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Post by dangfish on Nov 26, 2007 7:18:24 GMT -5
Okay, I've read the majority of posts here, but I'm still confused, so I guess I'll admit my ignorance to all and just ask.....
Exactly WHAT are they releasing in December? A DVD that we can order or is it just something we have to download like Rifftrax? Some posts lead me to believe that it's both and some lead me to believe it's a DVD. Or is it going to be available as a download first and then a DVD? Or do we even know?
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zorthron
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Post by zorthron on Nov 26, 2007 11:06:09 GMT -5
From Joel at the Cinematic Titanic website:
"If you haven’t signed up for the e-mail club list yet, here’s why you should: I’m stoked to announce our new vendor is going to be able to offer our feature length Cinematic Titanic shows in many formats. By “formats” I mean: Download to burn a DVD, Streaming, Regular DVD, and for a nominal-one-time-fee you can load your Cinematic Titanics onto any flash player, which includes I-pod and most mobile phones! You can pick your favorite! The only format we don’t have available is Blu-ray, and trust me, with the movies that we’ll be riffing on, you really don’t need it. "
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Post by mrtorso on Nov 28, 2007 17:23:26 GMT -5
From MrDeath on the RiffTrax board who is working for Joel and the gang:
Basically you will be able to stream it and watch it on your computer or you will be able to download a dvd iso and burn your own DVD-R. There will apparently be covers and disc labels you can download too and print at home.
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Nov 28, 2007 19:25:11 GMT -5
$10-$15 for a download?!? That's crazy!
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Post by ca20 on Nov 28, 2007 19:59:09 GMT -5
Too high or too low? I think it sounds reasonable.
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Post by fishbulb33 on Nov 28, 2007 20:02:19 GMT -5
Me too. I mean, it's for a full-length movie with riffing and whatever else the CT crew does, right? Getting a regular movie on DVD is generally twice that much. And it's five people and whoever else is working for them making a living off this.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Nov 28, 2007 23:03:22 GMT -5
No, $10-15 for a download is a bit much. If I were to download the Oscar-winning movie "Crash" off of iTunes, it would cost $9.99. At most, I would price these downloads at around $8. If there's no physical media involved, the price SHOULD go down significantly, absolutely. I'm afraid I won't be picking any of these up unless I get a $10-15 proper DVD.
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Post by ca20 on Nov 28, 2007 23:19:14 GMT -5
A movie like that though has already had a chance to make money in theaters and on regular DVD. Most major films already make back their costs at the box office. The legal movie downloads market is so small at this point compared DVD and ticket sales that anything made from it is really a bonus.
With Cinematic Titanic, the audience is fairly small, and there hasn't already been a theatrical release. I can't see how it would be profitable to produce and sell it as low as $8.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Nov 29, 2007 0:09:12 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I'm of the opinion that the customer comes first because, frankly, the customer decides whether a product will sell or not. And I don't say that ignorantly as a greedy consumer. I have been faced with the possibility of recording and selling music (on a very small scale, obviously), and I would never want to overprice something, even if it puts me at financial risk. I certainly want to see all the Brains make a profit off of this, but it needs to be realized that pricing is important and crucial and you can't just buck certain trends. $15 is absolutely too pricey for any video download, and $8 isn't necessarily too low. "Internet-famous" independent musician Jonathan Coulton is an excellent example of someone who's made a living out of putting out a good product and pricing it reasonably. He even allows buyers to decide how much they want to pay for his songs. I'm not saying it works for everyone, but it does work. I find it a little disappointing how many MSTies seem to be push-overs, when it comes to pricing, products, and quality. (i.e. Jim Mallon's "MST3K: Animated", Rhino's shenanigans, etc.) Not all, of course, but it's almost like MSTies can be too nice about things. It's great to be so supportive, but let's have some standards.
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Post by MonsterX on Nov 29, 2007 9:48:23 GMT -5
I think the 10-15 dollar price range for download is perfectly reasonable.
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Nov 29, 2007 10:02:16 GMT -5
Okay. But some of us have families and budgets and so forth and if they price this stuff that high, we're cut out. I'd gladly pay $15-$20 for a DVD I can hold in my hand, but $15 and I have to do all the work and hope the download works okay? No way. I'm with Hugh on this one.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Nov 29, 2007 12:06:56 GMT -5
I'm not paying $15 for a download unless it's absolutely the funniest movie ever. I won't even pay that much for any random DVD without great deliberation.
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Post by BEERxTaco on Nov 29, 2007 12:08:01 GMT -5
Teh... $15, that's an order of wings and a few beers.
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ninjew
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Post by ninjew on Nov 29, 2007 12:15:47 GMT -5
$10-$15 for a download?!? That's crazy! $9.99 is as high as I woud EVER go for downloadable movie media. That's what iTunes charges. $15 is to flippin' high, as I can go to my local Best Buy and get The Film Crew titles for $15, and that's already burned, packaged, and comes with a nifty "The Film Crew" patch included. $15 to simply download something is just INVITING a bittorrent disaster...
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Nov 29, 2007 13:12:44 GMT -5
Exactly. You can get new release movies for between $15-$20 with all the packaging and extras. There better be packaged DVDs available. I want to get my money's worth.
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