I won't go back and find every post you made on it, but it sure seems like since the beginning of the whole sending Pixar films to D+ almost 3 years ago you've had this stance that Pixar and WDAS should merge into Burbank.Has it really been three years?!? Are you sure? I thought it was only a year or so ago that I came up with that opinion.
I mean, I've made some rather savvy (or just lucky) and well timed career and financial decisions in my life, especially recently. But I doubt that I'm that smart. Three years?
As I've said costs have to come down, that is plain and simple. No one here is arguing that point. I pretty sure we all agree universally across this site that Disney's costs need to come down. Iger has said the same thing, so Disney is well aware of it needing to reign in costs.
As you probably know, or maybe you don't, in the US a majority of 20th Century content goes on Hulu. Outside the US all that content goes into D+ under the Star+ banner. Once Disney takes full control of Hulu in 2024 the expected move is for Disney to merge Hulu and D+ to have one uniform experience around the globe.
Hmm, Disney tried that with Premier Access with new releases, remember? And everyone complained about it because "I already pay for my subscription why should I pay more", "Disney is nickel and diming me" or some other excuse, while still paying for it anyways. I would have no issue to Iger bringing it back for new run movies. For older releases though, nah, this isn't a old content video rental store. You do that and you certainly will have more complaints of "Disney is nickel and diming me" again.
It was indeed a welcome bit of intrigue ahead of the pandemic.How could I not? And wasn't it great?!?
At one point in August, 2019, I was laughing so hard I literally fell off the sofa. I was on the actual floor. Laughing.
A few folks here know the real entire story. But even then, it only gets funnier.
That sounds like the same complaint Disney fans make about Annual Pass prices. And yet they still pay.
Every other streaming service offers premier, first-run movie content at a premium. I had to pay Amazon Prime extra for the privilege of watching Ford Vs. Ferrari last month, and I only had 48 hours access to it. And that movie is three years old! (And wasn't as good as I had hoped.)
Disney should do the same with their mega-budget films like Lightyear, Strange World, etc.
You should put your name in the hat for the next CEO.That sounds like the same complaint Disney fans make about Annual Pass prices. And yet they still pay.
Every other streaming service offers premier, first-run movie content at a premium. I had to pay Amazon Prime extra for the privilege of watching Ford Vs. Ferrari last month, and I only had 48 hours access to it. And that movie is three years old! (And wasn't as good as I had hoped.)
Disney should do the same with their mega-budget films like Lightyear, Strange World, etc.
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Not correct, Netflix does not offer first run content at a premium, its an SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) only. This is the same with AppleTV+.That sounds like the same complaint Disney fans make about Annual Pass prices. And yet they still pay.
Every other streaming service offers premier, first-run movie content at a premium. I had to pay Amazon Prime extra for the privilege of watching Ford Vs. Ferrari last month, and I only had 48 hours access to it. And that movie is three years old! (And wasn't as good as I had hoped.)
Disney should do the same with their mega-budget films like Lightyear, Strange World, etc.
Amazon should take it back where they got it or so help me.
Now you're talking about quality, and well that is subjective based on the viewer.
Basically very few of the major players in streaming today charge for their premium content, as that is not how the subscription model works. That is why it was such a novel concept for Disney to try Premier Access during the pandemic. Its also why WB pushing all their movies to premiere on HBO Max for free the same day as releasing in theaters was also a novel concept. Point is that Studios are figuring out the economics and trying different things. The things that work will remain, the things that don't will go away. Again in the end this will benefit us as consumers as it gives us more choice in how we get to consume our content.Yeah, now that I think about it, Netflix doesnāt charge extra for their big stuff. And they make it way too easy to cancel and resubscribe for a month at a time to binge all their big stuff.
Iāve been an Amazon Prime member since it started. And my nieces wife is a VP up at Amazon HQ in Seattle. But I still had to pay five bucks to watch the three year old Ford Vs. Ferrari! No respect for their oldes customers!
I wouldn't attach "quality" to it. It looked amazing but the story had nothing to do with what Tolkien wrote. The acting was so wooden that even Groot could do better. I finished it and started watching Fellowship of the Ring. Much better.
Also that $5 you paid for Ford vs Ferrari on Amazon, part of that went to Disney. So Iger thanks you.
Either way Disney thanks you for your business.I watched it and paid for it before the Burbank Coup happened, so the money went to Bob Chapek.
