From the Earth to the Moon

[trevanian]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Another self-appointed spokesman for all of us or at least for all of those who passed on this release. Even I am not so conceited as to use "we" when I know I can only rightly speak for myself.

You are entitled to your opinion and to whatever decision you make about buying this release, but the only message that you are likely sending to HBO is that there is little demand for physical media, especially for older catalog titles. They certainly won't know why you did not buy it. If the sales for this release are bad, HBO will almost certainly conclude that it is because there are few people left who want physical media and not because a few videophiles and purists were displeased.

I am not saying that anyone should buy something that they really feel is a bad product, but just don't be naive and assume that the content owner will know why you didn't buy it; they will draw their own conclusions and those will likely be that poor sales = little demand. Poor sales discourage future releases including any likelihood that this title will ever be revisited.

Well, HBO would know my reasons if I could find an outlet interested in this story. Really would like to talk with Cutrono and Farino -- maybe even Hanks, who I haven't seen talking this up at all -- as well as some folks who worked on the original STAR WARS who I recall back in the 90s weren't too thrilled with GL reworking some of their stuff (not that he took their names off the credits or in any way slighted their work.) Response thus far has been extremely discouraging, so it is likely that your perception will prove correct. But I'm still not buying this thing.

Didn't think the 'we' was editorializing or grandstanding, but obviously it sounded pompous to you, so for that I apologize.