Variety reports that Valve Corp. is to distribute "more than 100 films" owned by Lionsgate on Valve's Steam platform. Among the Lionsgate productions in the catalogue (which includes the Divergent series, The Hunger Games, Saw, and Twilight) some appear to be offered internationally:
- Leprechaun
- Leprechaun 2
- Leprechaun 3
- Leprechaun 4: Lost in Space
- Leprechaun 4 Film Collection
- Natural Born Pranksters
- Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
- Return of the Living Dead 3
- Russkies
- Two Family House
- Deck the Halls
- 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown
further information:
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(Score: 2) by AndyTheAbsurd on Monday May 02 2016, @05:53PM
What format are these videos being delivered in? Are they actually stored on the Steam servers and "streamed" to my device(s), or do I get to download an MP4 file?
(No, I didn't RTFA. I'll go do that now, to find out if it answered my question.)
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(Score: 4, Funny) by theluggage on Monday May 02 2016, @09:34PM
What format are these videos being delivered in?
Delivered? They're asking people to pay actual money to stream "Crap movie 4: so bad its not even ironic"... "I torrented it for free - but I still feel cheated". No point delivering anything, it's not like the real owner of the credit card will care.
If you're that drunk there will always be some entertainment of comparable calibre on one of the free channels... Actually, I think I've even seen a few minutes of Leprechaun 4 on some channel (I must have left the remote on the other side of the room) but I sure as hell didn't pay for it.
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Monday May 02 2016, @06:00PM
This is quite the catalog. Too new for MST3K!
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(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday May 02 2016, @07:23PM
But not too new for Rifftrax.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Bethany.Saint on Monday May 02 2016, @06:40PM
Yet another movie streaming service that's charging way too much. I can buy these movies for from a few pennies to a couple dollars. I get rent from Redbox for a buck and a half. Why do streaming services insist on charging such a ridiculous amount for these movies. Netflix has it right: $10 a month for all you can watch. Otherwise, charge me 99 cents to stream older movies and $1.50 for the newer ones.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Celestial on Monday May 02 2016, @07:35PM
For "all you can watch" on Netflix, I've found for the past year or so that there is quite literally nothing to watch on Netflix. Netflix has lost the rights to many movies and television shows over the past couple of years, and tries to make up for it with its own original programming. However, I haven't found one of its original programs worth watching, nonetheless subscribing for.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 02 2016, @07:51PM
> However, I haven't found one of its original programs worth watching, nonetheless subscribing for.
There will always be some people who can not be satisfied, there is no insight to be gained from that fact.
At least be wise enough to recognize that 75 million people disagree with you. [theverge.com]
(Score: 1) by Bethany.Saint on Monday May 02 2016, @10:16PM
You're right about Netflix, with their content count dropping eventually I'll run out of shows too. But the model is (was) the correct one. One service where I can get all the content. Don't make me subscribe to multiple services because I won't. Don't care who owns the content, divvying up the money is an issue for "them" to figure out.
For all the hatred I have to the recording industry, it seems they've finally got that figured out and are heading towards all content on all services and letting service specialties and features pull us users. Guess we just have to wait another ten years for the MPAA et al. to reach the same conclusion.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:56AM
By the time they make it so difficult to purchase it, most of us will learn how to bypass their little frustrations.
Consider trying to sell fountain drinks, but there's a helluva lotta dog-poop in front of the cash register. People will be sneaking in empty cups to bypass having to stand in front of the register - not to "save" a buck, but to avoid wasting several minutes from having to clean their shoes.
Making something difficult to purchase only drives people to seek alternatives.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @05:02PM
Have you heard of Tidal?
(Score: 3, Informative) by WizardFusion on Monday May 02 2016, @06:46PM
So from "more than 100 films", the entire world outside of the US only get 11.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jasassin on Monday May 02 2016, @06:52PM
I live in the US and I feel the same way about BBC (Doctor Who fan). Sometimes its hard to even find a torrent! :(
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by ilPapa on Monday May 02 2016, @06:55PM
Hey Valve, how about making Half-Life 3 and just leaving the video distribution to the professionals?
I really don't need your stupid movies.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday May 02 2016, @07:10PM
I hear Half Life 3 will be a streamable interactive movie on Steam.
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(Score: 2) by acid andy on Monday May 02 2016, @09:06PM
Never mind HL3. What about HL2 Episode Three already?!
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Monday May 02 2016, @09:23PM
Officially canceled in favor of HL3(eventually), just an FYI, since you didn't know.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Monday May 02 2016, @09:33PM
Argh! Thanks. I never found anything official so I assumed they left it as vaporware. I'd rather they made both of them.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Tuesday May 03 2016, @06:58AM
Would you mind sharing a truly official link about the cancellation please? I've still found almost nothing. According to wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28series%29 [wikipedia.org]. This article [denofgeek.com] seems to have the most information about what's been said by Valve over the years.
There's a Mirror article around the start of this year claiming what you said but elsewhere that's dismissed as rumor and a lot of people would take anything written there with a pinch of salt.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday May 03 2016, @11:11AM
HL3 is not going to make them any money anymore. They have settled on CS:GO as their perpetual money making machine, got everyone on PC hooked on Steam, and now focusing on SteamOS and VR. They are not a content delivery company.
(Score: 2, Informative) by stackOVFL on Monday May 02 2016, @07:13PM
Several of the videos in their catalog are on NetFlix. Heck Ender's Game was just on SyFy (yeah I hate the spelling too). I sure hope those prices are to Buy the video not rent the video. If it's for rent they are smoking too much weed. In any case it's streaming only. I don't see any mention of any other delivery method but streaming. So, nope no thanks.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday May 02 2016, @07:39PM
I just followed the "in the catalogue" link above and clicked around, and found that at least in Germany you can at least "buy" Leprechaun 3, for € 5.99, but it's still online streaming only (I interpret that as that you pay for the ability to stream as often as you want).
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 02 2016, @07:59PM
> (I interpret that as that you pay for the ability to stream as often as you want).
Until Valve loses the right to stream it, and then you've got bupkiss. Yay for DRM!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 02 2016, @09:00PM
You could not pay me $1000 to watch a movie called "Leprechaun 3".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 02 2016, @10:06PM
It has got a 4.9 on IMDB which, given all the hating on low-brow humor and sequalitis is pretty good.
As far as I'm concerned its got to be 100x better than all those dull parody and slapstick comedies like "Scary Movie" and "Naked Gun."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @12:33AM
I figured it was a Will Ferrell vehicle.
(Score: 5, Funny) by snufu on Monday May 02 2016, @07:29PM
World to Valve: "Half Life 3"
Valve to World: "Leprechaun 3 The Movie"