Adam ruins corporate mergers

[gloeden2]

In a few minutes, I'll be speaking before the FTC and the DOJ about the disastrous effects of mergers on entertainment industry workers and the diversity of content we the public have access to. Watch here: https://t.co/WA4QkWK5IZ
- Adam Conover (@adamconover) April 27, 2022
Comedian Adam Conover said despite being one of truTV's biggest shows, "Adam

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[cock_sandwich]

Capitalism is going to make the preservation of TV, already a volatile medium that is viewed as dispensable and has a history of being treated as such, impossible. I absolutely loved TruTV and because of these mergers there is also no priority to share the programming that gets lost when these mergers happen. I love that he spoke up about this and I know I don't usually comment but I wish that DVR technology was more widely available akin to old school VCRs. The programming that has been saved because of it is incredible but we are moving into a world where streaming traps people into an illusion where everything is immediately available and it isn't.

[sadteenager]

yeah. I still have a collection of DVDs and try to buy full seasons of shows and movies I love when they're available. But even that is becoming more rare! These companies don't care about preserving the content and cultural works they produce and it's so sad.

[cock_sandwich]

I love that! Yes please keep that up (btw cute icon). I like that Martin Scorsese is trying to make classic films available freely but I feel like he is one of the few who is putting in the work and sounding the alarms. At this point, copyright law is failing to help preserve multimedia and is making restorations impossible. It is truly depressing.

[lovechild]

That’s what me and my husband do. We buy DVDs/Blu-Rays of our favorite movies or shows because of how pieces media gets tossed around between streaming services or end up disappearing all together.

I had an old coworker once make fun of me for having physical copies as he is all digital/streaming now. But one time I had bought (not rented) a season of a show on iTunes and within two years time, iTunes took it away from me without warning. I couldn’t watch it until I paid for it again even though I had already bought it. I do not trust buying digital copies anymore because of that.

[iburiedjohn]

I’ve lost songs I paid for on iTunes because you could only transfer songs to something like five devices in the early days of iTunes. Random songs disappear with every new phone lol

[lovechild]

Yup. That has happened to me too with the songs I bought on iTunes back in the day. :T

[manu19]

I did that and now my fucking Xbox refuses to play many of my Blu-Ray discs all of the sudden and I am like wtf …

Nothing is save 😫

[pseudonygma]

This is why I've always preferred physical copies to digital. If the webhost hosting that file shuts down, whatever you bought is gone forever. You technically don't even own it, you just own the right to consume it on their platform.

Tangently, this is also the case with video games. Stardew Valley is 100% an offline game but you need internet to sign in to Steam to play it. We're completely at the merci of Steam to play a game we already own, whereas if you buy the mobile version, you physically download it onto your phone and you can play it anytime, internet or not.

[lovechild]

That’s what scares me the most about video games. Especially since we are seeing more and video games going digital only. My siblings get on me for buying physical copies of games, but I fear servers going down and not being able to access a certain game.

[cuteej4]

I have almost 600 DVDs/blu-rays and like 40 shows on DVD. I want the bts content! Digital never provides that. I will never get rid of them. I'm also a nerd that has the 4 disc lotr DVDs AND the theatrical editions. There's something about having the physical product.

[sadteenager]

YES! When I loved a movie or show, I would watch it a million times and then watch it a hundred more with the commentary, watch the deleted scenes, etc.

And I miss the days when movies included special features and thoughtful packaging. I feel like they're starting to do that with vinyl but the last couple of times I bought Blu Rays, the packaging was flimsy and the disc wasn't even designed much at all, and "special features" were mostly technical features. Hoping this gets a resurgence if streaming dies in popularity. I feel like there's such a desire from hardcore fans for this type of thing but the industry is still releasing shit as if the main purpose is to allow people to watch at home when it's like... no, there's streaming, there's pirating. The people who are going to buy the movie either don't have access OR want a keepsake physical copy.

[pseudonygma]

The DVD packaging for the first 2 Harry Potter films and the first 3 seasons of Buffy are gorgeous. I got so annoyed when they suddenly used regular dvd cases, I wanted the full set! The selling point for buying the films/series as they were being released was all the bts footage that you didn't get if you splurged on the full boxset. I suspect they stopped putting all those bonus features in because people would just upload it to youtube. But even a lot of the blooper reels we have today aren't really even bloopers. :/

[sadteenager]

exactly! and I'm sorry maybe I'm an old but watching a clip on YouTube randomly doesn't hit the same as having a package with all this in depth stuff on this one particular film I love.

[archersangel]

I want the bts content! Digital never provides that.

I was surprised that Disney Plus has some of the BTS stuff.

[spiceboy35]

You just blew my mind, and you're so right.

Is Blu Ray or DVD better? (perhaps a dumb question, but I am dumb!)

[cock_sandwich]

Thank you so much and It's not dumb at all (and neither are you, it's a good question)! Usually it depends on the transfer quality or the original source material but blu-ray will always be better quality because it's a Hi def format (2k resolution) as opposed to DVD which is standard definition. Allegedly bluray has a longer shelf life but I believe both DVD and Blu-ray are prone to disc rot (especially if the disc is not properly pressed. I have heard stories of Criterion discs rotting, especially if they are early blu releases), but thankfully it's a rare thing with both formats. Now that said, I would say if a release is upscaled (that means that a transfer that was done for DVD is put on Blu) you won't notice a difference optically. It pays to collect both because sometimes movies just can't look much better in Hi-def because of limitations, both visually and sometimes even legally (as in the case of movies like The Keep, where the only disc release allowed is on DVD).