Tim Burton's Corpse Bride --> January 31st, 2006!
 

Official details coming any day now...just a heads up for the official street date!

All I want is for the WB to do a two-disc (AND ONLY A TWO-DISC) with a 5.1 EX track and both trailers and I'll be happy.

I kept having to putoff seeing this theatrically, and now I might as well wait for the DVD since I know I'll be buying it anyway.

good news....

I saw it at a DLP theater and it was absolutely gorgeous. Interestingly, most of the audience was adults. Man, you missed out.

Very cool, I really want to see this. January will be here before ya know it. :)

Warner Brother's won't do only a two-disc... for some reason's the studio's (especially Warner Brothers) have really gotten into the double release thing.

As long as Warner coninues to release 1 and 2-disc version AT THE SAME TIME (instead of releasing a 2-disc version a few months after everyone has bought the 1 disc version --- FOX!!) why should we care?

Some people aren't into extras and want a movie-only version so that they can save a few bucks. What's wrong with that? Seriously, sometimes people bitch about the STUPIDEST things!

It's really not a stupid thing to complain about. When stores see that there is a one disc version and a two disc version they make the 2 disc like 5 or 6 dollars more even though the msrp is just a dollar or two more. Plus Columbia House will most likely not sell the 2 disc sets as enrollments since they will consider them special. If they would just release the two disc sets, then everyone can save a lot of money.

Since the movie is so short I'd expect them to just include the extras on a single disc.

Great! Very looking forward to seeing this finally. Thanks for the info!

Same here

I've been wondering when an announcement about Corpse Bride was coming, this is cool.

I missed out on this as well, so I'll be picking up the DVD.

Great news! Thanks.

Examples, please?

Batman Begins, Lemony Snicket, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, War of the Worlds (2005). All of these had/have seperate one and two disc releases, and the stores always heavily discount the one-disc release and barely discount the two-disc releases at all.

WB released Terminator 3 as a 2-disc only and it sold for $15 on release week. Matrix 2 and 3 were also 2-disc only and sold for $15 on their release weeks.

FOX released Star Wars as a 2-disc only and it sold for $15 on release week.

For some reason, retailers seem to think that the bonus disc is worth $8 more than the movie disc, even though the retail price is only a difference of 1 or 2 dollars.

The reason people are complaining is because they used to be able to get 2-disc releases for $15 in stores, now all of a sudden it's $23.

Also Kinsey, Constantine, The Life Aquatic and The Phantom of the Opera to name but a few.

None of those 2-disc sets have an MSRP of only "a dollar or two more" than the 1-disc version.

Exactly. It's a shitty trend.

Only positive as it has cut down my buying of some titles I was on the fence about.

According to the retail price that DDD gives ("Why pay $XX.XX"):

Batman Begins
1-disc $28.95
2-disc $29.95

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1-disc $28.95
2-disc $30.95

War of the Worlds (2005)
1-disc $29.95
2-disc $39.95 (this is a rare example, it seems)

Constantine
1-disc $28.95
2-disc $30.95

So, yes, there are numerous instances of this case, and the fact that they're not as heavily discounted is what ticks most of us off. I wouldn't mind paying the $2-3 extra to get the 2-disc version if they would just discount them the same amount.

Exactly. The Big Box stores are using the 1 disc versions as loss leaders, and not discounting the 2 disc ones as much release week.

It royally sucks.

Which ones are video stores renting? The single-disc versions?

Yep, I've only seen the single disc ones in the rental stores. Another crappy aspect of it.