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Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned

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§ ita § - Dec 01, 2004 9:21:11 am PST #6484 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

There's more room for new movies on the shelves of Blockbuster than there's room for new movies at the multiplex.

Maybe that's it. DVD packaging is smaller, therefore you can have more movies per shelf. Is that what you meant? Otherwise I don't see what DVDs have done that videos haven't.

Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2004 9:22:37 am PST #6485 of 10001

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

DVDs have generally been priced cheaper than VHS.

§ ita § - Dec 01, 2004 9:28:05 am PST #6486 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does that mean more of them are stocked? Is DVD actually making a larger proportion of movies available to me?

I honestly have no idea of the shifting home movie market -- I'm not trying to attack or disprove a point.

Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2004 9:30:34 am PST #6487 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

So far as I can tell, that just means stores can stock 500 of the latest Tim Allen "comedy" instead of 100.

Scrappy - Dec 01, 2004 9:31:20 am PST #6488 of 10001

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I have examined this statement in depth and the market as a whole and I can only come to one conclusion:

Oliver Stone is a dick.

Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2004 9:31:45 am PST #6489 of 10001

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I don't have the exact figures, but movie studios are selling orders of magnitude more DVDs than they ever sold video tapes.

Video tapes were priced to be sold to rental stores, and DVDs are priced to be sold directly to consumers.

Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2004 9:32:21 am PST #6490 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Oliver Stone is a dick.

dies from shock

Jessica - Dec 01, 2004 9:34:19 am PST #6491 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's making movies into supermarket-shelf items, which is probably the best you can get at Wal-Mart. ... It's hopeless.

I wonder why he thinks that people with a deep love for the cinematic arts do their primary DVD-buying at Wal-Mart.

§ ita § - Dec 01, 2004 9:36:34 am PST #6492 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wonder why he thinks that people with a deep love for the cinematic arts do their primary DVD-buying at Wal-Mart.

I think it's that if we, the connoisseurs, discover DVDs can be bought at Wal-Mart ... nope, got nothing.

Video tapes were priced to be sold to rental stores, and DVDs are priced to be sold directly to consumers.

Hmm. I now realise I have no idea how much a movie on VHS costs. Will have to look.

Jessica - Dec 01, 2004 9:42:19 am PST #6493 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I now realise I have no idea how much a movie on VHS costs.

VHS tapes are generally released for rental (priced around $100 per tape) before they're released for sale (priced closer to $15-20). DVDs (I believe) are generally released for both rental and sale at the same time, and priced accordingly. (And I'm not sure if Blockbuster pays more for a DVD than an individual. I don't think so, but I have no actual information to back that up.)

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