Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/News-ID510870.asp" target="_blank">11/2/06 Jim on Film: Turn About and Fair Play</a>
Originally Posted By ryanbalas I understand and agree with some of what was written but, Jesus, Mary and Joseph - this article could have been finished in three paragraphs. Save the novel writing for the wonder years! And don't latch onto trendy words just because other people are using them. Special editions and special releases are created by the industry to do one thing - make money. Why do you see so many? It worked in the past and they saw it on the bottom line. Anyone for one person's decade old country music soon to be on sale at Wal Mart only?? Would your life be so incomplete because you didn't hear someone sing one or two songs? Personally, I love the trend of the buy only what you want to hear. And, I have learned to wait before buying someone's latest CD. I want to be sure I will still be listening to it 2 or 3 mohths from now. And, I prefer to collect things that have value at first purchase and will only grow. A person may have every Julie Andrews album ever released but, how are they set up for retirement - or for that matter - for the next earthquake or Hurricane? I know, I know - one person's treasure is another's trash. If it bothers you that much - Be vocal. Write snail mail letters and put you concerns into dollars and cents. "I didn't buy the latest (soon to be one hit wonders) Cheetah Girls release because of your deceptive marketing practices used in the past with (fill in the blank)." "If seven or eight months from now, another version has not been released, I will buy it from BMG or Columbia House and get it for $7.00." They will respond to that if they hear it from enough people.
Originally Posted By Tannerman >> The Little Mermaid re-issue was still rather too close to its original DVD release, but at least the new edition offered a tempting array of bonus features that, while significantly less than most of the other Platinum Editions, were worth the cost of the repurchase alone. Huh? The first edition came out in '99, I believe. 2006 is too recent of a rerelease date for something that has been out of print for quite a while? C'mon. Let's think a little before posting such ridiculous statements.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I enjoy my subscription to Real Rhapsody -- it's $9.00 a month, I can listen to new releases, and I don't have to feel compelled to buy music that is trendy and/or not worth having in my collection for the rest of my life.
Originally Posted By tonyanton Jim...I can understand what you are saying about the recent Mary Poppins CD in the cardboard packaging. However, it is so much better than the CD release of the past (and certainly one from 12 years ago), as it include most of the scoring and a second CD with demo tracks and recordings of story sessions with P.L. Travers. Definitely worth the upgrade!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I understand and agree with some of what was written but, Jesus, Mary and Joseph - this article could have been finished in three paragraphs. Save the novel writing for the wonder years! And don't latch onto trendy words just because other people are using them.>> I could not even finish reading the column; it became tedious and boring. <<Special editions and special releases are created by the industry to do one thing - make money. Why do you see so many? It worked in the past and they saw it on the bottom line.>> In my mind, complaining about special editions or re-releases is rather like complaining about change. Why did Apple come out with a new iPod Nano? Didn't the "old" one just hit the market last year? Couldn't they have given us the new features last year? Does that sound like a ridiculous argument? Yes, it does, and so does complaining about special releases.
Originally Posted By sdmartinez I have to say as a Disney collector I actually still have a few movies on VHS only. After they started to release the Special Editions, I do not buy a Disney Movie I already have unless it is a 2 disc set. I learned that the hard way by buying most of the Gold Collection and then rebuying them later.
Originally Posted By fundog58 It is kind of crazy how many different versions there are of some CDs and DVDs, but in this day of downloads and file sharing you can't blame the industry for trying anything that works. As for those exclusive extra tracks, it was easier when just one store might have a special edition of a CD or DVD. Now it seems that every major chain is selling a slightly different version of the same titles. The best you can do is to look over the Sunday ad papers each week to see who is offering what, and at what price.
Originally Posted By captainaustrailia Jim, I think you presented a good case for spreading out differing releases of a CD or DVD. After buying the DVD for the (ok, non-Disney) Fellowship of the Ring, I was chagrined to see the 2-disk release which came out soon after. Naturally, I didn't make the same mistake with the subsequent films of the trilogy. Has any company done a simultaneous release -- a one disk version for those who just want the movie and a two-disker available at the same time for those who want all the extras. One comment on the cardboard packaging. I see why you prefer the consistency of the jewel case. The first CDs I saw using the cardboard packaging were from artists trying to be more environmentally aware. Cardboard is gentler on the environment to make and to get rid of than plastic. Did Disney do it just because it's cheaper? I guess you could make that assumption.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I'm just thankful that my sisters and I never had to worry about such things. Where we live, such things as CD's and CD players--along with DVD's and DVD players--along with television sets and radios--haven't even been invented, yet. ORWEN: If we wanna' watch a movie, we just conjur it up in our crystal ball! ORGOCH: An' if'n we wants ta hear somebody singin', I just asks 'em ta name that tune and starts yodelin'! ORWEN: Which is why everyone all over the Land of Prydain is so desperate for CD's and CD players to be invented as soon as possible!!
Originally Posted By mickeycanuck Slightly off topic- but Cars arrives on DVD next week, as the first single disk ever from Pixar, but Wal*mart bundles it with a bonus disk of featurettes on the songs. Too bad I already preordered one from the Disney Store to get the prints set a month ago.
Originally Posted By basil fan Of course Disney (and other companies) are simply trying to make the most money possible. But they only burn themselves when they create the idea that it's necessary to wait and see whether a better version of a CD or DVD will be released soon after the first version. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/tarzan.html</a>
Originally Posted By fundog58 Apparently Target is also offering a bonus disc with Cars, although I don't believe it is the same one Wal Mart is offering. And I'm sure there are going to be others floating around out there3
