With a big part of customers slowly moving away from buying physical movies and watching them digitally through services like iTunes and Netflix something which was a big selling point for the physical formats were the special features and commentary tracks. The digital services usually only offer the movie itself, with no further access if you would like to know more about a specific film.
This week’s question:
Do you miss special features when it comes to watching movies digitally?
I DO!
I still buy Blu-Ray for film that have lots of special contents (esp criterion releases), but there are films that are hard to acquired and only available (or accessible) through iTunes for me.
Nice to hear…personally I hardly ever watch them, unless it really interests me. Then again…I recently got The Boxtrolls and the DVD didn’t have the extra’s I was interested in, which I then found on Youtube 😉
I always do. Apart from Out takes. I really hate them.
I love outtakes 😉
Nope. I hardly every watched them to begin with.
Me too, even though I feel some might be interesting (like the commentary soundtrack), I basically feel it’s usually a waste of time in which I could watch another film.
Yes, I do. Commentary tracks are not always stellar, but do show aspects of filmmaking that are quite interesting in general and in particular to the film being screened.
I guess they could add something in the way of appreciating a movie or getting to know interesting anecdotes…
I miss them greatly. The commentaries, making of, and additional features are the main reason why I still buy the blu-rays.
For those like you who love them I can imagine you miss them. But I think it is a minority of people who do…
Yeah, I don’t. Agree with Andrew up there.
I’m with you on that.
I don’t watch films through streaming services. If it’s a film I love and the DVD/Blu-Ray has some cool features. I’ll get it. I’ll still buy physical products because of that.
So you are still old school! 😉