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Geckoman writes "Amazon.com has The Phantom Menace available for presales in both widescreen and pan-and-scan. If you're boycotting Amazon, then you can also find it at Reel.com among other places."
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natalie portman is hiding in a room full of old ibm mainframes. open source man is trying to locate her.
open source man: you cannot hide forever, natalie.
natalie portman: i will not be open sourced.
open source man: give yourself to the open source community. it is the only way you can save your friends.
natalie portman strains to contain her thoughts.
open source man: ah yes, your thoughts betray you. your feelings for them are strong. especially for... sister. so... you have a twin sister! now your feelings have betrayed her too. your parents were wise to hide her from me. now their failure is complete! if you will not be open sourced, then perhaps she will!
natalie portman jumps out from behind a mainframe, wielding a can of mace. she begins beating open source man back with it.
natalie portman: noooooooo!
natalie portman sprays open source man in the face with the self-protection spray. he crumples to the ground, holding his arm out to protect his face from another attack.
natalie portman is crazed with the power of open source.
esr cackles evilly as he steps down from his platform toward natalie.
esr: good. good! your firm young buttocks has made you powerful. now, release your sexuality and take open source man's place at my side.
natalie looks down at the fallen open source man, breathing heavily as his sinuses sting from the mace. she harkens back to her youthful obsession with a hot young actor.
natalie portman: never. i'll never turn to the open source side. you failed your highness. i am closed source, like open source man before me... err, something.
esr: so be it, closed-source girl. if you will not be open sourced, then you will be bludgeoned with the open source sausage!
esr grabs a giant sausage with a taxidermied gnu's head mounted on the end of it. he begins to beat natalie with it.
esr: hot young actress... only now, at the end, do you understand! you have paid the price for your lack of vision!
esr thrashes some more... open source man shakes off the mace.
esr: your hot young femininity is no match for the power of open source!
esr beats natalie again. open source man pulls himself to his feet and stands next to esr.
esr: and now, young portman, you will feel the full wrath of the gnu!
natalie portman screams in horror as esr thrashes her harder.
natalie portman: aaaargghghghghgh! open source man! please! help me!
open source man looks fondly open natalie's firm young buttocks. he looks at esr. with a final surge of passion for the hot young actress, open source man lifts esr over his head and carries him to the window. open source man tosses esr into the blackness of night, but not before esr gets several good whacks in with the open source sausage.
open source man collapses to the floor. natalie portman crawls over to him and holds his head gently in her arms...
thank you.
I find it offensive that a link to Amazon was even provided. It's mitigated somewhat by mention of the boycott and an alternate place to buy from. But really should Slashdot be providing Amazon with any free advertising, considering their outrageouos behavior?
It ought to be interesting to see the general reaction to this amongst the /. "community". The self-same community that howls in righteous indignation when some of its members are persecuted by the sellers of that which they desire to possess.
Interesting indeed.
As for me: I'll not be buying nor renting a single thing from anybody associated with the MPAA.
At the official Boycott Amazon site
After all, what are you waiting for to support? A new uncrackable and closed format with even more restrictions than DVD? I don't understand the "boycott DVD' thinking.
Because a new open standard just Ain't Gonna Happem (tm), the next best thing is to support the one that was cracked. Boycotting DVD will only make it easier for Hollowood jerks to point at low sales and say how it therefore won't be a big deal to dump the format in favor of the next DIVX2.0. Billions of DVDs in poeples homes create a "piss off" factor that even Hollywood must yield to.
Support the DVD format now! Before something worse can come along to replace it!
10) Install Windows 2000
9) Surf the Gay Jedi fanfic page.
8) Call up the MPAA and rat on people who link to DeCSS
7) Make Natalie Portman posts on /.
6) Try to make money by getting my friends to read my epinions (you too can be a spammer).
5) Run Ultima 9 on a non VooDoo 3 card.
4) Start a Daiktana fan page
3) Meet Jeff K on IRC for hacking tips. (FrEE KEVIN NITMACK!)
2) Code a DOS Emulator for Linux so I can play badass games designed for 486s
1) Order DVDs from MPAA aligned studios on Amazon.
These may sound evil - but they're probably more productive for your own karma in the long run.
Alex Bischoff
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You can hear it in wav format as well (from this page).
