Great to see The Third Man getting released in Blu Ray format. A beautifully shot film that will no doubt delight in the extra pixels, great stuff. But, as an owner of the older version on standard DVD, I’m disappointed that double dip has come to Criterion. Maybe I’m just a crochety old man but I don’t like feeling like the greedy fox from nursery rhymes. ahhhh. How annoying, do I splash out again?, seems a bit crazy when I’m saving for the Marienbad release that’s approaching the horizon. May I be so bold to suggest that through this website, in the event of a case of dubble dip, the new extra features be made available for download to those who already own the earlier version? How to make that workable, I dunno, I’m just the ideas man…
I think I did a fairly good job muddy-ing the waters of my argument by failing to mention an important point. The publication of a new Blu Ray version I don’t see as unfair Double Dipping. That would be crazy and I would deserve to feel like a greedy fox from nursery rhymes. What irks me is the simultaneous release of a new standard version with more extra features. It irks me even more because I’m not sure I even have the right to feel this way.
I hadn’t, I admit, read the FAQs here before posting. I just figured it was such a crazy idea…. and I must say I am delighted to see a system of upgrade in place. Should we petition a similar system for standard versions re released with shiny new groovy/ badass extras?
As it must to all DVD, Double Dip came to Criterion... over 3 years ago
Great to see The Third Man getting released in Blu Ray format. A beautifully shot film that will no doubt delight in the extra pixels, great stuff. But, as an owner of the older version on standard DVD, I’m disappointed that double dip has come to Criterion. Maybe I’m just a crochety old man but I don’t like feeling like the greedy fox from nursery rhymes. ahhhh. How annoying, do I splash out again?, seems a bit crazy when I’m saving for the Marienbad release that’s approaching the horizon. May I be so bold to suggest that through this website, in the event of a case of dubble dip, the new extra features be made available for download to those who already own the earlier version? How to make that workable, I dunno, I’m just the ideas man…
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As it must to all DVD, Double Dip came to Criterion... over 3 years ago
I think I did a fairly good job muddy-ing the waters of my argument by failing to mention an important point. The publication of a new Blu Ray version I don’t see as unfair Double Dipping. That would be crazy and I would deserve to feel like a greedy fox from nursery rhymes. What irks me is the simultaneous release of a new standard version with more extra features. It irks me even more because I’m not sure I even have the right to feel this way.
I hadn’t, I admit, read the FAQs here before posting. I just figured it was such a crazy idea…. and I must say I am delighted to see a system of upgrade in place. Should we petition a similar system for standard versions re released with shiny new groovy/ badass extras?
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