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Originally Posted by Croweyes1121
You know...I honestly never thought I'd see the day when film enthusiasts would care more about whether sky appeared "pure" white (which, by most accounts from people who have actually viewed the discs, is only really noticeable if you have a frame of reference for what "pure" white truly looks like) than being able to view The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition in a director-approved version on blu-ray which, by ALL accounts, easily trumps the previous blu-ray edition technically. Isn't this what all of us said we wanted when the last discs were released? But now it's not enough. We don't just want the films. We want the films with our approved color timing. The timing we're used to and have come to enjoy for the last ten years. Jackson saying he wanted it this way matters not.
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Hi Croweyes,
Let me see if I can convey our position and feeling in an analogy that you'll understand.
Let's say you have a favorite burger joint. You've been going to this place for a decade and you think they have pretty much the best and juiciest burger around and the perfect mix of toppings. The one complaint you have is that the portion size seems a bit small.
Well, you keep going back to this burger joint over and over again, and they know that you and all of their other customers want larger portion sizes, but it's taking them a long time to get around to it.
One day, as you're driving by the restaurant, you see a big sign in the window announcing that, starting next month, their portion sizes are going to be 20% larger. Yippee, you say.
On the first day of the next month, you're lined up at their door when they open. You run inside and order your favorite burger, now 20% larger. You sit down at the table, pick up the burger and take a big bite ... only to find that the beef patty is dry ... so very dry. This is not what you were expecting. This is not what you were waiting for. You wanted the goodness you had before but in a larger size. Here, you got the larger size, but the beef patty wasn't all it could and should have been.
"What happened to your patty?!" You ask. "This thing should be juicy and delicious. There should be even more juiciness and deliciousness packed into this larger burger. After waiting this long, this just isn't acceptable."
"Well, please be just a bit more patient and stick with us," they say. "We're planning something new that will fix it in the not too distant future."
"Hmmm. Well, I've stuck it out this long," you tell yourself. "What's another little wait?"
So, the months go by, you drop in from time to time for a bite when you happen to be in the area, and, finally, about a year later, you see a new in their window: "Starting next month, our bigger burgers are back to their old juiciness. Don't miss them!"
Don't miss them? Of course you won't miss them. You've been waiting a long time for them. So, sure enough, there you are again on the first day of the next month with a crowd of people. Tingling with anticipation you walk through the door and order your nice big juicy burger. You bring it back to your table, sit down and take your first giddy bite ... but what the hell is this? The beef patty is big and it's back to it's old juiciness, which is great, but the spices sprinkled over the patty are now completely overpowering the flavor and all the toppings have been left out.
"Excuse me, sir. Yes, you at the cash. I don't know what's going on but the spices in this burger are completely out of control and I don't have any toppings. Can you tell me why that is? I think that guy behind the counter that's assembling the burgers made a mistake."
Suddenly a few other people in the restaurant start saying the same thing. But not everyone. Some say the increased spices are barely noticeable. They offer you a bit, but when you accept, you find theirs is just as overpowering. Others say that the lack of toppings is now 'just the way it is' and we need to get used to it.
Suddenly the cashier speaks up: "Yeah, um, the burgers represent the cooks wishes, but he isn't here to comment."
"The cook's wishes?" you ask. "That's strange. I see that everybody in the restaurant who ordered the cheeseburger or the bacon burger has all the right toppings and don't seem to have a mountain of spices sprinkled on their patties. Why would the cook only want this 'heavy spices and no toppings' thing to be done with the regular burger? That doesn't seem to make much sense."
"Well," answers the cashier, "all I can say is that the burger reflects the cook's wishes."
"Do you mean that the patty itself reflects the cook's wishes? Cause we know the cook prepared that directly. But there's also this issue of extra spices and no toppings that isn't clearly addressed when you just say, 'the burger'."
"All I can say is that the burger reflects the cook's wishes."
"I see."
Do you get it, Croweyes?
HeKS
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Good grief, talk about paranoia...PJ is not going to ruin his reputation by conspiring with WB to pull the wool over everyones eyes - just to save WB a little bit of money over a recall. 
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