"Club Penton" - Ask questions to Hollywood insider "Penton-Man"

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by blindcat87

Penton,

Any comment on Ms. Finke's take on the end of the war. I thought she was a sharper cookie than that. But I guess with Bill Gates telling everyone that packaged media is dead and Steve Jobs basically singing the same tune, a lot of people not aware of the realities of the situation are going to fall for it.

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/

Said it before, will say it again, people like shiny things. Downloads are not shiny.

Chris

There are a lot of inaccuracies in that piece but, editorials concerning home entertainment media isn’t Nikki’s forte anyway.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Agent Cooper

+1.

I'm so happy the movie he is filming right now is safe with the casting of Depp, Law and Farrell.

Oh, I have a tough riddle for Penton as well:

- from which popular American television show is my username borrowed? It aired in.... oh, wait a minute. Nevermind!

Twin Peaks (the show always creeped me out but, I loved the falls), and if paidgeek is reading this post, he is probably rolling on the floor laughing (inside insider joke) by now.

[WickyWoo]

I haven’t decided but, I may open up my own House of Blus and interview new job applicants all day long for the bar maid position.

Be sure to host B'z there One of the best shows they ever had

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27z

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Nathan P

Penton

Since we could be on the verge of hijacking your thread what is the industry's thoughts on downloads - do they see/want them as the mainstream way of distributing hi def movies or are they wanting to stick with an actual disc.

From the major Hollywood studio perspective?
It’s the later.
They will eventually migrate to wherever there is a marketplace for their content but, packaged media for high definition movies will be the primary vehicle for content providers for years.

I am hoping that there is still another generation optical disc technology that becomes feasible such as near field optical recording, various multi-layer schemes and holography that could bring things like wide color gamut to our home theaters before high-def digital downloads ever become mainstream. You may want to google a guy by the name of Masud Mansuripur from the University of Arizona.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Be sure to host B'z there One of the best shows they ever had

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27z

Somebody should post a link to the John Legend Blu-ray for a commercial advertisement.

[Penton-Man]

Later folks.

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Twin Peaks (the show always creeped me out but, I loved the falls), and if paidgeek is reading this post, he is probably rolling on the floor laughing (inside insider joke) by now.

Do I sense a major clue here?

[MrXpress]

Penton-

Is there some sort of contractual thing that's behind the strange post-HD DVD response by Toshiba and P/DW? It seems that some of Toshiba's comments are closely linked to what Microsoft said in their 'we don't care' speech, and all P/DW has said is some Xbox Live Europe video marketplace thing. Just seems weird that Universal would jump suddenly yet Tosh and P/DW are in a grey zone... could this be something stemming from the infamous $150m P/DW buyout?

[coolmilo]

Hey Penton,

Did you get your seats upgraded for the big show this weekend?

[juanleche]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I haven’t decided but, I may open up my own House of Blus and interview new job applicants all day long for the bar maid position.

Considering the maids you roll with, I'd consider a paycut is you need a busboy, cook, bouncer, photographer, dj, manager, in bar legal assisting or something

[desmond]

Penton,

Does HD-DVD PRG still exist? Any clue when it will be disbanded?

[juanleche]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

From the major Hollywood studio perspective?
It’s the later.
They will eventually migrate to wherever there is a marketplace for their content but, packaged media for high definition movies will be the primary vehicle for content providers for years.

I am hoping that there is still another generation optical disc technology that becomes feasible such as near field optical recording, various multi-layer schemes and holography that could bring things like wide color gamut to our home theaters before high-def digital downloads ever become mainstream. You may want to google a guy by the name of Masud Mansuripur from the University of Arizona.

would you agree that inthe amount of time it will take for there to be an infrastructure in place that allows digital downloads that surpass the blu experience, blu ray can enjoy a comparable lifespan to dvd? and hopefully enough time for another physical medium also.

Its nice to think about instant access to hi ress lossless audio and video, but based on my experience trying to stream a 1080p quicktime trailer over my high speed cable, we've a whiles to go.

[phansson]

Hey Penton,

What is the deal with Paramount. I would have thought that they would have flipped quite a bit sooner than Universal.

Plus they appear to keep giving press releases for HD DVD movies (sweeny todd and there will be blood).

If you can't answer, I understand.

[Bullseye]

It seems strange that they are announceing "today" titles for HD-DVD and not a word on Blu Ray.

[sAvAgE69]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

It seems strange that they are announceing "today" titles for HD-DVD and not a word on Blu Ray.

Agreed.

Perhaps they are preparing there speech?

[spicynacho]

So Pentonini, we have seen you do some great tricks, you pulled bugs bunny out of HD DVD's hat. Guessed the consumer's format correctly at Best But. Made HD DVD disappear from Walmart and netflix. This has been a truly entertaining show. The only trick left is to will saw the DVD market in half and dye it blu.

So please tell, how will you pull this off?

[Polyh3dron]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I’ve since been reading too many e-mails from studio Presidents.
You’re lucky if you get a full sentence when they communicate online.

With *working* V.P.’s it’s generally several sentences.
“Directors” or managers, I’ll get a complete paragraph.

So in Paramount's statement, Brad Grey will get just one sentence, Alan Bell or some other VP will get a couple sentences but Spielberg and Bay will get entire paragraphs. Good to know

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I haven’t decided but, I may open up my own House of Blus and interview new job applicants all day long for the bar maid position.

Well I'd like to shamelessly promote myself and say I should edit all your House of Blu's visual media promotional material...

http://youtube.com/user/dotpattern

[JAGUAR1977]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

It seems strange that they are announceing "today" titles for HD-DVD and not a word on Blu Ray.

They were announced to retail last week, so technically they aren't new announcments.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by spicynacho

So Pentonini, we have seen you do some great tricks, you pulled bugs bunny out of HD DVD's hat. Guessed the consumer's format correctly at Best But. Made HD DVD disappear from Walmart and netflix. This has been a truly entertaining show. The only trick left is to will saw the DVD market in half and dye it blu.

So please tell, how will you pull this off?

Two-pronged attack……………….

1. Encourage all those consumer electronic companies that didn’t buy into a dead format (um, that would be all but Toshiba, I guess) to sell as many Hi-Def TV’s to consumers as soon as possible to create a real infrastructure for high definition movies.

2. Planned obsolescence of DVD.
^ I will not elaborate, so don’t ask.