January 13, 2015
Triple Feature - The Twilight Saga Extended Editions
JC Alvarez READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Love indeed does spring eternal. That is certainly what the marketing strategist behind the romantic epic "The Twilight Saga" would have you believe. Their latest efforts have culminated in the latest release of the popular film franchise. Now with the Triple Feature: Extended Editions diehard "Twi-Hards" get more of the love triangle that tears at Bella (Kristen Stewart) caught between a dangerous vampire lover and her lustful werewolf companion.
The question on everyone's mind is, how much more of "The Twilight Saga" are audiences willing sit through? The films based on the phenomenally popular series of books by Stephanie Meyer worked their spell at the box-office, but ever since the final installment was revealed with the two "Breaking Dawn" pictures, tween fans have moved onto damsels in less distress, with "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" films putting powerful leading ladies front and center.
Lionsgate has obviously every intention of guaranteeing its franchise lives forever releasing "collected" editions and now this "triple feature" of the first three chapters in the series. "Twilight," "New Moon" and "Eclipse" have been (for the first time) reedited into longer versions integrating previously deleted scenes. This brings each one of these films over the tolerable 2-hour mark. A word of caution: This premiere set does not include the two last flicks, "Breaking Dawn," which would have completed the epic story.
Those films were previously released in an "extended" format already for home viewing. This package perhaps finally rounds out the entire saga (at least for now) how it was originally meant to be seen by fans. Another word of caution: The 3-disc set (mercifully) does not include any bonus material, just the extended versions presented in full 16x9 Widescreen and Dolby Audio. They are also "unrated" --�more action and violence... and excessively tireless dialogue filled with teen-angst.
"The Twilight Saga: Extended editions -�Triple Feature"
Blu-ray / DVD / Digital HD Combo Pack
$24.99
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Native New Yorker JC Alvarez is a pop-culture enthusiast and the nightlife chronicler of the club scene and its celebrity denizens from coast-to-coast. He is the on-air host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Out Loud & Live!" and is also on the panel of the local-access talk show "Talking About".
