Pitch Black, that's my own taste and it's really a quite interesting little sci-fi riff on Alien/Aliens.

[vmf]

Thanks Kenn, and I may just nab one off EBay and then trade this fanboy POS edition in for another DVD.

[A Pathetic Writer]

Hey Vimmer... good luck finding that copy of Star Wars that doesn't have the "Episode 4" tag.

(or, hell, anything CLOSE to any pre-21st century film print) :|

[MacG]

Because I have yet to open it, and still have the receipt in case I decide to get another movie. I am actaully worried that I'll open it, fire up the DVD and find that the title crawl will have also been changed to "Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black".

I can tell you with confidence that the title card in the film itself has not been changed. Just the cover art on the case. It's been mentioned on quite a few DVD sites....