“It’s Scary For Filmmakers” | Christopher Nolan Goes to Bat For Physical Media

With his latest bit of IMAX spectacle, Oppenheimer, hitting the streets as Blu-Ray and 4k Ultra HD discs, Christopher Nolan wants us all to know that no streaming company is going to steal them from you. As the industry continues to find its way through the age of streaming, we got to talk to Nolan about the economics of the home video market, how Best Buy is phasing out their sale of physical media, and whether or not he thinks Memento would be harder to make in the film financing landscape of today. Beyond anything else, though, he admits times are “scary for filmmakers,” when their movies can disappear from a streaming service.
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[@PacisJusticia]

A pro tip for everyone: Thrift stores are FULL of blu rays, dvds, and CDs now for 50 cents-1 dollar each. There are walls of them. If you wanna collect now is the time.

[@TwoGendersOnly]

Just left a thrift store. Picked up the Expendables on Blu-ray brand new factory sealed for $3 😅

[@rev_dude]

make sure to check if the disc is scratched though

[@bluej511]

Blu-rays don't buffer, they don't lag, they don't need internet connection. My 1080p blu-rays look better then 4k Netflix.

[@DonJuanMair]

The sound is also a ton better also.

[@afbadass23]

But price wise it's one movie netflix is 1000s blue ray is too expensive

[@lucasfreitasbrigagao2980]

True

[@beatxboxer9995]

So download it. Dont stream it. Same quality just cut out the middle man.

[@DonJuanMair]

@@beatxboxer9995 yeah that's an option. But then you need a huge media server. You're looking at between 1-2gb per movie.

[@thanos616]

Thank you Christopher Nolan for fighting for physical media.

[@Ajay-ox1eo]

Gotta thank the pirates.

[@HUNGRYFLOWER98]

It’s gonna die anyway😂😂

[@RetroExhibitCollective]

Not just that but Cinema itself.

[@trenken]

He can fight, its not gonna work though. There will come a time relatively soon when there is no such thing as physical media of any kind. Music has been there for a long time. Movies are real close. Gaming is getting there too.

[@jaschowdhari3463]

​@@RetroExhibitCollectiveNo cinema wont . The three hour format is already back with batman,oppenheimer,killers of flower moon and dune !

[@spenserdavis788]

Nothing beats having all of your favorite films, physically on a shelf, available *whenever* you want to watch them, with zero caveats.

[@shashank1630]

What if your blu ray player fails….

[@notcarolkaye]

No one can take it or censor it.

[@shashank1630]

@@notcarolkaye you just can’t watch it:

[@Bast6]

@@shashank1630 You can buy another one, or repair the defective unit.

[@TheMeccio]

Unfortunately due to DRM there are tons of caveats

[@noctus1409]

People who want physical media production to continue should remember this; the record player and records have fairly recently made a comeback, for instance- despite there being digital music now. Original inventions and media will always be preserved, because there are people like us who value it.

[@kostar500]

Spoken like a true champ

[@noctus1409]

@@kostar500 😅 Thanks

[@slayer_142]

​@@noctus1409 most Indian don't buy physical media they only download cheap quality movies 😢

[@whatsgoodcrodie]

Well said

[@aaronchamberlain4698]

Except it’s very likely to see a shakeup and a fall again. I’ve been collecting vinyl for 12 years and own 1,200+ records. I’m likely about to quit because studios are now regularly charging $40-50 for a single release. Studios and media manufacturers need to know where consumers wallets are at.

[@NathanielRises606]

It’s not just quality, an entire generation are missing out on incredible extras. Look at the LOTR extras on their ultimate dvd edition, it was art in itself.

[@evolicious]

Extras can be found on youtube, 100% of the time. Useless.

[@NathanielRises606]

@@evolicious no incentive for studios to make them anymore so production and authority is limited.

[@ColombianThunder]

​@@NathanielRises606yup. It used to be the thing that the extras were basically film school if you didn't want to go to film school. You can learn so much from them besides actually trying to make a movie yourself.

