tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712953451573203949.post8231559039040829906..comments2023-05-26T03:08:38.253-07:00Comments on Animation Ramblings: Friggin' Aussie release dates...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712953451573203949.post-840421056772307462009-12-20T04:07:49.321-08:002009-12-20T04:07:49.321-08:00That's always the way of big business, though....That's always the way of big business, though.<br />Digidesign make you pay for every single extra feature you might use in ProTools, including exporting files as MP3. But they aren't going to stop because studios have enough money to buy it, so they do, and the only ones who suffer are the low-end individual users. But what do Digidesign care? They don't have any money. |DPaige T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09052013031948122365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712953451573203949.post-65176129911620398512009-12-18T08:26:39.645-08:002009-12-18T08:26:39.645-08:00That sucks movies aren't released earlier beca...That sucks movies aren't released earlier because of cost. It's such an annoying reason.<br /><br />"Hey, why don't you do this?"<br />"Because we'll lose some money. That's business."<br /><br />Money's important and all, but how about this for the consumer? <br /><br />"Am I really going to spend my hard-earned $18 to see another movie about a princess?"<br /><br />I haven't seen the movie, but for my taste, it bores me to death. Kaishu Mennellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12375755317100220861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712953451573203949.post-64747180817038415542009-12-13T05:06:53.608-08:002009-12-13T05:06:53.608-08:00Thanks for the info, Jim - I actually totally forg...Thanks for the info, Jim - I actually totally forgot about the reusing film thing. Terrible!!<br />I know Boxing Day is really popular but I frankly never noticed New Year's Day specifically as a big release date. I guess I was too busy with the Boxing Day movies to notice. I can't wait to see if Avatar is really all it's cracked up to be or just a huge waste of money and time.Paige T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09052013031948122365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712953451573203949.post-37532296323482980232009-12-13T00:50:26.486-08:002009-12-13T00:50:26.486-08:00I think I've told you this before but for anyo...I think I've told you this before but for anyone else reading here's the scoop: Pixar films are released in Australia 6 months after the American release is because Disney are so tight they don't want to spend money processing new film, so they have their films run in the US and once they are done they send their leftovers to Australia and Europe.<br /><br />You might wonder what the point is, considering that Pixar films are usually the most successful films Disney distributes every year, but that's just it - the rest of their films are so hit-and-miss that Pixar become their crutch to lean on and they need to milk as much as they can from them.<br /><br />There might be a change if films start going digital. Upon the release of James Cameron's Avatar I have counted over 40 cinemas who have suddenly gained digital projectors in Queensland alone, even the small regional independent cinemas are jumping on board. So far the release dates match up for Toy Story 3 but we'll have to wait and see.<br /><br />As for Princess And The Frog, Boxing Day and New Years Day are both cut-throat days for film distributors, all of them are releasing something on those days (except Universal for some reason), and there's a whole thing about lining up family-movies with school holidays as well. Nobody is touching December 17th though because that's the weak Avatar goes out, and after that I guess the Australian Disney guys decided January 1st was the best time to unleash their new 2D masterpiece.Archfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427916684246054084noreply@blogger.com