well, that answers that. good.

[acroyear]

Movies: Bonus Points - May 13, 2008 (washingtonpost.com):

But the question all consumers must ask before plunking down that precious 50 bucks is: Do I already own the Indiana Jones collection released in 2003? If the answer is yes, then there is no reason to buy the new one. All three of the movies -- "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" -- look exactly as they did on the previous collection; none of them has been remastered since then. And while the bonus features on the newer model are decent, they don't veer anywhere near the greatness of the two-hour making-of documentary found on the first Indy DVD, which boasted tons of behind-the-scenes material and footage of other actors (Tom Selleck! Sean Young!) auditioning for the leads in "Raiders."

Comments

[marauderosu.livejournal.com]

I didn't plan on buying those new DVDs anyway.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

well, i'm a collector, but i hate paying for the same real estate twice (to quote Patton), so it gets annoying when a later dvd release has bonus features that overwhelmingly make it necessary to buy the title again.

even more annoying when a good extra on the earlier release is NOT included on the new one.

Disney can be horrid at that.

i've bought 3 copies of Mary Poppins, each better than the prior, but i have to keep the middle one 'cause it has an extra not on the 40th anniversary issue.

at least Peter Pan included everything from the special edition when it went platinum last year. i'm still worried about what might be left off of Sleeping Beauty this fall.