Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
#26
Re: Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
I'm not surprised, the movie just wasn't that good and it wasn't stupid fun like Extraction, Red Notice or The Adam Project either. It was just as forgettable as Project Power. In both cases Netflix missed the chance to expand on an interesting world. The first movie was a success because it was "for free" and starring Will Smith and 5 years later no one is giving it a second thought.
#28
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
Millions of people saw it for "free" and decided it wasn't any good. Not sure selling a handful of discs would've made a difference. Unless you think this movie has specific appeal to the non-Netflix subscribing, physical media buying demographic.
#30
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
They tried their hand at selling physical media a few years back to pretty poor results. And their DVD by mail service is down to about 2 million subscribers.
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majorjoe23 (04-24-22)
#31
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
And I think you're overstating "lots of us". Again, unless you think this movie has oddly specific appeal to the non-streaming demographic, releasing this on disc wouldn't affect its reception or chances at a sequel one iota.
#33
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
^ Not to the extreme that it would have made a difference. Will Smith is toxic right now and Netflix is losing revenue/subscribers, etc., so stuff that isn't in the current pipeline/production is getting axed. It's a two-part component.
#34
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
Not to the point to justify the costs for Netflix of pressing and distributing it. It's also part of their advertising scheme for the service.
They learned their lesson with those Stranger Things seasons that were fire saled off.
They learned their lesson with those Stranger Things seasons that were fire saled off.
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majorjoe23 (04-24-22)
#35
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Bright 2 (D: Ayer) S: Smith, Edgerton — Netflix
I get it. I prefer physical media too. But if you don't think that the number of people who saw this movie on Netflix dwarfs the number of people who would theoretically see it on disc, then I don't know what to tell you.