I just read that the 21 Grams dvd doesn't have a single special feature, although Universal might consider the DTS on it as an extra.

21 Grams was one of the best films I saw last year and Universal depriving us of any documentary or "making of" or even a trailer is just sad!!!!

What else can one except from Universal??

I'm guessing they rushed it to time it as close as possible to the Academy Awards. Then again, the announcement materials from Universal say the following...

DVD BONUS FEATURES:
- 21 Grams: In Fragments
- The Making of 21 Grams

I enjoy extras but I have no problem with this. I'll still get it.

And no insert...

Eh... I don't really have the time for extras anyhoo, I'm not torn up over it... As long as the A/V quality is up to speed, I'm cool...

No trailer though? Really? Huh... That's weird. Source?

http://www.currentfilm.com/dvdreviews5/21gramsdvd.html

Amazon doesn't list any special features either.

Wowsers... Nada, zip, nil eh? Universal... Sheesh... While I personally am not too upset over it, they could add something. Especially at that $26.98 pricing structure...

But if Universal had a cool label, like Sony's Superbit, everybody here would be fawning over it.

i was thinking of getting this before when it had extras.. but i really really have to love a film to get a barebones disc.. and i don't love the film that much.. for for that price anyway. it may sound petty but had they kept those few extras they announced i would probably have bought it and now i won't.

The only extra I care about is forced trailers. No forced trailers = no sale.

Yeah, i only buy movies with forced trailers too

So typical of Universal. They are my least favorite studio. Why must they ruin the dvds we love.

The 21 Grams DVD does indeed have no extras, not even a trailer, but it does have DTS. Here's proof:

One can only hope that Criterion gets the rights to this sucker and releases an SE it richly deserves.

That's just what I was going to say. The last time something like this happened was with Traffic.

Hmmmmm. I was going to make this a Blind Buy, but now I am reconsidering this. Don't wanna buy it only to have a better version available in 6 months.

As long as it has an insert, I'm there!

A DVD is "ruined" if an inferior transfer is made. A DVD could be considered "ruined" if the film is edited or otherwise altered, or if it is not presented in its original OAR.

I love extras a lot, but I love movies even more. Give me a movie properly presented and I would hardly call that "ruined".

My thoughts exactly.

I have no problem with this as long as Universal states whether there will or will not be a SE of this film down the road before this barebones DVD comes out.

Do studios ever announce something like that? Info that could potentially cut into the profits of the first release?

I agree though, would be nice if we got a heads up on this.

Not so much an SE, but New Line has done it the last 3 years with the announcement of the regular and the Extended Editions of the Lord of the Rings movies and it doesn't seem to have cut into sales all that much,

Yep. More room for movie itself. Actually, forced trailers go a lot further in ruining a disc for me then a lack of extras.

For what it's worth, the 21 Grams DVD begins with a screen that actually says viewers can skip the trailers by fast-forwarding through them. So Universal has taken the time to insert that message, but hasn't done something as simple as enabling the menu or chapter-skip buttons.

The studio knows that people don't like the forced trailers--hence the added warning screen--so why not just address the issue instead of pussyfooting around it? I think adding the warning message just fans the flames, because it draws attention to the fact that Universal knows viewers don't like the trailers.

whether universal announces it or not, i imagine there will be an SE released at some point, they're just trying to capitalize on the oscar nominations at this point. either way i will be picking this up, it was a great film and too many of my friends did not get a chance to see it. i'll double dip if an nice SE comes along and either unload this one or keep it as a loaner...

How about disc art?

Chapter breaks?

Interactive menus?