Release Your Original Films to DVD and Blu-ray


Release Your Original Films to DVD and Blu-ray
The Issue
Since 2015, Netflix has released original films in their subscription service, such as Beasts of No Nation starring Idris Elba, Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's Gerald's Game, Alfonso Cuarón's Academy-Award-winning drama Roma and to be followed: Martin Scorsese's crime epic, The Irishman. All of these movies and more have received critical acclaim and won multiple awards.
There's just one downside to all this: To view these films for yourself, you have to get a Netflix streaming account for $8.99 a month. Is that really a worthy price just to see a few movies you can't see anywhere else?
And sure, they do sometimes put out limited theatrical releases for some of their more anticipated movies; heck, I went out of my way to catch The Irishman in the theater; but after that, they're exclusive to their streaming service.
So here's my advice to you, Netflix. Why don't you release some of your more popular movies on home media? (DVDs, Blu-rays, etc.) That way, viewers who are not subscribers can still buy them and view them at home at their own time.
To quote Adam Chitwood in his Collider article "Why Netflix Should Put Its Movies on Blu-ray:"
"Netflix has made clear that in the realm of producing and distributing original features, they’re playing for keeps. They’ve got Scorsese, Cuaron, [Paul] Greengrass, the Coens, Bong Joon-ho, Noah Baumbach, and plenty more in their ranks. But with serious filmmakers and serious films also comes serious film fans, and cinephiles like their physical media. So come on. Put some of that $5 billion towards releasing proper Blu-rays of some of select original films. Shut up and take my money."

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The Issue
Since 2015, Netflix has released original films in their subscription service, such as Beasts of No Nation starring Idris Elba, Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's Gerald's Game, Alfonso Cuarón's Academy-Award-winning drama Roma and to be followed: Martin Scorsese's crime epic, The Irishman. All of these movies and more have received critical acclaim and won multiple awards.
There's just one downside to all this: To view these films for yourself, you have to get a Netflix streaming account for $8.99 a month. Is that really a worthy price just to see a few movies you can't see anywhere else?
And sure, they do sometimes put out limited theatrical releases for some of their more anticipated movies; heck, I went out of my way to catch The Irishman in the theater; but after that, they're exclusive to their streaming service.
So here's my advice to you, Netflix. Why don't you release some of your more popular movies on home media? (DVDs, Blu-rays, etc.) That way, viewers who are not subscribers can still buy them and view them at home at their own time.
To quote Adam Chitwood in his Collider article "Why Netflix Should Put Its Movies on Blu-ray:"
"Netflix has made clear that in the realm of producing and distributing original features, they’re playing for keeps. They’ve got Scorsese, Cuaron, [Paul] Greengrass, the Coens, Bong Joon-ho, Noah Baumbach, and plenty more in their ranks. But with serious filmmakers and serious films also comes serious film fans, and cinephiles like their physical media. So come on. Put some of that $5 billion towards releasing proper Blu-rays of some of select original films. Shut up and take my money."

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Petition created on November 14, 2019
