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Peter Jackson and JJ Abrams 'Back' Sean Parker's Screening Room (variety.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Reports claim that Napster founder, Sean Parker, is working on a new service, called Screening Room, which would make major blockbusters available at home on the same day as they hit cinemas. The service would apparently charge users $50 per movie, and provide them with a 48-hour window to watch it. Now a new report claims that Hollywood titans Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams are among backers of Screening Room.
This reminds me of my college days. I always asked my roommates if they wanted cable. They all say YES! I then asked them if they wanted to pay for cable. They all say NO! We never had cable when I was in college.
wait no that didn't happen that way AAAAAGGGGHH
Dude's a hack. Admit it.
I agree. I boycotted those movies when I found out the dialogue was going to be in English, instead of in the original Westron with subtitles.
You forgot to include the cost of health care from the diabetes caused by two popcorns, two pops, a bag of M&Ms, and a bag of sour candies.
This is almost, but not quite, as stupid as people who watch cellphone video of a movie, at home, when it is released.
I was on the metro the other day and there was a girl watching a movie on her cellphone. It was a letterboxed movie and she was holding the phone vertically so only the middle few pixels of the screen were being used.
The temptation to lean over and rotate the phone 90 degrees just to see the look on her face was strong, but I figured "no", somebody _that_ stupid doesn't deserve to have their life improved.
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