You know, someone is eventually going to discover that "straight-to-DVD" is no more of an insult to a movie than "straight-to-print" is to a novel.
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Gus - Jan 08, 2006 1:06:04 am PST #7575 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2006 4:04:40 am PST #7576 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
...what other alternative is there for novels?
DCJensen - Jan 08, 2006 6:23:17 am PST #7577 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
eText? Books on tape? I dunno, I think his point was that it's not necessesarily a bad thing any longer.
However, there will always be a subset of really cheezy and bad films, and they will likely always be there to taint the pool...so maybe there should be a word or phrase we could use to differentiate good straight-to-video from bad STV.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 6:33:33 am PST #7578 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Right now, direct-to-DVD means either that it's a kid's movie that's going to make a huge %age of its money there anyway, or that it's too crap to be on the big screen ever.
If movies are made simultaneously available, then, like DCJ says, you just find a new word.
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2006 6:41:57 am PST #7579 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
It's a object of mathmatics too I think.
So many films are made every year and only a small percentage of them actually make it to the screen.
tianxiaode - Jan 08, 2006 10:37:59 am PST #7580 of 10001
Adrian Pasdar: bringing hot (and ambiguously gay) to a new level since Top Gun.
there will always be a subset of really cheezy and bad films
Of course, a bunch of those make it to the theater as well.
Zenkitty - Jan 08, 2006 12:40:12 pm PST #7581 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
For example, the Blade sequels should have been direct-to-DVD... in my opinion... at least then my SO wouldn't have subjected me to seeing them!
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2006 4:03:59 pm PST #7582 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Oh lord Yes!
And I actually like Blade. I'd still have seen the sequels, but I wouldn't have felt so dirty after...if I'd done it in the privacy of my couch.
Zenkitty - Jan 08, 2006 5:09:29 pm PST #7583 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Heh. Exactly. And then I could have rewound the only worthwhile part of Blade:Trinity, which was Ryan Reynolds chained up half-naked.
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2006 6:00:10 pm PST #7584 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
DITT-O!
On Topic, one of my convertees called tonight specifically to say that she'd watched episodes on FX. "The one with the prostitutes was so SAD!" she wailed. Then went on to muse that Nathan could be a major leading man.
My toaster is shiny!
Please don't let Slither! suck as badly as I'm afraid it will.