"STAR TREK Into Darkness" - 2013

[X]

Here is the thing. They have those collections at various locations not for you to rush out and and buy them all. It's to entice you into the store that has the one that you want. They've been doing it for games for a long time and it works. It's an incentive for a store to get bodies into it. The intent isn't to force anyone to double dip. Hell, I'd be surprised if the amount of people doing so is even a fraction of a percentage of the purchases.

I went with the digital copy for the sole reason of not having to worry about extras. I used to be big on the extras, but I have rarely watched them more than once or twice. It makes better sense for me to go digital for the films I want to own and then add a physical copy for the ones I want to sit on my shelves.

Nothing is a convenient as having all of my digital collection with me where ever I go. I think I'm well into the triple digits of movies and shows that I own digitally. Had I had to keep them in the house, I'd be running out of space soon.

[ChrisMC]

Most of my DVDs I have in binders, uses us very little space. I bought the Star Wars blus and the LOTR extended almost solely for the special features...but most movies I could care less. The special features on the Jaws blu-ray were well worth upgrading to bluray for...there's a whole 2 hour doc on it! I have bought a couple movies digitally, and probably will do more in the future, but since most releases have some digital component I get the hard copy and the digital.

[Bryancd]

Yeah, I only want all the bells and whistles in my most favorite films like STAR WARS, LOTR, Certain TREK, ALIEN, JAWS, but the rest, nah.

[Rico]

Still like having physical media.  These discs/boxes are not that big.  I have a ton of movies and music on disc and they just all fit nicely in a closet.  As far as the extras, I don't watch a ton of them either but I like to have them if I want to see them and not need 3 or 4 different copies to see certain extra features.  To me, it's the principle of the thing.  And like I said on yesterday's podcast I think it sends out the wrong message and encourages people to just watch this stuff on Youtube or in other ways.

P.S.  One other plus of having physical media is I can convert it and use it on any device.  I'm not tied to one digital eco-system. 

[Ensign Random]

Into Darkness finally came out in theatres in Japan, so I just got to see. I already knew all about it b/c I couldn't avoid it. Still, I had fun, which is all I ask of a movie. So I will dutifully buy my Blu-Ray.:) and I downloaded the soundtrack because I'm really into movie music.
Was it just me or did that Klingon leader that confronted Uhura look similar to the guy who played Worf's brother Kurn? (Tony Todd, I think)

[Dangelus]

I'm sure I read that it was Tony.

[Jobydrone]

I used to INHALE audio commentaries when DVD first came out and the feature was new and exciting.  It was so cool hearing the actors and production crew talk about the behind the scenes stuff you never heard about anywhere else, giving you an insiders glimpse behind the curtain of the making of your favorite movies.  Off the top of my head, my favorites were the Kevin Smith DVD releases, the Ghostbusters DVD, and of course the LOTR special editions.  Nowadays though, that information is just out there easily found almost anywhere you look.  Deleted scenes wind up on You Tube before the physical media is even released, and websites and magazines dedicated to entertainment cover these movies exhaustively throughout the entire production process.  So the bloom has been off the rose for quite a number of years now.  I just don't have time or the inclination to watch a movie just to hear the commentary tracks anymore.  I get my fill of audio commentaries from this podcast anyway!

[Rico]

Here's a really good run down on the video exclusives on each retail package.

http://trekcore.com/blog/2013/09/into-darkness-exclusives-part-i-video-vam/

[WillEagle]

I like the extras but normally just watch them once. I hardly ever listen to the commentaries. Looks like the Target one for me unless I can swing it for the Wal-Mart with the 'Vengeance'. If I remember correctly they did this with Avengers also.

[Rico]

Amazon package set has arrived!   :biggrin

[WillEagle]

Nice! I hope to pick up the Target one with the 70minutes of extras. It is supposed to have a exclusive cover but the one my boss bought today didn't have it.

[ChrisMC]

Nice! I hope to pick up the Target one with the 70minutes of extras. It is supposed to have a exclusive cover but the one my boss bought today didn't have it.

You have to look for it. They had it at the front of the store here but not in electronics.

[moyer777]

Watched the movie last night on Blu Ray and a few of the extras.  Sure is action packed.. but after hearing all the nit picks it kind of spoiled it for me now.. they all stand out like sore thumbs now.  LOL!  Visually beautiful.... but plot.... ewwww.   

[Dangelus]

Watched the movie last night on Blu Ray and a few of the extras.  Sure is action packed.. but after hearing all the nit picks it kind of spoiled it for me now.. they all stand out like sore thumbs now.  LOL!  Visually beautiful.... but plot.... ewwww.   

I couldn't have said it better! :)

Is it true the commentary track is only available on the iTunes version?

[Rico]

You can nitpick anything.  I still enjoy this film quite a bit.  And yes, the commentary track I think is limited - might be iTunes only.  As I've been saying there are more versions of this one film release than all the Star Wars releases combined!  LOL! 
Well, maybe not quite that many.  :)