A:AtF Director's Cut

[Allycat]

I just noticed that amongst the May solicitations for IDW is this:

ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL #1 -- THE DIRECTOR'S CUT

Written by Brian Lynch, art by Franco Urro, cover by Alex Garner.

Angel: After the Fall, picking up where Angel: Season Five ended, hit the ground running and has been a hit ever since Joss Whedon's characters first stepped into a Los Angeles cast into Hell. Now, experience again the beginning of the story in this special edition that also includes writer Brian Lynch's complete script and his writer's annotations, too. Alex Garner provides an all-new painted cover for this special issue.

48 pages, $5.99

DAMN YOU IDW!! We have to buy all issues twice just to get the good stuff!?!?

[Clem Rocks]

Forget about the single issues and just get that one if that one has the stuff you want in it

[VisionGuy]

Now they are doing too much. I'm just gonna stick with the regular issues.

[Old Master 3.0]

I haven't even been able to get issues three or four, and now they're dangling this bone. Well they can forget it. I'd rather they increase their print runs on the regular issues.

[Black Eye Guy]

I'd love if they did that with the Buffy comic, but I couldn't give a crap about the Angel one, I'm still not convinced it was the best idea to buy the regular and the variant!

[Angel's vision]

Well my local comic store has a delivery delay on the shipment so I have to wait another week for comic 4 so hearing of a complete series annoys me!

[thegifting]

After The Fall is becoming extremely dangerous for me.
I'm currently hunting down each edition of each issue and purchasing them, starting with the Virgin covers.
Book 1 is going to end up costing me over $100 in total.

[Allycat]

Wow, that's fandom. I only have one issue twice. I accidentally got both RI versions for issue 3. I have no intent of getting all covers on all issues. I do like the extra content they're adding to this Director's Cut... but I'm not sure if it's enough to get the comic again. Then again, it's only 5 bucks. Still, if they're gonna do this with every issue, it's gonna cost me quite a lot of money to get everything. I'm still torn.

[thegifting]

Wow, that's fandom.

Well, Angel is the only vampire I've ever liked or been a fan of, and is pretty much the only 'creature of the night' property I think is even respectable, but it's a collection/investment thing. In 50 years, at some Whedonverse convention, selling all 8(?) editions of ATF #1 in NM/M conditon together would score 1 1/2 years of college tuition, at the very least. Rinse and repeat, you're like Scrooge McDuck, jumping head first into a lake of gold coins. Also, they look better than a savings account with barely a note in it.

[goldenboy]

The Alex Garner cover art. Other than Angel's gothy eyeliner, this is really really good. IDW's pretty sly. Save the good stuff for the collector's edition, "director's cut" versions.



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[Clem Rocks]

That's got to be the best After The Fall art so far o_O

[goldenboy]

If I knew nothing about Angel, this would be the first cover that would actually compel me to take a look at the comic.

[Allycat]

The art is pretty good, but I still prefer Franco's cover.

[goldenboy]

I don't think I'll ever be an Urru fan. Maybe he'll evolve a little as this goes forward, like Jeanty.

[Clem Rocks]

The art is pretty good, but I still prefer Franco's cover.

Has that one been posted yet?...

[The Chosen]

Alex Garner (in my mind) is now the Jo Chen of Angel: After the Fall.

Wow...

[TabulaRasa]

This is highly annoying. I wont be buying anymore Angel comics. It's just the one for me. I will just read about it other places!

[Allycat]

I think it's a pity that they're doing the director's cut only now. If they'd brought it out the same day as the normal version of issue 1, I would probably have bought the DC version, even if it's a couple bucks more.

[white avenger]

I've always thought that the "Director's Cut," "Extended Version," "Unrated Version," or whatever on video tapes and DVD's were great just as long as they were the FIRST version made available. Issuing one later just seems like a dirty trick to play on the consumer. Now I guess comics are getting on the band wagon, only with them, it'll be even easier to make, because they don't even have to used previously written material, they can just make something to go with the original story. I think the fans should boycott the whole thing.

[Clem Rocks]

Why don't you lot like the fact that there's two version? If you don't want to read the writers notes, buy the normal one, if you want the writers notes, lets face it you like Angel enough to buy both, so why complain? =|

[Allycat]

Why don't you lot like the fact that there's two version? If you don't want to read the writers notes, buy the normal one, if you want the writers notes, lets face it you like Angel enough to buy both, so why complain? =|

If you have to buy two you'll have to pay $4 for the regular one, plus $6 for the Director's Cut equals $10 per issue. Whereas with Buffy you only pay $3 per issue.

[thegifting]

I've always thought that the "Director's Cut," "Extended Version," "Unrated Version," or whatever on video tapes and DVD's were great just as long as they were the FIRST version made available. Issuing one later just seems like a dirty trick to play on the consumer. Now I guess comics are getting on the band wagon, only with them, it'll be even easier to make, because they don't even have to used previously written material, they can just make something to go with the original story. I think the fans should boycott the whole thing.

