The Official Disney Movie Club Blu-ray Exclusives Thread (1 Viewer)

[David Weicker]

All I know is I haven’t received the email,
And there is no mention on the website.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

More insight and it doesn't seem like good news

EXCLUSIVE: Disney & Sony Ink Deal for Sony to Take Over Disney’s Physical Media Production, Disney Movie Club to Shut Down as a Result [UPDATED]

EXCLUSIVE: Disney & Sony Ink Deal for Sony to Take Over Disney’s Physical Media Production, Disney Movie Club to Shut Down as a Result [UPDATED]

thedigitalbits.com

 

[Jake Lipson]

Well, this is bigger than the DMC.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney & Sony Ink Deal for Sony to Take Over Disney’s Physical Media Production, Disney Movie Club to Shut Down as a Result [UPDATED]

EXCLUSIVE: Disney & Sony Ink Deal for Sony to Take Over Disney’s Physical Media Production, Disney Movie Club to Shut Down as a Result [UPDATED]

thedigitalbits.com

Edit; I think Ron and I posted the same thing at virtually the same time.

 

[Joel Arndt]

I received the official email.

May 20th- last day to order
July 20th- all accounts cancelled
Sept. 20th- last day to return

 

[darkrock17]

3 vast libraries all collecting dust now

 

[MattBradley]

Read The Digital Bits. This could be very good.

Also, DMC website must be getting hammered because I'm on it and it keeps crashing over and over...

 

[Ronald Epstein]

3 vast libraries all collecting dust now

And it seems like everything is slowing down these days outside of the boutique labels

This is Columbia's 100th Anniversary, it's the end of the first quarter and all we got was an announcement for ... 100 digital titles.

This is MGM's 100th Anniversary, there was some speculation Warner might release some titles to celebrate, and at the end of the first quarter, nothing from that studio or MGM's classic library has been announced.

We got some great news today from Paramount, but even their PRESENTS line has been on a slight decline with each passing year.

 

[darkrock17]

And it seems like everything is slowing down these days outside of the boutique labels

This is Columbia's 100th Anniversary, it's the end of the first quarter and all we got was an announcement for ... 100 digital titles.

This is MGM's 100th Anniversary, there was some speculation Warner might release some titles to celebrate, and at the end of the first quarter, nothing from that studio or MGM's classic library has been announced.

We got some great news today from Paramount, but even their PRESENTS line has been on a slight decline with each passing year.

Columbia's 100th is a bust, MGM's is non existing, and now Columbia which after this weekends bomb with Madame Web want's to handle another studio's library and it's acquisition.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

And it seems like everything is slowing down these days outside of the boutique labels

I think that’s sadly where the physical media market is - it’s been declining year after year for over a decade. When Warner and Universal filed the paperwork about five years ago to form their joint venture, SDS, that filing indicated that the companies believes physical media sales would continue declining until it was no longer a viable business - and they felt that combining resources then would allow them to last another ten years. We’re halfway through that period and that seems like it was dead on - it anything, the decline may be happening faster than that. I think we as enthusiasts and collectors sometimes miss what’s happening among the general public and how quickly they’ve moved past being interested in physical media.

Anecdotally, I’m a father of four year old twins. When I was that age myself, most every family that age had a VHS library of Disney films for the kids. 20 years ago, families had DVD collections instead. Now - I have a bunch of those classic Disney films on disc and I’m the only parent in my kids’ classes that does. I can’t loan my discs to any other parents at the school because none of them have disc players anymore. I can’t loan my disc collection to my kids’ grandparents when they babysit for a night, because none of the grandparents have the players anymore. Anecdotes aren’t data, of course, but I don’t think any of what I’m seeing firsthand is atypical for families today.

 

[darkrock17]

Digital and streaming has slowly been killing of the need for physical anything when it comes to media.

However as people are learning, digital and streaming can come and go and leave you with nothing even after you pay for it.

 

[BobO'Link]

I think that’s sadly where the physical media market is - it’s been declining year after year for over a decade. When Warner and Universal filed the paperwork about five years ago to form their joint venture, SDS, that filing indicated that the companies believes physical media sales would continue declining until it was no longer a viable business - and they felt that combining resources then would allow them to last another ten years. We’re halfway through that period and that seems like it was dead on - it anything, the decline may be happening faster than that. I think we as enthusiasts and collectors sometimes miss what’s happening among the general public and how quickly they’ve moved past being interested in physical media.

