Race to Witch Mountain DVD & Blu-Ray Discussion

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:05 pm

The BD-Live Prince Caspian Vignettes are short, though.

drfsupercenter · Post by **drfsupercenter** » Tue May 12, 2009 4:49 am

I agree with you, drfsupercenter. It would be much more convenient as a consumer to just have the menu appear first. However, as a business major who understands marketing, any studio would be stupid to do that. While it doesn't take a genius to hit the menu button and skip all previews to get to the movie, there are people out there who are either to lazy or who simply just don't know that they can skip the previews. So they will watch them and be informed on what else the studio has to offer in the next few months. It's a marketing opportunity that virtually costs nothing, aside from the cost of producing the add. Its the same principle behind sticking flyers in the cases to advertise releases as well.

I remember the early days of DVD when indeed, most studio DVDs started the movie automatically, before even taking you to the menu. In fact, the oldest Blu-Ray I have, Disney's Dinosaur, does the exact same thing... that disappointing Blu-Ray doesn't even have a menu. It has a pop-up menu that you have to use to change any settings or to access bonus features.

I know it's easier for them to put previews before the menu - what I hate is when they have a bunch of non-skippable stuff... including those pesky FBI warnings that most people just ignore (cough), the studio bumpers (I'm all for collecting bumpers, but I've seen them all 50000 times, I don't need to keep seeing them!), etc. Sometimes they prohibit you from pressing "menu" on the trailers so you have to chapter-seek them or even fast-forward.

I know of quite a few older releases, though, that did jump straight to the menu. The Criterion Collection does this for their discs (At least the ones I've seen) - where it just goes straight to the menu and you can have the movie started within 10 seconds. I guess they figure hardcore collectors who buy their releases have seen enough advertising for one lifetime.

Another bunch of DVDs that do it right, IMO, is the anime DVDs from Pioneer/Geneon, etc. Those display the FBI warnings when you pop the disc in, followed by a Pioneer (or Geneon, depending on the year) bumper, and then go straight to the menu. While you do have a wait a little bit, it's like 15 seconds total.

The BD-Live Prince Caspian Vignettes are short, though.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure BD-Live features are actually online and not on the disc itself. That means every time you watch those videos, they're streaming from an online server, like YouTube does. Therefore, they're not gonna be very long - it would just take too long to download. (Often times they're only 480p quality too, or lower)

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:35 pm

From BBFC...

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
Video Feature
Classified 17 June, 2009 .
Run Time 24m 11s

Widescreen,Additional material,RETAIL BONUS DISC,

00:04:18:01 DWAYNE'S WORLD
00:04:14:02 BANG IT UP
00:07:16:04 DIRECTOR'S JOURNAL
00:04:44:02 THE LOOK
00:03:27:14 ALEXANDER & ANN
00:00:11:00 DISNEY

Now the question is which retailer will get it. Target? Best Buy? Wal-Mart?

My money's on Target.

albert

goofystitch · Post by **goofystitch** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:01 pm

I hope it is offered with the Blu-Ray as well as the DVD. I think its funny that studios are pushing Blu-Ray hard, yet in-store bonus discs typically only come with the DVD (and Target is notorious for doing this).

The_Iceflash · Post by **The_Iceflash** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:02 am

Escapay wrote:From BBFC...

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
Video Feature
Classified 17 June, 2009 .
Run Time 24m 11s

Widescreen,Additional material,RETAIL BONUS DISC,

00:04:18:01 DWAYNE'S WORLD
00:04:14:02 BANG IT UP
00:07:16:04 DIRECTOR'S JOURNAL
00:04:44:02 THE LOOK
00:03:27:14 ALEXANDER & ANN
00:00:11:00 DISNEY

Now the question is which retailer will get it. Target? Best Buy? Wal-Mart?

My money's on Target.

albert

Nice.

@goofystitch: Maybe retail stores don't want to push it was much as the studios do.

goofystitch · Post by **goofystitch** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:50 pm

But even the stores make more money off of Blu-Ray sales than they do on DVD sales, so its really in their best interest to off the gift with purchase on both. Personally, if a store doesn't have a giveaway, I buy from Best Buy where I get Reward Zone points that turn into gift cards. If Best Buy is more expensive than Target, its usually only by a dollar or two and they take better care when stocking their movies. I'm sick of buying banged up cases from Target.

