If they want people to buy their movies, then they need to start making good movies. As it is now, I reserve buys for certain movies. Avatar is on my buy list, I bought Star Trek last year, Iron Man the year before that.
My point is by the time I leave the movies I know if its going to my buy list. If I can't see a movie until its on dvd it doesnt make me say.. I can't rent it I'll go buy it. I usually won't buy it if I haven't seen it before hand. I only buy movies I know I'll watch more then once.
Equilibrium is a great example. I had never heard of it, saw it on netflix rental and I turned around and ordered it. This was years after it had already been out. I think these studios are just shooting themselves in the foot if they think they can force us to buy mediocre movies.
I'm similar to you. I don't buy many movies and only Blu-ray discs. I don't buy a movie unless I've seen it before or I'm absolutely sure that I'll want to re-watch the movie, which basically means a good movie like the Dark Knight or Heat. Not being able to watch a movie for the first month after release isn't going to make me go out and purchase it if I wasn't going to anyway. I signed up for Netflix a little over a year ago when I bought my PS3, so I could watch blu-ray discs. In a little over a year they've raised prices and added the blu-ray surcharge. I'm all for more streaming movies, but the amount of steaming movies in HD that Netflix has is pathetically small not to mention the fact that the picture quality is no where near blu-ray level and in stereo only. I'm sure Netflix will improve their streaming quality in the future, but it isn't anywhere close to be a substitute for a blu-ray disc right now. Guess its time to go look at the Blockbuster and Vudu services again and see how much they cost.
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If they want people to buy their movies, then they need to start making good movies. As it is now, I reserve buys for certain movies. Avatar is on my buy list, I bought Star Trek last year, Iron Man the year before that.
My point is by the time I leave the movies I know if its going to my buy list. If I can't see a movie until its on dvd it doesnt make me say.. I can't rent it I'll go buy it. I usually won't buy it if I haven't seen it before hand. I only buy movies I know I'll watch more then once.
Equilibrium is a great example. I had never heard of it, saw it on netflix rental and I turned around and ordered it. This was years after it had already been out. I think these studios are just shooting themselves in the foot if they think they can force us to buy mediocre movies.
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I'm similar to you. I don't buy many movies and only Blu-ray discs. I don't buy a movie unless I've seen it before or I'm absolutely sure that I'll want to re-watch the movie, which basically means a good movie like the Dark Knight or Heat. Not being able to watch a movie for the first month after release isn't going to make me go out and purchase it if I wasn't going to anyway. I signed up for Netflix a little over a year ago when I bought my PS3, so I could watch blu-ray discs. In a little over a year they've raised prices and added the blu-ray surcharge. I'm all for more streaming movies, but the amount of steaming movies in HD that Netflix has is pathetically small not to mention the fact that the picture quality is no where near blu-ray level and in stereo only. I'm sure Netflix will improve their streaming quality in the future, but it isn't anywhere close to be a substitute for a blu-ray disc right now. Guess its time to go look at the Blockbuster and Vudu services again and see how much they cost.