GKarsEye
Regular
So I'm in this record store, trading CDs and looking to pick some stuff up. I come across a Rocky DVD- cool, I love this movie- but wait, it's $30. Why so much? Because it's the SPECIAL EDITION, with 2 DVDs!
Is it me or is it silly to pay that much for Sylvester Stallone mumbling and punching? And, for what, a bonus disc where they talk about how great everyone was to work with, blah blah blah? Please. Even if someone actually does watch that, are you ever going to watch it more than once? zzzzzz
Then I came across a $40 version of the original Dawn of the Dead movie. 4 DVDs! featuring three different cuts of the film. Cripes. This is actually one of my favorite flicks ever (seriously) but my god, $40! I make a decent living but I can't justify paying that much for zombies.
(I did find a cheaper DVD of the film in the used bin, but it's probably not anamorphic or anything. It was, however, $9.99).
The other "cheap" (read: not prohibitively expensive) DVD I picked up is American Psycho. I guess since this movie isn't that popular, they didn't feel a super-expensive multi-disc special edition was warranted.
I wish I can just walk into a store and buy DVD and just the get movie in decent quality and that's it. The overwhelmingly vast majority of DVD special features are useless. Maybe they should consider putting some of that stuff on web sites, or having interested customers ordering bonus discs or something. Or offer two versions in the store. Yes, a lot of movies do have multiple versions, but usually the bare-bones version has an inferior transfer and is older, so not anamorphic.
Sure I do internet shopping, but stores exist and I like to use them, and browse, especially in record stores.
And this isn't just limited to movies. I wanted to pick up Motorhead's classic Ace of Spades on CD. This is a near 30-yr old 40 minute metal album, and should not cost more than $10, if even. Nope- $22, with bonus disc. Yippee, demos- who gives a crap?
Even new music comes with expensive gimmicks- bonus DVDs, CD-ROM crap, DualDisk, blah blah- nobody uses that stuff.
No wonder people pirate media.
Is it me or is it silly to pay that much for Sylvester Stallone mumbling and punching? And, for what, a bonus disc where they talk about how great everyone was to work with, blah blah blah? Please. Even if someone actually does watch that, are you ever going to watch it more than once? zzzzzz
Then I came across a $40 version of the original Dawn of the Dead movie. 4 DVDs! featuring three different cuts of the film. Cripes. This is actually one of my favorite flicks ever (seriously) but my god, $40! I make a decent living but I can't justify paying that much for zombies.
(I did find a cheaper DVD of the film in the used bin, but it's probably not anamorphic or anything. It was, however, $9.99).
The other "cheap" (read: not prohibitively expensive) DVD I picked up is American Psycho. I guess since this movie isn't that popular, they didn't feel a super-expensive multi-disc special edition was warranted.
I wish I can just walk into a store and buy DVD and just the get movie in decent quality and that's it. The overwhelmingly vast majority of DVD special features are useless. Maybe they should consider putting some of that stuff on web sites, or having interested customers ordering bonus discs or something. Or offer two versions in the store. Yes, a lot of movies do have multiple versions, but usually the bare-bones version has an inferior transfer and is older, so not anamorphic.
Sure I do internet shopping, but stores exist and I like to use them, and browse, especially in record stores.
And this isn't just limited to movies. I wanted to pick up Motorhead's classic Ace of Spades on CD. This is a near 30-yr old 40 minute metal album, and should not cost more than $10, if even. Nope- $22, with bonus disc. Yippee, demos- who gives a crap?
Even new music comes with expensive gimmicks- bonus DVDs, CD-ROM crap, DualDisk, blah blah- nobody uses that stuff.
No wonder people pirate media.