If you're like me, and most people aren't, you fulfilled your DVD-buying obligation for the week by picking up... no, NOT Episode III... the Special Edition of Office Space. It's actually called the "Special Edition with Flair", but I'll touch on that in a moment.
What caught my eye as I was going through the packaging was the coupon for $5 off a red Swingline stapler. So I'm thinking, hey cool, I could use that. I was assuming that even the best possible manual stapler in the world would be like, what, ten bucks? So then five bucks off gives me a five dollar stapler, right?
Um, no.
The bloody thing, as novel as it is, has an in excess of $30 MSRP. Can you belief THAT? Not even electric for thirty bucks. Well, no red stapler for me. I mean, how many sheets of paper do I have to put together before I reap my return on investment? I did one of those Cosmo Kramer reality-realizing full-body-convulsions when I saw that price.
But now I know. Now I know why the heck, in the movie, Milton is so darned determined to keep his red swingline stapler. Because he paid so dang much for the thing! One of the great mysteries in the universe has been solved!
So I did watch the movie (for the [insert large number]th time) and all the deleted scenes. I have to say that one of my big disappointments with this "special edition" DVD was that it wasn't an uncut edition with all the deleted scenes put back in or something. I was also disappointed that the "with Flair" tagline in the DVD title didn't ring true. I really expected to open the box and find a silly pin in there or something. But no. They didn't even try. Only the new special features served as flair. Bummer. Shoot, even my Episode III (yes, okay, I bought it, too) DVD came with a silly medallion thingy that I would consider flair-like. So why couldn't Office Space of all movies?
I'm glad I picked up the movie that was long on my wishlist, but I think the studio missed a supreme opportunity to make this "special edition" truly special to true fans.
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