Comments on: Movie same-time DVD releases http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796/comment-page-1#comment-23195 Reader's Write Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:35:45 +0000 #comment-23195 Great post. Going to theatres is a poor, expensive delivery system, for what is oftern a poor and expensive product. Shyamalan probably only visits the theatre when it's a gala premier and when he's getting a freebie - not something the rest of us gets to experience. Give us more choice in how we view the products we buy, not less. Great post. Going to theatres is a poor, expensive delivery system, for what is oftern a poor and expensive product. Shyamalan probably only visits the theatre when it’s a gala premier and when he’s getting a freebie – not something the rest of us gets to experience.

Give us more choice in how we view the products we buy, not less.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796/comment-page-1#comment-23180 Reader's Write Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:33:08 +0000 #comment-23180 Mr. Shyamalan if you want to make movies for the cinema stop making stuff like The Village - it was a direct-to-video type movie... it had an intresting twist but nothing special. Now Singns - thats more like it :) Mr. Shyamalan if you want to make movies for the cinema stop making stuff like The Village – it was a direct-to-video type movie… it had an intresting twist but nothing special.

Now Singns – thats more like it :)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796/comment-page-1#comment-23178 Reader's Write Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:05:57 +0000 #comment-23178 Two more things I meant to add. Not having to find and pay for a babysitter, and not having to go through all the trouble to get to the theater in winter (getting the car started, scraping off the windows, etc). Also, don't forget how expensive gas is getting, and will continue to get. Especially in winter, which is right around the corner (bah humbug). ;) Two more things I meant to add. Not having to find and pay for a babysitter, and not having to go through all the trouble to get to the theater in winter (getting the car started, scraping off the windows, etc). Also, don’t forget how expensive gas is getting, and will continue to get. Especially in winter, which is right around the corner (bah humbug). ;)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796/comment-page-1#comment-23177 Reader's Write Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:01:09 +0000 #comment-23177 But he says a move to eliminate the window between a film's theatrical release and its debut on video would diminish the artistic integrity of moviemaking. "If I can't make movies for theaters, I don't want to make movies," he said in a Los Angeles Times interview quoted by AP. "I hope this is a very bad idea that goes away." --- This is such a huge load of bull. The message is important, not the media. Any TRUE artist would know that. Anyone who is serious about their home theaters, and I'm sure Mr. Shyamalan is one of those folks considering the kind of money he has, will certainly know that even a half decent home theater system is easily a much better experience than the theater by far. For people like him, I guarentee it's all about money and control, plain and simple. Getting rid of theaters would be getting rid of a source of revenue after all, since most people later buy the DVD as well. Artisic vision, don't make me laugh. Personally I like the idea of straight to DVD releases, and I'm sure most regular movie goers like myself do too. Who wouldn't like the idea considering how much it costs to go to the theater these days? For relatively the same price as a ticket for the wife and I, I could instead own a DVD that the family and I can watch over and over as many times as we want. No bratty kids screaming or running around, no idiots talking through the entire movie, no cell phones going off, no theater employees shining flashlights at audience members in the middle of the movie, no expensive consession items to buy (can't live without those!), no having to look over peoples heads, not having to share a single arm rest with the people on your left and right, no sticky floors, being able to pause the movie in order to go to the bathroom, no having to stnad up for others who need to come and go for whatever reason. I could go on and on why DVD is a far superior viewing experience. I'm sorry, but the theaters days are numbered, and nothing is ever going to change that. Get used to it Mr. Shyamalan, and if you're really serious about having a tantrum by not making movies anymore, then good cause we certainly don't need you as much as you need us. Move over and let the true artists that honestly care about their craft take over the reigns. But he says a move to eliminate the window between a film’s theatrical release and its debut on video would diminish the artistic integrity of moviemaking.

“If I can’t make movies for theaters, I don’t want to make movies,” he said in a Los Angeles Times interview quoted by AP. “I hope this is a very bad idea that goes away.”

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This is such a huge load of bull. The message is important, not the media. Any TRUE artist would know that. Anyone who is serious about their home theaters, and I’m sure Mr. Shyamalan is one of those folks considering the kind of money he has, will certainly know that even a half decent home theater system is easily a much better experience than the theater by far. For people like him, I guarentee it’s all about money and control, plain and simple. Getting rid of theaters would be getting rid of a source of revenue after all, since most people later buy the DVD as well. Artisic vision, don’t make me laugh.

Personally I like the idea of straight to DVD releases, and I’m sure most regular movie goers like myself do too. Who wouldn’t like the idea considering how much it costs to go to the theater these days? For relatively the same price as a ticket for the wife and I, I could instead own a DVD that the family and I can watch over and over as many times as we want. No bratty kids screaming or running around, no idiots talking through the entire movie, no cell phones going off, no theater employees shining flashlights at audience members in the middle of the movie, no expensive consession items to buy (can’t live without those!), no having to look over peoples heads, not having to share a single arm rest with the people on your left and right, no sticky floors, being able to pause the movie in order to go to the bathroom, no having to stnad up for others who need to come and go for whatever reason. I could go on and on why DVD is a far superior viewing experience. I’m sorry, but the theaters days are numbered, and nothing is ever going to change that. Get used to it Mr. Shyamalan, and if you’re really serious about having a tantrum by not making movies anymore, then good cause we certainly don’t need you as much as you need us. Move over and let the true artists that honestly care about their craft take over the reigns.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796/comment-page-1#comment-23153 Reader's Write Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:50:29 +0000 #comment-23153 Why should he release on DVD's? The peer to peer networks are already handling that task for him. Why should he release on DVD’s? The peer to peer networks are already handling that task for him.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796/comment-page-1#comment-23148 Reader's Write Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:19:15 +0000 #comment-23148 M Night Shyamalan should realize that the delivery vehicle of the video is not the important consideration. There are home theatre systems now that rival the experience of the theatres. Mr. Shyamalan can still make movies for the big screen and I think it would be a big big mistake for anyone in Hollywood to think that they should do otherwise. M Night Shyamalan should realize that the delivery vehicle of the video is not the important consideration. There are home theatre systems now that rival the experience of the theatres. Mr. Shyamalan can still make movies for the big screen and I think it would be a big big mistake for anyone in Hollywood to think that they should do otherwise.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6796/comment-page-1#comment-23147 Reader's Write Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:15:12 +0000 #comment-23147 So this guy feels dvds dont reflect his artistic integrity or something? If he only saw how poorly his and other movies are often presented in theaters he might refuse to make movies at all. So this guy feels dvds dont reflect his artistic integrity or something? If he only saw how poorly his and other movies are often presented in theaters he might refuse to make movies at all.

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