Why release different content in different regions?
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Why release different content in different regions?
I've been waiting for a SE/CE/2-disc whatever of Lilo & Stitch for ages - we all knew it was coming just had no idea when - and after looking at the Ultimate Disney site I see there are a pair of SE's out in R2. Then of course there are all the other region LE's with the niftiest packaging imaginable. Why do it? Wouldn't the yucks in the US be more likely to buy anything? I know region free is the way to go on these, but I'm too cheap to go and get a nice R-Free player, when my current one is nice and sexy.
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Well sometimes the rights are owned by different companies in different regions, which would help explain why there are differences. But with Disney, I suspect they control all the rights to Lilo, so I have no good reason why it is like that.
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Originally Posted by Jericho
Well sometimes the rights are owned by different companies in different regions, which would help explain why there are differences. But with Disney, I suspect they control all the rights to Lilo, so I have no good reason why it is like that.
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Ah that makes a lot of sense actually. They do it there because they have to, and dont do it here because we'd buy about anything. But wouldn't the cost of producing whatever extras and releasing them here be easily covered by the numerous buyers anyway. Guess I'm just a bit peeved.
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but we would buy it twice...
and if you live in asia, you can get a "movie only copy" on the street for under two bucks...so they must add the features.
other liscencing (like the pink panther box) just fall under the...it would make it too expensive in the states.
and if you live in asia, you can get a "movie only copy" on the street for under two bucks...so they must add the features.
other liscencing (like the pink panther box) just fall under the...it would make it too expensive in the states.
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Originally Posted by Xploited
Generally, the other regions have lower sales and require more content to get potential customers interested in buying the DVD over the region 1 release.
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Originally Posted by Daniel-A
I've been waiting for a SE/CE/2-disc whatever of Lilo & Stitch for ages - we all knew it was coming just had no idea when
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Originally Posted by scott1598
i knew it was coming, but when? and are there any specs?
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Originally Posted by Xploited
Generally, the other regions have lower sales and require more content to get potential customers interested in buying the DVD over the region 1 release.
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i knew it was coming, but when? and are there any specs?
The movie itself is on disc 1, with commentary by Chris Saunders, Dean, and a lady whose name I cannot remember.
Other features spread out over the 2 discs include a behind-the-scenes "making of" documentary that is well over 2 hours long, several deleted scenes including the "death of Pudge the Fish" and the original 747 ending, an additional music video (the a*teens one is still there, this one is new), more games, and at least another hour's worth of docs and featurettes.
Mind you, this is all from memory, and is from my R4 Australian dvd.
The R1 version is supposed to be released at the same time as Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, which is on my birthday ... August 30.
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region coding also deals with the fact that a movie may come out on dvd in the US or another country before it even hits the theater in other countries. a lame attempt at combatting piracy and things like that. also, it used for releasing different versions of a film, depending on censorship issues or keeping films that have been cut due to objectionable content out of other countries.