Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
I believe the version of X-Men in the set is the original version (which included deleted scenes, the "Mutant Watch" tv special, Bryan Singer on the Charlie Rose show, galleries, animatics, and some other stuff). X-Men 1.5 is a two disc set which features DTS sound, branching behind the scenes vignettes & deleted scenes during the movie, commentary, a few hours worth of documentaries, and other goodies.
And yes, X2 was originally released as a 2-Disc Special Edition. That was before Fox started playing their little games. It might still be available, but I usually just see the single disc re-release floating around these days (which I assume is just disc one of that set).
A word of wisdom for anyone that cares about special features: if the initial release of a blockbuster movie isn't a 2-disc set or isn't loaded to the gills with extras, you can bet there's a special edition coming out in a few months. These days, a commentary and deleted scenes is considered a bit light.
Argh!!! At first I figured the collectors edition was the 2 disc set. Then I noticed that it kept only saying it had one disc and an "exclusive" comic. Then I figured that I didn't want the comic, but I didn't have X 2. So I returned the collectors edition and picked up the trilogy. I already have X 1, but I can just as easily sell my extra copies. I would have thought that with 21 deleted scenes and 3 alternate endings that they wouldn't need to release a 2 disc set. In my mind, since I heard about the 21 deleted scenes, if they were going to "double dip" later, they'd only release half of the deleted scenes and maybe 1 alternate ending, leaving the rest for the 2 disc set. It's all very annoying and just gives my wife more ammo for her "see, I told you to wait" line.
Hopefully I can get rid of my 2 extra copies of X 1 fairly easily.