Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” made headlines again recently when, within one week after hitting disc on November 21st, it was completely sold out of 4K UHD copies. Universal is printing more, but even so such sales of physical media are unprecedented. That is until events of the past year have changed that perception somewhat. Multiple streaming […]

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“The streamers are denying us any access whatsoever to certain films, and I think people are responding with their natural reaction, which is ‘I’m going to buy it, and I’m going to watch it any time I want."

Yes, that’s certainly true for me, Mr Cameron, that’s why I’m currently curating my collection of your films in the best possible Blu-ray format. I’m not a big fan of your AI upscales, but I will purchase The Abyss because it’s better than my twenty-year-old DVD.

  • dlundh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Agreed. I wish the 4 Ks we keep hearing that Peter Jackson is working on for his early films would materialize too. Sure I have the shitty spanish bootleg blurays but i’d pay good money for the real thing!

    • UKFilmNerdOPMEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m on the verge of purchasing the Spanish bootleg for True Lies. I’m having a fight in my head. It’s how much do I like the film vs having the Blu-ray to complete the James Cameron collection.