Rental versions getting ridiculous

[SpaceDog]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

I'm with you, ZeZe. If you aren't paying for the full version, you shouldn't get the full version. If you like the movie, it gives you incentive to buy the full version, features and all. I think that's completely fair.

I'm not tremendously offended by the lack of special features (though it is annoying). I'm much more annoyed by the lack of alternate cuts. A rental for me is either going to be a movie that I know I won't buy, or one that I might buy but am not yet comfortable enough with.

Should I buy Cowboys and Aliens sight unseen? No, never. Would I buy a Pixar movie sight unseen? Probably (though I've never not seen one by the time it hits home video).

My point is that removing certain features on rental version MIGHT hinder rather than encourage someone who would otherwise transition from a rental to a buy.