I love all the DVD extra features... and I love how they're included on every DVD.
Like "alternate angle" -- remember how when DVD first came out, the ability to see some scenes from a different angle was touted as a ground-breaking extra? And now, every title has it and I use it on all of them!
And I can't count how many times I go through a movie listening to the director's commentary. I love to pay extra for such "extra features" that I really care about! Oh, mr. director, please tell me why you chose the color of that rock in the background! Oh, mr. director, I love to hear you laugh at your own jokes!
I wish they'd offer two versions of films: 1) Movie Only. Max price when new: $10. 2) Movie plus extras and interactivity and whatever else. Max price: who the hell cares, somebody will pay it.
...I am exaggerating a bit...but I completely agree with mda20. So many "extras" are all just hype and either end up never being put onto disks, or end up being sold on tons of disks, but never really used by the consumer. I think interactivity is going to be one of those. Sure, it might seem real neat to make your own cut of 300 or whatever...for about 5 minutes. Most people really are only interested in watching the movie.
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EQC @ May 7th 2008 5:03AM
no no! you're wrong!
I love all the DVD extra features... and I love how they're included on every DVD.
Like "alternate angle" -- remember how when DVD first came out, the ability to see some scenes from a different angle was touted as a ground-breaking extra? And now, every title has it and I use it on all of them!
And I can't count how many times I go through a movie listening to the director's commentary. I love to pay extra for such "extra features" that I really care about! Oh, mr. director, please tell me why you chose the color of that rock in the background! Oh, mr. director, I love to hear you laugh at your own jokes!
I wish they'd offer two versions of films:
1) Movie Only. Max price when new: $10.
2) Movie plus extras and interactivity and whatever else. Max price: who the hell cares, somebody will pay it.
...I am exaggerating a bit...but I completely agree with mda20. So many "extras" are all just hype and either end up never being put onto disks, or end up being sold on tons of disks, but never really used by the consumer. I think interactivity is going to be one of those. Sure, it might seem real neat to make your own cut of 300 or whatever...for about 5 minutes. Most people really are only interested in watching the movie.