M2 here, coming in on three days rest to do some short relief for the "master." (He always asks me to call him that during our podcasts but I generally refuse.)

. . . So, even though Allen's not here at the moment, I think he'd agree with me that based on this story, it would appear that Morgan Freeman's film company, Revelations, and Intel are teaming up to do what any right-thinking entreprenuers should be doing right now: challenge the orthodoxy.

"Anytime, any place on any device" (their motto) and "...making content available online isn't an option, it's an imperative for the industry..." (atributed to CEO of ClickStar, the name of the new service the two entities are creating).

Difference between this and other online services, MovieLink and CinemaNow: a) the major studios are not majority owners or otherwise heavily invested in clickstar as they are with the others and b) this service is going to focus on first-run movies. In other words, they are NOT worried about goring the sacred cow known as the DVD Sales/rental market.

Wow, sounds like they might get it.

Now, if only they can get some compelling content . . .