Man, am I ticked! And of course, I should have done my homework more thoroughly before making a purchase, but come on, people, this is absolutely ridiculous.
People have long complained about buying a DVD only to have another edition come out several months later. Well, for at least two DVD releases this fall, the studios have "solved" this problem: They release not just fullscreen (gag!) and widescreen versions of a movie on the same day, but they've also release two-disc special editions on the very same day at a MUCH steeper price.
The first movie I noticed this on is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The second movie, for which I have already bought—in ignorance—the widescreen version, is War of the Worlds. In my defense, I can only say that Wal-Mart really screwed me over on this one because they had zero copies of the two-disc special edition of WotW.
Grrr!
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I keep up at The Digital Bits. It takes a bit of time to keep updated, but you learn a bit about films in the process. Check out their upcoming releases section that has tons of great cover art. Of course, they talked a bunch about both of these releases before they released and I knew there were three versions of each (fullscreen, widescreen, and widescreen special edition). Also, if you're going to buy a DVD, make sure another special edition isn't coming out soon or planned, because then you'll feel duped again.
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