Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Yet people continue to jump to digital. It’s like they want film to die in it’s true form.

I don't think this is going kill anything other than the brain cells of those who partake of it.

No real cause for alarm; more like a head shaking moment is all.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

That's not comparable in the slightest. Making choices throughout the movie drastically changes the experience. Whether you watch a movie on digital or physical the movie is the basically the same.

If people really wanted constant interaction with all of their entertainment video games would've replaced movies a long time ago instead of existing alongside them.

Yeah but they are seeing a big market with iPads, phones, consoles, smart tv etc.. the smartphone will be used to make choices when a big screen is involved.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Yeah but they are seeing a big market with iPads, phones, consoles, smart tv etc.. the smartphone will be used to make choices when a big screen is involved.

I own all of those things (well, their android counterparts) and their marketing onslaught won't penetrate my tin, er, um, ...armor.

Yeah, armor; that's the word I'm looking for here.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I own all of those things (well, their android counterparts) and their marketing onslaught won't penetrate my tin, er, um, ...armor.

Yeah, armor; that's the word I'm looking for here.

Android man eh? Apple myself.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I don't see that as a big draw. People who are constantly looking at their phones enjoy what they are already doing on their phones. If they went to one of these movies they would have to be focused on the movie's app instead. The fact that it uses the same device doesn't make it similar to what they already enjoy doing.

The prevelance of smartphones is what makes something like this possible, but it won't guarantee it's popularity.

Wish I was as unconcerned as you guys.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Android man eh? Apple myself.

Android lets me tinker with stuff until I make it better or until I brick my device; Apple is too rigid and proprietary, very anti-tinkerer.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Android lets me tinker with stuff until I make it better or I brick my device; Apple is too rigid and proprietary, very anti-tinkerer.

That’s why I like it lol. Very reliable though I think. Always had MacBook since I hit my 30’s.

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Always more toys than time to play with them, even once you're retired.

By that time I'll probably be a grandparent

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Android man eh? Apple myself.

On this we can both agree. I've had both and didn't like that Samsung in the background. So my battery life was less than my iPhone. What we can't seem to agree on is your panicky, borderline, conspiracy theory opinions on digital and how it will end movies as we know it. Reminds me of reading how Hollywood was so scared of how television would affect movie attendance in its inception. Yet here we are.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

By that time I'll probably be a grandparent



On this we can both agree. I've had both and didn't like that Samsung in the background. So my battery life was less than my iPhone. What we can't seem to agree on is your panicky, borderline, conspiracy theory opinions on digital and how it will end movies as we know it. Reminds me of reading how Hollywood was so scared of how television would affect movie attendance in its inception. Yet here we are.

WTF? You and me agree? What is this?

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

WTF? You and me agree? What is this?

Two signs of the impending apocalypse in the same day!

First, my not taking exception to anchovy21's post and now you and The Donster in agreement.

The White Horse and now The Red, two seals broken.

Back to full mode!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Two signs of the impending apocalypse in the same day!

First, my not taking exception to anchovy21's post and now you and The Donster in agreement.

Back to full mode!

Next, Donster and I will be chatting about the weather and sending each other candy!

[Vilya]

Another chilling thought:

The Donster has been talking about restoring "balance" to this thread.

"And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

It's the third seal! We're doomed! Doomed!

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Why can’t they just leave well alone?

I know, right?!?!? First it was sound, then color, then widescreen and 3D and then they started using these electronic computing machines to draw pictures.

Where will the madness end?

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I'm not interested in it, but I'm not the least bit bothered by it's existence either. I don't expect they will ever become so popular that the number of traditional movie releases will drastically decrease. There's nothing wrong with more options, I don't have to like all of them.

Exactly. Watching a bunch of cars drive around in the same freaking circle for three hours seems like dumbest freaking way anybody could possibly kill three hours but a lot of people love it.

So what do I care.

Originally Posted by Vilya

While I like new ideas, they still need to be good ones.

Nah, they really don't. There's plenty of room in this world for stupid ideas.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by octagon

Nah, they really don't. There's plenty of room in this world for stupid ideas.

For me to like them, they must meet MY criteria.

Where stupid= fun and fun=good, then and only then does stupid= good.

3 years of calculus put to good use right there for ya.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by octagon

I know, right?!?!? First it was sound, then color, then widescreen and 3D and then they started using these electronic computing machines to draw pictures.

Where will the madness end?



Exactly. Watching a bunch of cars drive around in the same freaking circle for three hours seems like dumbest freaking way anybody could possibly kill three hours but a lot of people love it.

So what do I care.



Nah, they really don't. There's plenty of room in this world for stupid ideas.

So you think interactive movies are the next step and a good thing? That’s the only conclusion I can draw from your first sarcastic paragraph.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Another chilling thought:

The Donster has been talking about restoring "balance" to this thread.

"And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

It's the third seal! We're doomed! Doomed!

The time to panic is when the white horse turns up.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

The time to panic is when the white horse turns up.

Uh, that was the first horse and the first seal. You must mean the pale horse and the fourth seal.

"And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."

...And with digital.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

So you think interactive movies are the next step and a good thing? That’s the only conclusion I can draw from your first sarcastic paragraph.

No, I don't think interactive movies will have any more impact - positive or negative - on the film industry than the interactive books on which they are based have had on the publishing industry.

The conclusion one should draw from my first paragraph is that I'm disdainful of leaving well enough alone.

Leaving well enough alone sounds swell until one considers that we would have never gotten to the point that we consider 'well enough' if the people who got us here had left well enough alone.

[Vilya]

I have no idea why, but I am suddenly inclined to go watch The Seventh Sign.

[octagon]

Stream it. If you dare