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robotech_masterSo I now seem to have three different editions of the Shadow Chronicles DVDs. I was curious how their special features stacked up against each other, so I went in and did some comparisons.
FUNImation Original Feature Film Disc
The main menu doesn't seem to change from edition to edition except for the title of the disc. It uses the same animation loop in each one, too.
And here are the not-so-special Special Features.
FUNImation Two-Disc Collector's Edition, Disc One
Again, same menu except for title.
Special Features here consist of the commentary and some FUNImation trailers.
FUNImation Two-Disc Collector's Edition, Disc Two
Here are some more meaty Special Features, from Disc Two. The features root menu
Featurettes: Five of them.
Deleted scenes.
Animatics.
Trailers.
Galleries.
Lionsgate/A&E Robotech 2-Movie Collection Collector's Edition
Main menu basically the same.
Special Features submenu, same categories as the other 2-disc set.
Here we see something interesting. There's an extra featurette here: "Robotech 3000 Motion Capture."
And several more Deleted Scenes.
A few more Animatics, too.
Still the same trailers, though.
And the same galleries.
The audio commentary track is still there, too; it's just been moved to under "Setup" (which I didn't bother to cap on any of the discs).
Too long/didn't view version: the new movie's disc has one more featurette and several more deleted scenes and animatics than the two-disc set. So if you're inclined to care about extras like deleted scenes, the 2-disc version might just be worth getting. My only concern is how the video quality stacks up. Did they have to compress the video further to make everything fit on one disc?
While I don't have the expertise to do a file-by-file comparison, I did notice when I put the discs in my BD-ROM drive that the original feature film disc weighed in at 6.04 GB (it had both Shadow Chronicles and the making-of documentary on it), the 2-disc Collector's edition at 4.42 GB for disc 1 + 3.83 GB for disc 2, and the two-movie set's version was 6.84 GB. So I guess they might have found a way to cram everything in at equivalent quality in the one disc by eliminating redundancies between the two.
My only regret is I don't have the Blu-ray version, too, so I can see how its extras stack up. Oh well, some other time.
FUNImation Original Feature Film Disc
The main menu doesn't seem to change from edition to edition except for the title of the disc. It uses the same animation loop in each one, too.
And here are the not-so-special Special Features.
FUNImation Two-Disc Collector's Edition, Disc One
Again, same menu except for title.
Special Features here consist of the commentary and some FUNImation trailers.
FUNImation Two-Disc Collector's Edition, Disc Two
Here are some more meaty Special Features, from Disc Two. The features root menu
Featurettes: Five of them.
Deleted scenes.
Animatics.
Trailers.
Galleries.
Lionsgate/A&E Robotech 2-Movie Collection Collector's Edition
Main menu basically the same.
Special Features submenu, same categories as the other 2-disc set.
Here we see something interesting. There's an extra featurette here: "Robotech 3000 Motion Capture."
And several more Deleted Scenes.
A few more Animatics, too.
Still the same trailers, though.
And the same galleries.
The audio commentary track is still there, too; it's just been moved to under "Setup" (which I didn't bother to cap on any of the discs).
Too long/didn't view version: the new movie's disc has one more featurette and several more deleted scenes and animatics than the two-disc set. So if you're inclined to care about extras like deleted scenes, the 2-disc version might just be worth getting. My only concern is how the video quality stacks up. Did they have to compress the video further to make everything fit on one disc?
While I don't have the expertise to do a file-by-file comparison, I did notice when I put the discs in my BD-ROM drive that the original feature film disc weighed in at 6.04 GB (it had both Shadow Chronicles and the making-of documentary on it), the 2-disc Collector's edition at 4.42 GB for disc 1 + 3.83 GB for disc 2, and the two-movie set's version was 6.84 GB. So I guess they might have found a way to cram everything in at equivalent quality in the one disc by eliminating redundancies between the two.
My only regret is I don't have the Blu-ray version, too, so I can see how its extras stack up. Oh well, some other time.
