no3Ljm Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 IMDB has launched a free streaming service called FREEDIVE. Quote https://www.slashfilm.com/imdb-streaming-service/ “Everyone wants in on that sweet, sweet streaming action – including IMDb. The Internet Movie Database has officially launched its own streaming service called Freedive, and as the name suggests, it’s free. That’s good! Unfortunately, it also has a lot of ads that cut into your movie every so often. That’s bad! Still, the selection is strong, and if you’re looking to watch movies for free, this is a good option. Users can watch Freedive through their computer or through Amazon devices.” It’s free so there’s ads in-between. More details on the link above. Quote
Mazinger Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 Interesting IMDB is owned by Amazon. I assume it’s just more advertising revenue for The Big A. I wonder what quality of movies they put on there. Quote
electric indigo Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 I'll still never forgive them for zapping the IMDB forums. Quote
TehPW Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 2 hours ago, electric indigo said: I'll still never forgive them for zapping the IMDB forums. Story please? Quote
electric indigo Posted January 13, 2019 Posted January 13, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/17/why-imdb-should-rethink-the-decision-to-close-its-message-boards Back in the day, IMDB forums were the one-stop-shop to find all the tiniest details about any movie, discuss open endings, identify bits of background music not listed on the official soundtrack, or generally discussing points of view, occasionally with people who were actually involved in making a film. (I also enjoyed most of the "100 things I learned from [bad movie]" posts). Yes there were ugly troll activities, but I can't remember them as any worse than what's going on on social media today. I also don't see how offing the forums could stop potential down vote campaigns against certain movies, since there were alway separate infrastructures. To me, it felt like a library was burned down. Quote
slide Posted January 13, 2019 Posted January 13, 2019 Just now, electric indigo said: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/17/why-imdb-should-rethink-the-decision-to-close-its-message-boards Back in the day, IMDB forums were the one-stop-shop to find all the tiniest details about any movie, discuss open endings, identify bits of background music not listed on the official soundtrack, or generally discussing points of view, occasionally with people who were actually involved in making a film. (I also enjoyed most of the "100 things I learned from [bad movie]" posts). Yes there were ugly troll activities, but I can't remember them as any worse than what's going on on social media today. I also don't see how offing the forums could stop potential down vote campaigns against certain movies, since there were alway separate infrastructures. To me, it felt like a library was burned down. ah, "book burning" in the digital age... Quote
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