it's what happened. people prized the convenience of streaming over quality/choices of DVD and here we are.― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, April 26, 2019 4:40 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, April 26, 2019 4:40 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is otm. When I tell friends I still get Netflix DVDs through the mail they react with astonishment, as if I told them I've decided to give up electricity. This weekend somebody saw a red envelope on my coffee table, pointed to it and literally said "Oh my god, have you been saving that all this time as a memento?!" All of these same friends complain about there not being enough things on streaming that they like, and say things like "I watched 3 seasons of (show x) this week, it was just meh." Reminds me of the Onion op-ed from years ago along the lines of "Can you believe the shit they force me to watch on television?"
― One Eye Open, Monday, 29 April 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
kind of off-topic, but sometimes I'll start on a Netflix series and realize quickly that it's diverting but not actually good; I find at this point the most time-effective approach is to look up what happens on Wikipedia or a set of recaps, then move onto something else.
― Simon H., Monday, 29 April 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
"Oh my god, have you been saving that all this time as a memento?!"
lol
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 29 April 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
One of the absolute best things about moving to the Los Angeles area is there's still independent video stores out here
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 29 April 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
Toronto still has a couple, shockingly.
― Simon H., Monday, 29 April 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
hosted the crew of ghost-hunting show the other day while they exploited local culture for the entertainment of people whose crippling brain damage has left them with nothing better to watch and me and the sound guy in the dead ringers shirt reminisced about portland's MOVIE MADNESS-- still there!
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 29 April 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
Gotta say, for a time when streaming media is in the ascendant, boutique physical media companies are totally killing it. Like if you're inclined to blame Netflix et al for snuffing out the home video market, you're neither paying attention nor supporting the current embarrassment of blu-ray riches with your dollar votes.
― Joan Lunden just stole your laptop and I didn't even try to stop her (Old Lunch), Monday, 29 April 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
xpost -- wait hold on, that's quite a setup.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
i didn't know which to envy more: their remote video monitor (wireless splitscreen from multiple cameras!) or their veil-piercing communications apparatus. anyway, turns out my theater has night marchers
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5-n8e3XsAEIVpd.jpg
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
bully
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
Untitled boot stamping on a human face forever
― milkshake chuk (wins), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
wow, so every disney is getting a live action remake huhMajor headline for me is that Nimona is gonna be a big big deal and that Noelle Stevenson is hella rich
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
Maybe it's just me but feels like they weren't really trying when they settled on these movie titles.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Man all four people who give any fucks about Avatar have gotta be STOKED.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
lmao that Cameron is apparently shooting the 4 Avatar sequels (5 is penned in for 2027) concurrently, meaning even if the first one underperforms they'll still have 3 left to promote
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
I'm a little surprised that Disney hasn't pulled back on the reins with that impending disaster.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
TBF, both titanic and avatar were hailed as an impending disaster and then become the biggest things in the history of movies so it's tough to bet against him until he losesi also think he will lose this time btw
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
I reeeeeeeeally need to be convinced that Avatar 2-4 will be a disaster beyond Very Online people saying variations of "no one remembers this"
Disney World built a whole themed area for it, it's the second biggest-selling Blu Ray of all time after FROZEN and I haven't seen any evidence that America won't gladly slurp down every PG-13 fan service sequel save, like, "Wow, Solo only made 393 million dollars"
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
Also, it's been so long, I can see them re-releasing Avatar 1 in theaters
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
There's a whole Cirque du Soliel touring act about Avatar
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
as others have pointed out, the one upside to this schedule: no Deadpool shit since Disney is only interested in PG-13 flicks
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
following "the rider", i will be down for the choe zhao Eternals movie but boy am i having a hard time imagining how that will pan out
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
I'm kind of impressed they're still going to go for more movies based on rides that have no real story
can't wait for JUNGLE CRUISE
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
I love Disney so much and it bums me out that all the attention is going towards stuff I don't care about: Marvel movies/Star Wars/live action remakes.
Get me an immersive Arendelle with Ilsa's ice castle!
