- May 19, 2011
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I'm quite into Ghost in the Shell. I noticed recently that there's a remastered 4K+BR version released in the UK this year and apparently the makers of GitS have learnt their lesson and made it a remaster of the original film rather than GitS "2.0", and given how the DVD version I have isn't that great quality, getting a nicely remastered version appeals to me. All well and good so far.
However, Christmas is coming up and my wife complains that a) I rarely come up with many good suggestions for what I'd like for Christmas that she can pass on to family members and b) that I don't do it promptly enough to give plenty of time for family members from abroad to handle the additional steps of postage and packing etc., and here is a perfectly good suggestion possibly for a few family members to team up on. The problem in this case is that this GitS release is marked as "limited edition", which to me suggests a limited run and what if I miss out on it?!?. I know I'm being stupid in believing even for a split second that this is going to be the only time I can buy a physical copy of this product and of course there'll be another run with slightly different packaging at some point, but I got it anyway, with the approval of my wife of course and she'll have a chat with her siblings about whether they want to contribute to it even if I get it before Christmas (I don't expect that at all and would be happy to buy it myself entirely).
Though thinking about it some more, it's plausible that at some point they won't make physical media for my favourite music/films though...
On a related note, I remember about 20 years ago seeing the DVD release of the original Star Wars trilogy, LIMITED EDITION, dual-disc edition with the original theatrical releases and the 'special editions', and how it was marketed as the last edition of Star Wars that people can buy. I bought it, but at least I didn't buy it because of that claim.
However, Christmas is coming up and my wife complains that a) I rarely come up with many good suggestions for what I'd like for Christmas that she can pass on to family members and b) that I don't do it promptly enough to give plenty of time for family members from abroad to handle the additional steps of postage and packing etc., and here is a perfectly good suggestion possibly for a few family members to team up on. The problem in this case is that this GitS release is marked as "limited edition", which to me suggests a limited run and what if I miss out on it?!?. I know I'm being stupid in believing even for a split second that this is going to be the only time I can buy a physical copy of this product and of course there'll be another run with slightly different packaging at some point, but I got it anyway, with the approval of my wife of course and she'll have a chat with her siblings about whether they want to contribute to it even if I get it before Christmas (I don't expect that at all and would be happy to buy it myself entirely).
Though thinking about it some more, it's plausible that at some point they won't make physical media for my favourite music/films though...
On a related note, I remember about 20 years ago seeing the DVD release of the original Star Wars trilogy, LIMITED EDITION, dual-disc edition with the original theatrical releases and the 'special editions', and how it was marketed as the last edition of Star Wars that people can buy. I bought it, but at least I didn't buy it because of that claim.
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