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thranx on 12 April 2011
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Kasz216 said:
thranx said:
Kasz216 said:
thranx said:
dsister said:

The thing about actors is they bring in a lot of money through the box office, and subsequent DVD releases. It's only fair that they get a large check. It's either them or the studio...


or they could lower prices for everything so their fans can appreciate their work and have money in their pocket.


Actors don't really have the power to do that though. 

I know. Its just crazy how out of whack most of the entertainment industries pay is. But the music industry is in the process of fixing itself and I hope the internet and easy access to quality video/sound recording/editing equiptemnt will do the same to visual media (tv/movies). I dont really blame actors.

I wouldn't say the music industry is in the process of fixing itself so much as it is... MP3s forced the industry to fix itself.

MP3's came up and people wanted those, but the industry ignored them, thinking it was a piracy thing when it was really a "We want digital music and this is where we can get it " thing.

Steve Jobs came along to the record companies and said "I want to sell all your songs for 99 cents a piece."

to which they replied "Yeah sure whatever, don't see why anyones going to pay for something they could just pirate."

Then they found out the online music market was huge, hence back then people trying to get out of the 99 cent deal, problem was... that's what everybody expected now.

Can't charge 24.99 for a 13 track album anymore because it's only 13 dollars on Itunes.

Will the same thing happen to movies...?  Probably not.

Unlike music, what movie companies are selling is the EXPIERENCE of a movie first with movie theatres.  Even with the demand of digital copies, and things like netflix and pirated movies... you don't get the theatre expierence.

It would take people having movie theatre like technology in their own homes to the point of where the "going out" factor isn't important.

Which may be never, due to the social impact of "going out".

Dinner & a Movie is the classic date afterall.

I do agree. But when they can get so much entertainment from other sources they will be less likely to pay the high premiums for dvd's or tv shows on dvd. What i see happening more though is that studios will reign in stars and it wont be worth it to pay them so much money. It will be harder to recoupe money on dvd sales as streaming becomes more common. Music still has concerts and Movies will still have theatres, but it will be harder to make excess money after that. I am certainly not trying to spell doom for movie theatres perhaps they will become even more of an experience.