Movie studios suck. This isn’t a news flash to anyone. They put out some really crappy movies with some VERY weird people in it and then lament that we won’t spend our hard earned money to see said crab. But yet, they still get my money; either by the small fortune I hand over each time we see a movie (“Mommy, why can’t I go to college?” “Because you wanted to see How to Train You Dragon in 3-D when you are 8. Life is about choices, sweetie. And to answer your first question, no, I don’t want fries with that.”) or through Netflix (ALL HAIL NETFLIX!). However, I rarely, if EVER, buy DVDs.

I used to buy DVDs when my kids were little and I didn’t want to comb through 50 cartoon channels to find something to placate a sleepy toddler that WOUDLN’T give him nightmares. (Side note: Don’t ask how many times I’ve seen the first Shrek, because the answer is TOO DAMN MANY). But as the kids have gotten older and we have moved a couple of times, I find that these DVDs just take up space. We don’t watch them very much and they end up being a BIG waste of money.

Movie studios have cottoned on to that, and decided to do something about it – in their usual customer-pissing-off manner. They have now decided to put all of the bonus features on separate discs, and NOT make those discs available to rental companies. Well, THAT’S going to make us all go out and buy DVDs- amiright?! {source}

I mean, what is the logic of this? I hardly watch the bonus features for the DVDs I have, much less will I buy new ones just to be able watch bloopers, deleted scenes, and director commentary. This is like the movie studios saying, “Hey, did you enjoy the movie? Well, if you want to watch the credits and the extra scene at the end of the credits you have to pay again. That’ll be another $8.50, please.”

Who makes these awesome decisions?  I have to be a major fan even to think about buying the DVD – but now I won’t want to, because I feel like the studios have manipulated me into doing so, by ‘withholding’ stuff’.

Oh, and to add to this awesomeness, they will also continue to make trailers unskippable, so you can continue to be amazed at the amount crap that movie studios will be putting out in the near future, all in the hopes of parting us from more of our money.

YouTube is still free right?

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