Alex Bischoff
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Oh no! I'm blind!
Next!
- A.P.
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"One World, one Web, one Program" - Microsoft promotional ad
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
Hit chapters.ca for good prices (and no amazon!)
Here's a link.
Maybe it's a 35mm print of the film. That would justify the $15. :)
The idea is obvious, the implementation straightforward but time-consuming (Amazon will eagerly tell you that they have "thousands of hours" of work tied up in one-click, which is technically true - it takes thousands of hours of work to implement this obvious feature.)
Having obtained this rather dubious patent for such an obvious e-commerce service, they have turned around and sued Barnes and Noble, coincidentally their biggest competitor, for infringing upon it. If they succeed, they set a dangerously low standard for what is patentable in the world of e-commerce, and will permit the digital amalgams of basic physical customer service to be monopolized via the patent system. (When you think about it, this is electronically equivalent to your corner bookseller recognizing who you are and billing your charge account. It's a business practice that's been around for hundreds of years, but when you do it with a computer, you can get a patent.)
The FSF has a page on the boycott.
After watching a complete movie in DVD, I'm never going to bother with VHS again. DVD truly is spectacular on a computer monitor. VHS is truly a colossal waste of time and money. When you get your graduation presents, make sure they have a DVD drive. You don't need a decoder, just download a software DVD player. I don't care what Linus/Transmeta says. A Linux box and a computer monitor will always have better color and resolution than any crummy appliance.
There will no doubt be those that would really prefer seeing the next film in the Star Wars saga in full DVD glory but are willing to spring for the VHS version today, as a DVD release is quite distant.
Please don't!
If we want to send Lucas a message, this is our chance to do it. If we can spread the word and get people to avoid buying the VHS version of the movie in favor of waiting for a superior DVD release, we can hopefully send a message in the language Lucas seems to speak fluently: his pocketbook.
Poor VHS sales, with enough publicity, will hopefully be attributed to everyone's preference for DVD. Since it's quite likely he's trying to milk everyone for VHS purchases in addition to DVD purchases down the road, let's try to keep this from happening.
DVD is a superior video format. Don't get suckered into getting a VHS version of the movie just because you can't wait, and for those that are even thinking about getting a DVD player in the future, STOP BUYING VHS altogether, the sooner the better.
Up until a few years ago, the 'Star Wars' trilogy was magic to me. I loved to watch the movies, I loved to read the stories based on the movies. George Lucas was a god; I had a lot of respect for the man and his work.
This is no longer the case. After countless video versions, a prequel movie that's full of holes and weak on plot, and a senseless refusal to embrace DVD, Star Wars is now just another moneygrubbing franchise to me. It's a lot like what happened to Dilbert -- it was way cool at first, but now that it's merchandised all to heck, I've just lost my taste for it.
Y'know what? Forget about Star Wars on DVD. I'm not going to go beg to a studio. If Lucas doesn't want my money, there are plenty of other studios with good movies who are supporting DVD, and I'm quite happy to buy from them instead.
Once you go widescreen, you never go back. Therefore, I went to Reel.com to see what the widescreen version cost (I don't get into all the boycotting BS and DeCSS bunk, so I don't really care; it was just the only link) and whoa, it's $15 more than the regular VHS version. Why the dramatic difference? It looks like Lucas is screwing us over. To get the widescreen version, you have to get the Collector's Edition, which comes with a collector's book, 35mm filmstrip (?), and a documentary. What if you don't want all that garbage? Well, you're screwed then.
Does Lucas know how to make money or what? Seriously, this guy is starting to make Bill Gates look like a kid with a cheap lemonade stand.
Actually the message "We don't buy any more videotape" must be resonating quite loudly in studio land, ie. as a significant drop in video sales to accompany the rise in DVD sales.
I wonder how long it'll be before they realize that tape is well on the way to becoming a legacy medium for film distribution (as distinct from TV time-shifting)? Nobody that I know buys films on video anymore, even if they don't (yet) have DVD players -- they know it's money wasted. I give it 3 years max.
"The question of whether machines can think is no more interesting than [] whether submarines can swim" - Dijkstra
No, you've got that wrong: DVDs played on the computer monitor do NOT look better than on video or TV monitors. At best, the picture might have better geometry, but the experience will almost always be worse than on any half-decent lounge TV.
