The "What's on your mind?" thread - Page 854 - Blu-ray Forum

Scarface32 · 11-02-2018, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sk33tr

the last "horror" movie i watched that actually gave me a decent fright was the ring.

The first half of Mama was pretty spooky, because you couldn’t see the monster. But once it was revealed, the movie became a joke...

Not seeing what’s attacking you can be more effective then seeing it the threat.

Batman1980 · 11-02-2018, 05:27 PM

About to vote

Gold Ranger · 11-02-2018, 05:38 PM

Im not voting this year. Way too turned off by it. It'll be the first time since 1999 that I'm not

Gold Ranger · 11-02-2018, 05:43 PM

THIS POST IS NOT ADVOCATING PIRACY, IT WAS ONLY A THOUGHT THAT OCCURED TO ME...
I just borrowed a movie from the library (Ready Player One) ... It says go to a website to learn how digital theft harms the economy.

Well, isn't the library lending out videos for free the same thing?
The copy at the library is bought by someone. Be it the library or the person donating it.
It is lent out multiple times. No studio sees any revenue from it at all after that initial purchase.

If someone downloads a pirated copy of a DVD, Blu-Ray or UHD, it's the exact same thing. Someone bought the initial copy and that's the only revenue the studio sees.

What are your thoughts or opinions on this?

Scarface32 · 11-02-2018, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

THIS POST IS NOT ADVOCATING PIRACY, IT WAS ONLY A THOUGHT THAT OCCURED TO ME...
I just borrowed a movie from the library (Ready Player One) ... It says go to a website to learn how digital theft harms the economy.

Well, isn't the library lending out videos for free the same thing?
The copy at the library is bought by someone. Be it the library or the person donating it.
It is lent out multiple times. No studio sees any revenue from it at all after that initial purchase.

If someone downloads a pirated copy of a DVD, Blu-Ray or UHD, it's the exact same thing. Someone bought the initial copy and that's the only revenue the studio sees.

What are your thoughts or opinions on this?

It’s the same thing with the books. How’s that different from downloading a PDF of the book?

BWBODDY · 11-02-2018, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

THIS POST IS NOT ADVOCATING PIRACY, IT WAS ONLY A THOUGHT THAT OCCURED TO ME...
I just borrowed a movie from the library (Ready Player One) ... It says go to a website to learn how digital theft harms the economy.

Well, isn't the library lending out videos for free the same thing?
The copy at the library is bought by someone. Be it the library or the person donating it.
It is lent out multiple times. No studio sees any revenue from it at all after that initial purchase.

If someone downloads a pirated copy of a DVD, Blu-Ray or UHD, it's the exact same thing. Someone bought the initial copy and that's the only revenue the studio sees.

What are your thoughts or opinions on this?

I believe the only thing you missed ( didn't mention ) was that the people making the Pirated copies are selling them for a profit.

I'm sure that's is what upsets them more than anything

Gold Ranger · 11-02-2018, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarface32

It’s the same thing with the books. How’s that different from downloading a PDF of the book?

The book industry doeant seem to care. I've never heard of a publisher going after someone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWBODDY

I believe the only thing you missed ( didn't mention ) was that the people making the Pirated copies are selling them for a profit.

I'm sure that's is what upsets them more than anything

I'm more referring to downloaded copies than the NYC street vendor types.

BWBODDY · 11-02-2018, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

I'm more referring to downloaded copies than the NYC street vendor types.

Oh I know

But you did asked for thoughts and opinions, and I just made mine about something you didn't bring up,
to "cover all the bases" so to speak

Gold Ranger · 11-02-2018, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BWBODDY

Oh I know

But you did asked for thoughts and opinions, and I just made mine about something you didn't bring up,
to "cover all the bases" so to speak

Okay

Moviefan1203 · 11-02-2018, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Batman1980

About to vote

Good for you, man.

stvn1974 · 11-03-2018, 01:17 AM

Leftover Halloween candy is evil.

sk33tr · 11-03-2018, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by stvn1974

Leftover Halloween candy is evil.

you spelled awesome wrong

Captain Flint · 11-03-2018, 03:48 AM

How many is too many? Trick question, there's never enough.

Scarface32 · 11-03-2018, 11:28 AM

The 1980s was the decade of the robot. It was a big craze. Kits were sold to build your own robot, robots were also in various movies and TV shows. Nintendo even introduced the NES with a robot (R.O.B.). How come people don’t talk about robots anymore?

Has anyone used a kit back then to build a robot?

Scarriere · 11-03-2018, 01:10 PM

Grant Random on Octane mentions androids in his newscast. It's definitely nsfw and maybe in poor taste.

Samus Aran · 11-03-2018, 03:32 PM

This was posted in the comment section of a YouTube movie review.

What's the purpose of that? The grade/score isn't what the review is about, it's the punctuation at the end, the cumulation of the content.

I did come across a "review" once which gave movie a "3 out of 10." That is literally all he said about the movie -- 1.5 seconds worth -- and then he spent the rest of the video promoting his channel. Maybe that is more this guy's speed.

