which_chick | (no subject)

When I have just spent twenty-odd dollars of my very own money to BUY YOUR FUCKING DVD, it is not appropriate to make me watch a non-skippable thirty second spot on the goddamn illegality of downloading films. The fact that I have BOUGHT YOUR DVD speaks volumes about what sort of consumer I am. I bought your movie. Bought it. And now you want to take thirty seconds of my time to inform me that I am a thief.

Y'know, I bet if I downloaded movies (and I'm not saying I do that sort of thing), they probably don't have force-fed bullshit included with them. I really only want the movie. I might look at some previews if I'm bored, but really what I want, 99% of the time, is the movie. I do not really WANT your previews and I damn sure don't want your sanctimonious bullshit about how I should not steal movies when I have clearly fucking BOUGHT the movie. Please. Can we not do this? It's dumb as shit.

I'd stop shopping at WalMart if I had to listen to a thirty-second spot about the ills of shoplifting everytime I bought something at their store.

I'd damn well not buy my cars at Bedford Ford if they made me listen to their patter about how stealing cars was wrong every time I tried to buy a car.

I don't know, motion picture people, exactly how you think telling your customers that they are all criminals is going to make them buy more movies... but I would like to point out that downloaded movies come with JUST THE MOVIE and I don't have to watch any stupid-ass nonskippable sanctimonious bullshit in front of the movie. Er. So I hear.

Why don't you try SERVING THE FUCKING CUSTOMER instead of trying to make the customer into what you want it to be? Adapt or die. Adapt or die. The way you're headed, now would be a good time to start picking out a casket and a funeral home.

Assholes.