I paid $40 for a deleted scene Blu-ray and got worse quality than a YouTube rip

Found this rare alternate ending to The Cabin in the Woods on a Blu-ray from a collector in Austin. Cost me 40 bucks and shipping. Turns out the scene was filmed on a green screen with no lighting - looks like a home video from 2004. Has anyone else dropped cash on a "rare" deleted scene and gotten burned by the actual quality?

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lane.cameron4d agoMost Upvoted

$40 is wild for something that looks like it was shot on a webcam in a basement. @alicecooper I think the seller knew exactly what they were doing, hiding that green screen mess in the "rare" tag. These collectors bank on FOMO to unload bad transfers on people. Blu-ray doesn't mean quality anymore, it just means someone burned it to a disc.

grace5082d ago

lane.cameron is right about collectors using FOMO to dump bad transfers but honestly $40 for a deleted scene from a movie that came out in 2012? That's not exactly a crime against humanity. People pay double that for a pizza that's gone in 20 minutes. The green screen thing sucks but you got exactly what you paid for - a rare alternate ending from a cult movie. Either frame it as a conversation piece or just watch the YouTube rip and move on. Not every purchase has to be a life changing investment, sometimes you just take the L and learn to ask for screenshots next time.

alicecooper4d ago

Wait, was the seller upfront about it being a workprint quality or did they hide that in the fine print? I need to know if I should be mad at the collector or the whole "rare" Blu-ray game.