Jim_K
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With October lurking up and Paramount now announcing titles for Jan, I guess it's safe to assume the Paramount's lone catalog output for Nov-Dec (two of the heaviest selling months in the year) will consist of....................
Someone tell me I'm missing a catalog title or two, something big, something worthwhile or at least something I won't need a lobotomy to enjoy. Seriously, who the hell are they catering to here? Timmy and his X-Box add-on?! Am I lost in an nightmarish demographic not of my choosing? :frowning:
It's not like Paramount is lacking in some prime candidates. There's Chinatown getting a DVD special edition in Nov - but no HD version for us. Now Braveheart in Dec? and word is that an HD version won't be until sometime in 08. WTF? With the way studios juggle/cancel/postpone titles "sometime in 08" doesn't amount to much of anything for me.
It irk's me to no end seeing catalog re-issues of souped up Special Edition, Collectors Edition, Ultimate Edition double/triple dips on DVD with no day/date support of HD/BD. Paramount by far isn't the only guilty studio of this but seriously what is the deal here?
This is (Nov-Dec) Q4 and if they want to maximize their HD sales this is the time so why the hell would they hold these (or anything) back*?
*yeah, yeah, I know the standard answer is catalog titles don't sell but someone should go tell that to Warner because they keep cranking them out just for the benefit of society I guess.
Someone tell me I'm missing a catalog title or two, something big, something worthwhile or at least something I won't need a lobotomy to enjoy. Seriously, who the hell are they catering to here? Timmy and his X-Box add-on?! Am I lost in an nightmarish demographic not of my choosing? :frowning:
It's not like Paramount is lacking in some prime candidates. There's Chinatown getting a DVD special edition in Nov - but no HD version for us. Now Braveheart in Dec? and word is that an HD version won't be until sometime in 08. WTF? With the way studios juggle/cancel/postpone titles "sometime in 08" doesn't amount to much of anything for me.
It irk's me to no end seeing catalog re-issues of souped up Special Edition, Collectors Edition, Ultimate Edition double/triple dips on DVD with no day/date support of HD/BD. Paramount by far isn't the only guilty studio of this but seriously what is the deal here?
This is (Nov-Dec) Q4 and if they want to maximize their HD sales this is the time so why the hell would they hold these (or anything) back*?
*yeah, yeah, I know the standard answer is catalog titles don't sell but someone should go tell that to Warner because they keep cranking them out just for the benefit of society I guess.