DVDs are encoded for presentation on an ordinary video display, so it's not surprising that that's what they display best on.
However, you can have your cake and eat it too by using a display card with a TV out, such as for example some of the MPEG decoder cards, and they often have S-video output as well, which yields even clearer pictures on the telly. Hook up your computer to an infrared remote sensor (like the IRman) positioned next to the TV and watching DVDs becomes a far more enjoyable experience than you can have watching it directly on your computer.
"The question of whether machines can think is no more interesting than [] whether submarines can swim" - Dijkstra
While I think the movie sucked ass overall, I will purcahse it for the Jedi fight scenes alone...eventually. The implication is that Lucas will get none of my money until the movie is out on DVD. 'Nuff said.
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Right on man, same here. I don't buy VHS anymore. Plain and simple. Damn the man, but respect his talent. I'm just not going to give him any of my money on VHS.
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And for all you Natalie Portman worshippers, you too can own your very own 5' tall Natalie, available from Amazon.Com's zShops.
Yes, it's cardboard. Sorry to dissapoint you all. You can continue building your Natalie sexbot from your Lego Mindstorms kits now. =)
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28$ Canadian for the widescreen version....
Hey, you could pre-order it from Amazon for 28$
American, or you could pre-order it from Chapters
(Chapters.ca) for 28$ Canadian (~20$ US).
Consider are statement against Amazon if you wish.
If you don't want to order The Phantom Menace from Amazon, go to Starwars.com and order it there. I am sure there are plenty of other places to get it as well, but that's where I ordered mine.
This is probably as good a place as any to plug the Star Wars on DVD campaign, which has an on-line petiton up. Go sign it.
Linking in comments seems to be broken at the moment, so the URL is http://www.dvdfile.com/interactive/guestbook/addgu est.html
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" -Salvor Hardin
Damn, if you think DVD and VHS are close to the same quality, you must be watching on a 10 year old 19" TV with the built-in speakers.
I don't have a GREAT system, just a 27", an old Dolby Pro-logic receiver and some 15 year old crappy radio shack speakers, but even so, the difference between VHS and DVD is *very* noticable (when the studio does a good job with the transfer).
Also, the special features are at least as appealing to me; there's HOURS of extra stuff on some movies. Maybe only appealing to fans of the movie, but that's the market here.
Plus, I'm tired of spending $$ buying new copies of the same movies because the tapes have worn out. Lesse, I have 2 copies of the original Star Wars trilogy (both now in bad shape), plus a copy of the special edition (which will go to hell in 5 years), not to mention my CED disc of Ep4. All told I've spent over $150 on the first 4 episodes. Had I been able to buy them on DVD, I would have saved a lot of money, even if they weren't any better quality.
(I'm not buying PM until it comes out on DVD. Maybe not even then; it wasn't a very good movie)
Nerd also means a sence of humour. Usually a very wierd nerdy one. This is what you miss.
Baker's Law: Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it
http://www.sigsegv.cx/
A bootleg has been released in fourth world countries very long ago. About a week after the movie hit the screen. Go skying ;-)
Baker's Law: Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it
http://www.sigsegv.cx/
There is a referral link in that link, and I doubt it's Slashdot's (of course I could be wrong, but why would they still have links to Amazon?). I consider it extremely lame to try to get your affiliat link slashdotted. Really lame. And if it isn't supposed to be there, I forgive emmett :) He's new
Personally, I'm bothered that he's not doing LaserDiscs. He released the "Last Ever Original" set on Laser, and the "Oooh... I have a COMPUTER" Special Editions.
Not that I'd buy TPM on ANY format, I'm just bothered that letterboxing, which costs less to make than Pan&Scan, is only a "special costs too much" edition.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Fuck Lucas. He's screwing his audience and only the ones smart enough to pay attention will notice anything unsavoury going on. I started getting suspicious when the letterbox "Final Original" VHS package wasn't released until *after* Christmas.
Pope
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
This is news? Gimme a break.
Slashdot is beginning to insult my intelligence.
Anyone who's even the slightest bit interested in watching movies widescreen has access to a DVD player by now (either owning a player, or having a computer with a DVD player, or a friend with either).
