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montanabohemian · 2 years

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it's really wild realizing that the cancellation of final space and subsequent erasure of it from hbomax was THEE harbinger of things to come and no one listened.

this happened months ago.

it wasn't just a silly blip on the radar of shows getting canceled. final space was only canceled due to the merger with warner. and then hbomax thanos snapped the entire series from its platform. without warning. not even olan knew. the third season is lost entirely. (the first two seasons made it to blu ray thank fuck.) olan rogers, creator and writer and star of the show, has absolutely no recourse to retrieve it.

just like every other show that is now being lost to whatever the fuck is happening.

#final space #olan rogers #hbo max #warner media #SUPPORT PHYSICAL MEDIA

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bewitchingbaker · 4 months

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[Back! Bought a bunch of good stuff for such a good price. But I'm abut to get to writing]

#ooc #// bought like a fresh blu ray copy of Alien #The Batman #for like 16 dollars!#my partner bought hella old box sets #support physical media

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mygreatadventurehasbegun · 4 months

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LONG LIVE PHYSICAL MEDIA!!!!

#support physical media #support movie theaters #support filmmakers #Youtube

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movies-tv-more · 7 months

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BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE ON THE BITS: BEST BUY IS EXITING THE PHYSICAL MEDIA BUSINESS FOR GOOD IN 2024

Yesterday, The Digital Bits was the first to break the news that Best Buy would be fazing out physical media as soon as Q1 in 2024. This comes as a fairly odd decision considering the large amount of Best Buy Exclusive releases issued this year and even last year. There are also several BBE releases coming soon like The Twilight Saga, Schindler's List, Point Break, The Meg 2, and Equalizer 3. As someone that has shopped at Best Buy for many years, the physical media sections that once took up nearly half the store has been dwindled down to a single shelf unit or display kiosk that are commonly half empty. It is also typical for new titles to not always be put out on the sales floor for the scheduled release date. While this is not the end of physical media, this is simply a sign that physical media is not going to be around forever. Especially with the streaming wars still roaring and locking everything behind a pay wall. TDB recommends everyone buy the titles they want before it's too late as studios will likely not always re-issue titles. Also, always try to support physical media.

#best buy #physical media #home video #dvd #bluray #4k #4k ultra hd #support physical media #the digital bits

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specialagentartemis · 1 year

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Genuinely: For people who are angry and frustrated at the limited number of movies and shows available for streaming, at the way streaming services pull or cancel movies and shows at will, at the way every media corporation under the sun is pulling their stuff onto their own streaming service and balkanizing access to things behind a dozen different monthly subscriptions? For people who miss Blockbuster and want to be able to just rent a DVD again?

See if your local library has a DVD collection.

If I want to watch The Mummy (1999) with Brendan Fraser? I can't stream it on Netflix, but I can borrow it from my local library.

If I want to watch The Mummy (1932) with Boris Karloff? I can't stream that pretty much anywhere, but I can borrow it from my local library.

I want to watch Star Wars or Iron Man or my favorite Disney movie but I refuse to sell my soul to pay for Disney+? I can borrow these from my local library.

Do I want to finish watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 or check out Star Trek: Picard but resent that it's all on yet another streaming service I don't want? I can borrow season box sets of DVDs from my local library!

Obviously, available circulating collections vary a lot between library systems. (My hometown's library has all of Star Trek DS9 on DVD, for example, but my college town's library only has TOS, Picard, and Discovery.) And of course it depends on whether things are released in physical media form at all, and you won't be able to keep up with new episodes of new series - it takes a while for many things to come out on DVD.

But there can be a lot of good stuff there too. For example, I missed Nope in theaters, but I still really want to see it. So I have it on hold from my local library. I'm 73rd in line on 50 copies, so it'll be a while.

So check to see what DVD collections your library does have - it might surprise you what you can get access to, for free, in a manner that no greedy corporation can yank away.

And by checking out DVDs, you are telling the library that you use and want them to maintain and grow their AV media collection. Which is an encouragement we could really use these days.

