My whole reason for posting was that he wasn't "forced" to rent from Blockbuster. Maybe you noticed, when you read my other posts, that I listed several alternatives in his community.
By your logic though, don't those video stores support the MPAA? I mean, they purchase DVDs. And if all DVDs support the MPAA, then so do those stores. This is especially true if he is planning on renting DVDs, thus encouraging the stores to buy more DVDs. Which gives more money to the MPAA.
He should.. and that was my point, thank you. He is not forced to rent from Blockbuster, and has a choice.
I never said he had to rent from Blockbuster (I also never specified DVDs, but since that is the topic at hand, I'll give you that one). That wasn't the part of your comment I was talking about. I was referring to the part where you said "You really shouldn't be supporting the MPAA". Doesn't sound like you were offerring a choice to me, rather, it sounds like you are looking down on someone for not having the same opinions as you.
If you are talking about non-MPAA companies making DVDs (we were talking about DVDs), then you are mistaken in the assumption that it doesn't fuel the MPAA.
Considering the fact that you yourself buy/rent DVDs from Laserlight and similar, non-directly-MPAA comapanies, you must agree that those types of DVD purchases (indie, old or foreign films, as I originally stated in my comment) support the MPAA less than the latest Sony or WB DVD? I mean, if you feel that people shouldn't support the MPAA _and_ you yourself buy/rent those types of DVDs, that's the only logical conclusion... unless you are a hypocrite.
Why don't you let the man decide on his own if he "should" be supporting the MPAA.
Not to mention there are plenty of rentals at any video store that aren't connected with the MPAA or MPAA-member studios. Many foreign films, many indie movies and most of those cheapie straight to video movies, for example, are unrated and released by non-MPAA companies.
Actually, I'm using MS products right now (IE to view this, WinXP to run my laptop).
However, I've been involved with maintaining web servers for years. That Apache is more secure (and reliable in general) than IIS is something that I have observed in every job I've ever had in the field.
If the book is still in print then it's much more convenient to pick one up near you.
That's debatable. If I am looking for a specific item, I find it easier to just order it online (or by phone) and have it arrive then go to a store looking for it. I go to stores when I want to browse and find things I wasn't expressly looking to buy.
The music and movie industries don't have a problem with you selling or giving away your cd or movie to somebody else.
This isn't strictly true, the RIAA tried to keep record stores from carrying used CDs in the 90s, for example. Divx also showed the industry's desire to limit resale or sharing of a physical disc.
I agree with your comment on all other counts, however. The parent poster seems to have missed something, or is a troll.
I doubt Lucas would release the originals as stand-alone DVDs, but maybe they will release the films in two (or 3) disk sets, each one containing the original on one disk and the rerelease on another. If he indeed does a "final version", then they could be 3 disk sets containing the original, the first rerelease and the final rerelease.
Sound unlikely? Well, Criterion released a 3-disc version of Brazil which has several different cuts of the movie...
If he did it, he'd probably release the sets 6 months after releasing the "final rerelease" versions as standalone dvds, to maximize profits due to the hardcore fans buying it twice.
It does now. It did not during the original theatrical release.
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This has always amazed me. To compare a 2002 movie's revenues at $8 a seat to a 1977 movie's revenues at $4 a seat and say it outsold Star Wars! Well, duh!
Actually, I think the two films being compared were both released in 2002.
Now why don't we just look at number of tickets sold and see where we stand
Yes, there are plenty of sites that do this. Here's one.
the economic climate in which the movie was released (millions of out-of-work people all over the US and even Europe right now probably aren't shelling out the bucks to go see a movie
When final figures are announced, North American ticket sales for the Friday-through-Monday Memorial Day weekend are expected to total well over $200 million, marking the biggest four-day holiday of all time and surpassing last year's record by at least 8 percent, box-office tracking service Exhibitor Relations said on Tuesday.
And another thing that's meaningless is how much a movie did in it's first weekend (as opposed to altogether).
First weekend numbers are the strongest indicator of how well a movie will do in the long run... Especially expensive summer blockbusters. It's very rare for a mainstream movie to do better the second week (of wide release) than the first week (of wide release), especially in the summer, when the theaters are jammed with movies and have a high turnover.
And to compare first weekend sales of movie A, which came out in February (let's say) in the middle of winter with nothing going on, to movie B which is released in late spring when the weather is beautiful and people want to be outdoors instead of in a theater, there are graduations going on, and a million other distractions, is ridiculous at best.
Actually, generally the films released in late spring have much higher openings than ones released in the winter or fall. It could be argued that this is because the studios are starting to release their more marketable product at this point, however.
Spider-Man opened on almost twice the screens AotC's did and I'll be amazed if SM makes any significent money outside the US.