You need to look up the differences between Unrated, Extended, and Director's Cut, the politics of why they exist, and google up the correct reasons (and how, even) to boycott a product, because this whole post is just... well, I wouldn't want it attached to my name.



If you have to buy two you'll have to pay $4 for the regular one, plus $6 for the Director's Cut equals $10 per issue. Whereas with Buffy you only pay $3 per issue.
You don't have to buy any. If you can't buy two, and one isn't enough, it's clear you should purchase zero.

[Allycat]

You need to look up the differences between Unrated, Extended, and Director's Cut, the politics of why they exist, and google up the correct reasons (and how, even) to boycott a product, because this whole post is just... well, I wouldn't want it attached to my name.

You don't have to buy any. If you can't buy two, and one isn't enough, it's clear you should purchase zero.

Wow, it doesn't hurt to be friendly you know?

Obviously, there are different reason's for the existence of different releases of the same movie. I don't think there's a uniform reason for their existence. There's a couple of common reasons, but in each movie's case there's a different story behind the different releases. And yes, in some cases, that may be just to earn a couple of extra bucks.

As to boycotting. There's a difference between just not buying a product yourself and getting a whole community not to buy it. In the case of the later, I do agree, that the fans (cause white avenger never said he'd want to organise it himself) would have to think up a good strategy to get as few people as possible to buy it.

And obviously, nobody has to buy anything. But in order to get the fullest experience, in my opinion, you would first need to buy the normal issue, just to get the story at the same time everybody else does, so you can discuss it. And then later, you need to get the Director's Cut, to get all the behind-the-scenes scoop. Again, that's just what I think gets you the fullest experience, but obviously, everybody has to decide for him/herself what they think is the experience they'd like to have. From what I've read in this thread so far though, I think there are probably a some people who feel the same way I do.

[RockManic]

I don't see the big deal here. Comic books have been having variant covers/versions for almost as long as I've been a fan. Try collecting X-Men titles in the 90s. Then you would have something to worry about! ;)

Just stick to what you want to buy. Readers buy the basic comic. Collectors get all versions. Simple.

[white avenger]

[QUOTE=thegifting;497487]You need to look up the differences between Unrated, Extended, and Director's Cut, the politics of why they exist, and google up the correct reasons (and how, even) to boycott a product, because this whole post is just... well, I wouldn't want it attached to my name.


Then aren't you lucky that it's attached to my name and not yours.

And I do know the difference between all of those types of editions, because the original "Highlander" movie was issued in each one at one time or another. At one time or another, I have been given each version by different friends, and after watching them I could find little if any difference in any of them that warranted paying for another tape.

I just think that it is a dirty trick to pull on the fans, waiting a few months, then adding more material to a previously issued comic when it will most likely add little if anything to the story as it was originally published. If you want them, then by all means go out, spend the money, and enjoy your at best couple of pages extra. I hope it's worth it for you. As for me, I choose not to be ripped off in such a manner.

[RockManic]

And I do know the difference between all of those types of editions, because the original "Highlander" movie was issued in each one at one time or another. At one time or another, I have been given each version by different friends, and after watching them I could find little if any difference in any of them that warranted paying for another tape.

Okay, for any other example I'd be backing you up here but you shouldn't need any reason to own multiple copies of Highlander other than that the film itself is incredible and deserves multiple purchases.

The fact that I'm an actual MacLeod in no way makes me biased towards this franchise... :D

[white avenger]

Okay, for any other example I'd be backing you up here but you shouldn't need any reason to own multiple copies of Highlander other than that the film itself is incredible and deserves multiple purchases.

The fact that I'm an actual MacLeod in no way makes me biased towards this franchise... :D

I have been a Highlander fan from the original movie through "Endgame," plus the entire series. "The Source," however, was pure unadulterated GARBAGE. "Highlander 2" in its original form was good by comparison.

By the way, I've always thought that Duncan and Buffy would have made one swingin' team.

[RockManic]

Yeah, a Buffy/Duncan team up would have been pretty kickass, actually. There's a fanfic in there, somewhere. :D

If I'm honest I don't think The Source was so bad. It was a lot less "Highlander" and a little too much slasher movie than we had ever seen before but I've seen it three or four times now and I certainly don't hate it. Just a pity that the original script wasn't used because that was supposedly a much better version than we got. Much more Methos than we got in Endgame, which was a definite plus.

Don't know which version you have seen but, if you can, try track down the Russian cut. It's the best one, by far.

[white avenger]

[QUOTE=RockManic;503197]Yeah, a Buffy/Duncan team up would have been pretty kickass, actually. There's a fanfic in there, somewhere. :D

There were tons of Highlander/Buffy crossover fan fictions at one time, but I guess they all got pulled. The Adult Fan Fiction Net had some the last time I was there, but that was years ago.