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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Barman on October 09, 2008, 06:45:28 AM
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I've whinged about this before (at t'other place prolly)...
I hate it when you pay full price for a DVD and are then forced to sit through that 'don't steal DVDs' thing and you can't watch the DVD without sitting through it...
FFS if I'd stolen it I wouldn't have to sit through the stupid thing 'cos the pirate would have taken it off! cussing:
But last night we watched Charlie Wilson's War (good movie, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts eyes:).
At the beginning of the film you have to sit through an appeal for AIDS victims or some such for five minute before the 'don't steal this DVD' shite comes on... Banghead
I don't see why I should be forced to sit through anything other than the movie having paid for it! And when I settle down with my glass of wine and bowl of popcorn I definitely don't want to see some African bird dying of AIDS 'cos her husband slept around - filthy bastard!
Bastards! cussing:
In future I shall only buy pirate DVDs from market stalls and fund international terrorism or whatever else they can do with my two quid after making the disc and look-alike cover. Fuck them!
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I take it your DVD Player doesn't have a "Skip" facility on the remote so you don't even have to get off your arse to avoid watching the trailers whistle:
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I take it your DVD Player doesn't have a "Skip" facility on the remote so you don't even have to get off your arse to avoid watching the trailers whistle:
No... It says 'This function is prohibited by the DVD or whatever'... cussing:
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I'll send my boys over. They don't seem to have a problem with all the shite that takes up at least ten minutes at the beginning of their collection of Disney DVDs.
Me? I never watch the stuff anyway.
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I'll send my boys over. They don't seem to have a problem with all the shite that takes up at least ten minutes at the beginning of their collection of Disney DVDs.
Me? I never watch the stuff anyway.
Was a good movie actually...
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TBH The only DVD films (movies) in this house have either been given to us as presents (and how boring is that for an idea sleep017 when you can't actually be arsed to look for a decent gift) or have come free with Sunday newspapers. There is no way on earth that I would buy a DVD movie that I know will be on TV within months anyway ~ and then I can record it on my DVD recorder whistle:
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In future I shall only buy pirate DVDs from market stalls and fund international terrorism or whatever else they can do with my two quid after making the disc and look-alike cover. Fuck them!
What a good idea ::)
From today's Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-this-murder-illuminates-a-darker-truth-955419.html)
At first glance, DVD-selling looks like an easy job for a beginner. You buy the DVD for £1.75 a disk and sell it on for £3. But it isn't that simple. The trade is controlled across Britain by armed criminal gangs. Once you start selling for them, you are given strict targets to sell more and more DVDs each day. And if you try to get away?
Pai tells the story of an ordinary Chinese man called Ah-Hua. He started selling 10 DVDs a day for a notorious gang known as the Dong Bi, which operates all over Britain.
But soon they were making impossible demands on him. When he couldn't take the pressure any more, Ah-Hua told them he wanted out. Pai explains: "That night, five Dong Bi gang members pushed their way into his flat. They beat him up until he lay helpless on the floor. Then they dragged him out of flat, blindfolded him, and drove off into the night."
He was held captive for three weeks. His captors told him that they had located his family in Fuqing by going through his mobile phone. They would release him if he could pressure his family to come up with £12,000 to "buy" his freedom. Within a week, his wife had borrowed the money at sky-high rates of interest. Today, he works in Chinatown as a kitchen porter, paying off the price of his freedom.
I agree with you about the 'don't buy pirate copies' trailer though. Also the whole DRM business. If I've bought a DVD or some CD's then why cannot I copy them how I wish. I'm an honest person, I'm not going to sell copies of to all and sundry.
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Of course, of course
char048
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Whatever.
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BM should get a video machine
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Betamax prolly.
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Yup
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From today's Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-this-murder-illuminates-a-darker-truth-955419.html)
At first glance, DVD-selling looks like an easy job for a beginner. You buy the DVD for £1.75 a disk and sell it on for £3. But it isn't that simple. The trade is controlled across Britain by armed criminal gangs. Once you start selling for them, you are given strict targets to sell more and more DVDs each day. And if you try to get away?
