Early-morning rant...
It's been a while since I've been ticked off enough to write a rant...but I'm awake at almost twenty after four...and even though this will not change a thing...it needs to be said...
Don't worry...this isn't about anyone in particular...
As some of you know, I'm a DVD collector. The library here at the house is huge, just with my own collection alone. When you add Andrea's to it...it's massive. As such, I'm a big fan of the special/limited/collector's editions of movies. As I write this, I turn around to see a bust of Jack Skellington stare back at me...the bust, of course, is the ltd. ed. of The Nightmare Before Christmas. The huge "Book of Shadows," which is the entire Charmed series (which, interestingly, is Andrea's ^_^ ). You get the idea...
One of my big interests with DVD releases are the special features. I'm a huge fan of the behind-the-scenes segments, blooper reels, SFX breakdowns, etc. With the sets I have, they're very rich with those, which makes me a happy Bludston. However, there's been a more common trend happening...
...and that is the movie companies releasing all the special features on Blu-Ray ONLY...and putting nearly SFA on regular DVD releases. Case-in-point: we picked up the new Alice In Wonderland DVD tonight. Since Andrea's not a big fan of behind-the-scenes segments (though she'll watch 'em if they're on), it wasn't that big of a deal to her. But on the back, I looked at the featurettes: there are three...and they're pretty good. However, I looked on the back of the Blu-Ray release...there are over TWELVE!!!
As you may have guessed, I'm one of those backwards-thinking people that haven't switched to Blu-Ray.
To quote Peter Griffin, "what really grinds my gears" is the fact that the DVD companies are forcing collectors to switch to Blu-Ray...which includes me. Yes, I know BD has fantastic picture & sound...and it does. I'm not going to take anything away from that. However, what I don't agree with is that you can only get the really good features on BD, and they're short-changing the people who are still using regular DVDs. It's seriously putting me off of buying movies, and I normally LOVE buying DVDs. Another example that comes to mind: Disney's "Surrogates." Not everyone likes this movie...and for this, you don't need to be a fan. The BD release has tons of special features...and the regular DVD release has NONE!!! WTF??!?!?
The only other thing that "grinds my gears" about buying DVDs are getting a collector's edition...and finding out 6 months later, they release an even more deluxe edition! According to things I've read online, they're finally releasing Star Wars on BD sometime this year...with MORE footage added to "A New Hope"...and NO word on a regular DVD release...WTF??!? And all the extras that are on the BD version of the extended editions of "Lord Of The Rings" that aren't on the regular release...this is totally ridiculous!! If they were willing to release single/multiple supplement discs with the extra features to registered owners of the original discs, I wouldn't be so bothered by this whole thing...but they don't give a damn about those of us that don't feel the need to jump on the Blu-Ray bandwagon, considering the industry's penchant for finding new technology around the time that everyone switches to the current trend, making it completely obsolete!
Almost makes me want to download all my movies...'cause if I'm not able to get the special features on DVD, what's the point?
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Don't worry...this isn't about anyone in particular...
As some of you know, I'm a DVD collector. The library here at the house is huge, just with my own collection alone. When you add Andrea's to it...it's massive. As such, I'm a big fan of the special/limited/collector's editions of movies. As I write this, I turn around to see a bust of Jack Skellington stare back at me...the bust, of course, is the ltd. ed. of The Nightmare Before Christmas. The huge "Book of Shadows," which is the entire Charmed series (which, interestingly, is Andrea's ^_^ ). You get the idea...
One of my big interests with DVD releases are the special features. I'm a huge fan of the behind-the-scenes segments, blooper reels, SFX breakdowns, etc. With the sets I have, they're very rich with those, which makes me a happy Bludston. However, there's been a more common trend happening...
...and that is the movie companies releasing all the special features on Blu-Ray ONLY...and putting nearly SFA on regular DVD releases. Case-in-point: we picked up the new Alice In Wonderland DVD tonight. Since Andrea's not a big fan of behind-the-scenes segments (though she'll watch 'em if they're on), it wasn't that big of a deal to her. But on the back, I looked at the featurettes: there are three...and they're pretty good. However, I looked on the back of the Blu-Ray release...there are over TWELVE!!!
As you may have guessed, I'm one of those backwards-thinking people that haven't switched to Blu-Ray.
To quote Peter Griffin, "what really grinds my gears" is the fact that the DVD companies are forcing collectors to switch to Blu-Ray...which includes me. Yes, I know BD has fantastic picture & sound...and it does. I'm not going to take anything away from that. However, what I don't agree with is that you can only get the really good features on BD, and they're short-changing the people who are still using regular DVDs. It's seriously putting me off of buying movies, and I normally LOVE buying DVDs. Another example that comes to mind: Disney's "Surrogates." Not everyone likes this movie...and for this, you don't need to be a fan. The BD release has tons of special features...and the regular DVD release has NONE!!! WTF??!?!?
The only other thing that "grinds my gears" about buying DVDs are getting a collector's edition...and finding out 6 months later, they release an even more deluxe edition! According to things I've read online, they're finally releasing Star Wars on BD sometime this year...with MORE footage added to "A New Hope"...and NO word on a regular DVD release...WTF??!? And all the extras that are on the BD version of the extended editions of "Lord Of The Rings" that aren't on the regular release...this is totally ridiculous!! If they were willing to release single/multiple supplement discs with the extra features to registered owners of the original discs, I wouldn't be so bothered by this whole thing...but they don't give a damn about those of us that don't feel the need to jump on the Blu-Ray bandwagon, considering the industry's penchant for finding new technology around the time that everyone switches to the current trend, making it completely obsolete!
Almost makes me want to download all my movies...'cause if I'm not able to get the special features on DVD, what's the point?
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