what do these movies have in common

big trouble in little china
donnie darko
half-baked
the lord of the rings
predator
resident evil
the shawshank redemption
stand by me
stir of echoes

the fucking man released special-er editions with more useless discs after i purchased whatever editions already.

well, with the exception of big trouble in little china; i bought the 1-disc by accident when the 2-disc set was available. and the lord of the rings i got for free from blockbuster.

but the other ones. what the fuck.

i almost purchased the wrong edition of i heart huckabees. and eternal sunshine. and thankfully i bought the new guy recently, when the director's cut had come out, and not immediately after seeing eliza dushku dancing around in a bikini last last summer. and i almost bought resident evil: apocalypse, but there's a collector's box set with both resident evils together. in a collector's box. i could keep going for many paragraphs.

buying dvds is like navigating a goddamn mine field. whenever dvds drop down in price i am paranoid that the drop is to lure unsuspecting consumers to buy them right before the dvd companies release newer editions. sort of like how the gba sp dropped right before the ds came out. although there was a lot of press about that.

i'm really mad about donnie darko. i need to get the director's cut.

what's the deal with new editions? i should be able to trade in the exact fucking price i paid for the now-crappy version as credit towards the new one. this trend only makes me not want to buy dvds, ever, because better editions are always on the way.