[@davidbenning10]

@@evoliciousAre you a contrarian? Lol 😂

[@santishorts]

speaking of incredible extras, the extras for The Incredibles are amazing.

[@manuelt1419]

Christopher Nolan is completely right about the fact that when you own it, it is yours and cannot be taken away. Private ownership is freedom and it preserves art that can be considered controversial in the future. Preservation is key to keeping us free!

[@fritzzorn9086]

This is actually my favourite time for physical media, specifically for movies. Companies like Severin, Criterion, Vinegar Syndrome, Deaf Crocodile, Arrow, Blue Underground, etc, are all killing it with great releases. Such a great time to be collecting.

[@TS-wh4ey]

Kino Lober

[@pablor3138]

For video games, piracy and emulation have been key in conserving old games that would otherwise be lost to time. Like it or not it’s also preserving movies when studios decide not to share them anymore.

[@SuckItDown]

DRM free games helps a lot as well. It's really sad to me that we can't buy games like NOLF or Space Siege due to IP licensing issues.

[@TheUltimateBlooper]

​@@SuckItDownyeah, NOLF series games are basically my childhood :D But ah well...if the dumb IP holders don't want to get their act together and make money - you just legally get it as abandonware and preserve it on your own hard drives.

[@pablor3138]

Exactly, where is Beatles rockband today?@@TheUltimateBlooper

[@me-myself-i787]

​@@TheUltimateBlooperCopyright doesn't disappear because the company refuses to use it. You can store their games on your discs for archival purposes, but you can't play the game until it reaches the public domain.

[@user-ub5go8gt4u]

For old games, "Abandonware" is the right word and not piracy.

[@ooooswain]

Ironically, Oppenheimer 4k blu ray is selling like hot cakes. Resellers now selling the film for $75 each. The physical media community loves Nolan. He always makes the best 4k discs.

[@tonymalagon9644]

Even Amazon doesn't have the 4k blu-ray.

[@whatchrisdoinmusic]

Before we know it, some movies will be on resale market for hundreds of dollars 😂

[@20David13]

@@whatchrisdoinmusicthey already are some are going for 200 plus

[@whatchrisdoinmusic]

@@20David13 🤣 it’s gonna be like these big brands who’s resale prices are insane. Some niches are wild

[@edwardbuck7233]

Yes! He puts the imax scenes on the blu ray, they look amazing.

[@amazingeric97]

The Oppenheimer Blu-Ray release brings back the bonus disc. The Blu-Ray, 4K Blu-Ray, & individual DVD release will include the bonus disc. Back in the early days of DVD every major movie released on DVD included a second bonus disc of special features. Hopefully the Bonus Disc can continue to return for for major movie releases on Blu-Ray.

[@wesrm1]

Will the insert booklet make a comeback? You get them with boutique labels but the major studios seem to have all dropped them.

[@penumbrum3135]

If everything else fails and physical media collapses, you can at least rely on the pirate community for digital preservation.

[@RangerNationDubs]

Main problem is, there was a time where a movie didn't need to make marvel money to be successful. Cause it could make a lot of money back and a profit on dvds. Hell a lot of movies we consider classics had new life on physical media. But with that revenue source gone. We're just not going to get the same variety, mainly because theres an ev3n bigger financial risk now. Basically killing the mid budget movie entirely.

[@evolicious]

That means compression for copying files like that to physical media. Downloading the 4k files directly through piracy is the only way forward. Physical media needs to die, and Nolan is dead wrong.

[@ronthorn3]

@@evoliciousyeah one of the most successful directors in the film industry has no idea what he’s talking about…right…

[@PacisJusticia]

@@evolicious There are def arguments for that. The issue is we still need a system for funding the arts and cinema costs money to produce.

[@LoliconSamalik]

That's assuming that even pirates will remember what was lost...

[@nndn387]

They should never stop selling physical media. The quality difference is just incomparable. Anybody who watches movies with their eyes open (specifically for its visual quality) will say the same thing.

