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Posted by Phisherman on 05/20/07 22:48
On Sun, 20 May 2007 01:59:50 -0700, The Great Attractor
<SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGalaxy.org> wrote:
>On Sat, 19 May 2007 18:51:31 -0400, Derek Janssen
><ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Phisherman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I checked all the local rental stores and none have "Planet Earth,"
>>>>>nor have any of them heard of it. Has anyone rented this documentary
>>>>>from a rental store?
>>>>
>>>>You're still trying to find BBC/PBS/Discovery documentaries from a
>>>>brick-and-mortar?:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Planet_Earth_The_Complete_Collection/70065292
>>>
>>> So, stores like Hollywood Video and Blockbuster don't find it
>>> profitable to carry Planet Earth, DIYs, or instructional DVDs? But,
>>> they do carry 10+ copies of "Christmas with the Kranks."
>>
>>Make it 20+ and "Underworld: Evolution", and you've got Blockbuster. :)
>>
>>Don't know whether they consider it "profitable", but unless the
>>documentary's a major Warner/BBC release with a lot of flashy studio
>>push, the chain rentals don't go for the "library" image of customers
>>seeking out viewable information/history--
>>HollyBlock's first priority is keeping their industry-component image
>>for studios to depend on as the Cineplex, Part 2 for titles to make back
>>their post-theater income at some accountant's twelve-week mark after
>>release, and losing a PBS fan out the door they don't see as a major impact.
>>
>>Derek Janssen (with Netflix, OTOH, you can take sixteen hours of Ken
>>Burns and David Attenborough at your own pace)
>>ejanss@comcast.net
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>
> I think you guys' problem is inability to search properly.
>
> Oh, and it IS a HUGE BBC/Warner release.
>
>http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/338629
The 11 Blockbuster stores closest to me do not carry it. At this
point I guess I can wait, subscribe to Netflix and wait, or $70 to buy
it. Thanks for the link.
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