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From: Spork on 8 Mar 2010 21:19
Is it possible to be a cheapie and still enjoy the overwhelming amount
of media out there? I have friends who could have a substaional amount
of money saved but pour it all into buying games, movies, etc. They
have closets and drawers full of the stuff. So much that they can't
even find what they need not because they are messy.

Theater prices are insane. One movie director said that ticket prices
should be $20 per person because consumers were not shouldering enough
of the cost. I could see how one family could easily put $100 + into
a movie by going to the theater, buying the dvd, and then buying the
bluray. The market is so saturated with selection even $15 is way high
for a disc when its already made zillions at the theater. Or what
about $30 + for a bluray? This is total insanity and I'm not sure why
consumers put up with it.

Or if your a gamer why do people pay 60 dollars for a game that is
literally only 10 - 20 hours long? I wait until the prices come down
but even then I turn around and sell as soon as I finish it. This is
such a hassle I've almost completely quit games.

I've been with netflix for a very long time. They are awesome. I've
seen a lot of older things and now I mostly look forward to new
releases. Its very tough to get a new release. To top it off netflix
made a deal to have a 1 month delay on some new movies. I'm at the
point where I refuse to buy videos or go in a theater. I could pirate
all the stuff but my conscious gets in the way. It also feels just as
wrong to pay the prices they ask. Whats a frugal person to do? have
more patience or stop watching movies?

I had most of my small video collection among other things stolen when
my house was robbed several years ago. This was a wake up call for me
that we never own anything. I have a job where I thought it would be
one of the last places to lay people off. Its starting to happen and
even rumors of the place closing in the future. I'm fairly confident
yet that my job will be fine but it has renewed my interest in living
a minimalist life style.
From: "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" on 9 Mar 2010 02:10
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<7vm0u6Fcn7U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

> > The market is so saturated with selection even $15 is way
> > high for a disc when its already made zillions at the theater.
> > Or what about $30 + for a bluray? This is total insanity
> > and I'm not sure why consumers put up with it.
>
> Hordes dont, they steal it off the net.

exactly how many is "hordes"?
From: Napoleon on 9 Mar 2010 08:53
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 01:51:00 -0800 (PST), Spork <jedispork(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>Avatar made over 2 billion worldwide. They spent under 300 million to
>make it. I wonder if that also accounts for the money they pay all the
>stars? It has the box office record but gone with the wind has the all
>times sales record. The amount of people going to the theater is
>declining and prices are creeping up to make up for losses. They
>could hand out dvd's for free and still be filthy rich.

I heard on talk radio the other day that the next big bubble in the
economy is going to be box office receipts. You watch. There's got to
be some way for the banksters to make money out of nothing. Did it
with housing, Internet, credit default swaps, oil. Now it's
Hollywood's turn.

From: Zuke on 9 Mar 2010 12:21
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Dan Birchall wrote:

> rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com (Rod Speed) wrote:
>> Spork wrote
>>> Theater prices are insane.
>> Sure, havent been in one of those for something like 35 years.
>
> I'm fortunate to live in a town with a "second-run" discount theater.
> If a movie looks like it might be amusing but not necessarily worth a
> $9 ticket, I can wait a couple months and see it for $1.
>
> Unfortunately, there don't seem to be as many second-run places around
> as there once were. :(

That's because the bedbugs ate them.

From: Rod Speed on 9 Mar 2010 12:33
Dan Birchall wrote
> rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com Rod Speed wrote:
>> Spork wrote

>>> Theater prices are insane.

>> Sure, havent been in one of those for something like 35 years.

> I'm fortunate to live in a town with a "second-run" discount theater.

My main objection isnt the price, I just dont like
the environment anything like as much as my house.

Much more convenient to be able to stop whenever I want etc too.

Corse I dont have the mega screen, but dont have the other apes either.

> If a movie looks like it might be amusing but not necessarily
> worth a $9 ticket, I can wait a couple months and see it for $1.

I havent rented anything for almost as long.

And havent watched many movies at all either.

I much prefer documentarys and fiction series to movies.

Much prefer stuff like The Wire and Jewel in the Crown to any recent movie.

> Unfortunately, there don't seem to be as many
> second-run places around as there once were. :(

We have some free ones, dont bother with them either.


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