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Warner Brothers Pulls Canadian Previews

Posted by kdawson on from the camcorders-eh dept.

A number of readers let us know that Reuters and others are reporting that Warner Brothers is canceling movie previews in Canadian theaters, starting with Oceans Thirteen. A Warner VP said, "Within the first week of a film's release, you can almost be certain that somewhere out there a Canadian copy will show up." Recently, the International Intellectual Property Association placed Canada on its Priority Watch List, along with the likes of Argentina, China, Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela. This community knows, thanks to Michael Geist, that the claim is mostly ficiton.

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  1. Lucky Canadians by DJCacophony · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad they don't do that here, too, so I wouldn't have to sit through so many previews just to see the movie I paid to see.

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    1. Re:Lucky Canadians by Isaac-1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      It would certainly be nice if those "trailers" would go away, I went to see a movie earlier this year and it had 54 minutes worth of trailers and commercials before the opening credits.

    2. Re:Lucky Canadians by mark*workfire · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's all crap. Everybody knows Canadians don't even have movie theaters. The project lamp heat melts the igloo. Besides, a group of Canadians together are easy prey for Polar Bears.

    3. Re:Lucky Canadians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think the movie you were watching was I, Robot, and that those were the *closing* credits.

    4. Re:Lucky Canadians by Fireflymantis · · Score: 5, Funny

      As a Canadian, I can confirm this. I once tried to set up a little home brew theater in my igloo, but the projector melted in the roof. A fire started briefly, but fortunately the melting ice quickly snuffed it out. It goes without saying that the projector was toasted in the incident. Whats worse though is that my igloo insurance policy did not cover the damages.

    5. Re:Lucky Canadians by MarkCollette · · Score: 3, Funny

      I solved this problem by using rear projection right through the clear ice wall. This way the bulb is outside, and doesn't melt the igloo. Sucks when it's snowing outside though, as that makes it look like it's snowing in the movie. That's why I only watch Christmas specials, all year long.

  2. A few years late, but.... by tmosley · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...it seems like everything's gone wrong since Canada came along!

    1. Re:A few years late, but.... by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...it seems like everything's gone wrong since Canada came along!

      I think that it's high time that we stop this tyranny, protect the movie studios, and invade Canada.

      I see no alternative.

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    2. Re:A few years late, but.... by sYkSh0n3 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Should we blame the government?
      Or blame society?
      Or should we blame the images on TV?
      No, blame Canada
      Blame Canada

    3. Re:A few years late, but.... by Gorshkov · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah? But now we got movies and you don't! So there! Nyah, nyah!
      In 1812, we burned the White House for revenge.

      This time around, we gave you Celine Dion.

      DON'T MESS WITH CANADA! pffffffffffffffffh! :-)
  3. Go Team USA! by d34thm0nk3y · · Score: 4, Funny

    Within the first week of a film's release, you can almost be certain that somewhere out there a Canadian copy will show up.

    Come, my fellow Americans, we can do this! We have a week to get our copy of Oceans Thirteen up! FTW!!

  4. Re:That's Fiction, Not Ficiton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Learn how to spel. I'm dylsexic you insnestitive cold!
  5. Movie Piracy Helps Prevent Gun Crime by Bert+the+Turtle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, we all know that despite a similar or larger number of firearms per person in Canada that violent crime and gun crime in particular is much lower there. It is obvious that having the opportunity to get cheap pirate movies keeps Canadians from killing each other. As such, I call on the US government to decriminalise piracy. Won't someone please think of the children!

  6. Re:Shooting themselves in the foot by mentaldingo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed. This is the dumbest fucking idea I've heard since I joined the MPAA.

  7. Re:WTF are they thinking?! by ksheff · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone in Hollywood heard that was the next scam that Julian and Ricky were going to pull. It will involve replacing one of Bubbles' lenses with a camcorder.

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  8. This is great news!!!! by limabone · · Score: 2, Funny

    So if we start pirating commercials before movies they will stop showing them also?? That is absolutely fantastic news!

  9. Re:Maybe I missed something... by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

    The film industry has quite a few odd nicknames for things...the trailers that house the actors are called "honey wagons." Interestingly enough, that's also what septic tank pumpers call their trucks, so the metaphor isn't entirely off.

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  10. Ficiton? New word? by OldManAndTheC++ · · Score: 3, Funny

    This community knows, thanks to Michael Geist, that the claim is mostly ficiton

    ficiton (noun): an imaginary particle, spontaneously generated by media company executives (morons), to rationalize irrational behavior. The process of emitting and absorbing ficitons is termed con-fusion

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