Simpsons DVDs Discontinued

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Leo656

It's like some people haven't figured out the gimmick yet. I don't get it.

Complete lack of self awareness, too? You really do have it all!

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

And what talents do YOU have, again? At least his are evident. And he DOES have lovely eyes. And hair.

Your banana riding is gross. And I could lie all day about my entire life to people on the Internet too, but I don't. Instead I have a good job, a wife and a home. My talent is not being a wastrel.

[Leo656]

Wow, way to be on the complete opposite side of reality, sir.

As a shoot: Pretty much everybody else here gets the incredible amount of self-awareness and tongue-in-cheek stuff. It's like the whole thing is going over your head for some reason but everybody else gets it. It's like people who've been here all of five minutes are like, "Hey, that guy's a character." And then some people are taking everything at face value and going "Wow, this guy's a conceited braggart."

It's just weird. I mean, I don't get how it's confusing to anybody.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Huh, and here I thought it was being a douche.

Yeah, home? Check. Spouse? Check. Job? Check. Thanks, but I'm good here. Your POINT is?!! My talent happens to be writing. It's right there in my siggy for anyone to check out if they choose, but of course, I'm guessing you don't read much. It may not pay the bills, but then that's what I have the REAL job for. Your patronizing attitude is as disgusting as it is ignorant. And this is from someone who deals with others' ignorance on a daily basis.

[Leo656]

Wow, this sure blew up in a hurry.

Kinda feel like someone ought'a break the tension. Anybody got any dead baby jokes? Like, I do, but I hate being the one who goes first. That just feels incredibly awkward.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Nah, but I DO have some lawyer jokes.... And I'm listening to Mitchel (the lawyer) talking on Modern Family as I type this....

[Peanut]

And now dead baby jokes. Truly a genius.

[Leo656]

Really not a fan? That's odd. Must be a regional thing.

I actually got a calendar full of them one year for Christmas, but I only remember some of 'em.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Meh, it's not for everybody. Personally, I prefer nun jokes.

[Jephael]

Seriously though, I should've gotten in on this conversation days ago. Been a Simpsons fan for ages, though to be honest I quit collecting the DVD boxsets after season 12.

[Slade]

Originally Posted by sdp

You missed the point in my post that says for the majority it's not a problem, yes Leo you screwed by this change but you have to realize you are a tiny minority of the population that has this problem, I feel for you but that's how it is. Of course all media has different problems, DVD's scratch, DVD players break and the lasers stop working and won't be sold anymore in the future just like VHS players ceased, DVD's get disc rot which makes them useless. Nothing is forever. Streaming is the most convenient but of course it has the whole license issue. The problem is solved by buying it digitally, in this case you own it now and can watch it forever, make back up copies in case your HDD fails etc, play at any moment with just a click making it far better than DVD's, internet connection is only required when you download it for the first time and you only need to pay for it once. I'm sorry but digital is literally better than DVD unless you want a physical product in your house. Now digital being better than Blu-Ray is another debate since BR is indeed usually better quality but as time and technology improves this will be a non-issue and for normal people and even geeky people like me we don't even notice the difference even if Mr. Videophile does.

The reality is no one wants DVDs anymore just like no one wanted CD's anymore ten years ago and yet even with audiophiles complaining digital won. Of course there's still CD's but they're a minority of the market now and most audiophiles moved on to Vinyl instead. Fact is people aren't buying DVDs and Blu-Rays never reached the market share that DVDs had in their heyday and the minority of the market that still enjoys them seem to be old people who can't move on to new technologies and collectors. I'm all for people buying physical copies and them existing, especially for a show like the Simpsons but the alternative is better for the majority and in this day and age it's hard to argue that the market cares for movies/shows on physical media, just look at sales charts over the past decade and you can see the trend is not in your favor, you're a dying breed for better or worse. And I agree, there's enough market out there with collectors and the "minority" for physical media to exist just like you can still find CD's now and other small niches, and like I stated in my first post there should be enough fans for some type of release for the simpsons but Fox doesn't care.

Not to bring all this back, but where exactly are you from? The bolded part is a crock of sh*t. People here buy DVD's and Blu-rays all the damn time. Cd's maybe not so much. But I've seen new releases fly off shelves pretty damn quick. I'll take a CD over the iTunes version any day anyway. The quality on the CD is tons better.

[Machias Banshee]

Let's break up the personal potshots, everyone... this is getting out of hand.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

No worries- already done. Apologies for the off-topic talk.

[ZariusTwo]

Al Jean says negotiations are ongoing for The Simpsons, though apparently some of the staff have panicked a bit in recent weeks, with one of the animators, Isabel Vega, being forced to close down her twitter account after her tweets regarding potential cancellation of the show were routinely reposted by the Zombie Simpsons blog (they apologized for getting her in trouble), one of her last tweets was this:

That moment when a director goes around saying good-bye to the remaining crew saying “See you next season, if there is one…” #TheSimpsons

[blindturtle02]

Does anyone know if you have to have FX to create a FX NOW account in order to watch episodes on Simpsonsworld? There doesn't seem to be a lot of info on that. I'm one of the folks who cut the cable cord and would very much enjoy watching this stuff any time I wanted. If it's just something you pay for monthly without having to have cable, I'd seriously consider getting one unless they start streaming on amazon or iTunes. I'm glad they'll probably do the streaming bit. It was difficult waiting a year between boxset releases. I'll miss those cool menus, however. Great to hear they'll still be making commentaries.