So who's going to buy the VHS widescreen copy? I personally can't stand the thought of buying another tape and watching it decay before my eyes - I'd sort of like to have the movie but I'll wait for the DVD. In the meantime, I'll eatch the Matrix another 100 times... per week.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Don't buy TPM or anything else from the companies suing to stop deCSS or MP3s or whatever is next. Don't give them the money to finance these battles!
Well, maybe we should have stuck to black and white televisions too. Or maybe just moving picture cinemas.
The point is progress, and DVD cannot become the standard unless people use it. The quality is much increased, and the disc is much less susceptible to damage.
If you dislike progress, I'd have to question why you are a slashdot reader. Technology is _moving forward_, and DVD is definitely part of that path.
Write-in's were the best part, as it just became a competition to see what the funniest end for the question could be.
The best I remembered was
IMac: I'd rather have a ____ coloured one.
And the best write in for it was "real computer than a stupid girly"
Anyone who thinks that TPM was even "okay" should think back to the couple of minutes when they were outside the theater after seeing TPM for the first time, on opening day. There were hundreds of star wars fans dressed in star wars costumes standing around talking trying really hard not to be disappointed. Hell, I played that game too. I tried to "look on the bright side". But it didn't work. You can only lie to yourself for so long.
/. promotes Star Wars because they feel its synonomous w/ Geekdom...and they're willing to take this idea to its irrational extreme.
:-) /. community: What makes Pi so great? I simply didn't get it...
Of course, there's lots of other things that should be put in this catagory. I've never seen CUBE, but one thing I must question you on is Pi. I saw that film, and, imho, it sucked. Of course, all my friends thought it was good, but ehn, their taste is screwed up.
So, general question to that
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
The movie wad devoid of entertainment, why on
earth would anybody want to see it again?
Maybe we'll get interviews with a big fat blobby
george lucas in a turtleneck.
Man, I swear, whenever I see the triology
interviews with that man, he looks like he's
going to pop right out of that thing.
There seems to be a 'boycott' of DVD going on, but many of the same people are saying that they would only buy Episode 1 on DVD. Is there some sort of rule I'm missing? "Thou shalt not buy a DVD, unless the DVD is Star Wars." If we hate the DVD people so much, then we should be happy that Episode 1 is only available on VHS.
sup
After a month or so, the comments get flattened and the -1 posts are thrown out. Inasmuch as the grits posts consistently get moderated to hell, you won't be able to find them. Once upon a time, Rob was tossing around the idea of selling a quarterly slashdot cdrom with stories and comments, but nothing ever came of that.
"If one is really a superior person, the fact is likely to leak out without too much assistance" -- John Andrew Holmes
Trusty google has turned up the following slashdot relic (it may not be the original, but it is quite old):
.mp3 fans) try to make it out to be. Fact is, it's going to suck if it isn't done exactly right, and it's next to impossible to do it exactly right, so why not just dedicate the efforts to more worthwhile tasks (like developing affordable broadband internet connections so we can pirate raw cdda data instead, or eating oatmeal)?
It's the "grits" problem all over again
by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10[, 1999], @02:00AM EDT
...Every boy from south of the Mason-Dixon line swears that grits are good eatin'. However, no Northerner can seem to figure out why. They suck. The answer every southern boy gives him is, "you just haven't had them the way my mom makes them."
The point is, if it's that hard to do it right, it isn't as inherently good as all those southern boys (or
"If one is really a superior person, the fact is likely to leak out without too much assistance" -- John Andrew Holmes
source: http://www.bttf.com/dvd/
It wasn't funny at first, because it was totally offtopic and stupid. Then I thought it was sort of amusing because it was at least a running gag. And now it's annoying because all the other little trolls are doing it too.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Yup... as a recent college grad, when I put together my home system I bought a DVD player - I don't OWN a VHS player, and don't plan on buying one for the purpose of watching a often poorly rendered Jar-Jar in less resolution... Last time I checked, my old VCRs really didn't have a digital out for 5.1, and weren't THX certified ;-) Oh, well - I can wait a couple of years to see the best lightsaber fight ever made...
"It's tough to be bilingual when you get hit in the head."
People, weren't we going to boycott the MPAA?
I guess we really do have the 20 second attention span that most modern movies assume of us.
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We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.
