No, not really.TitanAura said:Ahh, The Escapist.... why do you keep giving us so many mixed messages about piracy?
Correct. Flippant joke meant as a stinger/acknowledgement of a point some people would make about home movies.anonymity88 said:The piracy gag at the end was clearly meant flippantly. I mean, I assume.
I realize the experience can be fun. I've been there when it was, but those moments were vastly outnumbered by moments where it really, really wasn't.Fuck cinemas. I'm an entitled Generation Y prick and my willingness to partake in any form of mass market entertainment decreases significantly the further away I am expected to move from my couch. If you're also asking me to share space with a roomful of noisy strangers, and earn my way to the entertainment I want through several trailers and advertisements for local Indian restaurants, then enjoy being completely ignored.
Comedian Doug Stanhope has a great line: "If marriage didn't exist, would you invent it?" And I find it's a useful question to apply to a great many other things. If the cinema system didn't exist, would you invent it? If films had been invented yesterday, do you think anyone would be saying "Hey, I think no one should be allowed to see this brave new concept of non-interactive entertainment until it's been blasted at full volume to roomfuls of simps for about a month." Surely, if the films were truly good, we'd let them stand up for themselves, and not give a toss whether people wanted to see them streamed or bought from a DVD shop first.
Still that got a good laugh out of me. You guys continue to be my favorite content on the Escapist aside from YahtzeeChris Pranger said:Correct. Flippant joke meant as a stinger/acknowledgement of a point some people would make about home movies.anonymity88 said:The piracy gag at the end was clearly meant flippantly. I mean, I assume.
Honest and boring truth: I don't pirate.
Yep.zombiejoe said:But what about going to the theater when there's no one else around? The whole place to yourself? That's the ticket right there.
YES PLEASE. It is so unbelievably rude to text during a movie. There are WAY too many people addicted to their phone nowadays. They dont even have to be 14 year olds. I have a few friends that constantly check snapchat or text while we're on a restaurant or similar. I find it exceptionally rude. They're simply saying that the current company is not interesting enough. RUDE. I've started calling it out though, in a rather loud manner. It pisses me off to no end. The same in theaters. I will call people out on it, loudly. Until they stop.RatGouf said:-snip-
As for cell phones with screens theaters really need bouncers or something to get rid of people who won't turn them off during the movie.
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I think we're fast becoming the ONLY content on The Escapist aside from Yahtzee.Ishal said:Still that got a good laugh out of me. You guys continue to be my favorite content on the Escapist aside from YahtzeeChris Pranger said:Correct. Flippant joke meant as a stinger/acknowledgement of a point some people would make about home movies.anonymity88 said:The piracy gag at the end was clearly meant flippantly. I mean, I assume.
Honest and boring truth: I don't pirate.
Chris. Chris. My day. You've. You've made it. HahahahahahaipeedChris Pranger said:I think we're fast becoming the ONLY content on The Escapist aside from Yahtzee.Ishal said:Still that got a good laugh out of me. You guys continue to be my favorite content on the Escapist aside from YahtzeeChris Pranger said:Correct. Flippant joke meant as a stinger/acknowledgement of a point some people would make about home movies.anonymity88 said:The piracy gag at the end was clearly meant flippantly. I mean, I assume.
Honest and boring truth: I don't pirate.
What about MovieBob? Dude has 2 video series, 3 columns, and wrote I don't know how many regular news articles. But Jim left a great big hole to fill.Chris Pranger said:I think we're fast becoming the ONLY content on The Escapist aside from Yahtzee.Ishal said:Still that got a good laugh out of me. You guys continue to be my favorite content on the Escapist aside from YahtzeeChris Pranger said:Correct. Flippant joke meant as a stinger/acknowledgement of a point some people would make about home movies.anonymity88 said:The piracy gag at the end was clearly meant flippantly. I mean, I assume.
Honest and boring truth: I don't pirate.