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[ScottHM]

And speaking of YT ads, there's nothing more fun than sitting through a 60 second ad before a 30 video.

I don't know. How about having to sit through two advertisements in order to watch a movie trailer? It's beyond ironic, and one reason I rarely see trailers anymore.
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[AlohaTiger]

the last straw will be when Studio’s won’t let you FF thru trailers on physical media purchases . They already won‘t let you press > , on some these

 

[AlohaTiger]

It’s ironic bc I love the in-house ads that theses stations played. Especially the old “ Nick At Night “promos or any or the other ones shown in the 80’s-90’s

 

[bmasters9]

the last straw will be when Studio’s won’t let you FF thru trailers on physical media purchases . They already won‘t let you press > , on some these

One of the most egregious examples I've heard of is that sixth-season release of Dexter (on both DVD and Blu, which had that Showtime ad that was locked-in and made you see it every time you booted a disc, and was on all four discs [and had a spoiler at the end that revealed the end of the whole affair that season]).

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[Jesse Skeen]

I found hacked software for my player which ignores all the button lock-outs, it’s glorious.

 

[ScottRE]

the last straw will be when Studio’s won’t let you FF thru trailers on physical media purchases . They already won‘t let you press > , on some these

This is one reason why I started digitizing my collection and using a media server like Plex. Nothing but the content I want.

 

[Sultanofcinema]

I reviewed F1 on my Radio show this morning and mentioned the fact that before this 2 hour 35 min feature, I was subjected to 34 (I timed it) min of trailers and by the time the feature arrives on the screen, you are exhausted. And every trailer was a film you couldn't pay me to see. This does not count the commercials and behind the scenes of features before the trailer marathon started.

 

[bmasters9]

I reviewed F1 on my Radio show this morning and mentioned the fact that before this 2 hour 35 min feature, I was subjected to 34 (I timed it) min of trailers and by the time the feature arrives on the screen, you are exhausted. And every trailer was a film you couldn't pay me to see. This does not count the commercials and behind the scenes of features before the trailer marathon started.

Why would there be so many trailers for pictures you wouldn't care for?

 

[Sultanofcinema]

Sequels, prequels, remakes, standard horror fare, toilet comedies, franchises, nothing new, exciting or different. Maybe I'm spoiled and have seen that many films theatrically since 1963 (From Russia With Love the first, The Birds, the second). And before the trailers, common television commercials. I thought a movie theater was supposed to be a different kind of animal than television at home. I know theaters are going broke, product is embarrassing, but this is only going to escalate the end of cinema going as I knew it.

 

[Bryan^H]

This is why I pay for the ad-free tier of almost every streaming service I subscribe to.

Yes, but what happens when you watch content on a service like Paramount+ that forces you to watch “their commercial” for “their content” for 40 seconds at the beginning of every single piece of content you choose to watch?

 

[TravisR]

Sequels, prequels, remakes, standard horror fare, toilet comedies, franchises, nothing new, exciting or different. Maybe I'm spoiled and have seen that many films theatrically since 1963 (From Russia With Love the first, The Birds, the second). And before the trailers, common television commercials. I thought a movie theater was supposed to be a different kind of animal than television at home. I know theaters are going broke, product is embarrassing, but this is only going to escalate the end of cinema going as I knew it.

The problem is that's the same basic thing that old people were saying in 1963.

 

[bmasters9]

Yes, but what happens when you watch content on a service like Paramount+ that forces you to watch “their commercial” for “their content” for 40 seconds at the beginning of every single piece of content you choose to watch?

Especially when it's for a newer version of an older show (like, say, for the new O'Loughlin/Caan Hawaii Five-0 compared to the old Lord one)?

 

[Bryan^H]

Especially when it's for a newer version of an older show (like, say, for the new O'Loughlin/Caan Hawaii Five-0 compared to the old Lord one)?

Exactly my point. I watch exclusively classic TV content on Paramount +.

When they force the stuff they think I should watch ahead of every classic TV show it not only kills the mood I’m going for, it seems like 40 seconds is five minutes a lot of times.

I said before, I’d gladly pay $5 more a month to eliminate this BS. Which iMO is the biggest annoyance of any streaming service I have ever subscribed to.

 

[bmasters9]

I said before, I’d gladly pay $5 more a month to eliminate this BS. Which iMO is the biggest annoyance of any streaming service I have ever subscribed to.

And I don't blame you-- I would never want to subscribe for any of those services if I had no such option.

 

[Sultanofcinema]

The problem is that's the same basic thing that old people were saying in 1963.

I stopped watching Television in 1975, period. Never watched it again for anything. Had HBO and Cinemax when they arrived and now along with a few thousand films, I also have the Criterion channel. When Hollywood or someone starts making good films again, I'll go. I see about 7-10 films a year now and up until 10 years ago would see everything that came out. And thanks for for the "old" comment, but at least I've seen what I think is the best of the best during those decades and on something that resembled "movie screens" seating anywhere from 750 to 1200. I will take film: 70MM, Super Panavision, Cinerama, Super 35, etc any day over IMAX and digital. I see the majority of films today as "just add water".

 

[DaveF]

Yes, but what happens when you watch content on a service like Paramount+ that forces you to watch “their commercial” for “their content” for 40 seconds at the beginning of every single piece of content you choose to watch?

I hit the Skip button. Just started an episode of DS9, and just hit the Skip button. Had to endure an entire two seconds of the Paramount promo.

And even still, up front promo for content so much better than programming being stopped mid sentence in random places for garbage ads for crap gaming apps repeated twice in a row

 

[TravisR]

I stopped watching Television in 1975, period. Never watched it again for anything. Had HBO and Cinemax when they arrived and now along with a few thousand films, I also have the Criterion channel. When Hollywood or someone starts making good films again, I'll go. I see about 7-10 films a year now and up until 10 years ago would see everything that came out. And thanks for for the "old" comment, but at least I've seen what I think is the best of the best during those decades and on something that resembled "movie screens" seating anywhere from 750 to 1200. I will take film: 70MM, Super Panavision, Cinerama, Super 35, etc any day over IMAX and digital. I see the majority of films today as "just add water".

My point is that someone's "end of cinema" is always going to be someone else's golden age. No doubt there were people in 1930 saying that the talkies would be the death of cinema. There's nothing wrong with preferring one era over another (I don't like the endless franchises of today) but good movies have always and will always continue to be made.

 

[Clinton McClure]

Yes, but what happens when you watch content on a service like Paramount+ that forces you to watch “their commercial” for “their content” for 40 seconds at the beginning of every single piece of content you choose to watch?

I’m on the premium Paramount+ sub and I don’t have these Paramount ads. Strange.

 

[Clinton McClure]

No wait, I’m thinking about HBO Max. I sub to Paramount+ but haven’t watched anything on there for a hot minute. My dad watches a lot of stuff on there though so I’ll ask him and see if he’s seeing Paramount promos before his shows and movies.

 

[Bryan^H]

I hit the Skip button. Just started an episode of DS9, and just hit the Skip button. Had to endure an entire two seconds of the Paramount promo.

And even still, up front promo for content so much better than programming being stopped mid sentence in random places for garbage ads for crap gaming apps repeated twice

I don't know. I've never had the option to skip any ad on Paramount+
Not sure what is different, but I've seen other people complain about non-skippable up front ads on there so something is off.

We differ greatly on the "up front promo". Paying the premium price for something so terrible to me is a near deal breaker. Perhaps if there were ads for something I actually liked or even thought about (like classic TV in front of classic TV) than it might be different.