blockbuster

If it turns out to be a blockbuster, you can always come out with a premium version to sell.

The 20th century was about Top 40 radio, blockbuster movies, and the New York Times bestseller list.

Now Blockbuster was no Apple - but everyone thought that they, as the incumbent, would crush Netflix.

That didn't happen - because Netflix was there first and Blockbuster launched a very me-too competitor.

And what else would anybody use a computer for, if not for watching blockbuster movies?

Man, most modern blockbuster games require marksmanship skills way beyond what '80s games ever demanded.

Gaming is not an obscure niche, and AAAs are the blockbuster movies of the genre.

But then again blockbuster movies rarely have time for such symbolic exposition.

The thing is that when the level of CGI realism gets to the point that most blockbuster movies don't really need to shoot on location at all, there's no need for Hollywood production anymore.

It's something Blockbuster could try to stay in the game, at least.

Netflix soared in popularity and put Blockbuster out of business because you didn't have to visit a brick & mortar store to rent movies.

Don't blockbuster movies make dozens of millions on a regular basis?!

I just don't see the obvious connection from "Holly Mountain" to blockbuster "Sci Fi" for the masses.

I doubt they're interested in appealing to "sensible female spouses" - those people already have an entertainment center and are signed up for netflix or blockbuster by snail mail.

It's like how so many blockbuster movies make a "loss" on paper to avoid paying taxes on their revenues which they end up distributing to all the people who are involved with the movie.

Their margins are the envy of the entire industry, and Apple takes home 90% of cell phone profits[0] The fact that they can create a phone/device with "inferior" tech and sell it at blockbuster margins proves to me that most people aren't interested in specs, but rather the whole experience and ecosystem.

But to say that Apple will crush them reminds me of the whole Netflix/Blockbuster comparison.

Blockbuster and Tower Records wanted a lot of things too.

I had a terrible experience with Redbox, I liked the idea of avoiding the teenagers at Blockbuster, but when I rented a movie it was unplayable because it was scratched beyond repair.