I think the downloading is bad, but the backing up movies is ok.

I think piracy is bad, but I also think the best way Hollywood can do to save money is to stop paying out over the top money to actors!

wait and wait and wait..zzzzz Yes, that double dipping is frustrating.  I've learned my lesson.  The only thing is that it is such a very long wait.  I still haven't seen T3 on a special release yet.  I was hoping for DTS or a HD transfer.  I got tired of waiting and bought it a couple weeks ago from Blockbuster as a previewed DVD for 10 dollars.

Apparently they're going to film additional scenes to the movie, before they release it on special edition.

Quote: Originally posted by Keith Gump
Yes, that double dipping is frustrating.  I've learned my lesson.  The only thing is that it is such a very long wait.  I still haven't seen T3 on a special release yet.  I was hoping for DTS or a HD transfer.  I got tired of waiting and bought it a couple weeks ago from Blockbuster as a previewed DVD for 10 dollars.


I learned my lesson as well, and now I wait instead of rushing out on New Release Tuesday to buy DVD's like I used to.

Quote: Originally posted by floyd dylan
Apparently they're going to film additional scenes to the movie, before they release it on special edition.

Presumably scenes to improve it? The film certainly needs them.

As for 'piracy', it's been around for years and is now being cited as the cause of all woes for everyone (music industry, games industry, film industry). If the people concerned actually provided a product that is worth buying at a fair price in the first place, people wouldn't need to resort to 'piracy' (stupid bloody name for it).

The studios rip us off time after time by releasing so-called ultimate versions of our favourite films, only to release better versions a few months down the line. Cynical bastards.

They bleat on about how much revenue they are loosing because of people downloading films, but most people who regularly download are - in my experience - not the type of people who would buy the discs in the fist place. What really pisses me off are the patronising adverts on DVDs telling us not to be naughty and copy movies. Hello dumbarses, I just bought the bloody film! Is it really necessary to make me sit through a 2-minute forced propaganda piece on behalf of FACT or whoever?

Anyway, I'll stop now as I'm just ranting. Suffice to say that I hate the way that the consumer is being blamed for studios 'losing out', without them taking any responsibility for their dubious pricing and marketing strategies. Oh boo hoo, you only made 15 billion profit this year, instead of 16 billion...

There was a brilliant episode of South Park that touched on this subject. Well worth watching for a good laugh.

Chris, you should start an organisation, I would subscribe to your newsletter.

It's true though, those FACT trailers are so condescending; you are mad if you seriously think some bloke selling DVDs is a major contributing factor to terrorism. Unless money laundering, arms dealing and drugs aren't the money making schemes we've been lead to believe. These people are just trying to pull the "fear" string like everyone else, it's so tiresome.

That's another strike against Gabe for the record; if he's not offending me, he's wasting my money recommending potentially rubbish DVDs!

I hate pirated movies! Quality is SHIT!

I'm glad that I can get any new release one to two weeks before you guys! It is only a liitle bit more expensive than buying my local dvd, but the money is worth it!

fudge factor Quote: Originally posted by Chris Gould
Oh boo hoo, you only made 15 billion profit this year, instead of 16 billion...


Lets send them a box of fudgesicles for the lame effort.

Quote: Originally posted by Gabriel Powers
 There is no real reason (though I've heard plenty) as to why the entire LOTR trilogy was just over 300 mil including ads, and Spider Man 2 was 210 or what ever. Studios need to stop putting all their eggs in 2 or 3 baskets a year, it's starting to catch up with them.

I think analysts have been saying the same thing. A large part of the Hollywood slump isn't the bogus cry of piracy, its the reckless way they do business. Give me $100 million bones and I'll make you one hell of a good movie. If a "star" wanted multi-millions to be in it, I'd send him packing and pay Joe Blow $50,000.

Quote: Originally posted by Gabriel Powers
In all seriousness I can't beleive how much it costs to make movies. There is no real reason (though I've heard plenty) as to why the entire LOTR trilogy was just over 300 mil including ads, and Spider Man 2 was 210 or what ever. Studios need to stop putting all their eggs in 2 or 3 baskets a year, it's starting to catch up with them.

Watch the extended special edition extras dvd(s) What a huge amount of effort just went into these extra DVD, besides the actual footage.

You'll see why it costs so much.  Maybe these guys should be audited.  Can we arrange a dunking booth?  Can we throw huge jaded cluster balls?  I'm not knocking LOR though. I think its the greatest movie of all time, since my childhood.  Well, I need to consider Sound of Music, but I really don't want to.

No, Keith, what I meant was the LOTR films were relativly inexpensive, especially considering what made it onto the screen, whereas there are plenty of other films that cost twice as much to make. filming in New Zealand shoudn't be THAT much cheaper.

I said it before and I'll say it again, to save money they're going to have to stop paying actors millions of pounds/dollars.

Some of the A list actors get paid $40 million to star in ONE movie!!!  Surely the studio should say thank you for your services but now we're cutting back and we're going to use a cheaper actor.

If the studios start to refuse to pay millions to these actors, and refuse to put them in any more movies, and then these actors will have to fall in line or retire.

Lets face it these people crave attention, and they'll soon start dropping their price tag, when the work stops coming in.

i think it is ridiculous that a person who pirates dvds can get more time in jail than a person who drives drunk and kills someone. The drunk driver has an easier time of getting a more reduced or less sentence than a dvd pirater. Comes to show you that even hollywood has a part in the government.