#I'm actually sorta shocked that Picard and Disco and even Lower Decks are being released on DVD #this might actually get me to finally watch Lower Decks #... if I can get access to a DVD player #Which is like. the other problem #I don't have one in my grad school apartment #libraries #physical media #streaming #support your local library

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constantly023 · 10 months

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i love physical media. i love dvds and cds. i love the cover art on the boxes and the way they look organised on a shelf.

i love owning a piece of media that will have to be pried from my cold dead hands to take it from me, instead of being wiped off the face of the earth with the click of a button the moment it stops being profitable.

i love the little manuals that came with video games. i love the design and effort and care put into the little details. i love it all, and we should appreciate it more as a society.

#text post #support the wga #physical media #dvd collection #cd collection #video games #retro gaming #text #wga strike #023original

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khadgarfield · 15 days

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Object I purchased today from a 2nd hand book shop!! 😘✌️🎉

#i went in there bc i am trying to hunt down a series of paperbacks from the 80s-90s #and instead this is sitting there on the display shelf like a gift from the universe #i LOVE this book i can't even #long live physical media and support your local small bookstores ok!!!

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adustoflove · 2 months

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Sometimes I suspect autism and then I immediately push it down into the gutter and forget that I could ever have it. Like why was I so shy my kindergarten teacher who was 70 at the time and had been doing it for about 40-50 years suspected something was wrong with how shy I was and only when my sibling came during parent teacher conferences did she think this kid is a Little Normal because at least I played with them 😭 why do I walk on my toes and pace around listening to the same song on repeat for 4 hours. Why do I SUCK at making conversation irl and freeze up and feel stuck like I can't do anything when people are watching me. What is wrong with my brain other than the fact that I'm mentally a little unwell

#personal #could it all be adhd? because I do suspect that after ........21 years of being undiagnosed and reaping no support whatsoever for it #like idk how I did well in school half the time I was too bored to actually fucking listen or it was physically painful #to have to sit in a chair for an hour and 20 minutes and listen to fuckijgb TALKING #or oh thats why I reread the same page 7 times before I can just barley understand the first sentence #maybe thats why I kept forgetting all my belongings in every room to the point teachers just knew #when there was a random item in their room it was mine from last period #thats why I just completely forget what I'm gonna say AS I'M FUCKING SAYING THE GOD DAMN SENTENCE #that's why I obsess over pieces of media to the point I feel empty bored and suicidal without something to worship for 3 years #till I'm bored again.

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tariah23 · 3 months

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“Piracy is still good too” Anyway, we are not paying for anime in 2024, fellas 🗣️.

#go back to your roots!!!#piracy #idk what to tell early 20 and below year olds tho um just learn how to pirate perhaps #who cares about competitors #remember how CR started off as a piracy site… now look what it’s become #this HD platform could just as easily turn into the same thing years down the line #you do not have to pay for anime bro #it takes like a second google search to find a decent piracy website that probably has every anime that you could possibly think of in the #world on the platform please save your funds #I’ve never paid to watch anime online anyway but man these services are beating you guys #rambling #please learn how to pirate #and burn cds etc #all of that #not even being mean to the person who left this comment #it’s just that you should not feel bad for pirating anything #buying physical media is a much more better option than spending money on another streaming service #if you want to support your favorite shows in any way do that instead

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glitterghost · 10 months

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Not me (finally) buying a physical copy of 2005's Pride & Prejudice because I don't trust streaming companies to not take away whatever digital version I might purchase.

(Okay, yeah, it's totally me!)

#jane austen #pride & prejudice 2005 #pride and prejudice #keira knightley #matthew mcfayden #listen its uneasy for me to think of things going digital only #like i understand it but i do not trust it at all #having a physical copy of a book or movie or music you love is really something we should all make sure we have #👀👀 you just never know #not to mention it makes me sad to see judt.how inexpensive dvds are anymore #like oh heres a 5 dollar and less dvd bin full of anything you can imagine #also i fully support still checking either form of media out from your local library #if you can of course #anyway this is a bunch of rambling all to say that im happy to at least own a copy and if a special edition comes out in 2025 #well you already know im going to be all for that too

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edsmoony · 1 month

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i love preserving physical media i love burning custom cds for my friends i love making cds of my favourite movies and shows i love going to the library and second-hand bookshops i love renting books and dvds i love binding my favourite ebooks and fics

i love physical media and you should too

#rant #not art #physical media #cds #dvds #book binding #books and libraries #support libraries #preserve media

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the-fab-fox · 1 year

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Okay so ARTIST group (fandom?) Of Tumblr. I've got a question for you.

