Is Physical Media Finally Dying Out? | Planet CHH
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I’d love to hear everybody’s thoughts about this topic. Share them below! PS - watch before you say I’m wrong 😂 it’s just the title for the video to start a conversation
Went to my Walmart today , they got less movies than few months ago . I think it will disappear from Walmart best buy etc . Might be available online and at pawn shops or something only .
@@firefly8471it’s not going anywhere! Disney Plus & all other streaming services are releasing exclusive content to DVD/Blu Ray! Say that last month! Walmart is a laughing stock! One Walmart we go to, the closest one is never stocked & only has one side of movies/shows! Another Walmart we go to about 20 miles further has two sides of the isle of movies/shows & is always stocked! It is also stocked with a better selection of older stuff! Found the original Dracula & Frankenstein sets at that location! It just really depends on how the store is run!
I think physical media will always have a place. Nothing compares to the feeling of pride that comes with having an actual box on your shelf. Having a real, tangible thing you can hold and call your own.
I don't think there'd be so many companies releasing so many amazing movies on physical media if they weren't making any money.
Streaming exclusives are getting DVD/Blu Ray releases now, saw that announcement last month! Best Buy is struggling & think cutting this out will slow the bleeding! Our local Best Buy knows where the majority of their business comes from & can’t understand why the movies are the ones getting canned! They know it’s going to be a huge blow! Remember that Best Buy had pulled this stunt in the late 2000’s along side Circuit City! The City went bye bye & Best Buy almost joined them!
I cannot believe I live in an America where censorship is not just accepted it is demanded by some of the population! It boggles my mind. But this is only a small reason why I still collect physical media. I love having books on my shelf (I will never read Ebooks), and vinyl and Cds, and movies (VHS to 4K). I am from the last generation that will collect these things. They have bred it out of society with the farce of streaming. Now, they can determine what You want/will watch via the algorithm. I do stream, but walking into my room and pulling a DVD or other and watching it is as much enjoyment as the film. Its the act that is almost gone from the West. But it was an integral part of my growing up. Just like grocery stores today getting rid of cashiers, I do not want to self checkout. I want a human being to ring me up. But we have left that world behind and for that Jesus Wept. Or wait, maybe I'm the one crying here...
you're missing out. some of the best books are almost only in ebook form as finding them physically are impossible unless you're rich.
@@blackman9008 fair enough. Im sure I will face that situation eventually
This censorship is one of the main reasons I go out of my way for original VHS releases for so many movies.
Not only do I think these exclusives will make their way to Walmart & Amazon-I think they will in turn be cheaper, too!
I sure hope so! lol I've scaled back on steelbooks especially because I just can't keep up financially with $40 steelbooks, often times double dipping with the slipcover release. Feels like half (if not more) of the new 4K releases get paired with a steelbook.
Cheaper in price, or quality?
@@DAVIDDIGSdo you have an IQ below 70?
Literally zero reason to ever walk into a Best Buy once they stop selling lol
You are 100% on point with this topic. I just started my horror collection a few years ago. Started following your channel this year cuz we have the same type of taste in movies. Appreciate all the content you put out man
Great analysis man! Physical media is catered to the collectors! And I think it will continue because there’s a pretty good market for it, specially for exclusives.
Vinyl is still alive and stronger than before. Physical Media will outlive Best Buy.
CDs also. They are selling in great numbers!
@@kurier0all thanks to me. You're welcome.
As far as Best Buy is concerned, I wouldn't be surprised if they close their doors period because, their business has drastically declined compared to when they've first opened. Every time I go to Best Buy, the store is practically empty, and with a handful of customers and only one checkout counter open. The issue is not only the movies, but it's the entire store in general. Best Buy is barely hanging on.
I don't think it will go away but I completely agree it will shrink for the non collectors, at least in the short term.
I personally think the streaming side of things will hit a critical mass here in the near future and cause a lot of people, possibly younger people, to reconsider physical media.
The constant changing of licensing rights, the increasing costs, and the push by streaming services to go back to ad based models will cause people to rethink streaming as the end all be all
Im 19 and am going back toward's it for higher quality and seeing Discovery pulling everything off PlayStations store.
