Hollywood can sell the same content six times (cinema, pay-per-view, pay cable, free cable, terrestrial broadcast, DVD -- not to mention airline sales, overseas licensing, etc.). Videogames only run on the machine(s) they're made for.
You haven't been on the online marketplaces lately huh? Seems like every time I show up at my buddy's house he's playing a 15 year old game on his 1 year old Wii.
Movies can continue to be shown for decades. With a tiny number of exceptions, a game is dead meat within a year.
Only a tiny fraction of 1% of movies are in theatre for longer than two months. How long has WoW been sold?
Movies have star power. The general public doesn't care who made the game.
Games have star power. Star voice actors, their likeness, and Spore sold mostly based on the big name of the man who made the Sims.
Filmmaking is very nearly turnkey if it doesn't require special effects. Every game is a unique piece of software engineering.
Reusing the same engine and concept is a videogame tradition.
A big film is 3 hours tops. A big game is 40-50 hours. That's a lot more content.
You haven't been looking at the bonus material, huh?
The economics of the two are very different, and the production models can never be the same.
Seems like buying books for cash is more anonymous than leaving an e-commerce trail.
BTW third trashy paranormal romance book read on my Kindle. Just told someone I am reading Dickens, LOL!!! I love this! 12:32 PM Mar 3rd from twitterrific
Please moderators, don't be so trigger-happy. When I wrote that post, it was about as inoffensive and non-inflammatory as I knew how to write it. It's what I believe and I know that a lot of people won't like it, so I tried hard to take a neutral tone and I tried to make it as non-Flamebait as I could.
No matter how you dress up a turd, it still smells like shit.
Never has so much swinging male private parts been on display. Much more impact when it's swinging around than on the printed page.
Was I the only one looking at his face? : )
And I agree with everything you said, but although this was the Hendrix version, the song is by Bob Dylan. Common mistake.
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(looking through the credits, you'll see acknowledgments and thanks for use of clips from various shows and movies, I didn't see half of those in the movie itself).
Ozymandias has a big wall of TVs, all showing different things.
I'm not a kid, this movie was good
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Watchmen, despite its fairly uncompromising storytelling, was not what you would call and R rated comic. With the exception of Manhattan's big blue genitals, sexual references were fairly tame.
I wouldn't call that rape scene "tame". Disturbing, troubling... those are words I'd use.
And then there's what happens to the girl who gave the Comedian his scar.
This movie isn't for kids, the rating is fair warning.
this might be the gayest thing I've ever said ;-)
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Not that I can't spare the few dimes to see this in the theater, but I'd rather download this one and see it in the comfort of my own home.
Preposterous! The only way to truly appreciate Dr. Manhattans' giant blue penis is to see it on a big screen.
1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon
Difficulty: You must provide an accurate number of planets that our solar system would have if the old definition had been maintained, and name them all.
Well you know, that whole business of a bunch of geek bastards chortling over their tiny bit of power by 'changing' the designation of Pluto does stick in my craw. SOB's were all laughing and happy with their efforts at FUBARing our knowledge of the Universe/Solar System and for no good reason other than to screw with us.
Excuse me, narcissistic retard, but they changed the definition of a planet because at the rate that their new telescopes were finding objects similar to pluto out there, we'd have about 20 planets in the system by now.
But you keep thinking that they did it to mess with your precious feelings, that way your rage will cause you to die an early death and free us all from having to suffer your continued existence.
FTFA: doctors are asking patients to sign agreements that bar them from posting comments on everything from review sites to blogs, and then attempting to have the reviews removed if they break the gag order.
This is not censorship
What do you think "censorship" stands for? A special kind of steam locomotives???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor.
If you consider Jesus holy, you're a Christian. If you don't, you're not.
If you act in accordance with the teachings of Jesus Christ, you're a christian. If you don't, you aren't, no matter where you spend your Sunday mornings.
So basically, the most efficient way to see if someone is a christian isn't to look for t-shaped jewelry, but to slap them and see if they turn the other cheek. Most people who say they're christians will get belligerent, and that's how you'll know they're not christians, they just like to pretend that they are.
+1. It's like having a story about water melons and adding a "black people" tag.
Actually, it's like having a story about laws regarding information technology and someones persecution complex turns the thread about their religion, the places where it is practiced, and the vrious shades it comes in.
Segmenting the internet back into region specific chunks is probably the worst thing that happened since MySpace.
So you'd rather Hulu and Netflix be sued into bankruptcy for streaming content to places in the world they have no right to do so? Yeah, that'd be a much greater idea...
Yes!
Well, no, I wish them a violent, painful death. But bankruptcy is an acceptable compromise.
To be fair, the printers are CONTINUING work each time they print a new book.
And what new books will they print when all the authors have died from lack of food?
This is EXACTLY the situation that led to copy rights being created: Printers making money off other people's writing without giving the writer his share.
Copyright is the only exception where it's somehow created a situation where people can do one bit of work and then continue to profit from that for eternity (as far as they're concerned).
What work has a landowner done each month to deserve rent?
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Hollywood can sell the same content six times (cinema, pay-per-view, pay cable, free cable, terrestrial broadcast, DVD -- not to mention airline sales, overseas licensing, etc.). Videogames only run on the machine(s) they're made for.
You haven't been on the online marketplaces lately huh?
Seems like every time I show up at my buddy's house he's playing a 15 year old game on his 1 year old Wii.
Movies can continue to be shown for decades. With a tiny number of exceptions, a game is dead meat within a year.
Only a tiny fraction of 1% of movies are in theatre for longer than two months.
How long has WoW been sold?
Movies have star power. The general public doesn't care who made the game.
Games have star power. Star voice actors, their likeness, and Spore sold mostly based on the big name of the man who made the Sims.
