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The trailers make it look as if Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper are a couple, but it's Cooper and Eric Dane who are together.
Wow, I had no clue.
I have zero interest in that movie, except now I would very much like to see Eric Dane and Bradley Cooper kissing.
Matt,
for real? wow.
Wow... I'm kind of hating 20th Century Fox right now. I just found out they removed the special features from dvds for rental places like Netflix and Blockbuster. So we couldn't see the deleted scenes and alternate opening from Whip It, and there's nothing except previews on Jennifer's Body. So lame, Fox!
Really?! Wow. The extras on the dvds are sometimes the only reason that I want to rent the dvd rather than just stream. Guess I won't consider that anymore.
I don't think they're the only studio, since I had the same thing happen with Assassination of Jesse James, a WB release.
I guess they need some to give us some reason to buy rather than rent. If I am too impatient for a dvd release, I will usually Amazon unbox it and watch on the Roku. I did that with Mad Men season 3 and also with last season of 30 Rock. In both of those cases, I knew I'd also be buying the dvds when they came out, just for the commentary.
Aargh. But I totally don't rent instead of buying. Is that popular? If buying is the only way to get a commentary or extra feature, I probably just won't get it. Buying is a whole different level of affection for a movie or TV show.
But I'm guessing not everyone has the same approach to archival.
Oh I am with you, in general, ita. There are extremely few dvds that I want to own; Mad Men and 30 Rock are among the exceptions. It's infuriating that the dvd extras aren't being included on the rentals.
I have a fair amount of DVDs. I have DVDs I've never watched. But I also have a Netflix queue with over 350 discs and 90+ in the instant view queue. They are totally separate pursuits.
I'm curious to know if this will make a difference to their bottom line--it probably doesn't make a significant difference to their production costs to not include them, so it's all about strongarming the consumer into buying. But I just don't see it working.
Me either...I only buy my very favorite things, though.