I really don’t remember the last time I stepped foot in a theater, perhaps it was The Matrix Reloaded at the Cinerama in downtown Seattle. I’d like to see a lot more new releases, but just haven’t felt the rush to, knowing that DVD releases are only a few short months away and that I can sit my ass comfortably at home instead of trekking all the way to the theater, paying ridiculuous amounts of money for popcorn and pop, waiting through ads before the movies (and I don’t mean the previews either), and having obnoxious kids and cell phone talkers annoy me with their chatter.
So thus, I would probably be willing to watch the movie over satellite via Pay-Per-View or if the DVD release came out the same day, I’d get it or Netflix it. I know there’s VCDs or other illicit methods of watching new release movies, but I just can’t stand the quality of VCD myself. I wonder if we’ll ever see the day that this happens, with simulatenous releases of new movies at theaters, on PPV, and DVD the same day. I can only hope, no?
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For example, Cuban and Wagner plan to buck the Hollywood system of releasing movies over many months, through separate windows for theaters, pay-per-view, DVD, and broadcast TV. Instead, Cuban said, they intend to attempt “day-and-date releases,” in which their films premiere simultaneously on Landmark screens, HDNet, and DVD. “We think it’s a way of maximizing our revenues, controlling marketing costs, and adding value to our brands,” he said. “And we don’t think giving people alternatives to going to the theater will hurt us at the box office. It’s just like with the Mavericks: We still sell out the games even though they’re on free TV.”
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