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
Ilsa's ice castle
sounds pretty dark
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
― Simon H., Tuesday, May 7, 2019 12:57 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not so. Feige has already telegraphed their intention to continue milking that particular cash cow.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I'm kind of impressed they're still going to go for more movies based on rides that have no real storycan't wait for JUNGLE CRUISE― mh, Tuesday, May 7, 2019 2:00 PM (forty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mh, Tuesday, May 7, 2019 2:00 PM (forty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I mean the Pirates of the Carribbean franchise made $4.5 billion, so that can write off a few of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnlMvollAkYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U32Law7K-b8
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
IIRC Disney approached Cameron about building an Avatar attraction because they had lost out on Harry Potter several years prior, and at the time Avatar was only two years old. Had they waited another year, the Lucasfilm acquisition would have taken place and they might have gone straight for a Star Wars attraction.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
I don't think Avatar 2-4 (or 5?) will have the same kind of success as the first one, but I doubt they are going to lose money.
I mean, nobody seems to like those Transformers movies either and they made a ton of money. Online discourse is really only a tiny fraction of public opinion.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
"I remember how excited I was the first time my dad took me to see an Avatar movie, I'm so happy to be able to share that special moment with my own children!"
― One Eye Open, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
Also, like, outside of a theme park attraction and Blu-Ray sales, what's its place in popular culture? Do people still talk about Avatar a lot, or learn Navi or whatever? It may have made money but it seems to have left no cultural footprint whatsoever otherwise.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
My son's introduction to avatar was the avatar ride in Disney World. I could totally see him wanting to see these movies just because of that.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
its weird to realize that there was a movie as big as avatar that didnt get a sequel for over 12 years. hard to imagine that ever happening again in the current climate. thats even longer than the time between revenge of the sith and force awakens
― One Eye Open, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
The ride is undeniably awesome. However, the lead-in to the ride was a ten-minute video loosely recapping the plot of Avatar because who the fuck remembers what happened in Avatar.
NB, I saw Avatar for the first time earlier this year.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
Have not seen avatar yet, do not think that will change in this lifetime.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
I didn't think it would, either. The things we do for love.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
The number of people who spent hundreds of dollars visiting the Avatar theme park in 2018 is roughly the same as the number of US viewers who watched the most recent ep of game of thrones, seems like a massive cultural footprint tbh, just not talked about on twitter as much
― One Eye Open, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
there were those folks who got depressed that they couldn't live on navi
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
oh pandora even
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
Avatar Land was pretty cool and has some nice environmental design but I don't see it being a huge draw for terribly long, particularly once Star Wars Land opens. Like the Navi restaurant was kind of a turdburger.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
ok so there is no upside
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
C'mon, don't pretend you aren't excited for that live-action Home on the Range remake.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
I forgot the existence of a Haunted Mansion movie but my friend who would watch horrible movies and then fast forward through to show me the "highlights" showed me part of Country Bears
completely stock script, with Christopher Walken as the human foil
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
When clearly he should've been playing all of the bears instead.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
Enchanted Tiki Room movie or gtfo
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
I also strongly want them to bring back Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, unchanged, and then make a movie about it
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
xxpost Oh, it just means I once took my once-strident stance against watching Avatar and threw it in the gutter like so much dishwater just because my gf asked me to, no big.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 23:59 (four years ago) link
there have already been several films but Disney did not manage to steal the IP as effectively as they did with Milne
the Python / Coogan one is p dece iirc
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
that seems so lazy and low-stakes in retrospect! it also seemed like a weird tonal crossover at the time, but today it’d be just.. this week’s episode
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
I don't think my brain, or the brains of many fans now, are doing much beyond "I like A, I like B, A + B = !!!". it's primal
― Vinnie, Thursday, 8 July 2021 05:50 (two years ago) link
the Simpsons already had its own comic book universe in radioactive man and fallout boy etc. this just seems like that but without the trademark avoidance dance
― koogs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 07:36 (two years ago) link
In fairness, the Loki thing is 4:30 minutes long, and the 'plot' finishes after 2:30 - the credits has a bunch more colorforms - Comic Book Guy is Thanos! The other Simpsons are Guardians of the Galaxy! It would be fine on Tumblr.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 8 July 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
“The Cinemateca Brasileira houses and protects the entire memory of Brazilian Cinema in its archives, from the first documentaries shot in the early 20th century to the Cinema Novo masterpieces. In its 45,000 titles, the Cinemateca holds a register of our national identity in construction, of our culture being redefined through time.”https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/1440/0/0/2020-08/cinemateca-brasileira-masters-vault-2020.jpg“Until recently, the Cinemateca Brasileira was considered a center of excellence for film restoration, thanks to its personnel and technical capabilities.”Brazil’s film archive is facing wipeout, 4 August 2020
https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/1440/0/0/2020-08/cinemateca-brasileira-masters-vault-2020.jpg
“Until recently, the Cinemateca Brasileira was considered a center of excellence for film restoration, thanks to its personnel and technical capabilities.”
