Ridley Scott: Streaming Media Stinks

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Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott says all the hype around streaming media and mobile delivery for watching movies is a basically a bunch of phooey, because the format lacks the "great sound and pristine picture" of the original movie.

Director said in a Huffington Post column that public has become "preoccupied" with "this era of innovation" and it disregards what's most important: sound and video quality.

"In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture. Music and dialogue that doesn't fully reproduce the soundtrack of the original loses an essential element for its appreciation," the director of "Alien" and "Gladiator" writes. "Simply put, the film loses its power."

He goes on the say Blu-ray discs are "the closest we've come to replicating the best theatrical viewing experience I've ever seen. It allows us to present in a person's living room films in their original form with proper colors, aspect ratio, sound quality, and, perhaps most importantly, startling clarity."

He advises no one to write off "physical media," which he believes will be around for years.

Ridley Scott: The Only Way to See a Film