[@TaurusKing808]

it just saves them money and gives them more control over the media which is why they push digital so much

[@nndn387]

@@TaurusKing808may be true but it affects the quality of the film as well

[@brianmelendy1194]

Better picture and sound quality, extra features, no buffering, no endless scrolling, no need for an internet connection, no censoring. Physical media is far better.

[@ldope3904]

“You will own nothing and you will be thank us for it” And the sheep happily praising being sheep and talking down on ppl not wanting to be screwed over and wanting to own the stuff they bought lol

[@blidge8282]

Movies released to home media often used to have amazing artwork on the cover, bonus features, and a real sense of connectedness and intimacy. The VHS release of Independence Day had a holographic plate as the front cover that, when it was slowly tilted, showed the animation of the NYC skyscraper explosion. It just made the experience all the more real. Digital is unbeatable for convenience, but lousy for the experience.

[@fernthaisetthawatkul5569]

i'm old enough to remember being excited to see those creative DVD covers and the images that would change if you tilted the box 😅

[@pemauck]

My vhs Independence Day had the White House explosion on the cover. Probably still have it somewhere

[@loganmedia1142]

Sometimes they did. More often they were just ordinary.

[@me-myself-i787]

Only issue is, the Steelbook version costs £10 extra most of the time. And it's not worth the money for a prettier cover, considering how small it is and the fact that the movie will just go in the pile with all the other movies anyway.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Try watching digital movies with a lousy internet connection like mine and tell me again about its "convenience" (watch a minute, wait 2 minutes, watch another minute, wait two minutes). NOTHING beats physical IMO.

[@MixologistMilo]

This is one of the best IGN videos I’ve seen in ages, nice one 👍👏

[@danrono9725]

It's from cinefix

[@90sK1dFOr3v3r]

@urbanyouths Right. These people are so dense, incompetent and lazy that they can't grasp pirating and downloading 😂

[@AR7271]

@urbanyouths what do you suggest?

[@kristof910k]

@@AR7271pirating

[@FestArc]

@urbanyouths It's not the only way, no. But it's the best way.

[@pauldamasio5485]

Physical media's more reliable than software that requires constant internet connection. You never know when it might go down for an undetermined amount of time.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Shouldn't there be something that you can just save movies on without an internet connection? Like you might need the internet to make the purchase but once you do then it's saved on your device or whatever.

[@ThatZenkiS14]

@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu it used to be like that to an extent, this simply in place to stop people from copying movies and sharing them. they dont want you to own a thing. why sell once when we can charge you a month for the rest or your life. it cable tv but on demand is all

[@evolicious]

Then just pirate it or download locally like you can with some sources (apple and D+, for example).

[@evolicious]

@@Elatenl Movies are no different, they are licensed the same.

[@sokratesowly2256]

The possibility of internet going down (forever) is much smaller than that of your physical media get broken by some incidents.

[@Strider-Ragnarok]

Physical media will always be important for preservation. It passes down from store to store, from people to people, from generation to generation. For digital unless it's pirated and shared, it won't survive. Anything solely dependent on servers is dead on arrival. It immediately kills rights to ownership, it can't be resold, it's tied to an account or device and it will be killed by corporations when they inevitably shut down servers.

[@flyingplantwhale545]

Like multiple Netflix movies that aren't even f*cking available on Netflix anymore.. effectively gone from existence. The fact that we are forced to submit our trust to companies that don't give a flying f*ckg about the generational value of art is just crazy.

[@Sarackosmo]

Technically, pirating movies preserves media...this isn't a crazy opinion btw, this is a fact. A lot of content has been lost from the dvd era that made a return online only because it was pirated. :)

[@Brisingr73]

​@@SarackosmoIf companies won't preserve art, we have to ✊

[@EivindSkau]

Unfortunately most physical media like Blu-Ray and DVD have limited life - the discs will disintegrate and are not made to last more than 10-20 years at most.

[@jackdarrow3011]

well we should just hope when pirate shutting down their site. they still have backup of the movie and will be back in the future.

