The Dark Knight Rises *SPOILERS*

[Khev]

I can justify my rip of TDKR than.


1. I've given Warner Bros too much of my money already between all their different releases and merchandise. They can suck my ****.

2. I watched maybe 4 mins of it until I got bored.

3. I wasted my time waiting for it to download. My time is what I spent.

4. Some obsessed fanatic/fanatics will probably buy extra copies and different editions so my lack of purchase won't have any really effect.

Nice try. Did you purchase the the only available version of TDKR in addition to your download? Nope. So it's not the same thing. Harmy's are basically backup copies of movies we all purchased legitimately. If Disney/LFL ever releases the original SW I'll be glad to purchase the actual product. Right now, the product doesn't exist.

The situation with Star Wars is profoundly different that your average run of the mill Batman pirate.

 

[Niltusk]

Nice try. Did you purchase the the only available version of TDKR in addition to your download? Nope. So it's not the same thing. Harmy's are basically backup copies of movies we all purchased legitimately. If Disney/LFL ever releases the original SW I'll be glad to purchase the actual product. Right now, the product doesn't exist.

Disney wants to start recouping their investment?

Right theres a quick way to cash in. They could offer this set at a premium and people would be flying to get them. I know I'd be in line. They could do it as a limited time edition like they do on their classic cartoon movies.

 

[DiFabio]

Did you purchase the the only available version of TDKR in addition to your download?

There wasn't any version available to buy yet once I downloaded it.


I went to Best Buy, Target, Walmart and every retail store I could find in the tri-state area but no dice. There was nothing available to buy and I already have the Begins and TDK versions.


I even called WB customer service and asked if TDKR was out and they said no.


No versions were available.


So I found a rip that was going around of the actual blu ray copy (I have the menus and everything) and downloaded it.


It took forever though.

 

[Boba Ben]

No, for several reasons:

1. I've paid for the official currently in print blu-rays (which I chucked in the trash.)

2. As far as LFL is concerned these Harmy movies I own don't exist. They're "work prints" of existing films (existing films that I have paid to own legally many times over the years.)

3. Harmy is doing a service to society by preserving historical artifacts that someone is seeking to "legally" destroy. As Niltusk said I believe it is our moral duty to assist in the preservation of these films, even if it isn't technically "legal."

4. I *did* pay for the Harmy editions. I just didn't pay Lucas.

I have the Harmy Star Wars bluray too and I'm just giving you a bit of a hard time.

When it comes down to it, they're technically pirated, though. I have the films on official dvd, but they're not official and Lucas isn't making money off of his property with them, so they are what they are. That's my opinion at least.

 

[Khev]

There wasn't any version available to buy yet once I downloaded it.


I went to Best Buy, Target, Walmart and every retail store I could find in the tri-state area but no dice. There was nothing available to buy and I already have the Begins and TDK versions.


I even called WB customer service and asked if TDKR was out and they said no.


No versions were available.

No but there were preorders. So you'll be picking up your copy tomorrow when it's actually available then?

 

[CelticPredator]

See, that doesn't work because TDKR exists, and you can own it in 2 days.

The original Star Wars movies do not. And you might never own it. Ever. In the history of the universe.

Unless Fox works out a deal with the mouse.

 

[DiFabio]

No but there were preorders. So you'll be picking up your copy tomorrow when it's actually available then?

Yeah, and then I'm going to chuck it in the trash and take a piss on it.

 

[Khev]

Yeah, and then I'm going to chuck it in the trash and take a piss on it.

Good man. Chucking it in the trash will be your legal right.

 

[DiFabio]

See, that doesn't work because TDKR exists, and you can own it in 2 days.

Khev wanted a version of the original Star Wars films that are pirated and not distributed by LFL.

I wanted a version of TDKR that doesn't require payment (TDKR: FREE EDITION) and it was pirated and not distributed by WB.


THERE, I SEE NO DIFFERENCE HERE.

 

[Khev]

Khev wanted a version of the original Star Wars films that are pirated and not distributed by LFL.

I wanted a version of TDKR that doesn't require payment (TDKR: FREE EDITION) and it was pirated and not distributed by WB.


THERE, I SEE NO DIFFERENCE HERE.

The difference is that I *will* pay for official versions if they ever become available. I'm not taking anything without paying the company that produced the product. They are just giving me no means to pay them in the forseeable future.

 

[DiFabio]

I paid admission for TDKR in it's theatrical release more than three or four times in the same state I downloaded the rip.


If you don't see the similarities, it doesn't matter, I'm DiFabio.

 

[Khev]

See my edited post, I decided to go back and answer seriously for once.

 

[DiFabio]

You're taking the fun out of this man.

 

[Adolfo]

The Dark Knight DVD Sales Rises!

 

[Khev]

Bah, okay, back to the awesomeness of TDKR then. That Bane, what a badass huh?

 

[batfan08]

The difference is that I *will* pay for official versions if they ever become available. I'm not taking anything without paying the company that produced the product. They are just giving me no means to pay them in the forseeable future.

DiFabio said he would, too. We already know that WB is putting out a UCE next year, so it's not like this is the last of the TDKR offerings. I do concur with the idea that these sets suck, though. I'm getting the Target edition for two reasons:
1.) That digi is badass
2.) I need something to hold me over until that UCE.

If he intends to purchase it at some point, what's the difference between his download and your "Harmy's?"

 

[Khev]

DiFabio said he would, too. We already know that WB is putting out a UCE next year, so it's not like this is the last of the TDKR offerings. I do concur with the idea that these sets suck, though. I'm getting the Target edition for two reasons:
1.) That digi is badass
2.) I need something to hold me over until that UCE.

If he intends to purchase it at some point, what's the difference between his download and your "Harmy's?"

Well why didn't he just tell me that then?

 

[Niltusk]

Bah, okay, back to the awesomeness of TDKR then. That Bane, what a badass huh?

Cannot wait to see some of these deleted scenes with Bane. Look at how he dwarfs Psy.

 

[batfan08]

Well why didn't he just tell me that then?

He did tell you:

I have Begins and TDK on DVD and Blu Ray. I'm only interested in special features and the "Legend Reborn" documentary.

I won't be going anywhere to buy these on the 4th or anytime soon. I downloaded a rip of TDKR for nothing. I'll just wait until something better comes out months/years from now. These sets suck.

 

[Khev]

He did tell you:

Oh, well who knows what that even means. The fact of the matter is that TDKR *will* be officially available this week which isn't the case with the theatrical Star Wars. Sure you could use the justification of "I'll buy it eventually" to pirate films and put *everything* off, but that really isn't what people are doing with SW.

What we're doing is more like people who buy bootleg copies of Disney's Song of the South. It's a buried and discontinued product in all forms. Not the same thing as aquiring an available product but refusing to go to the trouble of paying for it.

And on that note I'm ready to move on. This is becoming some big trial now (and no not against me, I was just giving DiFabio a hard time,) which really wasn't my intention.