zombie84 said:

Its not news though.

You're confusing two semantic values of the word news. There is news as in media news (broadcast news) and news as in information of interest: "news of this..."; "when news of this reached his ears..." etc.

zombie84 said:

I know its a big deal to home video enthusiasts on message boards. But thats as far as it goes. Its a matter for the Warner home video department, who SHOULD be keeping wind of this stuff, not Ridley Scott.

I'm not saying he is responsible for the fiasco. I'm simply saying that if I were in his position, I would have expressed an opinion on the release. This is especially true as he has a history of an taking interest in home releases of his films and a reputation for quality, being known to retain Charles de Lauzirika's services to achieve just this.