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Hey Tom, I know you've been around awhile just as I have by your comments. My store is in year 23. Good to read fact and not fiction in articles. I roasted T.K. Arnold 2 weeks ago with a letter responding to a column he wrote speaking about how indies live in fantasy land and have no clue what we're doing. Those always piss me off. If you want to read my response to his stupidity, let me know. Good Job. Bob
TOM, ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT I"VE HEARD SOMEONE STICK UP FOR THE INDIES!!!! DON'T COUNT US OUT YET IS RIGHT... POSITIVE THINKING GOES A LONG LONG WAY. I TRULY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTARY. |
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9/15/2006 8:48:38 AM PT
I know I am a little late posting this comment, but If you think about what is going on in the Video industry, you will see that it is embarresing.
We have the major studios who don't want to deal with the little guys as much as they want to deal with the big guys(netflix, blockbuster and other huge stores).
In my opinion, the future of the movie business in general is in big trouble. The big hit movies will always be out there, and there will always be people who will rent and purchase them, besides that is what the business thrives on. But we forget about the small movies. The movies that do not make it to the movie theatre. Movies that don't get the budget like others do. Movies that are known only through word of mouth. Movies that fill up the video stores walls. Movies that people look for when the big budget titles are all rented out.
If netflix accomplishes what it wants to do, which is take over the country and make the video store "extinct", all those small budget titles will not be made.
Why, you might ask?
The answer is simple. The only reason why people watch these movies is because they are out there on the shelves where customers can pick up the box and read them. Customer of netflix will NEVER do that. They will always have their list of movies they want to watch, and wait for those movies to come in by mail.
Let's say netflix will buy Indie films, it will still not pay for the small studios to make them, because it will not be worth for netflix to purchase as many copies as they would buy big budget titles. Let's not forget at that point the "video store" will be extinct, and it will not be worth it for small studios to put out those movies. So what will happen is the movie industry will shrink, there will be more actors looking for work, and eventually the industry as we know it will really be extinct.