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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Selected programming for April 11-13, 2025
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:50:00 -0000 (UTC)
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On Apr 15, 2025 at 5:40:23 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>> 
>>>  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
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> The link above takes you to the BluRay release, which also is labeled as 2:20
>> minutes.
>> 
>> WTF?
>> 
> 
> 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.

So it seems like, despite the announcement, Disney's version is just the same
old theatrical release we've always had.