By purchasing this blu ray disc, you are supporting what?

[Coenskubrick]

Anyone else feel it's kind of bullshit when they say at the beginning "By purchasing this blu ray disc, you are supporting your local film and television industry"?

I mean come on. When I watch a WB home video release of an American movie, Im hardly supporting my local film industry.

Maybe what they should say is "You are supporting the production of high quality film releases", since the more blu ray's sell the more they're going to release.

Local industry...

[Caustic]

It's still better then "You wouldn't steal a car" ad that treated every buyer doing the right thing as a crim

[shireguy]

By purchasing this disc.... you are supporting Roadshows ongoing campaign against 'piracy' !! woooowww.... scary...... fear (that's the LNP party !!)

But of course Village Roadshow are just another lobby group, and a company that knows how to get away without paying it's fair share of tax. Yes... that's what you are basically supporting.

Of course we aren't supporting the long dead local film industry - it's a con.

Thankfully those adverts are skippable !!

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by Caustic

It's still better then "You wouldn't steal a car" ad that treated every buyer doing the right thing as a crim

Yeah exactly. It is nice to be greeted by a skippable friendly "thanks for buying this" rather that screaming nonskippable "YOU ARE A THIEF"

[Coenskubrick]

I feel like I'd enjoy it more if it was Brian Blessed saying it.

[Coenskubrick]

Originally Posted by LuckyDragon

There's no message in the world that wouldn't be improved by Brian Blessed saying it.

Yeah but the voice's tone already sounds like he's trying to do a Brian Blessed thing, but can't at all.

[shireguy]

Anti Piracy Promo Australia - YouTube

[shireguy]

Home Video Anti Piracy Advices - Redux [Australia] - YouTube

[lucretia]

You probably wouldn't get this message on a pirate tape

[adamclark83]

Support the Australian film industry that completely lacks an imagination?

[Victurtle]

Remember the Happy Feet one? I once saw a film in Malaysia which was identical except it was in a malay accent and had a different film poster. Apparently the promo wasn't even locally made.

[Pizzamorg]

I think this stuff is a joke, I bought the bastard disc, so why give me five minutes of unskippable guff at the start? There is no local industry to support, I don't want a bastard snickers and if I was a pirate I wouldn't have bought this damn disc. Let me go straight to the menu THANKS.

[Coenskubrick]

Originally Posted by shireguy

Anti Piracy Promo Australia - YouTube

What I like about this one is that nobody is making any actual films, they are all making piracy ads, and then the customer is buying a "Thank you for not pirating" video on blu ray. Kind of a funny comment on where a lot of money in the media industry goes.