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Author Topic: James Cameron Siding With Theater Owners Against Studios' Premium VOD Plan Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-09-2011 08:37 PM                     In recent memory...King's Speach...far exceeded the 60-days...in fact, the CURRENT home release schedule killed the 2nd run market. In my mind, a movie should need to wait a year for its home release...if they want it, they will want it in a year without the decision of "do we see it in a theatre or wait for the home release?" You see it in the theatre...and THEN buy/rent it on the home release. -Steve  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-09-2011 08:57 PM                        That's unrealistic. Not gonna happen. Ever. Plus, with movies like The King's Speech (proper spelling), people will go to the theater even when the movie is out on video. Happened to us with Hurt Locker, Social Network, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and others. They still came out in droves even though they could rent it for $1 instead of paying our $9+ price (each). We made a ton of money. King's Speech isn't hurt by any home release. Also, home release windows have been much smaller over the past decade or so than they were compared to the previous decade. Is the industry hurting as a result? Sure doesn't seem like it to me.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-10-2011 02:15 AM                     quote: Steve Guttag In my mind, a movie should need to wait a year for its home release...if they want it, they will want it in a year without the decision of "do we see it in a theatre or wait for the home release?" That theory worked great back in the 80s and 90s when the studios didn't have a committee re-writing each script into predictable and lackluster poo, but nowadays nobody will want it in a year because the studios are grooming people to believe you aren't hip and cool if you don't GO SEE IT RIGHT NOW OPENING WEEKEND, THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN THE WORLD, OMG, YOU ARE A FAILURE IF YOU DO NOT COME SEE THIS NOW! Also most movies are such crap these days, nobody ever wants to watch it a second time. The reason movies in recent decades like Titanic played for so long is because people kept going back and paying repeatedly to see it again and again because the movie was actually good.  |  IP: Logged

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