[@momagz2]

One of the problems with Digital media is that even in this day and age not everyone has access to a stable internet connection

[@Ilyaisaweeb]

Exactly

[@steets367]

If there’s no physical media, it’s easier to control what’s seen by the people. It’s also easier to edit out the parts they don’t like and that don’t align with current day politics. It’s just one more step towards being completely controlled and manipulated for the benefit of others.

[@insomniacdriverfilms3747]

Facts

[@ldope3904]

Just wait until they develop AI to constantly edit and censor videos. Movies will start getting updates. If they remove certain books from libraries, they definitely censor movies more frequently as it becomes easier

[@jarblewarble]

Physical media is valuable because it isn't affected by Internet censorship.

[@MovieEggman]

Conservatives always have the wildest fantasies.

[@Reconseal4050]

The thing is you don't own anything when it comes to digital media you buy. It can be discontinued at anytime without any reasoning as we have seen on HBO.

[@ddc2957]

Don’t forget edited at the whim of someone else. Without declaration.

[@SceneOnFilm]

We need to get back to the mid budget theatrical releases. Movies seems to cost so much nowadays, it’s almost impossible to expect them to make all that money back

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

Plus, those movies are often where the variety came from. The new ideas. The new IPs. The risky projects that failed, but were still great and found their success on physical formats later. Blockbuster films and nothing else is clearly a trend that's almost destroyed the industry.

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

Physical media is great for movies you want to rewatch. LoTR, Goodfellas, or Pulp Fiction? Absolutely. The latest blockbuster goyslop from the MCU? Not so much.

[@Monafide3305]

Christopher Nolan once again cementing himself as my favorite man in the industry 👏👏

[@mrchrisliddell]

Thank you for this! Physical media is so important, not just for fans but for future filmmakers. The BTS and commentaries are a film school unto itself!

[@WT83]

I've bought digital films that have all of that stuff. This stuff is audio and video. Nothing about digital distribution prevents a studio from releasing audio and video.

[@breaker2479]

Nice to see some push back against the demise of physical media. Especially from someone with influence as Nolan.

[@boxmad9850]

Interstellar on blu-ray looks and sounds amazing never selling my blu-ray collection.

[@JustJack4268]

It makes me happy that this is being talked about but also so sad that we have to talk about.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

At the very least buy physical dvds/blu ray of your absolute favorite shows and movies, so that you have them forever. You wouldn't have to worry about them leaving the service or being weirdly censored

[@EivindSkau]

Optical discs like Blu Rays and DVDs "Physical Media" are more prone to damage than a solid state disk, and a have limited shelf life at most 10-20 years before they disintegrate.

[@djnkosi]

Nolan and Thomas are 100% correct here. I'm also enjoying many of the comments in the chat illuminating the virtues of physical media. Thank you IGN for doing this video. 👍🏽

[@miz4535]

those problems would apply to digital versions. It's also not that widespread

[@Jacobnelz44]

@urbanyouthsdoesn’t matter it’s not like all releases have that the pros definitely outweigh the cons when having physical media over digital

[@walkerwhited]

Im disheartened by all the comments dissing or giving other options to physical media. Beyond the quality of the medium itself, it’s tactile. It’s there on your shelf. It’s art even before it hits the player. People generations from now will find that physical form in a bin where something on a hard drive has a greater chance of being lost forever.

[@timothymathetes]

Exactly.

[@vlcheish]

"It’s art even before it hits the player. " Used to be that way. Laserdisc was legit art.

[@MothGirl007]

Don't be disheartened - youtube always has a lot of negative commenters, and they don't really reflect how most people think, imho.

[@sylviapage2159]

@urbanyouths and when your hard drive unexpectedly goes 't*ts up' I'm sure the bulk loss of those countless movies won't cause so much as a groan. Happy to sacrifice a little quality for the added security/stability that physical media affords

[@90sK1dFOr3v3r]

@urbanyouths Facts. Piracy is and always will be king 💯

[@EclipseStudio]

The blatant censorship of movies and series is another reason why physical media is superior. After years, companies can just decide to remove whole episodes and now suddenly you can’t watch it anymore. Shows like It’s Always Sunny and Community have had to deal with this.

