Posted on 06/16/2004 9:57:04 AM PDT by rwfromkansas
Why don't theaters try to crack down more on people recording movies in theaters?
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Oh no, and I was so looking forward to downloading Michael Moores movie Fat and weight 911
We've gotten from Hollywood a 30 year long stream of messages about how it's ok to break the rules and how authority should be challenged....
... and now their tune has changed!
There are very few movies out there today that I'm even willing to spend the rental fee to see, let alone theater prices.
Would I spend $4 at Blockbuster to rent "The day after tomorrow", also known as "The week before last year"? No. Would I watch a hacked copy of it? You bet, I like cheesy disaster movies, particulary if Kalifornia is getting wiped out!
Semper Fi
I admit to downloading movies (how else would I be able to say there are good copies out there).
I have not found The Day After Tomorrow yet. I was going to see it in the theater, but then heard it was really bad, so I haven't gone. Ditto with Garfield.
But, I have found many other films when the movie was going on still in the theater. Simply amazing.
I know they had people specifically trained to look for people recording Harry Potter in the theaters, but I do not believe they have for other films.
I am not a big movie downloader though.
They do need to get it together and start looking for people with video cameras in the theaters though.
I've got a nice little digital video cam that burns straight to DVD. Maybe I need to set up a side business?
Not that I would do anything like that mind you.
Semper Fi
This was one of my 2004 predictions...
That downloads of music and movies would do away with Hollywood profits (good!). My goal is that actors and actresses stop getting paid their high salaries for mediocre performances.
I'm for sharing as many DVDs/CDs/video tapes as possible to keep their profits down.
The funny thing IS, most of the ones conducting the illegal activities are fellow liberals, willing to break the law in order to make a buck or see a free movie! Har-har-har!!
I don't know that Hollywood is losing much on those rotten-quality avi's that people spend 12 hours downloading.
What they should pay attention to are the blackmarket copies running around "New Europe". For $2-3 you can buy a DVD, often with two movies on one disk. For a buck you can go Mpeg-4 (avi), but the quality stinks.
But then, so did the movie.
stuff takes only 2-3 hours to download usually for me, and that is for pretty good quality (DVD rips).
I don't think many people are upset about having to let it download all night.
It is an increasing threat to the MPAA.
One of my co-workers had a copy of Garfield. I have to admit I was rather impressed at the speed it came out. The movie was just released last weekend.
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Yeah, but then you wouldn't have FR around to bitch on.
I saw "Soul Plane" on a bootleg the other day. It was funny, but not funny enough to have spent $9.50 on.
Did he think it was funny?
I heard that it is not as good as the cartoons.
That is why I am waiting to maybe get the Vol. 1 of the Garfield and Friends DVD set later in the year (may just stick it on my Christmas list since I am a poor college student...lol). I have some childhood nostalgia with that cartoon program; I grew up with it.
She said it was ok, nothing worth $9.50 or even $3 later at Blockbuster.
probably won't see it then.
I do want to catch Anchorman, King Arthur (am a huge Arthurian legend fan...), and The Village in the theaters.
That bad???
Me too. Anything that destroys or even just breaks the back of Hollywood is a good thing.
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