Ryan McNeil
So for those of you who don’t know, I’m a rather avid DVD collector. I have more than anyone really needs, but I’d rather have a movie I know I love to distract me for two hours instead of my TV getting wasted on following some D-List celebrity around and watch them act foolish.
One of the quirks to my DVD collecting, is my taste for special editions. I don’t need all the bells and whistles for every title I buy (not much need to know how the stunts in DODGEBALL were achieved)…but for those movies that blew my hair back, I often want to have the best edition possible. The problem of course, is that this particular waiting game can be a real test of patience. I’m talking about the patience it takes to download the complete Dave Matthews Band bootlegs on a dial-up connection.
Once in a while I’ve snapped and immediately regretted it (KILL BILL comes to mind)…other times the wait has been well worth it. I give you BLADE RUNNER as my exhibit A.
BLADE RUNNER was one of the first movies released on DVD. It had no special features, which was odd for such a landmark film – especially one with two edits that audiences tend to love and hate in equal measure. I became a fan of this film about ten years back, but have never jumped on buying the DVD since I always felt there would be a special edition coming “eventually”. Well finally after ten years of waiting, “eventually” has arrived.
I spent much of this weekend watching the three-and-a-half hour making-of doc, and every bit of information learned was worth the wait. The interviews are fresh, thorough, and entertaining. If that wasn’t enough to get this particular geek a-tither, the package contains every edit of the movie ever done.
So let this serve as a lesson…rather than give studios your money twice, and sell off your unused skinny editions for a fraction of what you paid, wait it out, and the spoils will be yours in the end!
In Other Monday Morning News…
3:10 TO YUMA hits DVD shelves this week, along with a special edition of ZODIAC.
Looks like the Golden Globes might have to go on as an untelevised event (Variety)
Somehow, audiences can’t get enough Nicholas Cage (Y!)
The next 007 movie may not have a title yet, but it looks like it has a girl (RT)