Comment by reaperducer
4 years ago
Like I would be able to pause a movie and click on anything I was seeing to get more information
I remember the cable companies promising this when everything went "digital."
I also remember when the movie studios promised us one of the big advantages of DVDs over VHS was that we could watch the scenes of a movie from any angle?
Yeah, that never happened.
And the director / talent commentary tracks, which were sometimes really great (Vanilla Sky comes to mind). I think that was only common for a really brief period unfortunately. To be honest I think it just failed from a market perspective (cost vs revenue). I could be wrong and maybe it still happens a lot?
Suspect the angles thing was the same. Sounded cool but no one wanted it (or to pay extra for it).
It still happens a lot but those tracks rarely make it onto the streaming service copy. Usually you need to buy the disc version.