People boycotting this DVD release (even though I understand why) is going to hurt us. We need to see these sales do extremely well. Amazingly well.
I don't buy that. DVD purchases aren't investments. They're product. I pay for something because I want the product inside. I don't buy something in the hopes that a couple years down the road I'll finally get a chance to PAY again for what I wanted in the first place. SCARING me into a DVD purchase doesn't work, because DVD's aren't important enough (for as much as a film enthusiast as I am) to SCARE me into parting with my money. I wrote something similar at the HTF, but here's the general idea, as I see it:
In this instance, the movie I'm buying comes with a movie I already own and has been offered one more time after I already bought it, and the quality of the movie I REALLY want is sub-standard. Besides which, I already essentially OWN a copy in that sub-standard quality because the release is 13 years old.
If the only reward, for me, is that maybe in the future I'll get a return on my 20-30 dollar investment, essentially getting what I paid for a year or two down the road, then that's not much of a reward. That'd be like buying a movie ticket and then being told that MAYBE that movie will play 2 years later, so check back then.
Assuming how this is going to work is dangerous, because no one really assumed we'd get this. Ever. Maybe some of you did, but that's not really the point. There's also no guarantee that everyone buying this is going to mean they'll release it again. You could just as easily dream up a scenario where Lucas says "Well, look how many people bought that. See. Now they've got it. We dont' have to sweat it anymore. it sold like hotcakes so most of the people who could have ever wanted it now have it. They're happy. moving on."
It's just as easy to paint the picture that everyone buying it could ALSO mean it'll never get released again. It's just as speculative and specious.
The only thing you should be basing your purchase on is whether the product they're offering you is worth it FOR YOU. Don't buy it thinking it's an investment into later purchases you might make. That's essentially consumer blackmail. Eventually it's just going to leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
and not to derail the thread into something political, but take a look at who owns what media outlets and then look at what their political affiliations are. Then look at the ownership of most major corporations and note THEIR political affiliations. It's pretty easy to see which way the powers that be typically lean.
but that's neither here nor there, really. Should probably be finished up in the Off-Topic forum.