I Need to Vent..........

I went out yesterday and picked up the 2 disc set of I Am Legend. I took it home wanting to sit and watch the features. I knew going in that I was going to have to use my PC to access the behind the scenes content. For reasons beyond my control, we are not running an authorized version of XP and therefore I could'nt download the newest version of the media player. The disc requires 7.0 or higher. So now I have a $25 dollar set that I can only watch two thirds of. I'd like to add that the Blu-Ray version has all those features contained within the set.

This is the first DVD purchase since 2000 that I have been disappointed with. Do you think that DVDs will start getting shorted on features as a way of the studios nudging people like me to HD? I completely see the advantages of going HD and am looking forward to getting in on that, I just didn't plan on doing soon. I don't see DVDs going away for at least a couple of years and don't like the feeling of being coaxed into another format. Especially when bonus features are one of the trademarks of our trusty format. Tell me what you think.........

Chris

I think you should buy an XP serial number. those are pretty cheap right now.

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we are not running an authorized version of XP and therefore I could'nt download the newest version of the media player.

This seems to be the problem, not the bonus features being shorted. Run a legit copy of XP and you'll have no problems. Use a jacked copy...well, you get what you paid for.

Jason

I second that Kuco.

Yeah, my wife's laptop crashed and she was in the middle of her semester and needed a quick fix. I just don't like the idea of having to watch features on a seperate machine. They should've tacked the alternate ending and deleted scenes on like they do on most movies out there. Then save the whole second disc for features.

We're getting a new PC in a month or so anyway, so then the XP thing will be put to bed.....

[Post edited by cmmoore82 on Mar 19, 2008]

I could care less about all the extra features. They're just the same BS over and over again. They're like coming into the DVDTown chat forums and finding nothing but the same old high-def topics. I have found extra features so boring anymore that I prefer buying the single disc with just the movie -- I don't need all the stupid bells and whistles that are like an assembly line of one car model of the same color.

The only DVDs I purchase that come as anything with extra bells and whistles are movies with extended footage and/or Director's Cuts. As far as I'm concerned, studios could stop putting all the extra crap on the disc and it wouldn't bother me in the least.

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The only DVDs I purchase that come as anything with extra bells and whistles are movies with extended footage and/or Director's Cuts. As far as I'm concerned, studios should stop putting all the extra crap on the disc and it wouldn't bother me in the least.

Yup I totally agree. When i used to buy DVD's I always looked for the Superbit versions where they saved all the disc capacity for better quality video and DTS audio....usually the extras are nothing but crap and a waste of disc space.

[Post edited by Bosshog7 on Mar 19, 2008]

That's why on SD DVD they have single disc and 2-disc editions.

I do dig special features, specially since the first DVD that we purchased had an EXCELLENT making-of documentary, The Begining (yes, from Star Wars Episode I)...

However, some 'extended cuts' or 'director cuts' just don't add to the movie, or are just another tactic to get you to buy the movie again.

Unfortunately, the quality of special features has been declining to a point were the extra features aren't worth us buying them. However, the prices have been going up, with these new crappy features (don't tell me that Cars/Ratatouille had better features than The Incredibles or the new Toy Story releases?)...

I think you have to look at it in a different perspective. Say the studio sold the movie seperate without anything bonus on it, and then say they sold the extra features as a seperate disc without the movie, question being, would you buy the extra features disc?

Good point Tim. I don't think anyone would buy the extra disc unless it was a Star Wars or Star Trek release where they had interviews with the cast and Directors and such. There are certain franchises that fans can't get enough of but there aren't THAT many.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Mar 19, 2008]