Saw “Up” last week. I can’t stress how good this movie is. Go watch it. Buy it on DVD when it becomes available. Easily the best film I’ve seen this year.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009The Hogfather on DVD
Monday, September 24th, 2007I’m a huge fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. At this stage I’ve read nearly the entire series, and own most of them. I didn’t get a chance to see this on Sky One at Christmas, so I’ve been eagerly waiting for this to be released on DVD.
I eventually got around to ordering it from play.com and I just had to watch it as soon as it arrived, and it was every bit as good as I had heard it was.
The casting I thought was perfect, I can’t imagine anyone who is better suited to play Albert than David Jason, and the performance of Marc Warren as Teatime, (that’s tee-ah-tim-ee, you insensitive clod), was scary.
I won’t give away any of the plot, but this book was always one of my favourites, and I have to say that this live action adaption does it full justice. If you’re a Discworld fan, and haven’t seen this movie, then what are you waiting for?
Piracy and the Guilt Trip
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007I buy a lot of DVD’s online. I support CD-Wow’s position against the recent BPI ruling. I have watched pirated DVD’s. I could download them if I wanted to, but generally I prefer to buy my movies. One of my recent purchases was Superman Returns. An OK movie, one worth having, but this isn’t a movie review.
As I was waiting for the usual “piracy is a crime” ads to play through, I had a look through the junk included with the DVD. And I came across this:
“Immigration Crime
By rejecting DVD piracy you’re helping us tackle it
You may remember the 21 Chinese illegal immigrants who tragically lost their lives whilst picking cockles in Morecambe Bay. Investigations by Lancashire Police led to the houses of the men responsible for their deaths. There they found over 4,000 counterfeit DVDs and computers containing counterfeit material.
Lin Liang Ren and Lin Mu Yong were charged with 21 counts of manslaughter, perverting the Course of Justice, assisting and facilitating illegal immigration and manufacturing of false work permits. They received a total of 23 years imprisonment between them.
DVD piracy costs too much.
Don’t support it. Report it.”
While this pamphlet doesn’t explicitly state it, the implication is that there’s a link between DVD piracy and trading in human lives. What happened at Morecambe Bay was a tragedy. One which should not have been allowed to occur. Those responsible should pay for their actions, and pay severely. To link this loss of life to DVD piracy is reprehensible.
As the law stands, piracy is a crime. But is it a crime in the same sense that leaving 21 people to die in the cold and dark of Morecambe Bay is a crime? Linking the fact that counterfeit DVD’s were found in the possession of those responsible, to the fact that they left 21 people to die does not elevate the crime of piracy to the same level as the crime of murder. It shows a complete lack of ethics and morals, and more importantly, empathy for those who died at Morecambe Bay.
While I wouldn’t be so stupid as to condone the illegal copying of DVD’s in a public forum, I will say this: I wouldn’t be surprised if there are other people out there, who feel as outraged as I do, and will go ahead and download as many DVD’s as they can. Just to prove a point of course.
Scrubs Season 5
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Scrubs Season 5 is due for release on the 6th June, and is available for pre-order from CD-Wow. It’s also available for pre-order from Play.com, but it’s €15 more expensive from Play. I’ve ordered mine, have you ordered yours?
Random Quotes
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007I’ve just installed Joe’s Quote Widget, which you can find in my sidebar. It displays a random quote from The Simpsons, Futuramaor Family Guy, each time you load the page.
Speaking of Family Guy, I recently bought the first 4 series and got my hands on a copy of the 5th season, and have spent the last few days watching as much as I can. Considering the amount of work that I have to get done, I’m really putting my time to great use. At least, I have a new bunch of catch phrases to use.