tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post493134250465421405..comments2024-03-29T09:23:53.797-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: Movies 2016 - Crunching the NumbersThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-42218821421577477442017-01-03T10:24:40.178-06:002017-01-03T10:24:40.178-06:00I also have a landline, which is something people ...I also have a landline, which is something people get angry about for some reason.<br /><br />Man, if the appearance of Vulcan Video here in South Austin has reminded me of anything, it's how much stuff you aren't getting access to via streaming media. When one of the national papers did a story about the few remaining video stores like Vulcan, the comments were full of chuckleheads making fun of the patrons as luddites - but what they're missing is that Vulcan is there for cinephiles. And for the ability to physically browse. I'll spend an hour looking for a couple of movies at Vulcan (while also filing away what I'll grab next time), but my max time searching the menus of Hulu, Amazon (which just got way harder to navigate over the holidays), and Netflix is about 5-10 minutes. You wind up kind of getting forced into whatever their algorithms and limited availability will show you. <br /><br />Netflix isn't going to have a section of camp-classic films, or the complete works of Robert Siodmak, but Vulcan is going to have an area in their director's section with all that stuff in one place. The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-37158626384973365102017-01-03T09:50:01.108-06:002017-01-03T09:50:01.108-06:00A little defensive about the physical media.
It&...A little defensive about the physical media. <br /><br />It's coming back! We're bringing it back!Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16334865373173505274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-46629670309230058022017-01-02T20:27:47.148-06:002017-01-02T20:27:47.148-06:00Surprisingly that poster for Rollergator is way be...Surprisingly that poster for Rollergator is way better than the actual movie.mcsteanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340293646440856741noreply@blogger.com