Anyway. I love Hulu but there are numerous weaknesses to this style of broadcasting that Hulu has adapted to and is learning (as all rule breaking and future ideas do).
One of the issues I have noticed about Hulu is that they will have the current season of a show but not seasons 1-3. Why? Those seasons are for sale on DVD.
Or the converse is true... you can watch seasons 1-2 but none of the subsequent seasons.
what system they use is dependent on how old the television show is
example:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is part of the second method. You can watch seasons 1 and 2 but need to buy the DVD's for the other seaons. However is you are stuck on a currently aired show like "The Burn Notice", then you can't go back in seasons. You have to buy or rent the previous shows.
There are a few more obscure shows that you get the whole show.
There is a different system for what film are on Hulu. No huge block busters, and other films are related to release date and/or popularity. I'm not sure of the formula yet, but I haven't really explored it. However there are some patterns.
Like the T.V. shows, there are certain producers or directors that are more willing to sign off their products to Hulu than others. Thus Joss Weaton is every where and Stanley Kubric is know-where.
Already there has been a shift in television show writing. In the last three or so years the number-one show writers/producers has been HBO and Showtime. Why? They are no limited by the trite and trivial rules of the FCC. They can be truly creative and since the station is not dependent on advertising for survival is it a more pure market of how successful the show is. Hulu will have a direct impact on this as the Big Three networks figure out how to bring talent and creativity back to their channels and away from reality tripe.
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