So.. anyone else annoyed Blu-rays get no goodies like DVD? - Blu-ray Forum

nik · 12-11-2008, 03:33 AM

I'm not talking extras on the disc.

But for example Dark Knight:

HMV - Had a special DVD edition in a "batmask"
Walmart - Had a double pack DVD (seperate disc with special extras)
Blockbuster - Had a pretty thick "batman journal" with the DVD movie, looked neat.
FS - Had a batpod model with its DVD edition.

What gives? If anything, I would think they want us to dive into blu-ray why the heck don't they save the goodies for us folks who fork over the extra bucks to get it on the blu-ray? I'm guessing they want us to buy both versions (collectors anyway).

I suppose I should not be surprised at this shameless money grab, and it gives them the chance to "double dip" another release.

Starting to understand why lots of people say "why bother just download it", not that I agree, but I have the usual freinds who wait for the edition they want to come out, be it "ultra chrome megaton red/green shiny magic fantastic rainbow edition" or whatever.

owa · 12-11-2008, 03:43 AM

Edit: Good to see you changed your comment before I submitted since that's quite a jump. Anyway...

As for TDK, they did have "goodies". At Best Buy they had a joker mask, batman mask, a bat-pod and a joker playing card. At Target they had a case shaped like a batman mask (like the Iron Man mask case they had).

nik · 12-11-2008, 03:58 AM

Yes, sorry for the confusion, this post was ment for the canadian part of the forum!

You guys in the states always get the good stuff! I guess I'll be buying online from now on!

Trix · 12-11-2008, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by nik

FS - Had a batpod model with its DVD edition.

Eh, I bought my batpod at FS, and it was definitly the blu-ray batpod. Not to mention they had the steelcase special edition.

dgator783 · 12-11-2008, 04:11 AM

just relax and have a Molson eh?....maybe all this canadian rage is from not winning Lord's Stanley in about 15-20 years eh?....release this maple leaf a John Candy film and all will be forgiven (hopefully a classic like Uncle Buck eh?)

nik · 12-11-2008, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by dgator783

just relax and have a Molson eh?....maybe all this canadian rage is from not winning Lord's Stanley in about 15-20 years eh?....release this maple leaf a John Candy film and all will be forgiven (hopefully a classic like Uncle Buck eh?)

racist!

Scoryr · 12-11-2008, 12:23 PM

think back to when DVD was in its infancy- what kind of bonuses did you get then?it's coming... just give it some time. it's not like DVD doesn't pull the double- and triple dip!

Scoryr · 12-11-2008, 12:26 PM

nik- Canada is a nation not a race. i'm Canadian, i don't take offense- just laugh at their ignorance. at least the guy knows something about Canadians. nothing wrong with chilling and having a Molson's.

Scoryr · 12-11-2008, 12:27 PM

Hey dgator how are your lightning doing?

#Darren · 12-11-2008, 12:28 PM

no, because i don't want the goodies

Lucy Diamond · 12-11-2008, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by nik

Yes, sorry for the confusion, this post was ment for the canadian part of the forum!

You guys in the states always get the good stuff! I guess I'll be buying online from now on!

Actually, I just bought a steelbook edition of The Dark Knight from one of your countrymen a couple of days ago. Only you guys got that one.

Also...thank you for Kristen Kreuk!!!

Is it me, or are allllllllll Canadian actresses brutally, unbelievably...smoking freakin hot!?!?!

Ippiki Okami · 12-11-2008, 08:05 PM

What I want to know is why aren't movie studios just releasing extras and special editions just on blu-ray and have just regular "movie only" versions on DVD?!

Don't studios believe in blu-ray??

Navster · 12-11-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dgator783

just relax and have a Molson eh?....maybe all this canadian rage is from not winning Lord's Stanley in about 15-20 years eh?....release this maple leaf a John Candy film and all will be forgiven (hopefully a classic like Uncle Buck eh?)

Actually regardless whether or not Canada hasent won a cup in a while, majority of the players on the U.S teams are Canadian, so do some research before you start making an ignorant comment like that!

Hockey is a canadian sport and and very exciting one as well... I dont know what your comment has to do with blu-ray anyway...

Mr. HiDef · 12-11-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nik

Yes, sorry for the confusion, this post was ment for the canadian part of the forum!

You guys in the states always get the good stuff! I guess I'll be buying online from now on!

yeah we never get steel books

nolfoc · 12-11-2008, 08:46 PM

personally i do not really care about the goodies or extras.. i rather have amazing PQ and AQ any day

snipemonkey · 12-11-2008, 08:46 PM

The studios have to hold back so they can "force" us to double-dip later on. I mean, I really don't think there's going to be a whole wave of "remastered" blu-rays down the road since the transfers are pretty much right-on the first time (mostly). Extra features are all they have to motivate re-buying with this format!

djluis2k6 · 12-11-2008, 09:14 PM

DVD was a major upgrade from VHS, and I believe the special packaging was a marketing strategy. Blu-Ray sells itself, it doesn't need to have the fancy casing to sell it.

nik · 12-11-2008, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoryr

nik- Canada is a nation not a race. i'm Canadian, i don't take offense- just laugh at their ignorance. at least the guy knows something about Canadians. nothing wrong with chilling and having a Molson's.

