TV's Frink said:

Knightmessenger said:

Has anyone seen the reviews of the upcoming Lord of the Rings blu-ray? They are being utterly bashed because they are not including both cuts, just the theatrical. One reviewer even titled his comments "Let this also serve as a warning to George Lucas."

The two shouldn't be compared. Jackson is not refusing to release the original films - in fact, that's exactly what he is doing. Additionally, I have no idea why these people are complaining in the first place. It's almost certain that the extended versions will be following on Blu-ray at some point. Everybody wins...

Yes but it's very poor not to just release a set that allows you to pick either cut and includes all the existing bonus material from the 3 dvd releases. The bonus discs will reportedly be just the same dvd's from the original 2 disc theatrical editions repackaged. The extended editions weren't released at the same time on dvd because they actually needed more time to finish the additional scenes. Now that both versions are done, there's no need to drag it out.

It just has me thinking, if people are this pissed off about a poor release (even though the version they want is certain to be available at some point), don't you think this is a good sign about what will happen if the Star Wars movies don't include their original theatrical editions at all?