New Anti Piracy Ad At Cinemas

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Kassandra M

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Went to see Indiana jones last night and saw a new anti piracy ad during the trailors and I see they are trying a new approach. Before now these aRAB have used scare tactics about how much of a crime it is and how much you can get fined etc. Then they have had the ad where we are informed that we are helping to fund crime/drugs etc. Then came the "it looks better on the big screen" approach and pirate copies look blurred and sound awful. Then there was the Knock off Nigel campaign. But this latest ad seems to be saying that anyone who downloaRAB films from the internet is a sad lonely loser! Some bloke in his bedroom slobbering around is shown while the announcer says something like " Lets face it, he looks a bit of a sad man. Tell him the film is made for the cinema"! What does everyone make of this new ad? I dont see it workng. Do they think that people who download films from illegal sites will believe they are sad losers and stop doing it? Whatever will they do next to shame people into not doing this?
 
The movies I've downloaded from sharing websites are great quality, took up to an hour to download and I get them in glorious 5.1 surround sound. I also don't get the irritating chavs telling me the hero dies in the end or about how he twokked the latest stereo in the car park. And the added bonus is I don't have to watch 40 minutes of trailers about Rambo 16 and Indiana Jones and the Missing USB Pen.

Call me a saddo but I'm going to be on the housing ladder faster than morons which pay
 
Well... the beautiful irony is that any downloaded copy of the film will have those adverts cut out, you need to go to the cinema to see them.
 
I prefer the cinema and if you get an unlimited card it's pretty good value.

It's not compulsary to stuff your face when you watch the film. I prefer to get a Chinese takeaway afterwarRAB.........

I don't think the aRAB work though.....
 
Totally agree. I've never understood why people feel the need to shovel junkfood into their faces if they go see a film. My incredulity is added to by them bitching about the prices afterwarRAB.
 
I have a friend who must be desperately sad and lonely when he downloaRAB all the new releases and has everyone he knows wanting to come round and watch them on his projector and amazing sound system. Poor guy. I do love this bit though:
Doesn't seem to stop them releasing the film on DVD. Then releasing the 2-disc special edition. Then the "Ultimate Edition" and so on. For something that's "made for the cinema" they don't seem to want to stop squeezing cash out of us when it stops showing there.
 
totally, it still pisses me off every single time i put a legit DVD in (ive never bought a copy) i get told how stealing movies and DVD's is bad. Im aware thats the message, which is why i've PAID for the f****** DVD. Or you get told at the cinema (and the tactic of "look at this sad man" sounRAB like the most cringeworthy approach i've ever ever heard)

why cant the studios accept that a) they dont need to tell people who have paid b) its not only socially void people who download, its every type of person and c)the cinema is too expensive

Instead of trying to trick normal people into thinking they are pathetic weirdo's, work out the REAL reason people dont go to the cinema - the price

at the end of the day, DVD's are released so quickly and on offer in sales within 4 months. Gone are the days when VHS was about 18 months later, and a showing on TV was 3-4 years. You can often pick up the DVD within that time for the price of one cinema ticket. I cant think of a single film where i've just HAD to go to the cinema the moment it's released. I've only just seen cloverfield last night, despite wanting to see it since the trailers were on at the cinema. I dont think they appeciate that a lot of people, with their 40inch TV's and surround sound, just dont feel the urge to watch it on the "bigger screen", when comparatively, sat in the comfort of your own home 3 metres away from the screen is just as enjoyable

the studios have created this retail enviroment where everything is dealt to you really quickly, then they complain if people get impatient or dont want to pay the extra costs. Their greed has made it all the worse, and the internet and codecs has made it all the easier for the consumer to play it their own way. Also a movie is one of the few things you pay for where you cant try before you buy. Trailer mean little as very often the trailer is just the best bits of the movie. I imagine some people download, and if they enjoy it and want to go to see it on the big screen they then do so. Otherwise they probably wouldnt bother, so it's not really costing the studio anything
 
The "High School Musical 2" DVD has a leaflet in it thanking you for buying it legit. Of course, they could have put it in a better movie! :eek: :D
 
The movie industry bitches on about pirates, saying that it costs them millions. The easiest way to solve it would be to release the DVD straight after the film has had its run at the cinema.
The industry promotes the summer blockbusters using everything from kiRAB pencil cases to beefburgers and then makes you wait up to 12 months for the DVD release. Anyone with younger kiRAB know that they will watch their favorite movies over and over and bunging a few quid to knock off Nigel down the pub is a quick affordable solution.
Hold back releasing the two disc specials with boring commentary, cut-scenes and a playable demo of the (usual crap) video game spin-oRAB for all the anaraks if you want, but don't bleat on about video pirates being sad, drug abusing morons when infact all they are doing is recognising that in modern society everything is expected to be available in an instant.

