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Warner Brothers has missed a trick. OK so it's not like profit margins are slim with the whole Harry Potter franchise
Peter Jackson has spoilt us with the zillions of hours of extra's and extended versions that are part and parcel of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and should not be the yard-stick by which all DVD's are judged. Nonetheless, I like my extra's: the behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, making of's, deleted scenes, out-takes (love out-takes) and generally the thought process behind the whole thing.
It is a big deciding factor behind buying a DVD rather than just waiting for the film to show on Sky.
And what do you get with OOTP? Some rather lame deleted scenes that a GCSE editing student would easily have chopped, the actress who plays Tonks being all zany behind the scenes but not really showing you much at all, a Harry Potter back story film in which any intrigue is completely lost if you've read the last book, and I'm sure most people have, and a brief teaser about editing which ends with a 'have a go at editing your own scene' interactive exercise at the end.
The Goblet of Fire DVD had restored a little faith with its behind the scene's making of films for each of the Tri-wizard tournament tasks after the disasterous Johnny Vaughan interviews with the cast on the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD.
The latest two films are crying out for extended versions, after all they condensed the books so much and there always seems to be plenty that ends up on the cutting room floor or may be no if the deleted scenes on OOTP are anything to go by. And some sort of commentary would be fabulous. (Yes I have watched all three extended LOTR DVD's with the various commentaries on).
What will inevitably happen now is that Warner will release a box-set of all seven films when they are finished with loads of juicy stuff so (sad) fans like myself have to buy them all again.
