Wes Ray
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“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.” - Abraham Lincoln.
Okay, Horror and Non-Horror DVD fans...listen up.
Recently, at fridaythe13thfilms.com John Carl Buechler (director of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood) e-mailed one of the board’s members with some news about a recent talk he had with Paramount, regarding Part VII coming out on DVD next year.
“Hey Chris,
Blythe and I did speak! A lot of info was exchanged. There may well be two phases of the Friday 7 DVD.
One would be the regular thatrical feature release as it played in the theatres, but it would have another track where you could here commentary of the film makers, and the actors, as well as yet another track where you might view a rough cut of my uncut version-- with out the full theartical mix.
If this sells well, they may well re-mix, re cut and remaster it into uncut DVD version.
These were ideas that were thrown about. Any of this remains to be seen,
but it's a start.
All the best,
John Buechler”
I must say, I am very pleased that Paramount is strongly considering placing a commentary on the disc, as well as finally giving in to realize that fans want to see the uncut footage. I’m glad the footage is being considered to be placed somewhere on the disc.
However, what I don’t understand is why don’t they go ahead and just re-master the uncut footage into the film right now? They have to know that they’d sell many, many copies, or they wouldn’t even consider it. Why release a regular version and then a re-mastered Uncut version? They CAN admittedly re-master it, but they won't right now till they know for sure they'll sell a lot. That's ridiculous.
darkdreams.org has reported that the Uncut Limited Edition of Dario Argento’s Suspiria has already sold out. That’s 60,000 Uncut discs already gone. That’s not even counting the non-limited regular version (which is also Uncut). I know that the Friday the 13th films have a much bigger fanbase than Dario Argento, as they are more mainstream. What other proof does Paramount need that people want to see this film released re-mastered and Uncut, as other horror films have been?
What is the point in releasing TWO different versions of the same movie? I know things still appear to be in discussions, so Paramount may very well re-consider this within the next year, but from what JCB has reported, this is their current line of thinking. I just don’t see why they can’t go ahead and re-master the film Uncut and give us the Commentary and such in the same disc release.
Paramount has been defensive about the Friday films situation in the past, but the fact is they refuse to learn from their mistakes. Why do we keep complaining about the Friday the 13th discs? Because they haven’t learned that if they’d get it right the first time, there would be no further need to complain and they’d sell a lot more discs. Releasing one version of the film and then another is pure and simple greed, much like Warner Bros’ regarding their Willy Wonka disc.
Take advantage of the DVD medium. Multiple versions of films are for VHS. DVD is supposed to be the format of the future. Hasn’t Paramount learned anything from the recent Warner Bros/Willy Wonka fiasco?
Paramount, it’s a full year or so until you release this film on DVD. Don’t get bad PR like Warner has by doing something like this to DVD fans. If you can release Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood re-mastered and Uncut, why not do it from the very start?
Horror fans and non-horror fans, I implore you to write to Paramount. Urge them to go ahead with a full re-mastering of this film on DVD. If you helped out in the Warner Bros. Willy Wonka widescreen campaign, this is another worthy cause for you to become involved in, as far too many companies waste money on multiple versions of the same disc. Urge Paramount to do things right this time around.
To contact Paramount, write to:
Martin Blythe
Paramount Home Entertainment
5555 Melrose Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90038-3197
Please show support by also signing this petition...
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/UncutDVD/petition.html
And note, I’m not jumping on to Mr. Blythe at all here. He has been extremely helpful to us Friday the 13th fans here at the HTF, and I put his name on the address in hope he’ll read the letters and pass them along to others in charge of the project.
[Edited last by Wes Ray on September 19, 2001 at 05:19 PM]
Okay, Horror and Non-Horror DVD fans...listen up.
Recently, at fridaythe13thfilms.com John Carl Buechler (director of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood) e-mailed one of the board’s members with some news about a recent talk he had with Paramount, regarding Part VII coming out on DVD next year.
“Hey Chris,
Blythe and I did speak! A lot of info was exchanged. There may well be two phases of the Friday 7 DVD.
One would be the regular thatrical feature release as it played in the theatres, but it would have another track where you could here commentary of the film makers, and the actors, as well as yet another track where you might view a rough cut of my uncut version-- with out the full theartical mix.
If this sells well, they may well re-mix, re cut and remaster it into uncut DVD version.
These were ideas that were thrown about. Any of this remains to be seen,
but it's a start.
All the best,
John Buechler”
I must say, I am very pleased that Paramount is strongly considering placing a commentary on the disc, as well as finally giving in to realize that fans want to see the uncut footage. I’m glad the footage is being considered to be placed somewhere on the disc.
However, what I don’t understand is why don’t they go ahead and just re-master the uncut footage into the film right now? They have to know that they’d sell many, many copies, or they wouldn’t even consider it. Why release a regular version and then a re-mastered Uncut version? They CAN admittedly re-master it, but they won't right now till they know for sure they'll sell a lot. That's ridiculous.
darkdreams.org has reported that the Uncut Limited Edition of Dario Argento’s Suspiria has already sold out. That’s 60,000 Uncut discs already gone. That’s not even counting the non-limited regular version (which is also Uncut). I know that the Friday the 13th films have a much bigger fanbase than Dario Argento, as they are more mainstream. What other proof does Paramount need that people want to see this film released re-mastered and Uncut, as other horror films have been?
What is the point in releasing TWO different versions of the same movie? I know things still appear to be in discussions, so Paramount may very well re-consider this within the next year, but from what JCB has reported, this is their current line of thinking. I just don’t see why they can’t go ahead and re-master the film Uncut and give us the Commentary and such in the same disc release.
Paramount has been defensive about the Friday films situation in the past, but the fact is they refuse to learn from their mistakes. Why do we keep complaining about the Friday the 13th discs? Because they haven’t learned that if they’d get it right the first time, there would be no further need to complain and they’d sell a lot more discs. Releasing one version of the film and then another is pure and simple greed, much like Warner Bros’ regarding their Willy Wonka disc.
Take advantage of the DVD medium. Multiple versions of films are for VHS. DVD is supposed to be the format of the future. Hasn’t Paramount learned anything from the recent Warner Bros/Willy Wonka fiasco?
Paramount, it’s a full year or so until you release this film on DVD. Don’t get bad PR like Warner has by doing something like this to DVD fans. If you can release Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood re-mastered and Uncut, why not do it from the very start?
Horror fans and non-horror fans, I implore you to write to Paramount. Urge them to go ahead with a full re-mastering of this film on DVD. If you helped out in the Warner Bros. Willy Wonka widescreen campaign, this is another worthy cause for you to become involved in, as far too many companies waste money on multiple versions of the same disc. Urge Paramount to do things right this time around.
To contact Paramount, write to:
Martin Blythe
Paramount Home Entertainment
5555 Melrose Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90038-3197
Please show support by also signing this petition...
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/UncutDVD/petition.html
And note, I’m not jumping on to Mr. Blythe at all here. He has been extremely helpful to us Friday the 13th fans here at the HTF, and I put his name on the address in hope he’ll read the letters and pass them along to others in charge of the project.
[Edited last by Wes Ray on September 19, 2001 at 05:19 PM]