philip74

also, the bluray edition includes not only the extras, but the standard dvd as well!! so of you are really that desperate for the extras why not get that
version for just about the same price and should you ever decide to go blu
in the distant future you will already own the blu version!

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

Really? That makes no sense. Ignoring the fact that stores will sell products that sell, not every company makes BD players. What about portable players?

The only real issue I ever had with blu-ray movies not having the same special features as the dvd is Spider-Man. You have the main company pushing this new technology and then put out an overpriced product that has zero special features on the first two movies.

To top it off, a $50 msrp for the third movie?

Things like that made me think they were going to kill off the format themselves. Thank god things changed.

PopcornTreeCt

I think the word "future proof" needs to be retired. It's retarded and makes no sense.

packaok

Blu-ray should always have more extra content than standard DVD. Don't like it, buy a Blu-ray player... No excuses.

packaok

One of the last VHS tapes that I purchased was the Widescreen version of Scream. It came with a 2nd tape that was the full-length audio commentary with Wes Craven. It was the first commentary that I ever heard and I immediately fell in love with commentary tracks because of that...

Steve

Mr. Peepers. I humbly disagree. Panasonic releaded their first portable BD player over a year ago. It's a matter of time until all other companies follow suit. Doubt they are the only ones now. And how many DVDs do you really watch via portable machines? I doubt I see even 1% of my collection on a portable machine.

And while not every company makes BD players, today, that is true - I suspect most of the major companies have BD players, and smaller ones will follow suit quickly.

i think BD is here to stay. I went into Best Buy and was surprised that I had to really look to find the SD movies - there were rows and rows of blu-rays.

I really don't understand the resistance from a PLAYER perspective. It can play SD and BD, you can get them for $100. No need to get rid of any of your collection. As I said, if my system wasn't so darn old (and thus expensive to accomodate HDMI/optical technology) I would be all over this already. But the next time I need a player, it definitely will be a BD.

It's a shame, really, in my opinion. Moving to Blu-ray should have been the most easy, non-controversial, non-emotional upgrade of technology that I have seen over the last 10 years. Instead, there have been format wars, misunderstanding and resistance.

Flicker

I had thought about returning my unopened SD version to Best Buy and pay (hopefully) the $3 difference between the prices, but since I live about 40 miles from the nearest location, I went ahead and opened The Final Destination 3D.

I couldn't wait to view it!

clckworang

There have always been those problems with new formats and there always will. DVD should have been an easier sell than it was, but there were still VHS die-hards who saw no reason to switch as well as a completely unnecessary format war, although DVD's competition was so pathetic I would hardly call it a war.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

I have kids. I have a van. As with many others, in such situations, DVD players are useful and cheaper than buying a portable blu-ray player for around $800.

I watch movies on portable players at least 3 times a week.

I have a bunch of Blu-ray movies. I'm not some DVD apologist. I'm just someone that thinks removing all DVD players from store shelves now is insane. When prices on BD get lower, great. Now, no.

edit: Plus you have to consider laptop and desktop drives. Those prices are still way too high. Eventually prices will lower and things will work out. Forcing it on consumers and talking every company into throwing away a product they make money on is still crazy.

jjcool

Easy there Francis. As you said, it is my opinion. And I am entitled to it. As you are entitled to yours.

jjcool

Could not agree more. From all teh complaining going on here one would think that some Magnum Opus had gotten the shaft.

CertifiedTHX

I think I understand now why this is the first of the franchise that did not get the same treatment on DVD as the others. Aside from some of the grislier moments, this has the feel of something you would see on Syfy. Just average acting, not particularly epic story, and some of the poorest CGI rendering I've seen in a major motion picture.

Still, it is part of the Final Destination series, which I do love, and we did get that really nice lenticular cover, along with a 3D version and glasses to view it. A decent overall package, and I'm glad to have it.

Hopefully, it will be the last, unless someone dreams up a truly fresh idea and executes it with the same intrigue as the original had.

--THX

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

So in other words, it went the same path that the majority of horror films go after so many sequels.

critterdvd

Bingo!

My exact thought watching the film was "wow where this far into the series at this point huh" watching the truly horrible CGI and incredibly bland acting/story. I also have to say the deaths are not as "interesting" as they have been in the past

The Monkees

You know what's hilarious about this thread is that I'll bet this same conversation was going on 10 years ago about DVDs over VHS. Everyone will adapt. Technology will always change, there is nothing we can do about it. Blu-Ray is taking over DVD, it's going to happen since everything is going HD now. By the time BD has it's chance something else new will come around and replace it. It will happen.