tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post7266808744481091071..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: outfoxedjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-88107778739018240522012-01-07T13:37:01.549-05:002012-01-07T13:37:01.549-05:00Richard- Disheartening, yes. And someone at Fox ...Richard- Disheartening, yes. And someone at Fox was presumably well-paid to come up with this bad idea.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-2365950907750993682012-01-07T11:37:52.504-05:002012-01-07T11:37:52.504-05:00After watching a couple of titles on the new FXM, ...After watching a couple of titles on the new FXM, I figured out what they're doing:<br />They're using their broadcast prints with the original fade out/in of the old commercial breaks, just using less of them. (I guess that's their idea of giving us less commercials.) Jeez, they can't even use fresh versions of these films? Really? They're letterbox, but they're censored & edited versions...<br />This completely seems like a 'bean-counter' move; just a low-cost way of re-presenting their library...amazing & disheartening...Richard Shelternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-7854748284223553142012-01-05T16:33:07.483-05:002012-01-05T16:33:07.483-05:00Yeah, I know what you mean. I was dumbfounded that...Yeah, I know what you mean. I was dumbfounded that Fox let their recent 75th anniversary go by with so little fanfare. Re-packaging classic DVD titles and hardly any new titles on the Fox Movie Channel is no way to celebrate. <br /><br />I was hoping they would celebrate in high fashion with new titles licensed to DVD and its network. Wrong again. <br /><br />Let's see how Paramount and Universal celebrate their centennial. I'm not holding my breath.Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-86164198123881944192012-01-05T15:09:31.606-05:002012-01-05T15:09:31.606-05:00Kevin! I think you're giving Fox too much cre...Kevin! I think you're giving Fox too much credit. My hunch is that both its home entertainment and movie channel arms are being overseen by very young people who have no sense of film history and think that movies actually started with the "Star War" series.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-63759728943559901432012-01-05T14:41:56.581-05:002012-01-05T14:41:56.581-05:00It seems like Fox is licensing a lot more of their...It seems like Fox is licensing a lot more of their classic titles to TCM of late. I wonder if that was in conjunction with the new Fox Movie Channel?Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-56475508247524197802012-01-05T10:31:03.915-05:002012-01-05T10:31:03.915-05:00To say noting of Netflix, Netflix Instant, local l...To say noting of Netflix, Netflix Instant, local libraries that loan DVDs, etc. They'll snag more channel surfers, I suppose (that's how they got me for LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD -- it was nearing bedtime and we just wanted some popcorn fare for distraction, and we'd see it in the theater so we didn't care that it had already started). But I can't imagine anyone setting their DVR for it, or planning an evening around it.jbryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-66023942169174730282012-01-04T16:21:31.265-05:002012-01-04T16:21:31.265-05:00Jay- It's ridiculous. Given that films can be...Jay- It's ridiculous. Given that films can be seen intact almost anywhere on the tube these days - Turner, HBO, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Cinemax, Encore, I could go on - why would Fox do something so patently supid?joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-33606744604662223932012-01-03T14:56:50.750-05:002012-01-03T14:56:50.750-05:00A big boo to this change. Watched LIVE FREE OR DI...A big boo to this change. Watched LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD on FXM the other night, and those commercial breaks didn't seem all that 'limited' to me. Plus, they dropped out curse words and there were a few suspicious transitions, such as quick fades that I'm pretty sure weren't there when I saw it in the theater.<br /><br />I know it must be tough in the ever-changing world of cable to pull eyeballs away from all the competing channels, to say nothing of the internet, but it seems to me that a move like this only alienates the established brand's core audience.jbryantnoreply@blogger.com