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Pirates Promise Improved Version of DaVinci Code
Y'arr, Matey writes "CD Freaks is reporting that pirates are not happy with the quality of the DaVinci Code. According to the article, "A sales assistant at one Shanghai DVD shop said the initial copies were 'pirated overseas' and that 'better quality' versions would probably be available early next month.""
That the new version will be 0 minutes long.
I'm generally "Interesting," "Insightful," and even "Funny" here. What the hell happens to me at parties?
What, so they're re-filming it, this time with a better story???
because pirates are renowned for the quality control.
serenity now!
That they're this blatant about their piracy...
Or that their customer service is better than most "official" DVD publishers.
Was hoping it would say they were editing Da Vinci Code to make it more entertaining.
If the Pirates aren't happy then the Ninjas must be pissed.
This Slashdot "news item" was formulated overseas, and we anticipate a more newsworthy post within the next month.
Arrrr, the post-production value of the film wasn't up to the same quality as other blockbustarrrr book to movie productions; here on the ship we're still parrrrtial to Mastarrrr and Comandarrrr!
...and a duplicate post within a day.
500GB of disk, 5TB of transfer, $5.95/mo
When did people start "pirating" movies? And they started with DaVinci Code? Are these pirates anti-christian missionaries?
the guy with the camera is not going to sit behind some chick with a Marj Simpson hair do!
Much like my roommate, who edited Twin Peaks to make sense.
This too, will end.
Huh? Of course everyone knows that every new movie gets pirated. The article is just to highlight the sheer cheek of the so-called "sales assistant", and (perhaps as an aside) how that might unwittingly be an interesting reflection on society's attitude to pirated goods. Really, it's just supposed to be funny. Remember that? Humour? That thing that makes your tummy wobble up and down with mirth?
More like... nerdular nerdence!
A few years back, someone re-edited "The Phantom Menace", and called it The Phantom Edit. Some people thought it was an improvement over the original. About 20 minutes of Jar-Jar was cut, which didn't hurt.
You are sad because the movie has been pirated, or because the movie exists in the first place?
Using (pirated) PC-based video editing software, enterprising movies pirates have issued a new, improved version of the Da Vinci code. A plot summary follows:
Middle-aged Harvard professor Robert Langdon is giving a lecture in Paris when he is confronted by a police detective, who shows him a picture of a man who has been murdered in a gruesome fashion. Langdon, who has been living in an airport terminal, takes off in search of the holy grail, which has been stolen by a young Leo di Caprio. A gratuitous time warp takes him back to WWII to save Matt Damon from being killed by Nazis. Returning to the present, a slingshot around the moon reveals his presence to vengeful mobsters, who are unimpressed by his skill at ping-pong and shrimping. Escaping from them via Fed-Ex cargo plane only leads him to a close encounter with a volcano and a young Meg Ryan, with whom he has a cheesy and banal romance that only a woman could appreciate. With a newfound attitude towards the fairer sex he agrees to coach a group of weepy baseball players, but mysteriously, without even sleeping with any of them, he contracts AIDS and dies. But that doesn't stop our hero. He returns from the dead, bangs a mermaid, and brings joy to millions of kids before returning back to Paris where he started, which makes you wonder why the hell he left in the first place.
Soylent Green is peoplicious!
I am truely sadened that this made it onto Slashdot. Are we openly praising these people? I have digitally edited your post for the better quality appreciation by the consumer market: ARR!1! Ye murderous pirating trolls would befoul the pristine intellectual spaceways of ye noble Dot, will ye?! Ye scoundrels deserve no less of an intergalactic keel haulin' than the scrofulous scallywags of the HMS Digital Millenium Falcon herself!! yar!
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
It seems to slip below the radar every fucking time, so I've created a graphical illustration of how to spot a foot icon and what it means.
Reportedly, the new version will have more action in it. And more humor. And more romance. And more puzzles. And they are going to give the protagonist a sidekick for more comic relief. Oh, and the pursuit of our heroes by the bad guys won't mysteriously drop off in the third act.
In fact, the pirate update has already been available for a while.
Did you learn that stuff from "Seinfeld" (where Kramer cams movies) or from "The Scene" (www.welcometothescene.com)?
All your sig are belong to us.
If the pirates are making lousy copies, maybe you should buy them from ninjas instead.
How ya like dat?