Re: BTTF video release

[Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@xxxx>]

Ed,

I also have the VCD release; I just bought the DVD trilogy two evenings
ago and have checked out some of the "special footage." They obviously
weren't worried about paying royalties to JZD; they included a lot of
photographs of the car itself, from production and off-stage; in their
documentary footage they had the car prominently featured on camera
several times; they included drawings and sketches of the "time vehicle"
as well from Andy Probert et al. The packaging does suck, but compared
to the packaging for "Terminator 2", I think even half a photograph is
nice. If you'll recall, the trailer for BTTF didn't feature very much of
the car at all; only one of the wheels and a partial glimpse of the
gullwing doors were clues.

People who buy the trilogy know what they're getting, anyway, and
probably remember the movie posters (one, two, three people next to a
car). But what's inside the DVD case has proven itself better than the
packaging (more than I can say for some movies I've bought in the
past!).

Regardless of the packaging, I recommend the set for DeLorean and/or
BTTF fans. Besides the movie footage, the photographs and drawings are
great for fans of either the movie or the DMC.

Just my $0.02

Regards,
Farrar

> From: "edherrmann <edherrmann@xxxx>" <edherrmann@xxxx>

> Did anyone look at the new BTTF package,it looks terrible. You can't
> even see the delorean except something that looks like our door. I
> have the 3 VCD version of BTTF from overseas and that looks like the
> original release version and that looks great. You can see the
> delorean. But this one looks like they went out of their way not to
> show it on the package. Maybe they wanted to avoid paying royalties
> to Mr Delorean. But the whole move revolves around a Delorean time
> machine. Anyone agree that it was choped up. Ed

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