The Inner Child Keeps on Growing

I am of the opinion that Hollywood is now making movies with the DVD release most in mind. This trend may yet spell the end for the cinema though not intentionally, I'm sure the studios would prefer to continue having their cake and eating it too. The problem is the temptation to add more and more to the movie to make it seem better value when on DVD. This will make it harder and harder to cut it down to a suitable length for cinema viewing without the story losing sense. In the end it may make more sense to release a 4 hour miniseries for TV and use that to convince customers to buy the 5+ hour (plus extras) version on DVD. That's what I'd do anyway.