[@Jared_Wignall]

Physical Media will never die. Companies like Criterion, Shout Factory, Arrow and so many more that are devoted to physical media are proof that people still care and buy DVDs, Blu-Rays and 4K Blu-Rays.

[@user-qw1kv2jb8y]

What're you TALKING about??? NO ONE here does.

[@Magneticlaw]

​@@user-qw1kv2jb8ythanks for speaking for everyone, buddy 🤪

[@loganmedia1142]

Are they going to make the players too?

[@majimasmajimemes1156]

​@loganmedia1142 if the demand is there and other companies stop making them, they absolutely could.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Niche products.

[@onil1325ms]

If people actually spent their money on them, they wouldn’t be endangered. People are such hypocrites - if you love physical media, then buy it- don’t just say you love it.

[@abdielmoreno-cruz354]

All my all time favorites are in Steelbook 4K

[@MediaLover2023]

@onil1325ms Literal facts

[@1486230]

Exactly. If blue ray were that popular then Best Buy would keep it. It’s about demand.

[@IvanOfficial96]

Nothing beats physical media it’s yours until it dies or gets lost or it’s taken

[@GameplayandTalk]

Physical is king. Nolan's take on it makes me want to support him even more than ever.

[@nacthenud]

4K UHD Blu-Ray is where it’s at.

[@BsERoss]

100% agree with Nolan on this!

[@DrewTrox]

If a studio cancels a movie for tax breaks the movie should default to the public domain.

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

Then they wouldn't get the tax break... that's the issue.

[@jasonhurdlow6607]

Legislate out the tax break (unless they release to public for free). That will make them stop that shady tactic.

[@logosandopenings]

*AHEM* Warner Bros Discovery

[@nathanielenochs1843]

If the major studios stops releasing their content on physical media, I’ll just give my money to the boutique labels

[@KOOKMON1]

When the apocalypse goes down everyone will be at my house watching my Blu-ray collection.

[@JoeDouglas]

So why is IGN not asking this very questions about games? In 10 years time we may not be able to play the games released today, at least in their full form.

[@Husky92223]

Cause most gamers don't care since they prefere to have it digital due to its price... even if nowadays they're both too expensive lol

[@JoeDouglas]

@@Husky92223 Digital has always been the same price if not more on release in my experience 🤷‍♂️

[@BrunoDeMarques]

Nolan is not only a Director genius. He’s also a marketing genius (or he’s being brilliantly advised).

[@Beaut_Beau]

It's neither. He is a passionate, "old school" film maker, who cares for the medium beyond making money, it's been his whole life. Some people actually have standards and morals and will uphold them.

[@bondgabebond4907]

@@Beaut_Beau Passionate, but ask him if there was no money, could he have made the movie? NO! Don't kid yourself, they all are in it for the movie and money. It's a business.

[@NihinduAngana]

​@@bondgabebond4907so as you say he is motivated by money like others then why his movies are so much full of life and are in league of their own compared to the rest

[@ViDeTool]

​@@bondgabebond4907I mean that's capitalism. Has nothing to do with nolan. And he also started being indie at first.

[@svensantesson2020]

​@@bondgabebond4907 The fact that he wouldnt or couldnt make Films, without Any Money, does not Proof, that he only does it for the Money. Thinking is important, dude

[@thelivingend0]

It's absolutely infuriating as an Australian that we are already being used as the early test market by Disney and others for the strangling of Bluray (which was always hobbled here anyways by pricing issues and slower transition to HD) and there's not a single thing we can do about it other than pick-up what we can and import otherwise.

[@HucksPopCultureCafe]

Oh yea. Physical media fan right here. Always have been. Always will be. I’m thankful for filmmakers like Nolan who still care about us.

[@MasterNILE]

Physical media, baby! It’s all about the special features.

[@pablo-zn1mg]

physical media is not dying, it's just changing. Like vinyl. It used to be a mass market, now a niche market. Physical movies and shows will continue to be purchased by collectors and enthusiasts.

