{"by":"gwbas1c","id":50006528,"kids":[50018104,50006940,50006896,50007096,50007497,50009001,50008805,50009657,50007354,50006589,50007475,50014995,50007215,50007976,50007316],"parent":50005527,"text":"> Modern DVDs and Blu-ray menus alike are often little more than an image or video with a generic menu atop it. It is understandable. Physical media as a whole is less popular with the mass adoption of streaming services;

I disagree; it's because we prefer disks with very simple menus, and care very little about the special features.

Let's think about the alternatives:

VHS: No menus; it would just start the ^%$^# movie (or would have trailers that were easy to fast forward through.)

Streaming: Standard menu no matter what you're watching, and then just starts the ^%$#^$ movie.

FWIW: Netflix, Disney+, and YouTube are all much "faster" than my BluRay player when it comes to getting to the actual content.

Regarding the special features: They were very cool on late 1990s and early 2000s disks, because most of them were promotional bits that would air on TV to promote the movie. They quickly devolved to be more like home movies filmed on the set where the cast and crew would just slap each others' backs for an hour. Useful maybe if you were cast or crew reminiscing, but otherwise rather boring compared to a planned interview or documentary.","time":1791471153,"type":"comment"}