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Mutant Chronicles Available On Demand Before Theater Release
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Thanks, Jackie. That looks interesting. Let me know how you like it.I just saw a blurb on TV about how newspapers are struggling. I can understand theaters having the same issue. Both have been for some years, but technology is hitting them harder all the time. I wonder if they'll disappear like the milkman & the doctor that used to come to the house or if they'll morph into something else?
I think we should let the newspapers go into oblivion. Most people get their news electonically or via television. It's quicker, up to the mintue. And we're not destroying trees unnecessarily. I'm hearing the newpapers want a bail-out, why? A bail-out isn't going to get people to buy the newpapers. I think theaters will hang on a bit longer mostly because of the younger generation. There's not much for them to do. My son and his GF go to the movies every weekend no matter what is playing.
I can see another benefit. Watch On Demand, enjoy it and want the theater experience. That's why I went to see Star Wars in the theater. I had seen it in the theater as a very young kid, but when it came back out and I was in college, I wanted to see it again for the first time. I have actually heard of this with at least one other movie (can't remember the name)I think we will see more of this watch it once for free/cheap so you can decide whether you want the $9.00 theater experience or not.
So do I. I feel certain movies are a big-screen experience. That's the only time I go to the theater.
I hate the thought of a bailout for newspapers, but I hate to see them go under. A bailout means a portion of the government now has controls on free speech. If you take money from someone, they have some control on you. No two ways about it.I'm not big into saving the trees by doing away with newspapers. I'm not convinced that recycling paper is the way to go for several reasons that I won't go into here & now due to space.
Newspapers are slower, but that also gives them time to dig into a story more & get it right. Not that they always use it. They are one of the big suppliers of facts. I guess news services & magazines can take up the slack. I'd hate to think Twitter & personal blogs will.
Since I really don't have the Internet at home, only dialup which won't load many sites, I still get a newspaper. I like to read my news anyway. I detest most DJ's & anchor people, too. They're irritating. Wannabe actors who spend more time posing & fumbling with half-wit repartee than actual reporting.
There are also legal ramifications. Many states require that sales, divorces & other things be reported in the paper for a number of days before they can be legal. Since web access is far from universal, that's a big hole.
The best answer is for the newspapers to find another sales model that allows them to keep producing their product. They've relied mostly on advertising revenue & that's drying up. A higher purchase price will dry up their sales even more, no matter how much content they add. They're in a tough place.
Jim wrote: A bailout means a portion of the government now has controls on free speech.This is the best reason to not allow a bailout. It's bad enough that our TV news is entertainment rather than news, but to stop free speech is unthinkable. As much as our government is trying to do it in other ways, this would be the Death Knell for F o S.
The new administration has done a lot of new deals that are encroaching on us & our rights. It's really going to hurt in another few years when inflation goes through the roof. How anyone thinks we can print all this money without suffering for it is beyond me.Used to be that all used brass from the Army was shipped whole to companies that reloaded it & sold it to civilians. By executive order, all brass is now being destroyed, supposedly to be 'green'. How shredding it & recasting it is greener than just reusing it, is beyond me. The main thing its done is made a couple of sizes of ammunition very difficult to get & put some companies in the hurt locker.
Another proposal would add lots of taxes to coal. That's going to send our electric rates through the roof & really hurt KY's economy. We don't need any help like that.
HR45 is a proposed bill that would make all gun owners register all guns. That's just going to make a lot of criminals since most people won't do it. How to take a law abiding citizen & turn them into a criminal in one fell swoop.
Jim,I have a long list of why this adminstration is systematically destroying our country. It irks me to no end that some many people do not see it, or maybe they're just in denial, whatever, all I know is I am not happy with anything that's being done.
The biggest expense in newspapers is the actual paper on which the newspaper is printed. That's why they keep raising the rates for daily issues. However, subscribtions and purchases on the newsstand don't equal but a small portion of the funds raised by advertising.I don't think the newspapers will ever entirely go away simply because of the advertising revenue from print ads and circulars that is generated.
But who wants to spend so much money on ads no one is viewing? TV and Internet reach a wider audience. Newpapers are good for advertising local stores and events but that's about it.
Jackie wrote: "But who wants to spend so much money on ads no one is viewing? TV and Internet reach a wider audience. Newpapers are good for advertising local stores and events but that's about it."Having worked in the newspaper industry, I can tell you it's easier to get quantifiable numbers from ads in print than on-line. You can say to an advertiser--we'll reach x number of people and sell them an ad based on that. It's a bit more nebulous when it comes to on-line ads where readers may see it but not click through.
And the subscription model for on-line content just won't work in the long term.
So, until that hurdle is solved (and newspapers are a business first and foremost), odds are you won't see print papers go away.
Mutant Chronicles became available to Video On Demand on Friday, March 27th, while it's theater release date is April 24th. It seems a bit backwards, or so I thought, until my husband said it's probably because people aren't spending money on going to the theater as much as they used to.
I've never watched a movie On Demand before so I don't know how much it costs. My guess would be about $5. It's much cheaper than paying $9 per person (where I live) in the theater. Why would I even go to the theater when I can see the movie a month earlier and significantly cheaper?
I'm wondering if it's a sign of the times, and this will become commonplace. Maybe even eliminate movie theaters altogether?
What do you think?
If you're interested in Mutant Chronicles you can watch a video here:
http://video.scifi.com/player/?id=107...
Synopsis from IMDB:
At the end of the Ice Age, The Machine came from the outer space with the purpose to change men into mutants. However, a hero defeated the device and a great seal was laid over The Machine. In 2707, the depleted world is ruled by four Corporations: Mishima, Bauhaus, Capitol and Imperial that are in constant war. During a battle between Capitol and Bauhaus, the great seal is broken and The Machine works again transforming soldiers and civilians in hordes of mutants. A small part of the population escapes to Mars, leaving millions of people behind. The man of faith and leader of an ancient brotherhood Brother Samuel is a believer of God and the Chronicles, a bible about the mutants. With the city under siege of the mutants, he visits the Corporations' leader Constantine asking for an aircraft and twenty men for a suicide mission to destroy The Machine, planting a bomb and a detonator following the knowledge of the Chronicles. He recruits the tough Major 'Mitch' Hunter; the Bauhaus Lieutenant Maximillian von Steiner; the keeper of the Chronicles Severian that is under a vow of silence; the gorgeous and lethal Corporal Valerie Duval; Corporal Juba Kim Wu; Captain John McGuire; and Corporal Jesus 'El Jesus' de Barrera. Together they become the last hope of Earth against the evil mutants.