Filmmaking is very nearly turnkey if it doesn't require special effects. Every game is a unique piece of software engineering.
Reusing the same engine and concept is a videogame tradition.
A big film is 3 hours tops. A big game is 40-50 hours. That's a lot more content.
You haven't been looking at the bonus material, huh?
The economics of the two are very different, and the production models can never be the same.
The economics are nearly identical.
Seems like buying books for cash is more anonymous than leaving an e-commerce trail.
BTW third trashy paranormal romance book read on my Kindle. Just told someone I am reading Dickens, LOL!!! I love this!
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Please moderators, don't be so trigger-happy. When I wrote that post, it was about as inoffensive and non-inflammatory as I knew how to write it. It's what I believe and I know that a lot of people won't like it, so I tried hard to take a neutral tone and I tried to make it as non-Flamebait as I could.
No matter how you dress up a turd, it still smells like shit.
Your attempt to appear scholarly in your reply is juvenile and an excellent example of my use of the term "slashdot dweeb".
Now look who's projecting.
Never has so much swinging male private parts been on display. Much more impact when it's swinging around than on the printed page.
Was I the only one looking at his face? : )
And I agree with everything you said, but although this was the Hendrix version, the song is by Bob Dylan. Common mistake.
(looking through the credits, you'll see acknowledgments and thanks for use of clips from various shows and movies, I didn't see half of those in the movie itself).
Ozymandias has a big wall of TVs, all showing different things.
Watchmen, despite its fairly uncompromising storytelling, was not what you would call and R rated comic. With the exception of Manhattan's big blue genitals, sexual references were fairly tame.
I wouldn't call that rape scene "tame". Disturbing, troubling... those are words I'd use.
And then there's what happens to the girl who gave the Comedian his scar.
This movie isn't for kids, the rating is fair warning.
Not that I can't spare the few dimes to see this in the theater, but I'd rather download this one and see it in the comfort of my own home.
Preposterous! The only way to truly appreciate Dr. Manhattans' giant blue penis is to see it on a big screen.
They'd sooner invite Lucifer; at least he believes in God.
Yes, but he defines it as "me".
theological studies of specific scriptures are myths?
Yes, quite literally.
Main Entry: myth
Pronunciation: \Ëmith\
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek mythos
Date: 1830
1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon
The new "definition" by the IAU is asinine
How so?
Be precise, and show your work.
Difficulty: You must provide an accurate number of planets that our solar system would have if the old definition had been maintained, and name them all.
Our President came from this state.
I think I'll start stockpiling canned foods, ammo, and guns like the rest of the hillbilly's down south.
He came from Hawaii, that state was just a stop on the way to Washington :)
Well you know, that whole business of a bunch of geek bastards chortling over their tiny bit of power by 'changing' the designation of Pluto does stick in my craw. SOB's were all laughing and happy with their efforts at FUBARing our knowledge of the Universe/Solar System and for no good reason other than to screw with us.
Excuse me, narcissistic retard, but they changed the definition of a planet because at the rate that their new telescopes were finding objects similar to pluto out there, we'd have about 20 planets in the system by now.
But you keep thinking that they did it to mess with your precious feelings, that way your rage will cause you to die an early death and free us all from having to suffer your continued existence.
objects orbiting a different star do not fit into this definition
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(N.B. That wasn't flamebait, it was a flame, plus he deserved it.)
I sincerely believe that less than 3% of moderators can understand the difference between flamebaiting and flaming.
FTFA: doctors are asking patients to sign agreements that bar them from posting comments on everything from review sites to blogs, and then attempting to have the reviews removed if they break the gag order.
This is not censorship
What do you think "censorship" stands for? A special kind of steam locomotives???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor.
If you consider Jesus holy, you're a Christian. If you don't, you're not.
If you act in accordance with the teachings of Jesus Christ, you're a christian. If you don't, you aren't, no matter where you spend your Sunday mornings.
So basically, the most efficient way to see if someone is a christian isn't to look for t-shaped jewelry, but to slap them and see if they turn the other cheek. Most people who say they're christians will get belligerent, and that's how you'll know they're not christians, they just like to pretend that they are.
his insane rants
Is greed a form of insanity?
Don't download this song, even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-grdpKVqg
+1. It's like having a story about water melons and adding a "black people" tag.
Actually, it's like having a story about laws regarding information technology and someones persecution complex turns the thread about their religion, the places where it is practiced, and the vrious shades it comes in.
Books and stories were written for a long time before copyright existed. Did the Illiad have a copyright on it?
Those existed long before the PRINTING PRESS existed: You're mentally defective. unable to see the stupid in your own arguments.
Segmenting the internet back into region specific chunks is probably the worst thing that happened since MySpace.
So you'd rather Hulu and Netflix be sued into bankruptcy for streaming content to places in the world they have no right to do so? Yeah, that'd be a much greater idea...
Yes!
Well, no, I wish them a violent, painful death. But bankruptcy is an acceptable compromise.
People still fileshare? Everything I want to listen to and watch can be streamed now.
Yeah, nothing like low-quality, [BUFFERING] media that can suddenly "become unavailable" with no warning! That's the best!
Sure google could probably make me more money through exposure that I might not otherwise have, but shouldn't that be my choice?
It is your choice to opt out.
If you don't want the world to read your stuff in the first place, don't publish it.
To be fair, the printers are CONTINUING work each time they print a new book.
And what new books will they print when all the authors have died from lack of food?
This is EXACTLY the situation that led to copy rights being created: Printers making money off other people's writing without giving the writer his share.
Copyright is the only exception where it's somehow created a situation where people can do one bit of work and then continue to profit from that for eternity (as far as they're concerned).
What work has a landowner done each month to deserve rent?