King Kong Extended Edition officially announced.

[Spidey-Bat]

I thought there were a few, not nearly as many as the films detractors make it out to be though.

I'll name the ones I think:

• Boat Trip to Skull Island
• Bronto Stampede
• Bugs in the Chasm
• Kong vs V-Rexes
• Central Park (?) scene
• ESB Scene

I didn't even think JP did the T-Rex's better, and they weren't the primary effect in Kong.

JP did the Dinos much better than in Kong. Though it may be a little unfair since the JP Dinos were real while the Kong Dinos were fictional, but still, none of us have seen a living dinosaur.

 

[The Dark Defender]

I thought the Central Park scene and the ESB scenes are easily two of the most beautiful sequences ever put on film.
Kong vs. the V-Rex's is one of the most exciting, and showed what he was willing to go through for her.
The Bronto Stampede and the bug pit showed what Jack was willing to go through for her.
The only moments I think should've been cut from the first act are the ones involving Jimmy.

The skin textures and movements of the dinos in JP aren't even close to the ones in Kong imo. Their actions were far more complex, and they looked more realistic peforming them.

 

[GoldGoblin]

I wish there was a shorter version that would come out instead of a longer one.

 

[Bat Brain]

Artwork:

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I thought the Central Park scene and the ESB scenes are easily two of the most beautiful sequences ever put on film.

Sure they're nice, but Central Park is absolutely useless and ESB is drawn out too much. Plus his fall is really pathetic.

Kong vs. the V-Rex's is one of the most exciting, and showed what he was willing to go through for her.

It was cool to look at, but how many do we have to see? The One-on-One fight was the only one necessary. The rest was just to show off the SFX.

The Bronto Stampede and the bug pit showed what Jack was willing to go through for her.

It wasn't obvious he was willing to save her by going out in the first place?

The only moments I think should've been cut from the first act are the ones involving Jimmy.

That should have been cut or expanded. The little they had was really meaningless.

The skin textures and movements of the dinos in JP aren't even close to the ones in Kong imo. Their actions were far more complex, and they looked more realistic peforming them.

I disagree. JP has some very incredible scenes. Sure there may not be a huge stampede or 3 T-Rexes fighting a giant ape, but they looked much better and more believeable than the dinos in Kong.

I wish there was a shorter version that would come out instead of a longer one.

On the bright side, there is a shorter version now that there's a longer one coming out

 

[블라스]

Few details...

"As for added footage - you can expect an additional 13 minutes, and 230 new visual effects shots. In addition you can expect a commentary from Peter Jackson, around 40 minutes of deleted scenes, and a gag reel."

If it's a 3-disc set, I expect some behind the scenes stuff

 

[TrailerCues]

So this is only 13 Minutes longer with 40 Minutes worth of deleted scenes which should have been included in hte Extended Edition ? Talk about a RUSHED release

 

[dr venture]

Damn this movie was long as hell to begin with

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Few details...

"As for added footage - you can expect an additional 13 minutes, and 230 new visual effects shots. In addition you can expect a commentary from Peter Jackson, around 40 minutes of deleted scenes, and a gag reel."

If it's a 3-disc set, I expect some behind the scenes stuff

Probably since the first release had pretty much nothing. This is such a tool for more money. Atleast with the LOTR extended cuts they included more that was in the book. I wish they'd make cut an hour and a half from the original cut to be as long as the original Kong. That managed to fit everything in the movie in half the time.

 

[블라스]

It's cool that some of you didn't like it
I loved the hell out of this movie and cannot wait to have this longer version

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Good, KK wasn't long or boring enough. Neither were the LOTR movies.

 

[블라스]

Flags of our Father will KICK ASS.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

It's cool that some of you didn't like it
I loved the hell out of this movie and cannot wait to have this longer version

I liked it. What I don't like is the people who loved it and can't see its faults.

 

[블라스]

I liked it. What I don't like is the people who loved it and can't see its faults.

