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I know this is gonna sound like a bit of a rant, but why, oh why, do DVD's have to list scene access as an interactive feature. I haven't yet found a DVD which doesn't have scene access, (please feel free to correct me here) so why bother. Surely its like saying, this DVD has a film on it, or putting stickers on CD's saying: "YOU CAN SKIP TO ANY TRACK YOU WANT!!!!". No-one cares, its something that you take for granted. Basically its so that on the crummy DVD's with nothing extra on it, they can put something on the back of the box.
I don't know about the rest of you lot, but one of the main things I look for in a DVD is the extra features, that's one of the best bits right? Some DVD's have fantastic special features, like Men In Black, where you can re-edit certain scenes and compare them to the directos cut, etc. When some DVD's come with amazing stuff like this, why do we put up with "Scene Access" as the only features? I realise that the majority of these discs are for the older films which have more trouble getting hold of extra stuff, but come on.
Anyway, I've had my rant, let us know what you think!
I don't know about the rest of you lot, but one of the main things I look for in a DVD is the extra features, that's one of the best bits right? Some DVD's have fantastic special features, like Men In Black, where you can re-edit certain scenes and compare them to the directos cut, etc. When some DVD's come with amazing stuff like this, why do we put up with "Scene Access" as the only features? I realise that the majority of these discs are for the older films which have more trouble getting hold of extra stuff, but come on.
Anyway, I've had my rant, let us know what you think!
Mystique wrote:
> when you say hong kong do you mean the hong kong legneds DVDs or DVDs from hong
> kong?
cos the Hong Kong Legends have loads of extras
No. I don't actually like Hong Kong films very much (they are usually pretty brainless) but I am a big fan of Japanese movies. I buy the Hong Kong versions of Japanese movies because Japanese DVDs are so expensive (around 27 pounds each) whereas Hong Kong DVDs are usually 5 or 6 pounds.
> when you say hong kong do you mean the hong kong legneds DVDs or DVDs from hong
> kong?
cos the Hong Kong Legends have loads of extras
No. I don't actually like Hong Kong films very much (they are usually pretty brainless) but I am a big fan of Japanese movies. I buy the Hong Kong versions of Japanese movies because Japanese DVDs are so expensive (around 27 pounds each) whereas Hong Kong DVDs are usually 5 or 6 pounds.
Now its a tad silly, but I think back in the day they had a point. When everyone was using VHS, the ability to skip back and forward at will was quite cool. Now its old hat, but there's another extra which annoys me more "Interactive Menus". Why would that EVER matter? Where are all these people siting around extracting value from the fact the menu is "interactive"?
when you say hong kong do you mean the hong kong legneds DVDs or DVDs from hong kong?
cos the Hong Kong Legends have loads of extras
cos the Hong Kong Legends have loads of extras
I buy a lot of Hong Kong DVDs which rarely come with anything more than subtitles so I'm used to not getting extras. But I do agree with you; if a company can't be bothered to get additional material then they don't need to patronise us by writing 'EXTRA FEATURES: Box' or similar nonsense on the cover.
I know this is gonna sound like a bit of a rant, but why, oh why, do DVD's have to list scene access as an interactive feature. I haven't yet found a DVD which doesn't have scene access, (please feel free to correct me here) so why bother. Surely its like saying, this DVD has a film on it, or putting stickers on CD's saying: "YOU CAN SKIP TO ANY TRACK YOU WANT!!!!". No-one cares, its something that you take for granted. Basically its so that on the crummy DVD's with nothing extra on it, they can put something on the back of the box.
I don't know about the rest of you lot, but one of the main things I look for in a DVD is the extra features, that's one of the best bits right? Some DVD's have fantastic special features, like Men In Black, where you can re-edit certain scenes and compare them to the directos cut, etc. When some DVD's come with amazing stuff like this, why do we put up with "Scene Access" as the only features? I realise that the majority of these discs are for the older films which have more trouble getting hold of extra stuff, but come on.
Anyway, I've had my rant, let us know what you think!
I don't know about the rest of you lot, but one of the main things I look for in a DVD is the extra features, that's one of the best bits right? Some DVD's have fantastic special features, like Men In Black, where you can re-edit certain scenes and compare them to the directos cut, etc. When some DVD's come with amazing stuff like this, why do we put up with "Scene Access" as the only features? I realise that the majority of these discs are for the older films which have more trouble getting hold of extra stuff, but come on.
Anyway, I've had my rant, let us know what you think!