Comments on: Apple will sell new movies through iTunes

By: MovieFan

MovieFan — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:05:22 +0000

Who the hell watches movies on ipods anyways? Are you seriously going to sit there for 2 hours staring at that little screen?
And why would being able to download a movie through iTunes make me want to buy an iPod or iMac?
Unless I could burn it on to some sort of media and play it through a DVD player (or whatever else is hooked up to my TV) then I wouldn’t consider buying through iTunes.
And cinema prices are getting ridiculous nowadays. I would only go to the cinema now for huge blockbusters with lots of special effects that deserve to be seen with a big screen and big sound.

By: mr_teh_giant

mr_teh_giant — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:30:16 +0000

pahh! cinema! give me a wide screen laptop and a decent set of earphones and im happy, In my own little world.

By: Pruny

Pruny — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:23:10 +0000

I hope they will sell in HD format. )

By: TayZonday

TayZonday — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:05:32 +0000

“Yeah ? such as flying popcorns, cell phones and mofos who talk all the time during the movie!”

Word. A decent price, lower than DVD costs simply because there is no disc and mass production of it along with no DRM with an efficient digital trasnfer method might interest me. They also need to make sure they don’t exclude people wanting to play it on their DVD/HD players simply because they aren’t apple brand.

If these things happen and I can burn my own copy from a digital version that I can play on my DVD player then yes I will buy films online. As for the cinemas maybe a few weeks after the release it can be released for sale online and then a few weeks after it can go on DVD. This way you would encourage people to buy it online and make their own copy if not go buy DVD a few weeks later.

By: ELCouz

ELCouz — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:08:07 +0000

>>People would still go to the movies because the theatre offers a UNIQUE experience

Yeah ? such as flying popcorns, cell phones and mofos who talk all the time during the movie!

LOL

By: chris Gambera

chris Gambera — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:55:55 +0000

They need to release the movie same time as it opens at the cinemas. Is time for the movie companies to take it to the next level. When this happens, they can offer someting I would pay for, if the price level is ok
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Absolutely agree. People would still go to the movies because the theatre offers a unique experience, but it would harm cinemas in some ways but I’m sure it will happen in the future, the cinemas will have to adapt somehow.

By: mbdc

mbdc — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:42:35 +0000

I love Apple but I prefer owning a hard copy with the packaging including cover etc. Its not the same printing a cover yourself and sort of just becomes another file on the computer this way. Maybe if they lowered the price slightly I would purchase.

By: The_Doctor

The_Doctor — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:38:19 +0000

Everyone keeps complaining more or less about paying the content costs rather then the packaging costs for a movie, yet that is exactly what happens when you go out and buy a game or a new OS, or even a Console game (for those that buy anything ). I don’t see the larger companies dropping price even when they do offer them for digital delivery. We have ALWAYS paid for content, the case and media it came on tacked about a penny onto the cost. More, it just comes down to if you prefer having something you can touch.

The funny thing, is the charge $14 for the content of dvd, which is legally suppose to be viewed by the owner…. now a theatre is charging what 15 these days at some places yet the studios only receive about $2 per seat, the rest is for theatre upkeep, employee pay, etc… so to the one that commented about get it as it is released, they want to do it, it was discussed, but no one will see it happen until their is airtight copyright protection, or they stop giving a crap.

By: Obviously!

Obviously! — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:33:06 +0000

Oh boy I can’t wait to pay my cold hard earned cash for something that is non-tangible and I can’t even put it up on a shelf to look at.

I’ll stick with buying my regular DVD’s at my regular price of 10 euros (maximum) instead of PAYING for non-tangible downloads.

I mean… that’s the true rip-off. Paying for something that has absolutely NO production costs!

By: RlsLogKing

RlsLogKing — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:13:13 +0000

I agree. I just went to Iron Man and it was a good movie except I was forced to crunch between two strangers and the people around me talked through the whole thing. One Azzhole read the subtitles out loud, I was ready to slap the prick. I would much rather be able to pay for a downloaded version then to see it in a crowded and uncomfortable room with a bunch of low life loser pricks.

By: dekoder

dekoder — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:56:11 +0000

By: bootyinspector

bootyinspector — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:52:59 +0000

“People want to watch a movie as soon as it comes out, and they don’t want to have to wait,”

EXACTLY, which is why nobody (nobody on here anyway), waits for the DVD release.

Torrents are the future. Hell, torrents are the PRESENT.

Big business will catch up one day. Maybe.

By: PrS!

PrS! — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:35:00 +0000

15 bucks is tooo much for a hard copy!

I agree with the above, not even close to being worth the money.

Remove the 1 and we could have a reasonable deal

By: Hbbbbo

Hbbbbo — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:32:03 +0000

This is stupid. I dont get why you would pay this sort of money for a digital copy? this isn’t just a “just torrent it” commnt but surely buying a hard copy will > than downloading a digitial copy for a simlar price?

By: thanks

thanks — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:27:05 +0000

DRM movies for 14.99$……il stick to torrents/usenet thx