Jeremy Conrad
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2000
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Anyone else think that New Line seriously deserves a tip of the hat when it comes to special edition DVDs with Infinifilm? I mean, seriously, these aren't second versions of previously released discs, but rather initial releases that are both packed with special features as well as show off much of the interactivity that was originally hyped up about the format when DVD was first being introduced. Oh, and the fact that New Line has them in regular keep cases instead of crappy carboard snappers doesn't hurt either!
Both Thirteen Days and 15 Minutes were good discs, and using those as a basis, can you imagine a 2-Disc killer Infinifilm edition of Fellowship of the Ring next summer? Whoa. Good job New Line.
On the other hand, I think Universal needs a serious whack upside the head for the "Ultimate Edition" crap that they have been attepting to shove down the face of consumers. Not only are these "Ultimate Edition" discs simply the original widescreen and full frame editions repackaged, any extras that they do add are simply not worth the asking price. I don't really think there are many people out there who bought the original widescreen release of a Universal DVD that would actually want to pay $30 for the full frame edition in addition to one or two new extras. BOO to you, Universal. And to think, Universal used to be one of the driving studios for the format back in the day (along with Warner, but I won't go into them in this post...).
[Edited last by Jeremy Conrad on August 26, 2001 at 04:59 PM]
Both Thirteen Days and 15 Minutes were good discs, and using those as a basis, can you imagine a 2-Disc killer Infinifilm edition of Fellowship of the Ring next summer? Whoa. Good job New Line.
On the other hand, I think Universal needs a serious whack upside the head for the "Ultimate Edition" crap that they have been attepting to shove down the face of consumers. Not only are these "Ultimate Edition" discs simply the original widescreen and full frame editions repackaged, any extras that they do add are simply not worth the asking price. I don't really think there are many people out there who bought the original widescreen release of a Universal DVD that would actually want to pay $30 for the full frame edition in addition to one or two new extras. BOO to you, Universal. And to think, Universal used to be one of the driving studios for the format back in the day (along with Warner, but I won't go into them in this post...).
[Edited last by Jeremy Conrad on August 26, 2001 at 04:59 PM]