Arrrrrrr, Jim Lad!
Film and Music Piracy.
Is this just poetic justice for the shitty way the entertainment industry has treated it's customers over the years?
You will all know the huge profit margin on CD's? The way film makers delayed releasing films on Video to squeeze every last drop of revenue from cinema goers, then delayed the sale so that the video shops would get their cut. The way they put adverts (ADVERTS!) on a video (or now DVD) that you have bought!
Now they are whining. "We are losing money Waaaaaaaaaah".
Obviously I cannot condone theft of any kind (even stealing from thieves!) but you have to chuckle at the furor that has kicked off. Those adverts at the start of a film against video piracy makes any right minded person want to join the black market immediately.
Apart from all this I think the film and music industry needs to meet us halfway. How about refunds on films and albums that are a pile of crap.
I found the killers album to only have two good songs on it. You know, the ones they play when they are advertising the album. The rest of the songs mean I would get more use out of it as a silver coaster. Surely I should be able to take it back and get 80% of my money back? Fair?
As for films? I am a filmaholic. Nothing I love more than a decent film. Even a mediocre one will do in a pinch. For me to walk out of a cinema without finishing watching a film is extremely rare. So if I do there should be a full refund, no quibbles. Surely I am a valued customer who spends a lot on their films.
We went to watch showgirls. If you have seen it you probably already know what I am going to say. If you haven't then don't. It's the kind of film that makes you want to tear out your own eyes and use them to block up your ears. Apparently it has gained cult status, well that's a consonant or two out as far as I am concerned.
Anyway, the girlfriend at the time was holding an Ann Summers party (look it up if you don't know what this is) and as such all men were banished from the house for the night. We were quite a big bunch of freinds so there were quite a few of us guys with nothing to do. We decided to have a lads night. Fill up the hip flasks and go looking for fun. We also decided to go see a film that we were assured had plenty of naked women in it.
After a few drinks we hit the cinema and got settled in for the nudity. This film is the tear gas of the cinema world. People started leaving about 20 minutes in. We sat there, passing our hip flasks back and forth and desperately hoping it'd get better. by about halfway through we were running out of booze and were beginning to panic. Eventually we had to just leave. The film had defeated us, it had defeated the nudity.
How! Most men will put up with anything if there are naked women in it. This truely demonstrates that the film industry doesn't care about us.
Piracy? PIRACY? Justice more like. The worm has turned my friend.
Is this just poetic justice for the shitty way the entertainment industry has treated it's customers over the years?
You will all know the huge profit margin on CD's? The way film makers delayed releasing films on Video to squeeze every last drop of revenue from cinema goers, then delayed the sale so that the video shops would get their cut. The way they put adverts (ADVERTS!) on a video (or now DVD) that you have bought!
Now they are whining. "We are losing money Waaaaaaaaaah".
Obviously I cannot condone theft of any kind (even stealing from thieves!) but you have to chuckle at the furor that has kicked off. Those adverts at the start of a film against video piracy makes any right minded person want to join the black market immediately.
Apart from all this I think the film and music industry needs to meet us halfway. How about refunds on films and albums that are a pile of crap.
I found the killers album to only have two good songs on it. You know, the ones they play when they are advertising the album. The rest of the songs mean I would get more use out of it as a silver coaster. Surely I should be able to take it back and get 80% of my money back? Fair?
As for films? I am a filmaholic. Nothing I love more than a decent film. Even a mediocre one will do in a pinch. For me to walk out of a cinema without finishing watching a film is extremely rare. So if I do there should be a full refund, no quibbles. Surely I am a valued customer who spends a lot on their films.
We went to watch showgirls. If you have seen it you probably already know what I am going to say. If you haven't then don't. It's the kind of film that makes you want to tear out your own eyes and use them to block up your ears. Apparently it has gained cult status, well that's a consonant or two out as far as I am concerned.
Anyway, the girlfriend at the time was holding an Ann Summers party (look it up if you don't know what this is) and as such all men were banished from the house for the night. We were quite a big bunch of freinds so there were quite a few of us guys with nothing to do. We decided to have a lads night. Fill up the hip flasks and go looking for fun. We also decided to go see a film that we were assured had plenty of naked women in it.
After a few drinks we hit the cinema and got settled in for the nudity. This film is the tear gas of the cinema world. People started leaving about 20 minutes in. We sat there, passing our hip flasks back and forth and desperately hoping it'd get better. by about halfway through we were running out of booze and were beginning to panic. Eventually we had to just leave. The film had defeated us, it had defeated the nudity.
How! Most men will put up with anything if there are naked women in it. This truely demonstrates that the film industry doesn't care about us.
Piracy? PIRACY? Justice more like. The worm has turned my friend.
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