Things I Wouldn't Buy
All That I Am - Carlos Santana Despite the fact that "I'm Feeling You" also features Michelle Branch, the big capital words of CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD mean I would NEVER buy this. I would go out of my way to never buy it or go to iTunes. The content protection is crap and violates one of my rights as the purchaser. To be able to have a personal backup copy not meant for distribution or re-release- only in case the cd screws up, I still have it and haven't wasted money. I refuse to fund the mistaken idea that people that listen to these things on computers have to install third party software or not at all. I refuse to let my intelligence as a consumer to be insulted.
Star Wars Trilogy DVDs - Because its the King Size bar Holiday edition. Which means it really isn't the candy bar you wanted to buy in the first place when you saw the name of it on the wrapper.
I bit on the VHSs.. I got what I wanted- the original that I feel in love with as a kid for the first thirteen years of my life. I'd seen these since I could remember when I was four years old. I bit in high school on the VHS versions where he got to add stuff he couldn't before. Ok, didn't massively change the plot, was mostly cosmetic, good for some giggles (The Hutt as the slug instead of as the public faced human stand in, bigger bangs, more tentacles from the Sarlac, etc).
But I firmly believe that going back a second time was a mistake to just mess with faces of key characters and such was crap. We only went and saw the prequels to indulge you Lucas- not because we liked Hans Christian or Natalie Portman or (though Liam was really the only noteworthy performances out of it all... I lie- Yoda). And it certainly wasn't to get eye-raped by that retarded Jar Jar Binks *shudders*. Lucas has had enough of my money and not giving in return (Five years of poor cinema in the prequels and you give us only fifteen minutes of Darth Vader???). For shame, for shame. The dream is gone now that its done.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD The best I can call this is an assult on my senses and sensibilites. Why Johnny, why? When Tim said dark and closer to the books, I thought he was telling the truth... not putting you in the Beetlejuice/Candyland horror of a factory and calling it artistic. You did the best you could, and I know Tim is your buddy- but god it looks like someone took the community playhouse and put the maddness of Alice in Wonderland to it. I would probably have to be heavily inebriated to watch this.
iPods - Overhyped, overpriced, oversexed, media-money-shoted marketing. There are so many MP3 players out there, and the iPod is big because of marketing and all the Apple lovers out there are shoving it out like a *censored* "look look what we did! Mommy mommy! Look Apple made a big thingie! But it's tiny and sexy! ooh ooh!" iPods weren't even first. But we all knew what was going to happen the first time we saw the catchy match-moved monochromatic dancers prance across our TVs. Not unexpected at all. But I'd rather get a Sony. Nano (credit card sized) meet the NW--E405 (small pack of gum). Sexy.
Star Wars Trilogy DVDs - Because its the King Size bar Holiday edition. Which means it really isn't the candy bar you wanted to buy in the first place when you saw the name of it on the wrapper.
I bit on the VHSs.. I got what I wanted- the original that I feel in love with as a kid for the first thirteen years of my life. I'd seen these since I could remember when I was four years old. I bit in high school on the VHS versions where he got to add stuff he couldn't before. Ok, didn't massively change the plot, was mostly cosmetic, good for some giggles (The Hutt as the slug instead of as the public faced human stand in, bigger bangs, more tentacles from the Sarlac, etc).
But I firmly believe that going back a second time was a mistake to just mess with faces of key characters and such was crap. We only went and saw the prequels to indulge you Lucas- not because we liked Hans Christian or Natalie Portman or (though Liam was really the only noteworthy performances out of it all... I lie- Yoda). And it certainly wasn't to get eye-raped by that retarded Jar Jar Binks *shudders*. Lucas has had enough of my money and not giving in return (Five years of poor cinema in the prequels and you give us only fifteen minutes of Darth Vader???). For shame, for shame. The dream is gone now that its done.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD The best I can call this is an assult on my senses and sensibilites. Why Johnny, why? When Tim said dark and closer to the books, I thought he was telling the truth... not putting you in the Beetlejuice/Candyland horror of a factory and calling it artistic. You did the best you could, and I know Tim is your buddy- but god it looks like someone took the community playhouse and put the maddness of Alice in Wonderland to it. I would probably have to be heavily inebriated to watch this.
iPods - Overhyped, overpriced, oversexed, media-money-shoted marketing. There are so many MP3 players out there, and the iPod is big because of marketing and all the Apple lovers out there are shoving it out like a *censored* "look look what we did! Mommy mommy! Look Apple made a big thingie! But it's tiny and sexy! ooh ooh!" iPods weren't even first. But we all knew what was going to happen the first time we saw the catchy match-moved monochromatic dancers prance across our TVs. Not unexpected at all. But I'd rather get a Sony. Nano (credit card sized) meet the NW--E405 (small pack of gum). Sexy.
posted by Razorhoney | 7:56 AM
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