[@Njbear7453]

Will continue to be PURCHASED, but SOLD where ? My suncoast has been gone for 2 years, and now Best Buy is slowly stopping blu Ray and 4K sales.

[@CragusMaximus]

So it has died down then 🤦🤣

[@Emilioh888]

@@Njbear7453ebay for a substantial margin

[@HansPeter-pj4uf]

@@Njbear7453 Online, alot of different Labels exist.

[@svensantesson2020]

In Cologne they even sell Vinyl still, you are Just screwed when you dont have a City nearby​@@Njbear7453

[@clk25120]

Vinyl and CDs for audio, BluRay and DVDs for movie....we want physical

[@bryan.anderson]

The problem with "companies aren't gonna come steal it". Blue ray discs can require updates and in those they can revoked a drm cert that prevents you from watching certain movies 🤷‍♂️. I prefer physical but don't get complacent just cuz you have it physically

[@univon4892]

Complacent? Whats that

[@rafaelsmith681]

never connect your BD player to the internet.

[@Talon97]

Don't connect your BRP to the internet, simple.

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Also we need extra features like how early DVDs used to have back in the early 2000s. Those made the DVDs worth owning and upped their value to the consumer. Behind the scenes, blooper reels, commentaries, deleted scenes, alternate scenes, making of documentaries, movie trivia, mini games like quizes, animated menus, the works. What happened to the graphic designers who made those?

[@scarpfish]

I'll say this much. If physical media were to return and people bought it, we'd have a broader and richer range of movies (and music, and video games) than we currently do. Studios would take more chances with one off films and potential new franchises instead of giving us Superhero Cinematic Universe vol. 47 all the time.

[@amedeobazar9423]

Home is where the heart is and my, for movies, is on blurays ❤

[@babarmoghal8199]

It happened with computer games, we don't own any physical game anymore, quality has declined, incomplete games being released and non stop DLC alerts etc. There is one plus point though it's an open field now to produce quality, filmmakers can produce their own low budget products without any studio involvements.

[@accountnotfound4209]

Always online single player games are now threat to physical game. Industry, games like Diablo4 and gran turismo have breaked the public trust in them

[@cloudvoid0]

Thank you so much for this Chris! We must protect all forms of physical media.

[@user-fd1mv8dl9q]

For us old schoolers who keep a library of cherished books, the shelf of movies is a natural extension. You get original content, free from editing to avoid offending the fragile.

[@boomieboo]

Support physical media!

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

​@urbanyouthstroll alert.

[@mttylerdurden9]

Let's not forget that HBO MAX took a bunch of TV shows and movies ( that they made) off their platform to write off on their taxes.

[@MassivePaper]

We need more like Nolan. aside from him always having diverse projects, he is one of the few to really consider the big picture long term.

[@Mysticbladegod]

Same can be said for physical games. BUY ALL PHYSICAL MEDIA.

[@antonliakhovitch8306]

Two points: 1. While he's absolutely right, there's also the option of high quality DRM-free digital downloads. 2. It's odd seeing this from Christopher Nolan, of all people. He's famous for mixing audio for only the best theaters, screwing over smaller theaters (let alone the home release)

[@jeremytheoneofdestiny8691]

Even in the imax theater, the audio in Oppenheimer was so bad. Literally painful.

[@antonliakhovitch8306]

​@@jeremytheoneofdestiny8691That's partly because Oppenheimer was made specifically for 70mm IMAX. There are only 30 70mm IMAX theaters in the world, and chances are yours wasn't one of them.

[@GauravSharma-dy8xv]

​@@jeremytheoneofdestiny8691no it was not

[@randomguy6679]

Oppenheimer was one of the few times where he got the audio mixing right, what are you talking about?

[@S0faSoGood]

Physical media all the way

[@evolicious]

No. Physical media is just more plastic waste and pollution.

[@axeman6321]

Physical media is KING and will always be. Glad to see there those in the industry standing up for it.

[@jeremytheoneofdestiny8691]

Over time it is becoming more and more clear that the 90s was the cultural peak of modern human civilization

[@rennmaxbeta]

Absolutely

[@randomguy6679]

Yeah, the Gulf War sure was great, wasn’t it?

