Re: STILL OT - back to the name thing Re: OT: I have aquestionfor you.

On 2 Jun 2006 19:51:36 GMT, bf906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (F.James
Cripwell) wrote:

Debra (debnbilll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
The modern cinemas around here are loathsome. As many chairs as
possible jammed into the smallest space possible. Most of the barely
padded ill-formed plastic chairs are 18 inches wide, including arm
rest, and there is no leg or foot room at all. Once you add the
sticky, litter strewn floor; screaming babies: the even louder teens
who announce the upcoming events of the movie before the events are
shown onscreen; cell phones ringing; people with too much perfume
trying to mask the odor of their unwashed bodies; and a soundtrack
volume that goes beyond the decibel level of most Rock concerts, well
it's just not worth going.

I'll stick to my nice comfy chair too, Pat.
Debra in VA

I saw a news item on TV, about downloading films, the same sort of
way Napster started a few years ago. A guy has a web site which tells you
where you can find the latest movies. He makes his money from adverts on
his web page, and claims he is doing nothing illegal. One suspects the
people who make movies will need to learn quickly from things like iPods!!
When it becomes that easy to download movies, we can all view them from
our comfortable chairs.

Downloading movies has been going on for a few years now. Piracy is
very open on the Internet. You can download just about anything on a
Bit Torrent site. I'm not sure, but WinMX may have been shut down,
but people would be so desperate they'd shoot a video of the movie IN
the theater, then share it online. The quality was so horrible it was
unwatchable. That's why I go to the theater when I can't wait.
Everything else is DVD. By the way, I do not download movies. I did
it a few times to see how it worked.
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