JurassicBD Apr 23, 2020 Even double dips that offer substantial improvements over the previous releases, are mostly enticing only for die hard fans of the film and collectors with deep enough pockets to upgrade everything in their collection as much as they want. As nice as it is to see these getting attention from the actual studio that owns them, that can no doubt do a better job and charge a whole lot less than any boutique label, I can't imagine these will sell nearly as well as something that still hasn't even been released once on Blu-ray.



Still waiting on:



King Kong (1976)

Leap of Faith

Hunted

Another 48 Hours

What Women Want

Switchback

IQ

Nobody's Fool

Sabrina

Houseboat

Timeline



just to name a few...



We haven't moved to 4K yet, but even we see the hypocrisy in advertising a 4K scan, but not offering a 4K release. One can only assume they're withholding the 4K edition for a later date or worse, limiting it to digital, blatantly manipulating the market to move away from collectible media. Indeed, it almost appears as if they may have needed to do a new 4K scan for digital distribution and are just using a physical release to help offset the cost in a manner that, a: will actually sell (dvd collectors aren't exactly demanding of higher fidelity) and b: that is less likely to cut into digital sells from people who don't mind paying ownership prices for what amounts to a glorified rental. We might be lucky if the Hollywood money machine doesn't twist the pandemic into an excuse to justify ending their support for physical product that consumers can actually (legally) own.