Comments on: In One Day Apple Trades Away Transformers and POTC In HD For Minor League HD Titles

By: flowerfeeder

flowerfeeder — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:52:39 +0000

I’d trade Transformers for My Kid Could Paint That any day.

Great documentary.

I understand your frustrations, by the way. None of this rental/purchase stuff seems to make sense. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to what disappears and what stays. I guess if you see something that interests you, you’d better watch it asap before it is gone.

Off to watch Radio Bikini. Later…

By: YodaMac

YodaMac — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:59:38 +0000

Matrix –

My point is that the Studios are dragging their feet with Apple on purpose so that others (such as Vudu) can play “catch up”. They don’t want Apple to have as huge a market share as iTunes does with music, so they are not moving as fast as they could with iTunes, and instead pushing their other online partners as best they can.

So you can’t compare Vudu to AppleTV and simply say it’s NOT the studios fault. Each has their own deal and each are at the mercy (or lack thereof) of the Studios.

Conspiracy theory? yeah, but it makes sense too. It’s just too bad, since Apple could really shine in this area too. I guess they were just “too successful” with iTunes… and now everyone want’s a piece of their pie – or just to limit Apple’s piece of it.

By: insanely_okay

insanely_okay — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:40:17 +0000

Hmm, it’s the studios fault, not Apple’s?

Guess I’ll send that complaint about yanking Ratatouille to steve@pixar.com instead of steve@apple.com then…

By: matrix6028

matrix6028 — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:37:18 +0000

I agree Chash – but this is a disturbing trend. I hate bring this up again – but how does Vudu’s library compare? If this is truly dictated by the Studios, then the Vudu library should be doing the same.
Back when 300 was released on AppleTV, I noticed soon after it was removed. I ask Apple why, they told me people complaint about having too much ‘skin’. We, the people, requested it to have it removed? Too much skin? Now we have Zombie Strippers, but no 300??? Something is a ‘miss’ here?!

By: CHASH

CHASH — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:16:35 +0000

“I hope this isn’t a trend for Apple as an attempt to drive people to purchase A List titles to please the studios or pad their “purchase” sales numbers when it comes time to brag about how successful this new “purchase” venture is.”

An interesting conspiracy theory, or just a bit of healthy derision?

Sarcasm aside, I’m quite sure that Apple has not been deputized to decide which titles are rent, buy or rent/buy. And although I too am am not amused with the little game of musical chairs, I think the movie studios are the ones to blame, don’t you think?

I think when we watch this whole game so closely (forest for the trees, and all that…) as to analyze each and every move, it’s easy to lose a bit of objectivity.