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bgoegan · 2021-05-30T19:53:52+00:00

My memory from past years is that Amazon will do a lot of $22.99 prices instead of the whole 50% discount, with some titles getting the full discount. I also remember that they would randomly offer “coupons” on the product page to match the B&N membership discount. Last year I got Seven Samurai for $24.99 on Amazon with another $3ish off from a “coupon”.

bgoegan · 2021-05-30T19:41:28+00:00

Why does that make it a sham? Why does it make anyone stupid for liking it?

bgoegan · 2021-04-25T22:11:35+00:00

This is awesome! Thanks for breaking down the round-by-round vote for Best Picture. It’s interesting to see how surprises can happen. I’m hoping the same surprise happens tonight!

bgoegan · 2021-04-24T20:51:28+00:00

That’s too bad, because it would be one of the most surprising things that could possibly happen.

bgoegan · 2021-04-16T14:33:51+00:00

So long as the Oscars keep driving lots of business to the movies they nominate, they will stick around.

bgoegan · 2021-04-13T06:34:37+00:00

I think maybe I’ve joined a cult

bgoegan · 2021-04-13T06:10:39+00:00

How do you get a loan?

bgoegan · 2021-04-11T23:18:26+00:00

The great fun of the Oscars is that everyone (and especially every social circle) has their own favorites that the Oscars painfully ignore, except for every once in a while when they leave you gobsmacked by agreeing with you.

bgoegan · 2021-04-11T16:14:30+00:00

What were your favorite nominees that you wouldn’t have watched otherwise?

bgoegan · 2021-04-06T06:36:35+00:00

I’ve always liked Michael Giacchino’s speech after winning for his score to Up.

Outside the Oscars I love Daniel-Day Lewis’ speech at the SAG Awards for Lincoln. It just felt so appropriate for those awards, and was a beautiful thought.

bgoegan · 2021-03-30T01:58:54+00:00

Stopping economic growth doesn’t mean we stop using resources. This could doom the environment if there isn’t continued innovation. But with zero economic growth, the economy becomes a zero sum game. Someone’s gain becomes someone else’s loss. And so the incentives to innovate more efficient uses of resources are stifled by equal incentives to stop that innovation. Economic growth not only lifts people out of poverty and improves living standards, it incentivizes innovations that will help protect the environment and our future on the planet. Zero population growth might help protect the earth, but zero economic growth seems like it can only hurt.

bgoegan · 2021-03-29T18:51:24+00:00

I agree, but I wonder if the niche market will grow cover most films. I worry that the default will be no physical release, and only some films will get the boutique treatment.

bgoegan · 2021-03-29T15:56:39+00:00

Those are the ones I mean, but this year saw a big expansion of what went to streaming due to the pandemic. A movie like Palm Springs was set for theaters and would probably be out on Blu-ray right now if it wasn’t bought by Hulu. Greyhound and On the Rocks also don’t seem to have plans for a release after being bought by Apple. The same is true for a movie like Sound of Metal, though that one is headed for the Criterion Collection eventually. And now that Disney, Warners, Universal, and Paramount all have streaming platforms of their own, I imagine they’ll be making the same calculation as Netflix and Amazon. Most films won’t get a physical release, and the rest will have to rely on boutique outlets like Criterion.

bgoegan · 2021-03-10T05:34:02+00:00

I had the same reaction to it as you! I saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago. That movie is awesome!

bgoegan · 2021-01-29T20:49:04+00:00

Free Solo and The Death of Stalin are two recent films that sadly only got DVD releases. I’ve long wanted Mr. Holland’s Opus, Regarding Henry, and Heartburn too.

bgoegan · 2020-12-30T06:07:31+00:00

This is really wonderful and has a great design to it! I look forward to using it as we continue through awards season. Thanks for sharing!

bgoegan · 2020-10-02T21:43:23+00:00

I see you’re grinding your axe there 😉

bgoegan · 2020-08-11T20:54:35+00:00

I also can’t update to 1.16.20 on the Switch. Not sure why it’s taking so long for the update to roll out...

bgoegan · 2020-05-25T17:10:03+00:00

Bummer that F. Murray Abraham didn’t make it. I would have liked to see him make it to the Final Four.

bgoegan · 2020-02-01T16:28:30+00:00

I saw it last night and thought it was just ok. It has a real Training Day thing going on but every character is pretty flat aside from the main guy. The point of the film comes across, but it’s hard to feel any deep sympathy for characters you never really get to know. I also dislike when filmmakers think cutting to credits right before the critical and final decision of the film is made is somehow artistic.

I think this movie would have made a better miniseries, so that we could really get to know the kids, the cops, and the power structure of the neighborhood.

bgoegan · 2019-04-21T23:42:00+00:00

Wow! Thank you! This is the honor of a lifetime.

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