Hello McFly's... This is old. A repost. It's not relevant. It is funny, but it takes up to much of my screen. I suppose that this is about as close to getting laid by Miss Portman as many of you will ever be... but get a life you dweebs.
For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
Slashdotters, This is a great opportunity to send the message to all that we won't stand for Amazon.com with their ridiculous "One-Click" patents and the MPAA with their desire for "Corporate Marshall Law." The Amazon.com case is bad enough, but if that were the only problem, the solution would be simple. Buy from another. Yet, this whole DeCSS thing is out of control. Plain and simply put, the case FOR DeCSS must be won or else the precident that will be set will be dangerous.
I am but one man. I don't know what will need to be done to effectively send the message. Boycotts are good. But we are all going to have to do it. I'm not buying DVDs. I'm boycotting movies. What else do I do? What else do we all do? Join the EFF? Ok, I'll do that too. But, what else?
Let's win soon guys. I really want to buy a DVD player and DVD movies. And that includes SW:TPM (when it's on DVD)
For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
Wasn't their talk about it released on VCD in select Asian markets? If so, any information about the availability (truth or rumor?) of this version, and how to obtain it, would be appreciated.
The Matrix is already out on DVD. shrugs
Please send a message to amazon don't give them your money.
It has been statistically shown that helmets increase the risk of head injury.
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It has been statistically shown that helmets increase the risk of head injury.
Read about it here.
"Nobody owns the fucking words man." - James Dean
I was hoping they'd release it on DIVX. That would go well with my 200 disc Sony DVD changer... Oh, that's right DIVX is DEAD. Someday Lucas will get a clue and release it on DVD, but obviously it is NOT anytime soon. I guess I'll have to watch SW, ESB and RJ on LaserDisc again, since I won't be seeing any of them on my preferred format...DVD I NEVER buy VHS...
The first ref I saw was back in 98, when some anon poster said something 'did about as much good as pouring grits in my pants'
The regular series of 'I just pored grits down my pants' appears to be unrelated to that, however. I figure that someone just thought grits in their pants would be funny. At least one of the posts have survived archival; I wasted three moderator points once making sure a terribly humerous example of the genre made it into the archives at +2.. I waste too many of my points making sure the AC's actually get the attention they are due.
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Does anyone else see the VHS-only release as another marketing ploy? That is, make everyone buy VHS, and then later release the dvd to sell to diehard fans who probably already have the VHS (so people who like the movie and have a dvd player and vcr will end up buying both vhs and dvd). Maybe we should rename The Phantom Menace to The Phantom Merchandising.
I'm glad I don't have moderator points today; I'd more than likely get grouchy and use them the wrong way. I'd moderate every " Aren't we supposed to be boycotting blah blah? " article down. Of course, disagreement isn't what moderation is for, so here I post.
YOU can boycott the MPAA if you like, because they like to sue Norweigians who put slashes in their Os or put k00l hacks in their websites.
YOU can tell Spielberg that you don't want Schindler's List or Star Wars, Chapter One: Phantom Menace or anything else he sells, on DVD(tm), LaserDisc(tm), VHS Collector's Edition(tm), Special Remastered Widescreen Edition(tm), "Jar Jar in My Pants" Underoos Special Edition(tm), or whatever else he markets for a buck.
YOU can firewall off DoubleClick if you like, because they write down your zipcode and tell a few online vendors that you also buy "Jar Jar in my Pants" Underoos.
YOU can decide not to support Michael Dell, because he's "in bed" with Intel, and everyone knows that Dell should use AMD because they're both coincidentally in Austin, TX.
YOU can fire off a flame at JonKatz when he writes about how so many kids are being cruelly taunted for wearing Jar Jar Binks Underoos, too.
YOU can tell Amazon.com to take a trip up the biggest river without your paddle, because they spitefully try to litigate the number of clicks it took you to find and buy a copy of the "Jar Jar in my Pants" Edition on one of their competitors' sites.
YOU can email billg@microsoft.com with your personal opinion of Windoze, Winhose, Winlose, Whinos (What leet name do you choose today?). You can giggle and gloat when you spend a few hours setting up a non-Microsoft solution that plays your legally obtained copy of "Jar Jar" DVD on your non-Dell computer, free of interruption from banner ads.
