"Soon, copied films will be as rare as students lighting up a joint after their exams." LMFAO. You guys should put a warning before posting alerious stuff like that, I almost pissed myself going to the washroom. Lets see here, lets talk pirated movies.
1) Movies ripped from the theatres are getting better in quality, but are not the same as a DVD. I consider them as a "preview" so you can download them and watch them. If you liked the movie, then for the full experience (surround sound with big giant screen), you go watch it in theatres. If it sucked, then forget it.
2) See, a movie now a day (except a the predictable ones) is like a surprise box. You pay for it, but you never know what your gonna get. So if the movie was good, well you had your 2 hours of fun, if it sucked, there goes 12$ down the drain. Its always a WIN-WIN situation for the Industry.
3) MONEY! Its all about the money, everything, everywhere. So lets talk about the over-priced food at the theatres. I bet you anything they would still make profit even if your ticket was free. So, a bag of pop corn at your local growcery costs around 2$. Fast foward to the Theatres, and all of the sudden you got a 250% raise in the price. (Im surprised they dont charge for the washroom, after all, they do make crap on a regular basis)
4) Then, they try to dissuade us from cam-cording movies by placing ads of hardworking people right before the movie starts. Quit complaining b*tch, I already paid your salary right there. I don't know if the ads would have the same impact if the multi-millionaire director of Miramax or ___insert big hollywood name___ was interviewed and asked about how miserable his life has become. How bout the 10 Million dollard actor paid to act in the crap you just saw?
5) DVDs are too d/amn expensive. 30$ for a DVD? Give me a break, ill rent it (5$), if its good ill rip it (5$ for the DVDR+), end of story. Blockbuster has my 5$ and Sony too.
6) Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutetly. I felt like putting that quote there. Since it goes in accordance to point#5. Ive heard people, that know people, that know a guy who owns a theatre and guess what(its true, im not joking)? Yes, he records movies at the end of the day when nobody is around to see/care.
7) And unless the internet suddenly shuts down, the sharing of movies, games, music etc, will grow expotentially. Sure the RIAA is busting kazaa users. Solution, projects like freenet (encrypted P2P) were born. One lesson everybody needs to know is: You cannot control the internet.
Conclusion: Lower the price and make quality material. Then it will be worth watching and paying. (And yes, im going to go, and pay, for Kill Bill volume 2 tommorow!!! WOOHOO!)
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"Soon, copied films will be as rare as students lighting up a joint after their exams." LMFAO. You guys should put a warning before posting alerious stuff like that, I almost pissed myself going to the washroom. Lets see here, lets talk pirated movies.
1) Movies ripped from the theatres are getting better in quality, but are not the same as a DVD. I consider them as a "preview" so you can download them and watch them. If you liked the movie, then for the full experience (surround sound with big giant screen), you go watch it in theatres. If it sucked, then forget it.
2) See, a movie now a day (except a the predictable ones) is like a surprise box. You pay for it, but you never know what your gonna get. So if the movie was good, well you had your 2 hours of fun, if it sucked, there goes 12$ down the drain. Its always a WIN-WIN situation for the Industry.
3) MONEY! Its all about the money, everything, everywhere. So lets talk about the over-priced food at the theatres. I bet you anything they would still make profit even if your ticket was free. So, a bag of pop corn at your local growcery costs around 2$. Fast foward to the Theatres, and all of the sudden you got a 250% raise in the price. (Im surprised they dont charge for the washroom, after all, they do make crap on a regular basis)
4) Then, they try to dissuade us from cam-cording movies by placing ads of hardworking people right before the movie starts. Quit complaining b*tch, I already paid your salary right there. I don't know if the ads would have the same impact if the multi-millionaire director of Miramax or ___insert big hollywood name___ was interviewed and asked about how miserable his life has become. How bout the 10 Million dollard actor paid to act in the crap you just saw?
5) DVDs are too d/amn expensive. 30$ for a DVD? Give me a break, ill rent it (5$), if its good ill rip it (5$ for the DVDR+), end of story. Blockbuster has my 5$ and Sony too.
6) Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutetly. I felt like putting that quote there. Since it goes in accordance to point#5. Ive heard people, that know people, that know a guy who owns a theatre and guess what(its true, im not joking)? Yes, he records movies at the end of the day when nobody is around to see/care.
7) And unless the internet suddenly shuts down, the sharing of movies, games, music etc, will grow expotentially. Sure the RIAA is busting kazaa users. Solution, projects like freenet (encrypted P2P) were born. One lesson everybody needs to know is: You cannot control the internet.
Conclusion: Lower the price and make quality material. Then it will be worth watching and paying. (And yes, im going to go, and pay, for Kill Bill volume 2 tommorow!!! WOOHOO!)