special edition has never really meant anything to me...especially on DVDs

yes it is now meaningless

Having the title on the label is helpful.

All it has ever taken for the Special Edition label to appear on a DVD is to include ONE of the following:

*Trailer
*Bios
*Production Notes (on an insert)
*Animated Menus

see here for an interesting, related article from today's boston globe:

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/arti...ot_so_special/

Well when one studio alone has the following:

Limited Edition
Gold Series
Platinum Edition
Masterpiece Edition

It is tired and redundant. SE title alone is worthless anymore.

I want the movie or I don't, so what's the value of that "special edition" garbage anyway? It DOES seem that they are just beginning to make those special editions, Master and Commander being a case in point........and slapping an extra $10 on the price tag. I think it's a great movie but I'm not going to start paying $30 apiece for special editions of every single movie I like.

I used to enjoy getting a SE. Watch all the extras. Good times. Now every disc is packed and I rarely if ever watch the features anymore. Only on the films I love now. Exception: Deleted scenes. I will always check those out.