{"id":779,"date":"2008-05-27T03:09:24","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T03:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/05\/27\/tales-of-the-black-freighter-coming-to-dvd\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:38","slug":"tales-of-the-black-freighter-coming-to-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/05\/27\/tales-of-the-black-freighter-coming-to-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of the Black Freighter Coming To DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/05\/26\/business\/media\/26retail.html?_r=1&amp;amp;ref=business&amp;amp;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">According to the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">New York Times<\/span><\/a>, the &quot;Tales of the Black Freighter&quot; segments from <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Watchmen<\/span> will be released as a direct-to-DVD release.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">The second film, tentatively called \u201cTales of the Black Freighter,\u201d follows a side \u201cWatchmen\u201d storyline about a shipwreck and will arrive in stores five days after the main movie rolls out in theaters. The DVD will also include a documentary-style film called \u201cUnder the Hood\u201d that will delve into the characters\u2019 backstories.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Times<\/span> sees this as an attempt to boost lagging DVD sales.  Of course to us geeks, it&#8217;s just cool that the pirate story will be shot at all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviehole.net\/img\/tales.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the New York Times, the &quot;Tales of the Black Freighter&quot; segments from Watchmen will be released as a direct-to-DVD release. 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