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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 16:11:10 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood, Seriously?It does have the potential to be awesome, but we all know you're just going to fuck it up and I'd like you to stop beating the crap out of my childhood, kthxbye. Oh, the irony of your username in this context! Geez. From the director of all those Rob Schneider classics? Yeah, where can I buy a ticket, like, now.
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Post by SweetOblivion on Mar 21, 2012 17:16:48 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood,
No one outside of a 1940s studio publicist is buying "exhaustion" for when celebrities go on a cracked-out public meltdown. Stop it, you're only embarrassing yourselves.
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Post by angelaudie on Apr 13, 2012 14:09:54 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood,
You are saying now that just merely embedding a video is violating copyright? Really? So, what you are saying is you don't want people sharing your trailers for your films or previews for your tv shows on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook? Then why do you have the embed button available when you release trailers online? Oh, that's not what you meant? Well, then why are you trying to make things like that illegal? Because that's what you are trying to do. God, you're so terrified of losing a penny you may end up losing dollars in the long run!
Listen, I get why you guys don't want people pirating your stuff. In fact, I believe many understand your position on pirating. But you know what people those people don't get? Why you are so hellbent on pushing an old and outdated system. Dudes, times have changed! Hollywood, you are making yourselves look ridiculous in your insistence that instead of you changing with the times that people should simply go back to the way things were. The days of forcing people to buy HBO so they can watch Oz are done. The days of telling people that if a movie isn't playing in the area then they'll just have to wait until it's released on VHS (honestly I'm amazed you guys allowed DVD and Blurays to be invented) are done. It's time you accept the internet has ended that game.
Now, you may notice I didn't mention the music industry. Why? Because they finally accepted the internet has ended the days of telling people if they want one song they will have to buy the whole album and pray it's not crappy. Thanks to sites like iTunes people can buy just that one song they love for for a reasonable price. And guess what? The industry didn't fall apart! People still buy albums! Probably because music sites allow you allow you preview an album or sometimes artists will stream the album on their websites. If people like what they hear they'll buy it! Oh sure illegal downloading of music still takes place but there's always going to be things like that. Refusing to innovate yourself because of what a select few do is stupid.
So, hey HBO! Don't want people illegally downloading Game of Thrones and True Blood? Ok, fine. But you're going to have meet us halfway here. Instead of forcing us to buy a channel for a show that will go off the air within a couple of months why not offer some way to people buy your tv shows online? Maybe you can do some sort of season pass deal where people for a reasonable price can watch GoT on the HBO site. Hey ITV/PBS don't want Americans to illegally download Downton Abbey? Fine, but telling us to just avoid twitter, facebook, or basically any social media site for 3 months to avoid being spoiled is just insulting. PBS you could air Downton Abbey a lot sooner than you do but you just don't want to. Can't give a movie a wide release? Fine, but don't tell us to just wait until it's released on DVD. Some studios are now allowing iTunes users to rent their indie movies while they are still out and the sky has not fallen.
In other words Hollywood, change with the times. It won't hurt you!
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Post by Witchie on Apr 13, 2012 15:01:28 GMT -4
Bravo, angelaudie!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2012 21:49:03 GMT -4
Also, TV? Particularly FOX? I watch a lot of TV, so much so that I have several shows that air at the same time. Wednesday night at 10 alone I have Psych, Hot in Cleveland, The Soup, and occasionally Top Chef. I cannot DVR everything as I only have the one DVR. Also, I work two nights a week. And sometimes my DVR screws up and doesn't record something. So, when the show I missed and/or the DVR didn't record is not available on Hulu, your website, or ON Demand, I am left with no other choice than to get it through illegal means. I'd love to be able to watch Harry's Law and House without breaking the law, but you make it so damn hard. Solve your fucking DRM issues and get with the freaking program.
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Post by tszuj on Apr 14, 2012 10:07:02 GMT -4
It's so stupid. They should take their cues from Doctor Who/Torchwood, who intentionally schedule things so new episodes air in the UK and US as close as possible, because they know how big a deal that it and want to avoid those problems.
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Post by angelaudie on Apr 15, 2012 0:15:47 GMT -4
It's so stupid. They should take their cues from Doctor Who/Torchwood, who intentionally schedule things so new episodes air in the UK and US as close as possible, because they know how big a deal that it and want to avoid those problems. I think BBC has the advantage of airing Doctor Who and Torchwood on BBC America in the states. So, American fans get to see the shows at the same time as British fans. BBC is very smart to do it that way. Now, if you are like me and don't have BBC America you are still out of luck. Still, I do give them points for at least trying to get the new episodes to fans in the U.S. immediately. Now, ITV and PBS couldn't have that sort of arrangement due to being owned by different companies and all. Not to mention ITV is a commercial network and PBS is not. But I bet PBS could air new Downton Abbey episodes the same night they air in England. Asking viewers to stay off the internet for a few hours to avoid spoilers is reasonable. Asking them to off for months is not. And really PBS's reasons for not doing this are just lame. They claim it's because they have to make necessary edits to episodes to fit the PBS format but come on! I doubt the episodes arrive chop full of ads and the cuts they make are so ridiculous! You would think they would want to put DA on ASAP since the show has been their biggest hit in years (Matthew and Mary even made the cover of TV Guide) but apparently not.
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Post by Millis on Apr 15, 2012 7:27:53 GMT -4
I actually think this is what Netflix was getting at (though they went about it the completely wrong way). Streaming content is the future of Hollywood. The day of DVD's and Bluerays are already on their way out. Let everything stream, new movies can cost a premium like they do On Demand, but then just make deals w/Netflix or whatever and stream everything, how is it different from allowing people to rent a physical dvd for an unlimited amount of time?
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Post by Alexis Machine on Apr 18, 2012 17:17:04 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood,
While it's great that you're currently looking for the next Clooney, Pitt, or Cruise, some of us fans are wondering who is the next Udo Kier, Dennis Hopper, Peter Stormare, or Steve Buscemi. You know, the weirdly intense actor who makes you physically cringe the moment he shows up on screen because you just know bad shit is about to happen. Also, you need more weirdly intense actresses - Dale Dickey (Winter's Bone) and Margo Martindale (Justified) are great, but I'd like to see more.
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Post by Shalamar on Apr 19, 2012 12:46:39 GMT -4
How true. I love looking at a handsome face as much as the next gal, but whenever Buscemi is on the screen, I literally can't tear my eyes away. The guy is mesmerizing.
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