Monday, August 16, 2004
I've just about had it with Hollywood
This kind of thing just pisses me off. For those too lazy to click the link (you know who you are), the gist is this: A source at Fox has told the guy who runs manwithoutfear.com that there will be a director's cut DVD of the movie Daredevil released at the end of November, just a little over a month before Elektra hits cinemas.
This kind of thing gets annoying after awhile -- y'know, after you've been raped by Hollywood two or three times. It's getting to the point where I'm worried about buying a Hollywood movie, particularly blockbusters, when it comes out on DVD because it's all too likely that in another three, six, twelve or however many months, a director's cut or special edition DVD will be released.
It's that reason I haven't run out and bought Hellboy. No sooner had the masses that bought on release date made their purchases than a director's cut DVD version of the movie was announced. It's due out around October. I refuse to buy that movie twice.
Or hey, do you remember the really mean trick that was pulled on Lord of the Rings fans? There were ads on each LOTR DVD for the extended edition DVDs. What kind of cruel joke is that to play on the fans? "Hey, guys, you just ponied up $30 for this DVD, and now you can fork over another $60 for an extra hour of footage in two months." I know at least one person that refused to buy the LOTR DVDs after that.
Worst of all, this type of thing seems to be happening more and more. Why? The reason is simple. Dumbass consumers are willing to fork over the cash for each and every new DVD edition of their favourite movies.
This kind of thing gets annoying after awhile -- y'know, after you've been raped by Hollywood two or three times. It's getting to the point where I'm worried about buying a Hollywood movie, particularly blockbusters, when it comes out on DVD because it's all too likely that in another three, six, twelve or however many months, a director's cut or special edition DVD will be released.
It's that reason I haven't run out and bought Hellboy. No sooner had the masses that bought on release date made their purchases than a director's cut DVD version of the movie was announced. It's due out around October. I refuse to buy that movie twice.
Or hey, do you remember the really mean trick that was pulled on Lord of the Rings fans? There were ads on each LOTR DVD for the extended edition DVDs. What kind of cruel joke is that to play on the fans? "Hey, guys, you just ponied up $30 for this DVD, and now you can fork over another $60 for an extra hour of footage in two months." I know at least one person that refused to buy the LOTR DVDs after that.
Worst of all, this type of thing seems to be happening more and more. Why? The reason is simple. Dumbass consumers are willing to fork over the cash for each and every new DVD edition of their favourite movies.
// posted by Chris @ 4:26 PM 
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