Got that email as well. Definitely made me go :O
I hope they recoup some costs with the quick DVD release!
The Domestic Box Office run is ending, International is kicking in.
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I hope they recoup some costs with the quick DVD release!
Same here. Never a good sign when the Blu-Ray comes out only two months after the theatrical release date. :-(
Not necessarily. I think releases are inevitably going to get faster. People aren't going to theaters the same way they used to.
With the way TV's are today, some people may indeed simply wait for the 4K movie to come out before watching--in the comfort of their own homes.
There is an increasing trend towards faster, sometimes simultaneous and occasionally earlier than cinematic release for films. It will only accelerate as more homes become equipped with both a large (65"+) display and high speed/large or unlimited data streams (these things are already common but not nearly a majority of cases). The "going to the movies" model, in another decade, will be a niche, I strongly suspect, and cinema houses may well become venues to share in "live" events like concerts or sports than for movies.
Yeah, especially when going to the theater is so expensive!
ETA: We're headed toward the future predicted in Spaceballs, people.
ETA: We're headed toward the future predicted in Spaceballs, people.
Not necessarily. The time between theatrical release and digital download/physical copy release gets shorter and shorter as more folks express their preference for those formats.
People are still willing to pay 25+$ for an "exclusive" event (concert or sports) but streaming has us accustomed to many movies for little cost. I think the day of simultaneous release of major films on a PPV basis at home (say for 2/3 a movie ticket price) will be here soon. IMAX 3D is 20$ around here already and a regular film ticket is 14$.
I also pine for the return of my idyllic youth, when single men and women kept a respectable distance from each other, just like a theatrical release of a film and the subsequent home video device release.
EVERYTHING back then was more special.
But that being said I have to go with the crowd on this one. Waiting for the movie to come to DVD is easier for me now days, so the faster turnaround time is appreciated. In fact the last movie I saw in the theater was Beyond, just last week. Probably won't go again for another year or two, if that.
Trekcore reports that that's an error.
Just saw that on their twitter. Even though releases are coming out quicker, two months after the release date is far too soon. The average is 4 to 6 months.
It's a balance:
Release DVD too early and you canibalise the movie theatre takings
Release DVD too late and people get unauthorised copies
Release DVD at the wrong time and miss out on people buying them as presents (ie for christmas)
One thing's for certain -- release it in one country before another and the internet is flooded with unauthorised copies.
I've seen every trek film since Generations at the cinema (didn't see TUC as I was only 9). Nearly didn't get to this one which concerned me, as I was moving house, and getting a grandparent to babysit the kids was tricky. In that time though we watched 3 films on amazon or netflix. If it had been something like Civil War or Star Wars that had clashed, we likely wouldn't have bothered.
However while we were happy paying best part of £40 + the hassle of babysitting and an hour-long round trip drive to watch at the cinema, I'm not sure PPV for £20 would have appealed. Cinema's are an event -- you go out, you get to be switched off from the outside world, you get popcorn and trailers, and there's no pause button (usually takes us over 3 hours to watch a 90 minute film thanks to conversations). It's just not the same at home - but our spending on a film comes out of the same pot we'd spend on an evening meal out, so that's what the cinema is competing with, not with watching a DVD.
PPV means that the internet releases will be a far better quality too (HDMI output into a device that ignores HDCP), meaning time to internet reduces, so PPV has to be aimed at a cheap enough cost that people won't bother -- probably <$10.
In the past two years I've been at the theater more than I was in the past decade before. Three showings of Beyond, three of TFA, one of Cinderella and one of The Peanuts Movie.
What?
It's a joke.
We're heading to Idiocracy. You're 30 years too late for Spaceballs (assuming you're on about murchundising)
When I was a lad Postman Pat had a van. Fireman Sam had a fire engine.
There are now
Postman pat: van, big van, helicopter, motorbike, forklift truck, 4x4, snow mobile, steam trainm, electric train
Fireman Sam Fire Engine, 4x4 fire-engine, 4x4 mountain rescue jeep, Lifeboat, quad bike, Jetski, Fireboat, Amphibious vehicle, Helicopter, Drone, Firefighting Train, passenger train, crane, and a mobile fire station
Yup my feeling was a terrible sign waaaaaayyyyyy too soon
Nov sounds right n I will be there first day
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