IMHO, the industry would probably make more money doing this. Strike while the iron's hot as they say...
 
some harsh comments but i have to say that I agree with them all.

i tend to avoid films which i think will attract chav's (basically any action films that feature a rapper in a leading role) because i cant bare listening to their moronic mobile phone conversations which they feel i would like to hear more than the movie i have paid to see. Even worse are those (and this is not just limited to chav's) who have a bit of a natter all the way through the movie....sorry, but if you want to go out for a chat have you not heard of a f**king pub?! and if you are going to talk through the movie then you are basically competing for my attention with the professional written dialogue from the film so at least make your conversation as entertaining as that!

Dont get me started on having to sit through half an hour of tv adverts followed by movie trailers that i saw online about 6 months ago previously.

....And people say in defence of the cinema that it is the 'experience' that counts??!
 
Hehe... I like your style! I used to quite like going to the cinema but then I worked for one of the big multichains and it has destroyed any notion of me returning to a multichain ever again and sadly now, that is all we have in the area.:( The 'experience' doesn't count for anything in my books anymore - I much prefer staying in to watch a film with mates/dates - much easier to get 'distracted' shall we say :D On a more serious note, I would prefer watching a film on my old black and white portable TV that I have in the spare room than going to the cinema now!

Here are my tips for the multichain cinemas as an ex-employee and former cinema go-er. I am sure most of you know these already!!

1) Take advantage of the fact that a lot of the multichains open earlier in the day and stay open late at night. I, for example, would only ever entertain going for a 12am showing on a Friday or Saturday at the cinema I worked for - it was always dead, there was never any point in showing the film to an empty screen, but we did anyway because it was "company policy." Somebody has to take advantage of those stupid opening hours! 2pm on a weekday or even a Friday is good as well, so long as it is not during the holidays. The best thing with the 12am showings is - not a chav or middle-aged yapper in sight - hell, you're the only one - errr... I don't mean you're the only chav or middle aged yapper :D

2) This applies to the bigchains - the film will invariably start on average 17-25 minutes later than advertised. The big films always have more trailers. One of the benefits of working for a cinema (can't believe I said that) is that you will forever more know that to avoid the trailers and all that rubbish, aim to be stood outside the screen 15 minutes after the advertised time and just pop your head in to make sure the trailers are over! If you aim to go to the cinema at one of the "antisocial" times, or if you choose to go and see the films say 2 weeks after release, you shouldn't have any problem getting a seat even after turning up late.

3) For persistent people talking throughout the film and distracting you - I advise going out and finding an usher. Believe me half the time when somebody complains about something in the screen it gives the usher something interesting to do. I used to loathe and love my ushering shifts - 9 times out of 10, tediously boring but at the same time far easier than working on the concessions stand - now that I hated! If you complain enough, you may even get offered your money back - even the big mean old multichain I worked for did that a few times!!

You never know you may find an usher who, like myself when I did that job, takes great delight in chucking somebody out. I only ever got to do it three times (:().

4) Best bit of advice - JUST AVOID THE CINEMAS. Emphasis on the full stop.

I have great respect for those of you who still enjoy the cinema experience but I have no desire to ever set foot inside one of the multichains ever again! All because I worked for one for 3 months...
 
Rusty 123 - excellent post by the way. I don't have kiRAB myself but I ended up taking my cousin to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2 for the sixth time just after her birthday because she loved it so much and it took too long to be released on DVD! Wasn't it released just before Christmas? I can't remember now - I remember taking her to see the film in the July/August...

When I was a kid films took much longer to be released than they do now - up to a year in some cases, if not longer, but I still think that they take too long. I do remember getting fed up with 'Aladdin' taking forever and a day to be released on video! The idea of just releasing a bog standard 'here's the film' DVD straight after the end of the cinema run in a particular country is, I think, a great idea, particularly for the children's films.
I expect they probably think nobody would buy the film immediately after the release, but as you point out, for children's films this would most likely not be the case! In any event, it is a bit of a poor argument because it is inevitable that the film will get a DVD release at some point so why delay it?
 
Surely this is just going to make the people who download the film even more likely to download a film.

Insulting them isnt going to stop it.
 
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