Make that a sleemans I'm golden. I wasn't really taking offence, guys like that just assume random canadian facts are insults I suppose. John Candy kicks ass by the way!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucy Diamond

Actually, I just bought a steelbook edition of The Dark Knight from one of your countrymen a couple of days ago. Only you guys got that one.

Also...thank you for Kristen Kreuk!!!

Is it me, or are allllllllll Canadian actresses brutally, unbelievably...smoking freakin hot!?!?!

Steelbook looked ok. I opted for the regular bluray package, although I'm interested in it now only because slip covers are very annoying.

Quote:

Originally Posted by djluis2k6

DVD was a major upgrade from VHS, and I believe the special packaging was a marketing strategy. Blu-Ray sells itself, it doesn't need to have the fancy casing to sell it.

Oh I don't know, bluray cases look nicer then regular DVD cases!

djluis2k6 · 12-11-2008, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nik

Oh I don't know, bluray cases look nicer then regular DVD cases!

Well yeah they do, and that's fine. But I mean as far as any extra packaging.

Sky_Captain · 12-12-2008, 10:31 AM

Steelbooks are good, the other tacky nonsense I can do without.

12-11-2008, 03:33 AM	#1
nik Member Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:4	So.. anyone else annoyed Blu-rays get no goodies like DVD? I'm not talking extras on the disc. But for example Dark Knight: HMV - Had a special DVD edition in a "batmask" Walmart - Had a double pack DVD (seperate disc with special extras) Blockbuster - Had a pretty thick "batman journal" with the DVD movie, looked neat. FS - Had a batpod model with its DVD edition. What gives? If anything, I would think they want us to dive into blu-ray why the heck don't they save the goodies for us folks who fork over the extra bucks to get it on the blu-ray? I'm guessing they want us to buy both versions (collectors anyway). I suppose I should not be surprised at this shameless money grab, and it gives them the chance to "double dip" another release. Starting to understand why lots of people say "why bother just download it", not that I agree, but I have the usual freinds who wait for the edition they want to come out, be it "ultra chrome megaton red/green shiny magic fantastic rainbow edition" or whatever. Last edited by nik; 12-11-2008 at 03:38 AM.

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12-11-2008, 03:43 AM	#2
owa Blu-ray Knight Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 96	Edit: Good to see you changed your comment before I submitted since that's quite a jump. Anyway... As for TDK, they did have "goodies". At Best Buy they had a joker mask, batman mask, a bat-pod and a joker playing card. At Target they had a case shaped like a batman mask (like the Iron Man mask case they had).

12-11-2008, 03:58 AM	#3
nik Member Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:4	Yes, sorry for the confusion, this post was ment for the canadian part of the forum! You guys in the states always get the good stuff! I guess I'll be buying online from now on!

12-11-2008, 04:11 AM	#5
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	just relax and have a Molson eh?....maybe all this canadian rage is from not winning Lord's Stanley in about 15-20 years eh?....release this maple leaf a John Candy film and all will be forgiven (hopefully a classic like Uncle Buck eh?)

12-11-2008, 12:23 PM	#7
Scoryr Member Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray collection:166	think back to when DVD was in its infancy- what kind of bonuses did you get then?it's coming... just give it some time. it's not like DVD doesn't pull the double- and triple dip!

12-11-2008, 12:26 PM	#8
Scoryr Member Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray collection:166	nik- Canada is a nation not a race. i'm Canadian, i don't take offense- just laugh at their ignorance. at least the guy knows something about Canadians. nothing wrong with chilling and having a Molson's.

12-11-2008, 12:27 PM	#9
Scoryr Member Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray collection:166	Hey dgator how are your lightning doing?

12-11-2008, 12:28 PM	#10
#Darren Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:1471 Blu-ray reviews: 62	no, because i don't want the goodies

12-11-2008, 08:05 PM	#12
Ippiki Okami Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Syndicate HQ :D	What I want to know is why aren't movie studios just releasing extras and special editions just on blu-ray and have just regular "movie only" versions on DVD?! Don't studios believe in blu-ray??

12-11-2008, 08:46 PM	#15
nolfoc Banned Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 108 Trading Score:49	personally i do not really care about the goodies or extras.. i rather have amazing PQ and AQ any day

12-11-2008, 08:46 PM	#16
snipemonkey Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:791 Blu-ray collection:3124 DVD collection:102 MA collection:556 Digital collection:272 iTunes collection:24 Prime collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:2	The studios have to hold back so they can "force" us to double-dip later on. I mean, I really don't think there's going to be a whole wave of "remastered" blu-rays down the road since the transfers are pretty much right-on the first time (mostly). Extra features are all they have to motivate re-buying with this format!

12-11-2008, 09:14 PM	#17
djluis2k6 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007	DVD was a major upgrade from VHS, and I believe the special packaging was a marketing strategy. Blu-Ray sells itself, it doesn't need to have the fancy casing to sell it.

12-12-2008, 10:31 AM	#20
Sky_Captain Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:17	Steelbooks are good, the other tacky nonsense I can do without.

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