Unrated DVDs Man, unrated DVDs seem like they've hit an all time high. Pretty much every movie that fails at the box office that could've had more footage (and possibly a higher rating) gets it. It's beginning to get a little annoying, especially with the new Dodgeball DVD. My only question is: if the widest audience you get is on DVD- where it's not that hard for under-17's to get a hold of the movie- why cut material from the theatrical version? An example that immediately springs to mind is King Arthur. Though I didn't care a whole lot for the PG-13 version that appeared (and very quickly disappeared) in theatres, but I found myslef really enjoying the unrated DVD. If they had gone out and kept it a hard R, there's no doubt in my mind that the movie would have made at least $85-100 million in the US. It's reasons like these that explain why I hate mass appeal so much: it sacrifices better quality to (supposedly) gain a larger audience. It also makes me mad having to watch what the director had truly intended to be his movie on my TV at home than on the big screen. I also think that it's bad when they add a few words or nudity just to call it "unrated." It makes me feel cheated as a customer.

Any thoughts?

..... but I love NY Fries

I hate to say it but id pay 15 bucks to go to the movies. I just love the experience so much

I'll bet anything that Amityville Horror and House of Wax will get unrated versions somewhere down the line. Same with Longest Yard. Mr. & Mrs. Smith will probably get one, but it's Fox, so it will come about 5 or 6 months after the initial release, like all the other ones. I'm also putting money on Dukes of Hazzard getting an unrated or R-rated version. It seemed like it took a long time for that movie to get its PG-13, and the trailer made the movie look like it would cut pretty close to R. I might just skip Dukes in theatres and wait for the DVD, 'cause I went to King Arthur knowing there would be a more intense version down the line, and I wasn't horribly pleased with the result.

Hmmmm.....Jessica Simpson....naked....urrrrggggg

Quote: Originally posted by john 5
Looks like you're right about that. According to thedigitalbits.com.

"We've also been told by our sources that Warner's The Dukes of Hazzard remake will likely street before the end of 2005, in two versions - the PG-13 theatrical cut and a racier R-rated edition."

Yep, that's where I heard it. Or read it, rather.

Distribution companies do unrated versions for more money. If they were smart enough, they could just add those scenes on the DVD as unrated. But I have no problem with Unrated DVDs (except for Lords of Dogtown, being unrated)

Mr. and Mrs. SMith is most definitely gonna get an unrated or R-rated dvd. The sex scene was longer and had a lot more Angelina.

Quote: Originally posted by Tony DeFrancisco
Or you can find it in the deleted scenes it will include on the DVD.

If the longer sex scene was in the deleted scenes, wouldn't the dvd be unrated anyways? I mean, the reason they cut it out was so that they wouldn't get an R rating. So for it to be incorporated in the regular dvd wouldn't make too much sense.

Either way, naked Angelina is the only Angelina that will grace my tv screen.

I own 556 DVDs, but there are 98 DVDs I still need to get.

Its a given now. I am waiting for un-rated edition of "Bambi"