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To Boost Plummeting Sales Initial DVD Releases Might Become Purchase-Only
Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Source: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/
The Los Angeles Times:
“For those who like renting movies, Hollywood may soon have a message: Prepare to wait.
“In an effort to push consumers toward buying more movies, some major film studios are considering a new policy that would block DVDs from being offered for rental until several weeks after going on sale.
“Under the plan, new DVD releases would be available on a purchase-only basis for a few weeks, after which time companies such as Blockbuster ...
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manhattanman 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Even as we type these words.. Sean Penn is on his way to see Chavez…
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manhattanman 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
They know better than us … they put Leno on in Primetime… and he's killing NBC.. but they know better than us
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manhattanman 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Because Lieberal turds-of-a-feather stink-together
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manhattanman 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Add a $5 tax to all internet users.. yes.. that actually has been brought up.. tax everyone because …their stuff is just SOOOoo good you just have to be downloading it if you have a broadband internet connection..
So.. the bailout you jest about.. is "jest" about here.. and you all will pay it whether you want to not..
PAY UP DAMMIT!! YOU KNOW YOU DOWNLOAD MOVIES!!!
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California_Girl 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
If it wasn't for Pixar I probably would never go to the theater. I just hope Disney doesn't ruin them.
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California_Girl 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Most of the time, I do rent it first, then buy it. Why would I want to buy a movie, sight unseen? I rent it; then, if I love it, I might buy it.
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California_Girl 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Oh yeah? Speak for yourself, you whippersnapper!
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John_McClain 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Oh please, like they produce anything that I couldn't wait for the eventual rental release.
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rckmom 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
I would rather go to E-Bay and buy dvd's of really good tv shows, Fruebds, Charmed, Grey's Anatomy…some have gone over the edge to liberalism but I can stand a tiny bit of that..I watched a movie last night starring Nicholas Cage and Tia Leone, cute movie until I heard Cage's character say "I saw you on CNBC great interview"…I knew I had been had! Hollywood has ... See all content
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Karl 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
They did it a little different. My first job in 1992 was at a video store. Rental places had the movies for a few weeks before everyone else.
They paid the $150 bucks or so for them.
A few weeks later the stores could sell them.
The only reason I remember this is because the owner caught WalMart with some videos out early and she nearly lost her mind.
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BlackConeSilnce 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
How dare you talk common sense! Like the price of college tuition, the price must continue to go up!
No soup for you! =3
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BlackConeSilnce 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Oh these companies are just angry no one wants to buy a fresh copy of Transformers Twilight 2: Electric Boogaloo.
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Jeff Perren 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
A brilliant marketing plan! Defer your revenue for several weeks for no gain whatsoever! Increase customer dissatisfaction and get in exchange zero additional dollars. Yes. Great idea.
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El_Gordo 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Agreed, though I think nazi villains are great in an Indiana Jones-type adventure. I guess you were thinking of the ridiculous cop out in The Sum of all Fears.
I am so starved for a simple well-made US vs. THEM escapist action/adventure movie with no liberal pieties hidden in there somewhere. It is what Hollywood is supposed to do best. But it´s not even in their DNA anymore.
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Growltiger 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
I know this might seem a little radical, but why option a book with a real plot (Klavan's for instance), then hire screenwriters instead of propagandists, let them write the entire film (no script doctors allowed), cast the film with actors who are not identified as politicians (if you can find any), leave out the "liberal tell" (as Nolte has described it), don't insult half the ... See all content
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Laura 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
The DVDs I will buy without having first seen them is limited and won't increase because of this. I have, though, after renting some DVDs chosen to buy them. As others have pointed out, declining DVD sales are the result of the movies Hollywood has chosen to make. Its summer fare consists of crap for kiddies, and guess what Hollywood – kiddies (including teenagers) don't buy DVDs. Until ... See all content
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Malachi42 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Amen, Dave. I want the illusion of movies back, the innocent kiss of the cowboys horse, the movie without the obligatory sex scene, no remakes of classics, or use of a old title and corrupt the movie til it is another movie loosely based on a notion, and expect me to pa movie price to see just because the hype has it the next Titanic (which made me have fond memories of Jeff Goldblum's Pittsburgh) ... See all content
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ScottMcC 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
I mostly agree, but let's not forget that Blu-ray Disc prices are cost prohibitive for most people right now. We're in an economic recession and Hollywood wants us to pay $10+ to see a movie in the cinema and/or buy a DVD for $10 to maximize the profits for their content.
Now that DVD sales are declining, Hollywood says: "Go Blu!" but those Blu-ray Discs usually cost twice
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space_commando 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Ha Ha! I had a bootleg copy of "Jedi" too and it was so bad, I wrote off pirating and figured I'd just pay for a good copy of what I wanted. I know I paid like $30 for a used "Robocop" at a local video store back then and the tape broke in about a week.