Scarface32 · 11-03-2018, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

This was posted in the comment section of a YouTube movie review.

What's the purpose of that? The grade/score isn't what the review is about, it's the punctuation at the end, the cumulation of the content.

I did come across a "review" once which gave movie a "3 out of 10." That is literally all he said about the movie -- 1.5 seconds worth -- and then he spent the rest of the video promoting his channel. Maybe that is more this guy's speed.

Some people only care about a score.

Member-222782 · 11-04-2018, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarface32

Some people only care about a score.

Which is pointless since movie quality is subjective. I only take into consideration established critic's opinions and even then I only care about the picture quality stuff. More often than not I end up enjoying a movie that some critic bashed . The majority of those YouTube "reviews" are just younger douchebags talking out of their rear ends

Member-222782 · 11-04-2018, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

THIS POST IS NOT ADVOCATING PIRACY, IT WAS ONLY A THOUGHT THAT OCCURED TO ME...
I just borrowed a movie from the library (Ready Player One) ... It says go to a website to learn how digital theft harms the economy.

Well, isn't the library lending out videos for free the same thing?
The copy at the library is bought by someone. Be it the library or the person donating it.
It is lent out multiple times. No studio sees any revenue from it at all after that initial purchase.

If someone downloads a pirated copy of a DVD, Blu-Ray or UHD, it's the exact same thing. Someone bought the initial copy and that's the only revenue the studio sees.

What are your thoughts or opinions on this?

Why do you think streaming is being forced down our throats? It has nothing to do with convenience - the studios want to make money each and every time one of their films are viewed. With streaming, the studio has much more control over their properties than they do with physical media. When people wake up and start realizing that their digital libraries don't belong to them maybe there will be an uprising lol

Member-222782 · 11-04-2018, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scarface32

The 1980s was the decade of the robot. It was a big craze. Kits were sold to build your own robot, robots were also in various movies and TV shows. Nintendo even introduced the NES with a robot (R.O.B.). How come people don’t talk about robots anymore?

Has anyone used a kit back then to build a robot?

Because, like with trips to the moon, nobody cares anymore. Today's craze are cell phones and gadgets. This is one fad I don't think will ever go away, though

11-02-2018, 05:27 PM	#17062
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	About to vote

11-02-2018, 05:38 PM	#17063
Gold Ranger Banned Member since:Jan 2011 Location:NY, TX, CA, IL, HI, NC, PA, WV, MO 4K collection:23 Blu-ray collection:65 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:133	Im not voting this year. Way too turned off by it. It'll be the first time since 1999 that I'm not

11-02-2018, 05:43 PM	#17064
Gold Ranger Banned Member since:Jan 2011 Location:NY, TX, CA, IL, HI, NC, PA, WV, MO 4K collection:23 Blu-ray collection:65 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:133	THIS POST IS NOT ADVOCATING PIRACY, IT WAS ONLY A THOUGHT THAT OCCURED TO ME... I just borrowed a movie from the library (Ready Player One) ... It says go to a website to learn how digital theft harms the economy. Well, isn't the library lending out videos for free the same thing? The copy at the library is bought by someone. Be it the library or the person donating it. It is lent out multiple times. No studio sees any revenue from it at all after that initial purchase. If someone downloads a pirated copy of a DVD, Blu-Ray or UHD, it's the exact same thing. Someone bought the initial copy and that's the only revenue the studio sees. What are your thoughts or opinions on this?

11-03-2018, 01:17 AM	#17071
stvn1974 Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Earth Trading Score:18	Leftover Halloween candy is evil.

11-03-2018, 03:48 AM	#17073
Captain Flint Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Apr 2015 4K collection:197 Blu-ray collection:710 DVD collection:51 Trading Score:1	How many is too many? Trick question, there's never enough.

11-03-2018, 11:28 AM	#17074
Scarface32 Blu-ray Baron Member since:Oct 2012 Location:New York 4K collection:24 Blu-ray collection:1170 DVD collection:341 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:3	The 1980s was the decade of the robot. It was a big craze. Kits were sold to build your own robot, robots were also in various movies and TV shows. Nintendo even introduced the NES with a robot (R.O.B.). How come people don’t talk about robots anymore? Has anyone used a kit back then to build a robot?

11-03-2018, 01:10 PM	#17075
Scarriere Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 Location:The Diamond Capital of North America™ Home Theater Gallery:60 4K collection:153 Blu-ray collection:734 DVD collection:21 Trading Score:1	Grant Random on Octane mentions androids in his newscast. It's definitely nsfw and maybe in poor taste.

11-03-2018, 03:32 PM	#17076
Samus Aran Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:USA Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:195	This was posted in the comment section of a YouTube movie review. What's the purpose of that? The grade/score isn't what the review is about, it's the punctuation at the end, the cumulation of the content. I did come across a "review" once which gave movie a "3 out of 10." That is literally all he said about the movie -- 1.5 seconds worth -- and then he spent the rest of the video promoting his channel. Maybe that is more this guy's speed.

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