Grindhouse Downer

From EW:

So it’s a huge disappointment that a new two-disc version of Death Proof strips the Grindhouse experience of everything that made it special in the first place. No longer are Tarantino’s and Rodriguez’s films piggybacked as a bloody double feature; they’re being released separately (Planet Terror comes out Oct. 16). It’s a colossal mistake. And if the idea is to bundle them together again at a later date, well, that’s just a cynical rip-off.

I’m very disappointed. I have two toddlers and don’t get to go to movies very often, so even though I was pumped about Grindhouse I couldn’t go see it. Fast forward to the DVD release, which I’ve been equally stoked about, but now I find out the movies, Planet Terror and Deathproof, will be released seperately and will not include the vintage promo reels which introduced the films or the trailers for fake exploitation movies which unspooled at intermission.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but this SUCKS! I’m not even going to buy the DVDs now; I’ll rent them, sure, but don’t try to sell me an inferior product that doesn’t even resemble the original. You’ve sucked the nuances out it, and for me, life is all about the nuances. I’m disgusted.