More details about the Pride and Prejudice DVDs have been released. Unless something changes, it looks like the Region 2 release (Europe, Japan, Middle East, etc.) will have more extras than the Region 1 release (U.S. and Canada).
Some of the Region 2 extras are things that are already available on the Internet; for example, the "On Set Diaries" and possibly the materials they've labeled "The Bennets." And considering how wrong this movie was on social etiquette (think: Darcy walking into private homes and rooms without knocking, Elizabeth practically asking Darcy to dance, Lady Catherine arriving in the night to meet with Elizabeth who doesn't bother to change out of her nightgown, Bingley saying "ass" to Jane, and don't get me started about pigs in the hallway, etc.), I'm not sure the material named "The Politics of Dating" will be very accurate. So I don't care if these things are left off the Region 1 release.
BUT WHY ON EARTH would they leave off things like "The Stately Homes of P&P," "The Life and Times of Jane Austen," or the "Galleries of the 19th Century?" These could, I stress could, be interesting and delightful additions! Keep in mind, the producers added the cheese-ball ending to the U.S. release of the movie because they believed "Americans like sugar in their champagne." Did they leave off the extras mentioned here because we poured their tea into the harbor? Because they think we're stupid? That we have no interest in history, the architecture, the art, etc.? Somehow I bet the tourist industry of the United Kingdom is not going to be happy these extras were left off the Region 1 DVDs! They don't care if we're stupid or hold our forks wrong...they want us to visit and spend money! To bad "The Stately Homes of P&P" won't be on the DVD to entice me!
And what about deleted scenes? There were clips and snips in various trailers and promotional clips that weren't in the movie...so that means they cut some scenes. Why can't those be put on the DVDs? (Gasp! Maybe they actually used dialog from the novel in those scenes making them too dangerous to reveal!)
Who do we write to? Who do we complain to? If they are going to charge almost $30 for the DVD, I want something worth seeing! Not "HBO First Look" which, in the past, hasn't been very interesting, and is also already on the Internet!
What a disappointment! Let's start complaining: if you have a blog, blog about this--it worked to get the cheesy ending shown in the U.K.! If anyone knows where to write, post it and let's write! If they want me to pay this much--I want it to be worth it, even if it is discounted the first week! (Why do I get the bad feeling there will be a second DVD released in the future with more extras? Oh yeah, the producers want my money, that's why.) First they make a decent movie, but bad adaptation; then they create a weak DVD.
I wish I was a better ranter! *sigh* Bloggers unite! Complain--we've got to have fun with this some how!
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