Pirates! Arrr

WindSock

Not those kind, but the ones that record films in cinemas. I saw the warning yesterday about this before the film started, and it requested any cinema goers to report it, if they see it. Would you?

judas101

i'd sit in beside them and strech, cough loudly, get up to go toilet and rock my chair. that'd learn him.

but seiriously i would repot him/her ya.

Piste

Nah, sure it'd only disturb the film for me. I have taken a picture of the "recording equipment and cameras strictly prohibited" signs on my camera before though

Rhyme

judas101 wrote:

i'd sit in beside them and strech, cough loudly, get up to go toilet and rock my chair.

Don't forget inappropriate laughing.

Ruu_Old

I only ever spotted someone filming the one time and it must have been some super gadget altogether! I was at the back of the cinema and he was center at the front and all through the film, I could see a red light on the top of his head.

After the film he was walking out with the tiny camera sitting on his head (on the top of a band kind of like headphones) before pulling it off as he went out the door. Only if it was annoying me, would I bother reporting anyone.

phantom_lord

only if he was sitting infront of me blocking my view.

Tak3n

no cause they are doing us a service.. i was able to see 300 before it was even in the cinema where i was..

Rb

phantom_lord wrote:

only if he was sitting infront of me blocking my view.

Agreed.

Pirates (both kinds).

nesf

Yaarrr?

TerrorFirmer

Tak3n wrote:

no cause they are doing us a service.. i was able to see 300 before it was even in the cinema where i was..

I never got people who watch movies like that on a regular basis. Bar the odd decent quality release most of them are grainy, not properly focused and sometimes have sync issues to boot. Don't get me wrong, sometimes I've resorted to it myself when certain films never got to our cinemas (but even at that, not very often). But I'd never, ever watch anything that was actually coming into the cinema...what a way to dilute the experience. It's like a race for some people so they can 'brag' that they've seen the movie, regardless of how enjoyable it actually is...on their PC Screen...from a crappy recording. But that part is usually left out.

Anyway, no, I wouldn't report them, unless they were disrupting the film in some way.

monkeyfudge

I remember when I went to see Revenge of the Sith in the cinema a prick in the row in front of me was recording all the lightsabre battles on a camera and then watching the recordings back during the talky bits of the film.

rogue-entity

I wouldnt report them, in fact I would probably ask the guy afterwards for a copy

Seth Brundle

There was something in yesterdays Herald or Indo about a guy caught videotaping a film in <an enemy base> in Dublin!

Royale with Cheese

Nah I wouldn't bother. It's not like these people are making any money out of it. Plus that annoying downloading movies is a crime ad is not only appearing before every movie I see in the cinema, but on some of the dvds I buy as well. Enough is enough, I bought the f*cking dvd. Don't preach to me about piracy.

Black Swan

I'd pose.

InFront

I saw somebody recording Mission Impossible III in Dundrum last year, hardly worth their while, I don't know why they were bothering.

Does/ has anyone buy/ bought those films? Is the quality not just extremely bad? Surely there are a lot easier and more profitable moneymaking schemes.

simu

Narr. Do you think the min-wage cinema workers would care?

On a related note... those DVD warnings! "You wouldn't steal a car, handbag etc etc". How presumptuous!

Ruu_Old

The best piracy warnings are the ones they used to have at the beginning of video tapes (so yes they were very old) with the chap sitting there telling you why piracy is wrong. I think they were sponsored by different companies. I hope you enjoy the film (or could have been presentation).

InFront

simu wrote:

Narr. Do you think the min-wage cinema workers would care?

Indeed, maybe they're the ones doing the recording...

With cinemas going digital and the films being distributed on removable hard disks, it may become even easier to copy them (and have perfect reproduction):D It probably wouldn't take that long to rip a hard disk;)

tuxy

Ruu wrote:

The best piracy warnings are the ones they used to have at the beginning of video tapes (so yes they were very old) with the chap sitting there telling you why piracy is wrong. I think they were sponsored by different companies. I hope you enjoy the film (or could have been presentation).

My favourite was the one where someone was trying to return a faulty pirated video to a dodgy cockney guy "naaah it's your tracking, mate!".

Ruu_Old

Haha yep, it was even before those as well but I remember the ones you are talking about. "Oral contracts mate, not worf the papah theys printed on!(or something similar) *talks to someone else* Here ya go darlin', Four Weddins".

phantom_lord

"it's just a block of cheese"

spidermonkey

Royale with Cheese wrote:

Nah I wouldn't bother. It's not like these people are making any money out of it. Plus that annoying downloading movies is a crime ad is not only appearing before every movie I see in the cinema, but on some of the dvds I buy as well. Enough is enough, I bought the f*cking dvd. Don't preach to me about piracy.

you can rip them onto your computer and get rid of that & burn it again

Archeron

simu wrote:

Narr. Do you think the min-wage cinema workers would care?

On a related note... those DVD warnings! "You wouldn't steal a car, handbag etc etc". How presumptuous!

hahaha. When I see that I usually think " right, now I WILL steal a handbag, just to prove you wrong."

WindSock

My fave are the Thai/Asian copies with Engrish subtitles.

thelordofcheese

Who doesn't love good old Engrish

TerrorFirmer

thelordofcheese wrote:

Who doesn't love good old Engrish

Never gets old. So funny.

petes

I can't wait until September the 19th.

monkeyfudge

Ruu wrote:

Haha yep, it was even before those as well but I remember the ones you are talking about. "Oral contracts mate, not worf the papah theys printed on!(or something similar) *talks to someone else* Here ya go darlin', Four Weddins".

