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Originally Posted by charnier
But at the same time, I would ask this: given what we have - some fantastic gems from a company who are doing their best to source great films, is it not worth paying a tad more than usual for this? For something which you can get to watch again and again? At the very least, certainly in comparison with other titles?
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i don't re-watch films.
rather see something i've not seen than something i have seen. in that respect, i could be argued to be more ideal as i'm spending more money than the guy with a collection he returns to that he pays out no additional money to re-experience.
if anything, i'd rather the prices were realistic that suggestive of a quality that should be reliant upon the film itself. when third window started, the price of an american dvd worked out the same as they've long charged for a new release (i'd pay about £7-8 for a USA DVD so UK releases at £8.99 are far more tempting), and people in the UK would buy american releases of films as they'd be cheaper - it just so happens that since the economy went, many USA folk buy UK releases in the same way. a lot of USA companies releasing asian cinema have gone through various (fashionable, inept) reasons that made them vulnerable to the downturn and so third window are probably managing to get an american audience more aware of what they put out, too.
the hand-to-mouth nature of small businesses would be undermined by the very few willing to hand over larger sums as though it were a premium that made things look like a smarter choice than it already is when it's simply judged as a good or bad film is a twisted logic that isn't ever going to be widespread to say the least. i see 'collector types' online all the time that seem to think a certain label or packaging makes the difference to what they get - and they don't remember it's about the film in the end, and other characteristics are a bonus, not a starting point. i don't imagine many buy in such collector terms, and i think it's wiser to avoid the fickle audience that thinks of it as their baby that everyone should like in the same dewey-eyed manner over the dedicated audience that understands that the quality in part comes from a realistic, grounded approach that doesn't let romantic ideals get in the way of working towards a relationship that's mutually beneficial when improved by genuine successes or failures in what's licensed and bought - this requires shifting around to find the best films, rather than finding one place that seems to pay-off on it's own. i still to this day manage to find japanese films that nobody really seems to get excited about, films that are released on dvd to buy that nobody seems to be buying, and i think it's because people look for shortcuts to quality over putting in the effort to figure out all the various possibilities. this serves nobody well.