YOU can do whatever you want, it's your dollars, it's your time, it's your pants. I agree that there's a lot of stupidity in corporate life, and a lot of people out there trying a little too hard to stake their claim in the first years of a massive new market of online consumers.
Me, I just want to read SlashDot, hear about the various issues that are facing the geek community, and come to my own conclusions about what I should or should not do. When you assume that I'll follow like a lamb to every one of the causes posted here, you do me a disservice. Perhaps individuality isn't the hallmark of geekdom, after all.
Thanks for letting me ramble on, on a news/discussion service that DOES post a variety of topics and lets ANYONE speak their mind.
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p.s. Anagrams for "Jar Jar in my Pants" Underoos Special Edition, for those who like such things, may enjoy aspirins in maladjusted incorporate, after reading my journals despite draconian 'penis majority'.
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Can an article be moderated as flamebait? We've been over all of this, and I'm sure that it will just be a matter of moments before the forum is ignited and flames about the lack of DVD (like myself), the evil MPAA and their handling of DeCSS, the supposed "boycott" of Amazon.com for their software patent, and of course, the beautiful Natalie Portman start flying...
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E2 IN2 IE?
one of my leet acquaintances from irc owns the site. the idea is that the domain is supposed to sound like "goat sex" when prounounced (goat se.cx). he then found some random gross out picture and posted it there to play a sick joke on people who went there. i still think its pretty funny if you ask me.
And that mention of Amazon has generated more negative than positive publicity for them. If you look at the rest of the comments, you'll see a lot of discussion of the Amazon boycott, including notes from people who didn't know about the boycott until they read this article.
Maybe it wasn't fair to mention just two sources for the video, but Geckoman was trying to be helpful, and obviously couldn't list every e-tailer on the Web. (Note, btw, that contrary to the conspiracy theorists, the Amazon link seems to have been submitted by a reader, not put in by the Slashdot editors.)
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Just wanted to beat a certain AC out of this one... Just seems funny to me, but moderate me down if ya want. .
Bye karma
Have they switched? They're still using Amazon. Go to the book review section and you'll still see the Amazon slashbox. Perhaps /. is using Fatbrain as well, but Amazon is still there.
It is a sad reflection on slashdot that the top moderated article in this thread (as I write this) contains the phrase "firm young buttocks" no less than twice and a graphic description of a young girl being bludgeoned with a giant sausage. News for nerds indeed!
Is it safe to say that most people in here are boycotting Amazon at this point? One-click shopping my ass.
I'd say that the Back to the Future trilogy beats out the Indys and SWs... But again, no DVDs...
Ok, I know ESR, but who the f*ck is Natalie Portman (except being the actress) to deserve this big /. attention?
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To buy from Amazon despite their patent stupidity?
To instead support reel.com, who are paying the LA times to print articles like Jack Valenti's rant's against DeCSS (check out the ads, they appear to have an exclusive).
Meanwhile I can only purchase videotape, which seems reasonable since the MPAA doesn't want me to spend money on their products if I'm only going to watch them on Linux.
I think I'll watch what may be the worst Superbowl in history and realize that the real purpose of the Internet is online trading. It would have been nice if the digital Christopher Reeve looked better. I think watching his dad in front of a blue screen looked more realistic...
Final decision? I don't see a reason to increase the money of reel.com or amazon.com because they're both acting like jerks. If Lucas doesn't want me to watch his film and the MPAA feel the same way they don't need my money either. I think I'll make a trip to the local small science fiction specialty bookstore tomorrow. They deserve my money more than anyone else.
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im on a rocky horror picture show cast. i play dr scott. i get naked and petrified every saturday night
...because she played the queen in the movie being discussed.
EEk! And i thought lucas was pretty cool for a while...but now no Star Wars DVD?
I actually think i understand the *real* reasoning for it. If he comes out with the VHS now *everyone's* going to buy it. Then when he comes out with the DVD 5-10 years down the line everyone will have to buy it *again* It's all about the Benjamins...
Checkout taccom my worl war II simulator
I am not buying any movies by these two billionaires until all the star wars and indiana jones movies are available on DVD. What is the big hold up anyways? They know the fans want it, but they tell us to just eat cake(VHS) all the same. If they think so little of us, why do we keep going back to them waving our hard earned dollars?