"Trainspotting. It ain't got no trains in it either, are gonna blame that on me too?"

seamus

Pirating in this fashion accounts for an insignificant portion of the profits/viewers of these movies. The quality is almost always awful, and there's a certain experience in the cinema, that you just don't get from even legit DVDs.

I've never understood people getting collections of bad copies of mediocre movies, or people who can't wait a few weeks to see a new movie, instead opting to watch it in poor quality on a small screen.

ROCKMAN

Pirate copy one night, sticker on the outside of the box "PIRATING CREATES JOBS"

petes

I personally can't watch a pirated movie. They are shite. Even if its a bad film I'd still prefer to watch it properly.

loyatemu

"Would you steal a car, or a handbag?"

yeah, I would!
now f*ck off before I knife ya.

Sad Professor

Ya know I've never really understood the point of those piracy ads on dvds. I mean anyone who's watching it almost certainly bought the dvd in question. If it was a pirated copy there wouldn't be any ad because, well, the pirates tend to take those things out

So the honest consumers have to suffer through these traumatising ads (which they can't skip) accusing them of funding terrorism and baby killing and other bs. I paid for the dvd, you f**king w**kers!! F**k off!

Would it kill them to have a simple on-screen message at the start of dvd, thanking you for buying it and supporting the film industry?

No wonder everyone is downloading movies, they don't want to watch those stupid ads anymore!

Anti

rb_ie wrote:

Agreed.

Pirates (both kinds).

seconded, If these brave people didnt do it, how would i see films weeks before they hit ireland

layke

I thought the best one was 'Video Piracy funds terrorism' followed by that blonde english chap looking for his money back from a scumbag. "verbal contract, not worth the paper it's printed on", then he wimps out and goes away all sad like.

/edit refresh page before posting.

No, I wouldn't care less if someone recorded the film while I was watching and I woudn't try to ruin it either. Can't understand why someone would ruin it on purpose.

You Suck!

Hasn't this thread degenerated in to arr's and yarr's yet ye scurvy dogs.

Fair play nesf! me matey.......AAARRRRRRRRRR!

Carbiens

ninja's make better rips anyway >_>


..that reminds me, where's the ninja smiley gone o.0

danniemcq

petes wrote:

I can't wait until September the 19th.

yarr matey!

Seth Brundle

People who illegally pirate films aren't 'pirates' - they are seaman stains!

paconnors

Whats on Sept 19th

simu

simu wrote:

Narr. Do you think the min-wage cinema workers would care?

On a related note... those DVD warnings! "You wouldn't steal a car, handbag etc etc". How presumptuous!

It's more like... making a copy of a car from a car you've seen, which doesn't affect anyone as long as you just use it and don't try selling it...
it doesn't affect a particular person, it's more like affecting car making companies... I can't see them being too affected...

mike65

paconnors wrote:

Whats on Sept 19th

Talk Like A Pirate Day! Avast! When I saw the thread title I though it has come early this year.

Mike.

humanji

petes wrote:

I personally can't watch a pirated movie. They are shite. Even if its a bad film I'd still prefer to watch it properly.

Sure these days pirated movies are just as good quality as the actual releases. Eh... so I hear...:p

AntiVirus

humanji wrote:

Sure these days pirated movies are just as good quality as the actual releases. Eh... so I hear...:p

All of them are! Once they become available on DVD, they get uploaded onto the internet. Its impossible to stop. With internet speeds get faster (except Ireland) and faster all the time soon enough you'll be able to email a DVD rip to a friend.

TerrorFirmer

AntiVirus wrote:

All of them are! Once they become available on DVD, they get uploaded onto the internet. Its impossible to stop. With internet speeds get faster (except Ireland) and faster all the time soon enough you'll be able to email a DVD rip to a friend.

Same quality as the theatrical release? Yeah, I guess....if you're borderline blind.

humanji

HavoK wrote:

Same quality as the theatrical release? Yeah, I guess....if you're borderline blind.

Well movies are generally released in the US months before here, so by the time they get to use, a lot of them are already set for DVD release in the states. It takes one person to get their hands on one dvd and rip and upload it onto the net, and everyone here has a perfect dvd copy of a film coming out in the cinemas. Add to this the amount of advanced dvd copies that get sent around (for all the oscar films for example), and there's no real need to watch a dodgy quality pirate film.

AntiVirus

HavoK wrote:

Same quality as the theatrical release? Yeah, I guess....if you're borderline blind.

You wouldn't know were to look

Peteee

I made a copy of the baseball game with only implied oral consent....not express written consent!

HavoK wrote:

Same quality as the theatrical release? Yeah, I guess....if you're borderline blind.

We cant all be downloading 50GB Blu-Ray rips (and even then its maybe half the resolution of 35mm)

brianthebard

Royale with Cheese wrote:

Nah I wouldn't bother. It's not like these people are making any money out of it. Plus that annoying downloading movies is a crime ad is not only appearing before every movie I see in the cinema, but on some of the dvds I buy as well. Enough is enough, I bought the f*cking dvd. Don't preach to me about piracy.

That's true, why do they feel the need to preach to their customers? There should be a message at the start thanking you for buying the fecking thing!!!