Disney's Disc Indecision: Blu-ray Isn't Dead Yet - Michael UNPLUGGED
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2023
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Disney is all over the place with the recent 4K Blu-ray announcements of Mandalorian and Marvel shows from Disney+ after cancelling all disc media in Australia. What is going on at Disney Corporate? 
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It's not JUST to say "I'm a fan" but to want a copy that cannot be altered, censored, or removed in the future. Streaming, subscriptions to comic scans, and the like are CONVENIENT, but what happens if the Powers That Be decide to alter or remove them? If I have a physical copy, barring incident, it lasts "forever" even if it gets removed or changed online. Hope that makes sense.
Even George Lucas tried to retcon Star Wars without success. Han always shot first.
Maclunkey!
I think this is a significant part of Disney's problem. They made the big push to move everyone to streaming services, and then *immediately* started altering some movies in ways that fans of those movies immediately noticed. Disney made it immediately obvious that they couldn't be trusted to leave things alone. Disney felt they had the right to rewrite the *past* whenever they felt like it. And they made it clear that the current leadership (?) of Disney was quite happy to rewrite the past - even their own past.
They might have had better long-term success if they had waited (say) 5-10 years before making it obvious that they couldn't be trusted.
SAME. Also, I refuse to pay monthly access for something I will watch once every two years, maybe
Cough Cough...torrent...
Disney hurt itself in its confusion! It's super effective!
The most insane thing was Disney buying Fox and then acting as if the entire Fox library was something that could just be vaulted away. They even do this for repertory screenings and so an entire studio’s output and culture legacy is locked away as just another part of a faceless corporation.
@SprocketList practically overnight the entire Fox catalog division was shut down, and all release plans canceled. Ever since then the only glimpse of fox titles has been an occasional (usually older) master popping up on Disney+ or a few releases that had already been approved before the buyout seeing a disc release.
Now you will occasionally see a theater get to book a pre-existing DCP of a fox catalog title, but even that is few and far between. Disney’s buyout even meant we never got to see the Die Hard sequels get their UHD release even though it’s very likely their 4K masters were already done and are sitting on a shelf.
One of the worst aspects of all of this is that a good number of Fox color films had their notoriously poor color grading in the HD era. Fox had finally gotten away from that just before the buyout and even redid a few that were really bad like The King and I. That newer master has turned up on some broadcasts and streaming, and looks noticeably better than the Blu-ray. However, it’s not going to see a disc release and there won’t be any more new masters made.
So not only does this mean most Fox films are stuck in outdated masters (and some are actually from the DVD era or before) but it also means a good number of Fox color films are now stuck with wildly inaccurate color timing.
@SprocketList one would hope that Disney would do at least the biggest Fox titles.
It feels beyond weird seeing the Disney logos and things on the few Fox releases they’ve done.
When I walked into a Target a few months ago and saw S1 of Tulsa King on DVD I picked it up and didn’t cancel my Paramount Plus account, I own every season of Cobra Kai that’s been released so far and still have my Netflix account…Disney was denying fans physical releases for stupid reasons. And as I’ve said before physical media can drive people to your service if you put your show on disc then people can buy it for a one time fee or heck even rent it from the library and maybe that gets them so interested in the show they decide to sign up for the service to not miss out on a new season. And Disney isn’t alone I still don’t get why Apple hasn’t done a physical media release of Ted Lasso.
For me personally it's always going to be physical media every time . A few years ago my father gave me his vinyl collection and it meant so much to me having physical representations of his love of music. Each one has a story to tell and this makes them all the more precious. Imagine today if you wanted to pass on a collection to a loved one....." here's the password, you'll need it to log in"
John Williams is almost synonymous with great movie soundtracks and to not allow people to have a physical representation of potentially his last film score is simply baffling
Your comment really hit something inside of me. Never thought of that. While I don’t have children of my own, a lot of my friends have, and there sooo happy whenever I give them my old comic books, toys etc. If these were all digital, what could I give them? A hard drive? Not the same.
You’re super right about that. Thank you for reminding me of that.
@@a.rheser8181 Actually this is kind of what I'm doing... I'm building a holocron. All the pictures and videos from my children's childhood, All the music and art I liked and the art I'v created, the books I've written, the books I liked. All in digital format that they can take with them and port to new software forward if they like. In time they'll add to it, swapout the tech, keep the data and make copies for the family. In 1000 years they might loan it to scientists for archaeological purposes, give a copy to a museum, who knows.
