28 June 2001
I nearly didn't get away from here with any of my cash or credit cards intact.
The words "DVD" and "Sale" bring out the uber-movie-geek in me. I'm a sucker for commentaries and deleted scenes and outakes and... no, musn't go back there!
Usually when you see something like "Biggest Summer Sale Ever" you're reminded of the ridiculousness of it all. Who measures one sale against another? Was someone standing at the door last year tallying how much more stock they need to shift to make this year bigger than last? Does "Biggest Summer Sale Ever" have more of an impact that "Big Summer Sale"?
I tend to reason that very few items become unavailable in the long term. I panic bought a copy of Neil Gaiman's Angels & Visitations when I heard it would go out of print, but the stories have reappeared in other compilations. I fought a tough auction for the Vertigo Tarot a few years back and had it shipped over from Australia. This year sees it back in print.
I just know that if I order a copy of the Superman DVD, the legal reasons for it being deleted from catalogues will evaporate. So I'm not going to.
Another thing, "Biggest Summer Sale Ever" doesn't sit well with me. It reminds me of those compilation CD albums "Greatest Hits of the 60's Ever! Volume 6"... now, wouldn't the greatest hits have been trimmed down into album one? One and two at the outside, as its not likely that there are ever going to be any more 60's hits than there are already. Surely by the time you get to "Greatest Rock Anthems Ever! Volume 12" you're stuck with Bon Jovi B-sides, Berlin and the Beatles "Get Back" (which is *not* a real Beatles song. What *are* those lyrics going on about? Paul, shut up and write something decent)
Don't even get me started on Ibiza Anthems or Chill-Out Sessions albums.
Yes, all right damnit. I'll work on my own blog tonight! Promise. But... I just got Assault On Precinct 13, Farscape and Return of The King at HMV today! Wah!
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