tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post4360157271100362878..comments2024-03-27T13:28:50.405-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: A wee rant re: the state of home video, torrents, and suchAllan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-79713380528133040302014-01-13T08:21:24.270-08:002014-01-13T08:21:24.270-08:00Congratulations on reducing a complex situation (a...Congratulations on reducing a complex situation (and complex piece of writing) to a simple formula! Downloading is stealing. And abortion is murder, meat is murder, and ignorance is strength, too. <br /><br />Now I see clearly. Thank you.Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-14171561641625498622014-01-13T04:32:16.372-08:002014-01-13T04:32:16.372-08:00Most DVD's are competitively priced on Amazon....Most DVD's are competitively priced on Amazon.ca or Ebay. DOWNLOADING is STEALING. There can be no ambiguity or justification about it. It's also what separates us from the Chinese.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07762931060388713778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-84774228150867358392014-01-05T02:13:08.682-08:002014-01-05T02:13:08.682-08:00A few notes:
1. William Friedkin's Sorcerer i...A few notes:<br /><br />1. William Friedkin's Sorcerer is coming out in Blu-Ray in April. No DVD release is forthcoming, so this may be a game-changer for me: I will now HAVE to get a Blu-Ray player and flatscreen TV in order to watch William Friedkin's Sorcerer on it (unless it plays theatrically and I can watch it five nights in a row or something, which will tide me over for awhile). That probably means also getting a job, besides the odd bookstore and freelance writing gig. Someone hire me, so I can buy a flatscreen TV and Blu-Ray! <br /><br />2. David M. has tapped into my vein of sentimentality over on Facebook, where I linked the above, and very nearly convinced me that I need to go back to supporting video stores and resist the temptation of torrenting. Because I want to live in a world with video stores in it, I do, I do. Torrenting is not universalizable in a Kantian sense. It creates a world that I do not want. Arrrgh. (Maybe I'll just torrent the impossible-to-get stuff? I do NOT feel guilty about having torrented Light of Day or The Devil Rides Out and promise I will buy any Region 1 release when they come out. If I have a job, anyhow). <br /><br />3. On the other hand, Robin Bougie of Videomatica has informed me on that same thread that THEY didn't get in Blackfish, either! (Prohibitively expensive). WTF? What's a movie-lover to do? Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.com