But its built inside a custom made (by me) green lantern prop lantern (Built with arduino for the effects). When I pass each of my children gets a lantern to shine a light on the future and remember the past.
You remember your way, I'll remember mine :) I like the idea of physical things too, but media needs to be accessible and lets face it not cluttering up your kids house. Give them a lantern or your crystal or your vintage leather jacket, give them media in media ready form.
If the math isn't there to make them see it as an economically viable prospect, then it's not baffling at all even if it is frustrating. It's just a numbers game at this point.
Disney is just pathetic in every "creative" choice they make.
I make it a habit to buy blu-rays so I have a physical copy and I keep a digital version on my home server. Physical media isn't going away for a while yet.
Disney's passion isn't making great content it's squeezing as much money as possible out of mediocre content...
I think the virus situation created a false sense of security for the streaming platforms as people couldnt go to cinemas and couldnt go out to stores. There was a massive spike in subscriptions for everybody. I recon someone at Disney decided to project these increases for years to come without thinking that at some point things would die down.
No one buys physical music media anymore? Michael, remind these people that vinyl albums are now back on the shelves! Vinyl records haven’t been in department stores for 30+ years!
I predict a return to the Blockbuster model, where people can rent a movie without paying a monthly fee. Here’s why. If I’m not watching streaming, then I’m still paying for it. Back when Blockbuster was around, if I didn’t watch a movie I didn’t pay a fee. People are dropping steaming services because most of it isn’t worth watching.
10 bucks a month to watch anything at anytime compared to 8-12 bucks to rent something for a shorts time and have to return it and pay more if you wanna see something else, physical media is still a thing but it’s not coming back like early 2000s
@@rawleigh729 I disagree. Vinyl records are back in Walmart and Target. Vinyl records! Think about that for a minute. People might subscribe to one streaming service, but people are tired of paying $10 bucks(or some other amount) for multiple streaming services. Some streaming services make you pay for commercials too! There are many free services that have commercials so why pay??
I guess it all depends on what you watch and how often. I have an Amazon Prime subscription and I can watch free programs or rent a new one if I want. I like this service because I also get Prime benefits. I also get Paramount+ because of my Walmart+ subscription. I also get benefits from that as well so they pay for themselves in more ways.
Of course you could always buy the film on DVD.
@@rawleigh729"10 bucks a month for each streaming service that owns the thing you like because they've taken it off another streaming service you mean." Mate, they'll cut corners and censor shit constantly when they own it. Remember you don't own the subscription service. You own a license which they can alter and change at will. Best part about Physical? It's yours. Forever.
There is NO argument against physical media; music or video. ALL revenue streams should be exploited. I mean, if making money is still a thing. When the Indy soundtrack is fetching 4-digits on the secondary market, that's money Disney COULD have made, but just gave away to scalpers. Their releasing Mando 1 & 2 on BluRay? Wonderful; the bootleggers have been selling them for YEARS already!
Well said Sir….well said.
@@D.Pensak I keep thinking of Mel Brooks in Spaceballs: "Merchandizing, Merchandizing, Merchandizing - where the real money is made." And I look at Disney's boneheaded decisions, and I'm, like, WTF is wrong with you people?
@@LUCKO2022Go ahead and pose your argument.
I love physical media; there is no garuntee a show/film will stay forever on a streaming service. Even then, there are always the possibilities of lag and glitches.
I will never understand people that don't buy physical media.
Some people just dont have the space for it. That's the only explanation that has merit tbh.
@@Exlayer-pk8hy Don't they though? CD/DVDs only take up a lot of space if you keep the cases. Might not have the case but you still have the disc that you can transfer into a digital file whenever you want.
@@standepain people who throw away the cases for physical media annoy me more than people who don't buy the physical releases to begin with to be honest.
I used to collect for the Nintendo DS and it always bothered me when I saw a game I wanted but it didn't come with the box.
The first movie I bought with my own money was _Close Encounters of the Third Kind,_ with the theatrical, special, and director's cuts, and I will cherish those DVDs forever. I highly doubt that I will ever cherish my CrunchyRoll subscription as "the first streaming service I paid for myself."
