Comments on: Ebert's Movie Review Archives http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2007/08/eberts-movie-review-archives/ J Wynia - Web Consultant, Writer and Geek Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J Wynia http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2007/08/eberts-movie-review-archives/comment-page-1/#comment-129080 J Wynia Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:49:31 +0000 http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2007/08/05/eberts-movie-review-archives/#comment-129080 Yep. Go take a look at the Netflix Top 100: http://www.netflix.com/Top100 You'll be surprised at how old many of the movies on that list are. Most people just don't stay that close to the "new release" edge. I know that once I set up my home theater and the DVD release window shrank to the few months it is now, other than the few movies I *know* I want to see in the theater, it just doesn't matter to me when it was released anymore. What's worse than the total size of the movie collection is that I've ripped about 125 of them to a home theater PC for instant, on-demand watching anytime. That's likely to double by the end of the year. Of course, my collection is small compared to people like Kevin Smith (director of Clerks, Dogma, etc.). He's got something like 8,000. Yep. Go take a look at the Netflix Top 100:

http://www.netflix.com/Top100

You'll be surprised at how old many of the movies on that list are. Most people just don't stay that close to the "new release" edge. I know that once I set up my home theater and the DVD release window shrank to the few months it is now, other than the few movies I *know* I want to see in the theater, it just doesn't matter to me when it was released anymore.

What's worse than the total size of the movie collection is that I've ripped about 125 of them to a home theater PC for instant, on-demand watching anytime. That's likely to double by the end of the year.

Of course, my collection is small compared to people like Kevin Smith (director of Clerks, Dogma, etc.). He's got something like 8,000.

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2007/08/eberts-movie-review-archives/comment-page-1/#comment-129079 Scot Herrick Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:30:40 +0000 http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2007/08/05/eberts-movie-review-archives/#comment-129079 Another example of The Long Tail. I had heard, don't know if it is true, that Netflix biggest sellers are NOT the latest movies out on DVD, but, instead, oldies but goodies that one just doesn't get to see in the theaters since they left the scene. So putting up these reviews is great content and fits in perfectly with what is happening in the market today. 500 DVD's in the home theater? Dude! Another example of The Long Tail. I had heard, don't know if it is true, that Netflix biggest sellers are NOT the latest movies out on DVD, but, instead, oldies but goodies that one just doesn't get to see in the theaters since they left the scene.

So putting up these reviews is great content and fits in perfectly with what is happening in the market today.

500 DVD's in the home theater? Dude!

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