tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068920.post5684956434573443902..comments2023-09-02T06:07:51.846-04:00Comments on microfish: Marty, how could you?Andrew Kenneth Gayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11224563203467939143noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068920.post-85518780403372737892007-03-07T21:08:00.000-05:002007-03-07T21:08:00.000-05:00I also bought the "retarded" version and wasted $2...I also bought the "retarded" version and wasted $20 bucks. They completely tricked me. Oh well, it still has Leonardo DiCaprio in it!! :)<BR/><BR/>--ChelsyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068920.post-28212019069563344102007-02-25T15:44:00.000-05:002007-02-25T15:44:00.000-05:00I am always superkeenly aware of every edition tha...I am always superkeenly aware of every edition that comes out of a movie I like, and I never buy bare bones editions of movies without heavily considering whether or not there will ever be a more stocked edition. This comes from life lessons similar to your Departed incident.<BR/><BR/>I once gave in and bought a bare bones Titanic only to have the unexpected special edition subsequently debut, which made me feel like an ass. Perhaps this specific incident is what gave me the extrasensory ability to detect that when Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind had its release, it would not be its last. But sometimes, there are no ways to avoid being blindsided. Chicago was one of my first DVDs ever, and it HAD LOTS OF EXTRAS. But then they came out with an extra special edition anyway. Don't even get me started on all the Terminator 2s.<BR/><BR/>Then there's the crazy big releases, like Superman Returns, which came with different STORE-SPECIFIC extras, such as comic books or lithographs or bonus discs-- each of them with a different slipcase for the movie.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, my point is that today, buying a DVD without exhaustively researching the different versions offered by different stores would be like putting something in my mouth without first confirming that it's food. I just can't imagine not doing it. So I was really floored by your observation that we didn't ALWAYS have to "pay extra for extras." I thought about it, and you're absolutely right. This practice of putting out infinite versions of movies made me completely forget about the early days of DVDs.<BR/><BR/>I remember the first movie I ever saw on DVD. It was The Matrix, at my dad's friend's house. DVDs were a magical and frightening thing back then. And if you wanted to buy The Matrix on DVD, you went out, and you bought The Matrix on DVD. That's it. I look around today and I see chaos. Bare bones editions that exist just to create demand for extras. But we are slowly adapting to this modern day battlefield. And we have to make stupid mistakes to do it. I am filled with shame to admit this, but in tagging along with a friend on a shopping trip for my brother's birthday present, I once accidentally helped pick out a FULLSCREEN VERSION OF JAWS. I think that was probably when I hit bottom. And you know what? We all gotta get there sometime. So that we can someday prepare our children for it.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if this trend of disposable DVD editions will ever end, but I am here with you, and we will weather this storm together.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Diegodiegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993729398343360730noreply@blogger.com