Folks, I think five and a half pages of discussion and speculation on Twilight Time's business model, health, and relation to the home video market is enough to satisfy the most ardent horse-beater on this often repeated topic.
The post from yesterday evening and TT's recent sales have led to a flare up that has been absent in this thread for many months. These things frequently never end well and have in the past lead to arguments, label bashing, and thread derailing. I want to thank you for being civil to each other and not engaging in any of the past behaviors or other negativity.
So I would like to share with you (with TT's permission) a private communication to me directly addressing the last half dozen pages of speculation.
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From Twilight Time:
.....[the] speculation about TT's future based on one out of context post taken from a site -- it would be a full time job to keep correcting all of these misinterpretations, but suffice to say, we are still here and going strong -- this misinformation about going to limited editions of 1,500 started at another site a couple of years ago and never goes away -- but if the readers would only look at the packaging they would know we have never done it -- and have no plans to do so in the foreseeable future. The reality is 2020 *is* being regarded by many companies in the industry as a make or break time, with the across-the-board decline in sales nationwide a factor in determining whether physical media will be viable beyond that point .....
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Please let this be the last word on this topic and give it a break. Any further discussions based on last evening's post directly concerning TT as a company, their longevity in the market, or inferring their status from recent sales, or member opinions about changing their business model, will be removed from this point forward. No exceptions.
Thanks for your understanding and please let's move on. There is much to celebrate. Twilight Time will be with us for a good while bringing us classic flicks on Blu-ray, as they have done for the past six years. And their lineup so far in 2017, as with 2016 and years past, is a marvelous gift to film fans everywhere. There are some real gems from the 1940s through the 1980s already released and coming to us soon that deserve recognition....and for those unfamiliar with these titles, some exploration and willingness to expand self-imposed boundaries will reap big rewards. Ain't it a wonderful thing!