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:: Today's soundtrack: Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough" ::


Do you know what I fekkin' hate? It's when I'm forced to buy stuff I already own AGAIN because it has been reissued with snazzy bonus material. Granted, I don't rush out and re-purchase just any old thing, no this would be for the things I'm truly passionate about, love to death and/or am a drooling fanboy over. Unfortunately for me, it's these things that are getting tapped with the "Deluxe", "Remastered", or (gasp! horrors!) "Collector's" magic wands lately.

What music group am I completely wild about? That's right, The Cure. And what are The Cure doing right now? Oh, basically REISSUING EVERY ALBUM THEY EVER RECORDED into ultra dazzling remastered 2-CD sets with bonus rare and unreleased material! You. Bastards. It doesn't matter that I've already got the album Faith on cassette with the bonus B-side material of Carnage Visors, no, because NOW they have the "Deluxe Edition" compact disc which not only has the entire album of Faith, and also Carnage Visors, but also the single "Charlotte Sometimes", several live recordings, and previously unreleased "demo" songs!! Why can't they just release the "bonus" disc? Why must they charge 25 USD for a two disc set when all I REALLY want is the second disc?? .....jerks... mumble grumble......

And then there are the DVDs. One o' me favourite televisions shows is Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. I own all seven of the seasons on DVD. Well, guess what? NOW you can buy all the episodes in ONE collection (instead of sorted into seven collections separated out by season). Yes, these are exactly the same DVDs that I already own except repackaged into a gorgeous box............ and with ONE NEW DISC OF BONUS MATERIAL! Son of a bitch!! Do you have any idea how much monies I spent compiling my beloved Buffy collection and now you tell me it was all for naught? That if I'd waited TWO YEARS after the show ended that I could have not only saved money by purchasing the gargantuan set, but also gotten a super spiffy bonus disc including wrap party footage, interviews with cast and crew about their fave episodes, and an interview with the show's creator, Joss Whedon?? Oh, I am so gonna kick somebody's ass....

You know, I like my bonus material, I do. If I'm passionate about something, I love to know all I can, listen to it as many different ways as possible, see it from different angles, et cetera. I don't mind when they PLAN their releases. Look at the Lord of the Rings DVDs, for example. First the studio released the "regular no-frills" edition and then four months later put out the "amazing colossal so many discs you lose sleep for 30 days straight watching it all" edition. This is fine because they said they were going to do this and this way if you didn't want to spend on the money on the fancy edition, but wanted the film, you didn't have to. Okay. I can get on board with that. But now, they're waiting well after the fact it seems to cash in. Greedy bastards. Personally, I blame George Lucas. Reduxing Star Wars until we all have a nose bleed, what the fuck, right?

William (now digitally enhanced with creator commentary!)

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