"Special edition" craziness

I just noticed on www.dvdpricesearch.com that the "special edition"
(commentary and whatnot) of The Princess Bride is *cheaper* than the
earlier bare-bones edition. Anybody know of any other such cases (don't
count Superbit titles as "bare bones")?

Also, what's the lamest idea of a "special edition" (or "collector's
edition" or whatever) that you've seen? It's pretty silly in the first
place to label a release the special edition when it's the only release
of that movie in the region..
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Grand Inquisitor

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:39:44 GMT, Grand Inquisitor
<> wrote:
>Also, what's the lamest idea of a "special edition" (or "collector's
>edition" or whatever) that you've seen? It's pretty silly in the first
>place to label a release the special edition when it's the only release
>of that movie in the region..

Possibly the so-called "special edition" of STARSHIP TROOPERS. I
bought the DVD on sale at Wal-Mart for nine bucks, and shortly
afterwards I learned (from this newsgroup - thank you, folks) that the
newer "special edition" of the DVD contains EXACTLY THE SAME features
as the one I bought: director's commentary, deleted scenes, trailers,
and mini-documentary. So in essence, I purchased the "special
edition" for all of nine dollars.

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Modemac

"Modemac" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Possibly the so-called "special edition" of STARSHIP TROOPERS. I
> bought the DVD on sale at Wal-Mart for nine bucks, and shortly
> afterwards I learned (from this newsgroup - thank you, folks) that the
> newer "special edition" of the DVD contains EXACTLY THE SAME features
> as the one I bought: director's commentary, deleted scenes, trailers,
> and mini-documentary. So in essence, I purchased the "special
> edition" for all of nine dollars.

The Starship Troopers SE disc contains a number of new features not
found on the original release including a new cast commentary, composer
commentary, "Death from Above" documentary and several production
featurettes.

The original disc did have a bunch of good features on its own, all of
which are retained on the SE, but the SE has more and is a newer video
transfer.

Joshua Zyber

In article <4%cub.18244$>, Grand Inquisitor
<> wrote:

> I just noticed on www.dvdpricesearch.com that the "special edition"
> (commentary and whatnot) of The Princess Bride is *cheaper* than the
> earlier bare-bones edition. Anybody know of any other such cases (don't
> count Superbit titles as "bare bones")?
>
That normally means the first edition was released back when dvds were
priced higher then is the norm now, and the remaining disks are still
counted at that higher price in the stores inventory. It reminds me of
the classic case of the first AnimEigo anime release on VHS, Madox-01.
The 40 minute show was released with a price of $40, and remained at
that price until the entire inventory was gone and it was re-printed at
a cheaper price. Thus, by the end you had that show being listed at
around 4 times the cost-per-minute of other anime

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In article <4%cub.18244$>,
Grand Inquisitor <> wrote:

> the "special edition" of The Princess Bride is *cheaper* than the
> earlier bare-bones edition. Anybody know of any other such cases?

Many, many stores are still selling the bare bones version of Wrath
of Khan (and probably other trek movies) for more than the special
editions they're releasing now.

Cernovog

The 'Ultimate Edition' of Patch Adams. Boy was that crying out for a
release...

John

"Grand Inquisitor" <> wrote in message
news:4%cub.18244$...
> I just noticed on www.dvdpricesearch.com that the "special edition"
> (commentary and whatnot) of The Princess Bride is *cheaper* than the
> earlier bare-bones edition. Anybody know of any other such cases (don't
> count Superbit titles as "bare bones")?
>
> Also, what's the lamest idea of a "special edition" (or "collector's
> edition" or whatever) that you've seen? It's pretty silly in the first
> place to label a release the special edition when it's the only release
> of that movie in the region..
> --
> "Get rid of the Range Rover. You are not responsible for patrolling
> Australia's Dingo Barrier Fence, nor do you work the Savannah, capturing
> and tagging wildebeests."
> --Michael J. Nelson
>
> Grand Inquisitor
> http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=Oost
>

GI,
Since I abhor J-Lo, her inability to act can be sometimes almost
comically entertaining. No better examples of this exists than in two great
SE's that should have never existed- "Anaconda: Superbit Edition" (no, I'm
not making this up <ggg.>) and "Enough- Special Edition WS" which contains
TWO commentaries! Fortune shines on me that at least J-Lo doesn't
participate in the commentary discussion.. Imagine if she did, a person
could be forced to endure watching "Enough" three times. I'm sure the Geneva
Convention would consider that some form of torture.
All the best, Mike

Mike Davis

Grand Inquisitor <> wrote in message news:<4%cub.18244$>...
> I just noticed on www.dvdpricesearch.com that the "special edition"
> (commentary and whatnot) of The Princess Bride is *cheaper* than the
> earlier bare-bones edition. Anybody know of any other such cases (don't
> count Superbit titles as "bare bones")?
>
> Also, what's the lamest idea of a "special edition" (or "collector's
> edition" or whatever) that you've seen? It's pretty silly in the first
> place to label a release the special edition when it's the only release
> of that movie in the region..


The lamest idea of a "special edition" has to be the edition that has
no other releases to compare it to. Thus, negating any special-ness
on it's part. Can't think of any off the top of my head, but since I
seem to spend every freakin' Tuesday lunch hour at Best Buy, I know
I've SEEN a few in my day.

The _silliest_ is probably "The Chosen Edition" of Kung Pow: Enter the
Fist. But then, that's INTENTIONALLY silly.

Dennis

Dennis Kuhn

Modemac <> writes:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:39:44 GMT, Grand Inquisitor
> <> wrote:
> >Also, what's the lamest idea of a "special edition" (or "collector's
> >edition" or whatever) that you've seen? It's pretty silly in the first
> >place to label a release the special edition when it's the only release
> >of that movie in the region..
>
> Possibly the so-called "special edition" of STARSHIP TROOPERS. I
> bought the DVD on sale at Wal-Mart for nine bucks, and shortly
> afterwards I learned (from this newsgroup - thank you, folks) that the
> newer "special edition" of the DVD contains EXACTLY THE SAME features
> as the one I bought: director's commentary, deleted scenes, trailers,
> and mini-documentary. So in essence, I purchased the "special
> edition" for all of nine dollars.

The latest release has a separate music track and commentary
by the composer, Basil Poledouris. That alone was enough for me
to buy the disc. The official soundtrack album (by Varese Sarabande)
was unsatisfactory and missed maybe 15-20 minutes worth of good music.

It also has many other features not present in the original
release (2nd commentary by Verhoeven and some of the
cast, for instance).

--
Paikka on varattu
vali deille
an uksille

Pentti Lajunen

<< The lamest idea of a "special edition" has to be the edition that has
no other releases to compare it to. Thus, negating any special-ness
on it's part. >>

When "From Hell" came out originally, it was available in the 2-disc SE, and
then a month or two later they came out with the single disc edition...
sometimes when a title is released and called an SE, it's because there is plan
for a different release down the line... or as in Criterion's case, where they
will issue a movie and let it go out of print (DC of "RoboCop" comes to mind).

Just a thought.

Wade365