Michael Allred
Screenwriter
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/indust...ntal-deal.html
Great idea.....NOT. The nearest Blockbuster is 30(+) minutes away and I'm not trekking THAT far for movies. This basically means that Weinstein flicks I'm really interested in, I'll have to see in theaters and if I like them, I'll just buy the DVD on release date. The other stuff will just have to go unseen until they hit the movie channels.
I'm curious though, will other movie studios follow the same path in the future? Say what if Warner Brothers signs a exclusive rental deal with Hollywood Video and FOX goes exclusive with Family Video, etc etc etc? Is this going to break down into individual tribes?
Why would the Weinstein company essentially limit their rental business to just ONE company knowing that a percentage of consumers will never see those films (for whatever reason....Blockbuster is too far away from them, they simply don't like that company, whatever.) The deal seems pretty narrow minded to me.
Great idea.....NOT. The nearest Blockbuster is 30(+) minutes away and I'm not trekking THAT far for movies. This basically means that Weinstein flicks I'm really interested in, I'll have to see in theaters and if I like them, I'll just buy the DVD on release date. The other stuff will just have to go unseen until they hit the movie channels.
I'm curious though, will other movie studios follow the same path in the future? Say what if Warner Brothers signs a exclusive rental deal with Hollywood Video and FOX goes exclusive with Family Video, etc etc etc? Is this going to break down into individual tribes?
Why would the Weinstein company essentially limit their rental business to just ONE company knowing that a percentage of consumers will never see those films (for whatever reason....Blockbuster is too far away from them, they simply don't like that company, whatever.) The deal seems pretty narrow minded to me.