Max, earmuffs. FUCK YEAH GUY!!!

I think with the new Jacksonized version coming soon, you shouldn't have a problem pumping up interest. What would the differences be between the Criterion edition and this upcoming DVD release?

King Kong (1933) DVD - November 22nd, 2005

I had that LD, but got rid of it once I recorded the commentary to DVD-R. IMO, the only thing that really makes it worth getting. Especially since this is coming out November 22.

Me too, even if only for the commentary. I'll soon be doing a transfer of the 1991 Turner/RKO LD set of King Kong and Son of Kong and would love to be able to include the commentary from the Criterion disc. The project was planned before my longtime partner in copyright infringement knew of the new DVD and before Son of Kong was announced, but I'm gonna carry through with it at least for learning and practice's sake.

With the DVD finally being released in a few months, I guess it's not really worth it to make the LD conversion public since the new DVD should look great (they've spent years tracking down the best film elements).

But the commentary is definitely worth preserving since it was the first ever recorded! Maybe if you don't want to go to the trouble of releasing an entire disc for a commentary, it might be more convenient to rip the commentary and maybe release it as an mp3 file or something. I know it's a track I'm very interested in listening to.