I love physical media, because I can curate my own film library. It is better quality. It has no commercials. It has extras. It is collectible. It is not censored. Movies come and go on streaming services.
I have cable and Peacock.
I collect and stream as well. The problem is that the more niche it becomes the more the boutique labels are taking advantage of us. People never want to mention how much these companies overcharge and unfortunately a lot of collectors don’t have enough discipline and give them the ridiculous asking prices. It’s just going to get much worse now. The vinyl comparison doesn’t work for me. It went away for years and when it resurfaced these albums were also way overpriced but people payed anyways. I’m glad we have the options but at the same time I see more and more collectors taking a stand and finally saying that the hobby is just getting too expensive.
I’m sorry but a 4K release of an obscure 80s horror movie just isn’t worth $40. Especially as a blind buy for a movie that half the time wasn’t very good to begin with.
I'm curious what the future will be like for physical media collectors like us. Will I need to transfer all my movies into digital and store them all on a hard drive? Will these blu rays last for 40-50 years? Will I need to buy a backup Blu ray player in case they stop producing them in the future?
Different here in uk physical media going strong with stores like hmv fopp and cex easy to find
No way man. Shout, 88, Criterion, and Arrow making my dreams come true by FINALLY releasing all of Jackie Chan's films. The amazing physical media releases in 2023 have been non-stop.
I agree that its popularity is waning, but I don’t think it’s ever going to die out. As convenient for all of us as streaming is, we’re still at the mercy of the streaming service or the distributor or even our wifi provider. And how great does something like the Rambo box set or the Friday the 13th Scream Factory collection look on the shelf? Hell, following CHH has reignited my passion for physical media.
Physical Media is not Dead it's just became a Collector thing only ☝🧐
I use one Streaming Service too because Physical Media is my true way too watch my Favorits on DVD Bluray or 4K so the sky will not Fall when you ask me.
Supporting Physical Media 📼💿📀
I do not attempt to keep up with releases anymore. I like to go to my local record store, see what they have, and buy what I think is cool. If I try to keep up with it, id be overwhelmed.
I did not know about that ginger snaps set, I am gonna have to upgrade to that! Currently have an old dvd set, and now I have something neat to upgrade that to!
I still buy DVD's from the $ 5-10 bin at Walmart and also from thrift stores. What confuses me is that Best Buy stopped selling them, but yet they still sell 4 K players!
I never looked at it that way! The fancy cases and box sets do feel like a reward or a ‘thank you’ for collectors.
Best Buy discontinuing physical media was heartbreaking for me for sentimental reasons. I started getting into collecting 4K Blu-Rays in 2017. Like a mad man. And I would take my daughter (who was 1 and a half at the time) with me every Tuesday from 2017 to now, to get movies and other stuff for her.
There are still chains like Walmart and Meijers -- and even stores like Barnes & Noble -- but the latter of which horribly overprices their UHDs.
Just sucks that my hobby is now going to be prioritized by online orders almost exclusively.
Physical media is dying like I am; which is the best way to put it imo
I agree with everything you said, man. I think that Physical media will still be around for awhile thanks to collectors. I do think that the average person won't be buying a lot of movies in the future because of streaming, but i think that collectors will continue to keep it alive.
Blu-rays will be like a vinyls. It is a pretty good market
Great video
Talk about editing, Peacock censored WWF WrestleMania VI with Roddy Piper and Bad News Brown.
Best Buy getting rid of the steelbooks really bums me out. I've gotten to the point where I almost exclusively will go for steelbooks on releases I want. I don't think physical media is dead in the sense that there will always be options out there and whatnot but the thing that worries me is that if it starts to die down more and more, the prices might increase on certain releases just because they can.
Should start researching and learn how to repair Blu-ray and dvd machines. I always thought I'd get an enormous disc collection so that when I'm old would have a personal library
Why??? If you are really worried about it buy a bunch of them new.
Physical Media sales are Not going away.
