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Movies Losing Popularity at Box Office
andyring writes "Without the slightest mention of piracy, the MPAA said box-office revenues declined by 8 percent last year. About 40 percent of the decline came from the U.S. Now if only they'd realize that the decline is from movies sucking more than my shop vac." It's been a while since a film warranted spending the money to watch it in a room full of strangers.
even after me and mine boy-fiancies watching B. B. Mountain more then 10 times..
PS: it is getting 5PM and I am in no mood to RTFA.
everyone downmodding this post will be prosecuted for reading my post without first buying a license!!!
thats the point exactly. who the fuck wants to watch a gay cowboy movie? This country is going down the crapper in a hurry. You got men marrying men, faggot cowboy movies, and the "gay community". give me a fucking break. I think Rome went through this before it fell too.
BTW, I think everyone would agree that the "etc." includes "fuck you very much".
I'm not a Troll, it's reverse psychology.
Most of the best films made are not taken from things gone into public domain, they're either original plots or from books which are not public domain. Also there are as many things going into public domain as there ever have been. People talk about Steamboat Willy, but even if that did become public domain, if they did use it to make a film, wouldn't that just be another remake, the very thing you're complaining about?
Your post is a logical fallacy. You decry Hollywood having no new ideas, and then saying that it's because they're not allowed to use public domain old ideas.
Your post is just an attempt to play to the crowd by subtly inserting an anti-copyright message so you can get a few free points from the general Slashdot anti-copyright sentiment.
You've also praised manga/anime to squeeze a few mod points from anime/manga fans, even though it has nothing to do with the article.
I salute your mastery of karma-whoring.