The_Iceflash · Post by **The_Iceflash** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:59 pm

goofystitch wrote:But even the stores make more money off of Blu-Ray sales than they do on DVD sales, so its really in their best interest to off the gift with purchase on both. Personally, if a store doesn't have a giveaway, I buy from Best Buy where I get Reward Zone points that turn into gift cards. If Best Buy is more expensive than Target, its usually only by a dollar or two and they take better care when stocking their movies. I'm sick of buying banged up cases from Target.

I heard right from a retailer that they don't like how much Disney charges per extra disc and how as a result how it makes it more difficult for them to mark down for customers. From them saying that, it makes more sense for them to make a promotion for the DVD version than the Blu-ray version as they don't have much marking down room/promotion room with BD's.

The_Iceflash · Post by **The_Iceflash** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:00 am

I'm probably going to get the single-disc version. Not enough bonus features to justify the purchase of the 2-disc (from what I saw only deleted scenes and bloopers.) I can't seem to figure out if there's going to be that retail bonus disc or not and where.

jrboy · Post by **jrboy** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:49 am

Coupons
$5.00 off dvd
$10.00 off blu-ray

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/livea ... l_coupon_a

The_Iceflash · Post by **The_Iceflash** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:40 pm

jrboy wrote:Coupons
$5.00 off dvd
$10.00 off blu-ray

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/livea ... l_coupon_a

Already bought it.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:45 pm

The_Iceflash wrote:I can't seem to figure out if there's going to be that retail bonus disc or not and where.

I checked the Target and Best Buy circulars and there's no mention of any. So unfortunately, it's probably likely it's an R2 retail exclusive, like the retail bonus disc for Prince Caspian. Caspian's was available from Zavvi's, I think.

Still, I'd rather have the retail bonus disc instead of a $5 coupon.

albert

stewie15 · Post by **stewie15** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:40 pm

Coupons
$5.00 off dvd
$10.00 off blu-ray

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/livea ... l_coupon_a

Sweet Imma saving $10! Thanks jrboy

Would you or anyone have any news on a Hannah Montana: The Movie coupon?

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:56 pm

I'm very selective of the movies that I buy. I'm renting this one.

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:47 pm

jrboy wrote:Coupons
$5.00 off dvd
$10.00 off blu-ray

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/livea ... l_coupon_a

Thanks for the link jrboy! I was thinking about picking up the movie, then I thought the price was a bit steep for the deluxe, but with the coupon I think I'll pick it up.

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:18 am

I'm just watching it on DVD and got a good laugh at a cameo I completely missed in the theater, "This is Natalie Gann reporting" said by Natty Gann her self, Meredith Salenger. Besides her, Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann, are there any other cameos?

kbehm29 · Post by **kbehm29** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:23 am

The_Iceflash wrote:
jrboy wrote:Coupons
$5.00 off dvd
$10.00 off blu-ray

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/livea ... l_coupon_a
Already bought it.

ME TOO! I hate it when they do this, because I saw the commercial for the coupon last night, and it's already on it's way from Amazon.com.
I feel cheated. I wish I would have thought to wait and see if there's a coupon.

CampbellzSoup · Post by **CampbellzSoup** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:14 pm

Blu Ray is 24.99 at Toys R Us, with the 10 dollar coupon it comes to 14.99 plus you get the DVD and Digital Copy of the film. PLUS you buy one Blu Ray you get the other half off...too bad I heard really awful things about this film or I'd be all over it.

AliceinWonderland · Post by **AliceinWonderland** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:54 pm

CampbellzSoup wrote:Blu Ray is 24.99 at Toys R Us, with the 10 dollar coupon it comes to 14.99 plus you get the DVD and Digital Copy of the film. PLUS you buy one Blu Ray you get the other half off...too bad I heard really awful things about this film or I'd be all over it.

it wasnt that bad. alot better than Return to Witch Mountain

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:06 am

So the DVD that is in with the Blu-ray pack, is the Deluxe 2-Disc DVD Version right? Not the Single Disc Dersion? Correct? If so, I will be buying my first blu-ray today!

AliceinWonderland · Post by **AliceinWonderland** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:41 pm

Yes, It is best to buy the blu-ray version at ToysRUs for $25 minus the $10 coupon from disney
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/livea ... l_coupon_a
The bluray set come with the bluray, a dvd copy of the movie, plus a digital copy.

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