BREAKING: Alf, St. Elmo's Fire to Be Available on YouTube
In a majorly unexciting development, YouTube has struck a deal with several studios to offer full-length movies and television shows on its platform. YouTube parent Google is hoping this will bring a new era of higher quality ads to YouTube, but don't expect to be seeing Benjamin Button or The Watchmen anytime soon. The deal so far only covers existing content partners who will start by offering up some of the oldest shit in their catalog -- Lionsgate, for instance, will be offering up episodes of Alf, which for all its stoner/cult appeal might not have been our first choice.
Sony, the biggest partner in the deal, will be offering only 15 full-length movies including hot titles like St. Elmo's Fire and every pedophile's fave, The Blue Lagoon.
Says Lionsgate digital content guy, Curt Marvis, "We look at this as a real shot in the arm. [YouTube's] first real effort to put a spotlight on long-form content."
Yeah, good luck selling ads for Alf, Marvis. All the kids are dying to watch that shit.