Brazil’s film archive is facing wipeout, 4 August 2020
Cinemateca Brasileira, the largest audiovisual institution in South America, under threat by Bolsonaro governmentThe government has fired all 41 technical staff, who safeguard an important collection of more than 250,000 worksGabriella Angeleti, 27th August 2020 23:34 BST
Gabriella Angeleti, 27th August 2020 23:34 BST
The imminent tragedy that so many have been trying to prevent by speaking out on the dangerous precariousness of the Brazilian Cinematheque is now a reality — BRAZILIAN CINEMATHEQUE IS ON FIRE as reported by the local media #SOScinematecabrasileira #cinematecaisburning pic.twitter.com/IMhnH1IlaZ— Ela Bittencourt (@Ela_Bittencourt) July 29, 2021
Just this past Sat (7/24) the fired workers of #SOSCinematecaBrasileira were protesting on Avenida Paulista, São Paulo’s main avenue, to alert everyone about the dangers facing Cinemateca — another call that went unheeded pic.twitter.com/YVcQy1YMUN— Ela Bittencourt (@Ela_Bittencourt) July 30, 2021
Firemen told @GloboNews that one of the Cinemateca Brasileira warehouse rooms that caught fire was storing films from the 1920s pic.twitter.com/LVBEwoCuOE— Ela Bittencourt (@Ela_Bittencourt) July 30, 2021
Remember the time when the gov. sent federal police to FORCE THE WORKERS OUT of the Cinemateca and to take over and lock it up https://t.co/BZI9b4hbI4 pic.twitter.com/XpG0AvKQfJ— Ela Bittencourt (@Ela_Bittencourt) July 30, 2021
They were there for months without receiving pay, taking care of the archives https://t.co/uGBFN0oRuU pic.twitter.com/Q2L5LOA1uP— Ela Bittencourt (@Ela_Bittencourt) July 30, 2021
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 30 July 2021 05:54 (two years ago) link
good lord
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 30 July 2021 08:41 (two years ago) link
fuck
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 July 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
Statement from the workers regarding last night's fire at the Cinemateca Brasileira (pdf)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 1 August 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
SF Museum Of Modern Art has axed their film program, 86 years after beginning and five years after renovating their theatre, due to decreased attendance in the last year.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
Damn.
― Nhex, Monday, 2 August 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
Huh! I wonder why people stopped going to movies last year? There must be a reason. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Monday, 2 August 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link
Torrenting as pure responsibility
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 2 August 2021 05:08 (two years ago) link
How it started How it’s going pic.twitter.com/G7LD8DshPM— elevator to the giallos (@mxy_mabuse) July 7, 2021
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
Great news for Disney but tough night for Disney and Disney https://t.co/WmBLF3RBwe— Ben Joseph (@jenboseph) December 18, 2021
― rob, Sunday, 19 December 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
lol actually feel sorry for Nightmare Alley
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 December 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
The irony is that Del Toro's Blade 2 was one of the first-wave Marvel adaptations to get critical acclaim as well as box office. Same year as Raimi's first Spider-man, iirc. So in a round about way, Disney owes Del Toro.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
True shit. Just got an email from my theater asking if I wanted to cancel my tickets for NIGHTMARE ALLEY because they cancelled every other show to free up the screen for more Spider-Man showings. pic.twitter.com/tpdfD7VjqG— Reyna Cervantes (@Jfcdoomblade) December 19, 2021
― dark end of the st. maud (sic), Sunday, 19 December 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
sad lol
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 19 December 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
what's truly demoralizing here is that even being the second film adaptation of preexisting literary source material isn't unoriginal enough to go up against the second multiple-spider-men movie of the past three years
― rob, Sunday, 19 December 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
1 2 MCU
― Blue Suede Q*bert (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 December 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
i got an email last week alerting me that A NEW DEVICE HAS BEEN USED TO LOGIN TO YOUR DISNEY ACCOUNT, which i completely assumed was a phishing email because i have never created a "disney account" and my old espn account was (is?) tied to a different email address. then i looked at it and realized it was sent because i logged in to the national geographic website to read an article on my phone, so due to a magazine subscription i've had since the '90s, i guess i now have a disney account. i mean, i slightly prefer natl geo content being controlled by the mouse rather than rupert murdoch, but it would be nice if neither did.
― circles, Thursday, 13 April 2023 16:58 (eleven months ago) link