rich_d
Senior HTF Member
I don't think that the double-dip is a big thing as NBNW was a reasonably priced DVD (certainly when compared to lessor offerings from Universal). However, this averaging info is poor logic. Purchasing a disc in a box set that you already have is still double-dipping and paying for something you don't need. To your logic about the box set being lower than paying for the film individually .... sophistry. If the NBNW disc was not in the box set the MSRP would even be lower - reducing the cost to the many Hitch fans that already have the disc.
Now, if they were to have changed the existing NBNW disc, adding value - that would be something else. For example, that disc was an early digital effort where the Lowry group (that worked on it) even admits that they overdid the cleanup - losing film grain. This isn't a critism, just a fact. As they learned, they got better. Yet, WB rather than revisit and improve the disc for the box set take a pass. So, those of us that are big fans of the film (and let's face it, this is WB's biggest Hitch title) will be seeing another version of this DVD, down the road, regardless of HD-DVD or the like.
Overall, I guess I'm not as excited about this as others. Sure, I'm glad to get Dial M. But what about that knock-down drag-out discussion with the 3D proponents of the film a few months back? Why aren't we hearing their concerns about getting both versions of the film? Why isn't that DVD release like the proposed Strangers on the Train?
For those excited about Stranger on a Train getting the "WB two-disc treatment" we will have to wait and see. Seems likely that the only reason that this is getting a two disc set is that the current released version of the DVD has two version of the film on it. I don't see any evidence that we're talking a Casablanca quality two-disc set here. Hopefully, I'm wrong. Of course, if I'm wrong and they wanted to make this DVD a truly special release, then I guess we will be getting the same treatment for NBNW at some point.