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

​@@randomguy6679grow up, troll..

[@MrCamel2humps]

LOVE physical media!

[@alec57]

"Love being robbed $15-$40 per movie" is what you meant to say 😂

[@Bob_Smith19]

@@alec57What does the digital download cost? Because it’s not free.

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

​@@alec57how does it feel to have an IQ below 70?

[@jamieposeidonmccarthy]

My bluray is 300+ strong and growing. 🤘 My shelf is my storage space of choice. 💙

[@rafaelsmith681]

600+ here and yes....I have ripped/backed everyone of them to multiple storage meda (NAS, HDD) in various formats (MKV, ISO).

[@lordchikage9015]

Microsoft wants this for gaming. They are the worst and of course want to end it

[@user-ur3cl2pq5i]

they want to take down sony cause they can afford the crash deep down microsoft is an evil company run by shity people but they put a front for the cameras and people eat it up now your going to tell me aren't all companies shity yes most are unfortunately

[@MixologistMilo]

And Sony and Nintendo! Alan wake 2 released digitally was a turning point

[@robert1975e]

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

[@mrfroghello]

Just like with video games they wanna make physical obsolete.

[@toptrends88]

We have PDFs, Audiobooks, and EPUBs, yet we still buy physical books!

[@maxpayne69.]

If only e-ink readers became as cheap as the cheapest tablets ($40-$50]..😢

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

​@maxpayne69. It wouldn't change a thing. Books saw of the eBook successfully.

[@autofocus4556]

That’s a bad comparison. Reading a physical book is different than an electronic one where as watching a Blu-ray is the exact same as downloading the movie.

[@MARKRebels]

Where are all my 4K Steelbook collectors at?

[@Largentina.]

Right here baby! Literally just got my 4K steelbook edition of The Fifth Element in the mail today lol

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

Right here... my steelbook will arrive today. UK

[@lisgod3]

Still here. And will forever be here.

[@joepearson279]

Reporting in

[@trevorriches136]

Reporting for duty!

[@creatora123]

Nothing can and nothing will beat physical media, so all can do is support the ones that do it properly.

[@oisinomahony8255]

Physical media - always. Owning the media means you can have it on your terms.

[@karoltakisobie6638]

I'm still enjoying my movies on VHS tapes. Why not? They are everywhere and cheap. A lot of old movies never made it to DVD or digital format and can only be found on VHS.

[@Pheckphul1]

Nolan et al are forgetting an aspect of Blu-ray: BD+ protection. Discs using this protection require players with access to servers on the Internet to properly decrypt/de-obfuscate the disc content. Thus, while you may own the media, the disc publishers own the keys to playing the discs. Of course there are tools available to circumvent this, but legality varies by jurisdiction.

[@shiggzay]

There is something to be said for owning physical copies. We just rent everything now

[@dan_hitchman007]

Then support the cause and purchase 4k Blu-ray discs.

[@robertforster8984]

Bring Blockbuster back!

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

A lot of people want physical media because it's theirs. A lot of companies don't want physical media because it's not theirs.

[@Yoros009]

You can't fight the wheel of time. Physical Media will not disappear, but it will be niche just like vinyl. Some people will always want it cause the experience is different. It's just way more convenient to switch on your Smart TV and stream a movie than buying a blue-ray.

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

Unless the movie you want is not provided ANYWHERE or has been censored, removed, deleted, changed (like Star Wars) etc. Convenience as you describe, is really control and a loss of ownership.

[@haywoodjblome4768]

​​@@ApolloT-vp5dnYou can intellectualize it all you want. At the end of the day most people aren't going to spend 30$ to get a DVD of a film that lasts 3 hours at most

[@stanfordite1]

Yes you can. And the wheel of time is about to be turned all the way back to the Great Depression and WWII in Hollywood when the media monopolies get broken up, the major studios get handed back to the descendants of those great studio chiefs like the great Louis B. Mayer of MGM and the old Studio System returns. Movie stars are going to be under contract to one studio again and MGM will return to its former with "more stars than there are in the heavens" like it once had Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Stewart, Ava Gardner, Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr, and the greatest of them all: Judy Garland. The great dream factory gave the world all those great musicals including The Wizard of Oz will rise again and it will be the greatest year in movie history; 1939 all over again.

