Going to a movie and buying a Blu Ray are basically the same price now. Congratulations Hollywood, you’ve priced yourself out of the market.
Source: twitter.com
It’s all hush hush now and he said, he said. But I never even knew about this.
Amazon Launches Cloud Locker - But Why?
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the launch of Amazon Cloud Drive (www.amazon.com/clouddrive), Amazon Cloud Player for Web (www.amazon.com/cloudplayer) and Amazon Cloud Player for Android (www.amazon.com/cloudplayerandroid). Together, these services enable customers to securely store music in the cloudand play it on any Android phone, Android tablet, Mac or PC, wherever they are. Customers can easily upload their music library to Amazon Cloud Drive and can save any new Amazon MP3 purchases directly to their Amazon Cloud Drive for free.
Here’s my simple question:
Why would I want to pay for a limited set of music and then pay again to store it “in the cloud” when I could pay for a streaming service like Rhapsody to have all my music and TONS of other music “in the cloud”?
I haven’t purchased a CD or MP3 since January and only then because I enjoyed a album so much that I wanted to give more money to the artist. The only music I listen too is streaming music already. And it’s only a matter of time before the streaming services are making deals to allow you to access that stream in more places, like your car, without going through a mobile device.
I pay $14/month to have streaming access to TONS of music via Rhapsody, $8/month for streaming movies via Netflix, and $0 to store files “in the cloud” via DropBox - total, $22. On the other hand, Amazon Cloud charges $20 for anything over 5GB and you still have to purchase the content. So, for $2 extra and the inconvenience of having to use multiple services, I can have access to WAY more content - hmmmm…
I still don’t get why streaming music hasn’t caught on more with everyday people. Maybe it’s because most people still don’t have a mobile device that can access “the cloud” for streaming services. Or, maybe Steve was right when he famously said that people want to “own their music” and not rent it. We’ll see.
Piracy Is Socially Acceptable
WOW!
A recent study on moral standards and whether some law breaking is socially acceptable has revealed an interesting stance on file-sharing among the public. Of those questioned in the study, 70% said that downloading illicit material from the Internet is acceptable. Three out four, however, felt it was completely unacceptable to then sell that product for profit.
Digital Domain - The Making of TRON Legacy
Coolest BTS site about making the digital effects for TRON 2. Some great videos about the entire process and especially about creating the younger version of Jeff Bridges character, CLU.
This Summer (2011) Will be Awesome - for the Movie Lover
I can’t wait for this summer’s movie lineup to unfold. If you’re a movie fan, this will be a fantastic summer. If you’re a movie studio, you could be in for a world of hurt.
- Harry Potter
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Transformers 3
- Green Lantern
- Thor
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- X-Men: First Class
- Cars 2
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Winnie the Pooh
- The Smurfs 3D
- Super 8
- Rise of the Apes
- The Hangover 2
Source: Los Angeles Times
PS3 & Netflix
Transformers 3 - DC Photo Gallery
Check out this gallery of shots from when Transformers 3 was shooting in DC
via @photoshelter
The STAR WARS Movies Coming To Cinemas In 3D Starting 18 Months From Now?
“The Phantom Menace” will be the first out of the gate in early 2012, according to the report. Then, if box office warrants, “Attack of the Clones” in early 2013, “Revenge of the Sith” in early 2014, “A New Hope” in 2015, “Empire Strikes Back” in 2016 and “Return of the Jedi” in 2017.
Go behind the scenes of: ‘The Shining’
I woke up this morning and found this through a good ‘industry’ friend - thanks Greg! Go behind the scenes with Vivian Kubrick and see some great back & forth between Jack, Shelley Duvall, & Stanley Kubrick on some VERY famous scenes.
