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Our Man must be in Havana, 'cause he ain't in Best Buy |
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| Registered: March 29, 2007 | | Posts: 158 |
| | Posted: | | | | As part of my ongoing whining about the absence of 20th Century classics from the shelves of the brick&mortar stores, has anyone seen the DVD of Our Man in Havana? Not only doesn't it show up in Best Buy (along with the rest of the "Martini Movies" which were released a couple weeks ago), but it's not even available on the shelves of Barnes & Noble or Borders, which have considerably more catholic tastes. This is one of the great classics, and it's disgraceful that vendors show such contempt that it is relegated to mail order only. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | What, a film made more than a decade ago on a DVD shelf in a store? I cannot recall ever seeing one...  At least we can give thanks for the possibility of online purchasing. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
Cliff |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Retail shelf space is very valuable. Brick and mortar stores are not going to stock something they don't believe is going to sell well. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Actually, they used to stock stuff like this just fine, but only a couple of copies. You know that entire row of Blu product? That's where your classic releases went. You lost a whole row of shelf space for higher bit reissues of the latest popcorn flick. | | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | At least there a trickle of classic films getting the Blu-ray treatment: Adventures of Robin Hood, The Third Man, How the West Was Won, and slowly -- ever so slowly -- more Criterion releases (like The Third Man). Too bad the internet sales have reduced the classic film on DVD/Blu-ray buyers to looking first away from the brick and mortar shops... I miss large classical/jazz/non-pop sections in record/CD stores... some things deserve higher quality than mp3. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
Cliff | | | | Last edited: by VibroCount |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Over the last year, I think I'm getting over 80% of my stuff via the internet. When I do hit a B&M, it's typically to take advantage of the blowout sales. I'm not even bothering with the new release stuff, because they're now getting price cut within 6 months. |
| | Registered: March 29, 2007 | | Posts: 158 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm afraid mdnitoil is right about Blu-Ray. Our retailers think there is a bigger market for a high-res edition of the Friday the 13th remake than for a regular DVD of something made more than ten years ago.
I used to enjoy reading the news on DVD websites like The Digital Bits, but more and more that news is dominated by what is being reissued on Blu-Ray. What is so exciting about that? Isn't it more interesting when a classic becomes available for the first time than when some recent mediocrity becomes available with a slightly sharper picture? |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting karlpov: Quote:
more and more that news is dominated by what is being reissued on Blu-Ray. What is so exciting about that? Isn't it more interesting when a classic becomes available for the first time than when some recent mediocrity becomes available with a slightly sharper picture? For myself, and for people here I thoroughly agree... though the PS3 owing "Wow, it's got a BluRay player in so I have a Hi-Def system" (which I probably haven't set up properly) people who the new releases seem to be aimed at might not agree. I think the 'problem' (for classic movie buffs at least) is that when DVD appeared we were the driving force so more 'classic' titles were released, percentage-wise, to persuade us to part with our cash. This time around because ownership of a PS3 (a very good player BTW, i'm not dissing it technically) is a driving force it means the games console generation is the target audience and that is being pandered to (quite correctly I suppose, given companies are there to make a profit) with modern hi-budget 'blockbuster' releases. Sadly this also means a lot of effort that used to go into releasing some 'rare gems' on DVD (that had been going on) has been lost as well causing a bit of a double-whammy  | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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