Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Spider-Man 3 out today - in multiple forms...

Well, the year's biggest box-office moneymaker, "Spider-Man 3", has now arrived on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It's out in no less than four different versions - single-disc full frame, single-disc widescreen, two-disc widescreen, and two-disc Blu-Ray format - so this should be a visual treat for the eyes. From what I have heard, the film's story is not up to snuff as the far superior "Spider-Man 2", but it made a boatload of money, so it should be worth checking out.

As if the above weren't enough to mention, Wal-Mart has an exclusive bonus disc with over 30 minutes of additional interviews and content not found in any of the other versions of the film. To add insult to injury, this bonus disc is packaged with the single-disc widescreen and full-frame versions of the film. That means if you want every last little bit of info on SM3, you're going to have to pony up the bucks to get the two-disc SE and the Wal-Mart release.

(This follows on the heels of Disney's reissue of "Cars" with yet another Wal-Mart exclusive bonus disc of 60 additional minutes of content. That's the second one in less than a year! What gives with these multiple dips of the same movie just to get every last bonus disc? Why couldn't Disney and Pixar do it right the first time and give everyone a two-disc set with the content from both of these bonus discs included as the second disc? It's all about one thing... money, money, money.)

In any event, as soon as I have my copy of "Spider-Man 3" in hand, I'll have the full review posted for everyone. (Oh, and don't forget to get your copy of the "Twin Peaks" Definitive Gold Box Edition today - 10 discs with all the episodes, the original TV pilot, the European theatrical cut with the alternate ending, and lots of exclusive bonus features! Of course, you'll have to hold onto your copies of the two previous season sets in order to have every last bonus feature that's not been ported over to the Gold Box - another head-scratcher of a multi-dip, but one that's worth getting for all the "Twin Peaks" goodness that's included.)

See you again soon!

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