Another show I won't get to see until it's release on a format fit for those that don't have a PlayStation. Another waiting game for it's DVD release, should it get that far that is.

Seven minute video showing the actors and world of Powers.  No idea that Michelle Forbes was going to be Retro Girl.  Colour me excited for a wider release!

First proper Powers promo:

Good find!

Man I hope this show comes out on Blu-Ray, the non-Playstation masses wanna see it too!

WTF is Playstation Released?

WTF

You have to have a Playstation 4 console and be a member of their online community to get the show. Yes, that's asking a lot for people that don't play games. Knowing you, you will just have to wait for the eventual DVD release. I'm in the same boat as I don't have a PS4 as I'm an Xbox 360 guy.

There was this Avengers-centric magazine I saw in the grocery store the other day and there was a big article about Powers, whites the only press I saw for the series.  I think that the Playstation/Sony market might be too narrow for the series to warrant print space alongside Amazon and Netflix releases, which can be a problem.  Exclusivity is one thing, but you don't want too high a bar to entry, which a 400 dollar box certainly is.

I wonder how many of the traditional realize that the reason binging is so popular is because viewers are tried of shows switching time slots, being cancelled mid-run, being pre-empted, being coated with bugs and pop-ups and interrupted with commercials.  Binging isn't just that we get all our episodes at once, it's confidence, we know where the show will be.  And Netflix doesn't just green-light one season, they usually do TWO.  A normal network can't do that, they need advertisers, they need viewers, they can't work on that scale.

TV, especially network TV, shouldn't be fighting Netflix and Amazon on the streamers terms.  Why?  Because they can't win.  They need to focus their strategy on their strengths, what Netflix and Amazon CAN'T do: be quick, be immediate, be appointment-driven.  I'm not nuts about Dancing With The Stars, but that's a show that's much better live than it is watching all at once.  You're invested.

Streaming is great for sh*t you need to pay attention to, for art like Daredevil or House Of Cards.  TV is great for having stuff to watch.  The whole time I was doing the film fest, all I was watching was reality stuff like Counting Cars and American Restoration... because it was nice and simple, just watchable.  Sometimes you need that.

I visited my sister last night and she has this cable channel called Palladia.  It's all concerts.  All that was on was The Killers killing it at the Royal Albert Hall.  That's a genius idea for a channel.  When I was in Boston, Efe and I were watching MNet, just Korean music videos, concerts, soap operas, etc... that's what TV is going to be in the future, I think.  I don't know how Networks will react in the face of that kind of specialization, but I'm sure they'll think of something.