Rental versions getting ridiculous

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by SpaceDog

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.

The way I see it though, the extended cut is just a glorified special feature of the main theatrical version of the movie. As others have pointed out, you could buy the movie, if you don't like it, sell it on eBay and make the money back. You'd be out something like $5, and that would be the $5 rental fee you would have paid. That might be your best course of action.