What do I expect from a bootleg?
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Long have I known Internet pirates who react to my excitement of wanting to see a new movie by smiling smugly and telling me that have a copy of the movie at their house despite the fact that it was still in theaters, and that they could burn me a copy. Sometimes they offer it for free, other times they say they'll charge me a buck. I always decline, because I am not so hard-up for entertainment that I'm willing to waste my time watching a dreadfully inferior product just so I didn't have to waste any cash.
Well, to my initial annoyance, my roommate downloaded Corpse Bride. He's not the kind of smug hacker type I'm talking about, but I still had every intention of seeing it in the theater. However, after several people Michelle knew reported that it stunk she lost all enthusiasm for it, and I thought, well, we've got the movie in the house. Let's just do it. Big mistake.
The movie looks terrible. The image is clear and smooth but almost completely lacks color-- other than an occasional blue-greyish shadow, the movie looks as if it were shot in black and white. It sounds like complete shit, as if someone in the next room were playing it at max volume. Worse, I can hear the audience laughing. But then, what the hell do I expect from a bootleg? I knew it was going to be like this. Still, it cracks me up that every hacker-pirate out there will look at you with this eyebrow-raised mock disgust if you have the audacity to pay to see a movie, when really, this isn't watching movies. This is being smug about watching someone else watching a movie.
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with love from CRS @ 7:37 PM
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Long have I known Internet pirates who react to my excitement of wanting to see a new movie by smiling smugly and telling me that have a copy of the movie at their house despite the fact that it was still in theaters, and that they could burn me a copy. Sometimes they offer it for free, other times they say they'll charge me a buck. I always decline, because I am not so hard-up for entertainment that I'm willing to waste my time watching a dreadfully inferior product just so I didn't have to waste any cash.
Well, to my initial annoyance, my roommate downloaded Corpse Bride. He's not the kind of smug hacker type I'm talking about, but I still had every intention of seeing it in the theater. However, after several people Michelle knew reported that it stunk she lost all enthusiasm for it, and I thought, well, we've got the movie in the house. Let's just do it. Big mistake.
The movie looks terrible. The image is clear and smooth but almost completely lacks color-- other than an occasional blue-greyish shadow, the movie looks as if it were shot in black and white. It sounds like complete shit, as if someone in the next room were playing it at max volume. Worse, I can hear the audience laughing. But then, what the hell do I expect from a bootleg? I knew it was going to be like this. Still, it cracks me up that every hacker-pirate out there will look at you with this eyebrow-raised mock disgust if you have the audacity to pay to see a movie, when really, this isn't watching movies. This is being smug about watching someone else watching a movie.
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