we should pool up and buy it ourselves

Anyone but Paramount is pretty much my motto going forward as it pertains to sales in and around the film industry

I feel like selling to Netflix or Paramount goes against everything Letterbox is supposed to stand for

It’d be like criterion selling to Disney

Letterboxd never stood for anything

Tbh makes no difference to me
What are they gonna do make you pay to rate movies

Yeah. Maybe. Lol.

Especially now that they doin that VOD stuff

True but it’s what it’s supposed to stand for

All these companies want to do is find out more ways to advertise s*** to us.

Janus and Criterion will 100% both be sold to either Netflix, Paramount, or private equity when Steven Rales passes away so enjoy them while they last

I mean id hope by now most people who actually like or love things would not be paying for Netflix

Well yeah.

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Sure, possibly, among other things such as

Using the website to promote their catalogue of slop
Using the website to control discourse around their films and discourage legitimate criticism while promoting users who favorably review their content
Minimize or even completely erase bad press surrounding their films

Regardless of how you feel about Letterboxd or any of the potential buyers, surely you should recognize the massive conflict of interest that is inherent to a movie studio owning the dominant movie review platform

Funny enough Universal and WB own Rotten Tomatoes

Yeah and it's a giant pile of garbage

No doubt Letterboxd will be heading down that same path

I only use the site to rate the movies I watch so none of this makes a difference to me but I see what you’re saying