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Jason Dunn
06-30-2009, 05:40 PM
<p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//dht/auto/1246377835.usr1.png" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>That's what I see for choices when I look on Amazon.ca, and this is something I've seen before: the studios release a Blu-ray version of the movie that has less features on it than the special edition DVD version - at least in Canada they do. In the example above, both movies are the Directors Cut, but the <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Watchmen-With-Digital-Copy-Blu-ray/dp/B001TJV0M8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1246377105&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Blu-ray edition</a>&nbsp;($27.95 CAD) has no indication that it has the same bonus features as the <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Watchmen-Special-Edition-Digital-Copy/dp/B001TJV0L4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1246377105&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank">special edition DVD</a>&nbsp;($33.99 CAD). The lower price of the Blu-ray version seems to back that up. Yet when I look on Amazon.com, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Directors-Digital-BD-Live-Blu-ray/dp/B001FB55H6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1246377800&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">the only Blu-ray version</a> is the special edition, and it has all the bonus features listed. Curiously, it's the same price ($22.99) as the special edition DVD. What a headache - it looks like I'm going to have to wait for this to be in stores before I can figure it out.</p>