God is Watching: Cinema Warns Torrenting Pirates

[nukemaster]

OMG I killed a kitten by download open office over bit torrent... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

 

[thearm]

If it wasn't 50$ (Excluding concessions) to see a movie, this wouldn't happen. Well, it probably still would happen but people aren't going to guilt-ed into going back to the theater with prices that high. At some point, it's personally justified.

 

[leafman420]

pirate "damit need a jolly roger emote" lol... Who cares lots for things are kill cinma and the biggest thing is that butt load of money they keep tossing at ppl. crapy production, crapy directors, and most of all high paid crapy actors. so im not to upset about hollywood, and there ?.7 billion dollar homes.

 

[leafman420]

pirate "damit need a jolly roger emote" lol... Who cares lots for things are kill cinma and the biggest thing is that butt load of money they keep tossing at ppl. crapy production, crapy directors, and most of all high paid crapy actors. so im not to upset about hollywood, and there ?.7 billion dollar homes.

 

[RooD]

[citation][nom]caeden[/nom]ok, so you bought a large entertainment system, including HDTV, Blue ray player, and some cheap speakers because you ran out of money without realizing that audio is more important to movies than the video. All the same lets say your average system is some $1250, not including other furniture or the movies to watch on the system. Then movie prices are near $20 for 2 people to watch a movie without popcorn and soda. That means you have to watch some 62 movies at home in order to 'pay off' your home entertainment system. But then you have to buy or rent movies, and blue ray isnt exactly cheap yet so assuming you do the cheapest netflix with blue ray for $10 a month and you get 4 movies in at home compared to 1 movie out per month (because optimistically there is only one movie worth watching per month) brings the total cost per month to $10 more to watch a movie out vs watching in-house. This means you need to watch 125 movies on your high deff screen at home to 'justify' not going to theaters.The problem with this reasoning: you already bought your high def screen... so you are going to watch it at home just because you already paid for it. Oh crap... you financed that home theater system... so really you will never be able to afford watching movies in theater again, and that is why theaters are closing their doors. Personally... I never liked sitting in a room full of people I don't know who never laugh at the punch lines or jump at the scary scenes. Movies at home are much more entrenching.[/citation]

You have to add in TV... + not only new releases. so i would say it pays for its self much much faster

 

[dextermat]

Im sure that god enjoyes watching people from those capitalist pigs and hope it continues: Whinners

 

[ssalim]

I checked this morning and there are still some cinemas alive... so either 1) no one has been pirating (torrent/newsgroup/etc), or 2) god is not watching or 3) god does not exist

1) is not possible, lol.
so it's either 2) or 3).

If it's either 2) or 3) then this article is untrue.

Ladies and gentlemen... god, if he exists, does not care about cinemas.

 

[o0RaidR0o]

[citation][nom]sicundercover[/nom]Maybe just Maybe Cinemas are becoming a thing of the past. A Dieing breed that has outlived its purpose.Hell today we have 50" LCD displays with 5.1 home theater why do i need to drop $20 to go see a movie when Ive already dumped thousands into a home theater. I call Shananagins on the film industry.[/citation]

I'm not sure if it's a dying breed because teens at the very least are born every day. Although the majority of my movie viewing is done at home on my theater system, there are special effects movies that simply have to be experienced on the big screen.

 

[lordfakie]

[citation][nom]FSXFan[/nom]Oh yeah, the studios could also start thinking about making more movies worth watching again. Like something with an actual plot that's not a sequel or remake of something else or just full of nothing but over the top CG crap. But I don't see it happening.[/citation]

You got a point there, can't argue with that, And they can stop destroying videogames with the movies too.

 

[bill gates is your daddy]

But I don't pirate my movies using a torrent. Does this mean that I'm ok and not killing off cinemas?

 

[o0RaidR0o]

I've said this many times kids, file sharing is not pirating.

Internet/torrent users are not pirating! They are not downloading for profit.

Those secret warehouses in China that mass produce actual disk's of illegally acquired movies for mass distribution and profit are the actual PIRATES!

So please stop playing in to the hands of the RIAA/MPAA marketing hype that mid America moms and kids are pirates.

 

[jerther]

[citation][nom]mcreskiller[/nom]i dont mind paying to see a movie its the damn 40 dollors for snacks that i hate![/citation]
you, yes YOU!!! YOU are so DAMN RIGHT.

 

[velocityg4]

Where are these cheap theaters. I went to a Matinee showing of Star Trek and got myself a drink, popcorn and sour patch kids for $25. Though it was an fakemax viewing.

 

[rick_h]

Average cost for two people going to the movies is way over $34. Breaking it down: 2 ea x $10 for tickets, $6 for popcorn, 2 x $4. Why should anyone pay this outragous price? Thank goodness for NetFlix.

 

[rick_h]

Another thought- I find it hypicritical that these Hollywood actors and directors demand so much money, while promoting thier liberal socialism which denouncing free capitalistic values. You can't have it both ways, as it leaves us confused. Should we steal the movie and screw the capitalistic system, or should we pay to watch their overpriced crap in protest? I say NO!!! We'll have both ways; we steal the movie and denounce them too!!!

 

[Ehsan w]

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]Why not go to the supermarket just outside the cinema rather than the candy bar? It's 50-70% cheaper.[/citation]

nope it's one of the better ones in Amsterdam
looks like everybody is screwing you guys over...I feel bad for you XD

I sometimes buy the popcorn and soda there,but
most of the time I just get some drinks at a cheaper store, basically paying 3 euro's(bag of m&m's+bottle soda+chips) instead
of 6 euro's (5,80 for soda+popcorn)

 

[rick_h]

[citation][nom]monksfilm[/nom]You should do what the rest of the world does: Eat real food at a restaurant and then go to the cinema. It's not so complicated to concentrate just in the movie you want to watch and stop eating for two hours...[/citation]
I took your advice months ago. The misses and I had mexican prior to going to a cinema to watch a movie. Needless to say, we had a "tootin" time.

 

[Ehsan w]

[citation][nom]anamaniac[/nom]$9.5?Wow... that's cheap.. $12.50 for my local theatre.It's not even a good theatre...
18 bucks for unlimited movies??Do they play the latest movies, or are they a cheap theatre with shitty screens and get the movies a week before they're on TV...I torrented 80-90GB of movies, games, and software over the weekend...[/citation]

last replay was to this.....my bad

 

[rooket]

I'd go to the cinema more if it was something like $5 to get in and watch. Usually I feel like $10-$12 is kinda pricey. Then again, I usually only watch a movie once and spending $20-$30 on a dvd isn't wise either I guess. Some movies are worth watching more than once though.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Complete IGNORANCE.