Bring back Circuit City please,the price and selection was so much better than best buy
Youre probably right, because my walmart just got stocked with tons of steel books i only used to see at best buy.... Everything from Resovoir Dogs to Mad Max to A Quiet Place.... I didn't get any because i have them all already, but it was nice to see a wall of steelbooks!
One of the problems that Streaming has caused is that they killed the video store. Video stores were a big buyer of physical media, and so their death is one of the reasons why there is a big drop off in the number of buyers for such media.
I think that most people dont know "i was one of them" that physical discs have better picture and sound quality. And then i think a lot of people want to get rid of the discs because storage is a problem. And i forgot! Cost!
Im buying DVDs for $1 any title,im buy Blu Rays 2 for $3 and 2 for $5,Life is good right now
I have gotten to the point where I buy boutique label BluRay for the most part online only because Best Buy and Walmart are too expensive and they don’t carry Jack.
I completely agree with you about companies censoring films or editing films. Whatever you want to call it. You have everything from Dumbo to The Golden Girls to the French Connection, and so on that is routinely being censored. #physicalmediaorbust
Exactly why i collect, they wanna censor everything, its pathetic
I like how you mentioned the burden of dented boxes. That’s the number one frustration for me as a collector. Ordering from Amazon sucks when it comes to packaging it well. I always find myself switching it out just to get a better slipcover or boxset that’s not all banged up.
I'm kind of spooked back to it after the issue of every Discovery movie being removed from the Playstation store.
Thanks for keeping it real C. I love my dvds man. I love streaming. But brother like you said I prefer that dvd or bluray if I can have that edition
Paramount has been putting out all the Paramount + Star Trek shows on physical media.. Some shows have gotten steelbooks and Strange New Worlds has even been released on 4K as well as Blu Ray. Plus the upcoming Strange New Worlds Season 2 4K and Blu Ray steelbooks are getting some swag with them(Both the Blu Ray and 4K steelbooks are getting a mini poster for the musical episode and the 4K steelbook are getting magnetic metal alternate character covers).
I could see physical medeia becoming a thing that only happens to movies that make a certain amount of money at the box office but I just can't see it completely going away
And I do agree that them editing things out is horrible and that's one reason I buy discs still that and honestly I like to look at my shelf 😂😂
Sure Walmart going to keep physical copies for a little longer unfortunately digital and streaming services going to be the main medita
Keep physical media alive😏👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
When companies stop making disc players then i'll be worried.
I will keep buying physical copies of movies I like as long as they make them. If it wasn't for ARROW, SHOUT, VINEGAR SYNDROM, SYNAPSE, VESTRON, MVD re-releasing these films I wouldn't be as committed to it. I want the Directors Cut of films, the special features, I hate leaving it up to streaming platforms to dictate what I watch and when. I don't even have Shudder because I own all the movies that are good on there, I signed up for a month to check out the documentaries thats it. Streaming has the ability to edit everything we see. I don't like that. I only have Sunrise records to buy from or Amazon now. Wal-Mart in Canada really only sells the new releases, thjey got rid of all the older movies, tv shows and cds.
They screwed up a lot of Blu-ray releases for old movies. Especially for a lot of the remasters so the originality is lost. While some remasters are good like the 95 Star Wars VHS or the 2006 Star Wars DVD, those are now considered rare and may be lost and may never be released again.
Unbelievable.
Totally agree! I think this was a huge year for physical. I can't even keep up with all the releases I want.
Lets face it the damn price of 4k movies and players is the problem also.
Collecting Physical Media will go on even if it goes under ground just like the real djs
you dont show what you have keeping it private that stands you apart from others
Spoke to a local Sunrise employee, they had a e-mail come down stating Wal Mart is suppose to announce music is no longer being stocked as well as movies will be cut down to just new releases which will rotate each week. So they’re being prepped to have bigger sales for music and movies/TV’s. Physical media is dying I’d say within 5 years max most likely sooner all physical media will be online only. It’s sad but it’s going to happen.
I hate buying online. Ebay and Amazon can both be fishy. This one I got was brand new but came with a small crack on the plastic case. I end up buying another one.
