Posted by Brian Henderson on 12/05/07 20:11

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 18:46:51 +0100 (CET), Gorf <pew@pew.pew> wrote:

>since when was quality the criterion for whether a movie sells well on a
>home video format?

By the time a movie makes it to DVD, it's been reviewed thousands of
times, both online and through newspapers/TV/etc. People know what
they're getting, something that the people going to a theater didn't
necessarily have.

>the problem is OBVIOUSLY the internet and movie pirates no matter how
>many lame excuses the stealth-communist, pro-piracy, anti-copyright tech
>geek brigade churns into memes for you proles to consume.

Hell, you think people online will download these stinkburgers? The
only one making lame excuses around here is you, Hollywood is cranking
out crap and blaming online downloads for their lack of sales. The
only people they should be looking at are themselves.

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