I can't see the faults either
If there's a fault I can see, it's that it felt a bit short

I'm really the wrong person to ask, the whole movie just "clicked" to me....the entire cast (including Kong, of course), the music, the effects, the dialogue, the look of the movie, etc, etc, etc.

I mean, I saw it like 3 times at the theater and I wish I could have gone more times

 

[DACrowe]

Wow a movie that was already TOO LONG just got longer. Woohoo.

Sorry Jackson I won't bite. Besides sometimes longer does not mean better (case and point being the theatrical cut of King Kong itself or the extended edition of ROTK for that matter though).

And after the lame special features on the DVD of the 2 discs (albeit the doc on NYC and Skull Island was nice, the making of post-production stuff was a waste of time) I will no longer buy the 2 disc version of his films then.

 

[SuperJediHero]

Great!!!

I didn't buy the King Kong DVD because of this reason!

What other Extended/Ultimate edition DVD releases are coming also?

 

[블라스]

Excellent! Official Specs!
Holy crap, there is NO way I'm missing this.

King Kong Extended Edition: Disc One

2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Track
Commentary with Director Peter Jackson & Producer Phillipa Boyens Part 1
Sixteen Deleted Scenes (Totalling around 40 Minutes)
English SDH, Spanish, French Subtitles


King Kong Extended Edition: Disc Two

Commentary with Director Peter Jackson & Producer Phillipa Boyens Part 2
The Eighth Blunder of the World Featurette
The Present Featurette
A Night in Vaudeville Featurette
King Kong Homage
Weta Collectables
Selection of Trailers


King Kong Extended Edition: Disc Three

The King Kong Archives
Introduction by director Peter Jackson
The Origins of King Kong Documentary
Pre-Production Part 1: The Return of Kong
Pre-Production Part 2: Countdown to Filming
The Venture Journey Featurette
Return to Skull Island Featurette
New York, New Zealand Featurette
Bringing Kong to Life Part 1: Design and Research
Bringing Kong to Life Part 2: Performance and Animation
The 1996 King Kong Video Gallery
The Venture Video Gallery
Skull Island Video Gallery
New York Video Gallery
Kong Video Gallery
Arrival at Skull Island Pre-Viz Animatic
Bronto Stampede Pre-Viz Animatic
T-Rex Fight Pre-Viz Animatic
Kong's Capture Pre-Viz Animatic
Empire State Building Battle Pre-Viz Animatic
Ann Disarms Kong Motion-Capture/Animation Comparison
Kong's Capture Motion-Capture/Animation Comparison
Kong in New York Motion-Capture/Animation Comparison
DVD Credits and 1996 and 2005 Scripts (DVD-ROM)

 

[Bat Brain]

God damn, that's sounds excellent. I'm so glad I waited out for this. Any news on some kind of Weta statuette coming with this?

 

[Flexo]

I bought the two disc edition, but I'm still going to get this.

 

[enterthemadness]

it comes with a statue of King Kong too! I am so getting this...if Wal-Mart or Target or Blockbuster will have it. The limited edition giftset.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Best. Extended Edition. News. Ever.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

I bought the two disc edition, but I'm still going to get this.

Agreed. The theatrical film is a masterpiece, but there's heaps not in the theatrical film shown in the trailers (for example, the thing in the swamp swimming towards the crew trying to save Ann).

By the way, if anyone here hasn't bought the DVD and has Foxtel, the season for showing King Kong has started. $5.95 until 5.59 am the next day.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Artwork:

Nice...at least the title now looks like the one shown in the film than the for some reason blue title.

 

[GoldGoblin]

Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldGoblin
I wish there was a shorter version that would come out instead of a longer one.

On the bright side, there is a shorter version now that there's a longer one coming out

^

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Well i absolutely LOVED the theatrical version of PJ's King Kong, an absolute masterpiece IMO, cant understand the people who dont like it. I will definately be buying this version, though i am a little dissapointed that we are only getting 13 mins more in the actual movie.

BUT PJ has probably just added the action scene's back in and left the more character scene's as deleted scene's.