Are you a fan of the Harry Potter movies? Well you better snatch them up while you can, because it looks like they’re going to be hard to find in 2012 (in disc format, anyway). According to Deadline Hollywood, Warner Bros. will stop shipping the Harry Potter movies on December 29, 2011. Check it out:
Harry Potter, the #1 motion picture franchise of all time, will soon disappear from shelves, as Warner Bros. stops shipping all Harry Potter theatrical film titles (including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, and Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection) as of December 29, 2011 (moratorium does not include digital — Electronic Sell-Through & VOD — or games).
This reminds me of the crap Disney used to pull in the VHS days when it would sell movies for a limited time and keep them off of store shelves for years. Artificially creating rarity in the days of tapes worked. In the digital age…not so much. I really don’t get this move. It seems like Warners is leaving money on the table and pushing people towards piracy. Perhaps the company wants to emphasize digital sales, but there are still lots of people that want movies on discs, particularly consumers that want the highest quality picture and sound. I’m sure there are some customers that will be all, “Eff you Warners. No Harry Potter on Blu-ray? Imma download the sumbitch!”
Perhaps I’m missing something here, but does this move make any sense to you at all? I don’t get it. Help me understand why Warners is pulling Harry Potter movies on December 29 (please!). Also this:
Antiquated models still in use.
Will there be a BD box for Christmas? I need it for a present. Otherwise I'll gift something else and download the sum bitch.
Yes, the 8-movie set will be released, but Warners will stop shipping it on 12/29.
Disney still does that crap with their DVDs and Blu-Rays.
Well I just double checked, we still don't have the last one on DVD. So I guess that goes on the wife's X-Mas list.
Crap! That sucks even more! Best buy's daily deal was HP blu ray yesterday! Year 1-7 part 1 was $25! I really snoozed cuz I was thinking I'd be able to pick it up cheap once the hype dies down.
Strait dick move on WB. I hope everyone pirates the hell out of WB films even more.
You just don't like WB because their game division put out the new Mortal Kombat.
If they wouldn't have done that, you wouldn't be in the mess you've been in.
Denver?
Boston?
-M
So…I see Miami has signed JP Losman. I imagine that convo went something like this:
"62-7!!??? Quick, sign JP Losman. Let's see Indy do worse than that!"
No, actually, it went like this:
"We need to get a quarterback since Moore is hurting and Sage is sick."
"O.K., what about Drew Bledsoe?"
"Nah, he's too good."
"What about Doug Flutie?"
"No. He has talent as a drop kicker."
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"Well, we could always get Daunte Culpepper back."
"Yeah, but we'd have to also have a choice between him and Tom Brady so that we can pass on Brady."
"Could we somehow exhume the body of Johnny Unitas and sign his corpse to a 5-year $25 million deal?"
"Well, we could try that, since it can't be any worse than we have now."
"I got it! Let's get that kid Corky from Life Goes On."
"Great idea! He's probably even got a great arm because of his retard strength."
"Wait, no, how about J.P. Losman?"
"You mean the 30-year-old guy that hasn't completed a pass since 2008 and has more interceptions than touchdowns?"
"Yep."
"He's PERFECT!"
-M
I don't really understand this move either, just like I don't understand Disney only releasing their movies for a short period of time and then pulling them from the shelves (Nightmare Before Christmas was another one that pissed me off).
I already have half of the movies downloaded anyways, just haven't gotten the others because I've been lazy about it. 700mb-1gb size files are pretty good quality for the most part in my experience.