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Spiderman III. Fake?

So I've seen the Spiderman 3 DVD in the stores. In fact they were there before the movie came out. And then I read that the studio claimed the Chinese knockoffs were actually Spiderman 2 in a new package. Which doesn't really make sense. Who wouldn't notice that? Who wouldn't be pissed? Something doesn't make any sense.

What's the inside scoop on this? If you've bought a Spiderman 3 DVD please tell me what's going on, because this is weird.


Comments

Rumors, rumors, rumors

The word going around was that in the past they would simply put movies by the main actors in a given series into a DVD package. For example, with the Matrix re-loaded they might put speed in a package with the real picture on the front.

So with Spiderman 3, I guess you get Toby McGuire's Cider House Rules.



Good copies

You can buy real copies out there now. I can't speak to whether the originals were fake.

Wouldn't you think that it would be pretty bad business to sell a dvd with one cover and different content inside? How could you ever get repeat business?



Box sets

Has anyone seen these enormous box sets of things like every Jet Li or Woody Allen movie? They're nuts, like 100 DVDs or something.

They should do a Keanu Reeves one. You know he's done 43 movies since Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Seriously. Keanu Reeves. One of the least talented actors in Hollywood.
Don't believe me? Think about it:
3 matrix movies
parenthood
little buddha
Chain Reaction
House on the Lake

I'm not listing them all, but check out his IMDB page:
http://imdb.com/name/nm0000206/

Who would be the best box set? I say Al Pacino because he starts so good and drops so far. Two for the Money? Really? This is the same guy who did Dog Day Afternoon and the Godfather? Any Given Sunday? Yikes!!



George Clooney Set

I think this would definitely be the best box set if you include his TV stuff. I mean come on:
(announcer):
George Clooney, Hollywood's most eligible hunk. A smart man who has produced as many movies as he's starred in. Syriana was an epic, Ocean's Eleven a box office smash re-make. And don't forget The Facts of Life (followed by Roseanne).

He's like the anti-Pacino, which is the career path I think you want by the way.

Or you go the Jon Favreau route:
1.Rudy (the fat friend)
2. Swingers (aruguably the greatest guy movie ever)
3. Friends and Dinner for 5 on the Independent Film Channel

Where have you gone Jon-y?



Leo

Just call it Growing Pains to The Departed (via Titanic)

with a five year hiatus. no one ever talks about this, but he did nothing for years after Titanic. Also, am I the only one who noticed that he went from an effeminate looking boy in everything pre-departed/blood diamond to a man. how does this happen? It's the Bizzaro-Michael Jackson



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