New Years Wishes, Blessings, and a note from Deepak Chopra

What is the best way to prepare for a new year?  Some people make resolutions, but they rarely last.  Some people review last year, note the "hurrahs" and set intentions for the new year.  I try to check in with my desires more frequently than once a year.

What is the ultimate desire, ultimate goal?  Happiness says Deepak Chopra.   Below is an excerpt from his interview with the LA times.   Words of wisdom and wishing you Happiness in Love in 2011. :-) 

LA Times:  What do you find people most want at the new year?
Chopra:  What people most want is happiness. The ultimate goal of all goals is happiness. No matter what they want, they want [it] because they think that in the end it will make them happy. And so, if you look at all the research on happiness, it shows the following things: Happy people always look for opportunities where others are seeing crisis. Happy people have meaning and purpose in their life. Happy people are creative, and happy people know how to make other people happy. They're very good at building relationships, not networking but building authentic relationships. So when you build authentic relationships, you end up also being successful, because authentic relationships are cooperative relationships where you harness your collective creative and where you find opportunity. Happiness does not necessarily come from material success, so if you win the lottery today, at the end of one year you'll be as unhappy as you were before you won the lottery because you return to who are you are in your essential state.   READ THE  FULL ARTICLE HERE.

Would you pay between $30 - $60 for VOD delivery of a film to your home?

Movie Theaters Are Fighting the Studios Who Want to Release Movies on VOD Earlier

Hollywood Studios are eager to release movies into homes while the films are still in theaters.  Executives are saying they want to release the films into homes at a price tag of $30 to $60.  Theaters and many filmmakers want to preserve the theater experience, of course.  I'm so curious to know what you think of this.  There is my child side understands the  "NOW! I want my movies NOW!" anthem,   but my reasonable side says, it would have to be extenuating circumstances for me to pay $30 for one movie direct into my home.   

Here's the full article at the LA Times - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-theaters-20101223,0,2886933.story

Here are my questions to you: 

1)  I'm wondering, on which type of movies would you feel inclined to spend $30 to $60 to have it VOD into your home - or perhaps your office?

2) What if the studios focused on a VOD technology to deliver to the commercial theaters first instead of the homes? What if a film could open at even MORE theaters on the first weekend with a VOD technology direct to the theaters? 

3) If you did spend $30 - $60 to have the film delivered to your home or office, would watch it by yourself? Or would the price nudge you to invite friends over to see the film with you?

4) If you did invite friends over, would I be on the list? (ha, ha... )

5) What might David Lynch think about this - would he dislike it as much as he dislikes movies on cell phones?
 

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts! 

P.S.  Another thought / question from  me:  If the major studios win this and are able to release movies on VOD while their films are in the theaters, what impact does that then have on independent films? My hunch is that it then becomes even MORE difficult for independent films to find a theatrical or  VOD home. 

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