News The Disney+ (The New Streaming Service) Thread

[UssGlenn]

Ah I see Red Tails is up. That reminds me, they don't have "Tucker: The Man and his Dream" yet.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

If only we had some sort of system at home to watch stuff when there was no Internet...

I got ya, it just seems that system is on the outs.

 

[EnderAKH]

Ah I see Red Tails is up. That reminds me, they don't have "Tucker: The Man and his Dream" yet.

Tucker was a joint production between Paramount and MGM, I'm not sure why it would be on Disney+?

 

[Campe]

I got ya, it just seems that system is on the outs.

I don't think its on the outs. At least not yet. Once they can lower the price of rentals of new releases on digital to Redbox prices and if streaming video titles from the library becomes more widespread, physical media will go away. Not to mention that they need to get real 4K UHD quality on these services without compression. You may have multiple tiers at that point, much like Netflix does. But both the high and the low end will want a reason to get rid of their discs. Most consumers don't care. But we're not quite there yet.

 

[JD]

I wonder if we might eventually see some of the co-productions, like Popeye and Dragonslayer.

It's not a question of licensing fees, it's likely a question of preexisting contracts.

If some other company signed a contract to show On Stranger Tides in the years 2020 and 2021 five years ago, it's not like Disney can just go to them and say "here's your money back". They would have to pay a penalty to get out of that contract. And whatever that penalty is, they've decided that it is not worth paying.

Keep in mind, we were only supposed to have 8 or so MCU movies at launch, but instead we had almost all of them. So Disney has clearly been paying some money to get out of contracts signed long before the acquisition of Fox and the launch of Disney+ became serious ideas. But different contracts may have yielded different disengagement options. Maybe some of the Marvel movie contracts were going to expire in 6 months anyway, so they didn't have to pay much to get out of them.

Of course, this is all a guess.

So are some contracts not always immediate and continuous? I had always assumed most of the contracts like this were for immediate and continuous rights until it ended. So once something was on one service, that meant all other contract were up and there wouldn't be any more unless some renegotiated.

 

[JD]

Does anyone know what the issue is with the Aladdin TV series? Only 3 or 4 episodes have ever been released on DVD, and it's never been streaming anywhere for free or to buy.

 

[UssGlenn]

Tucker was a joint production between Paramount and MGM, I'm not sure why it would be on Disney+?

It's a Lucasfilm production as well.

 

[EnderAKH]

It's a Lucasfilm production as well.

True, but they wouldn't control home video/streaming rights, that would be controlled by the distributor(s). I doubt very much they negotiated a Star Wars rights scheme for a biopic of a failed car maker, and I say that as someone who loves the movie.

 

[crookeddy]

Oooh I watched that movie in school...

 

[fireproof78]

So are some contracts not always immediate and continuous? I had always assumed most of the contracts like this were for immediate and continuous rights until it ended. So once something was on one service, that meant all other contract were up and there wouldn't be any more unless some renegotiated.

Contracts are extremely specific things. Exclusivity rights could be negotiated for for a limited amount of time, and then other services could bid. But, each contract is negotiated in light of the other.

 

[Mage]

If only we had some sort of system at home to watch stuff when there was no Internet...

I respect that. However, personally, I enjoy the idea of having more films and TV shows at my finger tips. It gives me more opportunity to find new media this way. For instance, Disney+ has National Geographic. I’ve watched some pretty excellent documentaries I might not have known about. Plus, when you consider what we pay for internet and streaming services? Far less than cable. Now, it can be a pain. My wife and I are watch/rewatching all the Marvel movies and sometimes it can take us awhile to get through one because for some odd reason it is almost impossible to get her to sit for two hours straight. We started Thor: Ragnarok in early December on Netflix. We finished it in late December on Disney+.

I'm both ways in this. There is a lot of stuff out there that I want on hardcopy, since some stuff isn't always available for streaming, or if there are issues with streaming. On the other hand, there are moments when I don't know what to watch, browse Netflix or D+ and end up watching something I have on disc, simply because it's easier than getting up, looking for it, coming back, starting up the blurayplayer..... I know, it's no big deal, but when it's a lazy Saturday evening and I'm already sitting with my snacks and beers, I ain't getting up anymore.

 

[JD]

I'm the same way, there's a lot of stuff I own that I watch for free on one of the streaming services, partly because I'm lazy and don't feel like having to deal with disc, and partly because most of what I own is on DVD and the streaming versions are usually in HD.

 

[Turtletrekker]

It looks like the rumored Willow sequel series will be happening.

https://www.themarysue.com/the-will...yk_nsZGPs7q3ueH1Wl2pg9IjSMmuWuaBLfg7tsnLdd1jc

 

[Skywalker]

I'm down for it. Loved Willow as a kid and it's still a bit of a guilty pleasure.

 

[kitik]

New stuff this week, highlighted by Aladdin and the brand new season of Runaways:

Plus more of the Disney+ originals that helped launch the service are wrapping up. This is the end of HSMTMTS for now. (Until season 2 hits later this year.) I'm pretty sure Loop is the last of the SparkShorts. That we know about. And this is the last little bit of Forky Asks A Question too.

 

[tomalak301]

I watched Aladdin tonight, and the newest episode of Jeff Goldblum. I didn't like this cosmetics episode, but then I'm not a fan of the subject matter. I actually enjoyed Aladdin more than I thought I would.

 

[JD]

It looks like the rumored Willow sequel series will be happening.

https://www.themarysue.com/the-will...yk_nsZGPs7q3ueH1Wl2pg9IjSMmuWuaBLfg7tsnLdd1jc

I'm down for it. Loved Willow as a kid and it's still a bit of a guilty pleasure.

I'm assuming like the Star Wars sequels this will probably be totally different from the sequel book trilogy Lucas did with Chris Claremont.

I think I found out why they're only adding the second Fantastic Four movie to Disney+, the first one is already up on Hulu.

 

[kitik]

So I've been slowly making my way through Forky Asks A Question, some of the episodes have been enjoyable, some haven't been great, but I just got to episode 5 "What Is Love?" and was very pleasantly surprised when Melephant Brooks, Carl Reinerocerous, Chairol Burnett, and Bitey White showed up.

Easily my favorite episode so far. (Previous fave was probably the one with the mug. What? No!)

Those four characters were great, too bad they couldn't get more screentime.

This'll probably encourage me to make it through the remaining episodes much faster now. (It's tough to find 3 and a half minutes in this hectic world, especially when it turns into 4 minutes because you have to watch the post credit scenes!)

 

[crookeddy]

The Finest Hours is gone from Disney Plus, even though it's not back on Netflix. So... where did it go??

 

[JD]

So I've been slowly making my way through Forky Asks A Question, some of the episodes have been enjoyable, some haven't been great, but I just got to episode 5 "What Is Love?" and was very pleasantly surprised when Melephant Brooks, Carl Reinerocerous, Chairol Burnett, and Bitey White showed up.

Are those characters all voiced by their namesakes?