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Originally Posted by Guernica78
You also raise a couple of interesting points. A lot of threads on specific films or labels are often dominated by admin chat. I’m relatively new here and when I excitedly click on threads I find about films I want to know more about or debate with other enthusiasts. More often than not it’s people chatting about where their order is “has yours been dispatched” etc or technical aspects that read like coding.
I think the Physical media world is also not really looking after its own health. It’s becoming a niche hobby and there’s only so many people that will buy films and it’s not a cheap hobby (and I’m not including then having the physical space for it) with limited editions, often they are (understandabley pricier) which like you say either puts us off because we have lots of other films we need to buy or you just can’t justify it or feel exploited
Was talking about music and the vinyl revival the other day. I did dip my toe in but they are so pricey even for old releases like Nick Drake where all the studio fees and production were covered for before I was born. I don’t see how many kids, teenagers etc can get into buying stuff when Taylor Swift is over £40. No way to grow your customers. Hopefully, labels will be a bit more savvy and kinder to their base.
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the kind of people who have a dedicated interest in films, enough to put in the time and effort it takes to put together the kind of size and personality represented amongst many here are few and far between, always have been.
the characteristics they chase after still were always there in some way. it's now a niche of a niche, and lots of the people in it that are relative newcomers are operating as though label loyalty buys knowledge and taste. far too many come across as though they easily stumbled into this forum, and opted for the labels that are pinned threads as places of most value.
for me, if i have any, it was hard earned and long-wished-for over pre and early internet days. then, with DVD, i found looking for myself for things which caught my eye from what i saw being sold and up for preorder was something of a floodgate moment. i still work that way. i don't like labels beyond them sometimes generally hitting nearer my taste than others.
i'm quite happy to not buy 99% of what i see being released. i'm unhappy that 99% of that is also not coming across as potentially of interest enough to warrant glancing past them to things which i've grown a sense of a possible easier connection to that comes from things i've seen in the past - stepping stones from one film to the next, if you like.
even the 1% i do sense is of interest is hard work, and often not properly supported by trailers and clear publicity. mailing lists fail, websites are poor, i don't use twitter any more, don't follow everything in every possible way to try and cover all bases. it's just not done to be easy for anyone but those at risk of looking like they're dysfunctionally dedicated.
labels do seem to have gone past accepting the fate of physical media as negative, and walked themselves intentionally into a reduced market. at least they can convince themselves, and the necessary select few buyers, that they're small and dedicated. they're the niche that can't be anything but a niche, rather than the one haven within a sea of mass produced stuff as was the height of DVD twenty years ago.
there's far less concern for people getting the chance to see this stuff than for a small number to be able to boast about how tough it is to find - counter to the claims of preserving or saving films.
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