Why is Europe getting first dibs on these new releases?

[jc480]

Just wondering why Europe keeps getting first dibs on so many Blu Ray releases?

DUNE to France others to the UK......

[GGX]

Different studios have different rights to different movies in different territories.

[Buffalo MX]

Dont forget my country Mexico we recieve lots of BR or SD DVD before US release

[demoni]

Europe rules, that's why... hehe

[degas]

Viva la revolution!

[AikonEnt]

Originally Posted by jc480

Just wondering why Europe keeps getting first dibs on so many Blu Ray releases?

Because the world doesn't revolve around America. We get some stuff first, you get some stuff first. Sometimes you get Blu's we never get, the 5 disc version of Blade Runner for instance and you pay less for them than we do. This is just the way things are, deal with it

[Josh]

For catalog releases, studios will often wait to tie products into new releases, or even just wait for the economy to rebound. Some Warner and Fox titles have been released in Japan for sometime, but delayed here because the economy is hurting.

[Kynch]

I was about to ask the same thing for the US.

When we argue about never getting anything, we're told to deal with it, but why should you be allowed to complain when a European country gets something first?

It doesn't seem fair nor does it make sense does it?

Anyway, get over it.

[richieb1971]

But yeah, sometimes a country will get a movie first. Japan got Trainspotting first and that was made in the UK.

Chill.

[JonD7]

*raises hand* I wanna go to Scotland someday!

[JessR]

China usually has them out first.

[Beta Man]

THE OFFENSIVE (yes they were) posts were removed... Keep it civil and ON TOPIC please.

[RustyK94]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

THE OFFENSIVE (yes they were) posts were removed... Keep it civil and ON TOPIC please.

You mean my posts

Clam down i never said anything bad about America apart from the poverty which is a fact.

[AikonEnt]

Originally Posted by Y3k Bug

I can't speak for others, but when I hear "international superstar" I take it to mean they're already famous somewhere else and now they're in America. It's just American's way of saying, "this isn't some newb just off the train/boat/bus whatever". I don't think it carries any negative connotation at all.

So somebody can't just be called a 'superstar' until they're recognised in the US? You may not think it has negative connotations but you're on the inside looking out, those on the outside looking in (i.e. everybody else in the World that isn't America) may see things differently. Don't get me wrong, I like America, it provides most of my entertainment, I love watching the NFL and NBA, most of the TV I watch is American and the music I listen to mainly comes from the US. Most of the people are ok (apart from the screamy whiny children you have to put up with online, thank God for mute ). But sometimes it's not difficult to understand why people don't like America.

Originally Posted by Pyre

This thread is going places. I can feel it.

Yep, the first war between Europe and the US

[Y3k Bug]

Originally Posted by AikonEnt

So somebody can't just be called a 'superstar' until they're recognised in the US? You may not think it has negative connotations but you're on the inside looking out, those on the outside looking in (i.e. everybody else in the World that isn't America) may see things differently. Don't get me wrong, I like America, it provides most of my entertainment, I love watching the NFL and NBA, most of the TV I watch is American and the music I listen to mainly comes from the US. Most of the people are ok (apart from the screamy whiny children you have to put up with online, thank God for mute ). But sometimes it's not difficult to understand why people don't like America.



Yep, the first war between Europe and the US

I was going to try and explain, but it would be off topic, so instead I'll just hug all the people's of the world.

and ON topic, I don't begrudge the Europeans getting a movie before us. I know we'll get it some day.

[AikonEnt]

Originally Posted by Y3k Bug

I was going to try and explain, but it would be off topic, so instead I'll just hug all the people's of the world.

and ON topic, I don't begrudge the Europeans getting a movie before us. I know we'll get it some day.

This shouldn't be turned into in fighting within the Blu community. It should be turned against the movie bods to get rid of region encoding. Then we can buy any movie from anywhere in the world an we'll know it'll work just fine

[aygie]

Originally Posted by AikonEnt

This shouldn't be turned into in fighting within the Blu community. It should be turned against the movie bods to get rid of region encoding. Then we can buy any movie from anywhere in the world an we'll know it'll work just fine

To be fair most of the studios are doing a fine job of not region coding titles, even Fox seems to be more relaxed about it recently!

[Sky_Captain]

In a bid to stop Europeans importing cheap discs from elsewhere in the world, we have at last been given an incentive to buy local releases: They're finally cheaper, and in some cases, released first.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by RustyK94

You mean my posts

Clam down i never said anything bad about America apart from the poverty which is a fact.

Your post wasn't deleted for being offensive.... but from quoting another post, and inviting the debate, which would turn this thread into "Off-Topic"

But you are correct, your post wasn't offensive.

[RustyK94]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Your post wasn't deleted for being offensive.... but from quoting another post, and inviting the debate, which would turn this thread into "Off-Topic"

But you are correct, your post wasn't offensive.

Fair do's thanks for getting back to me and on topic i would like the releases over here better if we had slim cases like the US.

That's incentive.