Phil Florian
Screenwriter
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- Mar 10, 2001
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Howdy,
I just wanted to know what other folks think about those new anti-piracy ads before movies. You know the ones? The ones where the technician or stunt man tells us how his job is in jeopardy because all those people are stealing movies (from downloading, I assume). Then I see ANOTHER ad from the movie theatre (one of those trivia cards) that showed that last year was a record breaking year in terms of income and I read another article about this holiday season being one of the best for Hollywood, if not THE best.
What gives? I am not advocating piracy in the least bit, but it is confusing to get these sob stories and such along with the "Dots" that mark film and yet Hollywood doesn't seem to be in any way hurting.
What is up with that? Why are we getting dots on screen (and thanks to the HTF, I now see the little f***ers) and lectured (along with gobs of non-movie ads) and yet movie tickets are moving better than ever before?
Aieee! Anyone connect the dots as it were?
Phil
I just wanted to know what other folks think about those new anti-piracy ads before movies. You know the ones? The ones where the technician or stunt man tells us how his job is in jeopardy because all those people are stealing movies (from downloading, I assume). Then I see ANOTHER ad from the movie theatre (one of those trivia cards) that showed that last year was a record breaking year in terms of income and I read another article about this holiday season being one of the best for Hollywood, if not THE best.
What gives? I am not advocating piracy in the least bit, but it is confusing to get these sob stories and such along with the "Dots" that mark film and yet Hollywood doesn't seem to be in any way hurting.
What is up with that? Why are we getting dots on screen (and thanks to the HTF, I now see the little f***ers) and lectured (along with gobs of non-movie ads) and yet movie tickets are moving better than ever before?
Aieee! Anyone connect the dots as it were?
Phil