Doesn’t it just burn you up..
When you wait 18 months for something and you realise at the end of that time frame, what you’ve been waiting for just isn’t going to happen. Or at least it looks that way. And it simply isn’t worth waiting for anymore. You’ll be waiting forever, or you’ll miss out. So you give up on the whole idea of it, relegate it to the back of your mind and succumb to temptation. Its simply not going to happen, the powers-that-be have prevented you from taking hold and grasping it with both hands. So you do it. You buy that one DVD that just never seems to come down in price.
A couple of months ago, I bit the bullet and purchased Spider-Man 2. For a year and a half, it remained on the shelves everywhere. Stacks of copies, retailers had them littering the isles like it was going to be the most successful DVD of all time. It was one of the greatest movies of the comic-book conversion genre, so it wasn’t such a stretch to imagine this was possibility - but there was just one problem. The price tag. The cheapest I had ever seen the plain and simple, no-frills version was $40.99.
Too expensive for what was realistically, a 2 year old film.
Then one day, strolling though the DVD racks at Myer, I stumbled upon a Collectors Edition.
It included;
- Spider-Man 2 Collector’s Edition 2 disc set DVD
- High quality premium collectible packaging
- Exclusive Limited Edition portfolio of artwork - over 25 well know comic book artists created artwork inspired by ‘Spider-Man 2′ specifically for, and only available in this pack
- Concept to Screen Comparison’ Portfolio - view the transformation of various scenes from sketches and concepts to images from the final production
- Postcard Collection of ‘Spider-Man 2′ artwork - 5 postcards which feature original artwork used in the theatrical advertising campaign
- Spider-Man - No More’ Comic Book - reduced size reprinting of the original comic book in which Peter Parker decides to give up being Spider-Man
My jaw hit the floor and I owned it a few minutes later.
So imagine my dismay, just a couple of months later, when I see this appear on the EzyDVD website.
… Spider-Man 2.1 - Extended Edition (2 Disc Set) …
$17.83… Argh! And over 8 minutes of extra footage! How can one go through life not having seen all a movie can offer?! Especially when its Marvel comics’ Spiderman!
Is it crazy to re-buy a film you already own? I have done it once before when the Sin City - Recut And Extended (2 Disc Box Set) edition arrived. And it didn’t feel so bad then.
There’s film fanatic, there’s DVD enthusiast.. but does it ever cross the line into downright blasphemous DVD craziness?
Help me.
My name is ScottyB and I’m a DVDoholic.
kate said,
March 31, 2007 @ 11:44 pm
I hope you bought it. It would be a dame shame if you actually left that 8 minutes sitting on that shelf for some other weeny little dvd fanatic to pick it up and go ‘gee what a bargain! awesome’ not saying ur a weeny little dvd fanatic babe
It has to be said. Your blog is keeping me from doing my assignment. thanks very much scott. unfortunately i am only 37 words further than the last sms, and that was approximately 20 minutes ago. Thats like what? according to my trusty phone calculator 1.85 words per minute. I wish i could say they were long words
ScottyB said,
April 1, 2007 @ 12:05 am
Its not out until April 4th, hun.. but I probably will buy it, I gotta say!
It will end up going on the shelf with my other DVD’s while the Collectors one can stay in the box it came in.. will work out perfectly haha…
‘Weeny’ and ‘Little’ should never appear in the same sentence Kate. Especially when talking to a man
PMSL.. yes. You should be doing your assignment. What’s with all these SMS’es too? Start typing!! If you’re not careful, I’ll ring you up soon and give you a telling off
kate said,
April 1, 2007 @ 12:24 am
oo can u ring me? Im bored. I am sick and tired of writing about the communication models and how they are and arent mutually exclusive and…eeeehhhhhh!!!
dr. phil told me that. and trust me - no need to honey hahaha
and weeny and little are only taking into that context because u have issues about your manhood
vanwall said,
April 1, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
ScottyB -
Keep an eye out when you view the interviews from the Comic-Con on the Extras DVD - my son Brian is on that one - he’s the blonde kid with spiky hair. Lucky little stiff!
Kate, darlin’, -
You’re gonna gimme a stroke here - I know, luscious babes posting suggestively is the reason the WWW exists, but have a heart, honey, we is only human.