You Know What Ticks Me Off?
I’ll tell you. It’s when movie studios re-release DVDs with suddenly-found extras supplanting the earlier non-extra DVD. Case in point: The Fifth Element, a movie I enjoyed and already own on DVD. Now comes another DVD release this week with 2 new hours of extras. Oh, like they didn’t know about the making-of footage when they first produced a DVD. A@@Clowns. Well, I refuse to give in to this marketing rigamarole! I am taking a stand and yelling a defiant “NO!” to the 800-pound gorilla movie studios! I absolutely refuse to shell out more money for a movie I already own. I’m done! I’ll moolti-pass. Bzzzz!
Ummm…so…does…uh…anyone want to buy me a DVD?
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I’ve held off re-buying DVD’s except in a few occasions. If the original came out with zero extras, and a new edition comes out, I’ll usually buy it if it has lots of goodies.
Or, in the case of some films, I’ll buy it because the original was released in “pan-and-scan”. For example, I bought the DVD of “Chariots of Fire” as my VHS was worn to a nubble. I will buy it again on DVD, come March or so of this year, when the widescreen edition is out.
How many people bought (I wonder) any of the Lord of the Rings movies in their first release then used the $5.00 “rebate” and bought the extended editions?
This is why I have turned my back on Hollywood. It is an institution tooled soley to fuck you. From charging too much to watch a cut-down of a movie, to making you pay again and again for sequential DVDs. Even crack dealers treat their customers better.
On top of that, I cannot be the only person who has no use for “goodies.” I want to see a film, not spend five additional hours leaning how the film was made.
It’s been three years since I stopped watching movies. I do occasionally view a bootleg that comes my way, but that’s it. I have so much more free time now. My life is not dictated by Moviefone.
Despite my rant, I too have little to no need for extras. Seems to me to be just a reason to jack up the price of a DVD. I held off buying the extened version box set of Lord of the Rings (something I was expecting to buy) because I just can’t see forking over $80 for three movies. It doesn’t matter that there’s 40 bajillion hours of extras or even that the movies themselves are 4 hours long.
Whatever floats your boat! I happen to enjoy “how they did it” kind of stuff.
And, in answer to Jeff’s posting…well, I limit myself to a few movies a year. Heck, I’m lucky if I go to the theatres more than twice a year. So, I don’t mind buying a couple of DVD’s as it’s usually the first time I’ve seen the film (and I have the advantage of knowing in advance which were considered the real stinkers).
Movies can be a time waster, but so can television, the internet, gaming, etc. Heck, so can books. I mean, how else did I get through over 120 books in 2004 if it wasn’t a time sink of a sort?
I’ve always enjoyed the directors comments on my LD and now DVDs. I like hearing about why certain things are they way they are and how the film got made, as filmcraft. I don’t care about the actors or producers though.
I’ve also enjoyed a couple of the behind the scenes features over the years, but not enough to pay extra for them.
Oh, and my kid enjoys the games on the childrens DVDs – those extras have been good (generally.)