For those of you who are un-aware of the amazon.com fiasco (neat!), read the below links:
Yahoo - Amazon.com Receives Patent for 1-Click
CNET.com - News - E-commerce - Amazon sues Barnesandnoble.com over patent
Slashdot | Articles | Amazon Sues B&N over Software Patent
The New York Times: News That's Unfit
That is probably enough reading to get the general gist of things.
Ben Brewer
brewer@nullified.org
Yeah.. i'll buy it on vhs the very next time i run out to buy my latest selection of cassette tapes and 8-track..
Christ.. even dvd as a standard has been surpassed.. PS-DVD (progressive scan DVD) is already out and way better then standard dvd.. and they want me to buy a VHS tape? blah!
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okay kids.
it looks like some of us have gotten a little too excited by recent articles and controversy to remember one important fact: star wars.
obi-wan kenobi. does that name ring a bell? of course it does, more so than amazon.com does in my mind. so if you're sitting here dreading the purchase of this video for personal reasons, do yourself a favor and think "darth maul. darth maul. natalie portman in the largest dresses ever constructed," and you'll feel all better.
it's star wars. quit screwing around and order the movie (find a place to order it from that doesn't make you ill). you can complain on slashdot afterwards. "can articles be moderated as flamebait"??? who cares!!! did you not happen to see that this article had to do with STAR WARS?
*shudder*
grizzo: totally insecure, but very convenient.
just about everybody has the [crumby] bootleg copy of the movie. that's not the point. the point is that it's being released now, without a DVD, so that we can all get ripped off.
but i suggest that instead of whining, you either buy the tape or don't. if you buy the tape, don't buy the DVD. if you don't buy the tape, wait for the DVD. don't encourage this kind of behavior by acting like little-mr(s)-good-consumer and buying both (and buying poorly made jar jar action figures for all the kids).
george lucas has obviously sold out. but the man and the movie are not one in the same, so don't think you're hurting his feelings by talking trash about his movie.
grizzo: totally insecure, but very convenient.
Let's see, a post about a pre-release purchasing of a movie, I suggest that due to the current law suits going on that I might be a bit reluctant to purchase said movie, and someone moderates me as 'Offtopic'? Is that the same person who moderates Natilie Portman getting hot grits down her petrified pants up to 3? Oh well, said my $.02 HerrGlock
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slashdot also has a partnership with fatbrain.com, for books. After the whole one-click shoping thing they switched.
Of course, fatbrain dosn't sell movies, as far as I know...
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Neither is Star Wars series a real scifi classic nor is it of a particular interest to geeks/nerds unless they are younger than twelve years of age. I mean the episodes IV-VI were passable but the latest LucasFilm production has been such a bastardisation of the SF genre that I felt embarrased and conned with it.
For crying out loud if you have a separate Section for Star Wars instead of a generic Science Fiction one then I demand the following be Slashdot topics too:
Score:-1,Offtopic as there's no other place on /. to say this
C'mon, we know that as a series, the Indy trilogy was better.
Buy Empire for the best of the seven (SW+Indy), Raiders for the best of Indy, and Phantom for no one but Natalie.
Jar Jar sucked. Big time. So did his computer animated buddies.
...and I've had since about a week after it came out in theaters. Thank god for technology and the black market. Only thing is I hate that little Z that floats around the screen.
Shut up brain or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip. - Homer Simpson
I actually enjoyed that one. Nice job! Can someone moderate this up?
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header note {I understand the urge to want a standard in media technology, but boycotting must be done. Withouth such frenzies to dislike corporate tools, places like slashdot would be no more than a linux HOWTO site. But on to REAL dvd criticism... }
I believe that DVD is just one more way for corporations to install their products into your telivision, dazzling you with high quality graphics, etc. I, personally, believe that $300 or so for a player, plus the cost of DVDs is a little high.
VHS is better than I can tell the difference between (if that makes sense), is relatively cheap, and is a standard. As long as new things like DVD keep popping into our lives, we will be forced to keep spending money to keep up with the Jones'.
Don't let them do this! Make DVD an ultimate failure--make people who bought the players regret it. You are probably right that they will start pushing other types (like divx or whatever), but those will be equally disliked. Wait for a real media type that you think will make a difference in your entertainment hours.
(and while your add it, fill that uncontrollable urge to boycott!)
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