Do other folks see a screwed-up post 1246 (starts on the same line as the end of 1245)?
eta: Nebbermind....
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jan 27, 2005 7:58:02 am PST #1261 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 7:59:45 am PST #1262 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cashmere beat me to my rebutal.
It's not a rebuttal. It's a mild addendum. Cashmere having some extras in no way provides all of the American market with movies and commentary they can watch on their laptop on holiday yet not own.
PPV ties you down to not just a cable-connected house, but quite probably your own.
It's a very weird point to try and make. I don't see any possibility of coverage here.
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 7:59:56 am PST #1263 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I did it. Yet again, I started an HTML tag with a single-quote. I tried to edit it, but the edit button didn't work.
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 8:01:00 am PST #1264 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Not very work-safe. What if you liked wearing fuzzy suits but you wanted to be a human?
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2005 8:01:03 am PST #1265 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Renting DVDs. Just say no.
Why? What's wrong with it?
For real, man. I only buy something that I *know* I'll watch repeatedly. PPV isn't an option if I want to watch, say, Citizen Kane.
Gus - Jan 27, 2005 8:01:07 am PST #1266 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Why? What's wrong with it?
At sell-through pricing, all the money goes to the Blockbusters of the world, who milk it with forced sales, now, or late fees, and less to the creators.
Buying going to the creators, fairly directly.
Netflix is more creator-supporting than Blockbusters, but only because they are gouging less.
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 8:01:59 am PST #1267 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
But, Gus, there are quite a few movies I don't want to see $20.00 worth.
When I see it in the theator, the creators get shafted on the royalties, too. Would you suggest that it's wrong for me to go to dollar night?
tommyrot - Jan 27, 2005 8:02:20 am PST #1268 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Not very work-safe. What if you liked wearing fuzzy suits but you wanted to be a human?
For a brief moment, I wanted to kill myself....
Trudy Booth - Jan 27, 2005 8:02:22 am PST #1269 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah. Social class is really alive and kicking in Europe. Not that it is dead in the States. The cues are just different.
I was interested in England with how, well "ok" everyone seemed to be with class. Lord so-and-so was who you talked to about finding a job in that town, the housekeeper was from the same part of the country as the middle class family I was staying with and had a distinctly different accent... and my one friend with an economics gegree from Cambridge hadn't even considered going to college at all because his family was working class and no one ever had-- and college was FREE.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 8:03:14 am PST #1270 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Buying going to the creators, fairly directly.
But if I don't buy or rent those 273 movies, the creators get no money at all. How's that a win?
And if I hadn't just rented Sneakers (don't see how I could have PPVed it), I wouldn't be looking at buying it.