I was at Sakura-con in Seattle this last weekend (the one that just happened) and as anyone who goes to conventions as just a con goer knows, Artist Alleys and Exhibitor Halls are the huge things besides the autographs and panels.

Anyway to my question. If you go to cons as an artist, how do you like to interact with the guests?

I try to comment on the art I see in each and every booth I come to. Obviously I can't buy from every single one. Believe me. I want to. I really do. But my funds are extremely limited (and still very limited on a good year).

So I do what I can.

I'm not an artist though in the physical sense. I'm a writer and a gamer. My writing is my art. But that doesn't always translate to physical art. But I can easily look at art and think... Oh I really really love the way this artist plays with shadows here. Or I love the way this one does eyes. Or ... So on

So I have gotten to the point where I will tell the artists. Many of them seemed very happy with me just talking about their art with them and what I love about it.

Can this be enough for some artists at conventions? Should I keep doing this or do you all not like it when someone does this?

I just want to be able to give more than just a quick once over and move on, you know? Let them know that their art and their time is appreciated even if I can't buy something.

Oh and I always take business cards too if I really really liked something because more often than not, they sell their art outside of conventions too. So that's another way I can maybe later get something from them when I actually CAN afford it.

So artists of Tumblr, is what I'm doing at cons something you guys would appreciate or would you rather I do what most everyone else does and just scan and go?

This is entirely a real inquiry. I want to make sure I'm respectful but still be able to let you all know, hey I see your art. I'm loving it. Please keep making the art.

(do reblog this if you like so I can get a good response from all fandom artists, not just the fandoms I'm intimate with)

#artists on tumblr #artists on etsy #artistsupport #support small artists #digital media #digital art #physical art #fanart #fe3h fanart #bnha fanart #mha fanart #bsd fanart #rwby fanart

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adornesibley · 6 months

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A good work colleague of mine has put up a Kickstarter for a sick looking puzzle adventure game with a thick physical manual for the spaceship you’re aboard and an app where you apply the things you’re learning there to fix problems on the ship.

I immediately backed it on the digital tier (as downunder shipping costs are brutal) but I highly recommend a physical copy of you’re in Canada or State-side.

Make sure to go wish them luck and consider backing them! They’ve got a ways to go, but this project has a hell of a lot of potential~

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jakeranda · 1 year

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what do you MEAN im supposed to be outlining my english paper???? im too busy writing character studies that will never see the light of day!!!

#bungo stray dogs #i have been staring at an essay about frankenstein for the past 45 minutes #all i can think about it dazai osamu and how maybe they are parallels #i am not supposed to be writing about the parallels between mary shelley and asagiri's writings #that is not the prompt #............see shelley wrote frankenstein as a response to the culture of the time #the isolation of the self from society #at least in part she wanted her readers to understand that without support a person will wither and die #both metaphorically and physically #points at chuuya and dazai #the #they #waves hands around incoherently #i wrote the actual post in the tags #whatever #dazai osamu #chuuya nakahara #you can pry bsd as a response to the popularity of nihilism in media today from my cold dead hands #soukoku

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grosskelly · 1 year

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FINAL GUY.

#ink #monstober #traditional art #happy halloween!!#if you've enjoyed my work #considering supporting it?#a couple bux on kofi #or a buck a month on patreon #i've been considering doing more with physical media all year #but it's a pricey pivot lol #links in replies!!

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woahkana · 2 years

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harry and meghan really can’t catch a break the media in the uk have basically ran them out with their constant scrutiny they have had since they got married and now they’ve left the uk all eyes are still on them now that they have returned for the the queens funeral all because at the vigil that was held earlier in the week they were holding hands the media are obsessed with them just because they are the only royal couple to show affection towards eachother I just don’t understand why the media won’t leave them alone and let harry seek comfort from his wife by holding her hand.

#harry x meghan #prince harry and meghan markle #i don’t get why the media hate them so much when they don’t even know them personally #they are husband and wife and they have always been affectionate with eachother #harry and meghan #i love them so much their love that they have for eachother is so pure #also the media is so caught up with harry’s status that they refuse to see anything else he’s a grandson a son a husband and a father!!#so if harry needs support from his wife why are the media denying him of that that physical emotional touch with his wife

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