Hokkaidough 4 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Well, cinematic releases are generally safe (DVD screeners notwithstanding) since i personally hate cam/telecine rips. Also... Firstly, downloading is pretty rare outside of young people and guardian readers. And of those young folks some people actually want to the whole cimnematic experience. if its something you kinda want to see, youre going to go to the cinema because its way more of an event than just downloading/streaming it and kinda browsing the net while you should actually be watching it. Secondly of course, hollywood is predominantly english. Not everyone in the world likes watching movies in English. They also tend to use sites that are popular within their own country and so they dont even know that theres a scene release out there. For example, i dont know where to get the latest japanese whatevers because i dont use the sites that the cool kids in japan might know about. Instead ill get hold of them after theyve gone through the english speaking/sub groups prism. And for a cinematic release, a lot of sub groups wont bother with a cam rip except for a bit of scene cred. Finally, language barrier in general and subtitling/dubbing for official releases. So really theres not quite as huge of a worldwide impact for staggering a cinematic release. DVD releases/TV programmes on the other hand... And now with streaming massively taking off its kinda harder to justify anything but a full world wide release. I dont wait for episodes of family guy to hit the UK, and i cant understand why people would wait for programmes they love to release on TV. And i also dont understand why the comedy central/south park studios thing hasnt been taken up by more companies. HBO would likely make a killing from advertising if it opened up its gates, and why would people go to the trouble of uploading their programmes if they were freely available anyway? When i went back to the UK i loved having the beeb online as well as 4oD. These are massive brands, and that means a global audience for their products. But its closed to countries outside the UK (okay, in the beebs case i understand since its funded by the license fee, but 4od is a commercial operation). Its all odd. Back in teh old days you bought the VHS of movies or tv programmes because you wanted to watch them at your convenience. Thats all changed. You can pretty much watch anything you like now at your convenience. Now they buy dvds also (and id dare say mainly) for a) the identity youre associating yourself with - its an object to be seen... oh! youre a star trek type of person! oh! you like the big bang theory! i like the big bang theory too! we have something in common! ... identity politics. We also buy them because they have the extra shit we havent seen and the kinda stuff we might not see (not many uploads of a major release with the directors commentary for example. YOu want that, you buy the dvd usually). We also buy them to support a person, group or whatever to keep making more of something (the "firefly" campaign as an example - but honestly ive bught loads that i didnt need to just because i like the person and want to make sure they make a bit of cash from the royalties (though itd probably be better to just send them the cash direct of course). What else? Gifting. Oh, and the convenience of watching them (or better yet stopping and returning to them later) of course in about as high quality as you can currently get outside a cinema. And the fact that plugging in a dvd, sitting around the plasma screen with some mates with surround sound blasting out mimics the cinematic experience whereas streaming is still just sticking something on and watching a back lit titchy screen beaming into your face. I dunno. Plenty of reasons people keep buying dvds, but the whole driving force of ye old days (you want to watch the programme when you want to watch it and not when itv starts repeating it), isnt really the big one. So instead of fighting pirates, why not just offer subscription packages to yoru network or better yet use advertising to recoup potential losses from those people who would have ONLY bought the dvd so they could watch it when they like. Those people arent a very big proportion now of the market anymore. Well, not the market thats going to shape the next twenty years. Sure not everyone streams or has heard of it, but internet speeds and dispersion makes it an inevitability that they will within the next few years. Bear in mind theres also a lot of pressure on illegal ownership right now (with massively disproportionate fines/sentences). This just makes streaming a pretty safe alternative. Except the malware/keyloggers of course... Interesting write up there ippy! I agree with lots of it. About DVDs, I just like owning and having ones I really like on my shelf. Somehow. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 the Chamber, a Grisham story. Bit boring actually Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Yes even Gene couldn't save that one. Quite like the other Grisham adaptations though. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 The Dirty Dozen Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I Claudius, through the first five episodes. Derek Jacobi is terrific. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 The Dirty Dozen Funny you should mention that I did as well. Never seen it before last night. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Got Inception to watch, looking forward to that one. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I wasn't mad keen on that one even though the rep was good for it. Just not keen on Leonardo Di whatshisface myself. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 After someone mentioning it somewhere else, watched The Omen tonight. A classic indeed, still scary still spooky music and well made. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I wasn't mad keen on that one even though the rep was good for it. Just not keen on Leonardo Di whatshisface myself. worth a watch though good movie Link to post Share on other sites
Saitaman 1 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I recorded The Guns of Navarone the other night, haven't seen that one in ages. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen). First movie I have seen in a long, long time after which I just said, "That was a good movie!" with no qualifiers. Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Talking of war classics... The Great Escape! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Just watched M.I.B3 in 3D just as weird as the others, which was good I like scifi! Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Copland Great movie Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 It is indeed. The only other Stallone one I can watch is, er, Cliffhanger. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 the one that was on after Copland is a load of old bollocks. The Specialist....what a cheesy piece of crap that is Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Code 46 was kind of interesting. Tim Robbins. Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 That was on one of the free movie channels on sky, got it recorded. There was also a really crappy Stallone one that I gave up on. Terrorhawks or something. Avoid. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I thought that Code 46 was really tedious actually. Might just not have been in the mood... Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I got to see Never Say Never Again, the pretend Bond flick with Sean in it. Godawful. I think it's a remake of the Thunderball story. Why did they bother. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Yeah its pretty cheesy that one. Was out same time almost as Octopussy. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 ....which wasn't cheesy at all Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Watch the jungle chase scene in the last part of this. Look out for: - sit! - hiss off! - tarzan ....amongst others http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8aymHrcQpY Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 As with all bonds of the era up until around then, really nice soundtrack though. Madonna? Jack White? Shameful. Link to post Share on other sites
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