[@bookshopgirlilmariel2510]

I'm buying all the movies that are important to me on blu ray. . For all those previously mentioned reasons

[@bondgabebond4907]

With Best Buy and Walmart ditching physical media, it's hello Amazon and other excellent CD/DVD/Blu-ray outlets. We are going to do a lot more business. This is so short sided on stores like BB. They sell high end OLED televisions yet are cutting out Ultra HD movie discs. This is like ordering ice cream without the cone. This makes no sense.

[@KenNakajima07]

Physical media is key... Digital media is easily taintable, censorable, and changeable, just see the changes they do to the classics, removing scenes, songs, etcetera...

[@darthtubius9184]

Disney’s Aladdin comes to mind, as well as the Simpsons.

[@RH1812]

Finding recent movie releases on blu ray, and when you do, getting them at sensible prices, is getting virtually impossible. For example, in the UK Amazon only has the US import version of The Menu. Tar on blu is £25 not a more normal £15

[@rohandante]

Then purchase it. It sounds very cheap.

[@evolicious]

Learn how to pirate. It's not difficult.

[@rohandante]

@@evolicious True.

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

​@@evoliciousWho does that benefit?

[@joepearson279]

CEX

[@captainfalcon1160]

Unfortunately people are too lazy to put a disc in a drive. Physical dvd and games are important. We already lost music .

[@SplinterInYourEye]

It's nice to see a big name advocate for physical media.

[@samuraigundam0079]

There will always be a place for physical media. After all, there’s only so much you can have on a phone or hard drive.

[@drasticmart]

Thanks Nolan, keep physical media alive

[@NateFord]

Physical Phorever!!! ✊

[@majicogarcia8417]

😆✊

[@iknowwhatyoudidlastsummer4k]

We need more celebrities and directors to speak up

[@N.E.U.R.O]

In a way this is a huge argument for piracy or at the very least being able to download a raw file of something and keep it somewhere safe in its highest quality format, there's old movies that never got re-releases that we the people could restore with AI upscaling and other methods

[@johnhardly5499]

Just like video games physical media is better

[@Palaemon44]

Never forget, there is no such physical thing thing as “the cloud”, it’s someone else’s computer, perhaps on the other side of the world. The bit rate on a UHD or Blu-ray disc is usually a multiple of a streamed video.

[@puglife6291]

1080p bluray at it's best is not as high quality as UHD bluray. However in many cases 1080p bluray is a better overall release. The quality of most 1080p blurays max out the format's potential coming from 4k source masters, higher bit rates and include special features as well as more seamlessly integrating cgi which is finished at 2k and not needing a corresponding HDR tv to unlock the technologies full capabilities. One last things, 1080p blurays are so cheap now especially during sales and their catalogue quite vast. It is the most important format we have and was well ahead of it's time as it still holds it's own incredibly well on a 65 inch 4k television even. UHD bluray is the fine wine of physical media, bluray is main course and dvd... Well dvd is the glass coaster.

[@forzastrikerz]

Blu-ray Forever hails the Quality.😘

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

That your Christopher Nolan for speaking out for physical media.

[@BraveBladeProductions]

Awesome to see a major news outlet championing Physical Media. Great stuff IGN.

[@mintybudgie]

i'm glad cd's exist

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

*CDs. Capitalization and punctuation are hard.

[@godzilla0083]

Physical media looks great on our shelves. Feel like watching a movie just grab it off the shelf!

[@moodyman2627]

Not just movie,in gaming too.

[@Husky92223]

fitgirl will become a savior if this happens lol

[@beatjunkybg]

Nolan: Owning a movie is soo important... now give us 3-months subscription for a single blu-ray please 🤑

[@LizardonXY]

Just make the physical version made to order. Give the consumer options.