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12 cinemas in the Netherlands?
POSTED BY: Nellie
UPDATED: Sunday, December 4, 2005 05:57
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Sunday, December 4, 2005 4:02 AM
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Originally posted by Anonymouse1 (it's friendlier than Anonymous, don't you think?):Quote:
And discourage them from buying bootleg Serenity stuff
It's hard to ask them to save all their food money for a month in order to buy one "real" DVD---I can't do that. They've got to eat.
And of course I can buy them all DVDs as presents, and then my own food money will be gone.
Maybe the film companies could adjust their prices to suit the economies of other countries, then nobody would pirate. I guess it's a dumb idea...
Or maybe the promoters could put the film on at more cinemas, so lots of people could enjoy it very cheaply. Another dumb idea...
I forgot that the whole point of the thing is to make money, not to distribute works of art with the power to lift the human spirit.
That's what movies are: a tremendously powerful art form, and actors & directors & cameramen & scriptwriters are just as impressive creative artists as classical painters, sculptors or musicians. The whole thing is a creative, artistic endeavour, right down to the carpenters and canteen ladies.
It has the power to lift ordinary people out of their daily troubles and hard times---to awe and inspire them, make them happy. That's what Firefly & Serenity do---it's not just entertainment.
Sorry! Going all poetical there...I'll shut up now.
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Sunday, December 4, 2005 5:19 AM
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Originally posted by Nellie:
Anonymouse1 (it's friendlier than Anonymous, don't you think?):
Hey, that's Anonymous1. Anonymous was already taken.
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It's hard to ask them to save all their food money for a month in order to buy one "real" DVD---I can't do that. They've got to eat.
You can get the "real" DVD and invite them over for a showing on TV.
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And of course I can buy them all DVDs as presents, and then my own food money will be gone.
How about buy 1 and have them share it? Start your own Blockbuster video store.
Maybe when your friends "make it" they will buy the "real" DVD.
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Maybe the film companies could adjust their prices to suit the economies of other countries, then nobody would pirate. I guess it's a dumb idea...
Yeah! And think of the volume.
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I forgot that the whole point of the thing is to make money, not to distribute works of art with the power to lift the human spirit.
Artists have to eat too. And so do distributors. Starving artists eventually die and then their work becomes expensive.
Do you know if the Big Darn Movie is actually going to show in China? I thought it wasn't because of the pirating problem.
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