Best Buy's Golden Compass bonus footage disc - DVD only!

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I was looking forward to get the Golden Compass tomorrow but because these bastards greedy studios, I will have to wait until for the proper Blu-Ray edition is release. Here's what Bill Hunt over at the Digital Bits Had to say:

And here's one more thing that's going to drive some of you crazy: We've learned that Best Buy is going to have an exclusive bonus disc with New Line's The Golden Compass: 2-Disc Platinum Edition on Tuesday, featuring "over 45 minutes worth of extra footage." In other words, it would seem, deleted scenes. The deleted scenes that aren't yet being restored to the movie itself... and which aren't included on the Blu-ray Disc version. Which means, there's going to be a double-dip one of these days (probably when the sequels show up in theatres, which we hear WILL happen because Compass made so much money internationally, even though it hasn't yet been officially announced). What's more, to our knowledge, the bonus disc is only available with the DVD version. In other words, if you're a Blu-ray fan... yes, you ARE getting screwed. You know, we don't mind retailer exclusives like special packaging or swag items, but when ACTUAL CONTENT is only available at a particular retailer - especially something this interesting to fans of the film - that just sucks. Period. Whoever made this decision at New Line or Warner should know better.

All right, anyway. Some things just piss a guy off. As a fan of movies on disc, you hate feeling like you're being taken advantage of, you know?