I think you're 100% right about people outside of the bubble being extremely outside of it. I've seen so many confident hot takes from people who aren't in the physical media game, those same people would be floored if they did research and found out about how bountiful the harvest has been for us. There have been too many high quality releases from too many companies. Physical media may not be mainstream anymore but it's thriving.
Our biggest problem will be price gouging from these companies in the future, not that these discs won't exist.
Amen on the Best Buy Exorcist steelbook, that was poor planning and money lost on their part !!
I got the office season 1-6 and 6-9 basically for free with points i collected from buying movies
There isn’t anything to me that is close to signaling the death of physical media
Sales are down, as to be expected because with most luxuries. We are in a big economic depression. That said physical media is still thriving. Anyone who thinks it isn’t look at all the new releases that come out every Tuesday
Best Buy should get rid of their exclusives. All the steelbooks get is a Best Buy sticker....They don’t make the steels themselves. Another store will certainly slap their name on the steelbooks and take them up instead of Best Buy
Best Buy and target are department stores. As a business it makes sense for them to stop selling it. 95% of the selection is widely available on Disney plus or hbo max
This topic is getting tiring because people are freaking out about Best Buy and target getting rid of physical media. This is good. We don’t stores that sell SW, marvel movies and insanely mainstream titles that everyone has probably owned for quite some time
In terms of browsing movies, Best Buy hasn’t been fun to for me to browse since like 2013
I pretty much agree with everthing you said. The general massess arent buying physical media anymore, but collectors and enthusiasts have a smorgesboard of options these days. I think since 4k is catered to audiophiles/videophiles, the studios/botique labels know to put out a preimum product for the fans. I will miss the Best Buy exclusive steelbooks, however Walmart or Amazon will probably pick those up. Overall, yes disc sales are way down, but there will always be a market for collectors. Also the reason I prefer discs (4K) is the superior image (higher bit rate and HDR) and always superior uncompressed audio! Also no edited movies/shows and you REALLY OWN THE PRODUCT, NOT AT THE MERCY OF STREAMING SERVICES.
The reason that DVD and Blu-ray sales have declined in the past 5 to 10 years, is due to the Modern Entertainment industry making tons of shitty movies and tv shows. The quality has dropped to an all time low! Those of us that know better, aren't interested in 99% of the garbage that is put out.
For me it's not neccessarily the fear of physical media dying out completely. I know there will always be a market. What I fear is the obvious price increase as things continue to move towards a collectors only market. All formats will probably increase in price. Especially 4ks, and that is really the scary thing to me. Being priced out of a market I love would break my heart.
Also, things may not die out, but things will be harder to get. As you said, things sell out quickly, and as more companies drop out of the market, second hand sellers will be selling for butt loads ... I fear it may end up like the retro video game market, and at that point, it might as well be dead, cause most of us won't be able to afford it anymore.
Another point is you only have 4K because TV manufacturers went 4K TV only and than we got 4K Players and 4K Disc. So. My opinion is TV MANUFACTURERS CONTROL EVERYTHING. what do you think?
My wallet doesn't think it's dying i can barely keep up without getting wife aggro 😂😂
Me: I want to collect horror movies, and kung fu movies.
Shout: Here is like 88 Shaw Brothers movies in the span of 4 months. Also a crap ton of horror movies.
My Wallet: Empty....
lol You are right for collector's physical media isn't going anywhere. It feels impossible to even keep up with all the releases. But to the average person they just have like Netflix and barely pay attention to what they can and can't watch on said streaming platform. Or if it might disappear and head to a different streaming service, if it's even available to stream at all. That being said...I'd probably save a lot of money if I adapted that mindset of not collecting all these physical titles.
The day physical media dies I will die
I don’t think it is dying. I think it is simply changing. We have Walmart, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, niche companies and other websites. When you look at that Halloween Trilogy 4K Steelbook that just came out, all the Paramount releases that just came out, and the Walmart Halloween section (including awesome Steelbooks), it’s definitely not dying. It is simply transitioning. It is going through a metamorphosis.
