Don't tempt them! (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 17:16 (3536 days ago) @ Cody Miller

And if a film is geat, and you love it, wouldn't that make an "extended" or "Director's Cut" a violation of your "artistic integrity"?

It is usually the opposite, as the Director's Cut is done to preserve the integrity of the filmmaker's original vision, and is a version not constrained by anything other than what the original creative team wanted. The fact that some extended cuts and director's cuts are worse than the theatrical doesn't really negate that principle.

I wouldn't say "usually". "Director's/extended" cuts are more of the Studio's thing than the director's. Look at all of the different "cuts" of Blade Runner, or the fact that despite an hour being cut from Pacific Rim, we won't be getting a director's cut (and it took well over a decade for Del Toro's film "Mimic" to get a "Director's Cut" that he had wanted to be able to make since the film first released, and even then, he was only somewhat happy with what the studio put back in).

I could buy the Blu-Ray and get all of the bonus content, but what if I already had the film, and only wanted the Director's commentary? Would it be wrong for the studio to offer that as an individual purchase?

Not really, because the commentary is completely separate from the film.

But you usually have to watch the film while listening to the Commentary. You can't fully enjoy it without the film. Inversely, you can't get "the most" out of the film experience without listening to the commentary (and watching all of the "making of" footage). So by your logic, studios are wrong for not including all of this in the theatrical release.

But cutting it down to what you said, cosmetic DLC made by a smaller group is completely separate from the existing content in the game. It doesn't hurt you that Bungie offers this tidbit separately from what's already in the game.