Who else hates bonus discs? - Page 2

ravma · 08-08-2006, 06:06 PM

Yep, same here. This is a national problem it seems. Someone put BB discs in the Target sets. I've gotten two sets with the BB disc.

The stickers on the outside CLEARLY say Target, and the UPC code on the back is DIFFERENT from the Best Buy one.

AnthonyC · 08-08-2006, 08:03 PM

Gord, you are my hero!

MarcoAD · 08-08-2006, 10:19 PM

I'm definitely part of the "No Exclusive Bonus Disk" camp. Just give us all the extra's available in the DVD set and put it in all stores. Exclusives are becoming ridiculous.

Will_B · 08-09-2006, 03:37 AM

In my estimation there have been two situations where a retailer exclusive bonus disc saved the day.

The Chronicles of Riddick looks very much like it was intended to be a 2-disc set all along. But maybe the film didn't do so well, and Sony nixed the second disc. Fortunately Best Buy stepped in and got that second disc for its exclusive 2-disc set (long since sold out, don't bother looking).

The Island looks like it may have been in the same situation - the film didn't do so well, and a second disc got nixed. WalMart stepped in and for the few who were fortunate enough to find it, they got the 2-disc version. (Again don't bother looking, this was nearly impossible to find even on the day of release).

I could be completely wrong of course. Those movies may have been planned as 2-disc sets for all retailers, but Best Buy and WalMart stepped in and said "if you drop the second disc from all other retailers, we'll buy a million."

But it _feels_ like maybe they did the reverse - restoring a second disc that the studio had decided to drop. Who knows the truth.

Brian Little · 08-09-2006, 04:07 AM

Even I'm sick of this whole "exclusive bonus disc" crap. Include the goods on EVERY copy or don't bother. Especially for someone like me who hates Best Buy with a passion.

Bob clamer · 08-09-2006, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Little

Even I'm sick of this whole "exclusive bonus disc" crap. Include the goods on EVERY copy or don't bother. Especially for someone like me who hates Best Buy with a passion.

Cool! Another Best Buy hater!

Bill_Nolan · 08-09-2006, 08:35 AM

I made a large chunk of change ebaying all the Star Trek bonus discs I had a couple of years ago, so I'm sort of a fan... Some went for more or almost as much as an entire set cost. Even the lame book-on-CD one sold for good money.

- Bill

Katherine_K · 08-09-2006, 09:24 AM

I'll add what I thought was an important bonus disc was the ER Season 4 bonus disc at Target had the East Coast version of Ambush. Now you might say that having two copies of the same episode is a waste, but as artifacts of how such things are filmed both versions are valuable. And just for my opinion... the east coast version was better. It was more frantic because they hadn't done it successfully yet and there was one prop that didn't get reset so there is a flaw in the West Coast version which is the one they included on the normal set.

Tarkin The Ewok · 08-09-2006, 10:28 AM

One solution I would like is to have the bonus disc available for sale directly from the studio after a certain amount of time. People are willing to pay outrageous prices for some bonus discs secondhand, so the studios may as well see some of that money.

Bob clamer · 08-09-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tarkin The Ewok

One solution I would like is to have the bonus disc available for sale directly from the studio after a certain amount of time. People are willing to pay outrageous prices for some bonus discs secondhand, so the studios may as well see some of that money.

Now that is a good idea. Only flaw I could see is that there would still be specially marked packaging and non specially marked packaging just to continue to confuse the consumer and would have to purchase the SMP's to get a coupon, order form or some kind of voucher to purchase the bonus content from the studios. Look at the "Alien Legacy" bonus material. When I bought the set when it was offered with a discount code from an on-line retailer after it had been out for awhile the coupon to buy the bonus material was expired. Never even knew there was a bonus disc by mail until I saw it in the pack. Nothing was advertised on the packaging. Did finally find on on ebay (of course) and had to pay a somewhat high price for it.

Lee Jamilkowski · 08-10-2006, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthonyC

Gord, you are my hero!

Ditto that. I sent nice e-mails to both with the idea of abandoning the bonus disc thing. I wonder what the response will be.