[Storm Eagle]

The issue comes up again.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Simpson...examined/21379

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

The issue comes up again.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Simpson...examined/21379

So... the DVD sales are still profitable, but they're removing that option and trying to force customers into subscribing to their online model anyway? Yep, they are businessing. They are businessing hard.

The problem is that this kind of mindset is incredibly insular. Yes, physical media is waning right now. It may vanish entirely, it may not. Everyone thought physical media for music was dead in a post-iTunes market, and then vinyl became trendy again and sales started surging. Digital is still on the rise, obviously, and CDs are basically dead, but there's a very healthy market for vinyl. It's entirely possible that demand for DVDs/Blu-rays (or something else entirely) will increase once the option for physical media is taken off the table.

And like others have said, there are plenty of people who don't have the constant, reliable Internet access they'd need to use these kinds of services, and leaving potential customers in the cold seems... really dumb and short-sighted. And I'm not up on the specifics of Simpsons World, but even trying to stream other US-owned content in Canada, I know that TV shows have wildly different distribution rights in different countries and territories, so there's the potential for things to get muddled and very inconvenient for global fans. On one hand, they're trying to look ahead at the trends in the market, and streaming is absolutely the future. But I think they're forgetting to balance that with the current reality of the market... Or choosing to forget.

This is a pretty textbook situation of content owners trying to throttle their customers' access in the information age. Like proprietary software - they want to control how, when, and if you can access it. Because it's becoming very apparent that information is the biggest product in the world, and trying to utterly control how customers access their information and content is the only way these businesses can function like they're used to functioning.

I think (and hope) it's doomed to fail. The Internet has made trying to control content and information next to impossible, and at this point it's like trying to plug a dam that's already burst. If customers can't access your content in the one way you're providing it, they will find a whole bunch of ways to get it without you. Illegal, sure. But that's what happens when you severely limit the customers' options.

But either way, I've already got seasons 1-10 on DVD, so no worries here.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Slade

Not to bring all this back, but where exactly are you from? The bolded part is a crock of sh*t. People here buy DVD's and Blu-rays all the damn time. Cd's maybe not so much. But I've seen new releases fly off shelves pretty damn quick. I'll take a CD over the iTunes version any day anyway. The quality on the CD is tons better.

But you are bringing it back, I stopped posting because there was nothing new to say as Leo was clinging to his Audio Cassette tapes.
And no, it is not a crock of ****, you have to literally be blind not to see how DVD has been dying slowly for almost a decade. Do people buy DVDs and BRs? Of course they do and they sell plenty but it's no longer the "it" item and sales when compared to ten years ago are pathetic and keep lowering year after year, these are straight facts backed up with numbers not "I still see people at Walmart buying DVDs". CDs are a great analogy, DVD is now where CDs were ten years ago. Today? Not even the recording industry cares that much about CDs, hell didn't Beyonce launch her album last year exclusively on itunes? Quality for CDs is about the same as in itunes depending on releases but you can get lossless versions elsewhere. Quality is the only valid point in this argument but the mainstream doesn't care like audiophiles or videophiles.

Originally Posted by Bry

So... the DVD sales are still profitable,

Did you even read the article? Nowhere does it say that their sales are still profitable. Also profitable != Good Business. They even mention how S17 sold half of what S16 sold, what did you expect to happen in S18?

The problem is that this kind of mindset is incredibly insular. Yes, physical media is waning right now. It may vanish entirely, it may not.

That's wishful thinking, physical media waning is not a temporary thing. And no physical media will not vanish either, it will just become a niche.

[/UOTE] Everyone thought physical media for music was dead in a post-iTunes market, and then vinyl became trendy again and sales started surging. Digital is still on the rise, obviously, and CDs are basically dead, but there's a very healthy market for vinyl. It's entirely possible that demand for DVDs/Blu-rays (or something else entirely) will increase once the option for physical media is taken off the table.[/QUOTE]
Vinyl is a trend right now who knows if it'll last but I hope it does. This however is not a point whatsoever since Vinyl is a niche, of course if you compare to vinyl sales years ago it probably rose many hundreds of percentage points but selling 1,000 to 50,000 is still in the end a small number, hell CDs still sell more than Vinyl last time I checked, that shows how small of a niche it really is. I don't think physical media for video will ever die completely but yeah it's only going to get smaller and smaller just like it did with the music industry.

And like others have said, there are plenty of people who don't have the constant, reliable Internet access they'd need to use these kinds of services, and leaving potential customers in the cold seems... really dumb and short-sighted.

Yeah but this isn't the case, if it were then those people would be voting with their wallets right now and this wouldn't be a problem.

This is a pretty textbook situation of content owners trying to throttle their customers' access in the information age.

No, just no. Believe me companies want analogue dollars not digital pennies.