If it were dying, it would be like music cassette tapes. Now THAT is the definition of dead. 8 Track is the definition of dead.
Physical media cinema is not anywhere near dead. It is simply changing.
If the November 2023 release of the Atari 2600+ video game console has taught us anything, it's that physical media still has its place...
I'm not collecting like I used to anymore but it surprises me that so much Vynil selection but no CD's or Movie's...great video my man...about the physical media or collector's state...from figure's to CD's to Movie's to any Film or TV show collectibles...it ain't the same no mo but all thing's must pass...
Learn proper punctuation and spelling.
Physical media isn’t dying, but distribution has undergone a massive shift.
I don’t believe physical media is dying at all. It seems to be thriving in a lot of ways. I do stream as well.
I still maintain that collecting has always been a niche market. Average people don't care about owning cds or dvds or blu-rays. Average people were impulse buyers before streaming. Those blockbuster titles and mega selling albums they bought were usually the quickest to find their way to used sellers and/or pawn shops as well.
Streaming being so mainstream now, the impulse buyers are mostly extinct now. I think stores failed to recognize that it's the collectors that do the bulk buying. By not rotating their inventory and then continuously slimming their selections, they effectively pushed collectors to go online.
So no, physical media isn't dying. In some sense, it's gone back to the way it was before the days of Best Buys and Walmarts. For music, you went to dedicated record stores. If they didn't have what you were looking for, they could order it for you. Or you did mail order from the back pages of Circus Magazine or Hit Parader.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents.
People have stopped buying physical media and wasting more money on upgrading new Iphone every year :)
You realize you can be in control of your own streaming service. At 2:21, you say you don't want to be reliant on other sources for your movies. Just take your physical media, rip them onto your pc, create a server and then you can stream your own stuff and you are in control. You can take your digital library wherever you go without having to lug around dvd's or dvd cases or whatever. Case solved.
In Spain is beyond ridiculous. Most stores barely keep a minimal section for movies. HOWEVER, they have a great section for records.
Really? What´s more likely to be true? That most people buy physical movies or records?
Besides, if space is an issue...again, what takes more space: DVDs/BDs/4Ks or records?
Doesn´t make sense.
I think this has to be mandated so that stream services become THE thing. But people still buy physical movies. And if stores won´t sell them they will still be sold online.
Also, while many people are happy/willing to spend money on streaming services plenty others are not and/or have realized that companies either drop their content or edit them so they´ve started to get back into physical.
Same in Finland 😢
Physical media is not dying it never was. Physical media is available all over the world so it's always available somewhere. Even if you have to import it from somewhere
The biggest problem i think are 4k blu ray players,not there anymore ,
physical media is alive forever
Europe have a good outlook on film.
Awesome video Planet CHH hope you're well my awesome friend . Physical media won't die because i won't let it 😂 . just call me the physical media Doctor 😂 . # movies and music is my life .
NEVER. Cause its the shit and the future and streaming is not....
NO Physical Media is not Dying Out . Physical Media will still be here for years to come
There is just way too much stuff coming out to keep up with
100% agree. It has been overwhelming this year (and about to be more so next year with limited theatrical releases?) and a part of me would prefer it slows down. I dont have the willpower to scale back when they are putting out SO many 4K upgrades, with these awesome transfers, cool boxsets with amazing artwork, you name it. I need help! lol
Haha. I feel the same way.
No, it's not. There ar record and physit media stores literally everywhere, especially in big cities and rhe stores are packed.
Yes and No is Not an Answer. FYI a Yes and a No cancels each other out.
Physical Media is Not Just DVDs and Blu-rays. It also includes CDs and Vinyl.
More than 10 years ago "Experts" declared the Death of Physical Media. They said if you want Physical Media you must buy it Now while you can. Next year might be too Late.
Guess what in the last 5 years all Physical Media sales have increased a lot.
Consumers, many don't like to buy online, where Physical Media sales are, Lost track of where they could buy Physical Media.
So when Retail Stores limited and stopped selling Physical Media Millions of people did Not know where to buy Physical Media.
People have figured out where to buy Physical Media and they are buying it.