Pai tells the story of an ordinary Chinese man called Ah-Hua. He started selling 10 DVDs a day for a notorious gang known as the Dong Bi, which operates all over Britain.
But soon they were making impossible demands on him. When he couldn't take the pressure any more, Ah-Hua told them he wanted out. Pai explains: "That night, five Dong Bi gang members pushed their way into his flat. They beat him up until he lay helpless on the floor. Then they dragged him out of flat, blindfolded him, and drove off into the night."
He was held captive for three weeks. His captors told him that they had located his family in Fuqing by going through his mobile phone. They would release him if he could pressure his family to come up with £12,000 to "buy" his freedom. Within a week, his wife had borrowed the money at sky-high rates of interest. Today, he works in Chinatown as a kitchen porter, paying off the price of his freedom.
Is it April 1st already?
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Let's laugh at the funny foreign names shall we? ::)
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Those adverts bug the hell out of me, the idea that by buying a pirate dvd I fund the drugs trade just seems ludicrous. If you cant make money selling heroin and cocaine then you aren't going to manage it with dodgy knock off films.
The majority of people who watch pirated films are file sharers anyway. Look on the average torrent site and you will see hundreds of films, many not even out in the cinema yet. Criminals dont make any money out of that because they are free downloads. Its the same with software and music cd's
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Let's laugh at the funny foreign names shall we? ::)
Mixed-up your serious and funny pills today Uncle...? rubschin:
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Those adverts bug the hell out of me, the idea that by buying a pirate dvd I fund the drugs trade just seems ludicrous. If you cant make money selling heroin and cocaine then you aren't going to manage it with dodgy knock off films.
The majority of people who watch pirated films are file sharers anyway. Look on the average torrent site and you will see hundreds of films, many not even out in the cinema yet. Criminals dont make any money out of that because they are free downloads. Its the same with software and music cd's
Agreed...
Fact is if they didn't charge £15 for a 50p product people wouldn't bother buying pirated copies anyway... noooo:
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Let's laugh at the funny foreign names shall we? ::)
If I may briefly don the mantle of a moderately educated bak-gwei, I should point out that this story was originally floated in April 2008 and somewhat discredited at the time.
The fact that the Independent has dug it up again six months later does not in any way reduce the possibility of it being a hoax.
Ah-Hua is predominantly a girls name.
There was no other record of a 'Dong Bi' gang, although in Oriental street markets, traders often shout "Dong buy, it fake" to Westerners looking at their competitors goods.
Dong-Bi is also the name of a town in the Fuqing region, and the source of many amusing postcards from travellers, rivalling Phuket it is said.
I have no problem with a chuckle at foreign names either. Mrs DS(#3) has a name which sounds like 'sewer' in Indonesian.
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worthy:
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Crikey ~ someone's getting a bit defensive. ::)
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Crikey ~ someone's getting a bit defensive. ::)
Mirth should be laced with a little wisdom from time to time, and vice versa. whistle:
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Crikey ~ someone's getting a bit defensive. ::)
Mirth should be laced with a little wisdom from time to time, and vice versa. whistle:
worthy: My hero... cloud9:
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Loads of pirate DVD's here in sunny CY!
Most markets have a number of stalls selling them openly. Is it wrong? whistle:
(I'll bet BM isn't averse to a few 'under the table' movies!) 8)
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Somebody knows you well BM whistle:
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Loads of pirate DVD's here in sunny CY!
Most markets have a number of stalls selling them openly. Is it wrong? whistle:
(I'll bet BM isn't averse to a few 'under the table' movies!) 8)
I've actually avoided pirate movies due to the poor quality - nothing worse than getting 90% of the way through a film and finding that it stops working...
So, I have a collection of 450+ genuine DVDs... I just don't see why I should then be forced to watch advertising and the other shite on them... noooo:
Last night we watched Philadelphia... Great movie, great soundtrack and no bastard adverts or sob stories about AIDS. cloud9:
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Mirth should be laced with a little wisdom from time to time
Indeed it should ~ may I respectfully ask that you write it on a post-it note and stick it on the top of your screen.