And no, none of these things are necessities, but the point of art and entertainment is to enrich our lives on some kind of an emotional level. It's nice when our lives can be enriched the way we actually want them to be.
I certainly agree about John Williams, I have the CDs of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker but I've never seen the movies. And I don't ever intend to!
Great video Michael.I always buy physical media,can't beat that of knowing you actually own all your movies 😊👍
Still trying to wrap my head around not selling in Australia.
Thank you so much for this. I've been waiting to see if you were going to do a vid on this subject.
As someone who prefers physical media, both DVDs and CDs. I knew trouble was coming when Disney bought 20th century Fox and sure enough the first thing they did was stop producing physical media for several shows. No more DVDs for seasons of Family Guy (17 was the last DVD set), The complete series of Millennium went OOP. Etc, etc. I got lucky having a luddite mentality and I held onto my stuff and kept buying DVDs when I could as nearly everyone I know sold off their stuff and went digital (My Dad sold his entire 640 title CD collection). Once you go 100% digital your viewing is completely at the discretion of the rights owners who are leasing it to you and once they decide not to anymore, you're screwed. If you're worried about a DVD or CD going out of print, my advice is grab it while you can.
There are simple common sense fixes for ALL of these problems... Sadly NO ONE in charge will understand what the problems were in the first place!
It's like they've already hit the iceberg and all they care about is how the deck chairs are arranged!
For me it's physical media 100% all the time. As a fan/collector always think long term. To me physical media is like a little time capsule of my life that I can always share with my loved ones.
I would have gladly, eagerly bought blurays of The Mandalorian, but Disney chose not to release them. So, I obtained my own copies "by other means". Now they are releasing Mando blurays. Too late - I'm happy with what I have.
You absolutely right? What's a fan that wants stuff? They want to hold onto it and show it off. Or say look, I have all the soundtracks. And now they can't do that. Why Disney thinks they can get away with? This is the big burning question.
6:44 - "...by trying to exert more control..." I LOLed: "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip though your fingers..."
You could even say the tyranny of the "empire" is creating a rebellion of sorts!
I can't help thinking of that line from RoboCop, "Who cares if it worked or not?" 😂 They've become OCP 😂
You can buy terrible Disney + shows on 4K but I can't get a 4K copy of The Terminator, Aliens, Conan, Big Trouble etc. Disney buying Fox has been terrible but it's in tradition after the purchases of Marvel, LucasFilm and Pixar.
Disney right now is akin to watching the Titanic slowly hit the iceberg and sink slowly...
...and unlike the original Titanic, they SAW the iceberg in plenty of time to turn... and didn't.
Exactly correct. I'm a vinyl record dude since the early 80's and having my records on the shelf that can pull out, look at and love is a HUGE part of RESPECTING the art of music. Streaming of movies and music is convenient but cheapens both artforms from both the producer and consumers end of the deal. Disneys staggering greed, arrogance and disrespect of both consumers, and the artistic community, is clearly coming back to bite and its worrying them and dont think they can fully recover. I WANT to own a physical copy of my favourite films, favourite music, and favourite books and not constantly be milked by these artless, scalping "ruiners of all things good" as Bill Hicks used to say.
Videos like this makes me so anxious, I work under the Disney umbrella and these past few months have been so scary because while they are trying to figure out their strategy, there are a lot of people that work under that name that depend on them not only figuring it out, but keeping it together. My friends from work and I are always seeing what and how they say it and hoping they get to the point where our livelihood is not endangered. Cause we are under that umbrella, it is hard to know, given the choices they are making, if they wouldn’t just make decisions like these about our companies.
Great insightful video Michael, does Disney own the original theatrical versions of star wars? I hope they get really desperate and release those versions if they do own it, yeah I know it's a 0.0 chance that will happen.
Yes, they own those.
I'm sure Lucas must've put some kind of clause to stop their release
@@LUCKO2022 If not mistaken, Disney/Lucasfilm said something like how they would honor the wishes and vision of Lucas. This makes no sense because if you can ignore the scripts he wrote for the prequels (which were based around young kids, pre-teens) why cant you ignore his wishes about the OT? Spielberg did a special edition of E.T. and came to quickly regret the changes HOWEVER he offered fans both versions. That didnt last because now only the original version of E.T. is available and his special edition hasnt been released in like 20 years. Lucas pretty much gave the middle finger to the fans when he did release the OT on blu ray however those were 1993 Laserdisc transfers. Nothing remastered and the aspect ratio didnt look good on most current televisions. Lucas even claimed and I believe lied about the original prints of the OT being destroyed. I think it was an excuse. The last official release of the unalterted OT was in like 1994 on VHS. Imagine the huge money Disney would make. So I agree there has to be some sort of clause. I cant honestly believe they are doing this to honor his wishes. In the end the fans are what made this franchise so huge so it's a slap in the face to them to withold the OT like that.
I started buying CD's again a couple years ago because I don't have the media I bought with Apple many years ago and I am annoyed that I didn't buy physical media back then.
Also I didn't want anything to do with Disney + at the beginning and I was happy to wait for bootleg DVDs. These exclusive shows tick me off.
I still buy DVDs and Blurays. I even buy music on CDs, vinyls heck even audio and VHS tapes if I can get them. My own reason for buying physical media is simply because there are tons of content that aren't available on some streaming services and then there is censorship. I have no idea what Disney is doing, they seem to love inflicting self-damage and with how much they are bleeding money it's just a matter of time before they close shop or another company buys the scraps. I have noticed that plenty of stores have gone to the point where they don't sell DVDs or Blurays and even CDs any longer, I wonder if it's a climate matter or if it's simply because people would rather stream instead of buying physical media.
It's the chicken/egg conundrum. The corporations stopped making as many because they focused on streaming. When the buyers asked where all the discs went, the corporations said, "You guys weren't buying them anymore." UMMMMMM...... No. You can't buy what isn't provided, douchebags.
I'd heard about Prey coming out and knew we'd won. After the announcement of Mandalorian, Loki, and WandaVision, they know they messed up. Properties this massive shouldn't have ever been streaming exclusives. You're exactly right. People who've been fanatics for decades wanted this stuff and were going to get it one way or another. It was Disney actively avoiding money. Now give us The Complete Muppet Show, give us the Hellraiser reboot, I might even buy The Princess if they released it on blu-ray.
Dont forget blu rays of their Disney Afternoon animated shows. Chip n Dale got one.
Michael I think this has to be your most important manifesto yet! I myself and on my other channel has preached about keeping their physical media. I think the Advent of the DVD / Blu-ray has been the Apex of film. With knuckleheads like John Campea yelling out "physical media is dead!" This irony that Disney is pulling ,is proof that we as consumers and fans need a hold on to our collection just a tad bit longer.
Physical Media will always be valuable and desired. Whenever changes are made to movies for modern day sensibilities or get taken off of the streaming services, the original movie becomes that much more valuable. If Disney really wanted to recoup some of their losses they would release the original (unaltered) Star Wars Trilogy on Blu Ray and ride the wave of fresh capital to their next bad decision. They won't do it because they would have to share those royalties but I dare to dream.
One of my favorite things in my collection is the special MCU Phase 1 box set that came in the tesseract briefcase. I thought I saw a phase 2 box set that came packaged like the power stone but I can't find it. If they did something like that with each phase I'm sure the die hard fans would buy them.
Unless it is absolutely unobtainable on disc/tape/etc. I always make the best effort to acquire something physically so that I can actually own it. If I can’t get it, then I buy it from iTunes or another service, crack the DRM and copy it. Some series I loved as a kid never got ANY physical releases and this is the only way I can get ahold of them without sailing the high seas, which I sometimes do regardless, especially for Disney products, as I’m making a giant effort to get anything with a Disney logo out of my house that doesn’t have any sentimental attachment to it. Never was a Disney kid, but people who were should still have options, this is just ridiculous.
I’m very impressed with your DVD collection Michael and yes you make very valid points. Disney has lost it touch with reality and the fans that back them. How the craze at the theme parks is still relevant it just baffles me. They must be just lemmings.
Once again, Michael hit the nail on the head.
With all the current failures maybe they've finally gotten that smack on the head they needed.
Spot on - again! And thank you for referencing the INDY 5 soundtrack issue. Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU!!!
Disney: "WHEN WE HAVE CONTROL AGAIN..."
Fans: "YOU NEVER HAD CONTROL, that's the illusion! I was also overwhelmed by the power of your company. But I made a mistake, too, I didn't have enough respect for that power and now the blu-rays are out now."
Physical Media Forever!!!
Disney: Do not question things just consume product and move on to the next one.
today's Disney isn't the same company as a decades ago, there are all new and different people there, and they have lost their way, they have been around so long that they have become the villain. Walt must be rolling in his grave right now. I am a physical media guy, I grew up with it at my age and technology isn't always a good thing. you make many great points here. Awesome video.
I like to use streaming as a way to discover new films but if I love it I’ll get a physical copy
Same! It’s as golden of a practice as using the local library to find books and films and such worth adding to your own collection later - why many media corporations have not keyed onto that model in the first place is as baffling as it is comical.
@@gerrywheeler1394 You're right, but I doubt the people making these decisions use their local libraries in the first place. Their local drug dealer on the other hand...
The problem is not just Disney- almost every single company thinks it would be a great idea if their app is on your phone & ideally a subscription linked to your bank account.
You're 100% correct. And that is exactly why everybody is going to streaming and discontinuing physical media.
Michael, you put it perfectly. That quote "left hand Doesn't know what the right hand is screwing up" was one I too from Small Soldiers, and it is my go to response when people are going "what the crap?"
By the way, I hope Disney fails and they have to sell off all their assets so these different IP can find Independent Owners rather than all being under the same Mega Owner.
Michael I love how you called all this out way back when in your "The Iger Sanctioning" video.
Hitting that nail right on the head, Michael! Whenever I get into a debate with people over streaming, I usually just show them one of your videos. You explain it so much better then I do.
I still like to have physical discs because, unlike with digital media of any kind, no one can suddenly prevent me from using it because I missed a payment or the company folded, or was merged into a bigger company. Anything that you pay to have digital access to can be taken way with the click of a mouse. My DVDs and Blu-ray’s can’t unless someone physically robs my house and somehow bypasses the laptops and tablets and flatscreens to steal movie discs.
Already own DVD bootlegs of some of these. I'll pick up the mandalorian and possibly Andor and it's probably going to be it.
I couldn't imagine not having books, CDs, LDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, etc. I can't imagine not owning physical copies. Might as well buy a virtual car.
Another great video, Michael.
This just in: Disney are total incompetents.
Film at Eleven.
Seriously tho, Physical media is life and there's no arguing against it. There's a place for both physical and streaming in our modern lives.
Part of me wonders if these executives’ homes (like Iger) are permanently stuck in model home mode, if that makes sense?
I prefer Physical to digital as if its deleted off any streaming app or deleted from sale i have a copy
Digital is fine if you're going for a jog,taking a road trip,and you want to keep the kids occupied,or something like that,but there is nothing like owning that thing that no one can take away from you,well I guess they can,but not without committing a crime,but funny enough if Disney does it its not a crime.Great Video,and loved the Tron analogy.
Companies can only raise prices so much until the masses say nope , I don’t need it anymore lol.
Don't forget Tron's battle-cry, "I fight for the Users!" 😆
Just listened to this video while stuck in traffic and the car in front must have presumed I listening to some smooth Jazz or something as he looked at me in the mirror just bobbing my head up and down nodding away for over 10 minutes!
Great video as always and completely agree. Now gonna re watch to see all these slip covers I couldn't see previously
My favorite packaging is the UK Big Sleeve blu rays. Don't know why that was never offered here in the US. Unfortunately, I discovered them right at the time the virus was breaking out. I was only able to grab one: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. On amazon Uk. The big sleeve is awesome. Haven't gotten around to finish getting a few more.
Tesco had loads of these discounted in 2018/9. Jurassic Park trilogy, Back to the Future trilogy and a few other classic films for around £15. Unfortunately I passed on them all but the sleeve art for them all was excellent.
Great video! A real eye opener!
The sphincter is supposed to alternatingly be contracted AND relaxed, Disney. When you go around tight-assed all the time, you eventually lose all control together. Call it colonic fatigue. Which probably explains everything you've been spewing the last several years.
Don't know if you've seen it on Facebook, but I've had half a dozen Star Wars Facebook pages change their name in the last day or so. One posted that they were informed that they had to remove the "Star Wars" title from the group name. So many of them are now "SW" groups. The Blaster Builders group, a couple of the toy collectors groups, and a few others. Not sure where they think they are going with this fan hate war they seem to be on.
I still buy CD's I either order them online or purchase them directly from the band when I see them live. If possible, I'll get them to sign the CD. I can tell you with pride when and where I purchased that CD and even cassette (which I still have from high school). Can anyone say with pride, "I downloaded this MP3 back in '09. See? Here's the original file next to my mysterious folder called 'Taxes'.... Don't click on that".
Isn't Lucasfilm facing a lawsuit over a backpack used in Dial of Dishwasher?
Would be funny if that bag was included in the toy.
I believe it has been included with the 6" figure.
A very on point video.
I’m from the UK and I am a MASSIVE Sex Pistols fan. Last year FX Pistol opened to huge fan fair on Disney+ (it was featured on all of the MSM channels promoting it). It was a decent show. I binged it in one night last year. I went to watch it again a few weeks ago and it is now no longer on Disney+ in the UK, had it been released on physical media, I would have definitely bought it.
I grant you the Sex Pistols show vs a Marvel movie/show may not have sold in the same numbers but at least a limited number would have definitely sold out.
I’m not into illegal downloading but I do feel I have missed out. Maybe it will resurface one day. In the meantime I am at our big eared overlords mercy.
*Thunderous applause* Nailed every point. There's SO MANY reasons the world still prefers physical media, everything from the quality of the presentation (discs are just clearer and more pristine looking in most cases, especially for those of us with middle of the road internet), internet availability, the collector's mindset and the presentation on the shelf, economic reasons, even AGE and what the user can do, it's asinine to remove discs and it's frustrated me for years since Netflix's rise. Here's to smarter decisions from these companies. Not holding my breath or anything but optimism can be rewarded sometimes.
I've been a Disney + subscriber since day one (actually joined at D23 2019) and will probably continue to subscribe since there are other people in my household that enjoy it and don't have the access to most of my physical media collection.
I had hoped they would finally put some of the great older Wonderful World of Disney titles, the Disney Channel movies from the 1980's, and all the classic shorts. They haven't and what they have put on is as you said altered.
Two cases in point that I discovered, the films "Justin Morgan Had A Horse" and "Sammy the Way Out Seal" .Two personal favorites from childhood.
On Disney +, "Justin Morgan" has all references to alcohol removed and a conversation about love and marriage. Also missing is a nice introduction describing the Morgan horse breed. It's a version for the classroom and unfortunately the DVD release is the same. I still have a VHS copy taped off the Disney Channel without those omissions.
Sammy the Way Out Seal on Disney + is even worse.It's a severely edited version (why?) that destroys the pacing and narrative. I was so bummed, I shelled out a nice chunk of change to get the unedited Disney Movie Club version.
Everything you said about the state of Disney is true. Unfortunately, I think the powers that be are myopic in their vision for the company.
Physical media always makes sense
Always appreciate your take on things Michael, I never looked at the physical media in that way, but still have all my VHS movies not realizing that I do enjoy having the actual movies to look at and possess - thanks again!
The sad thing here, is that Disney+ should have been a slam dunk. Access to the entire libraries of Disney, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Fox, etc.? Sure, sign me up! The problem is that they didn't just give access to all of that stuff. They trickled and manipulated content to the point that I just went back to finding other sources for that stuff.
Michael, I wish I knew what Disney is thinking half the time. Right now they have a ton of older movies being rereleased to theaters. They're putting their films on FX and ABC from what I've seen lately. Now 4k releases of their exclusive series??? It's definitely a sign they've seen some bad writing on the wall and trying hard to erase that writing something fierce.
Well....I wish em luck. I have the films I want on Blu Ray for the most part.
They also seem to want "Walt" out of the picture pretty bad too but that's a different subject.
Love the Tron observation
Yeah, it was brilliant!
Deluxe and Special Edition versions of music started this ball rolling years ago. An extra track or two added to try an justify a second purchase at a premium price. It's just passed most peoples tolerance for BS price hiking and obscurity.
I'm really not part of any fandom, but even as a casual consumer, when I like a movie or album enough, I want physical media. Because I've always known I can't trust megacorps to make the content available to me, in its original form, whenever I want it. Disney thought they could force a change in consumer behavior, and really, human nature. That is the degree of arrogance and disconnection of megacorps. All of them.
Michael released and unplugged and I listen.
I bought the despecialised original trilogy of Star Wars on blu ray yesterday. Owning this is so important to me because A I don’t appreciated the special editions and B having a physical copy of something so cultural significant is vital. It’s art that we should all have access to
I love to have physical media. And I hope this time Disney learn the lesson.
Very informative, thanks Michael. I already wondered why the Indy 5 soundtrack was not widely available through regular channels. I did manage to secure one thankfully, but it shouldn’t have to be this way.
That's the same question I ask to Hasbro: "Do you really want to make money???" 😅🤔🤐
Great commentary!
The model comes from technology, called "AS A SERVICE". There is Software As A Service, Data As A Service, etc. While sounding good, benefits are debatable for both providers and recipients.
They do it with music and are trying movies but I still get CDs and Blue Rays as I refuse to be beholden to companies' decisions on what is watchable and/or available.
Disney have tons of fairly desirable and 'cult' movies they've never done anything with. Dragonslayer came out recently and it did ok (Disney co-own it). Why can't Disney do something more with all the movies they made from the late seventies to mid-eighties? Freaky Friday, Candleshoe, Condorman, Black Hole, Watcher in the Woods, Something Wicked, Return to Oz. Why can't they give some of their Disney Channel TV movies - some of which were rather good - some kind of release? How about Disney releasing the original Star Wars cut? Do they have that power?
I for one want to get my hands on the physical media of those shows. I love physical media. I do not have Disney +.
I am a large supporter of physical media. I don't want to have to rely on a streaming service to watch my favorite show or hope that the internet works so I can watch a movie I purchased digitally. When I buy something, I want it to be tangible. Something I can look at and hold. Feel the weight of it in my hand.
Unfortunately, I would guess that this push for digital only has also led to the lack of quality things that are fortunate enough to get a physical release recieve. Everything is just so slapped together now, ESPECIALLY with DVDs. Weak plastic cases, discs flopping about before even removing the shrink wrap, minimum effort covers and menus. The presentation and prestige is all gone.
If the bootleg is cheaper and same quality as original I’m going for the cheaper options
It's not just ad a collector having an item to add to mh shelf, although that is a draw. It is also about having access to the content when I want and not worry about it ever delisting or disappearing.
Now that streaming services are just wiping some of their exclusive shows from existence, it hammers home the importance of buying your favorite shows on physical media if you want to watch them again.
Great video Michael French!
The "BUSINESS Side" of "Disney" will never understand "Anything"...?!...
Michael French always does very well with his videos keep up a good work
You know, it’s actually so funny to me, Because I’m on the opposite side of where you are. I’m a game collector. (Mostly older things from the 2000’s, but still a lot of modern too) a lot of games on PS5, And even Nintendo shockingly are doing either exclusively digital and or extremely limited physical releases. And it sucks because I’d love to buy more games that I do love, but can’t because I can’t pay super high prices from scalpers, or I can’t buy them as they are live because I have other priorities. Collecting is a hobby, not a necessity. But big companies want it to be the opposite.
You should hop on a 4K4U one of these days!
Spot on as always Michael.
I really don’t get the decisions Disney is making.
I will always buy physical media and at the same time use SOME streaming for quality of life, but not Disney +. RUclips covers most content for me.
As a person that lives in Australia I really wanna know why Australia specifically
I reckon were a test market. Hasbro the toy company have done early releases of toys here before the US. Maybe trying to gauge backlash from fans. Perhaps cause were an english speaking country that is mini America socially.
it's not just disney. Paramount also cancelled their dvd release for the new season of Beavis and Butthead and the new movie. Hopefully they have some sort of boxset planned instead because I'm a big Beavis and butthead fan and I don't want to bother with a paramount plus subscription for one show, especially considering paramount plus probably wont be around for much longer.
Amazing video!!!! Always with them hard facts and truth.
Physical media is the goat, and I hope it never goes away. And I totally agree, when I watch something, see something, attend something, whatever. I want to own a part of it, not code, an actual item that I can have in my hands and display or use how I see fit
Within two years, Disney will be broken up and sold.
Please praise my Godlike visions the 23rd of august 2025.
I am still subscribed and was also recommended to watch this awesome video ❤