Disney shelving Live Action UHD Catalog Titles (besides new films)

[darthpepsi]

I got blasted when I predicted this in another thread as Anti-Disney and blah blah blah. Disney buying Fox For $72B(!!!) makes no sense. Every Fox movie since has been a bust except F v F and they are no closer to producing any of Fox’s marvel catalogue which will be years away. It was a disaster of a deal in every way, ROI, jobs, and content. Glad I’m not a Disney shareholder.

Also, outside of Pixar, Star Wars ,Avatar and Marvel (which is huge) what do they have? They have just been successful at buying IP.

[blu-mike]

Why is everyone upset? Did you want Flubber on 4K or something? Lol

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by KidSqueek

EXACTLY! Most people I say this to never understand. You never truly "own" a digital purchase, it's more like a license fee and you have no control of the quality. I noticed this also with Robert Downey Jr's 'Sherlock Holmes' films on iTunes, they were 4K, then went down to HD for a while and just recently went back to 4K. I know it has happened to other movies as well. It's really annoying. Plus, the quality of a stream compared to a disc is night and day for me.

Even with video games I refuse to go full digital. I do not trust these companies.

They are awfully good at alienating 99% of the people who would want to watch any of their film's made less than 5 year's ago. I'm being generous in saying the average consumer would watch anything that's older than 5 year's.

Gone are the days of VHS rental. When the general population had fairly good film literacy. It's all the studios fault.

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by darthpepsi

I got blasted when I predicted this in another thread as Anti-Disney and blah blah blah. Disney buying Fox For $72B(!!!) makes no sense. Every Fox movie since has been a bust except F v F and they are no closer to producing any of Fox’s marvel catalogue which will be years away. It was a disaster of a deal in every way, ROI, jobs, and content. Glad I’m not a Disney shareholder.

Also, outside of Pixar, Star Wars ,Avatar and Marvel (which is huge) what do they have? They have just been successful at buying IP.

They have their animated Classics and Jojo Rabbit is not a bust.

[Darkstream]

Originally Posted by AreaFive

Is it possible that they bought Fox for its intellectual properties and plan to utilize them going forward by using a multimarket strategy of licensing said properties to other businesses (or simply pursuing these themselves) for rides, product placement, merchandise, boutique physical releases, streaming rights, new film or television products, etc?

They could do all of these things, in addition to others, and still own the property. They aren't mutually exclusive.

For some properties, yes.

I can totally see Disney wanting to invest in Home Alone and Planet of the Apes for their own use, but I don't see them doing what they should with Alien and Predator. Unless they are willing to allow 20th Century Studios the freedom to control the properties as mature subject matter without over the shoulder censoring, it's better to sell the properties off or else they'll end up neutering them.

Another option, of course, is to retain ownership of the properties and just license them out to other studios. But even with that, I just don't see Disney granting too many liberties with the properties that may impede on their family-oriented values, even if they get paid in the process.

[Darkstream]

Originally Posted by BobbyMcGee

Catalog titles will not keep me as a paid subscriber to Disney+, original content like the Mandalorian will.

Speaking of which, I wonder if any of this means The Mandalorian will not have a blu-ray release.

[Panther73]

@happydood The Mandalorian is the best Disney has down with the Star Wars universe. The sequel trilogy was awful and downright terrible.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

The've done so with classics already. I have the digital 4K of Chinatown and it looks great. It's also $4.99, so as long as they keep pricing them like that, I'll buy them. It's no secret why (Paramount) they're up 30%. Pricing definitely has something to do with it.

$4.99 worth of hot air. You didn't buy a darn thing, just keep that in mind. You leased it cheap.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Darkstream

Speaking of which, I wonder if any of this means The Mandalorian will not have a blu-ray release.

It's highly unlikely.

[Panther73]

@BobbyMcGee That’s the only reason I keep Disney+. As far as a future physical release? Highly unlikely.

[Waboman]

Well ain't that a kick in the jimmy.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Darkstream

For some properties, yes.

I can totally see Disney wanting to invest in Home Alone and Planet of the Apes for their own use, but I don't see them doing what they should with Alien and Predator. Unless they are willing to allow 20th Century Studios the freedom to control the properties as mature subject matter without over the shoulder censoring, it's better to sell the properties off or else they'll end up neutering them.

Another option, of course, is to retain ownership of the properties and just license them out to other studios. But even with that, I just don't see Disney granting too many liberties with the properties that may impede on their family-oriented values, even if they get paid in the process.

Disney Corp. is about as family-oriented as a strip club. They're all about fleecing parents and kids as much as possible. Their modern output, outside of the occasional decent flick from PIXAR and Disney Animation Studios, has been nothing but mass produced Happy Meals with about as much nutritional value.

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by Panther73

@happydood The Mandalorian is the best Disney has down with the Star Wars universe. The sequel trilogy was awful and downright terrible.

Can we not turn this thread into another one of those threads? Thanks.

[Darkstream]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Disney Corp. is about as family-oriented as a strip club. They're all about fleecing parents and kids as much as possible.

Yes, but I think they value the idea of a family/kid-friendly audience being where the money is at. Why make something R-rated and eliminate a big percentage of the young audience, when you can make it PG-13 or even PG and make more money with a broader audience?

[SmittysGelato]

I would have liked to see John Carter in 4K. I have a soft spot for that movie.

[Adam_ME]

This is one of the biggest reasons I didn't want Disney acquiring Fox's movie catalog. I couldn't give a rat's ass about the X-Men or Fantastic Four in the MCU. The idea that all the classic films owned by Fox will now be buried in Disney's vault is infuriating.

[jjlikesonions]

No 4k Birdman
No 4k Fight Club
No 4k The Favourite
No 4k Heat
No 4k Donnie Darko

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by blu-mike

Why is everyone upset? Did you want Flubber on 4K or something? Lol

Disney owns a lot of properties besides animated and kids flicks plus a back catalog full of classic gems through Fox.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by SmittysGelato

I would have liked to see John Carter in 4K. I have a soft spot for that movie.

The main actress in the film is all kinds of fine, but that's about all I can say for that chopped up editing stink fest.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by jjlikesonions

No 4k Fargo
No 4k No Country for Old Men
No 4k Birdman
No 4k Fight Club
No 4k The Favourite
No 4k Heat
No 4k Donnie Darko

No Country for Old Men was produced by Miramax (no longer held by Disney), Paramount, and Universal. Maybe, just maybe it will see a 4k disc release. Fargo was MGM. Disney allowed that deal to expire without reupping.