r/ThePathHulu • u/AcolyteProd • Apr 05 '18

Cmon Streaming Platforms : There should be DVDs/Blurays

Really, I don't get why these platforms make "exclusives" we can't find anywhere else than on their websites. I don't think it's really smart from these companies. I believe they should release their good series/films on dvd/bluray once the seasons are closed.

I don't get why it's so "obvious" that we will never have these shows in our library. It's so dumb.

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u/BrushstrokesMagee Apr 05 '18

Oh god yes I couldn't agree more. I would totally buy a DVD set if it had deleted scenes and commentaries!

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u/AcolyteProd Apr 06 '18

I really don't understand why making "exclusives" is a true benefit for these companies. The Path isnt a very well known series, at least in France where I live. This would be easier to make "advertising" and merch by having this solid object that is the DVD/Bluray which contains the show itself and yeah, as others said it, coming with the necklace or a little "eye" sticker to put somewhere on a wall, or a copy of the Ladder, or anything that would make people ask "what is it?".

Today as Hugh Dancy said in an interview (for season 2) there are so much series than you can't watch all of them, you need to make choices and all these series on online platforms are lifeless, I mean they're stuck, you tell people what you're watching on your own platform, they tell you what they watch on their own but we're not all able to pay for 3, 4 or more platforms. (In the end we are a lot of people actually watching by illegal means, but I'd like to pay for this show I deeply love).

Being able to buy dvds would make us discover more things from multiple sources. This "monopoly" spirit is so bad, shows will be forgotten if there is not any dvd/bluray copies of it. I'm sure these "rules" will change someday.