Dune (2020)

Mulan is def not worth 30$ lol.

Not for you but you're not really the target audience. For people who are into the dumb disney shit, it is.

Indeed.

As an aside, I would have no problem at all paying $30.00 for Dune.

It wasnt worth $30. But its still cheaper and more convenient than taking a family trip to the theater.

Mahes said:

Indeed.

As an aside, I would have no problem at all paying $30.00 for Dune.

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i'd have no problem with some streamer dude in Russia paying $30 for Dune and then him ripping it and uploading it to a million torrent sites

I'm REALLY, REALLY, REALLY disappointed no one has released a telecine or better version of Tenet, its been fucking 3 months now. Asian piracy groups don't care about BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAM movies i guess

I'd pay for Dune. I pirated when I was younger because it was free. I pirate now because they make access such a chore and splinter everything into microservices. Nothx. This is not what consumers wanted when we moved away from cable.

Allegedly.

I'd pay $30 for this. Villeneuve's earned it at this point.

id pay 40$ for Dune.

I wouldnt pay 4$ for Mulan.

30$ after it's deemed SJW free otherwise it's Mulan status for me

Adebisi said:

It's insane what they charge for digital movies

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The death of the modern film industry is beautiful

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Agree kind of, but the price is fine imo. Way, way less than a movie theater trip would cost. For you and me who don't give a shit about Mulan or Disney's remake machine, it doesn't matter. For people who are into it, they'd gladly pay 35 bucks. Same with Dune, I'd pay more than 35 bucks for Dune, but I doubt my wife can muster a single fuck to give about it.

That kind of niche marketing is what allowed TV to go from utter trash in the 90s to, imo, being ahead of the movie industry when it comes to telling new and interesting stories. I'd be hopeful that maybe the same will happen with movies but they'll fuck it up somehow I am sure.

yeah it's priced like that because they assume it's more than 1 person watching it. It's sort of the same shit with PPV sporting events.

Bandwagon said:

This is supposed to release in about 3 weeks.

Where are we supposed to watch it?

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The release date was pushed back to Oct 2021

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Look on the bright side: it's going to get a metric fuck ton of polish.

I can wait.

Film studios have relied on theaters to distribute their movies to the masses forever. This model has led to blockbusters having expected sales in the hundreds of millions and accordingly movie budgets have gone through the roof. With this pandemic, studios now are deeply invested in productions and don't want to lose their ass by streaming it as people just aren't interested in spending comparable $$ to watch something at home vs experiencing it at a theater. I'm also not sure what type of contracts exists between theaters and film studios regarding distribution which could be a barrier as well.

This year has been a gut check to the status quo of film making and I halfway suspect actor's will be paid less going forward since, especially with A-list actors, they often make up a big chunk of the budgets. At least I hope they do in lieu of dropping production values and hosting a new era of 80s direct-to-video movie making (even though some of those were awesome). I could also see tech like what's been used for sets on the Mandalorian will also be more widely adopted.