Things that are bad for no reason

[okosut]

Things are not always the way I want them. I try to accept that not everyone is perfect, that people try their best to do things well, and if they fail it's not because they wanted to. Maybe they had good reasons for doing what they did. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt enough to look for their reasoning, even if I disagree with it

Comments

[redcat9]

On Comic-Con videos: those videos are very often DVD extras later. So it might be that the studios want to encourage DVD purchase by not having those available elsewhere.

[okosut]

It's possible, but if that's their reasoning, than they're cutting off their nose to spite their face, I think. It seems like it's more in their interest to get people to see the panel before the movie comes out, so they'll be encouraged to see it at the movie theater, rather than wait until DVD.

On the other hand, one of the themes in the relationship between music and movie companies and online communities is that they consistently act in a self-descructive manner by frustrating their own fans and thereby cause them to not be fans. Maybe this is more like that. If they have a belief system in which everything they produce must be payed for, then giving away Comic-Con videos for free would be wrong. So maybe this belongs in the first category, because I can dimly understand that reasoning. It's just stupid.

[lauradi7]

Every year I feel wistful that I'm not at Comic-con, even though I expect I'd feel pretty out of place there. I could wear my cunning hat, I suppose. People now expect to look at Youtube for instant info, but you're right that the quality could be better. The IMDb had daily updates - that would be a sensible place to put the high quality videos you're wishing for, and so might http://www.cinematical.com/2010/07/26/comic-con-in-60-seconds-sunday-7-25/... )

also there were

[lauradi7]

The Bad Astronomy folks
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/24/comic-con-1-abusing-the-sci-of-scifi-panel/

[thegreatgonz]

My guess is that the lack of panel videos doesn't come from the studio, it comes from the con- the more Comic-Con material is available online for free, the less reason I have to actually go and pay to attend in person. It may also be a promotional strategy on the studio's part- they want people talking about their movies (in order to create buzz), without having anything of substance to say (which could be critical or otherwise buzz-killing). The panel gets people talking, and the lack of video keeps them speculating. Just a guess.

What else is bad for no reason?

The lack of decent DVDs of the original theatrical versions of the Star Wars trilogy.