Remember that four-disc edition of the expanded version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) that I mentioned here two weeks ago?
I had assumed that two discs would be devoted to the movie itself and two discs to the bonus features, as was the case with the expanded versions of Pearl Harbor (2001), The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) and Kingdom of Heaven (2005).
But now IGN.com reports that, nope, the expanded movie will take up only one disc, and the remaining three discs will be devoted to extras, extras, extras — including “a never-before-seen feature film about C.S. Lewis” called The Dreamer of Narnia.
So, um, has any other movie ever been released with three discs of bonus features? Two discs, sure — there are plenty of three-disc sets, and plenty of four-disc sets where the first two discs are devoted to one really long movie or to two alternate versions of the movie in question, a la the upcoming Superman set.
But has any previous movie ever had three discs that were devoted to nothing but bonus features? And does anyone really think this movie deserves to set such a precedent?
Oh, and note how one of the bonus features will be a featurette that “goes in-depth to explore the making of the exciting and pivotal ‘waterfall’ scene”. Pivotal? A scene that had nothing to do with the rest of the movie and even less to do with the book? Puh-leeze.
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