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120 day window from theater release to streaming release.

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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Ludicrous. As a proud "I'd rather watch it at home than go to the cinema" man, this irritates me.

The covid pandemic was the best thing to happen to movies. Day one streaming releases. Beautiful times.

This weirdo has too much power and control. Thinks he's billy big bollocks the savior of cinema.

Top Gun: Maverick doesn't have a streaming release date just yet, but when the movie will arrive on Paramount Plus reportedly depends on its star, Tom Cruise.

"The last I saw with Paramount was that the window is 120 days, but Paramount would like to go back to Tom Cruise and negotiate a shorter window in order to capture some of the home video revenue, whether that's on premium video on demand, whether it's on their streaming service Paramount Plus, yet to be determined.

I know Paramount would very much like to get this movie onto a streaming service soon. But if it keeps playing in theaters like it's playing, there's really no incentive for Tom Cruise to agree to that, other than money, and he's a big believer in the theatrical ecosystem and he has control over this movie in his deal."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/top-gun-maverick-s-streaming-release-date-reportedly-depends-on-tom-cruise/ar-AAYPCVS?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=96184c064e0e4ae3924a120dba6cf0d3

[–] setnom (69) 2 years ago

"As a proud "I'd rather watch it at home than go to the cinema" man, this irritates me."

Your loss, my friend. This movie deserves to be seen on the big screen.

[–] 123Guy (7281) 2 years ago

this, this again, and a thousand times this.
I'll be buying it for sure, but its going to feel so reduced at home.

[–] KvlhokVjequs (285) 2 years ago

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[–] MavKilledGoose (859) 2 years ago

Human beings like synchrony. There's something we find pleasurable, even beautiful, when a group works together as one (e.g., sports-ball). In the theater, strangers sit in front of a giant screen as the story (hopefully) hits similar emotional buttons, so they laugh together, feel sadness together, and so on.

Alternatively, humans are also impulsive and lazy. Which religion would you prefer, one that requires effort and sacrifice, or the sort where you just pretty much do your own thing? Why go to the effort of dating if there's pornography on-demand? Given these choices, we're often inclined to go for the cheaper, quicker option. I see this with my students. Our university now offers more asynchronous online classes given COVID-forged consumer preferences. Students like these classes because they can be done whenever they want. It also helps that the classes tend to be easier (and easier to cheat).

I say all of this as someone who generally does not watch movies in the theater and regards religion as a scam.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

You might want to look up Karl Jung’s definition of the word he coined, synchronicity, before you misuse it again.

[–] MavKilledGoose (859) 2 years ago

I'll edit my post to change it to syncrohny.

[–] SteveG (1370) 2 years ago

Relax bro. This is the new model. Some films go to screen and others split and other goto streaming. I think its a film by film situation now.

[–] fc31 (5394) 2 years ago

Well, COVID lock down maybe over but I am not going out. I even buy groceries online, thanks to COVID they now have this service in Australia.

I haven't been to cinemas for years, I am not going now even I have state government issued digital vouchers to watch movies for free as a part of post COVID stimulus.

Streaming is the way for me now, probably would not go back to cinemas even when this COVID thing is over.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I've always been an irregular cinema goer.

Since covid I haven't been...honestly not sure I'll ever go again. Maybe if a film I'm absolutely dying to see comes out some day but I've often found that I regret going to see a film at the cinema. Very few films are worth the money and effort. Most of the time I find myself thinking "I should have just waited for it to come to digital or blu-ray".

I wait for streaming these days, whilst also rewatching films and watching old films I've never seen before. So many options. I'm not starved for choices.

It helps that this mythological 'big screen experience' has eluded me all my life. Not once have I seen a film at the cinema that was lessened upon watching it in the comfort of my own home, not one film has benefited from the cinema experience.

[–] fc31 (5394) 2 years ago

Most of the time I find myself thinking "I should have just waited for it to come to digital or blu-ray".

That is exactly what I felt most of the time. Now I would rather watch movies at the comfort of my own home.

[–] darkpast (8722) 2 years ago

its making a ton of movie, no reason to put on streaming for pirates