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Mjolnir 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Gee, let's see…
I can buy a movie I didn't bother to see in a theater immediately…
Or I can wait to rent the very same movie I didn't bother to see in a theater or purchase on DVD a couple of weeks later…
Or I can add it to my Netflix list and catch it on the rotation, unless I find something better to add in front of it…
Or
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NebraskaMilitia 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Went to see the latest SAW movie, what a disappointment. The story line is about an Evil Health Insurance company that cuts off coverage when you get sick…go figure. Don't waste your time on this one.
I pay $45 a month at Hollywood video and can rent all the movies I want. Most times it is impossible to find anything worth watching. Even the gal running the store says all the movies
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
This didn't work when they did it with vhs rentals... what makes them think it will work with dvd rentals?
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
When did they last produce anything that was worth watching more that once? Or EVEN once? It's a free country (for now, anyway) and they can make anything they want, I suppose, but (for now, anyway) Obama can't make me buy it.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
In a land far far away there was a little known rule called the law of supply and demand. We demand a reversal of the Anti American and Enviromental crap you've been putting out. We also demand a tenfold increase in movie plots, with actors smart enough not to use the public spot light to ruin what ever movie magic is still left. Perhaps if you addressed any of these issues you'd have a supply ... See all content
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Didn't they do this already with VHS tapes for years before Blockbuster came on the scene? It worked like crap back then too.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Brilliant Hollywood move - Not. This will just increase DVD pirating and/or people will just wait an extra month or so to rent the DVD they had no intention of buying anyway. Hollywood has never been able to divorce themselves from the notion that they exclusively distribute their movies. The Internet has destroyed that. Movies should come out on DVD one month after they are released in the theater ... See all content
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
“The studios are wrestling with declines in DVD sales while the DVD rental market has been modestly growing,” Yeah, that's the ticket. Let's starve the part of the business that is "modestly growing" to hope (and change) that DVD sales will do better by forcing people to wait. That's a Harvard Business model by way of *Trotsky. Look, fellas, you just got finished ... See all content
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
It's the product stupid. Keep making crap-tacular movies and we'll keep our money. People complain about Wall Street Exec's and their pay! I think actors should be paid based on how well the movie does in the box office. Make movies like Gigli…get paid like Gigli. Hell if Obama can do it to Wall Street why not Hollyweird too.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
go ahead holly WIERD.. i can wait a couple extra weeks... won't hurt me.. you all don't make that much worth our time anyway..
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Production Costs have gone through the roof and the quality has declined. People want to be entertained but they cannot afford to kep paying through the nose. Hollywood first needs to lean out. Only make one or two expensive movies a year. Make more not less movies but make them cheaply. Recruit and develope new writers and directors and then crank out some flicks. Do weekend before targeted marketing ... See all content
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
I wonder what their brilliant plan will be when this fails...
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Gee, those studios sure are "hurting", maybe the actors all need a salary cap instead of getting those disgustingly capatalistic windfall profits and maybe they should even get a bailout.. (barf)...
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Anything to keep people uninformed about what tripe they're purchasing, I suppose.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Well, THAT explains why I am no longer getting the latest releases on my Netflix. Up until last month, I got them the same day they were released - but as of 3 weeks ago I'm only getting the explanation 'a very long wait' next to the DVD as it just sits there on my screen taunting me. And the studios think this will make me BUY the DVD? For God's sakes, you jerks - if i was going ... See all content
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
well, if they would just put out great movies, perhaps their sales would rise, supply and demand, crappy supply, no demand. it seems the music industry could learn from this too. they charge nearly 20 bucks for a cd with only one good song on it.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
You know, maybe this is just me, but if I put a movie on my "to watch/rent" list, and it's not there when I go looking for movies - which is happening more and more rarely these days - then I inevitably forget all about it. If I didn't care enough about it to go see it when it came out - and the last movie I've seen in theaters was the Dark Knight - then chances are, I won't ... See all content
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
as the man says- Good luck with that... Habits are hard to change. People will wait until they can get them for the $1 overnite rental. Considering the crap made- with the same 30 actors and recycled plots- there is no need to rush and see that which will be on Cinemax in four months anyway...
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Brilliant stratigery. Maybe Detroit can be saved if new models aren't released to rental companies for like a couple of months, so people will buy them instead. This will so work, because Hollywood is releasing such great stuff that people are going, "Oh, I must see it in the theater...No, I will wait...Until it is released on DVD...I will wait a couple of months....But I can't wait ... See all content
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Anyone know what the carbon footprint is for a DVD? Eh? Save the planet, don't promote the manufacter of DVD's! Don't buy a DVD - rent one to save a polar bear! Cripes, if Hollywood would quit with the activism and resume the acting, sales and revenue would go up.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago on Intensedebate
Not that it matters to me since I won't rent or buy the things they pass off as movies these days but this move won't have any real effect on the DVD sales. The DVD sales are plummeting because Hollywood is putting out garbage and the rabid political activism of many actors and actresses are turning people off. People may be willing to spend a couple bucks to rent a current movie for a night ... See all content
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