Era of DVD extras may disappear Posted by Scott Manning on January 10, 2002 | Comments (1)

Now that the DVD is firmly embedded in our culture, the bean counters and other forces are swooping down on this fabulous bonus we get for living in the digital age. They got us addicted. Now they’re threatening to cut off the supply — or at least reduce it.

Jan. 8 — Quick: What’s the greatest thing to happen to movies? Color film? Surround sound? Cable TV? Stadium seating? Unbuttered popcorn? My friend and film fanatic Dave Dadekian says emphatically that the answer to the question is clear: it’s the DVD. Yet while every remotely digitally cool person on the planet was snapping up DVDs and players as presents this holiday season, a story slipped into the media maelstrom about the fate of the extra bonuses featured on many of the discs. Note to all you fans who didn’t catch the news: lots of those extras may soon be history.Full Story...