Oh?
The Jedi Knights captured an estimated $36.7 million from 73 countries, propelling the foreign total to $128.9 million...
Sony estimated "Spider-Man" captured $18.5 million from 33 countries, elevating its foreign haul to $100.2 million, with all of Western Europe and Australia/New Zealand yet to open.
Sounds like Spider-Man is doing okay. In fact:
In its sophomore sessions, the webslinger registered the second biggest weekends ever (behind the same picture's first weekends) in Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela...
Spidey spun an unprecedented $1.4 million in India, 24% ahead of previous champ "The Mummy Returns;" and $496,000 in Indonesia (in local currency, eclipsing prior record-holder "The Lost World: Jurassic Park's").
Rami doesn't give a damn if the theater is "Billy Bob & A Projector", Spider-Man will still show. At least Lucas wants to make sure every theater showing Star Wars is equipped with certain basics, such as digital sound.
To be fair, I'm sure Raimi has FAR less control over Spider-Man than Lucas does over Star Wars. Raimi is a hired director, Lucas owns Star Wars AND the production company, AND the special effects house... etc.
In DC, new-ish major label CDs at Borders and stores like that are as much as $17.99 or even $18.99 _before_ tax. The price drops some in the burbs, and some more if you go to a Wal-Mart or Target instead of a actual music store. These prices are, I imagine, also cheaper in cities with a lower cost of living/cheaper storefront rent.
The last major label album I bought was the newest Nas, and it was $16.99 at Target (a "discount" chain). Before that, I bought the newest Wu-Tang Clan, also at Target, and it was also $16.99.
Neither had close to 20 songs, IIRC.
Don't feel bad if you aren't modded up for this insightful post.
I don't feel bad however my posts are modded, as I have been at the cap for quite some time now.
True to a point, but if everyone, or even most people, downloads a game instead of buying it, I doubt those people would have a job for long.
That's why I try to buy games, especially games, if I like them. I mean, $50 is not that much compared to all the work that went into them, or the fun you get out of them - I've spent 100s of hours with Half-Life/Counterstrike, for example. If you play a $50 game for 20 hours, you're getting entertainment for $2.50/hr. That's pretty cheap!
It also encourages the people who make games that you like to keep making more...
One thing to remeber though is you are dealing with a movie shot on HD video and then transferred later to film. So basically, it has all the disadvantages of the film medium (can be scratched, hairs, etc) and none of the advantages (better color depth, greater clarity, etc).
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I said SNES which is not the advance gameboy but the super nes.
He said Super Gameboy which is not the advance gameboy but the Super Gameboy.
There are no virii on Linux, because (relatively) no-one uses it.
And I here always thought it was because you can't run Outlook on Linux...
My whole reason for posting was that he wasn't "forced" to rent from Blockbuster. Maybe you noticed, when you read my other posts, that I listed several alternatives in his community.
By your logic though, don't those video stores support the MPAA? I mean, they purchase DVDs. And if all DVDs support the MPAA, then so do those stores. This is especially true if he is planning on renting DVDs, thus encouraging the stores to buy more DVDs. Which gives more money to the MPAA.
He should.. and that was my point, thank you. He is not forced to rent from Blockbuster, and has a choice.
I never said he had to rent from Blockbuster (I also never specified DVDs, but since that is the topic at hand, I'll give you that one). That wasn't the part of your comment I was talking about. I was referring to the part where you said "You really shouldn't be supporting the MPAA". Doesn't sound like you were offerring a choice to me, rather, it sounds like you are looking down on someone for not having the same opinions as you.
If you are talking about non-MPAA companies making DVDs (we were talking about DVDs), then you are mistaken in the assumption that it doesn't fuel the MPAA.
Considering the fact that you yourself buy/rent DVDs from Laserlight and similar, non-directly-MPAA comapanies, you must agree that those types of DVD purchases (indie, old or foreign films, as I originally stated in my comment) support the MPAA less than the latest Sony or WB DVD? I mean, if you feel that people shouldn't support the MPAA _and_ you yourself buy/rent those types of DVDs, that's the only logical conclusion... unless you are a hypocrite.
You really shouldn't be supporting the MPAA
Why don't you let the man decide on his own if he "should" be supporting the MPAA.
Not to mention there are plenty of rentals at any video store that aren't connected with the MPAA or MPAA-member studios. Many foreign films, many indie movies and most of those cheapie straight to video movies, for example, are unrated and released by non-MPAA companies.
Read the review. It's barely usable at all.
Actually, I'm using MS products right now (IE to view this, WinXP to run my laptop).
However, I've been involved with maintaining web servers for years. That Apache is more secure (and reliable in general) than IIS is something that I have observed in every job I've ever had in the field.
