Comments on: The Unfeelies http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1323 Jason Scott's Weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bob F http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1323/comment-page-1#comment-4999 Bob F Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:57:47 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1323#comment-4999 Ah yes, I somewhat agree with you. Remember the old Army of Darkness DVD? Some of those copies when you bought them came with a 'book of the living dead' cover made out of rubber or whatever. Really made that cheap movie stand out. I think those that short-change their DVD containers are just trying to minimize their losses. They most likely wanted to create this movie, but didn't want to pay out the ass if it didn't sell. Maybe they believed it wouldn't sell all along, so they didn't shell out the extra money on a polished product. Who knows.... Ah yes, I somewhat agree with you. Remember the old Army of Darkness DVD? Some of those copies when you bought them came with a ‘book of the living dead’ cover made out of rubber or whatever. Really made that cheap movie stand out.

I think those that short-change their DVD containers are just trying to minimize their losses. They most likely wanted to create this movie, but didn’t want to pay out the ass if it didn’t sell.

Maybe they believed it wouldn’t sell all along, so they didn’t shell out the extra money on a polished product. Who knows….

]]> By: Matt Arnold http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1323/comment-page-1#comment-4998 Matt Arnold Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:45:08 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1323#comment-4998 All I want is the bits and bytes, personally. Packaging is something I have to store, so I like the cardboard ones. I also like renting for this reason. I rip my purchased DVDs to backup disks and keep them in jewel cases, so my big plastic DVD cases full of mostly air can be stored out of sight. However, I also want to not pay as much when there is less packaging, and from the sound of it, they still charged you full price. I wouldn't like that either. Their verbiage about lending reflects a truly screwed up mentality. All I want is the bits and bytes, personally. Packaging is something I have to store, so I like the cardboard ones. I also like renting for this reason. I rip my purchased DVDs to backup disks and keep them in jewel cases, so my big plastic DVD cases full of mostly air can be stored out of sight.

However, I also want to not pay as much when there is less packaging, and from the sound of it, they still charged you full price. I wouldn’t like that either.

Their verbiage about lending reflects a truly screwed up mentality.

]]> By: Andy Baio http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1323/comment-page-1#comment-4997 Andy Baio Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:00:08 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1323#comment-4997 The theatrical release is the wedding, the DVD is the marriage. The theatrical release is the wedding, the DVD is the marriage.

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