# Lilo & Stitch DVD - Disney double selling? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911 "2002-11-26T16:49:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/1 "2002-11-26T16:49:36Z")
[sub]Might be CS material. If so, feel free to move there.[/sub] As many of you are probably aware, I’ve been itching for the Lilo & Stitch DVD to be released. The DVD will be a single disc release. However, I’ve been hearing rumors that Disney will be releasing a 2-disc set within a few months, with lots of other goodies on it. Unfortunately, I have found no varification of this anywhere. Has Disney done this in the past (put out one version, but held off announcing a special edition until shortly after the first edition was released)? Are they likely to do this with L&S? Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![dbimage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@dbimage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbimage)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/2 "2002-11-26T18:34:35Z")
i don’t know if Disney has done it in the past but i do know that a few other companies have…Lord of the Rings is the first one that comes to mind. there is always talk of a “special edition” dvd months after the original came out. i believe it is a way to milk money from us. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/3 "2002-11-26T18:40:31Z")
With LOTR it was widely known that a “special edition” was going to be released in November before the first DVD was released. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/4 "2002-11-26T20:56:56Z")
There is nothing definite from Disney yet. The best I can offer is [this column](http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID112510.asp) from Michelle, the Fabulous Disney Babe over at [The Laughing Place](http://www.laughingplace.com) who says that there will be. For my money, her prognostications are usually right on target. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/5 "2002-11-26T21:38:43Z")
LOTR might be considered a bad example. The only thing the two versions have in common is a copy of the theatrical release on the DVD. Otherwise, the two contain completely separate extras, commentaries, documentaries, etc. A better LOTR example would be the Special Platinum Edition and the Special Platinum Edition Collector’s Set. The DVD is the same, you just get two statues and a special box with the Collector’s set, for about $25-$40 more. So, there are technically THREE editions of LOTR DVD being sold 🙂 critter42 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/6 "2002-11-26T22:00:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by critter42 \* > **LOTR might be considered a bad example. The only thing the two versions have in common is a copy of the theatrical release on the DVD.** The theatrical version of the film is not available on the second, most-recently-released DVD of _Fellowship of the Ring._ Only the expanded version of the film can be played across the two discs. If you want the theatrical release, you have to buy the previous DVD. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/7 "2002-11-26T22:14:41Z")
Additionally, and not to pile on **critter42** , the Collector’s set also includes an extra DVD with a National Geographic documentary on it. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/8 "2002-11-26T23:59:32Z")
_Almost Famous_ was released twice and I bought it twice. I wanted the first one and then they released the damn thing with 35 minutes of extra footage edited back in. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/9 "2002-11-27T00:54:08Z")
Since this question has been answered, I believe, to the best of anybody’s ability, I’m going to move it to Cafe Society for further discussion of DVD double dipping. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilo-stitch-dvd-disney-double-selling/138911/10 "2002-11-27T09:19:20Z")
Back to Lilo & Stitch: I believe the Fabulous Disney Babe for the most part, and even moreso, I can’t imagine that Disney _wouldn’t_ release a special edition. That’s what they’re all about these days; getting as much DVD “product” out there as possible. And yes, Disney definitely _has_ done the double-dipping thing before. It could be just because I was most affected by it (since one of the main reasons I first got a DVD player was to get the Disney library), but IIRC they were the worst offenders. First was _a bug’s life_, which had a completely lackluster release that was followed a few months’ later by the special edition. I also bought the no-frills version of _Peter Pan_ shortly before a special edition was released to coincide with the sequel.