Disney Irish
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My friend, none of this post-theatrical talk has anything to do with the MCU or my feelings getting hurt, which was never a thing anyways as my feelings don't matter. Its about the reality of the Hollywood landscape that we see before us. This isn't the 80s and 90s as was pointed out. Studios didn't get a huge cut from the post-theatrical market in those days, but it was still enough to turn movies like Shawshank, Fight Club, and quite a few others that were box office bombs into successes. The idea now is that studios get more of a cut of the post-theatrical market, and with their own streaming service they get 100%, ie they don't share that revenue with anyone outside the company. With ads and subscription fees they make enough now that its profitable on its own, and covers the cost of whatever movies get put on the service. So if Disney can think they have put any movie on D+/Hulu and make up for losses, ie they don't write it down in the financials, why do you doubt it? Its not like you have any real "skin" in the game. You don't have any profit motive here, its not like you get a share of any movie box office here.And that’s all well and good…but so far there is zero evidence that flops turn profitable on a streaming platform. What are people watching there? Snow White, the deplorables (or whatever that’s called?)…or the Bear new season?
What the “movies don’t flop” really is…all it is…is a rosy prediction presented as “fact” by your friend. And of course an excuse for the powers that be for making rejected product. Whatever the cause.
And that’s only because the counter has been said. If I said the sun was yellow today..it would be blue. Something a little sick going on there. Like invested in the echo chamber and inability to move on…like at all. And that’s me saying it…which makes it BAD.
And not to debate the particulars. Do you think the margin was higher on that $25 vhs in 1989…or whatever fractions of Pennies that can honestly be attributed to a $29.99 digital sub…where no one is watching the bombs?
The gameplan very well may be to use the streaming to finance the studio…full stop. That in no way…and never will…make the failure at the BO “palatable” to the management.
“How much did we tank at the box office this weekend? You know what…never mind…we have D+”
Or
“Stitch raked and the stuff is flying off the shelf “
Assuming that your average management, board and investors like money, power and prestige in some order…which one is more plausible?
I still think all this nonsense would never have even been brought up if they had not lost on about half a dozen Marvels over the last three years…somebody’s feelings are hurt. They got nothing left to believe in
And we could have argued about something else I would hope would be more productive.
So the real question is why do you care if a studio thinks they can make up revenue by using post-theatrical, and why are your feelings hurt by this change in the Hollywood landscape? And for that matter why do you care that any of us talk about it. If you don't think its happening then just ignore all this talk from everyone and move on.
Again I think this more comes down to the fact that you are realizing that if movies move to more of an at-home model you won't be able to call balls and strikes, and won't have anything to gripe about, since you won't have a box office to point to. And so this is a last grasp by you to cling onto the old ways knowing they are quickly coming to an end.
Also I'd appreciate if you have comments to say to me you direct them to me and not some not so veiled shade you're posting here to someone else. At least give me that courtesy and respect like I give you.
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