Oppenheimer sold out all their 4K DVDs in one day. The studio is Quickly making more.
Studios have Not stopped putting their New Films on DVDs. Old Films are being put on DVD. Films and TV series that were Never released on DVDs are being released on DVDs.
Physical Media sales are a yearly Multi-Billon dollar worldwide industry.
The USA is a very small fraction of the world and of worldwide sales. Europe is more than twice the population of the USA. The decline in Physical Media sales was always much less there. In Asia Physical Media sales fell off the least.
Asia makes up roughly 60% of Physical Media sales. Asia Loves Physical Media.
People have realized that the Only Way to Be certain of being able to watch the content they want as the Artists made it, in the best possible Quality is by owning Physical Media.
With the near death of Cable TV, and all the New Pay Streaming Sites, people are turning back in a Big Way to Physical Media.
People don't want to pay the Cost for every streaming option. So the Movies, and TV Series they want to watch they are buying.
Physical Media is Not going anywhere. The True Numbers of people who Love Physical Media is Greatly under-reported. The Number is Many times more than anyone reports.
I dont think physical media is dying. Its alive and strong however i do think as far as buying physical copies in stores are going to become obsolete leaving physical media collectors with one option being the internet
Physical media is not going anywhere I work in the studios it here to stay Best Buy fried RUclipsrs brains there nothing to worry about I do have an advantage I live in Los Angeles so I have multiple places to to buy physical media.
I think it's going to become a more niche market, like vinyl did. I'm really contemplating opening a store
Why didn't you start a protest on saving physical media?
I'm sorry but the fact they're editing movies/shows on these streaming sites shows me that we're now living in a complete nanny state. It's unacceptable, unamerican, and very disturbing. No one has a right to tell me or you what we can or cannot watch just because they think it might "offend" someone.... what a bunch of crap lol.
That's why you should purchase physical copies.
@@Anonymous-wb3nz That's exactly what I do.
Best Buy hasn’t been making the best decisions lately. Physical media will survive for all the reasons you pointed out. Even if it becomes a niche market. Plus, physical stores are having a hard time making ends meet. Let’s focus instead on how well sales are online. Look at the LP. Who ever thought we’d see those things again?
I think within the next 5-10 years physical media will only be available for purchase online
The question should be whether physical media is NECESSARY. If the answer is yes, then it will be around as long as it is necessary. If the answer is no, then it likely is dying out, and will eventually become a niche/boutique market similar to LPs and limited release music and video discs. I would suspect that we're transitioning between those two answers right now, as the population adopts and adapts at varying rates. Personally, I have not made just a single CD purchase and a single BluRay purchase in the past ten years. I've ripped all of my old media and and happy without the clutter.
It's becoming niche. I live in the north of Sweden and physical media is pretty much dead here, but dead in stores, and has been for years upon years. Online you can still order it all you want. What we should worry about is quality control sinking so low these the discs are no longer worth buying.
I think Amazon will get rid of physical media the second the studios abandon releasing it. In Australia Disney no longer releases anything their last title was Guardians of the Galaxy 3 we didn't even get The Little Mermaid 2023 live action or the new beautiful 4K Snow White remaster. Amazon is a video streaming service too the second they can clear their warehouses to store something else that does sell they will. What's happening in Australia will happen in the US too just give it time.
I rarely stream. I want to be able to watch anything I want to watch WHEN EVER I want to watch it, because I'm a control freak.
Same with books. It's about OWNERSHIP of the content and to be honest...it infuriates me at how little control and ownership we have of anything anymore. My view is "You create and sell a product. I buy and OWN the product. THAT'S IT." you don't get to make me PAY MORE MONEY, you don't get to put a bunch of B.S restrictions. I bought it, it's mine now and that doesn't exist with streaming. So yes, it's all about control and ownership. I am a libertarian democratic socialist, after all. "Don't tread on me" doesn't just apply to the government. It applies to business, which often OWN the government. With physical media it's taking back that control of the content. It's giving power to the people. The audience. So for me, it's all about actually OWNING the content and being able to watch it or read it when ever you want, without interference.
