Re: Selected programming for April 11-13, 2025

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:05:02 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

On Apr 8, 2025 at 6:34:33 PM PDT, "Robin Miller"
<robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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The Abyss 4k        (movie; streaming premiere)         (3:01 am, Disney+)
 
Approved by director James Cameron, The Abyss - Special Edition is an
extended director's cut of the 1989 underwater science fiction epic,
reinstating nearly a half hour of footage removed from the original
release under studio pressure.
 
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-the-abyss-james-cameron/3631301

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I don't understand this. I went to watch this last night and the only version
on Disney+ has a 2:20-minute runtime, which is the runtime of the original
theatrical release according to IMDb, Grok, and the old DVD sitting on my
shelf. If a half hour of extra footage was added, it should be 2:50 minutes.
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The link above takes you to the BluRay release, which also is labeled as 2:20
minutes.
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WTF?
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The Special Edition versions are showing up as 2:51 and 2:50 on the
gray while the regular editions are showing up as 2:20. Not sure what
was added to the special edition as the one I own is an original 2:20
version that I've watched multiple times over the years.