That is, of course, why Apache is MUCH, MUCH less secure than IIS, right?
If the book is still in print then it's much more convenient to pick one up near you.
That's debatable. If I am looking for a specific item, I find it easier to just order it online (or by phone) and have it arrive then go to a store looking for it. I go to stores when I want to browse and find things I wasn't expressly looking to buy.
The music and movie industries don't have a problem with you selling or giving away your cd or movie to somebody else.
This isn't strictly true, the RIAA tried to keep record stores from carrying used CDs in the 90s, for example. Divx also showed the industry's desire to limit resale or sharing of a physical disc.
I agree with your comment on all other counts, however. The parent poster seems to have missed something, or is a troll.
haunt v. haunted, haunting, haunts
1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
2. To visit often; frequent.
This is a poor troll. Try harder.
Unskipable advertisments are generally only on rental copies, aren't they (and Disney movies)? None of mine (100+ DVDs) have them.
Um, or they are saying it's good for the US government to spend less money on software in general.
I doubt Lucas would release the originals as stand-alone DVDs, but maybe they will release the films in two (or 3) disk sets, each one containing the original on one disk and the rerelease on another. If he indeed does a "final version", then they could be 3 disk sets containing the original, the first rerelease and the final rerelease.
Sound unlikely? Well, Criterion released a 3-disc version of Brazil which has several different cuts of the movie...
If he did it, he'd probably release the sets 6 months after releasing the "final rerelease" versions as standalone dvds, to maximize profits due to the hardcore fans buying it twice.
It does now. It did not during the original theatrical release.
Actually, I think the two films being compared were both released in 2002.
Now why don't we just look at number of tickets sold and see where we stand
Yes, there are plenty of sites that do this. Here's one.
the economic climate in which the movie was released (millions of out-of-work people all over the US and even Europe right now probably aren't shelling out the bucks to go see a movie
Amusingly, this is shaping up to be the biggest box office summer ever :
And another thing that's meaningless is how much a movie did in it's first weekend (as opposed to altogether).
First weekend numbers are the strongest indicator of how well a movie will do in the long run... Especially expensive summer blockbusters. It's very rare for a mainstream movie to do better the second week (of wide release) than the first week (of wide release), especially in the summer, when the theaters are jammed with movies and have a high turnover.
And to compare first weekend sales of movie A, which came out in February (let's say) in the middle of winter with nothing going on, to movie B which is released in late spring when the weather is beautiful and people want to be outdoors instead of in a theater, there are graduations going on, and a million other distractions, is ridiculous at best.
Actually, generally the films released in late spring have much higher openings than ones released in the winter or fall. It could be argued that this is because the studios are starting to release their more marketable product at this point, however.
Rami doesn't give a damn if the theater is "Billy Bob & A Projector", Spider-Man will still show. At least Lucas wants to make sure every theater showing Star Wars is equipped with certain basics, such as digital sound.
To be fair, I'm sure Raimi has FAR less control over Spider-Man than Lucas does over Star Wars. Raimi is a hired director, Lucas owns Star Wars AND the production company, AND the special effects house... etc.
Biofuel production plants? It'll never work on a large enough scale.
Why not? What part of the chain do you think will fail?
In DC, new-ish major label CDs at Borders and stores like that are as much as $17.99 or even $18.99 _before_ tax. The price drops some in the burbs, and some more if you go to a Wal-Mart or Target instead of a actual music store. These prices are, I imagine, also cheaper in cities with a lower cost of living/cheaper storefront rent.
The last major label album I bought was the newest Nas, and it was $16.99 at Target (a "discount" chain). Before that, I bought the newest Wu-Tang Clan, also at Target, and it was also $16.99.
Neither had close to 20 songs, IIRC.
Don't feel bad if you aren't modded up for this insightful post.
I don't feel bad however my posts are modded, as I have been at the cap for quite some time now.
How many cds have 20 songs? I think it's usually like 12-13, isn't it?
True to a point, but if everyone, or even most people, downloads a game instead of buying it, I doubt those people would have a job for long.
That's why I try to buy games, especially games, if I like them. I mean, $50 is not that much compared to all the work that went into them, or the fun you get out of them - I've spent 100s of hours with Half-Life/Counterstrike, for example. If you play a $50 game for 20 hours, you're getting entertainment for $2.50/hr. That's pretty cheap!
It also encourages the people who make games that you like to keep making more...
You need to adjust your TV. It will help quite a bit. Some DVDs also have bad encoding.
One thing to remeber though is you are dealing with a movie shot on HD video and then transferred later to film. So basically, it has all the disadvantages of the film medium (can be scratched, hairs, etc) and none of the advantages (better color depth, greater clarity, etc).