Reel Rock Unlimited films - worth the money?

Sender Films Reel Rock is doing a flat $100 per year streaming "channel" package. 150 films. You can't buy just one month. Has anyone done it? What's your feedback?

All the old Reel Rock videos are available on Red Bull's website last i checked. Airplay if you have an Apple TV. I bought a Reel Rock or two on Amazon Prime though for convenience. I don't feel I need the subscription. Maybe I don't know what I'm missing?

John Sigmon wrote:

All the old Reel Rock videos are available on Red Bull's website last i checked. Airplay if you have an Apple TV. I bought a Reel Rock or two on Amazon Prime though for convenience. I don't feel I need the subscription. Maybe I don't know what I'm missing?

It seems that not all of them are available anymore as far as I can tell. 

I think if you can afford it, it's awesome. There's TONS of great content in there. Some really old Dosage stuff too. I love it. 

Chronically Injured wrote:

It seems that not all of them are available anymore as far as I can tell. 

It's definitely not all the Reel Rock episodes, but a sizable selection.

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/shows/reel-rock-1

I was a tad upset that it doesn't come with the biggest rock films. Free solo, dawn wall, and the alpinist are not included. I'm enjoying owning it, but I'm not seeing the warrant in a $100 price tag when ive already seen the majority of the content for free on youtube or redbull.

I think it has a ton of potential; especially if they merge channels like mellow or the British equivalent into the service. A one stop shop for watching hard sends, without rummaging through YouTube, would be sick. 

Erik Strand wrote:

I was a tad upset that it doesn't come with the biggest rock films. Free solo, dawn wall, and the alpinist are not included.

It's likely Reel Rock doesn't have/hasn't negotiated for the rights to show them.

Marc801 C wrote:

It's likely Reel Rock doesn't have/hasn't negotiated for the rights to show them.

"Every year, Reel Rock brings a new selection of the best climbing films on tour worldwide, and through our new streaming platform, Reel Rock Unlimited.

Founded in 2005 by Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, and Nick Rosen - creators of the iconic climbing films Valley Uprising, The Dawn Wall and The Alpinist - Reel Rock has grown into the premier global platform for award-winning climbing films."

I agree they likely don't have the right to show them currently; but they also didn't mention that you cant see these films on their streaming service. You'd think you could, seeing as they made them. 

Reel Rock has been shit lately. It went from heavy hitters like Bachar, Osman and Potter to a bunch of nobodies flexing virtue signaling and political agenda. I wouldn't pay a shiny nickel to watch it.  

Val I wrote:

Reel Rock has been shit lately. It went from heavy hitters like Bachar, Osman and Potter to a bunch of nobodies flexing virtue signaling and political agenda. I wouldn't pay a shiny nickel to watch it.  

Are you thinking Masters of Stone? That's Eric Perlman who's done limited work for Reel Rock, but isn't Reel Rock (I would say that's Peter Mortimer's thing)

Erik Strand wrote:

"Every year, Reel Rock brings a new selection of the best climbing films on tour worldwide, and through our new streaming platform, Reel Rock Unlimited.

Founded in 2005 by Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, and Nick Rosen - creators of the iconic climbing films Valley Uprising, The Dawn Wall and The Alpinist - Reel Rock has grown into the premier global platform for award-winning climbing films."

I agree they likely don't have the right to show them currently; but they also didn't mention that you cant see these films on their streaming service. You'd think you could, seeing as they made them. 

That is kinda weird, but there's just someone else who has the rights to show/distribute/etc these films. They were produced before the streaming service, so the rights weren't hashed out beforehand. One of these days, rights to distribute will transfer back to Sender Films and then they can do what they want. 

I can't afford any streaming services, so I don't have a Sender Films subscription. It's a bummer, but it's how the world is moving: Reel Rock the event/tour will most likely go away, and no one is buying physical media (DVD, BlueRay), so I'm not sure what other play Sender Films has when it comes to profiting from their work. 

Val I wrote:

Reel Rock has been shit lately. It went from heavy hitters like Bachar, Osman and Potter to a bunch of nobodies flexing virtue signaling and political agenda. I wouldn't pay a shiny nickel to watch it.  

LOL. Hilarious. 

I just don't think it's worth it. I have all the old films (because I'm old, too), so paying $150 a year for a single film is essentially what you're paying for. And RR doesn't allow you to download for offline watching anymore. I guess if you're newer to climbing and haven't seen all the films or have them saved to a device, it might be more worthwhile, but there's not a ton of features when one considers it. IDK, just my 2 cents.

I may or may not have split the cost between a bunch of friends and had watch parties every couple weeks for a year straight until we watched everything we wanted to. That was a pretty fun experience and we got to watch a lot of retro films. There's tons of stuff on there that isn't just Reel Rock. Also, it allows you to watch the newest Reel Rock when it becomes available online.

On the sender films site they don’t confirm if you can stream to a smart tv. Thats a dealbreaker 

I usually break these things down buy how much entertainment I'll get. 50hrs of streaming for $100 is $2hr of entertainment (just example math, no idea how much they have). That seems like a pretty good to me. 

Not Sure wrote:

On the sender films site they don’t confirm if you can stream to a smart tv. Thats a dealbreaker 

Reelrock has an app! I just used that.