"you really think we're that corrupt that something that's like a racy joke is gonna make us want to do this stuff on a daily basis?" Amen, amen, brother.
Of course the censor's argument against that would be "but there is a segment of our society." "YOUR INTELLIGENT. YOUR AN ADULT. YOUR NOT STUPID, CRAZY, EASILY INFLUENCED. Your not the type of person we're worried about."
Now to be fair, even as a child/teenager, teen comedies like Revenge of the nerds....some of the scenes in that film were very "What the f**k? That's messed up." and at the same time going "It's a f**king movie!!!!!" Like for instance, It's always sunny....in real life I would DESPISE these people. Absolutely despise them, but as a fictional TV show I love it. Why can't people just chuck their morality out the door and just watch and enjoy the damn movie?! I mean, there are a couple songs that I love, that I think are great songs, but I 100% disagree with the lyrics. THEY ARE STILL GOOD SONGS. I'll still give them a listen. But again, even as an 11, 12, 13 year old kid watching Revenge of the nerds, I was like "That's pretty messed up, but it's fun. It's a movie." Didn't corrupt me and I was a stupid easily influenced 12 year old.
Speaking in terms of how much content....I have like 30 books I have not read, and who knows how many films I have that I have not seen yet, or movies i've seen but only on VHS like Dead girls. All just waiting to be read/watched and it does feel overwhelming at times. Like "how the f**k am I gonna watch/read all these movies/books?" I'll read 10-12 books a year, but I'm also adding 10-20 books every year, and movies it's even worse. So it does feel overwhelming. This year, I didn't get too much. I tried to hold back.
Another thing is....despite the 2020's being a decade of anti intellectual curiosity, anti artistic expression, etc. There is still a flood of historical niche topics and true crime content. As I've complained before. I resent the mainstreaming of true crime, but it sure as hell has lead to more content. So despite the anti true crime bashing and anti intellectual curiosity there is still a ton of content and more options. So instead of "I got to buy one of these old books about the Tea pot dome scandal." Now it's like there are 4 new books on the tea pot dome scandal, lol. I'm always thrilled when I check online for new book releases and I'll see a new book about a topic I've been wanting more of or never thought was gonna get a book. Which is great and it gives me hope for the American IQ and state of the country. That at least there is still a portion of people who still give a f**k and want to be educated and get a thrill out of expanding their knowledge, no matter the topic. Someone can be really into hip hop, studying it, reading books, watching documentaries, etc. GOOD. I fully support that.
So ya, I absolutely agree with everything you said.
Also....I think A nightmare before Christmas can be a Halloween movie and or a Christmas movie, but for me it is purely a post Halloween Christmas movie. Which is why I only watch it as part of my Christmas movies. It would just feel weird to me watching in October, unless you like the idea of what the film is based off which is "Christmas dominating other holidays. Christmas arrives early every year" although in this case it's Halloween dominating Christmas, but that's because Christmas is so enticing and of course crass commercialism. But I prefer the "post Halloween" feel over the whole "Christmas comes earlier every year." That is one of the things I like about Christmas, it's post Halloween, Thanksgiving, and in my case post birthday since I was born in November. Just makes Christmas and New years eve a special unique time.
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I agree with you on everything you said my friend. If you are a collector, you will have choices. I love my movies and started buying movies when VCR was a thing 😮. I regret that I threw almost all of them away when DVD 📀 came out. I learned from that and still have over 3k DVDs and now over seven hundred Blu-rays. When HD-dvd came out I jumped on that and collected about 200 before that format died. Now I have close to a hundred 4k and I have been buying the special collections since DVD. I slowed down only because of money issues. I still look for the coolest deals though. 👍😎
if dvds go away I won't be -buying- movies anymore.I'll still buy used vhs and dvds but i will never pay for a new movie. I'll watch it but i wont pay for it if you know what i mean.
Just a couple of hours ago my daughter was panicking because we didn’t own a copy of the Jim Carey Grinch movie and it’s not streaming. I just told her “It’s ok, I know a guy.”
I actually have that on vhs lol.@@mikecampbell411