Someone stop me if this topic has already been discussed, but at HMV today I saw Clerks: Snowball Edition. It appears to be the exact same DVD as the older edition (the single-disc, not Clerks X), but with a new slipcase with a half-naked chick on it (oddly reminiscent of the cover of Ween's Chocolate and Cheese album). I'm not against T&A per se but when it's blatantly pointless and has nothing to do with the subject matter it's embarassing. A quick Google search revealed a post by Kevin Smith on the View Askew board in which he says this DVD is a "really sleazy" Canadian release.
My point is this: double-dipping is bad enough, but double-dipping when the new edition offers absolutely nothing but a new slipcase is reprehensible. This is certainly not the only example, either. Aren't the 10th and 15th anniversary editions of Edward Scissorhands the exact same disc? There are also the Anchor Bay Horror Legacy DVDs (Halloween, The Evil Dead, Suspiria and others with new slipcases) which are hilariously 10 bucks cheaper than the original editions next to them on the shelf at my local store, even though they're the exact same DVD. Paramount has also been re-releasing some of their library titles with new (ugly, Photoshopped) covers as well, but at least they're not slapping new edition titles on the cover.
My point is this: double-dipping is bad enough, but double-dipping when the new edition offers absolutely nothing but a new slipcase is reprehensible. This is certainly not the only example, either. Aren't the 10th and 15th anniversary editions of Edward Scissorhands the exact same disc? There are also the Anchor Bay Horror Legacy DVDs (Halloween, The Evil Dead, Suspiria and others with new slipcases) which are hilariously 10 bucks cheaper than the original editions next to them on the shelf at my local store, even though they're the exact same DVD. Paramount has also been re-releasing some of their library titles with new (ugly, Photoshopped) covers as well, but at least they're not slapping new edition titles on the cover.
