ha! funny, P-C.
Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.
'Safe'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
tiggy - Dec 08, 2007 6:32:09 pm PST #8845 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Polter-Cow - Dec 08, 2007 6:37:28 pm PST #8846 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In this instance, however, I can actually buy that reasoning somewhat. Giving people a taste of the show so that they'll buy the DVDs.
Now, if they keep putting episodes up, the argument falls apart.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 09, 2007 4:53:49 am PST #8847 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
it appears that abc.com is streaming MSCL. is this an attempt to subvert the dvd sales? the show is 13 years old and is the only not current show they are streaming. WUWT???
They're trying to bribe JZ into taking their side!
JZ - Dec 09, 2007 6:11:55 am PST #8848 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Pffft. Unless the streaming versions come with director, writer and actor commentary tracks, I'm not that cheap. But clearly I am the linchpin of their entire break-the-writers strategy. Poor move, AMPTP, poor move! Now I know, but you don't know that I know!
Tamara - Dec 09, 2007 9:16:05 am PST #8849 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Why would ABC want to subvert current DVD sales? I can't imagine any studio wanting to see DVD sales go away. They make an insane amount of money off DVDs.
Kevin - Dec 09, 2007 10:09:06 am PST #8850 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Indeed, DVD is a incredibly profitable area for studios. I think there's an argument it's promotional - people may well watch a few episodes and go 'Wow, that's really good, I'll buy the DVD'. Reality, though? Doesn't matter if it's promotional or not, somebody should still be getting paid for created works.
Tamara - Dec 09, 2007 10:53:04 am PST #8851 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Doesn't matter if it's promotional or not, somebody should still be getting paid for created works.
Of course. I don't disagree with that at all. I just can't see the studios wanting to lose the revenue stream from DVD. The margins are a bit higher than iTunes and the volume is much higher.
Of course, 5 years from now that may be ass backwards, but not currently.
Kevin - Dec 09, 2007 11:01:38 am PST #8852 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Oh, sorry T - I didn't mean that at you, or anybody really - I was ranting at the world. (Or the AMPTP, maybe).
I was Youtubing away on my iPhone last night, and noticed the volume of viewers for original content is still pretty low. Although there was one clip of some dude sat on his Webcam doing a weekly show where he... talks, and it had 1.4 million viewers in the space of 5 days. That's, like, a bigger audience than Buffy got at first. The world is a changing place.
Laga - Dec 09, 2007 11:36:11 am PST #8853 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
You never know the accuracy of those figures. They count a video as viewed if it's clicked on, even if you click away after one second. Also some folks pay marketing companies to artificially inflate the number of hits.
Kevin - Dec 09, 2007 11:40:28 am PST #8854 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
That probably makes sense. The video in question was called something like Britney's Vagina, so it's either artificial hits, or that's the most popular term on Youtube right now. It could go either way, really.