Disney/Searchlight Still Hasn’t Released ‘Barbarian’ on Physical Media, and Maybe Never Will
Disney/Searchlight Still Hasn’t Released ‘Barbarian’ on Physical Media, and Maybe Never Will
Disney/Searchlight Still Hasn’t Released ‘Barbarian’ on Physical Media, and Maybe Never Will — World of Reel
This is very concerning given that horror movie fans are major advocates for physical media. They are collectors. They go out of their way to own their most treasured movies. That’s why there’s a slew of horror underground labels that exist.
Disney has been steadily pushing physical media out of the way for a few years now, but this is certainly the biggest step they've made so far. It’s quite clear that Disney is pushing for a) audiences to go digital and/or b) subscription boosts to Disney Plus.
Its been nine months since the theatrical release of “Barbarian” and still not a word about a blu-ray disc release. Hey, don’t get me wrong, I’m in no rush to get my physical copy of “Barbarian,” but have we finally reached the point where we need to accept the fact that we might not be getting all the movies we want on physical media?
Sounds like a good reason to have homebrew physical copies.
Yeah, at some point I will make physical versions of the 4k Star Wars OT original version restorations and that'll get my thinking about what else I'd want.
That said, a Chinese seller has them for £11.65 (possibly from a Thai knock-off if the cover is right) and there are quite a few people on their selling Blu-rays of things currently only available on streaming services, it's just a bit of a punt quality-wise.
I was thinking have quality cover jackets and actual copies of movies. Either have them available for home printing or for online order. Make it as close as possible to what a physical release could be.
If the studios don't want to do it I hope someone will take advantage of the opportunity.
You can get that kind of thing for old video games. Why not movies too?
I'm curious as to how you would achieve that. Would you re-encode the video file to a 4K layout and burn that to a 100gb blank Blu-ray disc? All allegedly and hypothetically of course.