»Theatrical vs DVD : Red vs Green light«

From the theatrical release of Revolutions:

If you look at the trailers of the movies, especially the first, you can see that they are different to what is actually shown. The most obvious difference is the use of colour. There isn't as much green.

Also, Zion is shown in a Reloaded trailer as not being blue. This suggests that the colour symbolism is an afterthought...

also another difference is Bane, in the trailer he has a few cuts but in theatrical release his face was colvered in blood

Yeah but how can you explain that they changed the red colour to green? I am sure that it was red when I saw it at cinema..

i cant say i have seen it at the cinema

Lol anyone else who has seen it?

seems like a no

Anyone? *looking as neo to trinity at reloaded when he's asking her to stay out of the matrix and saying:* PLEASE?

I don't know. My guess is that its just part of the editing they did. Most likely rendering the quality of the film to give it more color and contrast. Maybe after it was changed things appeared a bit different.

Like on the last image of the two:

I can kinda see a bit green on the top right and red on the bottom left

mabye that is an optical illsion? no

mabye joel silver did it?

mabye well never know

th3 p4th wrote:

Spotted the difference? The machine that is carrying Neo's body has red "eyes" at the thetrical release but at the DVD has green.Also some other lights at the background have changed from red to green. Why would the Wachowski Brothers change that? I thought that they are very precice at their work and never change anything.. One theory is that they did that having in mind the "Matriculated" episode of Animatrix where the machines that would help man had green eyes.Maybe that they are friendly? Also notice that the colours seem much different.At the first pics it's grey and metal colour while at these from the DVD there's lot of blue. At the Matrix Trilogy: Blue=Body Does the colour change have any significance? Any ideas?

I noticed this when I first got the DVD, and yeah, they're using the idea in Matriculated to show how the machine world has changed.

This change in the machines was always there, but maybe the Brothers suddenly thought "hey, wouldn't it be cool if we represented the machines' change using that gimmick from Matriculated?".

Alan Morgan wrote:

If you look at the trailers of the movies, especially the first, you can see that they are different to what is actually shown. The most obvious difference is the use of colour. There isn't as much green. Also, Zion is shown in a Reloaded trailer as not being blue. This suggests that the colour symbolism is an afterthought...

No, that's just because the shots used in the trailers hadn't yet been processed.

The blue vs. green dualism is set up in the first movie, anyway, so it renders the idea of it being an "afterthought" kind of moot.

Deeindamatrix wrote:

also another difference is Bane, in the trailer he has a few cuts but in theatrical release his face was colvered in blood

You can't show blood in trailers, so they had to mess with the shot of Bane used in the Revolutions trailer.

max314 wrote:

th3 p4th wrote: Spotted the difference? The machine that is carrying Neo's body has red "eyes" at the thetrical release but at the DVD has green.Also some other lights at the background have changed from red to green. Why would the Wachowski Brothers change that? I thought that they are very precice at their work and never change anything.. One theory is that they did that having in mind the "Matriculated" episode of Animatrix where the machines that would help man had green eyes.Maybe that they are friendly? Also notice that the colours seem much different.At the first pics it's grey and metal colour while at these from the DVD there's lot of blue. At the Matrix Trilogy: Blue=Body Does the colour change have any significance? Any ideas? I noticed this when I first got the DVD, and yeah, they're using the idea in Matriculated to show how the machine world has changed. This change in the machines was always there, but maybe the Brothers suddenly thought "hey, wouldn't it be cool if we represented the machines' change using that gimmick from Matriculated?". Alan Morgan wrote: If you look at the trailers of the movies, especially the first, you can see that they are different to what is actually shown. The most obvious difference is the use of colour. There isn't as much green. Also, Zion is shown in a Reloaded trailer as not being blue. This suggests that the colour symbolism is an afterthought... No, that's just because the shots used in the trailers hadn't yet been processed. The blue vs. green dualism is set up in the first movie, anyway, so it renders the idea of it being an "afterthought" kind of moot. Deeindamatrix wrote: also another difference is Bane, in the trailer he has a few cuts but in theatrical release his face was colvered in blood You can't show blood in trailers, so they had to mess with the shot of Bane used in the Revolutions trailer.

Yes that's exectly my thoughts but I wanted to hear others too.
What about the grey colour changed to blue? I have no answer to that. Or maybe it was already blue at the cinema (although I doubt it) and these screenshots come from a pre-edited version of the film..

max314 wrote:

Deeindamatrix wrote: also another difference is Bane, in the trailer he has a few cuts but in theatrical release his face was colvered in blood You can't show blood in trailers, so they had to mess with the shot of Bane used in the Revolutions trailer.

oh right, even if its rated 18?

Deeindamatrix wrote:

max314 wrote: Deeindamatrix wrote: also another difference is Bane, in the trailer he has a few cuts but in theatrical release his face was colvered in blood You can't show blood in trailers, so they had to mess with the shot of Bane used in the Revolutions trailer. oh right, even if its rated 18?

I think that it wasn't already rated.I can check it later if I find the trailer at one of my backup CDs/DVDs..

ok

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th3 p4th wrote:

What about the grey colour changed to blue? I have no answer to that. Or maybe it was already blue at the cinema (although I doubt it) and these screenshots come from a pre-edited version of the film..

I couldn't say. All I know is that I've seen far too many trailers that have things different to the actual movies to be bothered to go back and analyse what was different in the trailers.

Deeindamatrix wrote:

MAX wrote: You can't show blood in trailers, so they had to mess with the shot of Bane used in the Revolutions trailer. oh right, even if its rated 18?

Trailers to be put on the internet all have to have that green banner to say that the preview in question is suitable for all audiences. The only way a trailer can get that is if the shots used are completely suitable for everyone. Of course, in the case of R-rated movies, there are stringent limits on what can be shown...and showing a man's face covered in blood is something that you'd be hard pressed to get into a trailer designed for general viewing.

Just checked it.. Approved for all audiences

This brings up an interesting side point:

What do you think is the purpose of a trailer that is made for all audiences to a movie that is rated R?

Mobil_Ave_Neo wrote:

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Yeah we get it, you want to leave!

intell wrote:

What do you think is the purpose of a trailer that is made for all audiences to a movie that is rated R?

To make more money in DVD and VHS sales

intell wrote:

This brings up an interesting side point: What do you think is the purpose of a trailer that is made for all audiences to a movie that is rated R?

Sometimes, you do get trailers that are R-rated. But they will be restricted to being shown in front of other R-rated movies.

Imagine you taking your kid brother to see...I dunno...Shrek 5 or something. The trailers before the movie can't be R-rated, but the movie advertisers want to appeal to adults like yourself who are in the audience who are old enough to see their movie. So we have G-rated trailers.

It's also because having R-rated content on sites like apple.com (i.e. sites that host trailers) will decrease their viewing demographic.

I think that the latest versions is cannon. They were in a hurry when they made Revolutions, maybe that some details were lost in the urge.