Anecdotally, I’m a father of four year old twins. When I was that age myself, most every family that age had a VHS library of Disney films for the kids. 20 years ago, families had DVD collections instead. Now - I have a bunch of those classic Disney films on disc and I’m the only parent in my kids’ classes that does. I can’t loan my discs to any other parents at the school because none of them have disc players anymore. I can’t loan my disc collection to my kids’ grandparents when they babysit for a night, because none of the grandparents have the players anymore. Anecdotes aren’t data, of course, but I don’t think any of what I’m seeing firsthand is atypical for families today.

And that doesn't even take into account that you *might* have the titles digitally but *sharing* them with someone else is, at best, difficult and likely goes against the TOS of the hosting site.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

For the longest time, Vudu allowed you to loan out titles to friends - not sure if they still do. Movies Anywhere’s precursor, Ultraviolet, allowed libraries to be shared. I think that wound up being one of those things that sounded nice in practice, but that most people didn’t care to actually use it - and again, this is anecdotal, but I was a film school kid with all film school kid friends and not one of them has ever taken me up on an offer to share a library title.

I think what we miss as enthusiasts who seek to collect specific titles individually selected by ourselves is that most general consumers are having their media needs met by subscribing to one or two subscription services and choosing what to watch out of the rotating selections of titles those services offer. It’s a solved problem for them. No more video stores, no more leaving the house, no more late fees, no more missing the beginning of a movie you channel surfed into. You press a button on a remote and you have a large variety of choices at a quality higher than VHS/DVD and for most people that’s more than enough to satisfy.

 

[BobO'Link]

IIRC, Movies Anywhere once allowed you to share a movie and the person didn't even need an account to watch that shared movie. That was discontinued at least a couple of years back. I never did it simply because I'd forget it was a possibility.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

IIRC, Movies Anywhere once allowed you to share a movie and the person didn't even need an account to watch that shared movie. That was discontinued at least a couple of years back. I never did it simply because I'd forget it was a possibility.

IIRC, the other person w/ whom you share a title probably did need to sign up for an account.

I actually tried sharing a few times from my MA library, but AFAIK, none of my friends ended up actually using those (fairly limiting) shares. I've also even tried just sharing my login w/ a few close friends, but don't think any of them actually used the account.

_Man_

 

[Bryan^H]

I tried for twenty minutes to join the Disney Movie Club this morning, and it bricks after the password screen. I'm not sure what is going on, but I'm not amused!

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I tried for twenty minutes to join the Disney Movie Club this morning, and it bricks after the password screen. I'm not sure what is going on, but I'm not amused!

I would be wondering why Disney would be onboarding any new members at this point after announcing their closing.

If I were Disney, I would be afraid of allowing members to join without guarantee they would fulfill their obligation.

 

[Malcolm R]

I would not expect to be able to join now. I'd think they've turned off any new sign-ups if they're winding down operations.

 

[Bryan^H]

I would be wondering why Disney would be onboarding any new members at this point after announcing their closing.

If I were Disney, I would be afraid of allowing members to join without guarantee they would fulfill their obligation.

Maybe. I was a member through 2019, but when I cancelled I guess my info was scrapped.
I e-mailed them (no onboard support on the site). If I can't join again, I guess I will just buy the 8 titles I want off E-Bay.

 

[SwatDB]

More insight and it doesn't seem like good news

EXCLUSIVE: Disney & Sony Ink Deal for Sony to Take Over Disney’s Physical Media Production, Disney Movie Club to Shut Down as a Result [UPDATED]

EXCLUSIVE: Disney & Sony Ink Deal for Sony to Take Over Disney’s Physical Media Production, Disney Movie Club to Shut Down as a Result [UPDATED]

thedigitalbits.com

What's not good news?

You mean worse than holding our breath for New/Recent Masters of titles (currently on Digital/Streaming) to show up on 4K UHD/Remastered BDs?

Hm.

WBD Home Entertainment/MGM Studios, Inc?
Disney/Sony Pictures?

No?

I'm telling you, Disney (including 20th Century Studios) and MGM (UA, Post-April 1986 libraries) are the ones I have a hard time dealing with.

With these questions out of the way: What do you think would be the outcome of Sony taking over Physical Media Production for Disney?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

With these questions out of the way: What do you think would be the outcome of Sony taking over Physical Media Production for Disney?

Well, the bad news is that DMC was shut down.

Whatever else comes out of this deal is pure speculation which is what everyone is currently doing.

My personal opinion is that this deal won't change a thing as far as seeing any Fox/Disney catalog product coming out of the studio.