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I'm a little bit frustrated by the film distribution companies right now. Which company, it doesn't matter, because they're all complicit in their idiocy.
Sometimes, a film will have cult popularity, but not a critical mass of sales, and will thus receive the, "bare-bones," DVD treatment. Fans will then wait patiently for the special edition DVD, with all the features, with the film in its correct form, with a DTS soundtrack, whatever you fancy. But they will know, deep-down, that such a release may not be forthcoming, as the distributor had only really put the film on DVD because it had made an investment, and wanted to get some of it back.
Hence, we were never to expect Kill Bill, the integral edition, with bonus features and the all-colour Japanese slice-and-dice. We could hope, but such a release was only ever a rumour. The movie would never again be released to DVD. We all owned it, anyways, and they're still selling copies. Nevermind that Reservoir Dogs has been released three times, without a single change to the film itself. Don't think about Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, in the ubiquitious two-disc versions. Clearly, Miramax doesn't like Kill Bill, because they released the whole thing as two films, with one single featurette between the two of them.
And then, a "ray" of hope: while the films may never see DVD again (except, don't fool yourself into thinking they aren't still pumping out copies of the lousy initial releases, because Tarantino films sell like The Godfather) they are soon to be released on Blu-Ray.
And they're still bare-bones. Why?
I suppose when Grindhouse comes to Blu-Ray, it'll be, "the Grindhouse films," and not, as the film is actually titled, "Grindhouse." No reason to actually give us the film we saw in theatres (There were six of us in total), with the fake trailers and everything, because you've already got them encoded and ready to stamp onto disc.
Except, Blu-Ray's a whole new thing, and the project has to be re-built, almost from scratch. So they're actually putting in efforts to keep these releases crappy.
If they plan to charge us so much for films we already own, they should offer more than just 1080p Lossless HD sound LOLZ!!!!11!!!!!! with 18 language tracks and in-movie menus. We should actually get more bang for our buck, considering Blu-Rays can cost three or four times what the same film does on DVD, and with an upconverting player and a 720p TV, the difference is not all that obvious on some films.
In short, I want to see Kill Bill in all-colour, and I want to see the, "Don't" trailer again. And I want BD's to come down in price.
Sometimes, a film will have cult popularity, but not a critical mass of sales, and will thus receive the, "bare-bones," DVD treatment. Fans will then wait patiently for the special edition DVD, with all the features, with the film in its correct form, with a DTS soundtrack, whatever you fancy. But they will know, deep-down, that such a release may not be forthcoming, as the distributor had only really put the film on DVD because it had made an investment, and wanted to get some of it back.
Hence, we were never to expect Kill Bill, the integral edition, with bonus features and the all-colour Japanese slice-and-dice. We could hope, but such a release was only ever a rumour. The movie would never again be released to DVD. We all owned it, anyways, and they're still selling copies. Nevermind that Reservoir Dogs has been released three times, without a single change to the film itself. Don't think about Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, in the ubiquitious two-disc versions. Clearly, Miramax doesn't like Kill Bill, because they released the whole thing as two films, with one single featurette between the two of them.
And then, a "ray" of hope: while the films may never see DVD again (except, don't fool yourself into thinking they aren't still pumping out copies of the lousy initial releases, because Tarantino films sell like The Godfather) they are soon to be released on Blu-Ray.
And they're still bare-bones. Why?
I suppose when Grindhouse comes to Blu-Ray, it'll be, "the Grindhouse films," and not, as the film is actually titled, "Grindhouse." No reason to actually give us the film we saw in theatres (There were six of us in total), with the fake trailers and everything, because you've already got them encoded and ready to stamp onto disc.
Except, Blu-Ray's a whole new thing, and the project has to be re-built, almost from scratch. So they're actually putting in efforts to keep these releases crappy.
If they plan to charge us so much for films we already own, they should offer more than just 1080p Lossless HD sound LOLZ!!!!11!!!!!! with 18 language tracks and in-movie menus. We should actually get more bang for our buck, considering Blu-Rays can cost three or four times what the same film does on DVD, and with an upconverting player and a 720p TV, the difference is not all that obvious on some films.
In short, I want to see Kill Bill in all-colour, and I want to see the, "Don't" trailer again. And I want BD's to come down in price.