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Well ~ as I said in an earlier post. Most movies get to be on TV within a couple of months of their release these days so I invested in a DVD recorder and can record any that take our fancy. DVD recorders have dropped so much in price in the past couple of years that it seemed a cheaper option and since video recorders are now so hard to replace, with few shops selling them, it made sense to me.
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Well ~ as I said in an earlier post. Most movies get to be on TV within a couple of months of their release these days so I invested in a DVD recorder and can record any that take our fancy. DVD recorders have dropped so much in price in the past couple of years that it seemed a cheaper option and since video recorders are now so hard to replace, with few shops selling them, it made sense to me.
Ah... but I have a cinema so recording off the telly is not an option... whistle:
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Wow!
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Wow!
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You do know we are in the 21st Century now don't you...? whistle:
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Such travelling cinemas are very popular in the Mystic East. evil:
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Such travelling cinemas are very popular in the Mystic East. evil:
In your day perhaps... whistle:
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Well ~ as I said in an earlier post. Most movies get to be on TV within a couple of months of their release these days so I invested in a DVD recorder and can record any that take our fancy. DVD recorders have dropped so much in price in the past couple of years that it seemed a cheaper option and since video recorders are now so hard to replace, with few shops selling them, it made sense to me.
Ah... but I have a cinema so recording off the telly is not an option... whistle:
I've seen it!! Not had an invite yet tho! sad24:
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Well ~ as I said in an earlier post. Most movies get to be on TV within a couple of months of their release these days so I invested in a DVD recorder and can record any that take our fancy. DVD recorders have dropped so much in price in the past couple of years that it seemed a cheaper option and since video recorders are now so hard to replace, with few shops selling them, it made sense to me.
Ah... but I have a cinema so recording off the telly is not an option... whistle:
I've seen it!! Not had an invite yet tho! sad24:
Yes, yes... but how about my cinema...? whistle:
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Well ~ as I said in an earlier post. Most movies get to be on TV within a couple of months of their release these days so I invested in a DVD recorder and can record any that take our fancy. DVD recorders have dropped so much in price in the past couple of years that it seemed a cheaper option and since video recorders are now so hard to replace, with few shops selling them, it made sense to me.
Ah... but I have a cinema so recording off the telly is not an option... whistle:
I've seen it!! Not had an invite yet tho! sad24:
Prolly doesnt work and its just for decoration. whistle:
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Well ~ as I said in an earlier post. Most movies get to be on TV within a couple of months of their release these days so I invested in a DVD recorder and can record any that take our fancy. DVD recorders have dropped so much in price in the past couple of years that it seemed a cheaper option and since video recorders are now so hard to replace, with few shops selling them, it made sense to me.
Ah... but I have a cinema so recording off the telly is not an option... whistle:
I've seen it!! Not had an invite yet tho! sad24:
Yes, yes... but how about my cinema...? whistle:
Oh I must have missed it, can't have been very prominent! rubschin:
Anyway getting back to the cinema..... ;D
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Well ~ as I said in an earlier post. Most movies get to be on TV within a couple of months of their release these days so I invested in a DVD recorder and can record any that take our fancy. DVD recorders have dropped so much in price in the past couple of years that it seemed a cheaper option and since video recorders are now so hard to replace, with few shops selling them, it made sense to me.
Ah... but I have a cinema so recording off the telly is not an option... whistle:
I've seen it!! Not had an invite yet tho! sad24:
Yes, yes... but how about my cinema...? whistle:
Oh I must have missed it, can't have been very prominent! rubschin:
Anyway getting back to the cinema..... ;D
You are welcome at any time... whistle:
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Do you sell icecreams in the interval?
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Do you sell icecreams in the interval?
No... ice cream and popcorn are free...
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Do you sell icecreams in the interval?
No... ice cream and popcorn are free...
.....so long as you bring them yourself point:
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You have seen it haven't you...? lol:
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Do you sell icecreams in the interval?
No... ice cream and popcorn are free...
.....so long as you bring them yourself point:
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LL has the girls round
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LL has the girls round
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LL can't work it... whistle:
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Now showing at a home cinema near you
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ooooookay hound... whistle: