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These metaverse ads are everywhere in london at the moment
I just feel like they're missing something important
We've all seen inside the metaverse, the models are all legless untextured sub-Mii looking meeples and the environments look like Second Life fifteen years ago, so why do they get to use these high-res renders on their posters when every videogame trailer has to clearly flag which parts are and aren't what you can actually expect from the experience
Hey, there. Rewatching Midnight Mass right now and it's got to be one of my favorite shows of all time. I'm cancelling Netflix soon for budget reasons, and I know there's been disputes and frustration over this, but if there was ever a DVD release, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Here's hoping.
I tried repeatedly over many years to get Netflix to do the right thing and release the original shows on physical media. For a long time they just said no, then they ignored me for a while, then they said no a few more times, then they said they would see what they could do...
At one point, they said they were actually going to do it - an executive told me they were going to package everything into a "Flanaverse" box set (man I hate that word, but I would have lived with it gladly if it meant physical media releases). I was overjoyed. But months went by without any further updates. When I finally followed up, they sent a single sentence email that basically said "oh yeah, never mind, we weren't able to get that going." I pushed for an explanation as to why but never got anything more specific than "physical media just isn't a priority for the company".
Both the outcome and the nonchalant delivery of the verdict were entirely demoralizing. We are seeing more and more movies and series being erased from existence as studios seek to save a little cash. This is only going to get worse.
The fact that Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, Gerald's Game and Before I Wake (and the upcoming Fall of the House of Usher) are exclusively available ONLY on Netflix, and can disappear from the service at any time and be entirely erased from the world - is absolutely terrifying to me. Physical media is critical. Being available "exclusively" on a single platform is bad for the business, bad for cinema, and bad for all of us.
I used to be vehemently opposed to piracy.
I have completely changed my stance on that issue.
Yesterday's "pirates" are, in some cases, the only hope for archival preservation of a growing amount of shows and movies.
I have purchased several pirated blu-ray copies of Midnight Mass, am very impressed with the quality and presentation, and I am profoundly grateful they exist.
Godspeed, noble archivists.
Some of you might remember a couple of years ago when Scarlett Johansson sued Disney because she was making significantly less money for Black Widow than was guaranteed in her contract because so many more people watched it on streaming than in theaters, how there was a massive misinformation campaign from Disney that a ton of people on this website (and Twitter and other social media) bought into: that she was a greedy bitch who didn't respect people who needed to stay at home during the pandemic (I believe the word "ableist" was thrown around with aplomb) as opposed to someone who just wanted to be paid what she was owed, what Disney had initially guaranteed her when they signed the contract, and whose issue obviously wasn't with streaming itself but with how little streaming was allowed to get away with paying her and other actors.
Anyway we're going to see a lot of that from studios now, especially now that actors have joined the strike and it's easier to sell them as rich and greedy than writers, because of this cultural stereotype we have of all Hollywood actors as celebrities. Don't fall for it. SAG-AFTRA represents people like Tom Cruise and ScarJo but it also represents the kind of people who played a Borg in two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager in 1997 or who had one line in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as an enthusiastic audience member. Most actors are not crazy wealthy, and in fact, if you're a big TV fan (especially older TV and genre TV) that likely includes some actor names that you know, who played supporting roles in your fav shows, or who were even a star in something decades ago but haven't done anything major since. The AFTRA side also represents people like radio broadcasters. But even beside that, all workers deserve to be fairly compensated for the work they do, and the threat of replacing them with AI, or real actors being required to sign contracts to allow their likenesses to be used by AI forever without paying them, is an existential threat to acting as a profession in general. The actors are in the right. The writers are in the right. The studios are in the wrong. The studios have exploited new technology to get away with horrifying labor practices for years and their feet need to be put to the fire. Circulate the articles about how poorly the Orange is the New Black cast was compensated for making one of the defining shows of the early streaming boom, and of the studios saying they want to force writers to starve and lose their homes. Don't get distracted by propaganda aping progressive-sounding language about wealthy celebrities. Focus on the real enemy, the real greedy, rich assholes who care more about money than people and art: the studios.
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