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[Sil Greene <Sil_greene AT unc.edu>]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Chris Hedemark wrote:

> Nope.  I don't go to the movies anymore.  I wait until Blockbuster 
> takes a movie out of rental circulation and offers it as a pre-viewed 
> DVD and snap it up cheap.  That way it is not recorded as a sale by the 
> MPAA.

*snort*  I'd rather see certain flicks full-price in the theater than give 
any money to Cocksucker Video.  Further, the pre-viewed DVDs are a) not 
that cheap and b) often scratched [rendering them nearly unplayable on my 
ancient hardware].  As it is, I return 1 out of every 5 or so new DVDs to 
the point of purchase as defective.

Instead, I generally wait until the flick is in the cheap theatres and go 
see it for a-buck-fifty.  Best of both worlds: bigger screen, cheaper than 
renting.

> TLotR:FotR left an especially bad taste in my mouth for releasing an 
> extended DVD shortly after the standard one, which is also working 
> against their customers.

Eh, I didn't mind that so much.  Yes, I bought them both, in the first few 
days they were out to get them on special at BestBuy.  ($15 for the 
theatrical version, $25 for the extended.)  Yes, I'm a sucker.

But it's pretty rare that I shell out more than $10 for a DVD.

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