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The disclaimer at the start of the DVD

posted 16 years ago by mp1240
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at the start of the DVD there is a disclaimer saying that the weird looking colors and shots are intentional.

I believe that the director and warner bros. decided to do this was because this DVD came out right about the time "every household" was converting and buying DVD players and DVDs. This best feature of a DVD was the picture, so they probably figured that a bunch of dumb *beep* would be complaining about how the picture is messes up on their new DVD player or DVD.

what im trying to say, is that if this movie had come out in say 2007, it would not need to put a disclaimer.

[–] roguestout 16 years ago

I was wondering about that; and looking back at the time I think you are spot on.

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[–] Navaros 16 years ago

Don't think the OP is fully correct, because the VHS tape version likewise has this disclaimer on it.

Irespective of DVD technology, they were probably just worried about people thinking their copy is fubared and hence returning non-defective VHS/DVDs as defective. If I was WB I'd do the exact same thing so as to make money instead of lose money by eating the cost of accepting non-defective merchandise as defective. Never over-estimate the intelligence of the average joe.

[–] CheshireCatsGrin 15 years ago

I'm with you. You wouldn't believe some of the crap I've heard people complain about simply waiting inline at a place like Disneyland. Now take away the "I'll behave myself in public" and add in the "I'm stupid sitting on my couch" and you get a good reason why Warner put that warning on the DVD and VHS.

DeeDee

[–] imdb_mark 14 years ago

I think I recall a similar thing happening with Saving Private Ryan. (On VHS.)

[–] DoctorRabbit 13 years ago

I just watched the film on VHS and it had the same disclaimer at the start too.

[–] stephen_falken 12 years ago

I got the blu ray recently and dont remember seeing the disclaimer on there!

Regards

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[–] Starcraft_rules 11 years ago

Funny, but I just watched Blu-Ray and though colors were very toxic and image saturated, I thought it was some kind of new remastering, because in the modern films and modern restorations they do that all the time now. Just look at recent The Insider blu-ray, also 1999 movie:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Insider-Blu-ray/42848/#Screenshots

But I guess that's how it originally was.